how can i check if my ram is cuooopted or has bad "spots" in it? im am not very computer literate, so please explain it! thxnks!

I don't know of many utilities that do this, but if you are constantly getting memory errors and they seem to be at the same address, you probably have a bad ram chip.

well i recently had xp, and i got errors about "memory_management" and i tried to install xp again but it would not copy the files (brand new disk from microsoft and hdd) so i was told it might be my ram, how can i check? thanks!

hello do a search for doc memory or dr memory in google. its free and allso do a google on fresh diagnose and sisoft sandra these test ram.

P3EB-800Mh, sounds like my system. A common problem on PC133 memory bus systems is a BIOS setting of "CLK SDRAM Cycle Length" of CL=2 when you may have a CL=3 rated SDRAM module added to the machine. So use the CMOS setup function to set all memory values to default or standard settings, and the CL setting to 3 (unless you know for a fact ALL your memory is rated CL=2). Then run a standalone memory test from a DOS boot diskette. Get both DocMemory_v2.0 and MemTest86 , and make their boot diskettes. You should be able to run both for at least 12 hours without errors to test your hardware, before you suspect Windows ME problems.

In response to post reply #2,there is a utility that test your memory in Norton Utilities, Norton Diagnostic's , it lets you test all of your hardware including your RAM sticks !

JackG, where in the bios is this? NOTE** this started happening out of nowhere! i didnt change a thing!!