Memory Count

Get into SETUP (CMOS-orBIOS as sometimes referred) and enable FAST Startup (could be worded different, usually in the Advanced Menu. This will stop it counting 3 times.

Really sounds like a driver problem, since you now have ME on it are the Sound Card Drivers made or compatible with ME?

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