re: Problems Starting Up Windows
Thursday, December 28, 2006 at 9:32 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by D. Jones
(4 messages posted)
I have tried the memory swapping thing out and the computer is still doing the same
thing plus now when you boot up the computer the screen only shows the monitor testing
and nothing else. I have been lookin at it since earlier this week and every now
and then the screen will come on with no problem but the majority of the time it
will just do the monitor testing thing. Thanks for all your help
On Monday, December 25, 2006 at 11:19 am, Rich Kurtz wrote:
>This is almost always caused by defective memory (RAM). Memory will fail between
>power cycles. No rhyme or reason, just happens.
>
>Open your computer and see what kind of memory is installed. If there are two sticks
>of ram, remove one and see if you can boot. If you get the same error, put it back
>and remove the other then boot again. Replace the defective one.
>
Be very careful when working inside the case. Always touch bare metal to discharge
>any static electricity before doing anythin in there.
> If there is only one stick of memory, download and run memtest86 for a couple
>hours (or more), see if it finds any memory errors. Usually avialable as a diskette
>image of a bootable CD image.
>
>http://www.memtest86.com/
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