computer keeps freezing

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MnkyOf[-]ate

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I just partioned, and formated my computer and installed windows 98, but my computer keeps freezing!
when it freezes the cursor disappears and the screen remains the same. I have even set my graphic acceleration to none, and am running 24BIT low resolution 400x 800x
My specs, are as follows

motherboard: M748MR

CPU: Intel Pentium Celeron II 366MHz

Hard drives:
4.3GB ATA 5400RPM Master
4.3GB ATA 5400RPM Slave
16x CD-ROM Secondary Master

Floppy drive isn't working... (fried controler?)

more info and pics on the motherboard @ http://www.sprintcomputer.com/motherb/h-m748mr.html

please help!
thanks,
 
Given that you mention the floppy drive controller (on the motherboard?) is possibly fried, and especially that you completely repartitioned and reinstalled, I'd be a little suspiscious of the mobo to begin with.

On that an easy test would be to try putting your floppy drive in someone elses computer, or putting a known good floppy in yours. If your floppy drive works in someone elses computer or if a known working floppy fails to work in yours, it's the controller. That would be an easy first test.

With integrated video (I'm guessing you're using that as you didn't mention a gfx card), there isn't much that can be done, except perhaps throw an old PCI adapter (by the diagram no AGP slots) in there, and disable the onboard video if possible...

If something does turn out to be wrong with the board, I would recommend going with a board from Asus, Abit, Soyo, (not sure about the Tyan PII/Celeron boards) rather then another from PC Chips. I had success rebuilding my old system for my father with the Asus P3B-F, which would accept the same CPU and memory you're using now.

You might want to try swapping floppies first though to see if the floppy problem is your floppy drive or your floppy controller. If the floppy controller is going, it's a good bet that the mobo/chipset could begin to fail in other ways too...
 
hmm

I'm not using the onboard video, but am instead using a pci card because I cant get the drivers installed without a floppy, unless I get my brother to burn me a disk! I'm guessing that the problem is either with the CPU, or the Video card because whenever I boot my computer I usually get multiple Error messages on a blue screen mentioning VGX, and Cache.

It's most likely the video card... I will try and change it with another or use the onboard one, if it has more than 16 colors.

thanks for your help! :D
 
???

ahh!
I starter my computer in safe mode and it said
Error Himem detected Unreliable XMS memory at ????? location...
Whats XMS memory? is it RAM? or is it Video card or what? :confused:
 
XMS is virtual memory, that error indicates a problem with config.sys or autoexec.bat.

I only think that coz I've been playing with the XMS on my p60 to get premier manager 2 to play.

You need to edit the file and correct it, but don't ask me what it need to be set at.
 
XMS is extended memory, the area of RAM above 1 MB... I would suggest testing that RAM there... Bad memory could account for lockups too... That sounds like either RAM, or if the RAM tests good, memory controller. Testing RAM will help isolate...

BTW, emm386.exe (if that's what is being thought of above) is the memory manager in DOS which manages XMS memory, or Extended Memory Manager for 386 class computers or better (and emulates expanded if the RAM switch is used)... Also win98 setup tends to set this correctly for booting into 98 itself
 
But he just said the XMS aint working, so it's a possiblilty that windows is dumb, wait, that's a certainty, it's possible that it's not set up correctly.
 
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