I had my Pc's memory upgraded to 1gig from a lower 512mb. But still, when ever I
try to render files from softwares like Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Maya
3D, or even when playing Dota, my PC would crash. My PC just completely shuts
down w/o warning.
Any idea what could have cost this? And any solutions?
The memory may not be seated properly. You can try taking it out, blowing on the
slots to remove any dust or hairs, and put it back snugly. Just make sure you
know how to handle ESD if you try this.
Alternatively, try running a memory (RAM) burn-in test. If it fails for any
reason, take it back to where you had it upgraded and make them replace it or
otherwise fix it.
Actually, you should never blow on electronic components -- even contact points
-- because the dampness of your breath may cause rusting. I heard this tip in
regard to old cartridge games, but I'm sure you can apply it to PC components as
well.
I forgot to mention that you would usually be blowing with a compressed air
duster. It is kind of hard to get your head in many computer cases
anyway.
While you're in there dusting, you'll want to dust out all the fans, the CPU
heatsink, video card heatsink, power supply, air filters or front grills, and
any heatsinks or places dust collects on boards. The RAM replacement distracted
me from the other potential issue of it being an overheating problem. If dust
has built up your CPU can easily overheat and become unstable or trip the
thermal protection and shut down the system. This is why it's good to dust your
system out every few months (or faster if you have a lot of dust
accumulation).
The way to tell if it is heat is to leave the system off for an hour or so, then
run it until a crash, then reboot and immediately run again. If it runs for a
lot longer cold than after the first crash, then it suggests overheating is a
problem. If it stops after dusting, then you probably got it. You can also turn
off the system after a crash and touch the CPU heatsink. It it's too hot to hold
on to comfortably, then it's too hot.
If it only started after the ram was upgraded, then it's more likely ram.
by the way you say it, i reckon you haven't installed the RAM yourself.
if there are two RAM modules, try to see what happens when only one of them is
installed, and then the other only. then, try swapping the modules between
slots, whilst checking the slot contacts and the RAM module contacts with a
flashlight, to see if they are sound and properly aligned. putting them back in
should require a fair amount of even force from your two thumbs, while both
levers should rotate towards the module, then you should hear them
click.
merged: 06-20-2008 ~ 02:03am
and please remember the ESD thing - discharge yourself to the ground before
doing this, and from time to time; hold the modules only by the edges, don't
touch the golden contacts or the chips
Of course.. if the problem started when the memory upgrade then that is the
error..
If it shuts down and with the issue of the memory could be because it attempts
to access a restricted memory area, usually the system area, which windows
detects as a security breach and therefore blocks everything..
If you didn't installed the RAM, perhaps the problem is that module could not be
the kind that your computer needs, there are many different kinds of RAM... and
usually a computer only con run with one specific kind, then it complicates more
by the number of modules, like some computers need to have every module of the
same kind or it won't work.
I'm feeling that your problem would be that, perhaps your previous ram module
ain't exactly the same type as the new one. You need to check stuff like bus
speed, is it buffered or not, and well some other things.
Your video card is good, nothing to do with the problem, it's not new but it's
not bad.
I had my Pc's memory upgraded to 1gig from a lower 512mb. But still, when ever I try to render files from softwares like Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Maya 3D, or even when playing Dota, my PC would crash. My PC just completely shuts down w/o warning.
Any idea what could have cost this? And any solutions?
The memory may not be seated properly. You can try taking it out, blowing on the slots to remove any dust or hairs, and put it back snugly. Just make sure you know how to handle ESD if you try this.
Alternatively, try running a memory (RAM) burn-in test. If it fails for any reason, take it back to where you had it upgraded and make them replace it or otherwise fix it.
Actually, you should never blow on electronic components -- even contact points -- because the dampness of your breath may cause rusting. I heard this tip in regard to old cartridge games, but I'm sure you can apply it to PC components as well.
Is my problem nothing to do w/ a low Video Card? Because my Video Card is Inno3D GeForce FX 5500 w/c is very outdated...
I forgot to mention that you would usually be blowing with a compressed air duster. It is kind of hard to get your head in many computer cases anyway.
While you're in there dusting, you'll want to dust out all the fans, the CPU heatsink, video card heatsink, power supply, air filters or front grills, and any heatsinks or places dust collects on boards. The RAM replacement distracted me from the other potential issue of it being an overheating problem. If dust has built up your CPU can easily overheat and become unstable or trip the thermal protection and shut down the system. This is why it's good to dust your system out every few months (or faster if you have a lot of dust accumulation).
The way to tell if it is heat is to leave the system off for an hour or so, then run it until a crash, then reboot and immediately run again. If it runs for a lot longer cold than after the first crash, then it suggests overheating is a problem. If it stops after dusting, then you probably got it. You can also turn off the system after a crash and touch the CPU heatsink. It it's too hot to hold on to comfortably, then it's too hot.
If it only started after the ram was upgraded, then it's more likely ram.
by the way you say it, i reckon you haven't installed the RAM yourself.
if there are two RAM modules, try to see what happens when only one of them is installed, and then the other only. then, try swapping the modules between slots, whilst checking the slot contacts and the RAM module contacts with a flashlight, to see if they are sound and properly aligned. putting them back in should require a fair amount of even force from your two thumbs, while both levers should rotate towards the module, then you should hear them click.
merged: 06-20-2008 ~ 02:03am
and please remember the ESD thing - discharge yourself to the ground before doing this, and from time to time; hold the modules only by the edges, don't touch the golden contacts or the chips
Of course.. if the problem started when the memory upgrade then that is the error..
If it shuts down and with the issue of the memory could be because it attempts to access a restricted memory area, usually the system area, which windows detects as a security breach and therefore blocks everything..
If you didn't installed the RAM, perhaps the problem is that module could not be the kind that your computer needs, there are many different kinds of RAM... and usually a computer only con run with one specific kind, then it complicates more by the number of modules, like some computers need to have every module of the same kind or it won't work.
I'm feeling that your problem would be that, perhaps your previous ram module ain't exactly the same type as the new one. You need to check stuff like bus speed, is it buffered or not, and well some other things.
Your video card is good, nothing to do with the problem, it's not new but it's not bad.