I apologize for lack of Hardware info....
Motherboard = Asus P2B
Video = Trident 975 4MB AGP
HD = Seagate 4.3 (I believe, not near the machine)
AOpen FM56-P Modem
AOpen FX3D SoundCard
Acer 36X CD-Rom
I have built several of these machines in the past with no problems (however have seen problems
with this video card and DirectX)......systematically here is what is being done:
BIOS check
Will replace graphics card.....then if neccesary...
replace MotherBoard
Thanks for your help
Ken
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> Subject: Re: sYSTEM PROBLEM
> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:18:21 -0500
> From: Jim Meagher <[log in to unmask]>
>
> 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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>
> It sounds like you have an issue created by setting the system to default
> in the CMOS settings of the Bios. You need to tell us more about the
> hardware for any knowledgable answers. Here are somethings to check
> that may be the problem:
>
> 1) Many video cards require an IRQ and this needs to be enabled in the
> CMOS of systems over a few months old, (it is not required in most
> currently Bios). The STB Velocity 128 & Velocity 3D cards required
> an IRQ enabled... there are other video cards that require an IRQ.
> 2) You may have an ISA modem jumpered to request com2/IRQ3, (or some
> other configuration), and your system is attempting to assign the IRQ
> to the motherboard's com port. Disabling the com port in the CMOS will
> solve this issue.
>
> There are many other conflicts that can be created due to wrong CMOS
> settings. Try verifying the IRQs each card and device is requesting and
> how your motherboard is assigning them vs. Win95 is assigning them.
>
> Bob Wright
> The NOSPIN Group
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