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Article #69Re: ERROR when I cold boot my computer
From: Stephen Jeavons
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:00
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 1996 00:00
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Bart Vermeersch <bv@usingit.be> wrote: >GuyDS@www.dma.be wrote: >> >> When I boot my computer for the first time that day ( = power on), I >> get the following error message: "memory test fail". If I then press >> the reset button or <ctrl-alt-del> my computer restarts without error >> messages. >> When I shutdown my computer (after I've worked for a while) and >> restart it (power on) within (about) an hour, there is no problem at >> all. But when I restart it (power on) after a few hours, I get the >> error message again. >> >> It seems that the error message only appears when I litteraly "COLD" >> boot my computer. >> Do I have a bad simm ? Or is it something else ? > >Staat uw computer in een koud lokaal? Misschien moet hij eerst wat >opwarmen? i.e. Does your computer live in a cold (unheated) environment ? Perhaps your PC requires some warming up initially when started from cold ? Stephen
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