Faulty Ram (random-access memory) faults might show the blue screen of death with a error message like Fatal Exception Error. A fatal message says a serious hardware failure. It may suggest a part is damaged and will need replacing. But the reason behind fatal error might be by chip mismatch. Like, mixing 70-nanosecond (70ns) Ram with 60ns Ram will typically make the computer to run all the Ram at the slower speed. This will often crash the PC .
One way around this trouble is to come into the BIOS and raise the waiting state of the Ram. An alternative way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. . When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections.
Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.
Hard disk drives The information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to
- Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter.This will start the procedure. The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop). Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimization. This can be adjusted by going to
- Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk. Hard disks will run slow and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space. - 31403
One way around this trouble is to come into the BIOS and raise the waiting state of the Ram. An alternative way to troubleshoot a suspected Ram problem is to rearrange the Ram chips on the motherboard, or take some of them out. . When handling Ram try not to touch the gold connections.
Parity error messages also refer to Ram. Modern Ram chips are either parity (ECC) or non parity (non-ECC). It is best not to mix the two types, as this can be a cause of trouble.
Hard disk drives The information on a hard disk drive starts to become piecemeal or fragmented. It is a good idea to defragment the hard disk every week or so, to prevent the disk from causing a screen freeze. Go to
- Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter.This will start the procedure. The Task Scheduler should be one of the small icons on the bottom right of the Windows opening page (the desktop). Some lockups and screen freezes caused by hard disk problems can be solved by reducing the read-ahead optimization. This can be adjusted by going to
- Start-Settings-Control Panel-System Icon-Performance-File System-Hard Disk. Hard disks will run slow and crash if they are too full. Do some housekeeping on your hard drive every few months and free some space on it. Open the Windows folder on the C drive and find the Temporary Internet Files folder. Deleting the contents (not the folder) can free a lot of space. - 31403
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Sometimes, the problem is impossible to fix with the current components. In this case, new RAM or HARD DRIVEShave to be added. But, you may also buy external harddrive
