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Catching and Shadowing

by Oct 5, 2012 10:27PM PDT

Every time my Windows XP computer crashes, the blue screen says "disable bios memory options such as catching or shadowing." Can someone tell me how to eliminate catching and shadowing? Thanks.

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Re: BIOS
by Forum moderator Oct 5, 2012 10:34PM PDT

I don't think it's "catching". I think it's "caching".

Anyway, that isn't a Windows XP thing. It's a BIOS thing. So press the magic key at boot to go into the BIOS setup and see if you can find that options.

What the magic key is depends on the BIOS. Could be escape or del or F2 or F10 or another, even a combination. It should be mentioned in the user documentation, on the screen or in the manufacturers help pages for your model. If you really can't find it, post maker and model here to see if anybody knows.

Kees

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by jibberyerkibber Oct 6, 2012 4:12AM PDT

If this will help, my BIOS data are: Intel IDG451OH.56A.0077.2008.0725.1734 7/25/2008. Thanks.

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That doesn't help.
by Kees_B Forum moderator Oct 6, 2012 6:13AM PDT

I meant make and model of the PC, for example: desktop HP 23-1000Z.

Kees

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What I find that BSOD really tells us to do.
by Forum moderator Oct 6, 2012 5:24AM PDT
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Got Into Bios
by jibberyerkibber Oct 6, 2012 10:21PM PDT

Got into BIOs with F2. Once there I found MAIN - ADVANCED - SECURITY - POWER - BOOT - EXIT. Nowhere in any of those could I find anything that said caching or shadowing. Oh what to do? Thanks.

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What I do.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 7, 2012 2:31AM PDT

Is to get in there and do the cleaning. It appears some never do that and then fall into some trap where they think a bios setting will cure it.
Bob

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