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« on: April 04, 2005, 08:56:08 PM »
sometimes my computer just locks up randomly and it won't lock up for months but then it does after some months what could it be? i'm thinking its my RAM, but i'm not really sure opinions would help THANKS!!!
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2005, 01:06:46 AM »
yep, more ram is always a good thing. What os is it? How much ram do you already have installed? (Right click My Computer->Properties, read "--MB RAM toward bottom.")

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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2005, 09:20:43 PM »
windows XP Pro, 256 MB RAM,AMD Athlon 900 MHz, i don't want to buy more RAM because i'm totally upgrading my whole computer soon.
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2005, 10:10:17 PM »
it might be your processor, 900 MHz seems kinda low
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2005, 10:26:04 PM »
yeah its old. how do i determine the MHz of RAM to get to matchup with my processor and motherboard and how can you tell the maximum gigs of ram your computer can take? i know FSB from your processor has something to do with the MHz but i need clear answers. thanks
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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2005, 11:00:16 PM »
Well... you tell us the brand of your motherboard, and we'll tell you what to get ;)

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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2005, 11:11:48 PM »
Windows XP needs more RAM than 256MBs to run smooth but you can tweak your Windows to run smoother with what you have right now.
http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dId=324&dType=guide
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2005, 01:07:38 AM »
unless your ram is defective its not your ram... most likly cause would be overheating or bad hardware... or chip creep but that usually doesn't fix it self in most cases. Do you leave your computer on all the time?
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2005, 06:34:12 AM »
Check your Ram with MEMTEST86, check your temperatures with Motherboard monitor 5. Let us know how it goes Smile
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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2005, 07:19:42 AM »
you can look up how much it can take here: http://www.crucial.com/

select the manufacturor, and go from there. pretty easy, though my exact model didn't show up, it had the one below it, so I figured out that mine is able to take like 4 gigs. I'm almost sure that you upgraded to XP fomr an older windows, right?  ;) that may be your problem if so. yeah like peepnklown said, xp needs more than 256 mb/ram to run smooth. I only have 512, but compared to my old hp (128mb/ram), it really makes a difference. Laughing

What kinda pc are you thinking of upgrading to? If your not sure, I'm sure some of the guys at this place would be happy to help you pick!  Smile :haha:

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« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2005, 08:44:50 PM »
Had the same problem once!  On my machine it was the memory loosing connection. angry5 My other computer had a bad partition and that made it do the same thing.  Not sure on my end.


OF COURSE YOU CAN ALWAYS BURN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! angry5


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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2005, 05:05:30 PM »
http://www.azgn.com/cloaked-chaos/HOW%20TO%20DESTROY%20YOUR%20COMPUTER/BURN/

hahaha...kinda messed up though. poor computer. I feel for it.  icon_pale
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