Hey everyone.

So first I'll give you all the system details.

I'm currently using an Asus K52F-BIN6. Everything is stock except for the RAM that I just upgraded.

It came with 3GB of 1333MHz DDR3 RAM. I wanted to try to get a little more umph, so I bought a new 4GB PNY DDR3 PC3-10666 stick.

After removing the stock 1GB stick an adding the new 4GB stick, I noticed a dramatic drop in my FPS while playing Counter Strike: Source. I also noticed that things like netflix and youtube (basically anything even slightly graphics heavy) became very choppy and out of sync. I decided that it would be better to just get another 4GB stick and make sure I had a set (as I thought there could have been a RAM speed mismatch). I just installed the other stick a few days ago, and I'm still experiencing the same problems: Low FPS in games (like 70% less FPS) and massive problems streaming via netflix.

So, after I noticed that the problem was still persisting, I decided to start cleaning off my primary partition. I did that, and still not benefit. Now I know that there could have been another issue, but I really don't believe in coicidence being the culprit.

Basically, I need to know what could be the cause. I have 2 brand new stick of RAM that (from what I can tell), my laptop should accept quite nicely, but performance is showing bad indications...

Anyway, I'm going to look for any driver updates I can find and go from there. But if anyone has any ideas, please let me know! Thanks!!!

-kyle_engineerHave you tried reverting to the original RAM, to see if the problem resolves itself? Sounds like a stick right on the edge of failure, or a compatibility issue.Not yet. My GF stuck one of the sticks in a box and I had to convince her to find it. LOL!! But I'm planning on running mem test on it tonight (I have a copy of Hiren's BCD so there's plenty to try), and if I can't figure it out I will switch BACK and see what that does.

One odd thing I noticed after posting this is that HWInfo64 is showing my RAM as being 1097 MHz No IDEA if I was reading something wrong, but it kind seemed like the RAM was being slowed down... Idk if that is psooible or not, but YEAH seems like something is going on... That would be because the laptop doesn't support faster than 1066MHz memory, so it will clock anything faster back down to that speed. That's expected.Huh... That's what I was thinking... But the old RAM was also labeled as 1333 MHz, so that small limitation should still wind me up slower/worse right?

Anyway, that's kinda beside the point. I ran Windows Memory Diag., and found a problem. I couldn't make sense of what it was saying... so I'm gonna put the other RAM back in at some time a little later.

Do you think you'd be able to help me figure out the Event Viewer log from the memory diagnostic tool? Bad RAM...to confirm this DLoad and run MEMTEST...follow the guide for making a bootdisk...let it run at least 1 hour.
Any errors at all and it's a bad stik of RAM.Quote from: kyle_engineer on June 14, 2013, 10:17:28 AM

Huh... That's what I was thinking... But the old RAM was also labeled as 1333 MHz, so that small limitation should still wind me up slower/worse right?