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Explorer crashes with added memory
Hi all, I have a rather strange problem that hopefully someone can help me with.
My motherboard Asus P8Z77-V LX can handle up to 32 GB of DDR3 1600mhz.
I did do a "memtest" on all of my 16GB DDR3 1600mhz, 10 passes, 10 hours and no errors. I had my original 4 GB still in the computer as I had to remove the other ram to install Windows 7. Once windows was installed I ran it with just the 4 GB for a few days to make sure everything was working which it was. So I then re-installed the remaining 12 GB of ram and then right away windows explorer kept crashing. I removed the 12GB I just put in and reinstalled each stick separately with the original 4 GB so each time there was 8 GB of ram installed with no problems at all.
So what gives ???
Is there a default setting somewhere that is limiting my memory???
Thanks