#ram issues

I’m an online instructor for colleges.  My primary school switched to a system that must use Chrome to run properly.  SO.....I dutifully switched two years ago. 

Fast forward to recently.....I had been thinking for awhile that my poor Macbook Pro (2011 model) was on its last legs.  It kept getting slower and the fan kept running more and more often.  If you don’t use a Mac, believe me, that’s ODD on a Mac.  So, I made a clone of my hard drive, and called for an appointment with the repair folks to see if I could get more RAM or if I would have to fork out another $2K for a new Macbook.  

I get to the repair appointment and the FIRST question the man asks is this, “Do you use Chrome nearly all the time?”  Um.......yes, work requirement.   

Come to find out, Chrome helpers are RAM HOGS!!!  I agreed to an experiment before we altered my system.  I would go home and use Safari for anything not work related and see if the RAM and fan issues occurred and keep a journal.  THEN, as I tried to work on Chrome as required, I’d keep a journal of that also.  As the machine slowed and RAM seemed at a premium, I would look at Utilities-->Activity Monitor to see what was using this RAM.  In EVERY SINGLE CASE, when I had a slowdown, I was on Chrome and those blasted “Chrome helpers” were eating my RAM like a kid in a candy jar.

Since I”ve switched back to Safari, my fan has not come on at all, and it only slowed down once......when I was on Pinterest with a LOT of tabs open (deliberately).  My notes show that I had 12 tabs open BEFORE it slowed down.

SO.....before you run out and grab new RAM......or worse, fork over the two grand for a new Macbook......GET OFF CHROME and go back to Safari.  It might just solve your issues like it did for me. 

Spent the whole day investigating what's wrong with my computer. Took a break and went to visit Monni since she is in Gbg - managed to set my mind off the computer when there, so I finished an other sketchavember. I'm behind on two days now, so I better get my shit together. The computer crash was very unfortunate road block. :/ I can't focus with that looming above my head.

Me, Monni and Robe drew, chatted, played some DS and went out with her family's corgi. Adorable! We also ate fast food and chocolate... hehe.

As for the computer, I got it to work in longer loops after turning off the internet. But uninstalling firefox and updating graphics drivers did not help. After chatting with my brother about the issues, I started to suspect it's the RAM acting up.

First thing I did when I got back home in the evening was to download Blue Screen Reader - - the error logs it showed also indicated a ram error according to some google searches. But before starting to screw the computer apart to test all the ram sticks, I made some HD scans to detect if something was up with them. One of the HDs has been making weird noises the last month, so I thought it was needed. But nothing found there.

When that was done I needed to go to bed, after downloading the memtest program. I needed a non wireless keyboard to boot the program from USB. So I needed to borrow Robe's keyboard and he was already sound asleep. The adventure continues tomorrow!

so i was about to finish this and my pc did an blue screen so now i cant paint with my tablet because my ram is having issues.

Sorry for not posting nothing now all i can do is painting with coulour pencil or watercoulour(not good with it thought)

Hope u like it :c