schwagner Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 A few months ago, and without realizing it, I stupidly tried to run a program that required double the VRAM than I had. I did this twice, both times, the computer just shut off mid program. I removed it, and in the time since, the laptop will still on occasion just turn off. Usually it's during a video, but now, not always. Sometimes it's not doing anything and it will shut off. Is this a hardware issue? Does it have anything to do with the VRAM? Any help would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 Are you sure you mean VRAM ?See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_random_access_memoryIn the late 1990s, standard DRAM technologies (e.g. SDRAM) became cheap, dense, and fast enough to completely displace VRAM, even though it was only single-ported and some memory bits were wasted.That hasn't been around for 10 years ?Do you mean your Page File ?What model/spec is the laptop ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schwagner Posted August 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hmmm... I think I meant virtual memory. I'm not sure why I wrote VRAM. I really wish that wasn't in the heading now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 Hmmm... I think I meant virtual memory. I'm not sure why I wrote VRAM. I really wish that wasn't in the heading now.Just changed it for you :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 You say that your virtual memory wasn't big enough ?Did you know that you can manually alter the size of your virtual memory (Paging File) to whatever you like - limited by the amount of spare H/D space, but normally 1.5 times installed RAM is a good figure to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 28, 2008 Report Share Posted August 28, 2008 When the system boots back up, you can open the Event Viewer (go to start > run > eventvwr) and look under the System section. Is there anything specified there that could indicate why the system shut down? Look for events that happened just before, or just after the shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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