a. randomly reboot.
b.fail when loading a particulal application.
c. react slowly.
d. overheat resulting in damage to your memory modulse.
2006-08-10 22:31:04 · 16 answers · asked by gehadhanna 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
a. randomly reboot. FALSE
b.fail when loading a particulal application. TRUE
c. react slowly. TRUE
d. overheat resulting in damage to your memory modulse. FALSE
2006-08-10 22:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by Devil M 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would suggest three things:
1. Check your cooling. Are your fans spinning? Are they spinning slowly or unevenly? Is there excess dust, dirt, and lint in your case? Is it in a desk which would restrict air flow? (Many desks I've seen have backing with only small cutouts for cables. They look nice but can be very restrictive to air flow.)
2. Test your memory. MemTest is a great program for testing your memory although you might need a nerd to do it. Generally if you see red on the screen during testing it's bad. See http://www.memtest86.com/ for downloading and http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/servers/0,39020445,2132568,00.htm for a good article about it.
3. If you have less than 512MB of RAM I'd strongly suggest upgrading. If you run any kind of video editing or recent games I'd say that a 1GB might do (although anything more is overkill for most users). If you find out you have bad memory, replace it and upgrade at the same time. You'll get more bang for your buck this way.
Overheating can cause, random reboots, slower performance, and cause system components such as system memory to work incorrectly.
A shortage of memory, could cause problems with some programs loading and impact performance. But it likely would not cause severe overheating.
2006-08-11 07:27:37 · answer #2 · answered by send_jim 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A, B, and C are true. D is very highly unlikely, but it could vaguely be an indirect cause in extreme circumstances, like the lack of memory causing the computer to swap onto the hard drive, which warms up the whole computer and so on.
2006-08-11 05:35:39 · answer #3 · answered by Muralasa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well option 'c' is true in all operating systems......
but in Microsoft's XP sp2, sometimes option 'b' is also true,
sometimes when your memory is crowded with lot of running proggies and you suddenly go for another prog that is to big to be fitted in the momory .....then xp sp2 has some built in features that it can terminate the call to the new application being run to avoid system entering in freeze stage......t(hat's why bill gates gave a dare : that whoever makes and xp comp hang......will get 1 million dollar)
2006-08-14 07:04:52 · answer #4 · answered by DeAd MaN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which memory you are referring to-- RAM!
a. False....it randomly reboots if your RAM is corrupt or loose.
b. True....you get the message not enough memory
c. True.
d. False
2006-08-11 09:08:46 · answer #5 · answered by rups 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a. True
b. True
c. True
d. False
2006-08-11 05:44:00 · answer #6 · answered by Masked Mark 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have these symptoms you may have a bad proccessor fan, ot the fan\heatsink is blocked with dirt. This will lead to a complete failure of your proccesor, if not addressed.
2006-08-11 06:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by acklan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is supposed to be people assisting others with problems or questions. Who you, regis filbin?
"Lack of memory" whats that like amnesia?
Do you meannot having enough memory installed?
An by theway my modulse are fine.
2006-08-11 05:53:32 · answer #8 · answered by ferdinand 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
TRUE for all of the above.
Probably won't happen (especially D), but you never know.
2006-08-11 05:37:39 · answer #9 · answered by amg503 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a,b,&c can easily happen with lack of or incorrect memory... you've got me on #d though
2006-08-11 05:37:16 · answer #10 · answered by D B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋