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After about a week, the Crucial GB stick of RAM stopped working, the UGuru Hex Display said it was a memory problem.
I lent a 256mb RAM module off Chris Ripper, tried the pc using that RAM,and the pc worked fine.
I then returned the Crucial RAM to Ebuyer and got a direct replacement.
It arrived today, works fine, however the pc seems to be running slower than it was when i had the first GB stick of RAM i.e. Taking longer for map change, connecting to server's, longer boot-up time.
Now i was just wondering if anyone had any idea as im getting a bit irritated...
One thing i thought...
Now that i have made a hardware change, do i need t reinstall Windows... i know that may sound stupid, but its just something i thourght about
(sorry, if there's any bad spelling in this post)
If anyone could give me any tips or pointers, or just suggest what the problem may be...it may turn out that im just being paranoid..
Thanks in advance...
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Re:Memory
By: MaximusAlex
Date: 23/08/2005 15:07
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Hi Drew,
Did you download/install anything while you had Ripper's memory card in?
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Re:Memory
By: ~ Drew Bear ~
Date: 23/08/2005 15:12
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Um...... i dont think so....and im fairly careful about downloading/installing stuff...
But, i'll check and see if i got anything dodgy on th pc..
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Re:Memory
By: [KM] YODA
Date: 23/08/2005 15:20
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It may be a slightly different spec of ram that theyve sent as a replacement, maybe a lower cas latency. just try defragng ur harddrive as virtual memory may have juggled things about when it needed to increase its size. When changing memory its very rare u wud need to alter anything let alone reinstall windows. If defraging doesnt work try entering this as a launch option for css -heapsize 512000
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Re:Memory
By: ~ Drew Bear ~
Date: 23/08/2005 15:22
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Right, i have looked on the pc...and i cant find anything suspicious or unusual on here....
Im not running low on system resources or anything...
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Re:Memory
By: ~ Drew Bear ~
Date: 23/08/2005 15:28
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[color=#000080] Right, thanks for the help guys, i'll carry out a defrag and see if that helps me at all..hopfully it will.
Thanks...
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Re:Memory
By: [KM] + FROG +
Date: 24/08/2005 23:55
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probably just needs a good defrag after you instlled the gbs of css files.
dont use windows defragger, its a heap of shit and probably wont defrag much at all, let alone the whole drive.
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Re:Memory
By: [KM]Pugless
Date: 25/08/2005 00:12
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Em, where can i get a good defrag from?
tanks
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Re:Memory
By: ~ Drew bear ~
Date: 25/08/2005 00:57
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Well, i used the windows defragger and like Frog said...it didnt do too much. The system is running a bit better now, but no doubt it will benefit from a decent defrag...
Also have Virus/Adware/Spyware scanned, none found, apart from a few tracking cookies which were then removed.
The only reason i can think of is that, maybe i did download something dodgy or something like that...
And yeah, Like Pug said...
Could you suggest some decent alternatives for the windows defragger?
Thanks...
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Re:Memory
By: [KM] + FROG +
Date: 25/08/2005 02:19
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i use O&O Defrag myself, does a 'true' whole drive drefrag and can even be set to do group files together by last access time and stuff, wich, imo, speeds stuff up a hella lot - but - it aint free.
*much time passes*
there IS a free version that i have just found, but its old, and does not support evrything.
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