I have always had problems with being able to boot up my laptop. Normally I have to spend around 20-40 minutes turning it on and off then on then off then on then... well, you get the point. The ON light works, but the screen remains black. The only way I know the thing finally has decided to come out of its coma is when the CD-ROM opens. Plus the battery only works on leap years ending with a 3 or something. WELL today it decided to just turn off by itself, and I assumed it was the same old deal. It's not like Auckland Universitys exams are on at the moment. I subject myself to around 2 hours of the old power-up, power-down game (I obviously have no life) and eventually the machine beeps at me and says "Please Remove the Incompatible Memory Module in Slot A."

I looked over the net and the only sites I found about this error were dealing with modified desktops and were in GERMAN. And since my German is a little rusty, and I have never opened my laptop to tinker around with anything, I was stumped. Have I dislodged something inside somehow? Have I finally burnt out my motherboard with all night sessions of por... webcomics? Has a complex voodoo curse been placed upon me?

So is there any way I can fix this problem? I have always had trouble with it. My laptop is old, oh so very old, a Toshiba running 2000 and boasting a mind-boggling 18gb, while I am unsure of the processors speed, if in fact it actually has any speed left. I believe I purchased it for 2 cows and a small granary. But yes, Memory Modules. Incompatible ones at that. Any ideas?

Thanks!