Re: Grand daughter's PC running XP - won't boot

From: Mike H (mike.hall.mail_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 08/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 16:08:51 -0400

That model Dell is very fussy about memory type.. try another stick..

"Kirby" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3b7c01c47f10$280929f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I purchased a refurbished pc (Dell 500mhz Pent III) and
> then installed XP Home Edition (OEM purchased on the net
> elsewhere). Everything seemed to work fine except very
> slowly and some graphics seemed to jump. So I added some
> RAM and a modem. Now nothing........blank screen with a
> bar at the bottom as if something is attempting to load.
> I tried using the original XP setup disk but I get a
> message that the setup file cannot be found. So now what?
> XP was not cheap and I don't want to have to purchase
> another OS and suggestions?
>
> Kirby