Terry,

You were right, one of the modules was bad and so I now have a hunt to 
locate another that is compatible as not all Sodimm modules are suitable for 
Toshiba machines.

Thanks for your help.

Graham.

"tc" <terrycassidy@msn.com> wrote in message 
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> Generally these types of errors are caused by faulty ram chips or bad 
> connections in the ram slots. Take the ram modules out and clean the 
> connections. Make sure they are firmly seated. If there is more than one 
> ram module, try each one separately. It might be a module or a slot that 
> is causing the problems.
> Terry
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> "Graham Butcher" <graham.butcher@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message 
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>> I have just aquired a SP6000 which had a faulty screen at first. After 
>> re-installing Windows XP Pro it worked fine all day but after switching 
>> off for the night it developed a fault.
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>> Now when switching on it gives the following report, "File ntkrnlmp.exe 
>> could not be loaded, the error code is 7 (sometimes the code is 14 or 4). 
>> Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.
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>> Sometimes on trying to boot I get a message that reads, Windows cannot 
>> start because the following file is missing or corrupt, 
>> "System32\Drivers\PCI.SYS . You can attempt to repair this file by 
>> starting window set-up  using the original setup CD-ROM.
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>> Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.
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>> Using the windows XP disc and slecting boot from CD, the system starts to 
>> run and then fails with the following message, Windows could not start 
>> because of an error in the software. Please report this problem as "load 
>> needed DLLs for Kernal" Please contact your support person to report this 
>> problem.
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>> On other occasions it will boot up perfectly and on others I get a report 
>> about some media failed test, check cable, and it will then go onto boot 
>> OK.
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>> Any help in pin pointing the problem would be greatly appreaciated.
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>> Thanks, Graham
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