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What does it mean when you turn on your laptop and it says, "Physical memory dump complete?"?

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  • Besch
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Sometimes when I'm using mine, a random blue screen will pop up and all this data will be typed, and then at the end it'll say "physical memory dump complete". I'm not positive what it is but it doesn't affect anything on your computer, so no need to worry.

    It's usually because something you're using (an application, game, maybe even a website) has crashed and it just has to dump that memory so your computer can restart.

    For more information, google it, or read this forum:

    http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic17836.html

  • 1 decade ago

    I just took a physical memory dump. I feel better now.

  • 1 decade ago

    it deletes all of the physical memory that it doesn't need, temp files, ect.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    It just took an almighty crap -- like the ones I do. What a great feeling.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I don't know, but you should probably have it looked at by Geek Squad.

  • 1 decade ago

    it just needed a bathroom break

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