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| Thread ID: 101861 | 2009-07-30 01:14:00 | How to check RAM? | annie (6010) | Press F1 |
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| 796390 | 2009-07-30 01:14:00 | Does anyone know how to scan RAM for problems? Freebie downloads? My husband has bought a new Acer inspire laptop, running Vista. When I ran setup, it did a couple of system backup DVDs - the second took 30 mins to write and over 2 hours to verify, then hung - screen froze, no mouse or keyboard input. I restarted, and it went really slow. Have since restarted, but sometimes it has a little cow and goes slow - 15s for right-click to bring up the context menu, for instance. A restart fixes it. I'm unfamiliar with Vista, but want to check the RAM on the thing before I go ahead and connect it to the internet (and potentially give the manufacturer an out if I complain about performance). I've removed the preinstalled McAffee and will install ESET NOD32 before I connect to the internet. Thanks for any advice |
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| 796391 | 2009-07-30 01:17:00 | memtest86+ (http://www.memtest.org/) | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 796392 | 2009-07-30 01:19:00 | Excellent, thanks for your help! | annie (6010) | ||
| 796393 | 2009-07-30 06:11:00 | How much RAM does it have? Have both service packs been installed? | gary67 (56) | ||
| 796394 | 2009-07-30 06:25:00 | Check the event log to find clues as to what may be failing. BTW Windows does come with a memory tester inbuilt, I've found it a bit basic but it works |
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| 796395 | 2009-07-30 07:00:00 | My husband has bought a new Acer inspire laptop, running Vista . 2 hours to verify, then hung - screen froze, no mouse or keyboard input . Take it back . Acer is the worst company there is . They use ECS motherboards in all of them . |
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| 796396 | 2009-07-30 07:46:00 | Thanks for the advice guys - I did download memtest86+ and got it to run after a bit of fluffing about, all ok. It's better with McAffee gone, I think | annie (6010) | ||
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