Re: BIOS has detected a non-optimal memory configuration.



Robert wrote:
i havent done a thing to the cpu...no upgrades..no added memory..i just came home..it was working fine, then it started to run a little slow, so i restarted it, but since then i keep getting this message.


First, let's make sure that we're speaking about the same things. A CPU is a semiconductor chip on the motherboard inside your computer. It serves as the "brain" of the PC. No one has asked if you've altered the CPU; we asked if you'd added any new RAM.


As you claim not to have made any hardware changes, this narrows down the troubleshooting process considerably. You apparently now have a defective RAM module. All you need do now is determine which module is bad, and then replace it. I should mention, though, that there is a slight possibility that your motherboard have developed a flaw, and can no longer access the RAM module(s) properly.


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