Someone brought me a compaq computer to see if I could find out what was wrong with it. They weren't very descriptive about the problem, so I intended to plug it in and see how it did or didn't work.
Upon turning the computer on, I received a windows stop error (sadly, I didn't write down the...
Yea I've tried quite a few different IDE cables, round and normal. Didn't make any difference.
Had never bothered plugging a mouse in since it isn't required, and only becomes another thing to have to test when troubleshooting. I used two different keyboards as well (one that had a ps2 port on...
I beleive this is a Slot A motherboard, which I have never dealt with before. The cpu heatsink is overlapping a good 80% of the northbridge. There wasn't a single fan in the whole computer, and it apparently never had any. The southbridge was 30ºC lower than the northbridge (I always thought the...
Also, I just read about someone having code 83 display as well as hearing a siren-like noise, indicating overheating. Then I read about someone else having the same problem, one of the replies to their problem mention a possible problem with the northbridge.
So I decided to check and see if my...
I decided to help someone fix their computer after they tried cleaning it. Everything was going fine until I turned it on (haha), but afterwards it just sits and says 'WAIT...' after checking the memory.
I tried putting a postcard in it to see what code it displayed, and on both of my cards it...
Now I'm getting the following error when going to Start Computer With CD-ROM Support. I type d:, then type setup. It starts to run the winodws 98 setup and:
Application Error
W98SETUP cause an illegal instruction in
W98SETUP.BIN at 0003:1A30.
I checked through the link you gave...
I'm trying to install windows 98 2nd edition on a computer without an operating system. I get finished formatting and it gets through its checking screen. Then it displays the following error:
Standard Mode: fault outside of MS-DOS Extender.
EC=FFFC CS=03B7 IP=0B83 AX=0001 BX=03b0 CX=0000...
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