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My HP Pavillion is less than 3 years old. Should I be getting BIOME-1 messages already? (101 Views)
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My HP Pavillion is less than 3 years old. Should I be getting BIOME-1 messages already?

‎07-23-2011 01:51 AM

I gather that means some memory has failed and needs to be replaced? 3MB replacement costs? Is it easy to do myself?
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‎07-25-2011 11:22 AM

It's always better if you state what model HP. That said, your basic problem is that 1 or more memory modules have failed. As you referenced 3MB, it probably has (2) 1 GB and (2) 512mb modules.

 

If you download and run Belarc advisor, it will tell you how many slots, what is in each slot , http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

Reading these might help you understand how to test it:

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/RAM-Error-Code-BIOME-1/td-p/82494

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/BIOME-1-error-when-running-hardware-diagnostic-test-fo...

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