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by boylesj

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I have a Pack-Bell 200Mhz w/ 1.2gigHD, 64MB mem. I have experienced probs lately w/ memory, system faults, CD not working at all, video quirks, you name it. Other than upgrding HD and mem, anything on the CD would help - what should I check to fix?

Thx
Jim

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by esstee

I suggest,

Running a virus-check on your system. www.Commandcom.com has an on-demand virus link if you don't have updated virus definitions.

Uninstall any new programs you installed just before the problem occurred.

Contacting the manufacturers web site and see if their system patches or downloads may address one of your problems -- you may want to update all your drivers and cmos anyway.

Unless you are worried about voiding a warranty, you can open the box and make sure all connections are properly seated. You would be surprised how many "become loose" with no human intervention.

Hope this helps.

by itzann

I absolutely agree with Esstee's suggestion to check all connections inside the box if possible. My daughter's new computer experienced freeze-ups almost from the day she got it. Finally, it got to the point where it wouldn't boot up at all. In desperation, I decided I didn't care if I voided the warranty, I opened the case, and to my surprise the fan that is attached via a "spring-type thing" to the processor, had come unattached and was just dangling. After reattaching it, absolutely no problems since. So it is worth a look.

by dmcelyea

Have you installed any software lately? has any one tampered with the bios settings? Have you checked all the ribbon cables to make sure they are plugged in snugly? Does the CD-ROM light come when you boot up? Can you boot the computer up with a boot disk that has CD-ROM support? I have also seen some problems that went away when I reseated the processor, also reseat the memory modules. If you cannot see the CD-ROM with a good boot disk with CD-ROM support it could be a hardware issue or turned off in the bios.
Hope this can help.

by loaded12

try swapping the processor with a different one that you know works....if it still gives error's....then most likely its the motherboard.

hope this helps

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