On 1999-09-30 Stephen Llloyd said:
>This is a really strange problem, and please, no jokes about tired
>computers etc, those messages just use up bandwidth and aren't
>helpfull to anybody.
>Over night when I go to bed I keep my computer switched off. When
>I wake up the next morning I switch my computer on, and windows95
>starts to load, but then suddenly it stops, and then the system
>reboots itself, then windows95 enters safe mode.
>I have found that the only way to stop this is to boot the computer
>straight in to dos mode, and leave it switched on for an hour or
>two. I'll then switch it off, wait for a few seconds and then
>switch it on again. Surprise surprise, the computer loads up
>windows95 with no trouble. Can anybody tell me why this would be
>happening? it's as if my computer has to warm up first before
>windows is able to run. Please are you able to help me with this
>baffling problem?
Hi Stephen:
I would suspect that perhaps some of the memory chips required for
loading Windoze are somewhat unstable and get glitchy until they are
completely warmed up. The loading and running of DOS does not require
as much memory.
Suggestion to test my hypothesis:
1. When you first turn on your computer in DOS mode, perform a very
thorough memory check by using a good DOS program designed for this
purpose.
2. Without re-booting your computer, perform the same test again and
again at intervals. Do the results improve over time?
Sam Heywood
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