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Thanks very much for your further help. However, the particular combination had worked fine for 2 years before this fault appeared. Also board is rated up to 768MB. I’ll have one last go at getting all three to run in slots 123 rather than 321, and if this doesn’t work probably just put up with dropping to 512MB in two slots.

Thanks once again! However, the particular combination of 100 and 133 had been running fine for 2 years before problem arose.
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Thanks, but the particular combination of 3 sticks has worked OK for 2 years before fault developed, so this can’t be the problem.

Thanks for your further suggestion. I’ll persevere with the other combination. Speeds and manufacturers do vary (100 & 133), but the combination has already worked for 2 years in the computer – fault has just developed. Board rated at 768MB.

Thanks for the suggestion. The GoldMemory RAM test program seems to show that each of the sticks inserted by itself is OK. Another idea I’ve come across is that instability can be caused by the order in which the sticks are inserted – so I’ll try reversing it tomorrow morning (working on UK time).

Your addition to Joe’s suggestion has borne fruit! I’ve used GoldMemory to comprehensively test the RAM memory sticks. I have 3 sticks (128, 256 and 256). Inserting just one stick in one slot (whether slot 1 2 or 3)works fine, filling slots 1 and 2 at the same time but leaving slot 3 empty also passes the GoldMemory test. However, every time I fill all three slots simultaneously the test is failed after a short time – and this is the case whatever stick of memory I insert in slot 3. Can you explain this rather anomalous behaviour – does it mean something has gone wrong on the motherboard (K7M REV 1.03 – almost exactly three years old)? It would seem that Win XP is eliminated as the culprit, since as you’re probably aware GoldMemory works from a freeDOS-based boot floppy.

Many thanks for all the help so far

Nick

Thanks for your kind suggestions. Will certainly let you know if anything useful turns up. At least I’ve eliminated the trojan threat thanks to Joe!

Nick

Joe

Thanks once again, certainly worth trying.

Nick

Thanks for the suggestions Joe. I have run a virus scan, which did not find anything. Unfortunately outside warranty, but certainly worth checking out memory if it’s not just software. No driver updates.

Nick

Thanks very much for your help. Let’s hope the modified Word function works better than the Win XP for me!

Thanks a lot Joe, that of course was all that was needed. Having just moved house I must be too stressed to have noticed!

Thanks very much for your help Tony

Nick

Thanks, that was indeed the culprit. Strange thing is I didn’t check it and this is the first time access has been blocked.

Nick

Using ATI Rage Mobility, Mark, but it may be worth finding out whether it is OK for the application. Thanks for the pointer.

Thanks very much for your ideas on the problem Jeff, and for taking the trouble to provide the screenshot. However, I’m in the UK, so unfortunately we don’t have HDTV yet (as usual miles behind the States)! It may be simply that I’m getting a letterboxed image on the widescreen TV because the one video I’ve tried so far is in some form of cinema widescreen format rather than 16:9.