Recent content by Carl1237

So something strange occurred. One night I noticed my computer fans blowing at full speed for a few seconds like it does when it starts up. However this happened around 5-6 times over the course of around 20-30 minutes like it was in a boot loop. When I finally checked the computer it was open...

Actually after reading your comments more carefully maybe I could just use it for my OS. I hadn't considered doing that before.

Only got a hard drive because I got a good deal for it at the time. I've already spent a lot of money on my last renovation but I'll look into a replacement for my hard drive, perhaps an SSD, if I can afford it. A 512GB wouldn't work though, I've already got over a terabyte of data on my hard...

I dunno if that would help. I bought and installed a completely new windows 10 install when I replaced my hard drive about a year and a half ago. My gut tells me the hard drive is somehow responsible but its so new it just doesn't seem right.

Yellow for caution.

I started with a prebuilt and replaced every single component with new ones over time until nothing was from the original. I did try booting with the external drives disconnected it had seemingly no effect. Considering I just replaced the motherboard entirely its probably nothing to do with the...

The problem: Upon loading into windows 10 and reaching the sign in screen: I type in my password and sign in before getting a loading screen with rotating circle that says welcome. This loading screen takes anywhere from 20 minutes to over an hour to load into windows. This has been going on for...

It appears that there has been no change. This would suggest the problem is fixed. I will continue to monitor things for about a day and if I dont notice any change Ive likely solved the issue. To elaborate on what I did since now it seems to have had an effect. While reinstalling programs on...

After leaving the computer idle after removing the suspect programs its seems there has been no increase which is promising. This time I will leave the computer idle with a few usual programs (chrome, steam, etc.) open just to make sure they're not at fault somehow. The amount of idle RAM in...

I tried rebooting the computer in safe mode and leaving it to idle like I did on regular. When I came back there was no change in memory usage. Might mean whatever is causing the problem can't occur in safe mode. Tried malwarebytes to no avail. Went through my programs and removed anything...

That doesnt make any sense. Once a program gets done using memory it gives that memory back. If running programs were the cause of the problem then closing the programs would stop it but that isnt the case. Not only that but this isnt an issue of running out of RAM while running things this is...

Im not sure but the RAM I currently have is what came with the original Acer Computer. Is there a way to check? Also having lots of software running doesn't explain why the memory isn't clearing up.

Ive installed a whole slew of softwares that I had on the previous hard drive. I have Should have 16 GB of ram but my system says I have 12 GB. Something to do with it maybe?

The problem: I recently replaced my hard drive and installed a new copy of windows 10 from usb onto it. My computer slowly fills up over the course of an hour to an hour and a half in used memory until it runs out and crashes. The process that appears to be increasing in memory without...

I'm not very savvy when it comes to hardware and I only have a basic understanding of the software pertaining to this. For my sake I ask that any suggestions describe in detail what they want me to do and avoid using tech terms I might not understand. What I'm using: Computer: Acer Aspire...