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upgrade and pc restarts
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Name: saman
Date: November 26, 2005 at 09:51:41 Pacific
Subject: upgrade and pc restartsOS: xp sp2CPU/Ram: 512 |
Comment: i've upgraded my ram by putting a 512 ram in the spare slot it's recognised by the system but the pc restarts every 5 minutes ,i've removed it and everthing is fine any ideas what it could be .pc scaleo 600 gigabyte motherboard ga8sgxl 2800 mhz
thanks
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Name: Chuck 2
Date: November 26, 2005 at 13:11:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Dust collects inside computers. I vacuum mine out
once a year, using a plastic nozzle. Do not blow
it it out, or dust will go where you don't want it. Maybe dust inside RAM slot.
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Memory(RAM), test program for downloading: http://www.memtest86.com/
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Right click My Computer,
Properties,
Advanced tab,
Settings button (Starup and Recovery),
uncheck Automatically Restart. Now you should get an error message when it happens again.
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Mismatched RAM ??
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