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Originally posted by red '00@Aug 28 2005, 10:38 PM
Hack&Lube - I wasn't aware of the minimum requirments for Windows XP in terms of RAM. When we purchased this computer a little over a year ago, it came with WinXP already installed on it. It was refurbished at a computer store where we bought it. Question now is, why would they install Windows XP when knowing it requires 256MB, and my computer not having that? It doesn't make much sense.
I'll have this little issue taken care of in due time, hopefully. Until then thanks for all the help and suggestions guys, gave me some insight into what was going on with my computer and I'm pretty sure made me aware of how to fix it. I'll try to remember to post an update after I get it fixed.
One last question though, can these continual crashes hurt my computer in any way? Or is it basically just a big pain in the testicles?
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No, these crashes can't hurt your computer. They are happening because your computer is already hurt in some way or in the best case, just badly configured.
128MB is the official minimum but you know that the minimum requirements on boxes are all false. All tech sites will tell you that 256MB is a more realistic minimum.
Unfortunately, your computer uses old SDRAM which is expensive. If it was using DDR (double data rate), you could get 512MB of ram for only $50 these days.