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December 27th, 2005 15:00

Checkpoint {EMem} error message on bootup

I swapped out a motherboard in my GX110 with another working GX110 boaard and on bootup I'm getting the following message, "Alert!  Previous attempts at booting this system have failed at checkpoint  {EMem}.  For help in resolving this problem please note this chekpoint and contact Dell Technical Support."   Any advice would be appreciated.  Thanks.
  • speedstep

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    Posted December 27th, 2005 18:00

    You have incompatable ram. Its using the 8meg buffer onboard.
    Some versions of the GX110 motherboard have 8 meg of ram for video. When you set this for 1 meg in bios and remove all dimms it will boot dos and show 7 megs of system ram.
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    Posted December 27th, 2005 19:00

    I can't get into the BIOS because on boot up it locks up about a third of the way on the progress bar.  I got the system message after hitting reset a few times.   I've changed the RAM sticks with the same results.  I noticed this mobo BIOS is A02 and the other GX110s I've rebuilt were at A09.  Could this be a factor and if so how do I change it since I can't get past boot up?