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Memory Decrease

We have a WS here with win2000 prof sp3.
At boot up this morning there was a message after the Bios screen that said:
Memory Decrease
Press F1 for Setup
Is this a sign of a memory leak?
I can't find anything on it in the MS KB.
The WS is working OK. there are no lockups or anything weird happening.

Any suggestions?

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CrazyOne

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guidway

Sounds like somebody removed a stick of memory (RAM) from the computer. I would check to see if the memory count is less than what it should be.

CrazyOne

Did you press F1 and enter the BIOS setup? if not do so and then exit and if it asks to save changes answer yes.

pbarrette

Hi Paul,

It could also be that the memory is coming loose. This is more common in laptops, but also possible in desktops as well.

Try removing, then reinserting the memory if the other options do not work.

pb

pauls681

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I'm going to try the Doc mem program first.
As for anyone removing memory, I am the only one that would do that.
I wasnt around when this happened so the user just hit the reset button and the computer booted up ok.
Windoes is showing the correct amount of memory.

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