Ram - how do I ckeck?

[Guest]

I have windows Xp home 1 gig ram (2- 512 each) P4 3.2 ghz
Everytime I try to covert my video file to mpeg my computer freezes. My
computer starting up is slow
I have tried serveral software programs. All drivers are updated I'm
thinking maybe one of my memory cards is bad how do I check this?
Hope someone can help.
thank you

 

[Gerry Cornell]

How large is your hard drive and how much free space?

Please check Event Viewer for Warning / Error Reports in the System and
Application logs for when the error occurs and post copies.

You can access Event Viewer by selecting Start, Administrative Tools, and
Event Viewer. When researching the meaning of the error, information
regarding Event ID, Source and Description are important.

HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308427&sd=tech

Part of the Description of the error will include a link, which you should
double click for further information. You can copy using copy and paste.
Often the link will, however, say there is no further information.
http://go.microsoft.com/fw.link/events.asp
(Please note the hyperlink above is for illustration purposes only)

A tip for posting copies of Error Reports! Run Event Viewer and double click
on the error you want to copy. In the window, which appears is a button
resembling two pages. Double click the button and close Event Viewer. Now
start your message (email) and do a paste into the body of the message. This
will paste the info from the Event Viewer Error Report complete with links
into the message. Make sure this is the first paste after exiting from Event
Viewer.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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[J]

I have windows Xp home 1 gig ram (2- 512 each) P4 3.2 ghz
Everytime I try to covert my video file to mpeg my computer freezes. My
computer starting up is slow
I have tried serveral software programs. All drivers are updated I'm
thinking maybe one of my memory cards is bad how do I check this?
Hope someone can help.
thank you

For testing RAM, this may help:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

 

[q_q_anonymous]

I have windows Xp home 1 gig ram (2- 512 each) P4 3.2 ghz
Everytime I try to covert my video file to mpeg my computer freezes. My
computer starting up is slow
I have tried serveral software programs. All drivers are updated I'm
thinking maybe one of my memory cards is bad how do I check this?
Hope someone can help.
thank you

u have 2 modules. remove 1 , see if prob remains.

testing ram can be dione with memtest86 but takes ages i.e. days and
nights . maybe that winmdows diag somebody mentioned is good. But. v
easy to remove or replace ram and see if prob persists

and as mentioned. if comp freezes in win xp then chk event log