[Nick601]

Ok my friends computer displays the following message when they SOMETIMES boot up to windows 2000, i say sometimes because the error is very random! some times it boots normally other times it doesnt.

CONFIG-INITIALIZATION-FAILED
If this is the first time press restart if not ................(not sure what goes here)

Check to make sure any new hardware or software is properly installed
If new installation ask manufacturer for windows 2000 updates

If this does not solve problem disable or remove any new hardware or software. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing.

There is more to this message like a memory crash address at the start of the message

Recently the computer was upgraded from 128 mb DDR ram to 512, i have reloaded the bios defaults and turned off caching and shadowing the only thing i havent tried is taking the memory out and re seating it

any ideas please??? ;(

[adamvjackson]

Test your RAM with MemTest86.