So, I have a Dell G5 5505 Gaming laptop, which I use for just that, gaming. I decided to start experementing with it here and there, and decided to try and upgrade my RAM. I used Crucial's tool to determine what type I needed, and how much I could add. I bought the memory sticks it recommended, upgrading from two 4GB sticks to two 16 GB sticks(the max Crucial said my motherboard could add).
The instalation prosses did not go well. I took the old out, put the new in, and the OS wouldn't load. I would up having to reset the laptop(not too big of a deal, as most of my games are on a SSD card I'm using) after trying to get it to work by putting the old memory sticks back in. After the reset, it worked fine, and for some reason, I decided to try again, and it worked. OS booted, no problem.
So, now the laptop works, plays my games just fine, but now every about 5 times I boot up the laptop, the OS fails to load, but works fine after being restarted. Also, and this is something I had previously attributed to Mcafee giving me a new free trial with the restart, the laptop has been freezing for about 4-10 seconds randomly. There doesn't seem to be a correlation with the games, as it does this even when I'm not playing anything. Exept just now it froze again, and this time it didn't unfreeze itself. I waited about 5 minutes for it to respond, and restarted. The OS failed to boot,, so I restarted, and it's working again.
It may be working for now, but I'm worried I may have started something that will toaster my laptop in the near future. Any helpful tips or advice? Any idea what I may have accidentally done to break something? Any and all help would be greatly appriciated!
The instalation prosses did not go well. I took the old out, put the new in, and the OS wouldn't load. I would up having to reset the laptop(not too big of a deal, as most of my games are on a SSD card I'm using) after trying to get it to work by putting the old memory sticks back in. After the reset, it worked fine, and for some reason, I decided to try again, and it worked. OS booted, no problem.
So, now the laptop works, plays my games just fine, but now every about 5 times I boot up the laptop, the OS fails to load, but works fine after being restarted. Also, and this is something I had previously attributed to Mcafee giving me a new free trial with the restart, the laptop has been freezing for about 4-10 seconds randomly. There doesn't seem to be a correlation with the games, as it does this even when I'm not playing anything. Exept just now it froze again, and this time it didn't unfreeze itself. I waited about 5 minutes for it to respond, and restarted. The OS failed to boot,, so I restarted, and it's working again.
It may be working for now, but I'm worried I may have started something that will toaster my laptop in the near future. Any helpful tips or advice? Any idea what I may have accidentally done to break something? Any and all help would be greatly appriciated!