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Originally posted by Sunshine
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The capacitors on the computer store a bit of charge even once the computer is turned off, so if it was just turned off, turning on the computer is different from leaving it a day since it was turned off. I don't know whether it is relevant here <-- hope that makes sense
I remember someone posting about the residual charge somewhere it was relevant, but I can't remember what it was.
From the effects, I can't tell what part of the computer is causing problems. I guessed it might have been the RAM but you daid you swapped that. I'd take it to a computer shop and ask them to test everything, because it is most likely hardware related.
I ran a memorytest wich showed nothing. I have not replaced nor swapped the RAM after talking to some ppl askin if RAM gets read in a certain sequence...like f.e. first what's in slot 1, then slot 2...
I think you should try with just one stick of RAM, and then the other incase one is faulty.
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Originally posted by Sunshine
My thoughts still go towards the RAM, but i can't possibly go buy some ram sticks just for the purpose of testing. That's why i'd like to know for sure what is causing all this.
That's why I recomended going to a computer shop, they would most likely test your PC with some different RAM that they had there.
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Originally posted by CookieRevised
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Originally posted by rav0
Buy a pack of blank DVDs and start backing up furiously just incase it dies completely.
She can connect the HDD to another PC and access it like that. You don't need to backup everything.
An OS not booting up doesn't mean you lost your data. The data is still there, only the OS you used to access that data can't be started. So simply use another OS (aka another PC) to access it.
I know that, but if Sunshine had her files and OS on the one volume, and the OS ceased to be usable, formatting that volume to erase the existing OS would also erase
her files.
The hard disk could still be used from another, working OS, but it would need to be on a computer with space for the hard disk with the dead OS on it, and even if one was found, it is more of a hassle copying files like this than burning the files before the OS died.
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