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Originally Posted by Trotter  Sounds like the USB ports have died on you. you said you had tried unplugging and replugging... did you try using a different header and get the same result? Case USB ports can be a bit shady somtimes. It happens.
As for the RAM, try swapping the new out for the old and make sure they work. then, put the new into the other sockets, but none in the ones you are using now. This will make sure that the hardware is working. |
Okay--here's an update. I have four slots for RAM. My original RAM was seated on the two on the left and the two new sticks of memory the system is not seeing are seated on the two right slots. Computer boots fine, it just does not see the two new sticks.
Experiment One: Removed both sticks of original RAM on the left and left the two new sticks in the slots on the right. Computer boots fine, and sees the two new sticks.
So it' not that the new sticks are dead.
Experiment Two: Put one original RAM stick and one new RAM stick in the left slots, and left the other two sticks out. Computer will not boot to Windows and gives me the following error:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system
You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Set Up using the original CD-ROM."
Experiment Three: Removed the one new stick of RAM in the left slot and replaced it with the other original RAM stick (back to original RAM two stick configuration). Left two right slots empty. Everything is back to normal, no errors, perfect boot to Windows.
Experiment Four: To the RAM configuration from Experiment Three, added just one stick of the new RAM to one of the open slots on the right. Computer will not boot to Windows and gives me the following error:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system
You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Set Up using the original CD-ROM."
Experiment Five: To the configuration from Experiment Four, I add the remaining new RAM to the last open slot on the right. Computer boots fine, but only registers two sticks or RAM. It's like the additional two are not even there.
Is there something I could do in the BIOS to make it see the memory? I've upgraded RAM on numerous systems, and the Windows environment always picked up the additional RAM. I've never seen anything like this before.
