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Question

PC Shuts Down Because of Low Memory!!!!

Aug 31, 2017 3:44AM PDT

HI,
When my PC is booting up it giving me same the error message " Memory Is Too Low. PC will shutdown in 10seconds" and it then shuts down.

Has any1 got any idea how I can fix this?
Ive unplugged everything and the problem still persists....and No...it does not make it to the Windows Booting screen with that Magnificent emblem......its happens right at the beginning.

Pls help!!!!!!

Thanks!

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Shuts down
Aug 31, 2017 4:42AM PDT

Can you get into the bios?
If so does it show the correct amount of ram?

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Aug 31, 2017 11:56PM PDT

hi, thx for replying.
Yes my ram shows as fully working.
but now my pc gives me a new error message " fatal error"

I give up...crying face.

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Error
Sep 1, 2017 1:09AM PDT

Can you boot to safe mode?

Can you boot from some bootable disc?

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Sep 1, 2017 1:18AM PDT

ok. I will try later and letchu know.
Thx for help thus far.

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for fatal error
Sep 6, 2017 6:04AM PDT

You can convert USB as a boot-able drive

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Check that message. Too rare.
Aug 31, 2017 6:23AM PDT
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Aug 31, 2017 11:59PM PDT

Virtual memory?
do you mean my harddrive is too full....or do you mean something else?

Cos my ram shows as fully working.
but now my pc gives me a new error message " fatal error"

I give up...crying face.

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Can you boot in Windows Safe Mode?
Sep 1, 2017 7:44AM PDT

There's too little to work with in this discussion. The first error message looks to be incomplete and fatal error is caused by way too many hardware issues.

Try Windows in Safe Mode and tell us what happens and what is this PC?