Settings not staying set ?

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  1. Posts : 89
    Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit
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       #11

    This exercise has all been very informative. I have got into the BIOS and adjusted the date and time and all seems to be OK now. The info that I have been given and in particular the links will give me more stuff to play with.
    Many thanks to all !

    FredM8
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  2. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #12

    Your welcome Fred, glad to hear you were able to get your problem sorted out.

    Give it a few days and if your machine remains stable come back and mark your thread solved.
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  3. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #13

    Fred another last little thing you might want to try is this
    Optimize Windows 7 it will help with performance mate.
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  4. Posts : 89
    Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #14

    Well folks, it all seems to continue to run ok, so I think that this one can be laid to rest. One additional thing that I checked was my RAM. It turned out that one bank of 4GB ram had gone kaput. I installed this RAM update a couple of years ago. So now I am back to the original 2 X 2GB banks of ram and all seems ok. I can't say that I noticed any difference when I was using 8GB ? The only other update that I can think of before I am forced to buy a new system is to install a SSD. The 250 GB SSD's are coming down in price all the time, and for storage and backups I am quite happy to live with the speeds of my eSATA external storage devices. I reckon to get 10 years use or more from my PC, I have had 5 already.
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  5. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #15

    Hmm me too Fred and all of mine have SSD's mind you the tutorial I linked will improve ven on a simple SSD install.

    If you are ever up for anew machine why not try a build?? Plenty of help in here.
    John:)
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  6. Posts : 5,605
    Originally Win 7 Hm Prem x64 Ver 6.1.7600 Build 7601-SP1 | Upgraded to Windows 10 December 14, 2019
       #16

    That's great Fred! Thank you for marking the thread solved.

    Were you sure that 4GB stick of RAM was bad? Machines can be particular about their RAM and its best if you have matched pairs. Say, 2x2x2GB or 4x4x4 There are eight factors involved see: How do I interpret the specification of memory (RAM)? - Super User. If you check at the local repair shop they might have a ram tester to see for sure, maybe it was just kaput for that one machine of yours.

    Sometimes it's hard to notice any increases in performance with a 4GB bump up, at the very least it should of helped your paging file and calmed down the HDD thrashing.

    For more on RAM: Search for RAM | Hardware Secrets

    Johns right, Don't be afraid to ask if you need help with a SSD install. Here's a tutorial to start with, and don't forget to check the bottom of the tutorial for more on the related subject: SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
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  7. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #17

    Anak said:
    That's great Fred! Thank you for marking the thread solved.

    Were you sure that 4GB stick of RAM was bad? Machines can be particular about their RAM and its best if you have matched pairs. Say, 2x2x2GB or 4x4x4 There are eight factors involved see: How do I interpret the specification of memory (RAM)? - Super User. If you check at the local repair shop they might have a ram tester to see for sure, maybe it was just kaput for that one machine of yours.

    Sometimes it's hard to notice any increases in performance with a 4GB bump up, at the very least it should of helped your paging file and calmed down the HDD thrashing.

    For more on RAM: Search for RAM | Hardware Secrets

    Johns right, Don't be afraid to ask if you need help with a SSD install. Here's a tutorial to start with, and don't forget to check the bottom of the tutorial for more on the related subject: SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
    Couldn't agree more Anak always something I am always on about - matched sets ie 16GB = 1x16GB stick or 2x8GB set / pack or 4x4GB set / pack due mainly because it is more likely to have come off the same production batch. Unless the factory matches them I suppose.

    I liked the links too very easy to understand and I have used that site before bit not those particular links.

    Just as by the by I use a lot of G Skill RAM and Tradesman from the forum there is real good at matching the G Skill RAM to any board you want to know about.
    Welcome to the G.SKILL TECH FORUM
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  8. Posts : 4,049
    W7 Ultimate SP1, LM19.2 MATE, W10 Home 1703, W10 Pro 1703 VM, #All 64 bit
       #18

    FredM8 said:
    So now I am back to the original 2 X 2GB banks of ram and all seems ok. I can't say that I noticed any difference when I was using 8GB ?
    You probably won't notice any difference, if you don't:

    • Play recent games
    • Edit large pictures
    • Edit video
    • Try to run virtual machines
    • Compile software
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