Hi folks. I just started working w/HD video files recently and I'm afraid I must have overtaxed my setup. I had MakeMKV decrypting a BD, Handbrake converting another file from M2TS MKV to H264 MP4, and AVCHDCoder authoring an ISO from an H264 MKV, all at the same time and left them running overnight to find in the morning a BSOD telling me there was a memory dump and that I should check for "faulty or mismatched memory". Although I followed all the advised steps and the BIOS memory check came back OK, I still ordered from Crucial a RAM upgrade from my current 6GB to 16 hoping that will prevent the problem going forward. So that's my first question: is it likely that only 6GB RAM really was the culprit and that 16GB will be sufficient for this kind of work going forward? Because that's the max RAM my laptop will allow and it would seem a waste to have a "quad core" i7 if I can't get it to process 3 projects like that at the same time without it crashing.
Second question is that the crash left on the network drive to my NAS (WD MyBookLive) a couple of partial files that I can't find any way to delete -- one for the BD that MakeMKV was decrypting and the other for the file that Handbrake was converting. I tried deleting through CMD in Safe Mode and with the explorer.exe process turned off and it still tells me that the files can't be deleted because they are being used by another process. So then I uninstalled all the tools I mentioned so far + ImgBurn and the other programs AVCHDCoder uses in background (AviSynth, Haali, etc) and downloaded Unlocker and LockHunter to try those also. Nothing works. So any other suggestions on how to delete those? Or failing that, does anyone see a risk if if I move all the other files that are currently in those folders out and then just rename and permanently hide those folders? The files were ripped from a BD and DVD that I own so I'm not really worried about any virus. I just don't want them to be a constant drag on my performance if they really are tapping some system process that doesn't need to be running.
Appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
Second question is that the crash left on the network drive to my NAS (WD MyBookLive) a couple of partial files that I can't find any way to delete -- one for the BD that MakeMKV was decrypting and the other for the file that Handbrake was converting. I tried deleting through CMD in Safe Mode and with the explorer.exe process turned off and it still tells me that the files can't be deleted because they are being used by another process. So then I uninstalled all the tools I mentioned so far + ImgBurn and the other programs AVCHDCoder uses in background (AviSynth, Haali, etc) and downloaded Unlocker and LockHunter to try those also. Nothing works. So any other suggestions on how to delete those? Or failing that, does anyone see a risk if if I move all the other files that are currently in those folders out and then just rename and permanently hide those folders? The files were ripped from a BD and DVD that I own so I'm not really worried about any virus. I just don't want them to be a constant drag on my performance if they really are tapping some system process that doesn't need to be running.
Appreciate any feedback. Thanks!
