"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On today's computers, with gold plated instead of tinned
connections,
it is EXTREMELY rare.


Good Luck,
DoN.

I thought bad connections had bitten me this afternoon. I installed a
new 2G RAM stick, booted, and got a message that memory had changed,
ending with "To resolve this issue, try to reseat the memory".




Two or three long minutes later a prompt to hit F5 to run the boot rom
diagnostics appeared. It passed just fine and then opened Windows
properly.