I need serious Help

So I noticed that my PC wasn't using my full amount of RAM which is 4gb.. it is only using 3.3gb.

So i went onto MSconfig and the maximum memory tab i checked it. it wanted me to restart my pc, which i did but when it restarted.. it said hardware or program failure occured, and i had to options try to load in normal mode or load up repair which i did.

And it went to normal mode.. it loaded up.. very very slowly then i had a little message saying windows didn't load properly on the desktop. now nothing will load.

So now im stuck in safe mode until i can fix it.

pebbly said:

Hi AlphaK3, As you are using the 32bit system you will not be able to use the full 4gb of ram due to the 32bit ram system limitations , Have you yied a system restore prior to before you messed with the ram ? :)

When i restarted it and got the error message i did the repair windows option or whatever it says... it said it would load a point before the error occured, but i still got the same slow performance

Should i tick the box again on MS config? so it won't let me use Maximum memory? so it should be the same ram as before i messed around with it?

indianacarnie said:

You'll never get to "use" all the ram installed. Windows reserves some for system requirements.

The usable memory may be less than the installed memory on Windows 7-based computers

Your slow performance is probably due to other issues. (if slow before)

My PC was fine before i messed around with the RAM. As i only built it two weeks ago :L

I have better news.. I unchecked the box to not get maximum memory, and guess what it works again.. well faster then before.

pebbly said:

AlphaK3 said:

Should i tick the box again on MS config? so it won't let me use Maximum memory? so it should be the same ram as before i messed around with it?

Yes

Thank you for the help