At 6/18/08 04:18 PM, SPEC7RE wrote:
I was told to post this over here so, yeh.
I start my computer and all it does is give me a black screen with this on it:
Memory write/read failure at 0FED0004, read 02AD02ED expecting 02ED02ED
Memory address line failure at 0FED0000, read 02ED02ED expecting 12121212
Memory write/read failure at 0800000C, read 00AF00EF expecting 00EF00EF
Decreasing available memory
Strike the F1 key to continue, F2 to run the setup utility
So I press F1 to continue and it starts windows half way and gives me the blue screen death. >.<
Help?
Your RAM is probably corrupt and you'll probably need to buy new RAM.
To make sure it's corrupt, you could run MemTest86+ on the computer.
To do that, go here(on the computer you're using now): http://www.memtest.org/#downiso
Download the "Pre-Compiled package for Floppy (DOS - Win)" and extract everything in the archive somewhere, then run install.bat with a floppy in the drive.
If you don't have a floppy drive you could also find a recovery disk with MemTest86+ on it and burn it.
Next you'll have to boot from the floppy drive/CD drive on the broken computer. It might be set up already so in that case you would just insert the floppy or CD and boot(insert the CD really quickly while the computer's starting). If not, you could try hitting one of the function keys(F2 and F12 here) to either reconfigure your BIOS so that floppies or CDs boot before the hard disk(F2 here), or boot from the floppy/CD just now(F12). It might be different depending on your BIOS.
Anyway, MemTest86+ will tell you whether or not your RAM is corrupt.
If it is, you have two options:
-You could take out some RAM. To do that, open the case up and find your motherboard(the really big circut board with everything plugged into it, should be mounted on the side of the case). The RAM looks like another small circut board with rows of ICs on both sides and plugs into the motherboard. It should be physically near the CPU and doesn't go outside the case or have any sockets on it unlike the PCI/etc bus. You will need to have more than one RAM module for this to work.
What you do is remove all but one RAM module, and reboot. Then, run MemTest86+ to see if your RAM is still corrupt. If it is, try a different module. If not, you have a working setup.
If you have more than two RAM modules you could try more to see which ones work and which are corrupt.
-Buy more RAM. You'll still need to do the above to see which modules are corrupt, etc, and try to recover any working modules. Then, dig up the manual for your PC to see which types of RAM it takes(speed range and interface) and buy and install some of it. You might want to use a site like Newegg.com since stores usually rip you off on hardware.