Re: Puzzle: floppy disk drive memory conflict

From: Jim Macklin (p51mustang[threeX12)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:56:40 -0600

It sounds as though you have a problem with the installed
RAM, failing to work properly or consistently.

I would open the BIOS and disable the floppy drive, just to
eliminate that issue temporarily. I would try replacing
your RAM in order to isolate a bad stick. You can try
removing all but one stick if you have at least 128 MB
sticks and booting with one. Then swap each stick to find
the bad sticks. You can also download a memory testing
program, http://www.memtest86.com/ [Google for memtest will
return other hits]. 

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"marshmallow" <marshmallow@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote 
in message 
news:E9961137-7751-4B76-84B6-993FBDFE4E44@microsoft.com...
| Hello all you Windows doctors.
| (Windows XP running on pentium 4)
| Here are my symptoms.
| Windows freezes on the welcome screen with a single beep 
from the motherboard.
| My computer automatically turns itself on again after 
being turned off.
| In control panel, system, there is a problem with the 
floppy disk drive.
| Occasionally I have a message at startup saying there is 
not enough memory
| free. (I have let windows control that automatically 
though.)
|
| Last time this happened (last time I installed windows on 
this machine in
| fact...) I managed to find an obscure forum posting that 
solved the problem,
| but I can't remember what the solution was. It involved 
going into the
| registry and modifying a single entry concerning the 
floppy disk drive,
| something like changing a zero to a one, and afterwards 
the problem
| completely disappeared.
|
| So my question to you, you wonderful windows 
puzzle-solvers, should you
| choose to accept the chellenge.... What is that single 
entry that I need to
| modify in the registry in order to resolve this conflict?
|
| Thanks for the help

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