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I've had the familiar hal.dll missing or corrupt on starting XP SP1 on
a mainboard Name MSI KM2M Combo (MS-6738).
All I did was to take out the 1 Gig of SDRAM I've used OK for months
and fit a new 1 Gig DDR module.
A year or two back I had STOP errors through merely changing a RAM
module, the simplest upgrade usually, so I kept switching RAM until it
went with no STOPs. I resent having to reinstall an OS for a
five-minute RAM refit!
Obviously the hal error is caused by the new DDR module, since I'm now
using the old SDRAM. Is there a way around this apart from the dreaded
reinstall of OS? In the rare event the DDR could be faulty does anyone
know a non-windows DDR test utility please?
Amnesiac
I've had the familiar hal.dll missing or corrupt on starting XP SP1 on
a mainboard Name MSI KM2M Combo (MS-6738).
All I did was to take out the 1 Gig of SDRAM I've used OK for months
and fit a new 1 Gig DDR module.
A year or two back I had STOP errors through merely changing a RAM
module, the simplest upgrade usually, so I kept switching RAM until it
went with no STOPs. I resent having to reinstall an OS for a
five-minute RAM refit!
Obviously the hal error is caused by the new DDR module, since I'm now
using the old SDRAM. Is there a way around this apart from the dreaded
reinstall of OS? In the rare event the DDR could be faulty does anyone
know a non-windows DDR test utility please?
Amnesiac