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Brand new Windows 11 computer crashing apps constantly
Last few weeks (and it slowly got worse as time went on), I have been getting application crashes/closes, weird seemingly memory related errors, a couple BSoDs, and Nvidia driver CRC errors.
All ...
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Custom built PC takes 10 minutes to boot up
I built a music production rig about 3 years ago. The specs are:
Motherboard: MSI B350 Tomahawk Plus.
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3600
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Why does my HP EliteBook 8440p doesn't turn on with 2 new DDR3 4gb RAMs?
My HP EliteBook 8440p had 2 DDR3 RAM of 2GB each, so 4 GB total.
This is my DxDiag info:
The specs of these 2 RAM are:
I wanted to change them to 2 4gb RAMs (so 8GB, the max supported ram for this ...
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Some RAM sticks cause POST fail
I've got a weird one for you guys. I'm wondering if my problem is with my motherboard or my RAM, or both.
I have 4 sticks of DDR3 RAM. Two 4GB, and two 8GB. All 4 used to work until my PC crashed one ...
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Does having different capacity RAM sticks reduce performance compared to 2 sticks of the same size?
I have an Acer A515-51G-58GJ notebook that comes with 4 gigs of RAM that's soldered on the motherboard (HWiNFO says it's a SK Hynix DDR4-2400 stick - HMA851S6AFR6N-UH).
I upgraded the RAM on this ...
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Laptop: upgraded DDR3L 1,35V RAM but Windows can't boot with the new one
Picture of the 3 RAM memories
The laptop is a Toshiba Tecra A11-110 with an intel i5 processor.
I replaced the first RAM with the second one. The Windows begins to boot but ms later shuts down and ...
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XMP causing POST safe mode - ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming
I have just installed a new setup and wanted to try the installed XMP profile for ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming motherboard. However when I activate XMP the computer fails to start and POST into safe ...
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Do I have a 64 bit PC?
I am trying to find out if this bad computer of mine is 64 bit. I have a 32 bit and want to get more than 4 GB of ram. I have 2 GB and I can survive 2017 with it. But I want to upgrade to 8 GB. Here's ...
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windows 10/8.1/7 not booting after installing new RAM
My motherboard is Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 (Rev 1). I have 4 slots for RAM. I had 2x2 GB DDR3 RAM 667 MHz(9-9-9-24). With this Windows was booting fine. Now, I have installed 1x8 gb DDR3 RAM 1600 Mhz(10-...
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All my RAM is suddenly Hardware Reserved ! 256Mb available?
I have a desktop computer which worked perfectly for 5 years until yesterday. Over the 12Gb of same & compatible RAM installed, it suddenly can use only 256Mb, the remaining being 'Hardware ...
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MEMORY_MANAGEMENT BSoD on Windows 8.1
I have a new machine running Windows 8.1 with the following brand new components:
Intel Core i5-6500
8GB DDR4 2400MHz Kingston HyperX Fury (one 8GB module)
ASRock Z170m-ITX/ac
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB
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I have upgraded to Windows 10 Pro x64 - Now I need to replace motherboard and RAM
I have upgraded my from Windows 7 to Windows 10, then I carried out a clean install. All worked fine.
I am now going to plan an upgrade of my Motherboard, Processor, RAM and Video Card.
Obviously ...
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Which piece of hardware in my desktop is failing?
Almost 2 years ago I built a custom desktop. This week it seems to be becoming inoperable. It's a dual boot system capable of booting to Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. When I sat down at it the other ...
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Memory not compatible with motherboard?
I've been getting BSODS on my computer and have tried everything that I can think of to find out what's causing...
My motherboards memory compatibility list is: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/X79%...
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Operation System Clone from a Motherboard to Another [closed]
Lately we had an idea with my Family of building a Super Computer from Scratch. So while we were planning on building our setup, one idea came to my head that it seems possible but i want also your ...
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