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Plug and Play error on Startup

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Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:15:12 Pacific
OS: Windows XP Home SP2
CPU/Ram: 2.40GHz/256MB
Product: Dell/DIM4550
Comment:

Every time the computer boots up, we hear two beeps in rapid succession, then get an error on the screen that something about Plug and Play not working properly or some such, and we get two options, F1 and F2 to either continue or check it out.

Since this has started happening, our screen resolution is stuck at 800x600 and our color at 4-bit.

I went into Device Manager to investigate when someone recommended it, and found that my Radeon 9700 (under Display Adapters) had a yellow-and-black warning exclamation sign over it. I disabled a few things, but that didn't do anything even after I rebooted. I updated the drivers for the Radeon 9700 (including the Secondary), and when this first happened last Tuesday, that (followed by rebooting) seemed to do the trick.

Unfortunately, the problem is back, and this time, I can't seem to get rid of it. It would seem that the Plug and Play thing is what's the major problem, so--what do I do to fix it?



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Response Number 1
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:33:49 Pacific
Reply:

Check to see if plug and play is set to automatic in services.


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Response Number 2
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:36:11 Pacific
Reply:

How do I do that?


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Response Number 3
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:40:36 Pacific
Reply:

Control panel-administrative services-services


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Response Number 4
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:47:36 Pacific
Reply:

Ahh. Okay.

Yeah, it's set to automatic. Should I change that, then?


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Response Number 5
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:51:39 Pacific
Reply:

No, it is supposed to be on automatic.
Look here for the beep codes for your processor.

http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.be...


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Response Number 6
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:52:57 Pacific
Reply:

If you don't know your processor use this to find it.
http://www.gtopala.com/


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Response Number 7
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:55:36 Pacific
Reply:

"Memory parity error" Possible Cause: Bad Memory.

Okay... that makes sense, since the Radeon 9700 has been giving me a Code 12 error (not enough resources) since this started.


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Response Number 8
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 15:58:46 Pacific
Reply:

There ya go!! Run this.
http://www.memtest.org/


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Response Number 9
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:06:22 Pacific
Reply:

Ahh! Thank you.

Oh, but--which Memtest86+ file should I download? I'm afraid I don't quite know the difference between a bootable ISO and a bootable binary, and I don't have any floppy disks.


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Response Number 10
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:09:43 Pacific
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ISO is a file you burn to a cd using your cd burning software creating a bootable cd for the test.


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Response Number 11
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:11:04 Pacific
Reply:

So... if I don't have any CDs lying around and I haven't used floppies in months, should I... download the binary version?


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Response Number 12
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:14:28 Pacific
Reply:

You would still need a cd for the binary file.


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Response Number 13
Name: Sayu
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:16:27 Pacific
Reply:

So regardless, I need a CD, huh?

Darn.

I suppose I can put up with this color/resolution until we've got time to run to the store and pick up some blank CDs, then.

Thank you very much for your help!


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Response Number 14
Name: per
Date: March 2, 2007 at 16:19:27 Pacific
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You are welcome


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