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kevin
I had been wanting to upgrade my laptop (DELL Inspiron
5000) for sometime. Two weeks ago I took the plunged and
upgraded my 9 gb hard drive for a 40 gb. When I did this
I upgraded my OS from 2000 pro to XP pro. Reloaded all
of my software and all was good in the world.
Then I decided to upgrade my ram from the meager 192 mb
that had been installed to 512 mb (max that can be
installed on board). I had ordered the memory from
memory-up (they promise not to go out of business if the
memory is crap). The memory modules are SAMSUNG 256 mb
PC100 16 x 8 -16 Chips 144 pin SO-DIMM SDRAM. I loaded
both SDRAM modules and then I went to start the system to
enjoy the new resources. Instead, I got a blue
screen. "System 32 missing or corrupt...", then the PC
rebooted. Then it rebooted. Then it rebooted. It never
made it to the Windows start-up screen.
Finally i pulled the battery. Replaced the original
memory, and after a couple of attempts and some magic
words (#@%&!^^) the laptop booted and has been running
well behaved ever since.
The question that I have is, did I run afoul of a
MICROSOFT XP commandment "Thou shalt not upgrade your
hardware without our permission" or is it more likely
that I received some bad stuff in the form of SDRAM?
Thanking you in advance for your help
kevin
5000) for sometime. Two weeks ago I took the plunged and
upgraded my 9 gb hard drive for a 40 gb. When I did this
I upgraded my OS from 2000 pro to XP pro. Reloaded all
of my software and all was good in the world.
Then I decided to upgrade my ram from the meager 192 mb
that had been installed to 512 mb (max that can be
installed on board). I had ordered the memory from
memory-up (they promise not to go out of business if the
memory is crap). The memory modules are SAMSUNG 256 mb
PC100 16 x 8 -16 Chips 144 pin SO-DIMM SDRAM. I loaded
both SDRAM modules and then I went to start the system to
enjoy the new resources. Instead, I got a blue
screen. "System 32 missing or corrupt...", then the PC
rebooted. Then it rebooted. Then it rebooted. It never
made it to the Windows start-up screen.
Finally i pulled the battery. Replaced the original
memory, and after a couple of attempts and some magic
words (#@%&!^^) the laptop booted and has been running
well behaved ever since.
The question that I have is, did I run afoul of a
MICROSOFT XP commandment "Thou shalt not upgrade your
hardware without our permission" or is it more likely
that I received some bad stuff in the form of SDRAM?
Thanking you in advance for your help
kevin