i regularly totally cover my 1280*1024 desktop, sometimes bad enough that i have to move things to better places just to get everything back on screen. i've also burned backup cd's with it cluttered, and then tried to use the cd on a friends smaller desktop. never had any crashes that seemed related. traditionally having too many apps open can cause problems, and possibly having too many windows open. if they occur while you're browsing give your browser more memory in the get info box, i usually netscape and give it several times what it thinks is optimal, and i've heard the same about i.e. (ps, if you use i.e., get over to microsoft, apparently they've patched a huge security hole that's been there for at least 6 years, it seems it would take any certificate without bothering to check it's validity when visiting "secure" sites, no doubt this has been exploited before). what makes you think the crashes and corruption are memory related? if they are it's most likely poor cooling or dirty contact fingers on the ram. i'd suspect harddrive corruption possibly. which os are you using? (sorry i only know about 9.1 and earlier).
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