Thank you very much indeed for the advice, which is unfortunately of no
use
to me at all.
My concern is not the RAM, it is a conflict between windows and my floppy
drive. Although not an expert, neither am I a novice, and am absolutely
100
% certain of what I say.
So, please don't tire your fingers writing another "change your ram"
suggestion, because that has nothing to do with what I'm asking. No
offence,
but if I followed your advice I would waste time and money.
Until your memory (organic, self-contained) improves, good
luck.
Is that a joke? Or some sort of obscure meta-humour?
--
The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
message | Thank you very much for the suggestion.
|
| But as I said in my message, I have already had this
problem once, and the
| solution was in the configuration of the floppy in a
certain forgotten
| corner of the registry. The problem is absolutely
identical to the last time
| too, so I assume the solution will be the same as well.
|
| I am certain that my RAM is working fine.
|
|
| "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> a
écrit dans le message
| de news: (e-mail address removed)...
| > It sounds as though you have a problem with the
installed
| > RAM, failing to work properly or consistently.
| >
| > I would open the BIOS and disable the floppy drive, just
to
| > eliminate that issue temporarily. I would try replacing
| > your RAM in order to isolate a bad stick. You can try
| > removing all but one stick if you have at least 128 MB
| > sticks and booting with one. Then swap each stick to
find
| > the bad sticks. You can also download a memory testing
| > program,
http://www.memtest86.com/ [Google for memtest
will
| > return other hits].
| >
| >
| > --
| > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| >
| >
| > "marshmallow" <
[email protected]>
wrote
| > in message
| >
| > | Hello all you Windows doctors.
| > | (Windows XP running on pentium 4)
| > | Here are my symptoms.
| > | Windows freezes on the welcome screen with a single
beep
| > from the motherboard.
| > | My computer automatically turns itself on again after
| > being turned off.
| > | In control panel, system, there is a problem with the
| > floppy disk drive.
| > | Occasionally I have a message at startup saying there
is
| > not enough memory
| > | free. (I have let windows control that automatically
| > though.)
| > |
| > | Last time this happened (last time I installed windows
on
| > this machine in
| > | fact...) I managed to find an obscure forum posting
that
| > solved the problem,
| > | but I can't remember what the solution was. It
involved
| > going into the
| > | registry and modifying a single entry concerning the
| > floppy disk drive,
| > | something like changing a zero to a one, and
afterwards
| > the problem
| > | completely disappeared.
| > |
| > | So my question to you, you wonderful windows
| > puzzle-solvers, should you
| > | choose to accept the chellenge.... What is that single
| > entry that I need to
| > | modify in the registry in order to resolve this
conflict?
| > |
| > | Thanks for the help
| >
| >
|
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