is this a software or a hardware prob?

[Jennifer]

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 beceause 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?

 

[Jim Macklin]

Sounds like one of your RAM sticks has died.


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message | 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 beceause 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?

 

[Steve Nielsen]

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 beceause 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?

The RAM may not be properly seated in the slots. Remove the RAM,
re-insert and while you're in there make sure your video card and other
cards are well seated in their slots. If still no go try replacing the RAM.

Steve