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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 10:47:27 AM

Title: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 10:47:27 AM

My computer keeps restarting with the message         System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys        can anyone advise me how to fix this problem.. thanks    lee

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: patio on October 08, 2006, 10:50:58 AM

More info on your machine OS and what happened prior to this and someone will be along shortly to assist...

patio.  8-)

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 10:57:33 AM

well i was trying to improve the ram by trying some differnt chips out ov another laptop i have wich is exactly the same as the one i have and the problem arrose a little while later so i changed the chips back over and the problem still persists.. i have a dell h500gt and my os os xp pro....thankyou for your supper fast responce   lee

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 11:07:02 AM

oh and i should ov said the message also says    THE FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT...  

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: ale52 on October 08, 2006, 11:09:55 AM

Does this happen when you put the original RAM back in / Can you boot to Safe Mode & do a system restore?

Alan <><  :D

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 11:11:38 AM

Thankyou alan.. i have tried all the above, restore n'..all

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: Raptor on October 08, 2006, 11:23:47 AM

Test the RAM using  Microsoft Memory Diagnostic (Click) (http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp) and let it run for an hour per RAM stick. Don't use two RAM sticks at the same time.

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 08, 2006, 11:25:28 AM

thankyou, i will try the above and i will let you know how i get on.. you guys are very kind... ;D

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: patio on October 08, 2006, 11:30:20 AM

It's just one of the many services we offer...

Welcome Aboard !

patio.  8-)

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: 2k_dummy on October 08, 2006, 07:34:01 PM

pci.sys is a driver for the pci bus. You will need to restore the file.

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: patio on October 09, 2006, 10:21:34 AM

Probably found on the CD with the Motherboard drivers...

patio.  8-)

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 09, 2006, 11:01:11 AM

Hey guys, well after trial end error ive found out the problem.. this problem is because ov a faulty mother board. As mentioned before i have a spare laptop that is exactly the same, so i removed the hard drive and the RAM chips and placed all into the spare laptop and the problem is no longer.
 The problem first happend a while ago when the local shop got some RAM chips for me that did not work with the laptop so i got a new bigger hard drive thinking this would solve the problem but with messing with the RAM chips it came bloody back, maybe the problem never went away.
I tried copying the missing file and placing in the system32 file where it should be but the file made no difference so as above mentioned i moved the hardwhere over to my spare laptop. problem solved!!!!

THANKYOU GUYS FOR YOUR HELP AND IDEAS.... i am sure i will be back soon as i always find myself fiddling with the bloody thing...   good to know there are people out there to assist.....  ;D ;) :-[

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: ale52 on October 09, 2006, 11:03:47 AM

We're glad to have been of help  ;D

Alan <><  :D

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: Raptor on October 09, 2006, 11:10:50 AM

Did you drop the laptop?

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help please
Post by: pooly on October 09, 2006, 11:16:10 AM

No, just a bollock!!  ooooops, sorry  ;D lol

Title: Re: System32\DRIVERS\pci.sys    Help ple
Post by: patio on October 09, 2006, 11:24:39 AM

Bloody *censored* then.... ::)