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Hi,
I recently picked up some more RAM to go in my parents PC to speed it up a bit. Currently it has 2 x 512MB Samsung PC2700 cas 2.5 in it. I attempted to add 2 Sticks of " [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]256MB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram". After inserting them I booted up the PC and was hit by this message: [/font]
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Isapnp.sys"
I thought maybe the RAM was not fully pushed in so I gave it a firm push in and it was 100% in. Next time I booted up I got this message:
"Pci.sys Is Missing or Corrupt"
So I rebooted the PC again and this time it logged into windows, great I thought! I checked the RAM using dxdiag and it shows as 512MB still
So I removed both sticks one at a time to try and isolate the problem but the system would not pick up the RAM.
I tried booting with just the new sticks in but I got a continuous beep, which in my limited experience means no RAM found?
Its like the PC will not even recognize the fact its got RAM in it!
I am assuming that the RAM is corrupt and will need to be sent back?
Cheers
- MG42Maniac
I recently picked up some more RAM to go in my parents PC to speed it up a bit. Currently it has 2 x 512MB Samsung PC2700 cas 2.5 in it. I attempted to add 2 Sticks of " [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]256MB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184pin Extra Value Ram". After inserting them I booted up the PC and was hit by this message: [/font]
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: Isapnp.sys"
I thought maybe the RAM was not fully pushed in so I gave it a firm push in and it was 100% in. Next time I booted up I got this message:
"Pci.sys Is Missing or Corrupt"
So I rebooted the PC again and this time it logged into windows, great I thought! I checked the RAM using dxdiag and it shows as 512MB still
So I removed both sticks one at a time to try and isolate the problem but the system would not pick up the RAM.
I tried booting with just the new sticks in but I got a continuous beep, which in my limited experience means no RAM found?
Its like the PC will not even recognize the fact its got RAM in it!
I am assuming that the RAM is corrupt and will need to be sent back?
Cheers
- MG42Maniac
