It is showing 2.5 gig of ram, looks like 1/4 of my hard drive is free. christy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 11:42 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: latest black screen scenario >I did get that one, but I try to wrap all of my replies into a single reply > back to avoid multiple threads on the same issue with the same person. > :) > > You saiad that you had done something with your RAM stick setup a little > while ago, but I didn't catch what it was. I got the feeling that they > are > still in dual-channel mode, but not in an ideal way (mismatched speeds > between the two pairs, perhaps). Right click on My Computer and select > Properties. You'll see just how much memory the system is seeing in the > middle of the General tab. If it's not the amount that you expected to > see, > there may be a problem there. Perhaps one of the older sticks (or even a > new one) has bit the dust. > > Since you didn't focus on it, I suppose you have plenty of free space > remaining on any and all hard drive partitions? > > Peace, > Gman > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-594683847743189197 > http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php > > "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:43 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: latest black screen scenario > > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 10:31 PM >> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: latest black screen scenario >> >> >>> Ignoring the boot sequence, how soon after starting up your system does >>> it >>> happen for the first time? >> >> I dont see a real pattern but it seems to have a hard time sometimes with >> email coming in, did you get my last message. When I tried to open a >> message from you I got this message below: >> >> displayed >> Outlook Express encountered an unexpected problem while displaying this >> message. Check your computer for low memory or low disk space and try >> again. >> How would I know if it is my memory? >> >> christy > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and > everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > OR > To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to > pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To > unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject. > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: > pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: > pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------