spoolinturbo Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) alright, i had this problem in the past...and it went away on its own...but this was VERY long ago. some info - recently did a system restore (full restore, lost everything) and i tried my best to get updates for everything from windows nd nvidia...but forgot about dell. - came home one day and apparently my comp tried to reboot itself, i entered my password and came up "NMI parity check / memory parity error. the system has halted" - i tried another restore, and got the same thing. - this happens almost immediately after the windows xp screen is trying to load. - i have tried to reset BIOS settings, still no luck. I have BIOS version A07 - I have used the F12 utility partition and done the system diagnosis and it will either freeze or say everything is good. here are my computer stats i pulled from dell.com this is all stuff i told them to build my comp. And i no longer have a warranty. - if no one can help me here, do you think best buy could? i spent good money on this comp, and im sure it can be fixed or a part can be replaced. - I am using a room mates laptop for very limited amount of time. But if someone can help i will send you $$$ 1 222-1490 Dimension XPS 400, Intel Pentium D Processor 930 (3.0GHz) w/ Dual Core Technology $1103.64 1 311-5116 2GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz $0.00 1 310-8025 Dell USB Keyboard $0.00 1 320-4278 Video ready option w/o monitor $0.00 1 320-4807 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS $0.00 1 341-3190 320GB Serial ATA 2 Hard Drive (7200RPM) $0.00 1 341-2457 No Floppy Drive Requested $0.00 1 420-5586 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005,English $0.00 1 412-0688 Image Restore $0.00 1 412-0721 Dimension Dell Support $0.00 1 420-4927 Windows Media Player 10 $0.00 1 463-2282 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access $0.00 1 420-5460 Complimentary courses: Look for EU icon $0.00 1 420-5476 Dell Direct Download $0.00 1 464-8764 Viiv Technology $0.00 1 420-5924 Icon Consolidation Application $0.00 1 420-5769 Internet Search and Portal $0.00 1 310-8030 Dell 2-Button USB Optical Mouse $0.00 1 430-1455 Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet $0.00 1 313-3137 No modem requested for Dell Dimension $0.00 1 412-0705 Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 $0.00 1 313-4137 16X DVD+/-RW Drive $0.00 1 420-5780 Sonic Cineplayer $0.00 1 420-5790 Roxio Creator Basic/MyDVD Basic $0.00 1 313-2758 Integrated Audio $0.00 1 313-2198 No Speaker Requested $0.00 1 412-0851 Network Associates McAfee 7.0,English, 15-Month Subscription $0.00 1 412-0787 AOL for Broadband $0.00 1 420-3224 Broadband Icon for Inspiron $0.00 1 412-0687 NETZERO ISP $0.00 1 412-0803 Corel WordPerfect 12 plus Trial of Quartro Pro and Presentations $0.00 1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty $0.00 1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3 $0.00 1 960-6200 Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year $0.00 1 960-8680 Warranty Support,Initial Year $0.00 1 983-2207 Thank You for buying Dell $0.00 1 465-4663 Windows Vista Capable $0.00 1 320-4786 Ageia PhysX Processor $249 1 412-0865 Basic digital Music,Photo and Game experience $0.00 Edited August 7, 2008 by spoolinturbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vitamincj Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 MS KB "Check the Memory Remove any extra memory modules that are in the computer, leaving only the least amount that is required for the computer to start and run Windows. Restart the computer to see whether the error messages persist. If the error does not reappear, the issue is isolated to one or more of the RAM modules that you removed from the computer. Continue to remove and replace the minimum amount of RAM required, using the memory modules that you removed. When the error returns, you have isolated the individual memory module that is responsible for the problem. This process may require you to restart your computer several times to pinpoint the specific memory module that is not working correctly. " If you are already out of warrantee then crack the case and follow instructions above. Good luck, CJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted August 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 ahhhh dangit...ok ill try that, i have been running a few diagnonis' on it, taken about 5 hours so far...once its done i will try that and post results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyTSI Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Im with Vitamin, check you memory modules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 well i didnt have time to do all that so i brought it to best buy, had to go there for something else anyways. and they were able to fix it, they said it was also not reading my physx processor so they are gonna fix that and do an optimization, all for $30, def worth it i think. thanks for the help guys, if more problems arise ill let ya'll know, well i will let you know when i pick it up 2morrow haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcrasta Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Maybe you enabled ECC memory option in the bios. ECC requires a setting in the BIOS program to be enabled, and if you accidently enabled it with non parity memory you will get that error. But 30 bucks, you got off cheap .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spoolinturbo Posted August 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 nope, found out when i picked it up, they didnt even know they fixed it. because they didnt. when he was moving stuff around he messed with the ageia physx card. And it was not fully connected, not reading. but when i went to pick it up, i saw it was not reading the physx card. so he installed a driver and re-seated the card. low and behold my error screen came up. so i just removed the physx card and the computer is working like a CHAMP! woohoo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 i don't want to sound stupid but what is a " physx card " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 An add-on number crunching card designed to handle physics calculations. Thus more realism could be crammed into games without overloading your main CPU chip. Just like modern graphics cards have computing power on them designed to do a specific task (graphics stuff, compared to the almost-anything-goes capability of a regular CPU chip) the physics co-processor cards are optimized for certain types of calculations. And like any co-processor, the software needs to "know" about the card and have the ability to make use of it. Just stuffing a physx card into any old PC isn't going to do squat unless your software uses the card. Kinda like putting an intercooler on a Civic... without a turbo. mike c. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 ok thanks Mike , i got no need of one but i understand what your saying,it's like adding a vid card and sound car on a system with onboard vid and sound,,you remove the load from the processor so it can do other things besides make a sim vid card and sound card ,,and speeds the whole process up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szester Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) Well hey, i just found a computer section on my favorite website. This is amazing. Combination of my two favorite things, starquest and computers. Ones a job, ones a hobbie. Oh btw it could be an irreversible OS error. Just reformat. Reformat using Tiny XP, if you need the CD ill mail it to you free of charge. my email is szester112000@gmail.com Edited September 10, 2008 by Szester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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