[Elecraft] [OT] Computer problem - need advice

[DC]

On 11/24/2010 8:30 AM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 11/24/2010 7:42 AM, Barry wrote:
>
>> Every few days, I walk back into the shack and see the Blue
>> Screen of Death on my monitor.  it says, "Hardware malfunction
>> Parity Check/Memory Parity Error. I'm using a Dell Inspiron
>> laptop with WinXP.
>> Any ideas?  Does this mean the laptop is on its way out?
>    That would be the first conclusion that one would jump to, but
>    wait....
>
>    On my wife's mini-tower running XP Pro SP3, the "cannot find
>    boot drive" would come up frequently, sometimes within an hour
>    after rebooting.  It was clean-up time:
>
>     Make sure you have a full backup of all partitions.
>
>     Run VIPRE (virus/malware program) - no malware.
>
>     Run Registry Mechanic  - found and repaired several hundred
>     registry errors.
>
>     Clean caches - dumps all sorts of stuff. (XP has a facility
>     for that)
>
>     Reseat connectors for hard drive and memory sticks.
>
>    It took several cycles of the above to really clean it up, but
>    it hasn't misbehaved since - we leave it on 24/7.
>
> --  73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
>      Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402
>
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Sounds like you have some memory going bad.  There is memory testing 
software free on the internet..

Dick
W6DDC