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Q&A: Does my computer have a bad RAM stick?

Posted on November 21, 2020

Question from Aaron G.: My computer (Dell desktop with Windows 10) has started crashing at random times and displaying a blue screen with an error message.

The error message always says the PC ran into a problem and it needs to restart.

This line is always at the bottom of the error screen:

Stop Code MEMORY MANAGEMENT

Does that mean my computer has a bad RAM stick?

I took a picture of the error message with my phone and attached it to this email. Can you take a look at it and tell me what I need to do? Thanks.

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Q&A: Can I use RAM in my PC that’s faster than my motherboard’s rated speed?

Posted on October 28, 2019

Question from Eric: My computer’s manual says the motherboard supports DDR3 RAM at speeds up to 1333Mhz.

I want to replace the old RAM sticks with new ones to max it out but right now the slowest DDR3 RAM sticks I can find locally are rated at 1600Mhz.

I don’t want to order online if I can possibly avoid it but I don’t want to damage my computer either.

Can my computer use the faster RAM or would it cause problems?

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Q&A: Will doubling the RAM in my iMac really make it run faster?

Posted on February 14, 2019

Question from Donna: I have a 27 inch mid-2011 iMac with 4GB of RAM. It’s running MacOS Sierra.

I’m thinking about taking it to the Geeks Squad and having them to upgrade the RAM to 8GB.

I was talking to them about it a few days ago and they said a RAM upgrade would help a lot since it started running slower after the upgrade to MacOS Sierra.

But the thing is they also quoted me a small fortune for making the upgrade.

My question is would the speed increase from an extra 4GB of RAM speed up the system enough to justify the expense?

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Q&A: Will DDR3-1600MHz RAM work with my DDR3-1333MHz motherboard?

Posted on September 3, 2018

Question from Anthony J.: Rick, I have a custom built PC with an ASUS motherboard that supports DDR3-1333MHZ RAM. It’s about 5 or 6 years old as best I can recall.

I want to upgrade the memory from 4GB to 8GB, but the only RAM sticks I could find locally are DDR3-1600MHZ. Will they work with my motherboard without damaging anything?

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Q&A: How can a 30GB program run on a PC that only has 8GB of RAM?

Posted on July 5, 2018

Question from Daniel G.: Hi Rick. I just noticed something that has me puzzled and I hope you can help me understand how it works.

Last night I downloaded a game and installed it on my computer, and it runs just fine.

The thing that’s puzzling me is the game was a 30GB download but it runs on my computer even though it only has 8GB of RAM.

What trick are they using to shoehorn 30GB of code into 8GB of RAM? Is it compressed somehow?

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