RAM Problem. Possible breakage or dislodge?

[Raccoon]

Problem persists.

[nihil]

Hmmm,

You have removed the 64Mb RAM strip?

If you have it sounds like the other one has been damaged............

Please go here: http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/

And get the free "sandra" diagnostics toolkit. Then run it against your memory.

Cheers

[Raccoon]

I am unsure as to which piece of software I am supposed to be downloading since none of the descriptions have the word 'free' in them, but I had a thought. Could a severely fragmented harddrive be causing these 'lag' sessions? I haven't performed a full system defragmentation in almost a year and I have installed/uninstalled, downloaded/deleted a hell of a lot. I have tried to defrag. a few times lately but after after 12 hours and only 4% completion, it just isn't realistic as other members of my family need the PC.

[nihil]

Hi Raccoon,

Please boot into "safe mode" then run the defragmentation. You should also run your antispy and antiadware proggies...............then your AV

[Raccoon]

I ran Disk Defragmenter last night in Safe Mode and it completed successfully. I have also run my spyware/adware programs aswell as my antivirus. The problem is still occuring!

[nihil]

Hi Raccoon

Please accept my appologies for how long this is taking............it is a hell of a lot easier when you have the little toad on your bench and can threaten it with a screwdriver (and I do NOT mean vodka and orange)

I am now starting to suspect that whatever took out your 64 probably damaged the 256 in the process? I have a tool to check it............will try to compress it for you for tomorrow