Thane,
Tried this idea. From the route given, no option visible for either Copy
System files or Make System Disk. Suspect a Dell "customized" install of
WinME. LOL!
No problem anyway anymore! Was finally able to boot to dos with a tweaked
(de-featured!) systeim floppy for WinME and I did get
Hmm, right click from within My Computer. I'll try that. I forgot this one.
Not a huge problem anymore. Got owner's permission to waste the HD if
necessary and start from scratch. LOL!
Best,
Duncan
At 05:25 05/30/2007 -0400, you wrote:
At 12:50 AM 30/05/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
Nope. Tried that
Really? Do tell. Not in the version of ME I see on this machine. Tried
last night from the ms/dos prompt. No go. And the way the ME banner pops
up, very hard to get to Safe Mode.
Best,
Duncan
At 05:24 05/30/2007 -0400, you wrote:
At 06:27 PM 29/05/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
Yes, this is why I
At 12:50 AM 30/05/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
Nope. Tried that too. Bill and Steve have really gutted the old fun. :)
Checked the format command in the ms/dos window and the /s switch is missing.
Even the SYS command in the ms/dos window does not work.
Go to My Computer, right click the floppy,
At 06:27 PM 29/05/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
Yes, this is why I asked about tools/utilities to "create" a
bootable FD. I suppose I
should have been more specific too. Was looking for a tool that
creates a dos-based
blank, bootable FD. The bios file from dell is dos. And the current
os is WinME
Nope. Tried that too. Bill and Steve have really gutted the old fun. :)
Checked the format command in the ms/dos window and the /s switch is missing.
Even the SYS command in the ms/dos window does not work.
Maybe I went to W2K too soon! I lost out on so much learning.
Best,
Duncan
At
WinME should support just using "format a: /s" from the DOS prompt, right?
>>In line.
>>At 15:28 05/29/2007 -0400, JRS wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Yeah, we just had procurement buy the Dell compatible stuff ...
>>
>>Yes, I plan to inform the owner of my research.His choice, Dell,
>>Crucial, or
>>K
In line.
At 15:28 05/29/2007 -0400, JRS wrote:
Yeah, we just had procurement buy the Dell compatible stuff ...
Yes, I plan to inform the owner of my research.His choice, Dell,
Crucial, or
Kingston! My Crucial set is not compatible, and, my other two Mushkin pairs
appear to be not-c
Yeah, we just had procurement buy the Dell compatible stuff and we used the
memory we already had to update other standard systems. I would update
the BIOS as well, can't hurt.
>>Ding! This does seem to be the case JRS.
>>
>>Do you recall what your solution was?
>>
>>2 days of research indic
Ding! This does seem to be the case JRS.
Do you recall what your solution was?
2 days of research indicates that both Crucial and Kingston offer "dell
compatible" SDRAM. I'll leave it to the owner to decide. I'm still trying
to get the bios updated from A06 to All. Saw some pointers to an
UR correct. I believe.
Tried 1 of all my 3x pairs of DIMMs and NONE of them will play.
Know the bios is A06. Do have latest bios=A11.
Maybe it will un-lock this glitch.
If I can built a bootable FD with the new bios, I may still get lucky.
I know this is a "transitional" problem.
I will learn.
Jim,
Oddly, I tried my Crucial DIMM pair first. Failed hard as I described. I use
the Crucial pair 1st on these "fixes" because they usually work. Not this time.
May be OK, but I have a 4100 that fails on 3 pair of PC133 SDRAM DIMMS.
I'll read the link in a bit. Perhaps there is a pearl (of wis
Duncan,
According to Crucial Tech.
http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=Dimension+4100+Series
3rd party DRAM should work just fine up to a total of 512MB,
_jim
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Drat! Do not remember that. How pansy! No wonder Dell is so loved here! NOT!
Best,
Duncan
At 12:13 05/28/2007 -0400, JRS wrote:
Yep, many of those older Dells required Dell branded memory.
I had some like that at work and hated it. Not sure of the years when they
did this, but if the spd on
Nope, but I will today! Did not cross my mindDOH!
But, from what JRS shared, I may be dead anyway, unless I can disable SPD
checking in bios.
(but I will at least test the 2d DIMM slot with the DELL DIMM anyway..)
Another confirmation of why I build my own PC's from scratch. LOL!!
Thank
At 01:04 PM 28/05/2007, DHSinclair wrote:
Ideas? Suggestions?
Have you tried the new DIMM by itself? If it doesn't work, then the
machine requires proprietary RAM. If it does work, add the original
DIMM in the second slot and see what happens.
T
Yep, many of those older Dells required Dell branded memory.
I had some like that at work and hated it. Not sure of the years when they
did this, but if the spd on the dram chips were not OEM Dell, they would
not work..
>>Is there anything unique to Dell BIOS or Windows ME that could preve
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