Re: TI-H: Fixing Grant's friend's PC


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Re: TI-H: Fixing Grant's friend's PC




>Yeah, it's old :)
>Seriously, sometimes older hardware will start to fail, SIMMs especially,
>since
>that wonderful advent of non-parity RAM (originally only used in Macs... gee,
>thanks, Apple)
>You seem to have connections.  Try to get a hold of a SIMM tester, and figure
>out if that's a problem.  It can kill performance and screw things up
>occasionally.
>Next, do a completely clean install of 95.  That is, format the drive, and
>start from scratch.  Don't leave a trace of the old stuff behind.  You might
>also need an OSR2 CD, but that's not always the way to go either.  OSR2 isn't
>sold in stores for a reason :(
>And finally, check every last piece of hardware.  Random failures are usually
>indicative of a serious problem, or a boot sector virus (I've seen some fake
>out most diagnostic programs).

The problem is that it is a brand new computer...  :)  He uses 72 pin
simms, and not only macs use those bad SIMMS.  So do a whole bunch of
2/3/486 computers.



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