- Mar 8, 2015
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Today I purchased and installed some new RAM (this, specifically) to replace two old sticks (a 1 GB stick and a 2 GB stick, both from the same manufacturer as the new RAM I bought).
Ever since I have done so, my wireless adapter/drivers/whatnot have been acting up at random and without warning. After approximately 15 - 60 minutes of my computer being on, whatever it is that manages wireless connections on windows just... fails.
The limited connectivity symbol will appear without warning on the wifi symbol on the bottom right of the taskbar, and I lose connection to the internet. Attempting to switch to another router in the household causes that whole thing (whatever it is that you use to choose what it is you connect to) locks up indefinitely and until after I restart my computer I am no longer able to interact with it in any way. Additionally, when I restart my computer after this little mishap has taken place it hangs indefinitely on the blue "Shutting down" screen.
According to a scanner on the RAM manufacturer's website, my PC is indeed compatible with the RAM I purchased (the highlighted item is what I am using). I also ran memtest86+ and it completed without error.
I attempted fully reinstalling the driver for my wireless adapter as well as well as resetting the BIOS to default settings. Neither had any effect. I can't fathom what could be causing this.
rest of specs (no idea if this is important but here it is anyways)
Ever since I have done so, my wireless adapter/drivers/whatnot have been acting up at random and without warning. After approximately 15 - 60 minutes of my computer being on, whatever it is that manages wireless connections on windows just... fails.
The limited connectivity symbol will appear without warning on the wifi symbol on the bottom right of the taskbar, and I lose connection to the internet. Attempting to switch to another router in the household causes that whole thing (whatever it is that you use to choose what it is you connect to) locks up indefinitely and until after I restart my computer I am no longer able to interact with it in any way. Additionally, when I restart my computer after this little mishap has taken place it hangs indefinitely on the blue "Shutting down" screen.
According to a scanner on the RAM manufacturer's website, my PC is indeed compatible with the RAM I purchased (the highlighted item is what I am using). I also ran memtest86+ and it completed without error.
I attempted fully reinstalling the driver for my wireless adapter as well as well as resetting the BIOS to default settings. Neither had any effect. I can't fathom what could be causing this.
rest of specs (no idea if this is important but here it is anyways)
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