On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 16:03:39 +1000 Paul wrote
SU>Sounds more like a hardware problem. What sort of motherboard
SU>is it? (Chipset etc) What CPU? Are the jumper settings right? Is
SU>the cooling fan working? If it IS hardware, Winblows will freeze
SU>even worse than DOS. DOS says "Well that's rooted so I can ignore
SU>it if you want" Windoze just goes "Hey somethings not right, and
SU>you're not going to use to rest of your PC either"
SU>> ..... favorites
SU>>and from there on wards I have problems. My dear Symphony does not
SU>>function anymore and quits very fast with a fresh rebooting of the
SU>>machine (still working on that one) , Dosfax is able to receive
SU>>faxes but sending them is not possible. I get a "FAx
SU>>communication error:50" and if I try to run the PC as a class 2
SU>>fax machine my whole system freezes and only a three finger
SU>>salute brings it back to live. It shows an error messages with a
SU>>lot of numbers but with following legible text: "Invalid Opcode
SU>>Exception from V86 Mode Process: Root" and after invitation to
SU>>exit the program which caused the message it shows "Idle" instead
SU>>of "Root". Can somebody help me with the error messages. I
SU>>really do want to start with Winblows programs unless I am so far
SU>>as to let it run under Linux which I freshly installed but have
SU>>not mastered yet.
SU>>MicroSoft? is that some kind of a toilet paper?
SU>He he. From,
SU>Paul (Quantum Business Systems)
SU>www.quantumsystems.com.au
Here is what norton diag has to say about my computer. All test ran fine
except the DMA and Interrupt controller.
--------------------- Computer ---------------------
Built-in BIOS: AWARD, Wednesday, October 21, 1998
Main Processor: Pentium, 453MHz
Math Coprocessor: (Built-In)
Video Adapter: VESA-compatible VGA, Secondary: None
Mouse Type: PS/2 Mouse, Version: 6.26 IRQ: 12
Hard Disks: 7M
Floppy Disks: 1.44M, 1.2M
DOS Memory: 639K
Extended Memory: 64,512K
Expanded Memory: 64K
Bus Type: ISA (PC/AT)
Serial Ports: 2
Parallel Ports: 1
Keyboard Type: 101-Key
Joysticks: 0
Real Time Clock: Available
In Protected Mode: Yes
* System Board Tests *
--------------------- Misc ---------------------
DMA Controller: FAILED
Interrupt Controller: IRQ NOT RECEIVED FROM:Timer
Timers: PASSED
* IRQ STATUS *
ENABLED IRQ USED BY
+ 0 TIMER 0
+ 1 KEYBOARD
+ 2 UNKNOWN DEVICE
3 NOT IN USE
4 NOT IN USE
5 NOT IN USE
+ 6 FLOPPY
7 NOT IN USE
8 REAL TIME CLOCK
10 NOT IN USE
11 NOT IN USE
+ 12 MOUSE
+ 13 COPROCESSOR
+ 14 HARD DRIVE
+ 15 CD ROM
There is no trace of Windows on the machine. Only one big partition is used
by Linux and a smaller part for swap files I think. I have DRDOS 7.03 Beta
with the latest improvements of its bugs installed.
I have no idea if the controller has anything to do with my difficulties
but want to know what is wrong because I have still some guarantee on the
motherboard. Is it something that I could influence by the CMOS setup? My
supplier is a nice fellow but until now he always tried to suggest me that
errors which I discovered (with my other machines) were software based.
What do I tell him?
*Sex on television can't hurt you unless you fall off.
Who the hell is General Failure, and why is he reading my harddrive!?"
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