My drive with my OS on it is on my SSD. It is a NTFS file system. Other than that I don't see anything about EFI. Ill take a screenshot maybe you can guide me through it.

So can this be changed or no? Also do you think this could be a cause? Any other ideas?

How can I check if I'm using it? also can I switch back and forth between them to see if it makes a difference?

ALSO UPDATE: I bought 2 more sticks of GSKILL RAM. It is now still halving the...

OK so I do see UEFI all over the place on this mobo. could that be something I am missing? I don't even understand what that is and how it is different than BIOS.

Yes, I've even tried different RAM sticks and bought brand new ones.

Update I tried another OS on another hard drive, same thing.

Alright no good, I don't see anywhere in the BIOS where I can change this value. I've looked everywhere and also google searched, got nothing.

I have not seen this before and is not something I've tried, I will try this when I get home.

BIOS is updated to latest version and I triple checked all my other drivers to make sure they are up to date.

Hello everyone. I really hope you can help me. I'm at the end of my rope.

First off, my specs:
Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 mobo
AMD FX 8350 CPU
2 x G skill 4 GB sticks
EVGA 660 Ti GPU
OS on SSD
2...