smashedpumpkins
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Well I've been through a world of trouble with my laptop. In the last 3 months I've had my laptop for 2 weeks. I've sent it back to HP 3 times to be fixed. This last time I sent it back because my Laptop turns off/resets/and gets a BSOD. They told me the issue is my third party RAM. Alright, so they sent it back and I'm going to play around with the RAM and stick in some of my other RAM. First, I want to see which RAM stick has gone bad. I have two 2 gig sticks.
Well I ran two memtests for about 6 hours with the RAM and had no issues at all. (Previously my laptop would turn off within the first 15 minutes or so of it being used. Sometimes it'd last a few hours) So I was a little surprised. Memtest showed no errors. It was using up almost all 4 gigs of ram and 100% CPU. I pulled it off and started to use my laptop for about 30 minutes and it restarted on me. I haven't placed the other RAM or taken out 1 stick yet. I was hopping there might be some software to help recreate the problem. I've used 3 different hard drives and they all experience the issue. The motherboard was also switched out by HP at one point.
I'm somewhat confused now... I don't know if it's even the RAM. Any recommendations? Any other software? Thanks for any advice you can give.
Well I ran two memtests for about 6 hours with the RAM and had no issues at all. (Previously my laptop would turn off within the first 15 minutes or so of it being used. Sometimes it'd last a few hours) So I was a little surprised. Memtest showed no errors. It was using up almost all 4 gigs of ram and 100% CPU. I pulled it off and started to use my laptop for about 30 minutes and it restarted on me. I haven't placed the other RAM or taken out 1 stick yet. I was hopping there might be some software to help recreate the problem. I've used 3 different hard drives and they all experience the issue. The motherboard was also switched out by HP at one point.
I'm somewhat confused now... I don't know if it's even the RAM. Any recommendations? Any other software? Thanks for any advice you can give.