Author Topic: Eskimo Sucks! (Read 528 times)

Flossy · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2002, 02:40:41 PM »

anyway, Mr Fork.... apart from the fact he could have more than one computer, its running AH he is having a problem with at this point....

Mister Fork · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2002, 02:44:00 PM »

Well I'll be forked - you are right Flossy! LOL

I have 3 puters btw.

Mrs Spoon? Nope. Just a single fork in the drawer. However, I'd never turn down the opportuniy to snuggle up with a spoon.

Oosik · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2002, 03:11:02 PM »

Hey Eskimo you work as teacher, why don't you ask the computer geek at you school for help. LOL

Good luck little Bro.

wklink · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2002, 03:18:52 PM »

Don't worry too much about it Eskimo. When I upgraded a while back I made the mistake of slighly chipping the edge of my XP 1800 processor.

That gave me the excuse to get the Athlon XP 2100 I guess but the swearing was enough to chase the wife and kid from the house.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2002, 04:47:25 PM »

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Originally posted by Oosik
Hey Eskimo you work as teacher, why don't you ask the computer geek at you school for help. LOL

Good luck little Bro.

Are you kidding?
He's a friggin moron!

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:06:57 PM »

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Originally posted by Tyro48
Eskimo simplify simplify simplify

Breakyour system dwn to barebones

1 HDD vid card sound card 1 stick memory floppy

then see what it does and again make sure that new HDD is using an 80 wire ribbon cable, 40 wire will be to noisy.

If it wrks bare bones then you have a bench mark to start from

add back new components and then see what happens one item at a time.

That's basically what I got, with a DVD/CD for installing CD drivers.

Thanks
eskimo

Staga · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:27:16 PM »

I know it's a stupid question but did you install VIA 4in1 drivers (if your mobo has VIA's chipset of course)?

Edit: Looks like it has Ali chipset: Be sure you have downloaded correct drivers for your mobo:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/index_driver_k7a.htm

eskimo2 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:32:24 PM »

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Originally posted by Tumor
Eskimo.....

shoot the computer with a 12ga, then go buy a good one (steal if you have too!). You will feel better.

That's about the best advice I've heard yet!

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:33:27 PM »

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Originally posted by Mister Fork
Call me stupid eskie, if your puter is down, how can you even read the forums?

I'm on my old P-II 350.

eskimo

eskimo2 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:36:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Staga
I know it's a stupid question but did you install VIA 4in1 drivers (if your mobo has VIA's chipset of course)?

Edit: Looks like it has Ali chipset: Be sure you have downloaded correct drivers for your mobo:

http://www.ecs.com.tw/download/index_driver_k7a.htm

I installed the drivers on the Mainboard CD.

eskimo

Staga · « **Reply #25 on:** October 12, 2002, 05:42:00 PM »

Drivers coming with mobo in a CD are usually quite old; You should download new drivers from their site or at least check out how old versions that CD has.

bloom25 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 12, 2002, 06:14:14 PM »

My guess is bad ram or a defective hard drive.

The ram is easy to test: http://www.memtest86.com and download the 3.0 version. You'll need a new floppy to extract it onto. Boot the computer off the floppy and let the system run (512 MB ram takes about 35 - 45 minutes to test). You will see if any errors occur, and at the end of the 9 tests it runs you'll get a pass or fail. The tests will repeat until you hit escape.

You should also run a scan disk on the hard drive. If that passes, do another scan disk with the "surface scan" option turned on. This will take an hour or more. Don't just assume new drives are good, I've had 4 Western Digital drives (2 20GB and 2 40GB drives) fail on me in the last 8 months. Two of them failed after a few days and the others lasted about 6 months.

eskimo2 · « **Reply #27 on:** October 12, 2002, 07:20:45 PM »

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Originally posted by bloom25
My guess is bad ram or a defective hard drive.

The ram is easy to test: http://www.memtest86.com and download the 3.0 version. You'll need a new floppy to extract it onto. Boot the computer off the floppy and let the system run (512 MB ram takes about 35 - 45 minutes to test). You will see if any errors occur, and at the end of the 9 tests it runs you'll get a pass or fail. The tests will repeat until you hit escape.

You should also run a scan disk on the hard drive. If that passes, do another scan disk with the "surface scan" option turned on. This will take an hour or more. Don't just assume new drives are good, I've had 4 Western Digital drives (2 20GB and 2 40GB drives) fail on me in the last 8 months. Two of them failed after a few days and the others lasted about 6 months.

Thanks bloom,

I know how to make the PC boot from floppy in BIOS, but I don't know how to make the FD "bootable". It just tells me to get the disk out...

eskimo

Staga · « **Reply #28 on:** October 12, 2002, 09:09:07 PM »

Everything about boot-disks: http://www.pcguide.com/proc/sw/boot.htm

"bring up the Windows Explorer, right-click on the floppy disk icon and select "Format...", then be sure to click the checkbox that says "Copy system files". This will give you a blank bootable disk"

Staga · « **Reply #29 on:** October 12, 2002, 09:13:52 PM »

from memtests readme:
"Memtest86 is a stand alone program that cannot be executed under windows and must
be loaded from a floppy disk.

To install Memtest86:
- Extract the files from the zip archive
- Open the directory where the files were extracted and click on "install.bat".
- The install program will prompt you for the floppy drive and also prompt you to
insert a blank floppy.
- To run Memtest86 leave the floppy in the drive and reboot.
"