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Computer Crashs at Start up
Same thing I said five days ago--maybe he'd rather reinstall than check the
ram. ?????? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... I would suggest replacing the memory modules - the "HIMEM has detected unreliable memory" message pretty much means what it says, one or more of them is going bad or has gone bad. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "dcb1066" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tips but... it didn't work. A strange thing happend when I reseated the RAM however.. I took the ram out and put it into a different RAM Bank. Then my computer wouldn't start up. So I put it back into the first bank and it started but, a got the same problem as before. Looks like I'm going to have to reinstall. "Buffalo" wrote: "dcb1066" wrote in message ... My Computer goes through start up almost all the way, Then I get a message saying "Explorer.exe you must reinstall windows." Then I get a warning box saying "error starting program: the c:\\windows\system\comct32.dll file appears to be corrupt reinstall nad try again" I try to go into Safe Mode to say some files and I get "Error:HIMEM.sys has detected unreliable xms menory at address 02E3C006 xms driver is not install" Yet it still gives lets me start to load Safe Mode but I get "MEM.sys is missing windows has stoped. I know I have to reinstall, but does anyone know what happend? It worked fine for 5 months. And How do I get my files off first? You most likely will NOT have to reinstall. If the problem just happened, boot to a C:\ prompt and type scanreg /restore and press Enter. Select a date just before the problem happened and then follow the directions on the screen. It sounds like it may also be a ram problem. If this doesn't help, then: If you're comfortable doing it, remove and then reseat the ram sticks. If you get it going, do an up to date scan for viruses and adware. |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other
slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? Thanks "Ron Badour" wrote: Same thing I said five days ago--maybe he'd rather reinstall than check the ram. ?????? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... I would suggest replacing the memory modules - the "HIMEM has detected unreliable memory" message pretty much means what it says, one or more of them is going bad or has gone bad. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "dcb1066" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tips but... it didn't work. A strange thing happend when I reseated the RAM however.. I took the ram out and put it into a different RAM Bank. Then my computer wouldn't start up. So I put it back into the first bank and it started but, a got the same problem as before. Looks like I'm going to have to reinstall. "Buffalo" wrote: "dcb1066" wrote in message ... My Computer goes through start up almost all the way, Then I get a message saying "Explorer.exe you must reinstall windows." Then I get a warning box saying "error starting program: the c:\\windows\system\comct32.dll file appears to be corrupt reinstall nad try again" I try to go into Safe Mode to say some files and I get "Error:HIMEM.sys has detected unreliable xms menory at address 02E3C006 xms driver is not install" Yet it still gives lets me start to load Safe Mode but I get "MEM.sys is missing windows has stoped. I know I have to reinstall, but does anyone know what happend? It worked fine for 5 months. And How do I get my files off first? You most likely will NOT have to reinstall. If the problem just happened, boot to a C:\ prompt and type scanreg /restore and press Enter. Select a date just before the problem happened and then follow the directions on the screen. It sounds like it may also be a ram problem. If this doesn't help, then: If you're comfortable doing it, remove and then reseat the ram sticks. If you get it going, do an up to date scan for viruses and adware. |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other
slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? Thanks "Ron Badour" wrote: Same thing I said five days ago--maybe he'd rather reinstall than check the ram. ?????? -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Richard G. Harper" wrote in message ... I would suggest replacing the memory modules - the "HIMEM has detected unreliable memory" message pretty much means what it says, one or more of them is going bad or has gone bad. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "dcb1066" wrote in message ... Thanks for the tips but... it didn't work. A strange thing happend when I reseated the RAM however.. I took the ram out and put it into a different RAM Bank. Then my computer wouldn't start up. So I put it back into the first bank and it started but, a got the same problem as before. Looks like I'm going to have to reinstall. "Buffalo" wrote: "dcb1066" wrote in message ... My Computer goes through start up almost all the way, Then I get a message saying "Explorer.exe you must reinstall windows." Then I get a warning box saying "error starting program: the c:\\windows\system\comct32.dll file appears to be corrupt reinstall nad try again" I try to go into Safe Mode to say some files and I get "Error:HIMEM.sys has detected unreliable xms menory at address 02E3C006 xms driver is not install" Yet it still gives lets me start to load Safe Mode but I get "MEM.sys is missing windows has stoped. I know I have to reinstall, but does anyone know what happend? It worked fine for 5 months. And How do I get my files off first? You most likely will NOT have to reinstall. If the problem just happened, boot to a C:\ prompt and type scanreg /restore and press Enter. Select a date just before the problem happened and then follow the directions on the screen. It sounds like it may also be a ram problem. If this doesn't help, then: If you're comfortable doing it, remove and then reseat the ram sticks. If you get it going, do an up to date scan for viruses and adware. |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
"dcb1066" wrote in message ... No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? Thanks You said earlier that it would boot into Safe Mode but then got some memory error messages. Does it still do that? |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
"dcb1066" wrote in message ... No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? Thanks You said earlier that it would boot into Safe Mode but then got some memory error messages. Does it still do that? |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
You said earlier that it would boot into Safe Mode but then got some memory error messages. Does it still do that? I can only get into Safe Mode if I use Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Otherwise it won't boot into Safe Mode at all. |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
You said earlier that it would boot into Safe Mode but then got some memory error messages. Does it still do that? I can only get into Safe Mode if I use Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Otherwise it won't boot into Safe Mode at all. |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
There's no way to tell unless you replace the memory or have it tested at a
shop with a hardware memory module tester. Either way reinstalling Windows or throwing other software fixes at it won't help - it's a hardware problem. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "dcb1066" wrote in message ... No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? |
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Computer Crashs at Start up
There's no way to tell unless you replace the memory or have it tested at a
shop with a hardware memory module tester. Either way reinstalling Windows or throwing other software fixes at it won't help - it's a hardware problem. -- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "dcb1066" wrote in message ... No that's not it. I did check the RAM, well I reseated it in the two other slots. And t my computer wouldn't start at all. So I put it back where it was and my computer started. But I had the same error messages as before without the HIMEM error message. So does that mean it's my RAM or the RAM BUS? |
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