On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:53:31 +0100, "Midnight Moocher"
wrote:

Midnight Moocher wrote:
What are the tell-tale signs of RAM break-down?

Crying unexpectedly, peroids of being really quiet, sitting in the corner
rocking to and fro and drinking alcohol.
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~misfit~

Lol, but seriously, how would it effect applications running in say, Windows.

Would I be correct in saying there would be a major slow down in all aspects.Would the system rely on the swamp file, thus
considerably reducing speed due to use of the hard drive?


The only time Windows would start using swap file more, is if the ram was
reported as less than installed. Slow downs are not normally a sign of
memory errors. Memory runs at a fixed speed (you set it in BIOS setup). It
will not slow down as it ages, it will just start having errors.

System slow downs are a sign of too much going on in the background, and
not enough memory/processor/etc. to handle the load. Could be part of the
latest program you installed staying resident. Could be a virus or trojan
emailing all your friends to spread the joy . Could be a very fragmented
disk drive/swap file. Memory either runs correctly at the speed set by the
system, or starts causing errors.

JT