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Subject: power surge
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kulldemo 17.09.10 - 07:10pm
I have an old Gateway 3520GZ Notebook. The default RAM specs are: 512 MB (PC2700) DDR SODIMM (256 MB internal memory and 256 MB SODIMM), which is expandable to 1256 MB. One day, I woke up and my laptop just wouldn't start. It powered on. The hard disk whirred briefly and the fan started and stayed on, but the screen stayed black. After the initial whir of the hard disk there was no further activi * +

kulldemo 17.09.10 - 07:12pm
With the removable RAM pulled and the system did start up on its remaining 256 MB of non-removable internal memory. Naturally with half the RAM, everything runs much more slowly, but still everything runs. Now, I had assumed that the removable 256 of RAM was the problem. Maybe it had been fried in a power surge. I recently ordered 1 GB of new RAM to max out my system's capabilities, but when I in * +

kulldemo 17.09.10 - 07:13pm
When I did that, the computer accepted the new RAM and started up. I entered Windows, checked the system specs, and sure enough the system now recognized the additional 1 GB I'd just added. If these results had lasted everything would be perfect, but eventually I got a blue screen of death saying my system was in danger and needed to be shut down. It suggested I use a restore point or remove newl * +

sonicbom 17.09.10 - 07:20pm
The problem may be ram. I guess . Did you checked whether frequency of both the ram are same ? Like if your old ram had 667mhz then newer ram also should be of 667mhz and probably should be of same brand * +

c.k. 17.09.10 - 08:09pm
Same brand? * +

kulldemo 17.09.10 - 09:27pm
Yep,same brand.but ddnt check d frequency. * +

dgunter 18.09.10 - 06:08am
Get a application called bluescreenview its at www.nirsoft.net run it and check what it show you as the problematic area. It will show you what the problem is in red at the bottom * +

kulldemo 18.09.10 - 11:52am
Windows NT has found only 0K Of low memory. 512K of low memory is required to run Windows NT. You may need to upgrade your computer or run a configuration program provided by the manufacturer. * +

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