*** Quoting Gordon Frey from a message to Mark Kukla ***
GF> You can turn off the cache memory in the advanced settings of the 
GF> BIOS.  The Cache memory is STATIC ram and a _GOOD_ computer 
GF> service shop will have a ram tester.  But testing the cache memory 
GF> is not a problem, as if you turn off the cache and the problem 
GF> disappears then the you have bad cache ram, and the cache rams is 
GF> not that costly at least here.
     Hrmm... never thought of that... I rarely tinker around with the bios 
settings... I'll look further into it... thanxs again for yet another helpful 
hint. If that's all that is wrong with it, there'll be no problem as I can 
get that replaced for free as it's still all under warranty...
Mark
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