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Thread ID: 124419	2012-04-25 21:20:00	Windows freezing	Mike (15)	Press F1

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1271976	2012-05-10 22:00:00	AAARGH!!! Just got the 2gb in now and it froze again... so it might be the 2gb (and the 1gb just not enough to run Windows), or it could be both (is that likely?) or it could be mobo or cpu (running out of suspects aren't I?) Mike.	Mike (15)
1271977	2012-05-10 22:11:00	To quote microsoft : 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) At 1GB it wouldn't "run" it would crawl :D If the 2GB allows it to start, then try it alone, first in one Slot, then if it crashes, then the other. This is kind of testing the actually Memory Slots on the board. If it fails on both then its more than likely ( but cant guarantee it) that the 2GB is the faulty Memory. If memtests shows its OK, as I previously mentioned it doesn't actually mean it is OK. Sometimes its suck it and see, by changing components. Any component can fail at any time, so yep, could be both, but it only takes one to falter to cause problems.	wainuitech (129)
1271978	2012-05-10 22:29:00	1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) If the 2GB allows it to start, then try it alone, first in one Slot, then if it crashes, then the other. This is kind of testing the actually Memory Slots on the board. If it fails on both then its more than likely ( but cant guarantee it) that the 2GB is the faulty Memory.Would it be worth installing Win 7 32bit so I can test it just on the 1gb stick? I'm not sure I want to come to the conclusion that it's the 2gb when I can't test without it (i.e. with the 1gb stick) because it won't run windows... Will 1gb actually run 32bit? (ignoring what Microsoft might say about it)? Cheers, Mike.	Mike (15)
1271979	2012-05-10 23:04:00	Windows 7 32bit will start and work on 1GB of memory. It wont be winning any races, but it would be good enough for testing purposes. Dont expect it to do much to quickly. Playing with words --- it wont "run" :D more like a walk ;) .	wainuitech (129)
1271980	2012-05-10 23:13:00	ok this gets interestinger and interestinger :D I switched the 2gb into the other RAM slot. PC starts and gets to about the time to start Windows and then restarts automatically. Switch the 2gb back and it starts fine. So I might try the 1gb in the slot I've got the 2gb in now and see what happens. Would a mobo require RAM to be in a particular slot? One slot is yellow, the other is black (there are only 2 slots). Mike.	Mike (15)
1271981	2012-05-10 23:23:00	I've now got the 1gb in the slot that had the 2gb, Win 7 64bit running fine (slower than normal, but faster than my XP laptop with 512mb lol). Will see if it freezes again. Might be the 2gb, might be the RAM slots, might be something else altogether :) Mike.	Mike (15)
1271982	2012-05-10 23:38:00	Had it running on 1gb for about 15 mins before BSOD (and BSOD then froze, so didn't display whole message anyway) So, is it RAM (both sticks), slots, or other mobo issue? or cpu? or HDD? lol I'm getting the feeling I'm going to have to buy new mobo, cpu, and probably RAM :( Mike.	Mike (15)
1271983	2012-05-11 02:15:00	What does the BSOD say this time?	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1271984	2012-05-11 02:38:00	it didn't display anything useful - no reference at the top to something failing, and the BSOD froze before it displayed any STOP codes at the bottom. All it said was the usual thing about if it's the first time this has happened then do such and such or if it keeps happening contact the administrator or whatever. Mike.	Mike (15)
1271985	2012-05-11 09:10:00	ok my inherited work PC is still doing the same but lasting days before each freeze. An expert would say "take some measurements", "look at logs" etc so now I have performance monitor running and logging in a variety of modes on my second screen so hope to see something useful frozen there next time it happens, you should try it too (assuming it doesn't bsod)	Ofthesea (14129)
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