Memory Test Stops Boot

External Since: Feb 28, 2008 Posts: 27

Is this the XP home or the Presario hardware that stops the boot up?

Is this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX 2.6 Ghz; MB (Mother board) broken?
It stops at reboot with these 3 lines in the BIOS;

1. Award Medallion Biox v 6.0

2. REV 3.7

3. Intel Celeron 1600 Mhz
Memory Test 1040448K + 8192 K Shared Memory

It just hangs there. At the borron of the screen are 2 options;
1. Enter F1 for Setup.
2. Press Escape to skip Memory Test.

Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. Nothing happens.
Both 512 RAM chips were removed.
2 other 256 RAM chips were tested.
The original new Crucial 512 RAM chips were reinstalled.
Nothing happens.
Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect.

PC Doctor test on MB and RAM memory tested OK.
Would the last MS Windows Updates affect the Hardware / BIOS / Memory test ?

Which MB test would you run on the MB ? With a bootable FLoppy Disc or a
Bootable CD ?

After about 1 hour it will finally boot into XP home.

Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans

External Since: Mar 05, 2004 Posts: 1251

"New Orleans Novice" <ReadingLearningWriting DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Is this the XP home or the Presario hardware that stops the boot up?
>
> Is this COMPAQ PRESARIO S5100NX 2.6 Ghz; MB (Mother board) broken?
> It stops at reboot with these 3 lines in the BIOS;
>
> 1. Award Medallion Biox v 6.0
>
> 2. REV 3.7
>
> 3. Intel Celeron 1600 Mhz
> Memory Test 1040448K + 8192 K Shared Memory
>
> It just hangs there. At the borron of the screen are 2 options;
> 1. Enter F1 for Setup.
> 2. Press Escape to skip Memory Test.
>
> Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect. Nothing happens.
> Both 512 RAM chips were removed.
> 2 other 256 RAM chips were tested.
> The original new Crucial 512 RAM chips were reinstalled.
> Nothing happens.
> Hitting F1 and/or the Esc key has no effect.
>
> PC Doctor test on MB and RAM memory tested OK.
> Would the last MS Windows Updates affect the Hardware / BIOS / Memory test
> ?
>
> Which MB test would you run on the MB ? With a bootable FLoppy Disc or a
> Bootable CD ?
>
> After about 1 hour it will finally boot into XP home.
>
> Thanks @ Novice @ New Orleans
>

Have a look in the bios. There *might* be an option to run a full or "long"
memory test.
If so, disable it.