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08-05-2005, 05:02 PM
Krimsyn

well my computer really sucks.
http://pix7.com/0805/11098q_ssss.png
im not a computer wizard so i don't know much about that^^
could someone tell me if that is slow and crappy?

well any ways, when i got it about a year ago it was running ok. and now it just wont do anything, i open photoshop; my computer freezes.
i even try to copy a cd into my computer and it freezes
i need help.
i have de fragged, virus scanned, spy wear everything, nothing is working
i was thinking of reformatting and i want to your your view on reformatting before i do.

and i don't have anything on my computer i care about losing, i have backed up everything i need and i can re download free stuff.
08-05-2005, 05:07 PM
1337elite

Wahh!! you only have 11Mb free of 128Mbs physical memory!!!
How much programs do you have on at the same time?!?!?!?!

Computer marouder!!

(if you wonder what physical memory is; it is RAM)
08-05-2005, 05:09 PM
Krimsyn

is that not good?
i don't know much about computers
and i have deleted almost everything on my harddrive
08-05-2005, 05:11 PM
Krimsyn

and i want to know if i should buy a new computer or if maybe buying more ram (if possible ) would be better solution?
08-05-2005, 05:12 PM
1337elite

umm... you know.. RAM.. you should have more than 11 Mb free space of ram...
Press CTRL - SHIFT - ESC and the process window should popup.
Look in the tab "Processes" and tehre should be all the processes you have on.
08-05-2005, 05:18 PM
Krimsyn

http://pix7.com/0805/11101s_aaaa.png
and im not dumb
i said i wasnt a computer wizard,
i know how to access the task manager
08-05-2005, 05:29 PM
kickmyflip

sounds like you need a ram upgrade to me... 128 mb or ram won't cut it, i have 512 mb of ram on my computer with similar specs as yours and i can run multiple programs with ease.
08-05-2005, 05:35 PM
Krimsyn

Quote:

Originally posted by kickmyflip@5 Minutes Ago
sounds like you need a ram upgrade to me... 128 mb or ram won't cut it, i have 512 mb of ram on my computer with similar specs as yours and i can run multiple programs with ease.

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and how much does this cost?
08-05-2005, 05:42 PM
Maverick

Is this the same computer you do your Illistrator and Photoshop workings in?

Or has it just recently just started doing all this freezing in PS.

Did you download any suspecious content recently?

Edit/
I got 2x 512 DDR Sticks when I built my box back a few months ago, I believe the RAM ran me about 199.00 for premium quality sticks.

What kind of computer do you have and how old is it? It might be worth it to buy a brand new computer rather than upgrade, which is true in many searios and cases.
08-05-2005, 05:57 PM
Krimsyn

my grandma won it at BINGO 2 years ago and she has no use for it so she gave it to me
08-05-2005, 06:15 PM
1337elite

lol :lol: !
haha.. bingo...
Well i have 512 Mb ram i have like ... 52 processes going with ease.
And i have half of the memory free... you should really clean up your comp and look for register cleaners and such.. you should have half of your ram free.
08-12-2005, 06:27 AM
Dick

Quote:

Originally posted by MaDD@6 Days Ago
well my computer really sucks.
http://pix7.com/0805/11098q_ssss.png
im not a computer wizard so i don't know much about that^^
could someone tell me if that is slow and crappy?
well any ways, when i got it about a year ago it was running ok. and now it just wont do anything, i open photoshop; my computer freezes.
i even try to copy a cd into my computer and it freezes
i need help.
i have de fragged, virus scanned, spy wear everything, nothing is working
i was thinking of reformatting and i want to your your view on reformatting before i do.

and i don't have anything on my computer i care about losing, i have backed up everything i need and i can re download free stuff.

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i had problem with freezing, too and i solve it that i bought new ventilator on my procesor , cause it was on fire , DOwnload SPeedFan and heck temperatures ;)
08-17-2005, 09:10 PM
Twan

LOL your grandma won it at bingo that is awesome (and funny) Anyway, what the others said. Get some more ram. www.tigerdirect.com has good deals
08-17-2005, 09:22 PM
Deadloader

hehehe that's awesome i want to play bingo now :P
08-17-2005, 09:40 PM
ilovecoheed

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Originally posted by deadloader@17 Minutes Ago
hehehe that's awesome i want to play bingo now :P

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i know man lol
08-20-2005, 03:26 PM
supernova

get a stick of ram (512mb is good and it only cost you around £35 if you dont get ripped off) i have 1g and a bit and it runs sweeto
08-20-2005, 03:50 PM
Deadloader

depends on if his mother board is compatible with the stick of ram and judging by it's speed and capacity and what not there will be maybe a 1gig maximum allowance to be inserted but it depends, MaDD you should try it hehe :lol: get a manual first though :P
08-20-2005, 04:59 PM
supernova

1gig is more than enough

come on those scammers (dell) sell ones with only 512 for stupid prices and people dont seem to complain, except me because i know that they are scamming people out of their money cos they know shit about pcs
08-21-2005, 02:10 PM
unit_number_43

yes, you deffinetly need more memory. try kingston valu-ram. they're cheap and pretty good all around. 512mb i would say, should do it.

you only have 11mb free on your physical ram, which is insance. it shoudl be ten times that.