gr34t3st
New Age Retro Hippie
Here's my dilemma:
I obtained some new RAM for my older PC.
I put in the new RAM but to do so, I had to unplug my hard drive to reach it.
With the new RAM in, I plugged my hard drive back in.
I booted up my computer and got an odd error.
The screen was a memory test. It showed my new RAM addition to the total.
It also said "Primary Slave Test Failed".
I assumed it was the RAM or something so I shut down, pulled the RAM, and rebooted.
The same error came up, the only difference being the subtraction from total RAM.
I thought it might be my hard drive so I plugged in an older hard drive.
Same error.
I thought it might be my Master/Slave cable (IDE cable I think).
I replace the cable with one from a really old computer.
I ended up getting a "Windows did not boot successfully" with the menu for booting in Safe mode, etc.
Am I missing the cause of this problem or what? It was running perfectly fine until I added the RAM to it.. after that I got all of these errors.
I obtained some new RAM for my older PC.
I put in the new RAM but to do so, I had to unplug my hard drive to reach it.
With the new RAM in, I plugged my hard drive back in.
I booted up my computer and got an odd error.
The screen was a memory test. It showed my new RAM addition to the total.
It also said "Primary Slave Test Failed".
I assumed it was the RAM or something so I shut down, pulled the RAM, and rebooted.
The same error came up, the only difference being the subtraction from total RAM.
I thought it might be my hard drive so I plugged in an older hard drive.
Same error.
I thought it might be my Master/Slave cable (IDE cable I think).
I replace the cable with one from a really old computer.
I ended up getting a "Windows did not boot successfully" with the menu for booting in Safe mode, etc.
Am I missing the cause of this problem or what? It was running perfectly fine until I added the RAM to it.. after that I got all of these errors.