Hello, and thank you for the help. Today, when I tried
to shut down, I get a message that said "program not
responding DVLDR" and then I hit quit and it popped up
about six times and kept asking my to quit the program.
It finally shut down. Next time I booted up, I noticed
that the startup screen (the ones that flash by before
windows loads) said I only had 128 MBs of RAM but I know I
have 256. Related or not? THEN to make things worse, I
opened the box, took out the memory and reinserted them (I
thought maybe one was loose because I recently installed
a new video card in a slot nearby). Now, when I try to
start the comp., the motherboard makes a weird beeping
alarm noise and I get the black screen of death! Any ideas?
..

"jenny" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello, and thank you for the help. Today, when I tried
> to shut down, I get a message that said "program not
> responding DVLDR" and then I hit quit and it popped up
> about six times and kept asking my to quit the program.
> It finally shut down. Next time I booted up, I noticed
> that the startup screen (the ones that flash by before
> windows loads) said I only had 128 MBs of RAM but I know I
> have 256. Related or not? THEN to make things worse, I
> opened the box, took out the memory and reinserted them (I
> thought maybe one was loose because I recently installed
> a new video card in a slot nearby). Now, when I try to
> start the comp., the motherboard makes a weird beeping
> alarm noise and I get the black screen of death! Any ideas?
> .
>
>

Something is loose or dead. The beeping is known as a beep code, and the
pattern of the beeping has a meaning. Check your motherboard manual to see
what the beeps mean for you.