As far as the memory My first guess is that I was counting on the BIOS fix to take care of that...if the problem is the same as it was with the RAM counting up and then reseting I would make sure you have good RAM first - if you have more than 1 module - try pulling one of them and booting and if it is successful you have your answer - if it fails swap the Modules and test again - if you only have 1 mem mod then you have to get a good one to test with - if you have a memory module onboard (meaning you have memory built into the motherboard and then an expansion slot you may need the tech specs on your laptop to be sure)(you could also have an easily accessible expansion and the main mem mod on the mobo where you have to take the laptop apart or at least pull the KB to find it) if it has one onboard and you find that the error persists after the expansion is eliminated your Mobo is likely toast because you cannot repalce the built-in RAM (you could still replace the CMOS battery as a final diag) - you could very well could have 2 issues a bad CMOS battery and a RAM problem but I would get the RAM squared away first - Once you have good RAM you should only see the clock reset but no memory errors if the CMOS battery is bad - hope that helps