Serious Ram problem

[razvan84]

Ok, I called Intel and they told me I need 2 128mb of Ram for the upgrade I wanted. I bought them on pricewatch for 16 bucks each .... PC100/133 Low density.

When I try both of them >> I get black screen nothing else.
1 128 and 1 64 >> It boots up to a point where I get an error.
when I switch the sticks in the slots I get >> black screen

So I tried all combinations and it only works when I have the original and another 128mb in the second slot.
But windows won't boot.

The first screen (emachines logo screen) looks like it's in safe mode only weirder (with horizontal lines and other mischiefs) and then I get an error. And also for the error I get there are letters missing here and there so I kinda had to decipher it.

It says the file System...2/DRIVERS...ci.sys is either missing or is corrupt. (the 3 dots stand for one letter missing) I didn't get any beeps like I had previously with other high density ram.

I tried refreshing the CMOS each time after each try but with no avail. Maybe my BIOS could be outdated ??

It should work ...

Save me !

 

[woodcomp]

Problem is them boards are crap. You probably have more time and resources spent in trying to update that system than what you paid for it. eMachines and the others like HP who used those boards for those real cheap throw away boxes really did a mis service to all who bought them.

Have you tried contacting eMachines to purchase memory from them? Or did you try purchasing from crucial? I would try crucial first, as your board may need a certain speck for the memory to run correctly with that board. Propreitary parts are the worst.