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How do I diagnose damaged Ram?
Hello,
Lately I have been having performance issues with my computer that I have been trying to diagnose. I have an HP EliteBook 8560W (i7, 8 GB RAM (two 4 gig sticks), Graphics: AMD firepro 5950 mobility) that when I first bought, could do anything from run StarCraft II on high settings with around 60 fps to seamless SolidWorks modeling.
I recently booted up SC2 for old time sake and was only able to get about 30 fps on the lowest settings, so I started to try to resolve the issue. I ran virus scan, defragged the hard disk, updated graphics drivers, chipset drivers and bios. Still no luck even though my task manager says I am only using 20-35% of my ram and less than 10% of my processor. It seemed like my graphics card was shot or my computer was just being lazy!
So the next step I took was to open a ton of applications (itunes, windows media player, chrome with youtube and pandora, and started running a virus scan). I was curious to see how hard I could make my computer work. I got it to use about 50% of the ram and had the processor at 15% or more. I then proceed to boot up SC2 and to my surprise I was able to get 60 fps on high settings!
Could it be possible that I used up all the memory on a damaged RAM stick and started to tap into the other 4 gig stick? or is there something else I am not considering.
Thanks!