I have a brand new computer w/ twin ATI 8650's running crossfire, & Windows 7 and was playing a FPS game, when suddenly all of my monitors just went black and lost their signal. I ended up having to hard reboot the computer more than once to get anything to come back up on the monitor. When it finally rebooted I got this message: YOUR SYSTEMS MEMORY CONFIGURATION HAS CHANGED SINCE IT ENTERED HIBERNATION. IF YOU PROCEED THE DATA NEEDED TO RESUME FROM HIBERNATION WILL BE LOST. TO PRESERVE THIS DATA TURN OFF THE SYSTEM POWER, RESTORE THE ORGINAL MEMORY CONFIGURATION, AND THEN REBOOT THE SYSTEM. OTHERWISE PRESS ENTER TO DELETE RESTORATION DATA AND PROCEED TO SYSTEM BOOT MENU. I just hit enter ‘cause I wasn’t sure what to do. I had 12 GB of memory, and it says I still have 12 GB, but loading times, etc are definately longer now. I did not do anything with my memory at all. Do you know why I would have gotten this message and how I might diagnose any problems?? Thanks

Sorry, could you give me a little more details. Once I run MSconfig, there are a bunch of options.Can you tell me how to do what you describe and what I'm looking for? thanks.

look into the advanced options under boot. There is an option to limit the RAM. Uncheck it if it is set. André"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

It was not checked....

Please run msconfig.exe and check if it is limited to a lower value."A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

I note specifically that my load times for my FPS sved games has gone from about 5 seconds to about 30 now. Could that be an issue with the video cards? If so, what is the best way to test that both of them are still working. Also, if I'm running crosfire, and one of the cards bit the dust, would my graphics just stop working, or would the one working card just take over?

what have you done the last days? Have you tried the system restore to an older point where everything worked?"A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" Want to install RSAT on Windows 7 Sp1? Check my HowTo: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=150221

Hi, Since the computer didn't shut down properly, the data such as your game in memory didn't be saved and restored. After reboot, the computer should perform properly. Now I suggest performing a memory diagnose. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Diagnosing-memory-problems-on-your-computer If there is no error in memory, update the latest graphic driver and BIOS from the manufacture's site. Here is a tool to monitor memory size. Hope it helps. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463425 Best Regards, NikiPlease remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.