Comments on: My computer broke again and I think it’s RAM problem

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:30:27 +0000

I have a Compaq presario laptop and it has been giving me an issue. I’ve had it for about 2 years now, but whenever I turn it on, about 20 minutes later it gets real hot underneath where the fan is suppose to be and it’ll just shut off. I don’t think my fan is working anymore either, ’cause I believe that is what used to prevent it before from over heating. I have to movie it to different spots, ’cause my desk gets real hot from it over that period of time. Is this something I can fix easily?

By: Ken Tustain

Ken Tustain — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:01:08 +0000

I am about to buy a laptop and I am not sure if I need any add ons e.g Hub, Dongle etc. I have broadband at home and would like to use the laptop whilst out and about as well. Can you help please?

By: Mel Wal

Mel Wal — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:14:37 +0000

I have a question. This area is the closes to what I am experiencing. Have a Tosihiba Satellite M45- S331.. 512 Ram Installed. Wanted to increase Ram to 1Gb. After I replace the current chip with a Corsair 1GB and tried to start it, Nothing Happen. Then i replace it with the old chip and nothing happen. What have I done or what can I do to get running again?

By: TJW

TJW — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:37:35 +0000

This is not a comment but another question. I was poking around on my laptop tonight and suddenly got the blue screen of death. Now I cannot even get any power out of the damn thing! It won’t turn on, so I can’t reboot. It is an old Dell laptop, it was to the point where it had to be plugged in to function (no more battery power) and the plug came out after I got the BSOD. Any ideas on how to get it turned on again at least or should I just go get a new laptop(gulp)?

By: Pulkit

Pulkit — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:43:16 +0000

laptop freak

I have a Hp Pavilion ze4965ea i need to know how far can i upgrade my hard drive.. will 160 gb or higher be compatible with my Notebook??? i also need to know what are my maximum ram upgrade possible..

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:18:32 +0000

The best program I’ve found for diagnosing any computer problems is a program called UBCD4win. It boots windows from a cd and has a bunch of tools built right in, even a memory tester. We use it a lot on our client’s machines.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 25 May 2008 10:39:35 +0000

I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100. The memory slot is bad.

I’ve run mem 86, both RAM modules pass in Slot A and both fail in Slot B.

How do I repair the Slot? No matter where I apply pressure on the RAM in Slot B can I get passing results. At one point if I was lucky it would pass until I pushed somewhere on the top left of the keyboard area (ie. over the RAM /CPU area)

Do I take it all apart and inspect for broken lines on the boards? Or am I safer to leave it and run on one RAM module?

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:10:35 +0000

I have a Toshiba Satellite A75-S206 that I am almost positive the memory is bad because I have had it in and out of a couple repair shops. I was told that the memory is soldered on the mother board. If I install addtional memory in the memory expansion slot will the computer work off of that even if the main memory is bad?

If not do I need to buy a new MotherBoard and where can I get a cheap one?

The Computer will not even boot up now.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:12:25 +0000

Laptop Freak,

I’m hoping you can help…

So I am receiving the above error (debuglog.txt is attached). But I’d like to give some background – I searched the forums and saw many similar problems but just not quite the same…

I have a Toshiba M45-S169, about 2 1/2-3 years old running Windows XP S2. Over the years I’ve upgraded the memory several times (first from factory 512mb to 1024mb – just had to add second stick for this, then recently from 1024 to 2048 – the max this laptop can handle; required replacing both sticks). Prior to purchasing the memory, I searched several sites to ensure compatibility. I also had a tech at the store verify… I’ve learned the hard way.

So – supposedly this memory works with my system. It was recognized upon install and no problem – surfed the Net all day, played my online MMORPG, etc, no crashes – until I put my laptop into hibernate. Trying to come out, it said it didn’t have enough memory to complete API. uhh huh So the next night, I just put it to sleep, not hibernate – this time I got the error above.

I’ve tested the RAM, both pieces together and individually in different slots – multiple times – they are fine apparently. I’ve even put them into my husband’s laptop and fooled around – no problems. And, as I said, this only happens when coming out of Sleep or Hibernate. It is not triggered by playing graphic-intensive games; I can run the internet, games, and music apps all at one time without setting off the fan. I’ve played and played to try to get to the root of this evil.

My next step thoughts are – change the virtual memory allocation (it is way under the recommended) and, dare I say it, resort to one of those registry cleaning apps?? Could that really be the problem?

By: Laptop Freak

Laptop Freak — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:31:32 +0000

This drive should be fine.