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24622	2001-11-15 23:21:00	Hi everyone I have a Dell XPSR400 with 11GB free hard drive space and 384 MB RAM. I use Adobe Pagemaker and photoshop and I have to restart my PC at lunchtime or else it locks up in the afternoon. When it locks up I have to do a power button reset to get it going again. I think it may be a memory problem, and have just upgraded to 384MB Ram. This has reduced the occurence of errors to the afternoon now. Does anyone know of a Ram checker utility that I can run within windows, or do I need a Dos utility? regards Marty	Guest (0)
24623	2001-11-16 03:02:00	Hi, Ram only very occassionally causes any problems, and your sytoms seem specific to the length of time your computer has been running, or the time of day. Ram would likely crash the machine randomly without warning or in any form of a pattern. you can always try removing it, tseting the machine and putting it back in. My thinking would be that the heat of the afternoon causes your computer to overheat, although this doesn't really explain why restarting it would help. Try running the machine with the case off, and if it solves the problem, install another exhaust fan.	Guest (0)
24624	2001-11-16 10:09:00	What OS are you running? If its Win9x I reckon its just because that's what happens. This computer locks up every couple of hours using Win98. JM	Guest (0)
24625	2001-11-16 23:15:00	Marty JM's being a bit harsh on W98. It does nor crash twice daily on my computer, in fact it doesn't crash at all. Any hangs or other problems I have experienced have been due to conflicts between video cards and other peripheral devices etc, or my own impatience in clicking halfway through processes. Right click on any blank area of your desktop to bring up Display Properties then select Settings/Advanced/Performance. Here is a good place to start your quest for eternal stability: Drag the hardware acceleration setting back to minimum and see if that helps. If it does, advance it one step each day until your problem returns then back one step. This may not be an answer but you have to start somewhere and your computer should not crash that predictably. Keep posting and more advice will follow. This post is quite old now so it may pay to do a fresh post to bring your problem to the top of the list again. Billy 8-{)	Guest (0)
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