I have found that this is caused by a memory problem.
  First try re-seating the RAM modules, and see if the
 problem is eliminated.  Also sometimes the contacts on the
 DIMM get a very thin coat of oxidation and they have to be
 cleaned to make a good positive contact with the
 connector.  I use a pencil eraser myself (making sure to
 get rid of the "crumbs" left before placing in the
 connector) and just rub lightly to shine them up some.
  The memory could be going bad too.  If you have multiple
 DIMMS (or SIMMS) and know what combinations are required,
 remove to the minimum and see if you can get a good boot.
  It may be a single bad DIMM or SIMM.  You'll have to swap
 back and forth to determine which is bad.

Good Luck,

Doug

At 4/2/2002 09:25 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:

What causes a Divide Overflow error? This is occuring on a
 Pent 233 with
Win98 SE. I get this message everytime I try to boot the
 machine...and not
just on the hard drive. I get this message when trying to
 boot from floppy,
CD-Rom, or Hard Drive. It gets past the usual ROM boot-up
 screens, then
freezes on this error when looking for a bootable device.
 Has my processor
chip gone bad?

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