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My STUPID OS (crashes, freezes, the works)

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/my-stupid-os-crashes-freezes-the-works.171769/

doomgiver
doomgiver Original post #1
Mar 21, 2013 at 10:25 PM
This is mostly a rant, though i'd like to know why my system is crashing so hard.

My desktop keeps :
1. crashing programs (i think its a flash problem)
2. BSOD'ing (not that frequent, more like 2-3 times a week)
3. Freezing (random freezes, 4-5 times a day)

more problems :
only 2.5 GB ram out 4 GB is usable (tho im on 32 bit, so i should atleast get 3.5 GB usable
Opera keeps on crashing, im talking about 10+ crashes per hour. mozilla crashes too, but not that often.

AMD 955 BE stock
2x 1tb HDD
1x 4 GB ddr3 corsair xms (1333 mhz, i think)
hd6770 1gb ddr5

windows is not updated. as im thinking of updating it to 64 bit.
i have the latest flash and java, and i've updated graphics drivers last month.

what made me rant and rage so much : planetside 2 was at 60%, comp crashes. all progress reverted. im so mad right now, im gonna toss this POS out of the window.

so, what could be doing so much crashing?
W
Mar 21, 2013 at 10:37 PM
read about some weird issues with xms ram so take a look here to clear any doubt:
CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 only running at 1066? - Corsair - Memory
reniarahim1
Mar 22, 2013 at 10:08 AM
Did u enable RAM sharing for Video memory?