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Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by gerdcurli, 2003/11/18.

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  1. 2003/11/18
    gerdcurli

    gerdcurli Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi there,
    I keep getting the this message when my PC attempts to load windows...HIMEM.SYS HAS DETECTED UNRELIABLE XMS MEMORY AT ADDRESS OC300000.
    XMS DRIVER NOT INSTALLED.

    Can anyone help me please?
    Also when i attempt to load windows it puts me into the window where it askes me to choose between safe and normal mode, neither work!!

    Then it says after all this that, WINDOWS DID NOT LOAD ON PREVIOUS ATTEMPT!

    PLEASE HELP, GERD.
     
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  2. 2003/11/18
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Troubleshooting HIMEM.SYS 3.10 XMS Test (TESTMEM) Failures
    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;109845&Product=w98

    CAUSE

    This error may be caused by a fault in the computer's external cache controller or by bad or mismatched memory chips on the external cache (generally 64, 128, or 256K cache SRAM). If disabling the external cache does not correct this problem, there may be a problem with the motherboard at the current processor speed, A20 handler problems, or bad or mismatched main system RAM chips.
     
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