Re: Toshiba SP6000 boot problems

Many thanks Blae,

Your idea was spot on, one of the banks of memory was getting very hot and
removing it allowed the laptop back into life again. Now it's a hunt to find
suitable memory for it as although it takes Sodimm cards, there are so many
variations, 144 and 200 pins etc and not all of the 144 pin type is
compatible with Tosh's.

Thanks,

Graham.

"Blae" <blae@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have had similar problems with faulty RAM Chips.
>
> "Graham Butcher" <graham.butcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:g4KdncLzmuH_py3eRVnyiA@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I have just aquired a SP6000 which had a faulty screen at first. After
>>re-installing Windows XP Pro it worked fine all day but after switching
>>off for the night it developed a fault.
>>
>>
>>
>> Now when switching on it gives the following report, "File ntkrnlmp.exe
>> could not be loaded, the error code is 7 (sometimes the code is 14 or 4).
>> Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sometimes on trying to boot I get a message that reads, Windows cannot
>> start because the following file is missing or corrupt,
>> "System32\Drivers\PCI.SYS . You can attempt to repair this file by
>> starting window set-up using the original setup CD-ROM.
>>
>> Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.
>>
>>
>>
>> Using the windows XP disc and slecting boot from CD, the system starts to
>> run and then fails with the following message, Windows could not start
>> because of an error in the software. Please report this problem as "load
>> needed DLLs for Kernal" Please contact your support person to report this
>> problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> On other occasions it will boot up perfectly and on others I get a report
>> about some media failed test, check cable, and it will then go onto boot
>> OK.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any help in pin pointing the problem would be greatly appreaciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Graham
>>
>>
>
>


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