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| 03 Nov 2010 | #11 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by DeaconFrost 
Quote: Originally Posted by jimbo45 Hopefully this clears up misunderstanding about this question. Seriously. The context of the thread was that the OP didn't realize the laptop had embedded memory in it. What's the point of nit-picking to this level, other than to belittle someone else? I guess if we want to nit-pick, I'll state that your comment is false, and SledgeDG is correct. The BIOS is an operating system, but the computer won't move past the POST...which where the BIOS ceases to be the operating system. The BIOS will run enough to politely tell you there's no memory installed. Many laptops won't even go that far, as they will immediately tell you to install memory before it could even attempt the post. I don't mean to single you out, but we aren't playing Technical Trivial Pursuit here. There's no reason to belittle someone else and muddle the info given at the same time. Hi there I wasn't actually Belittling anybody's thread but just stating SCIENTIFIC FACTS. The only reason a BIOS will post No RAM is if its programmed to look for any at power on. A BIOS can contain ANY program the writer cares to program it with. I'm certainly not playing "Technical tag" or whatever -- but merely attempting to explain that a BIOS CAN contain an OS without any external memory requirements. The fact that specific PC's will post an error if there is no RAM is NOT an inherent property of all PC's -- but just how that particular BIOS is implemented. It's also not intended as an insult to attempt to correct what is technically incorrect. Please read the SPIRIT of the post rather than assume any attempt to correct errors is confrontational. Cheers jimbo |
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| 03 Nov 2010 | #12 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimbo45 Please read the SPIRIT of the post rather than assume any attempt to correct errors is confrontational. I'm not trying to sound like an ass, but if I was the OP, I'd be way more confused after reading your post than I was at the time of the thread start. |
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| 03 Nov 2010 | #13 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimbo45
Quote: Originally Posted by SledgeDG If there is no RAM you can't even start up that machine. You'll never make it past POST (Power On Self Test) -DG  ) So please explain to me, where my statement was wrong?Fact is: if there is no RAM, you won't make it past POST. Whether you'll get a series of Beeps or a screen message depends on the BIOS itself. But no matter what BIOS you have, without RAM no OS. I even pointed out a few OS that could be installed with his build in memory. The rest I just take as given information irrelevant to the case at hand.. DeaconFrost already pointed out what needed to be said so I'll leave it at that. -DG |
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