Hello,
This problem started suddenly two days ago - after shutting down the laptop, I could not boot it up again because it blue-screens on startup. Recovery doesn't work (blue screen also) so I pressed ESC on startup and chose F2 for System Diagnostics.
I chose Start-Up Test and immediately got the following error:
Memory Test: FAILED
FAILURE ID: M0822F-5K84G1-MFKR41-40MC03
Product ID: XF133EA#ABU
Memory Module 2 DIMM1
The memory Test yields the same result.
I've ascertained that it's not the memory modules at fault because they work in my Lenovo Thinkpad, and also the working Thinkpad modules give errors in the HP machine. I tried one HP module in the HP machine, but again, same problem.
I'm thinking it's a Motherboard fault but a bit of googling doesn't really get me anywhere - usually if it's a motherboard fault there are lots of other people with the same problem and I didn't find any.
The blue screens mention MEMORY_MANAGEMENT (when booting into recovery) and BAD_SYSTEM_CONFIG_INFO when booting in to Windows.
So - what do you reckon? Replacement MoBo or laptop?
Many thanks for any assistance :-)