Memory Test Stops Boot

[New Orleans Novice]

Is this the XP home or the Presario hardware that stops the boot up?

Is this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX 2.6 Ghz; MB (Mother board) broken?
It stops at reboot with these 3 lines in the BIOS;

1. Award Medallion Biox v 6.0

2. REV 3.7

3. Intel Celeron 1600 Mhz
Memory Test 1040448K + 8192 K Shared Memory

It just hangs there. At the borron of the screen are 2 options;
1. Enter F1 for Setup.
2. Press Escape to skip Memory Test.

Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. Nothing happens.
Both 512 RAM chips were removed.
2 other 256 RAM chips were tested.
The original new Crucial 512 RAM chips were reinstalled.
Nothing happens.
Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect.

PC Doctor test on MB and RAM memory tested OK.
Would the last MS Windows Updates affect the Hardware / BIOS / Memory test ?

Which MB test would you run on the MB ? With a bootable FLoppy Disc or a
Bootable CD ?

After about 1 hour it will finally boot into XP home.

Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans

 

[philo]

Is this the XP home or the Presario hardware that stops the boot up?

Is this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX 2.6 Ghz; MB (Mother board) broken?
It stops at reboot with these 3 lines in the BIOS;

1. Award Medallion Biox v 6.0

2. REV 3.7

3. Intel Celeron 1600 Mhz
Memory Test 1040448K + 8192 K Shared Memory

It just hangs there. At the borron of the screen are 2 options;
1. Enter F1 for Setup.
2. Press Escape to skip Memory Test.

Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. Nothing happens.
Both 512 RAM chips were removed.
2 other 256 RAM chips were tested.
The original new Crucial 512 RAM chips were reinstalled.
Nothing happens.
Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect.

PC Doctor test on MB and RAM memory tested OK.
Would the last MS Windows Updates affect the Hardware / BIOS / Memory test
?

Which MB test would you run on the MB ? With a bootable FLoppy Disc or a
Bootable CD ?

After about 1 hour it will finally boot into XP home.

Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans

Have a look in the bios. There *might* be an option to run a full or "long"
memory test.
If so, disable it.

 

[New Orleans Novice]

Was the correct BIOS installed?

BIOS update for P4G533-LA motherboard

The BIOS was updated 3 months ago with no problems. This was the version.

There was no link to the BIOS update from the S5100NX page.
In google the BIOS update was found using the Motherboard Model P4G533LA and
bios;

P4G533LA BIOS Download <Enter>

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...roduct=375834&os=228&lang=en&ts=true#thankyou

Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans

 

[New Orleans Novice]

Powered off.

Unplugged everything.
Powered up.

Unplugged and replugged everything. Reseated memory RAM chips / changed
slots.

Powered Up. Ala Ka Zam ; It flew through the Memory test and booted up.

Rebooted and hit F1. Went right into SETUP.
Hit F5 for defaults to test. Worked fine, saved default and restarted.

Booted up again. It is working excellent now. But.
But, when it was not working I ran over my Mother in law 3 times I was so
aggravated with this PC, cost me a tank of gas to drop her off at the
funeral home, 200 for a new black suit, 100 for shoes, 85 for flowers.

I could have bought a whole new PC from BestBuy for that $385.00

 

[New Orleans Novice]

Powered off.

Unplugged everything.
Powered up.

Unplugged and replugged everything. Reseated memory RAM chips / changed
slots.

Powered Up. Ala Ka Zam ; It flew through the Memory test and booted up.

Rebooted and hit F1. Went right into SETUP.
Hit F5 for defaults to test. Worked fine, saved default and restarted.

Booted up again. It is working excellent now. But.
But, when it was not working I ran over my Mother in law 3 times I was so
aggravated with this PC, cost me a tank of gas to drop her off at the
funeral home, 200 for a new black suit, 100 for shoes, 85 for flowers.

I could have bought a whole new PC from BestBuy for that $385.00