Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 00:27:49 PDT
From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
David,
I see your point, but:
I have three hard disks available - one with a working (all the goodies(!))
w98 from rob, a working w95/linux from me, and a clean disk with just dos
and the w95 cabs.
The problem is that most of the time the system simply will not boot...if I
could get it to boot I could be deep and dirty at register level - that's
not a problem to me - and try and see what's happening. But if the damn
thing won't even boot past spinning the disk up, there's not a lot I can do.
Grrr.
Neil
>From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:37:21 -0800
>
>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:29:44 -0400
>From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
>
>I can't say for sure, your version being English, but I sure thought,
>that after loading Win95 you needed to install Toshiba Win95 drivers
>for the Video driver, the APM system ect. and If you didn't, you would
>get at least some of the problems that you are getting. Wasn't Win95 the OS
>that Microsoft would not let OEM change in anyway?
>
>The crash on trying to come out of screen saver mode, sounds like a driver
>problem, rather than a hardware problem. It ran all night ok, just
>switching
>modes, (coming out of screen saver) caused a crash.
>
>Perhaps it would be wise to boot to just DOS, and see how it behaves there
>for a while? Go into the bios and make sure it's not trying (set to)to go
>into hibernation or resume mode. And just run it for a while?
>
>David Hettel
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 4:42 PM
>Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:40:16 PDT
> > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
> >
> > David,
> >
> > I don't use 98 at all. This is from a 95 install disk which as far as I
> > remember I've successfully used before. But freqently it still doesn't
>even
> > boot...one hard disc spin up, then not even the backlights on the screen
>:(
> >
> > Neil
> >
> > >From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
> > >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 09:37:26 -0800
> > >
> > >Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:32:15 -0400
> > >From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: Re: Bugger - update Monday
> > >
> > >Neil;
> > >
> > >Is it possible that you are not loading the correct video/other driver.
> > >I don't think that the Win98 drivers will function correctly,
> > >with the win95 system. Here in the states Toshiba has taken to
> > >hiding the older drivers, as of lately.
> > >
> > >David Hettel
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 11:27 AM
> > >Subject: Bugger - update Monday
> > >
> > >
> > > > Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:22:26 PDT
> > > > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: Bugger - update Monday
> > > >
> > > > Things just keep on getting depressing...This weekend I managed to
> > > > (a) get a complete bios back into Rob's machine
> > > > (b) installed my old 3.2 disc, formatted and with the W95 cabs on it
> > > > (c) installed W95 actually *on* the lib
> > > > (d) ran the machine through a couple of scan disks and boots and
> > >restarts
> > > > (e) ran it all night on screen-saver (amazing how horrible the
>flowerbox
> > >is
> > > > in 16 colours)
> > > > (f) watched it crash never to return when it came out of screensaver
> > >AAARGH!
> > > >
> > > > I increasingly believe that *my* screen is toasting the *video* chip
>on
> > >the
> > > > mother board...crashes seem to occur not randomly but when the
>screen
>is
> > > > doing something complicated - e.g. when thething tries to load it
> > >initially,
> > > > when it changes mode to go into windows, after screensave...also,
> > >although
> > > > windows correctly identified the graphics chip, it wouldn't respond
> > > > correctly and complained about wrong drivers...and failed properly
>to
> > > > upgrade them...also insisted only 4 or 8 bit graphics was available.
> > > >
> > > > I suspect the reason that the bios won't always load properly is
>that
> > >the
> > > > machine isn't running long enough to complete the load.
> > > >
> > > > Bugger!
> > > >
> > > > Neil (looking forward to a holiday)
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