Boot problem with memory upgrade 1

[SESaskDFC]

Been trying to install a PC-133 512mg ram chip in my system (WinXP Pro, P3-866). I checked my mobo stats and it will take the 512mg chip.. two of them if I want.

However, once I install it and boot up, I get an error message about a missing or corrupted driver: System32/drivers/pci.sys.

Take the 512 chip out and put the 256 back in and away it goes.

Has anyone else ran across this??

Murray

 

[gargouille]

Try swapping out RAM (even if it tests good) for a single 512 high-quality chip. XP appears to be sensitive to
memory timing. (emphasis high-quality)

Errors of that nature may be attributable to defective write caching.
Try turning that off for the hard drive: Right-click the drive letter, choose PROPERTIES|HARDWARE|PROPERTIES|POLICIES tab. The choice may not be available.

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;;Q307545

describes a three-step process to extract a copy of the registry
from the System Restore SVI folder.

http://WWW.WEBTREE.CA/windowsxp/

(repair console/restore tutorial)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314874

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm