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| 245402 | 2004-06-17 06:18:00 | Problem. I'm running a Cyclone COmputer running WinXP Home- 384mb RAM. Yesterday while my brother was playing Age of Empires II- The Conquerors Expansion, and the game froze. I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del and got task manager, and found the game was using 192mb RAM (This game was designed for 24mb RAM computers!) then the whole thing locked up. I did a hard Reboot. It made a noise like a truck backing out (5 short beeps at 1 second intervals) then nothing. The H/D light went out, the screen went into standby, and the optical mouse went out. But the mobo light was still on. I turned it off at the wall for about 10mins, and it works now, but what could have gone wrong? Latest patches (It can't be a patch, this happened long after I installed the last patch for now). Programs running: Zonealarm, Norton A/V, Spampal (Filter), Genius mouse software, Distributed.net client, windowblinds. Thanks :) |
Megaman (344) | ||
| 245403 | 2004-06-17 07:04:00 | Well according to this (www.computerhope.com) page it could mean: Process faliure Ram Problem Depending on your Motherboard. Its possible that the hard reboot just upset your system or that you are developing a ram problem. AFAIK (and someone correct me if I am wrong) pressing the reset button is not a hard boot. A full power off, pause and on is the only way to make sure you are reinitialising all components. Shaun |
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