There's memtest x86, you can find it as a downloadable CD. Walt On Aug 12, 2011 10:08 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: > know of a good free program I can download that will test the ram? > > On 8/12/2011 9:06 AM, Walt Zarnoch wrote: >> Sounds like either a driver-induced hang, or ram that's starting to flake >> out. >> >> Walt >> On Aug 12, 2011 10:05 AM, "Kaleb C. Striplin"<ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >>> My home desktop has been acting strange lately. This computer has 2 >>> hard drives, the original with the original Vista install, and a 2nd >>> that has XP installed. I boot it and run it from the XP drive. Right >>> before I went on vacation I noticed it seemed to be shutting off. What >>> it is doing when booting up it will get about half way thru then >>> completely power off. Turn it back on same thing. Start it is safe >>> mode and it starts and will run all day with no problem. So I did a >>> system restore and got it started in normal mode, used it for a while >>> and put it in stand by. Next time I went to use it as it was coming out >>> of stand by it shut down. So I booted it in safe mode again and once >>> again it would sit there and run all day. My thought was maybe it was >>> getting hot but that cant be it since it will shut off right when >>> started up so it would not be hot, and it runs all day in safe mode. So >>> yesterday I decided to make the vista drive the primary and booted from >>> it. Even booting on that drive with a completely different install it >>> completely shuts down when booting. I did get it started in normal >>> vista mode once and had internet but then later even though it said it >>> was connected to the internet I could never get anything to connect. >>> That was strange. >>> >>> So, anybody have any ideas? As I said before I thought heat at first, >>> but then I figured something was corrupt in the XP install. But since >>> it does it in both the XP and Vista install it almost seems like its >>> some sort of hardware issue that shuts down the whole computer. I am >>> probably going to move whatever is important off the vista drive over to >>> the xp drive and do a clean install of windows 7 on that drive and see >>> what happens. >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/
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