Help! Hardware mailfunction error! GRT896HP

[d244541]

When I pick up my vaio grt896hp notebook when it's on I get a blue screen with the following message:

HARDWARE MAILFUNCTION
CALL YOUR HARDWARE VENDOR FOR SUPPORT
NMI: PARITY CHECK/MEMORY/PARITY ERROR
***THE SYSTEM HAS HALTED****

And yes, the system has halted.

Another problem which I have is that my screen goes on and off when I move it up or down. Does one or both of the above problems sounds familiar to anyone of you vaio-users?

[kee-lo_]

Sounds like you need to resit your memory, take it out and put it back in.

[d244541]

Thank you for your suggestion. Is it easy to do on a notebook?

Sounds like you need to resit your memory, take it out and put it back in.

[kee-lo_]

Yes, theres a little trap door on the bottom of the notebook.... in there should be the RAM.

[Psaila]

Yes, theres a little trap door on the bottom of the notebook.... in there should be the RAM.

I'd earth yourself At the start of this operation , Staic is a bad thing at this point .

[d244541]

Ok, I will try to unstatic myself and open the trap door if I can find it. Thanks everyone. I let you know....

[kee-lo_]

Good luck

[robpaxton]

Vitally important - unplug the notebook and remove the battery before removing and reseating the memory chips.

[kee-lo_]

Heh I really ****ed up this time....

[robpaxton]

I've replaced memory and forgotten to remove the battery before - the notebooks survived the operation OK.