re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 7:47 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Larry (4 messages posted) Thank You Beecher, I hear a little click somewhere on the Motherboard. Ill exchange the memory module and hope thats it. Cables are good, the motherboard came with new cables and am using them. Im a software guru, but these hardware issues floor me. I know a little but wished I knew more. I couldnt fire up the operating system and that is what has me puzzled. thanks again On Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 7:38 pm, Beecher Wood wrote: >Memory is so basic to the computer you sometimes can't finish the Bios, much less >load an operating system. XP is fussy about memory. Some computers that ran 98 will >reveal memory problems with XP. Try to substitute some other sticks of Ram for yours >one at a time until the problem goes away. Also check your hard drive cables. Are >they plugged in tight? Are they the correct type for the drive? 40 pin cables won't >work on fast drives with XP, you'll get weird errors. Good Luck. > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Beecher Wood: Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 7:38 pm) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (C K: Sunday, December 1, 2002 at 11:02 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Larry: Sat, Nov 30, 2002, 7:23 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Beecher Wood: Sat, Nov 30, 2002, 7:38 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Larry: Sat, Nov 30, 2002, 7:47 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (C K: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 11:02 am) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Larry: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 1:52 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (C K: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 2:19 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Larry: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 2:41 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (mcseadmin: Wed, Mar 12, 2003, 11:17 am) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (C K: Wed, Mar 12, 2003, 9:49 pm) re: Question about 'Dealing with Bad Memory (RAM)' (Steve Toone: Sun, Dec 1, 2002, 4:37 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum