Getting Memory Errors on Startup.

Question

I have a Lat CPXJ 650  with two PC 100 / 128 MB Dimms. (256 total)Win XP Pro SP 1 On boot, this message appears on the screen saying:  'memory read write failure, decreasing available memory the amount of system memory has changed'  When I go into setup after that, the BIOs shows 128 mb installed, not 256. I can hit F1 to continue booting and it starts up fine after that, but 'my computer' shows 128 MB installed when I right click and go to properties. I can take one of the 128's out and the computer boots fine.  I can even exchange the either of the Dimms and boot the computer error free with either DIMM by itself. Then I sometimes get an error saying PCI.sys is corrupt, but again, If I only boot with one Dimm, I never get this message. I read a M$ KB article saying to reinstall the OS in place and I did that, still same problem Dan Message Edited by danomatic on 01-30-2004 04:18 PM

PhoneMonkey · Answer

UPdate your BIOS,  if your lucky , that fixes your problem. if your not, you have a faulty DIMM slot b.

dannu · Answer

I have exactly the same problem.

My bios is the latest version, and the problem started about a month ago.

since it worked before i guess it is some hardware failure, do i have to replace the M.B or is there a more simple solution>

Dan

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