Bitcoin wallet crashes my computer

[grue]

Try doing the following:
1. make a copy of your %appdata%\bitcoin folder
2. delete %appdata%\bitcoin
3. run a clean install of 0.8.3 (latest version)
4. start bitcoin
5. go to task manager and set the bitcoin's process affinity to only 1 cpu core
6. wait for it to sync

see if you get any more crashes.

[aminkorea]

Try doing the following:
1. make a copy of your %appdata%\bitcoin folder
2. delete %appdata%\bitcoin
3. run a clean install of 0.8.3 (latest version)
4. start bitcoin
5. go to task manager and set the bitcoin's process affinity to only 1 cpu core
6. wait for it to sync

see if you get any more crashes.

The new version loaded with a new address and 0 bitcoins.  I hope that putting my saved bitcoin folder back in my appdata folder will give me my BTC back.

edit: I put the bitcoin folder that I saved back into the appdata folder.  This restored my original address and bitcoins, but everything is out of sync again. So, I changed the proicess to allow only one processor, as suggested.  Time will tell if this fixed the problem.

[aminkorea]

That didn't take long.  Less than a minute after my last post my computer shut down again.  I think the problem is not that I don't have enough ram. I am using a Samsung Sens R530 with only 2gigs of ram. I am thinking that adding some ram may solve the problem, but the max for this unit is only 3gigs, so I wonder if 1 gig would really make that much difference.

[grue]

That didn't take long.  Less than a minute after my last post my computer shut down again.  I think the problem is not that I don't have enough ram. I am using a Samsung Sens R530 with only 2gigs of ram. I am thinking that adding some ram may solve the problem, but the max for this unit is only 3gigs, so I wonder if 1 gig would really make that much difference.

Check task manager and see how much ram you're using. If RAM usage nowhere near 90%, you probably have enough ram.

[aminkorea]

That didn't take long.  Less than a minute after my last post my computer shut down again.  I think the problem is not that I don't have enough ram. I am using a Samsung Sens R530 with only 2gigs of ram. I am thinking that adding some ram may solve the problem, but the max for this unit is only 3gigs, so I wonder if 1 gig would really make that much difference.

Check task manager and see how much ram you're using. If RAM usage nowhere near 90%, you probably have enough ram.

With the only the bitcoin wallet running, the computer is using just over 50% of available ram. It seems that as long as I don't try to use the computer for anything while the wallet is synchronizing, then there is no problem. I have let it run for about 2 hours and no crash. I will let it run until it finishes or crashes, whichever comes first.   

[Hekuro]

Could you boot memtest86 and run it for a few hours (maybe over night)? Sounds like your RAM might be damaged.
http://www.memtest86.com/technical.htm

[grue]

Could you boot memtest86 and run it for a few hours (maybe over night)? Sounds like your RAM might be damaged.
http://www.memtest86.com/technical.htm

Please read the thread. He has already checked his ram.