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Vee Richardson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 24 Feb 1998 22:23:30 -0500
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Hi all,

It seems something is dying on my computer, but I don't know what.  I
recently lost a hard drive and replaced it with a Maxtor 5.2 GB.  I
loaded Windows 95b, using Fat 32.  Everything seemed fine for a while,
but for the last few days it has been freezing quite frequently, mainly
when I exit a program--not the same one each time.  It will not soft
boot, and the only way I can recover is to turn the computer off.

When I boot up again, I get a message that because Windows was not
exited normally, I must run scan disk.  That's okay, but the message
across the top of the screen is what I do not understand.  It is:

0    7    1    8086    7010    IDE Controller        14
0    8    0    1023    9660    Display Controller    9

At first I was getting only the Display Controller information, now it
is both.

Once I run scan disk it boots into Windows 95 and runs normally until it
freezes again.  Last night it froze 3 times and tonight once.

From reading earlier posts here, I wondered if the power supply was
going.  But now I'm wondering if it a controller is going.  Any clues?
I don't know what other kind of information I should post to help you
decipher.

Any help would be appreciated.

Vee Richardson

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