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05-09-2007, 01:16 AM | #1 |
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Computer gurus.... need some help or advice
Recently I bought a new 22" monitor and hooked it up to the VGA slot... I restarted the computer and reset the resolution to 1650x1050, and the computer all of a sudden got really slow in every task I told it to do. I can't open AIM or Winamp anymore, it just lags up until I end it through the Task Manager. I think it might be a problem with my RAM, because when I start up Photoshop, it hangs up on the "Reading Memory" part.
I have a.... 2.0 GHz AMD with 1.0 G of RAM. Could it be the higher resolution taking a toll on the RAM? I set it back down to what it was before, and it seemed to still have the problem. Also, I haven't restarted my computer in about.... 3 weeks or so. I just keep it on all the time. Could this be why... maybe I've burnt out the physical RAM chips?
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05-09-2007, 01:35 AM | #2 |
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Most likely coincidence. Did you open the case at all?
What video card? I suppose if you had a card that didn't really support that resolution, but the drivers forced the card to do so, you could have problems. I haven't seen it happen though, but you never know. |
05-09-2007, 01:41 AM | #3 |
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Nope didn't open the case at all... the fact that its a bigger monitor couldn't be the reason could it?
The only thing I could think of is the resolution thing... and I didn't install any new drivers so yeah I dunno. Also, when I tried launching Winamp Uninstaller, I got an NSIS error... not sure what that measn |
05-09-2007, 01:44 AM | #4 |
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It is most likely that your video card can't handle the resolution. Drop it down to 1280x1024 and see if things are better. If so, you know your culprit. Get a better video card then.
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05-09-2007, 01:46 AM | #5 |
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It is the resolution, some graphics cards use system memory (RAM) when they run out of on board memory. Try resetting the resolution and restarting. Also what video card are you running?
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05-09-2007, 01:46 AM | #6 | |
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actaully, let me try restarting it i'm running a GeForce FX 5700 |
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05-09-2007, 01:55 AM | #7 |
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What the faulk? Yeah, your computer is just f'd up then. Format and then install FreeBSD or Ubuntu.
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05-09-2007, 02:58 AM | #8 |
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I'd try updating your drivers.
What kind of errors are you getting? |
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