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Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:18:21 -0500
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Ken,

You've done a good job documenting your problem, but we need more
background information.

Why did you format the HD?
Are you adding a second drive?
Replacing the original?
Is this a new system build?

Tell us more about the hardware.  What brand & model is the HD?
Motherboard? video?

Jim Meagher
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Goad <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, January 25, 1999 4:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] sYSTEM PROBLEM


>Need some troubleshooting advice on the following issue:
>
>I formated the HD, then cleard cmos
>clock, took it all apart, and then replugged everything back in. When I
>sterted it up, I went and loaded bios defaults. I then loaded windows
>95. It seemed to work ok so I shut it off. After letting it sit for
>about 3 or 4 hours turned off, I started it up. It went into its normal
>startup, the W95 screen came up, then it goes back to the PCI Device
>Listings  screen, This is all normal so far,  THEN IT LOCKED UP, just
>stoped and did nothing, I pushed restart and then it said that windows
>did not finish loading last time and wanted me to start in safe mode.
>After starting in safe mode, I then restarted and it started up normal.
>The problem seems to occur after it sits for a bit. Remember now, The
>only thing so far I have loaded is W95, none of the other drivers for
>the cards. We either have a hardware problem or Windows 95 glitch
>occuring. I need your input.  Could it be the motherboard? or the video
>card, but i have not loaded the drivers for the video card yet, it is
>still running in standard vga driver from windows.
>
>Ken
>
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