Compaq labtop onboard memory gone bad.

Since you've just purchased the NB, I think your Systemboard is DOA. The only way to overcome this problem is to change your Systemboard which of course falls under "Hersteller" Guarantee.

Its brand new right, i hope your warranty certificated is there. Go to the vendor and try to replace it. You're not paying for that defective one....(What i means is REplace all)

The Practical way in solving your problem is use its warrantee let the manufacturer change the unit, because if you buy more RAM in expansion slot still not advisable since there is still problem in the system board...

I don't think the "warranty" suggestions will be of much help. How new could it be if it came with W98? Just last week, an associate spent two days trying to replace his stolen W2K laptop, and had to settle for XP because nobody had anything else in stock . . .
And what, exactly, did he do with those restore disks before trying to install Linux?

Here's a thought. Is the problem in the memory in the expansion slot??? Try taking that out and then reinstalling your Linux. If it still tells you that, then you might try warranty with Compaq or wherever you purchased the unit from, as the system board has 32MB built into the unit. Otherwise, you might as well get yourself a new laptop, as system boards are usually almost as expensive as getting a new unit. Although it never hurts to find out, I suppose. Your system board part number is 169606-001. Hope this helps!!!

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