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Tower tipped over, RAM issue


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Andrestor

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My seat broke and I fell on my back. I don't know how but I ended up pushing and making my computer tower tip over, but I held it so it didn't fall about 1 meter.
It did hit itself. I turned it back on and it loaded my desktop but I noticed (thanks to a desktop gadget) that the memory was working at around 70 - 80% when it usually does at around 40 - 50% so it was slow.
I thought about restarting the computer but when it shut off before rebooting it didnt boot, so I had to force turn off. Then I tried turning it on again and it froze on the "Starting Windows" screen. Re force-shut down. Turned it back on to restore startup, letting it finish. After that the computer booted normally but with high RAM usage again, so I enabled WMD and restarted the pc. (Had to force shut down again) WMD registered no problems.

What might be the problem? I need some help, please :/
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:welcome: Andrestor

Try reseating the Ram, a guide to help you http://www.crucial.c...stall/dimm.aspx when you do this if you have any other add on cards check that they are all securely seated in their slots and that all power connections from the PSU are also securely in place.

Let us know how it goes, depending on the results you may need to run a diagnostic test on your HDD as the impact may have damaged it.

NB: You may also need to run Memtest for between 5 and 6 passes http://www.geekstogo...sing-memtest86/
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