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jag <jag@hltpubs.demon.co.uk> wrote:

[snip]

> I had assumed it wasn't hw related because the Q840 was booting fine from
> CD and under Sys 7.5.5, however, I followed Alan's suggestion, opened the
> case, tried the SIMMS which seemed firmly seated anyway,

This isn't conclusive - the contacts (if not gold) will tarnish over
time, and that can make for a poor electrical contact.  It doesn't take
much movement to destroy a thin film of tarnish, and that's often all it
takes.  It's not a bad idea (if you get this problem again) to take the
SIMMs out (one at a time, taking static precautions), and clean the SIMM
and socket contacts with switch cleaner.

> did another clean
> install of 7.6.1, had my paper and pen ready to note down the error codes
> but didn't them, it's working fine now, thanks a lot everyone.

Best news :-)

Rowland.

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