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Win 7 64bit Crashes with more than 2GB Ram
Hello Everyone-
Just finished building a new win7 64bit machine and I have multiple different RAM modules. And it seems that any time I install more than 2GB of RAM win7 64bit runs like crap.
For example on startup the desktop wallpaper will not display until I click the Windows Icon in the start menu. And I can work on it for a couple mins but then all the applications will freeze up. For example the mouse will move but I can't access anything in windows or any of the open applications, Firefox, word, ie etc..
I have tried installing 2 x2GB sticks, 4 x 1GB sticks, 3 x 1GB sticks, 1 x 2GB stick + 1 x 1GB stick. I have also ran the memtest86 on most of the combos and they pass with no errors. But I can almost do any combo I want as long as its not over 2GB and win7 seems to run fine.
I read on here some where that this was an issue with older BIOS. I am running a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H and I check on Gigabyte's website and I am running the most up to date BIOS.
Can some one point me in the right direction?