Memory? Problems

Rhoney · 01-26-2009, 03:54 PM

This all started about 2 months ago when I upgraded my 256MB system to 1GB. All was well and then I started getting blue screens saying something was installed incorrectly. I called Dell support and we redid the boot drive, the screen came back. So we reinstalled Windows XP and all worked fine for awhile. These past 3 weeks my computer has been in and out of the shop multiple times, They cannot seem to find anything wrong with it. The freeze ups started when I would be on the computer for 15 minutes, then progressively got closer to boot up when eventually it froze on the Windows start up screen, right before the welcome screen. The tech tested all my devices and power supply. Everything is okay there he said, when I got home I tried booting thinking the tech had fixed it and it still froze. I booted without the floppy and disc drives, the freeze up persisted. I even went as far to boot up without anything externally attached. IE keyboard, mouse. It froze up when only the power supply was connected. So I was thinking back to when I had called Dell and thought maybe my page file was messed up again so I went and made no page file. It started up fine once, but then started to freeze at load up again. I went back and made system managed size and all is well after 2 reboots(I'm writing this post on the troublesome computer) I don't know what is wrong and if this is just a temporary fix, or should I redo the page file because it may be corrupt?

**jarod** · 01-26-2009, 04:02 PM

Well once problems start, try undoing everything you did right before the problem started. Try removing the new RAM that you have purchased and see if that helps at all

Rhoney · 01-26-2009, 08:15 PM

The computer is still working after 4 restarts. I think I solved it, the new RAM is in but does anyone have any ideas, as to what happened?

01-26-2009, 03:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rhoney Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Memory? Problems This all started about 2 months ago when I upgraded my 256MB system to 1GB. All was well and then I started getting blue screens saying something was installed incorrectly. I called Dell support and we redid the boot drive, the screen came back. So we reinstalled Windows XP and all worked fine for awhile. These past 3 weeks my computer has been in and out of the shop multiple times, They cannot seem to find anything wrong with it. The freeze ups started when I would be on the computer for 15 minutes, then progressively got closer to boot up when eventually it froze on the Windows start up screen, right before the welcome screen. The tech tested all my devices and power supply. Everything is okay there he said, when I got home I tried booting thinking the tech had fixed it and it still froze. I booted without the floppy and disc drives, the freeze up persisted. I even went as far to boot up without anything externally attached. IE keyboard, mouse. It froze up when only the power supply was connected. So I was thinking back to when I had called Dell and thought maybe my page file was messed up again so I went and made no page file. It started up fine once, but then started to freeze at load up again. I went back and made system managed size and all is well after 2 reboots(I'm writing this post on the troublesome computer) I don't know what is wrong and if this is just a temporary fix, or should I redo the page file because it may be corrupt?

01-26-2009, 04:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
jarod TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Malaysia, Klang Posts: 518 OS: Win XP service pack 2 My System	Re: Memory? Problems Well once problems start, try undoing everything you did right before the problem started. Try removing the new RAM that you have purchased and see if that helps at all __________________ Optimus Prime: Were we so different? They're a young species. They have much to learn. But I've seen goodness in them.Freedom is the right of all sentient beings. You all know there's only one way to end this war. We must destroy the cube. If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest.

01-26-2009, 08:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rhoney Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP	Re: Memory? Problems The computer is still working after 4 restarts. I think I solved it, the new RAM is in but does anyone have any ideas, as to what happened?