> I'm at my wits end (which doesn't seem too far these days!) over a
> problem
> with this computer. A customer brought this in and said that it just
> Based upon the errors I was getting, I have:
> (1) FDISK'd the partitions
> (2) FDISK /MBR
> (3) Formatted the drive
> (4) Loaded W'98 (first edition) with all CPU caching turned off or the PC
> couldn't decode all the CAB files.
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This would hint to a faulty cache module, (or onboard cache.) Have you tried
disabling internal, and external cache, just to try to narrow it down to
Actual cache, or a faulty CPU!!. Does this board have a replacable COAST
Module? Just some things to consider.
Just a thought..........
Good Luck, Steve W.
> (5) Turned the CPU caching back on
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