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November 20, 2005 at 12:04 AM
bandcglass

diagnostics

by bandcglass . Updated 20 years, 7 months ago

1. Each time you start the computer it asks me to enter the time and date.
2. The message invalid boot disk is displayed when starting PC
3. When starting PC it gives 1780 or 1790 hard disk error?
4. While working on your computer, which has the Leprechaun Virus Buster, software
loaded it locks-up and a blinking message ?Red State, Germ offensing ? Aircop?
is displayed on the screen.
5. Why does the message “DMA buffer size too small? and warns that ?You cannot backup, compare, or restore files until you increase the DMA buffer size?mean?
6. The contents of the screen cannot be dumped to the printer using Shift+Print Screen even though the printer works for DOS application software.
7. Why does Message ?Stack overflow? is displayed and the computer locks up.
8. What does Message ?ERROR: Unable to control A20 line? is displayed.
9. When running SCANDSK from boot in MS-DOS mode it detects that 10 lost allocation units found in 3 chains?
10. Why would only scrambled characters print from a word processing application?

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