Problems after upgrading RAM

[Ericc QC]

So I had 8GB memory kit before and went to buy the exact same thing to put it on my motherboard. My motherboard have only two slots for those so I put it in. But since I had to redownload windows, a lot of my files and games are missing, PC is actually slower now... Is all this normal? can someone please help me with this I feel like I fucked everything up..

Thanks

[Ericc QC]

Also can I just remove the new memory kit? Will everything come back to normal ?

[AresKrieger]

Well your files won't return, but you can try removing it to see if the ram is causing problems, it could also be the ram slot to test use the new stick in slot one and see if there is an issue, but it seems odd that your computer is outright losing files from ram usually data corruption from ram causes crashing not data loss

[Guest]

Adding moarrr ram is just like replacing a vid card, sound card or CPU. It should never impact the stored data on your computer. (although you might want to add new drivers whn booted into your OS)

 

When I went from 2 gb of ram, to 4 gb of ram, I did not notice a speed gain. (and those ram sticks weren't the same brand)

 

Possible reasons for a loss of speed:

-You did something wrong, and your OS is f*ed, or you have now different drivers, or newest versions of junk, which clutter up your system even more.

-Your motherboard has enough ram slots, but they don't run on the same speed, which makes all of your ram sticks run slower then with just your previous sticks.

-Your drive (HDD) is failing/can't keep up, and stick with me on this...

 

A few days ago, I noticed my current HDD partition with my OS on it (windows 7) being almost full. Time to clean up. I noticed some rather large files (4gb each) in my c:/ root directory. (one of them being pagefile.sys) There was also a file for hybernate something, which I managed to remove.

 

What happens is that windows likes to make sure idiots wont brake the software. Windows also likes to make sure your ram can be stored onto your hard drive. The 2 files I am refering to, write all kinds of data from your memory/ram, onto the hard drive (or SSD). When you install more memory, more data has to be written to your main drive. If your main drive isn't that fast, or if it's slow, or if it has to use the slower part of your disk, it could slow things down a bit.

 

When you kept the large part of your old data, the new windows could get installed on the slower part of your HDD (if using a HDD). When you then have to create those large files, you could really screw yourself over.

 

*PS: all theory, which I like as an acceptable explanation. Someone with real knowlage should comment on this random crap I wrote.

[Ericc QC]

I'll try removing, switching my rams and see yess and you maybe right Dutch but I just wanna fix things I feel horrible with fucking up my computer right now

[agentagent47]

try checking your disk with disk diafragmenter or disk optimization. maybe your disk is heavily fragmented and your file is not actually missing, only miss placed by your PC. did your hard drive looks increase in free space ?

[Ericc QC]

Well to explain it all it's probably the worst part. My files are miss placed yes but missing too. For example my gta5 game is just miss placed but i can't play it because it tells me that it's not installed but in my file everything is there. It's like if steam is looking for example in my normal files where gta5 used to be but since it got moved it doesnt find it or something i don't know

[Ericc QC]

I've just remove and switch my two sticks and doesn't seem to change much..