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Hey everyone,
I recently installed a RAM upgrade in my girlfriends MOM's computer. She was trying to run XP with only 256M of PC 2700 DDR and it was barely scraping along. So I got a 512M of PC 3200 DDR and it seemed to be working fine, however, the computer keeps restarting itself after 10 minutes or so. Any ideas on how to fix the problem? or should I just get a 2700 chip instead? Thanks! So it starts to RESTART after you've had it on for about ten minutes?
I WOULD suspect it to be a problem with overheating.
You may have knocked something loose while you were in the case.
Open it back up and MAKE sure all of your fans are plugged in and you don't have any wires in the way of the heatsink's fan.
While your in there, blow it out with some compressed air.Quote from: gauvinma on January 10, 2009, 12:10:13 AM

She was trying to run XP with only 256M of PC 2700 DDR and it was barely scraping along.

As ODD as this may sound, this statement also leads me to believe overheating.

I ran XP with 128MB of RAM with no problems... it ran fine. Not fast, but fine. If it's barely scraping along with the recommended amount then this points to software overload, which passes on to CPU usage and heat.Computer brand, and model, please.


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