Windows 2000 not booting problem

[ec98214]

Heres the problem:

After a sudden reboot my PC just doesn't load Windows 2000.
It shows the white progress bar but it reboots itself before the end.
Pressing F8 shows that while/after loading the file MUP.SYS is where it hangs then reboot.
...and so on, and on...
It doesn't do anything else!

Tried repair from the windows 2000 instalation CD but it gave me an
"Unexpected error (268353600) at line 1562"
something about
"d:\nt\private\ntos\boot\setup\arcdisp.c"

I've read somewhere that it might be a mounting problem.
that maybe the partition wasn't unmounted before windows rebooted...

Could it be that?
If yes, then what should I do?

Thanks in advance.


EDIT: forgot to tell that the partition is NTFS.

 

[LiLithTecH]

The error in regards to arcdisp.c is generally bad RAM or RAM Slot.

You might want to check it.

 

[ec98214]

It really was the memory!

I I disabled the "quick post" setting in the BIOS and it gave me a "memory test fail" error.

I removed the DIMM to check if everything was in place, and it continued to give the same error. (after I put it back, of course )

I run DocMem (memory testing program) and it gave an error at the address of 128 MB (it's a 256MB dimm).

...But a reboot and 15 minutes later it just posted ok...
Today, after a few dozens of coold reboots it's still ok.
No memory test fail errors...

I don't get it...

Any ideas of what may cause this intermitent failure?