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512mb?

Rampage

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my computer is STUFFED, long story... anyway ive got my old computer here, 512ram lol.. not that slow actually and a really good internet.. but when i download et it freezes as soon as i enter the game like were i haveto type in my new alias after ive just installed it, the mouse freezes and i cant get out of the game i haveto reset my comp inorder to get it working again..(backround thunder is still going tho) anyone know what the problem is ? could the computer be too slow? it shouldnt tho.. et is an old game? any suggestions? thanks

rAmpage
 

noobItUp

Super Moderator
Staff member
Pls post O/S. I am guessing XP, which I would recommend needs 1gig to get out of bed.
 

Fraggle

Well-Known Member
They are right its reasonably cheap to get more ram.

In our little "Hick" town, the local computor shop is selling 1 gig ram $49.00
2 Gig $85.00 and thats got a pretty big mark up on it.
DDR ram (which is ancient) starts at $89.00 to $120.00 but it is old tech and hard to get hold of so....

That should give you an idea!
Maybe 1 of these guys who have upgraded their hardware to DDR3 might chuck you their old DDR/2 hardware....
A few ram chips in the mail wouldnt cost more than $5 to send!!

Good luck!

Thanx
Fraggle
 

Rampage

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thanks for the advice guys.. ill see what happends.. i might reformat my original computer and use that again.. (it's got a virus that keeps shutting it down) lol .. -.-
 

Lestat

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Or you could install TinyXp Rev 09

Statistics:

OPTION 1/2 (With IE/OE/WMP)
RAM Usage On First Installation............ 85 Mb
WINDOWS Folder............................. 561 Mb

OPTION 3/4 (Without IE/OE/WMP)
RAM Usage On First Installation............ 75 Mb
WINDOWS Folder............................. 517 Mb

OPTION 5/6 (BARE, With IE/OE/WMP)
RAM Usage On First Installation............ 60 Mb
WINDOWS Folder............................. 488 Mb

OPTION 7/8 (BARE, Without IE/OE/WMP)
RAM Usage On First Installation............ 50 Mb
WINDOWS Folder............................. 459 Mb

There is even a Tiny Win 7 ... Which runs on an OLD pc (have installed it on one myself) it has only 1gb ram and 40gb hd and runs a single core 1.8ghz athlon xp
 

Rampage

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what do you mean scan on start up? the computer can barley stay on for like 5-10mins i need to run it on safemode and can spybot even properly run on safemode?
 

Rampage

Well-Known Member
alright all it could find was funwebproducts spyware? does that have the power to turn my computer off constantly? and btw im on my actual computer while i type this, it doesnt appear to be turning off altho i'm not sure it wont just turn off in 5mins from now or something..
 

Rampage

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uhm i just did a scan.. and removed the 'spyware' and then i did another scan just to make sure and it turned off whilst scanning it the 2nd time... soo im really confused now..
 

Rampage

Well-Known Member
well it keeps turning off again... even tho ive scanned it multiple times (removed all spyware)

ive cleaned out the computer all dust is gone

it's not overheating the temp is normal... yet it still keeps turning off... i hate this computer so much -.- lmao
 

Frogma

Well-Known Member
-OZ-Rampage said:
well it keeps turning off again... even tho ive scanned it multiple times (removed all spyware)

ive cleaned out the computer all dust is gone

it's not overheating the temp is normal... yet it still keeps turning off... i hate this computer so much -.- lmao
That'll teach you for downloading porn from the dark corners of the internet!!! KEEP IT MAINSTREAM!!! FOR GODS SAKES MAN!!!
 

i0nwr1t3r

Moderator
Re-apply thermal paste on cpu & check ram , sounds like hardware issue , not software.

Dust = Bad , I know :p

Cheers

i0n
 

G-Train

Well-Known Member
Do you get any warning of it intending to shutdown, like a countdown timer or anything?

If yes, its a virus/worm, If not it is HW, run HDD diags in Bios and see if you get any errors.

Post results.

Cheers

G
 
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