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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