Laptop question

jedijeff · January 24, 2008, 10:19:38 AM

All I can think of off the top of my head is to check the device manager and make sure everything looks fine. Maybe do a internet search and see if you can find any diagnostic tools you can run, which can report on your laptop. If it was me and I was having a lot of troubles, I would wipe the drive and reinstall the OS and applications, but that is easier said then done, and takes a lot of time.

KingIsaacLinksr · January 24, 2008, 10:29:47 AM

Yea...there is no way I'm wiping the drive and starting over. I have enough homework. :thumbsdown I'll start looking into it and see if I find a tool...

Tim

billybob476 · January 24, 2008, 10:38:28 AM

Also I'd try memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) to test your RAM. I had a old laptop with one bad stick of ram which made it randomly shut down and eventually not even boot. Took out the bad ram and it was working like new. If you have more then one stick in there you can also try removing one, checking and then replacing it and removing the other to see if it's bad ram.

jedijeff · January 24, 2008, 10:40:42 AM

Quote from: billybob476 on January 24, 2008, 10:38:28 AM
Also I'd try memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) to test your RAM. I had a old laptop with one bad stick of ram which made it randomly shut down and eventually not even boot. Took out the bad ram and it was working like new. If you have more then one stick in there you can also try removing one, checking and then replacing it and removing the other to see if it's bad ram.

That is a smart Idea Billybob, I know on one of my worklaptops,I had sort of problems, and turned out to be bad memory, quick to test and relatively cheap to fix

KingIsaacLinksr · January 24, 2008, 10:47:27 AM

Tried the free download but it requires a floppy drive....which I can't use on this computer because i have no floppy drive.

billybob476 · January 24, 2008, 10:52:37 AM

well as I said, if you have 2 sticks in there, you can always pop one out and then pop the other out. The ram is usually accessible through a panel on the bottom of the laptop that is held on by a few screws. Otherwise you may be able to run it off a USB key or CD.

KingIsaacLinksr · January 24, 2008, 10:12:27 PM

Ok.....I'm....a....fooolllll.....I was talking with Tech Support for my computer and they suggested reducing the resolution in-game. I checked and for 2 out of 5 games (all i own) I had them MAXED resolution....so obviously that caused my computer a lot of stress. I've turned them way down. Haven't had a problem since then.../slapself

King

Ktrek · January 24, 2008, 10:21:14 PM

Well Tim...at least you found the problem! LOL

Kevin

KingIsaacLinksr · January 25, 2008, 02:11:26 PM

Quote from: Ktrek on January 24, 2008, 10:21:14 PM
Well Tim...at least you found the problem! LOL

Kevin

Egah!! This is not my week for computer-free problems. But for now, all is well.

King