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please help i have no hair left
os winxp pro sp1
processor amd athlon 1.2ghz
ram 250 going on 496 meg
My problem is this.I have been given some memory from a friend but when i
have it in my machine it will not cleanly start up.What happens is a number
of things it may start but then tries to restart and fails or sometimes it
wont get past the first screens.I have found a way round it by clearing the
cmos by the jumper on the motherboard then when i start up on the first
screen it tells me "cmos check sum error defaults loaded press f1 after
pressing f1 and starting in normal windows mode it runs all day with 496 meg
in.Could it be the cmos battery is flat or is it the memory or something
else?any advice will be recieved with gratatude thanks
please help i have no hair left
os winxp pro sp1
processor amd athlon 1.2ghz
ram 250 going on 496 meg
My problem is this.I have been given some memory from a friend but when i
have it in my machine it will not cleanly start up.What happens is a number
of things it may start but then tries to restart and fails or sometimes it
wont get past the first screens.I have found a way round it by clearing the
cmos by the jumper on the motherboard then when i start up on the first
screen it tells me "cmos check sum error defaults loaded press f1 after
pressing f1 and starting in normal windows mode it runs all day with 496 meg
in.Could it be the cmos battery is flat or is it the memory or something
else?any advice will be recieved with gratatude thanks