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Date: | Sat, 25 Aug 2001 23:31:41 -0500 |
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I have a seven year old 486DX2-66 with 40MB RAM that will not boot even with boot disks. When I turn it on, it performs the memory test to 40MB then starts over several times, then the Windows98 screen comes up and disappears, the system beeps once. It goes back to DOS and gives me the following messages:
Error: Unable to control A20 line!
XMS Driver not installed.
Warning: the high memory area (HMA) is not available. Additional low memory (below 640K) will be used instead.
HIMEM.SYS is missing.
Make sure that the file is in your Windows directory.
Then the system goes to the C prompt but by then my keyboard has stopped working, so I cannot type anything.
When I put in the boot disk, the A drive lights up for a few seconds, but there is no sound (it is not reading the disk)
I have searched for all information related to this, and tried pressing F8 and pressing F5, and I have tried reseating the memory, all to no avail. Is it time to give up???
Thanks so much,
Sheryl
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