Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the System Hardware
Symptoms and Solutions
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A problem occurs only  | 1.  | Verify the following items:  | ||||
occasionally and is difficult to  | 
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The amount of system  | 1.  | Verify the following items:  | ||||
memory displayed is less than  | 
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memory installed.  | 
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  | c.  | All banks of memory on the DIMMs are enabled. The device  | |
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  | –  | Start the configuration/setup utility program.  | |
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