Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] (loaded onto a bootable USB drive) that doesn't require an OS to run.
If the laptop boots OK consistently and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
-
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory, (although i suppose there might be?). It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
+
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory, (although i suppose there might be?). It's just that this program doesn't need an OS or HDD and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] (loaded onto a bootable USB drive) that doesn't require an OS to run.
If the laptop boots OK consistently and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
-
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
+
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory, (although i suppose there might be?). It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] (loaded onto a bootable USB drive) that doesn't require an OS to run.
-
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
+
If the laptop boots OK consistently and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] that doesn't require an OS to run.
+
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] (loaded onto a bootable USB drive) that doesn't require an OS to run.
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] that doesn't require an OS to run.
-
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD, not the laptop.
+
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD.
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
Try booting the laptop using a [https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] that doesn't require an OS to run.
+
Try booting the laptop using a [link|https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] that doesn't require an OS to run.
-
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS, not the laptop.
+
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS or the HDD, not the laptop.
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK
@sunflowerthomas
Try booting the laptop using a [https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm|standalone program] that doesn't require an OS to run.
If the laptop boots OK and the program works then the problem is with the OS, not the laptop.
I know that the program I linked is a memory test program and I don't think that there is a problem with the memory. It's just that this program doesn't need an OS and also it tests a lot of other parts of the motherboard just by it working OK