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chunka1   12-29-2001 at 04:10:23 PM

my 4yr old sons computer crapped out on me and i cant get past the first post screen.. msg says this version of windows needs a 386 or better processor to run??? its at least a 150 AMD K5... cant get it to boot to dos to fdisk.. tryed unpluging and swaping out different parts, no luck.. even switched to a pentium 133 and got the same message??? anybody got any suggestions ??

dazed and confused

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pike   12-29-2001 at 04:50:46 PM
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What exactly changed for you to get this message ?
Also what OS are we talking about ?
Set "plug and play OS to "yes" in bios.
Any beep codes ?
What exactly happends with a boot floppy ? And to boot to floppy put "boot A then C" in bios.
Should really be no serious reason for you to have the described trouble !

Danny

Nostradamus: "In the year 2002 naked alien women will descend to earth"

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chunka1   12-29-2001 at 05:29:12 PM
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it has windows 98 OS, it was ok then he said my puters not working one day?? and the bios doesnot have a plug and play option, on the beeps i hear one at boot i think, and when i put in a 98 boot disk it loads and i get a arrow pointing down and a blinking space cursor??. never heard of this either.. i have tryed to swap hard drives, get same result. tryed to swithch memory slots same result.. tryed to hit f8 to get safe mode no luck either..

dazed and confused

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pike   12-30-2001 at 11:51:47 PM
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Are your or is your DD detected properly by bios at bootup ?
Don't really know.
Last resort: Boot to Dos disk. do Fdisk and foramt reinstall. Not the most intelligent solution for everything but works most often !

Danny

Nostradamus: "In the year 2002 naked alien women will descend to earth"

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chunka1   12-31-2001 at 12:50:10 AM
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can you make your question clearer?? dont understand what you are asking... if you mean is the HD detected in BIOS.. well it has nothing listed just AUTO.? this thing is driving me Batty.. tryed a different HD again no luck.. tryed a different CPU ( pentium) no luck same MSG????? please help.. iam confused now!!

dazed and confused

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pike   12-31-2001 at 03:19:47 AM
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What i meant was during bootup bios gives onscreen info to it's progression. When it is at the stage of querring the DD you will see this onscreen as "detecting such and such as master and such and such as slave".
Also what i meant was if all fails, boot to DOS, then Fdisk and Format your DD.
If your DD is not detected by bios then your bios needs to be reset (see your manual) or upgraded.
There is no reason for you to be stopped cold in your tracks as this !

Danny

Nostradamus: "In the year 2002 naked alien women will descend to earth"

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chunka1   01-01-2002 at 02:06:04 AM
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i cant get it to boot to DOS no way tryed 98&95 boot up discs and no go.. all i get is an arrow pointing down and a blinking cursor..what next.. ready to give it up.. please help!!

dazed and confused

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