Hello Douglas Hinds,
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999 07:20:06 -0600 GMT your local time,
which was Saturday, December 18, 1999, 8:20:06 PM (GMT+0700) my local time,
Douglas Hinds wrote:
t>> No idea but it sounds like it wants to draw something and cannot.
t>> maybe a low memory problem?? too many files open???
Douglas> I think you're right on both counts. But it's TB that's affected
Douglas> first, and I do try to minimize the number of programs and files I
Douglas> have open - which interferes with my use of the machine.
Douglas>>> The computer being used is old and the problem may be
Douglas>>> related to video memory, which is is only 1 mb I believe. Am
Douglas>>> I correct in my diagnosis and are sources available for VESA
Douglas>>> video cards with more memory? (In case anyone else knows).
t>> Where I am the PCI cards are getting rarer but they are around in 2
t>> mb. You probably find it easiest to get a working one from a local
t>> shop where the owner upgraded if new ones are scarce... if you have
t>> the old ISA slots for video, I donot know of any current card which
t>> you can use...
Douglas> No PCI slots on this one - they came out just after buying the
Douglas> computer. Your idea of shopping for a used one is good, and I will
Douglas> call the manufacturer (IBM), to see what they have to say. But it
Douglas> sounds like it's time to upgrade computers. Thanks for the advice.
You may find IBM replacements more expensive if they have them then
brandnew pci cards. Just visit a few local repair shops as thats the
place where you may find isa cards.
ISA slot cards are still around but most engineers tend to keep them
as with an isa videocard you can boot a system if it has a dead
bios... The only shop which I KNOW has them NEW is in Penang as the Malay
government still use 5 1/4 floppies and things like that.
No idea about memory but they were OAK cards.
Anyway, I doubt its the 1 mb video ram.
Only result is more colours and that hasnt got anything to do with
that display errormsg I think.
On the other hand theBAT makes many temp files and you with a lot of
mail could easily get problems due to that.
Have a look in the temp directories and keep them cleaned out.
If necessary I can send you a small utility which on every boot will
delete any files in specified directories but note, it does what its
told so it will also happily delete all cdrive files if asked...
I have it in my autoexec.bat.
Douglas> Best regards,
Douglas> Douglas
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Best regards,
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