RAM Issues
purplebunny:
Just to preface, I'm really not sure if this belongs here, or Retardoland. It's such a great topic for a first post. (Long-time lurker, though.)
Since 512 MB of RAM just wasn't cutting it anymore, and there was a sale on laptop memory, I upgrade the laptop I use for Simming to 1 GB last night. Or tried to.
Inserted the new card in the slot (and yes, it was the appropriate sort, right speed, etc.). Computer wouldn't start. Removed it. Computer wouldn't start. Put in the new card only, computer worked fine, but only at 512 MB.
Not only that, but it was crashing when we loaded the Sims (fatal error), and we determined it was either memory-related or buggy download-related as removing the Downloads folder (which is sitting at exactly 1 GB of content atm) fixed the error.
My husband poked and prodded at the laptop a bit more today and discovered the reason that the old memory card wasn't working was because when we were fiddling with it, the connections got orange juice on them from when I spilled OJ on the laptop a year and a half ago.
So yeah, when your RAM chip starts acting up... check for OJ before you do anything else.
::)
Aggie:
Sound advice. :P Was it at all fixable?
purplehaze:
Here's how I fixed the connections on one of my sticks: I rubbed it gently with an eraser. I read it somewhere; and since I had nothing to lose, I tried it and it worked. Your milage may vary.
witch:
My techie-ex always does that - in fact taught me to do it for contacts on all sorts of cards. So I have a rubber in my toolbox.
jsalemi:
Quote from: witch on 2007 April 26, 06:49:31
So I have a rubber in my toolbox.
That has a WHOLE different meaning here in the States. :)
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