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First, let me say I am a Mac user. However, I have no problem working
my way around a PC (system & hardware) - it's good to be
bilingual!
I built a box for my kids last year since all they wanted to do was
gaming. I got an AU13 and an Athlon XP 2500+ (for 100.00 new - geat
deal). Graphics card is a PNY 5600 Ultra with 128MB of ram. HD is a
Maxtor 200GB ATA133. Running 2k for the OS. 128MB of Corsair RAM.
Everything went flawless and worked well for awhile.
Recently the kids somehow hosed the system. At boot I would get an
error about it not being able to find the Systemced file (which I have
come to find out means System - the ced seams to mean nothing). So I
tried to use the boot discs. It wouldn't even boot from that. I get
the following error - "File \ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. The
error code is 7". Have swapped floppy drives from other working
machines to no avail. Also swapped RAM slots - nothing. Swapped ram
for a new Kingston 512MB DIMM intended for another machine - nothing.
Verified HD is working by putting it in a different machine which
gladly reinstalled 2k and booted without problems. Cleared CMOS
numerous times. Pulled all cards/drives, cleared CMOS, pulled battery
and reinstalled one-by-one - nothing. It is not the boot disc either
as I tried a 95 and 98 boot disc and get errors on it as well. What
is the problem?
Please help before I go buy a different brand board, which if I do,
what to get? Thanks!
First, let me say I am a Mac user. However, I have no problem working
my way around a PC (system & hardware) - it's good to be
bilingual!
I built a box for my kids last year since all they wanted to do was
gaming. I got an AU13 and an Athlon XP 2500+ (for 100.00 new - geat
deal). Graphics card is a PNY 5600 Ultra with 128MB of ram. HD is a
Maxtor 200GB ATA133. Running 2k for the OS. 128MB of Corsair RAM.
Everything went flawless and worked well for awhile.
Recently the kids somehow hosed the system. At boot I would get an
error about it not being able to find the Systemced file (which I have
come to find out means System - the ced seams to mean nothing). So I
tried to use the boot discs. It wouldn't even boot from that. I get
the following error - "File \ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. The
error code is 7". Have swapped floppy drives from other working
machines to no avail. Also swapped RAM slots - nothing. Swapped ram
for a new Kingston 512MB DIMM intended for another machine - nothing.
Verified HD is working by putting it in a different machine which
gladly reinstalled 2k and booted without problems. Cleared CMOS
numerous times. Pulled all cards/drives, cleared CMOS, pulled battery
and reinstalled one-by-one - nothing. It is not the boot disc either
as I tried a 95 and 98 boot disc and get errors on it as well. What
is the problem?
Please help before I go buy a different brand board, which if I do,
what to get? Thanks!