windows applications problems

[Ursawarrior]

sup guys

im having trouble with my comp. (again, sigh)

you see, when i open most programs, it may lag but continue on, and youll notice that the red light in your CPU is on constantly, thats just because i have low RAM

but my problems is on windows applications, mainly, windows media player and windows movie maker, it seems that they take a s#it load of time to load, and most of the time it locks up and you cant even shut it down with the KILL PROCESS option in the task manager, if it fks up, the red light on the CPU wont light up.

i know most of you will assume my comp is virused... no it isnt... i can assure
so can anyone tell me why....

side note: i have tons of music and videos in this computer (about 35 gigs or so),is that a factor to the problem?

[furrer]

Can you post how many RAM, your processor etc.?

[Wlck742]

It does sound a lot like a RAM issue if you're sure it's not a virus. If you're RAM's any less than 1GB for XP or less than 1.5 GB for Vista you'll get quite a bit of slowdown. It's might be a hard drive issue as well, if your hard drive is old.

[kuvasz]

If it isn't your RAM, I would go for a full defrag process, preferrably with a program other than the default Windows one. Then restart computer after setting boot-time defrag on for one occasion in order to clean up system files and the MFT.

[Wlck742]

If that doesn't work either you could just go for a complete system reset, ie change hard drives, reinstall your OS, etc.

[Ursawarrior]

sadly, i have a 198mb ram, and my comp isnt that old, its like nine months old, and i think 2.01 hrtz

[Wlck742]

Yes it's your RAM. 198MB is way too low. Get 1GB at least. It doesn't cost much money and all you have to do is plug into your motherboard.

[furrer]

It does sound a lot like a RAM issue if you're sure it's not a virus. If you're RAM's any less than 1GB for XP or less than 1.5 GB for Vista you'll get quite a bit of slowdown. It's might be a hard drive issue as well, if your hard drive is old.

When i had 512 DDR2 ram in XP i had no problems (they were 600mhz)...

sadly, i have a 198mb ram, and my comp isnt that old, its like nine months old, and i think 2.01 hrtz

Thats way to low, you will need 1GB for a OK pc today.

[Fenix]

I didn't even know they made RAM that small

[furrer]

They made so small RAM´s a long time ago... my laptop that is 5-6 years old has only 256 mb ram

[kuvasz]

I think Fenix was being sarcastic ;)

[furrer]

Perhaps, but ursawarrior16 said that his computer only was 9 months old, so i thought he said that: How can he have such a low RAM when the PC only is 9 months old.

[Ursawarrior]

proof

[Fenix]

....Wow. Open up your RAM port, check to see if any are burned out. I'm pretty sure no computer with at least a 1.5 GHz processor CAME with only 198 MB of RAM

[Ursawarrior]

so i should open my cpu and check?

[Wlck742]

Definitely. And if there IS something wrong with your RAM port I suggest replacing your motherboard as well as RAM.

[Ursawarrior]

im not sure but i think i saw it already that way when i bought it, im not so sure....

[furrer]

i think either they have tricked you, or something is burned out. Was their problems since you buyed them or did they come later? At least you cant get such low RAM´s today, minimum is 256... but if you have 64mb shared graifc card then its= 256 - 64 = 192

[Fenix]

I think it's an issue with the RAM itself, IE half of it is burned out. If it was the actual port, it wouldn't detect any.