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Experiencing beach balls after RAM upgrade
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1616364" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I for one am getting confused. And whenever I get this confused…I like to start fresh with a computer. </p><p></p><p>I think that you mentioned installing a new HD…and I believe that you said that you did a fresh install of the OS (which is what would need to be done if this was a brand new HD).</p><p></p><p>So if the computer has a brand new HD…and new ram…and these beach balls are still occurring…then:</p><p></p><p>- the new HD is bad</p><p>- the ram is bad</p><p>- the new ram and the HD are both bad</p><p>- there is a hardware problem with this computer</p><p></p><p>With a new HD, a fresh install of the OS, and 8gig of new ram…you should not be getting beach balls (if everything is good). So something is bad/wrong.</p><p></p><p>And logically…if the beach balls were happening before with the old HD and the old ram (and also with the new HD and new ram)…it's very possible that the old HD and the old ram were fine. Which only leaves one problem…something is wrong with the hardware…and many times this is the logic board.</p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1616364, member: 56379"] I for one am getting confused. And whenever I get this confused…I like to start fresh with a computer. I think that you mentioned installing a new HD…and I believe that you said that you did a fresh install of the OS (which is what would need to be done if this was a brand new HD). So if the computer has a brand new HD…and new ram…and these beach balls are still occurring…then: - the new HD is bad - the ram is bad - the new ram and the HD are both bad - there is a hardware problem with this computer With a new HD, a fresh install of the OS, and 8gig of new ram…you should not be getting beach balls (if everything is good). So something is bad/wrong. And logically…if the beach balls were happening before with the old HD and the old ram (and also with the new HD and new ram)…it's very possible that the old HD and the old ram were fine. Which only leaves one problem…something is wrong with the hardware…and many times this is the logic board. - Nick [/QUOTE]
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