u/Pappa_Crim

Windows 11 OS consuming all my ram?

So I have an old MSI gaming laptop with 8 gigs of ram. It is acting slow on boot and in loading web pages. Take it down to the shop and they tell me that my windows os is consuming all of my ram and want me to upgrade it. Does the situation with the os sound plausible?

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u/Pappa_Crim — 12 hours ago
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what could cause a PC to randomly turn off? I don't even know where to start looking

This is two incidents on a custom build

When I first tried to turn on the tower it wouldn't. The button was stuck in the on position so I unplugged it and opened it up to see what was going on. I jiggled the button to no effect. Then I jiggled some wires and found one that was loose.

jiggled the button again got it unstuck. So I closed it up, plugged it in and successfully turned it on. Watched Youtube on and off with a hike in between. while I was watching a video the PC turned off. The power button wasn't stuck this time and there were no loose wires, so I plugged back in and turned it on successfully. I didn't hear any fan noise and didn't feel much heat while jiggling wires. I have no idea what happened but I suspect its a hardware issue.

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u/Pappa_Crim — 6 days ago