Detailboy wrote:
>Oh great hive-mind you're my only hope. A drone-node in our collective
>will not comply. What's wrong with my Gateway 2000 486sx-33, 8MB RAM,
>ISA 2x-CD ROM?
IMHO an easier test to see that the computer is working is a DOS
boot-floppy if this work then (with much luck) you can get Windows 9x to
work).
>I tried re-installing IE 4.1 and continued to get crashes but after
>several attempts I finally made it through the install of IE 4.1.
Why not try another browser? Netscape 3.x or Opera for instance. They are
much smaller, secure and faster (and have more or less the same
functionality).
>Then I thought that perhaps because this Win95b CD was labeled as
>"support for USB" that there was an incompatability with my 486sx-33 ISA
>bus
I haven't heard of this before, I doubt there exists such a fault. (But on
the other hand I wouldn't be suprised)
>I removed the modem, soundcard, reset the BIOS
>to factory defaults, changed the keyboard, serial mouse to PS/2, changed
>various combinations of the modem and soundcard or none at all and
>continued to get the same blue screen and Windows registery error
>crashes.
IMO, you should start by using the computer with as few I/O devices as
possible. (More precisely: no soundcard and modem until everything works).
If you can, switch graphics card - that might be usefull as well.
>Is this a hardware problem or software problem or both? Is the fate of
>this non-compliant drone-node to be salvaged for it's floppy, CD and HD
>and the motherboard/case carcas thrown into the trash among the other
>non-SURVPCs? Oh great hive-mind, what's wrong with my PC?
Speaking of this, I've recently noticed that the cost for a used PC (with
monitor, soundcard etc.) is less than half the price then parts are worth.
I find this very strange, but the same thing applies to (stolen) cars as well.
Ca 125USD for a 486DX2-66, 8MB RAM, 270MB HD, soundcard and monitor isn't
much. The monitor alone is worth (atleast) that! But since I can't see any
use for it (since I already have more computers then I'm able to use) I'll
not buy it.
Some stupid person (probably some classmate to me) had written on the paper
that I read this on that noone should buy since it was "from the stone-age"!
//Bernie
http://hem.passagen.se/bernie/index.htm DOS programs, Star Wars ...
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