Question Related To Memory.

arc@css · 22 Sep 2016 at 16:37

Hi,

While my system was in for diagnosis at a local pc shop, the memory was unfortunately stolen.

Does the memory contain information that can be accessed by someone else, e.g. banking data?

Thanks.

smithy83 · 22 Sep 2016 at 17:32

If its the RAM that was stolen then no the memory gets dumped when you turn the power off

if it was the hard drive then some data could be accessable

Doogles · 22 Sep 2016 at 17:34

I hope they replace it for you, make sure to get an upgrade too awhile you are at it.

arc@css · 22 Sep 2016 at 17:39

smithy83 said:
If its the RAM that was stolen then no the memory gets dumped when you turn the power off

if it was the hard drive then some data could be accessable

It was the ram sticks that were taken. Sounds like I'm okay, then. I protect my SSDs rather overzealously, thankfully.

Doogles said:
I hope they replace it for you, make sure to get an upgrade too awhile you are at it.

It worked out okay as the cost of the ram negated the cost of labour / diagnosis at the shop.