Time for new memory?

[FerrariF50]

Ok to make a long story short sometime when I start a game my computer sometime restarts by it's self... Someone told me it's because my ram is going bad and that I sould replace it... right now I have a total of 128Mb.

[klosters64a]

There are diagnostic programs for your Ram, but it's more likely that the amount of Ram you have is holding you back. Sdram and DDR Sdram are mighty inexpensive these days. Another 128 Mb will do you no harm!

[FerrariF50]

so then why is my computer rebooting by it's self?

[typhoonmike]

You know I had a similiar problem but it was so dang random it was hard to track it down. Some people suggested RAM. Some said my bios might have gotten corrupted. I started getting BIOS ROM checksum errors when I booted up sometimes. Tried flashing the bios but didn't seem to help. Eventually just had the motherboard replaced. So far no problems. Maybe your power supply is going bad. Try pulling the RAM out and just sticking it back in. Same with your vid card. Does it only do it when you are gaming and only when you start them up or does it sometimes do it when you are in mid game? I'm asking all these questions as if I actually have a clue. Heh.

[i12bina3]

did you overclock your system?
maybe thats the problem ... maybe the ram just cant take the fsb speed you put on it
if not ... i think your ram is dying :(

[Oni]

Are you running it at a particular CAS Level? If you're running @ 2-2-2, try going 2-2-3 if you can, or maybe all the way back down the 3-3-3. That might solve your problem.

[FerrariF50]

my system is no overclocked...And it only happens most of the time when I click on the icon to play a game.....it loads and boom the computer just restarts...