https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154419#M89127 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>VGN-BX197XP<BR />run VGN-BX197XP SystemRecovery Disc<BR />rsvd msg as follow:<BR />***Hardware Malfunction<BR />Call your hardware vendors for support<BR />NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error<BR />***The system has halted***<BR />Pls help!!!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:07:25 GMT oldolen 2006-10-08T14:07:25Z https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154419#M89127 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>VGN-BX197XP<BR />run VGN-BX197XP SystemRecovery Disc<BR />rsvd msg as follow:<BR />***Hardware Malfunction<BR />Call your hardware vendors for support<BR />NMI: Parity Check / Memory Parity Error<BR />***The system has halted***<BR />Pls help!!!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:07:25 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154419#M89127 oldolen 2006-10-08T14:07:25Z https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154420#M89128 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>That is a hardware fault. It could be everything.<BR /><BR />Like the message allready said, contact your vendor.<BR /><BR /><A href="http://www.vaio-link.com/contacts/contacts.asp?l=en" target="_blank">Sony VAIO-Link Support</A><BR />What you can do is checking the RAM. Try every RAM modul in each slot. Load the BIOS defaults too. You can also try to disconnect every unnessesary hardware. (Harddisk, Optical drives, Floppy, and so on) to find out what hardware is defect.<BR /><BR />May a PC repair service in your near could do that too.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:19:37 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154420#M89128 seb21__ 2006-10-08T14:19:37Z https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154421#M89129 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>1.Have run startup from boot floppy disk<BR /><BR />2. Any of Windows Advanced Option Menu give me result as follow:<BR />Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:<BR /><WINDOWS root="">\system32\hal,dll.<BR />Please re-install a copy of the above file.<BR /><BR />3. What can I do next? Any advice?<BR />Best regards AD<BR /></WINDOWS></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:04:54 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154421#M89129 oldolen 2006-10-08T21:04:54Z https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154422#M89130 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>You could try <A href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314477" target="_blank">this from Microsoft</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 08 Oct 2006 21:18:49 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/hardware-malfunction/m-p/154422#M89130 robpaxton 2006-10-08T21:18:49Z