Computer Update

Well... I tried it again and it started up, but it crashed again. This time I looked at the error listing on the blue screen and it said 'Memory Management.' Or something to that effect. Iunno. I looked it up online and started it in safe mode, going through the Memory Error Scan thingy. It seems to be working now, but I've put all my writing and 'special interest pictures' *cough* on my flash drive just to be safe.

That was frustrating beyond belief...

Comments

[More Dakka]

That's why you back up everything. Its tedious to do but better safe then sorry.
At-least everything seems to be safe.

[Cold Spike]

I would put anything special on more than just one drive, try dropbox (free), gdocs/drive (free), email stuff to yourself with gmail (free) etc.. etc...

Often times bluescreens stems from bad ram. If you have a desktop, replacing ram is cheap as hell.

[RoboRed]

Yeah, that sounds like it could be bad RAM.

[KnightMysterio]

2615104 I have it saved on another computer as well as my flash drive. That being said. I do have a desktop. How does one go about replacing RAM?

Pretend I'm completely illiterate.

[RoboRed]

2615199
It's actually really easy. You can buy RAM chips separately from a computer store/online. They slide into little slots. You just need to find out ahead of time what kind your motherboard supports.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+install+ram+on+desktop

[Cold Spike]

2615199 Either do what Robo just said or carefully open your computer case (when it is off and not plugged in) and look for the RAM. There should be switched on the top and bottom of them that hold them in place. Unlatch those and take them out, your ram should be labeled. If not, then I dunno how to help. If they are, go to an electronic store or shop online for replacements of the exact same settings/ quantity.

[BronyGeek]

I'd first try reseating all your RAM sticks. Take them all out, blow out any dust, and carefully press them all back in. (careful though, if you have a really old computer, there might be ROM sticks, don't mess with those. They're usually a little smaller)

If that doesn't do it, you can run MemTest86 to see which stick(s) is bad. Download it here and boot it wither with a CD or USB drive. Let it scan for several hours. (2-3 hours per gigabyte of RAM if possible is my rule) If you're got bad sticks, this can tell you which, as well as tell you if it's something repairable.

If there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your RAM, try booting something like Tiny7 or Ubuntu Live off of a CD or USB drive to see if it's your current OS installation giving you problems.

[KnightMysterio]

2615233 It's a newer one. It runs on Windows 7. Also, my hands shake. And I don't know what a RAM stick looks like, or what a MemTest86 is.

[InuZelda Modoki]

Here you have some things that maybe helps:

-If the problem is the RAM card itself, then (like it has been said before) you should replace it. I think their lowest price is about 25$ the lowest, and the most expensive ones are about 160$, so if you can afford it buy one.

Replacing a RAM card is not hard: disconnect your computer, open it and be careful of remembering the order of the wires if you have to remove them to reach the circuit (they are usually easy to unplug/plug in). The RAM card is the only one that looks like this: usmicrocorpretail.com/about/images/desktop-ram-card.jpg Remove it carefully, then put the new one in it's place. If you have to remove screws, place them somewhere where you know you won't lose them.

If you can't afford a RAM card or it is not the cause, try the next things (it may don't fix it, but at least will improve the performance of the computer a bit):

·If you have been long time without doing it, defragment the hard drive. If you are using Windows 7, the computer should do it automatically, but you can do it manually going Start→All Programs→Accessories→System Tools→Disk Defragmenter
·Use CCleaner. It will remove a lot of unnecesary files that the computer generates.
·I don't know how to do it on Windows 7 (I'm a Windows XP user), but try to check the virtual memory paging file and increase its size.
·Last, and if nothing of this works, save all the files that you consider important and format the hard drive to start over (like if the computer was turn on for the first time ever). If the problem was caused by any software failure, this should fix it. I don't know how to do it on Windows 7, but there should be tutorials on Internet (you shall do all the steps correctly).

I hope you find something of this useful, despite my bad english.