First, I wanna thank everyone who helped me with my computer problems. But that brings me to something else: 4GB of RAM makes my computer run terrible. But when I remove one of the 2GB RAM sticks then it runs fine. This is my computer :
Desktop Board : Intel DG965RY,
CPU or Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz,
Memory : 1x 2GB DDR2 RAM,
Graphics Card or GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 560 2GB GDDR5 Memory,
hard-drive: Seagate Barracuda w/ 2TB capacity and a 64MB cache 5900 RPM,
power supply : Dynex DX-520WPS,
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium (x64).
CPU and Motherboard are 5+ yrs old, while everything else is not even 6 mos old.
When I purchased all the new components I included three new 2GB RAM sticks making the total memory 7 gigs. My old disk drive has Win XP 32-bit and with 7 gigs it ran with no problem. But with the new OS it ran horrible. Then I removed 3 gigs and installed drivers and updates for the motherboard and it improved the system a little. But still 10+ minute freezes sometimes 30 mins. So I removed another 2 gigs and it runs great, even better somewhat than my old XP.
I've switched the RAM sticks around but to no avail. I'm ruling out the modules unless I overlooked something. Has anyone experienced this before and is there a solution to this problem? I really want to run 8 gigs but 2gigs runs great. Is this 4GB RAM problem because of incompatabilities, the hardware, software, or the settings, or combination of any of these?
Desktop Board : Intel DG965RY,
CPU or Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz,
Memory : 1x 2GB DDR2 RAM,
Graphics Card or GPU : EVGA GeForce GTX 560 2GB GDDR5 Memory,
hard-drive: Seagate Barracuda w/ 2TB capacity and a 64MB cache 5900 RPM,
power supply : Dynex DX-520WPS,
OS : Windows 7 Home Premium (x64).
CPU and Motherboard are 5+ yrs old, while everything else is not even 6 mos old.
When I purchased all the new components I included three new 2GB RAM sticks making the total memory 7 gigs. My old disk drive has Win XP 32-bit and with 7 gigs it ran with no problem. But with the new OS it ran horrible. Then I removed 3 gigs and installed drivers and updates for the motherboard and it improved the system a little. But still 10+ minute freezes sometimes 30 mins. So I removed another 2 gigs and it runs great, even better somewhat than my old XP.
I've switched the RAM sticks around but to no avail. I'm ruling out the modules unless I overlooked something. Has anyone experienced this before and is there a solution to this problem? I really want to run 8 gigs but 2gigs runs great. Is this 4GB RAM problem because of incompatabilities, the hardware, software, or the settings, or combination of any of these?