I'm having problem with the PC. I was told something about 'memory dump'. Should I change the RAM?

Sometimes when the pc is on, it restarts and I do not know why. I received something called error report, and I read these:


C:\DOCUME~1\BJCABU~1\


LOCALS~1\Temp\


WERf000.dir00\


Mini010104-13.dmp





C:\DOCUME~1\BJCABU~1\


LOCALS~1\Temp\


WERf000.dir00\sysdata.xml





I think there might be a problem on that.





My PC is


Intel Celeron 2.40 GHz 2.41 GHz 96.0 MB of RAM


System:


Microsoft Windows XP


Professional


Version 2002


Service Pack 2





Sorry if I can't explain much of what's happening. I don't know much about PC so I hope you can help me.

I'm having problem with the PC. I was told something about 'memory dump'. Should I change the RAM?
Clean out your temp file. This is how you do it:





Click on Start and then Run.





In the text box in the Run window, type %Temp% and click OK. A folder full of files and other folders will appear.





All of the folders and files you see in this Temp folder are no longer being used by Windows XP and can safely be deleted.





Just select all, send them to your recycle bin, and empty it.





Also try increasing you virtual RAM. This is when after all your RAM is used up, the computer uses the hard drive as additional RAM. This is how you would go about doing that:





Right click on My Computer %26gt; left click on Properties %26gt; Advanced %26gt; Settings %26gt; Advanced. Under Virtual memory left click on Change.





Select (left click) on the Drive on wich Windows XP is installed. In most cases this will be Drive C.





Under Drive:


Space available: Select the radio button labeled: Custom size:





To play it safe, in both the Initial (MB)size: and Maximun size: dialogue boxes type 2560 (i.e. allocate 2.5GB for the pagefile) provided you have the free memory space to spare. If you don't have enough free memory available enter the amount of memory you can spare, and meanwhile seriously consider getting a larger Hard Drive.





Mine is set to 4096MB (4GB), max. allowed by XP. This may seem like quite a lot, but the reason for this is that recent games now require a lot more real and virtual memory to function correctly, even if you have 2GB of RAM. Having a larger pagefile size does not hurt performance as such; it only takes up a bit of additional disk space.





After setting the new page file size left click on


OK %26gt; OK %26gt; OK. Then restart the computer.





I don't suggest pouring any more money into this machine, as just 1 GB of RAM will cost half or a quarter of what a brand-new machine will be. You may need to reinstall XP (go and buy a bag of chips and soda, this may take a while). Don't forget to BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP!





If you wish to buy a new desktop or laptop, just e-mail me. You will get something that will blow your mind for $500 for a desktop, and $600 for a laptop. Don't fall for the technical crud, and please don't buy in store.





$500 will get you a core 2 duo, 2 GB RAM, 250-500 GB hard drive, etc.





Feel free to e-mail me if you have more questions, or if my suggestions doesn't work.





Good Luck!





--Anish





P.S. People are saying RAM is cheap. They are right, but however they think that you have DDR2. DDR and SDRAM, which is probably what you have, is very pricy. Believe me, I know. You will most likely have SDRAM, the most expensive. I know, its confusing.
Reply:No need to change the RAM unless its bad. Looks like you've got a problem with your OS though.
Reply:I make it so that when Windows crashes, it doesn't reboot.


http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...


This gives you the classic BlueScreenOfDeath, which includes the error message and the hexadecimal code that caused the problem.


Write it down, and Google it. Your answers await.
Reply:I do not know how in the world you are running this computer on such little RAM. It seems that you have only 128 MB of RAM installed with 32 of it being shared by the onboard video. You are seriously in need of more RAM. I do not know the model and make of your computer to make RAM type suggestions - however RAM is very cheap now - 512 MB stick would work wonders.
Reply:A memory dump is a crash where the computer is trying to do do much. Am I reading your post correct? 96MB of RAM in an XP machine??? That sounds really light. If you have an on board video card then the usable memory is probably less.





I bet you have 128 MB installed and 32 IS being used by the video leaving you with 96.





I would seriously consider upgrading the memory to at least 512 MB or better if the computer can handle it, memory is fairly cheap.
Reply:When your computer starts up, there is probably a prompt along the lines of 'press delete' or 'press F2' to enter bios menu. In the bios you should find an option to perform memory tests on start up. Turn it on. See if it finds a problem.





You probably don't need to replace the RAM, it's probably just some software bug or malware. Reinstalling the operating system (painful) may be required. First try using the System Restore tool in windows and rolling back to a point before you had this happen
Reply:no need to change memory, read the following link content from microsoft.
Reply:Someone posted a properly detailed question I am shocked lol.


I wish I could give you the answer, unless someone here tells you try the "Winforums" and post exactly how you did here, they'll sort you out.

quince