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The Importance of Properly (Thoroughly) Testing Your Memory

Hardware By Jul 03, 2009 No Comments

When I used to teach high school, I would describe RAM (Random Access Memory or simply “memory”) as physical desk space, and virtual memory as putting stuff on the floor. So, stuff on your desk (RAM) is the stuff you can access right away, and when the desk is full, you have to put your stuff on the floor (the…

PC ER: Blue Flash Followed by Restart in Endless Loop

PC ER By Feb 15, 2009 No Comments

Symptoms: System attempts to load the Windows XP operating system, cuts to black and very quickly flashes a blue screen full of text and reboots in an endless loop. Due to the brief stint of the blue screen, no specific identifiable error messages are retrievable. Hypothesis: The system is attempting to display a “stop” error message, commonly referred to as…