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So my laptop (a Latitude E4300) has had this issue where it just likes to lock up randomly. No blue screen, nothing in the BIOS, nothing in the Event Viewer... Nada. So far today it has done it 3 or 4 times after resuming from standby, and sometimes it will go for quite a while with no issues. Other times, a bit of a YouTube streak will kill it.

 

So I have to ask: Is this some kind of a RAM problem? I think I ran Memtest86+ on it, but I don't believe there were any errors. Then again, I only ran it for like 15 minutes since I was getting tired of the fan ramping up.

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So my laptop (a Latitude E4300) has had this issue where it just likes to lock up randomly. No blue screen, nothing in the BIOS, nothing in the Event Viewer... Nada. So far today it has done it 3 or 4 times after resuming from standby, and sometimes it will go for quite a while with no issues. Other times, a bit of a YouTube streak will kill it.

 

So I have to ask: Is this some kind of a RAM problem? I think I ran Memtest86+ on it, but I don't believe there were any errors. Then again, I only ran it for like 15 minutes since I was getting tired of the fan ramping up.

Sounds like it's more likely to be memory than power.

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It could be....what was your usage at everytime it locked up? 

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It could be....what was your usage at everytime it locked up? 

Again, completely random. Logging on, YouTube, sitting at the desktop, typing in Word, and it has streaks of good and bad for the amount of times that it crashes in a given week. There is no real correlation between load and crashes, as far as I can tell.

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So my laptop (a Latitude E4300) has had this issue where it just likes to lock up randomly. No blue screen, nothing in the BIOS, nothing in the Event Viewer... Nada. So far today it has done it 3 or 4 times after resuming from standby, and sometimes it will go for quite a while with no issues. Other times, a bit of a YouTube streak will kill it.

 

So I have to ask: Is this some kind of a RAM problem? I think I ran Memtest86+ on it, but I don't believe there were any errors. Then again, I only ran it for like 15 minutes since I was getting tired of the fan ramping up.

Why don't you actually just run memtest instead of just guessing it. You have the tools so use them.

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So my laptop (a Latitude E4300) has had this issue where it just likes to lock up randomly. No blue screen, nothing in the BIOS, nothing in the Event Viewer... Nada. So far today it has done it 3 or 4 times after resuming from standby, and sometimes it will go for quite a while with no issues. Other times, a bit of a YouTube streak will kill it.

 

So I have to ask: Is this some kind of a RAM problem? I think I ran Memtest86+ on it, but I don't believe there were any errors. Then again, I only ran it for like 15 minutes since I was getting tired of the fan ramping up.

Specs for laptop????

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Specs for laptop????

omg, your profile pic, I've been sitting her for like 10 ins.

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omg, your profile pic, I've been sitting her for like 10 ins.

Aha, 3rd person in last hour to comment on it!!! 

But it does make the page lag the closer it gets to finishing.....

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you might be suffering a memory bleed thats eating up free memory ... what browser are you using?

Chrome, but again, doesn't have to do with it. I can just log in and have it die.

 

Why don't you actually just run memtest instead of just guessing it. You have the tools so use them.

Yes I have the tools, but I don't have the time. There lies the problem.

 

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Core 2 Duo SP9400, 1x2GB Kingston DDR3L (forgot speeds), 120GB Samsung 840 EVO that's in perfect health, Atheros Wireless card (did it before I replaced the previous card with this one).

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Sleeper HP Pavilion A6137C

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