Greetings Al & list--
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From: "Al Olry" <[log in to unmask]>



> I have a problem.
> At first my computer told me I only had 112 meg of memory
> and it should  have been 128.  A loss of 16 meg, so
> I assumed the chip was bad, and bought a new 256 chip,
> and put it in.  However the computer now only shows
> 240 meg,  A loss of 16 meg again.

I would assume, based on what you've described here, that
your computer has its video integrated on the motherboard.
It is common, in cases like this for the video subsystem to
"grab" 16 MB of RAM for its own use.  Hence, the missing
16 MB, even with the new RAM.

> So now it looks like the problem is not in the chip, but
> something in the computer is gobbling up 16 meg of ram,
> and fouling up the rest of it.
> I can't even copy a floppy to my harddrive.
> It also tells me that a file, C:\CDROM\CDROM\cdtech.sys,
> is corrupted or missing..  I can find no such file on any
> disk that I have.

As to the floppy problem, I don't have enough information to
speculate on what that might be.

Have you tried Start -> Find -> Files or folders, type cdtech.sys
(apparently a CD-ROM driver) and Find now?  If this locates it,
copy it to the location you've mentioned, since the computer
expects to find it there.


HTH,

Paul A. Shippert         Library/Media Specialist
 Margaret Brent Middle School
Phone: 301-884-4635         FAX: 301-884-8937
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