OT- Desktop PC Probs

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  1. sadbrewer

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    I no nothing about Windows 10, but if I was getting this problem on xp, I would try and get in to the bios....if you can do that and it stays on perhaps that might put the temperature theory to bed?
     
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    Seems to be. I have a corsair carbide tower with fans so hard to know what is firing up without opening it all up.
    Cheers mate will do.
     
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    Cant get into BIOS.
     
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    Would also recommend getting some compressed air and giving the motherboard a once over with it. Some bit of metal or damp dust or something could be shorting something out.
     
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    Where's thereev when you need him?
     
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    Its a fairly old board so sounds like a good call.
     
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    Finally found time to have a look into this- the culprit appears to be a memory slot on the motherboard rather than a stick itself. Is there any software I can run that will check to see if theres a problem? Will I just have to lose 4gb of RAM?

    Cheers :)
     
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    Be very careful with this though and make sure it's off and cooled down before you do it. I think I blew some motherboard by being a bit keen to do this.
     
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    Its all back together and working fine now, just minus 4gb of memory as it stands (so now 12gb)
     
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    Desktop losing memory as it gets older. Technology imitates life.
     
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    You don’t really need any software to tell you if the memory stick works in another slot and not that one that it’s the slot at fault. Rather than having 4gb sticks at a time, put a 8GB one in one of the other slots - I’d be upgrading any 4s anyway to be honest. If your motherboard is too old I’d just replace it, they’re not expensive and it means you can upgrade other bits too as you go along. CCL has a good checker for compatibility.
     
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    Just don't want to get a new board and have to upgrade everything to be honest. I don't use it that much at present. Will see it how fares with 12GB and reconsider :)
     
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    The issue with upgrading the board at this point is that it locks you into that socket. Both AMD and Intel are likely to have new sockets next year (although not confirmed) which will me multi-generational. I’d probably get 2 8GB sticks at this point and just use them. Be aware though that if it’s DDR3, you won’t be able to keep those sticks after an upgrade
     
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