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  • May 31, 2000 at 10:33 am #2080694

    new computer crashing

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    by jerryat187 · about 23 years, 10 months ago

    amd k6 500 with 128MB ram 20GBHD gigabyte ga-5ax motherboad,ati rage 128.32MB AGP,WINDOWS98-SE,system crashes when clickin around.

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    • May 31, 2000 at 5:13 pm #3893281

      new computer crashing

      by hank73 · about 23 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to new computer crashing

      You may want to call tech support of you computer manufacture since it is a new one. The warrenty will cover anything that may be wrong. Other than that it sounds like a software conflict. Not enough info given for me to answer more detailed.

    • June 1, 2000 at 3:21 am #3893190

      new computer crashing

      by stefan.mcintyre · about 23 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to new computer crashing

      There may be three solutions:

      1. IF the system is out of the box use your
      warranty.

      2. If you put the system together check the
      jumpers settings CLOSELY.

      3. The chipset could be a problem, There’s a
      known problem RAM limitatio problem with
      some chipsets and you could have bad RAM
      or your Dimms/Simms/Cache could just need
      to be reseated. Also check your bios to
      make sure your RAM size is correctly set.

    • June 1, 2000 at 9:31 pm #3895422

      new computer crashing

      by lavdasg · about 23 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to new computer crashing

      The solution to this is very simple. You are running Win 95 ? First set the CPU speed to 300 nd not 500. This is only teporary. Log on to AMD site and download a patch to correct this problem. Once the patch is loaded change the CPU speed back to 500. This should be a solution as it has happend to me.,

    • June 3, 2000 at 4:21 am #3893981

      new computer crashing

      by 1zzy · about 23 years, 10 months ago

      In reply to new computer crashing

      Depends on a few things going on in your system. One, if you are able to get to the OS most likely it is not hardware but software. Some real quik fixes for software based lock ups are as follows.
      1.) Goto MSCONFIG and shut the config.sys, autoexec.bat, win.ini. and the startup group items off by clicking on Selective startup then unchecking them. (This will of course shut everything down on your system such as printers, dos drivers, and any programs running in the background.) REBOOT THE SYSTEM
      2.) Check the Config.sys and the Autoexec.bat by clicking on the Tabs at the top and look to see what is loading before the OS starts up. This will tell you what DOS drivers are being installed (Such as soundblasters DOS sound driver).
      3.) Work with the system like this for an hour or so and see how it runs. No Lock ups add back the Win.ini files by putting the check mark back in. Continue this way, followed by replacing the check marks for Config.sys, and then Autoexec.bat… (Consecutively of course.

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