I hate computers...Episode 20020601.the saga continues
Saturday, June 1, 2002 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Well...it's all to do with that 'second-hand' comp you chuck together for your other half...total cost of bits....AUS $75....not too bad for a P11/333 slot 1....chucking on all the 'cast-off' bits from the various upgrades...
It all gets a little squishy when DirectX 8.1 from XP BSOD's in a dxdiag test and you hear suggestions that a Bios update 'may' be in order.
You open up the box again to look for the name of the board....Via chipsets may need the update, but Intel ones don't....something like that.
Then the fun starts....all you can find for a 'name' is 35-8802-03...in letters about 5mm high...but nothing else...no clear 'VIA' or 'INTEL', apert from the CPU, of course....so there's nothing left for it but to strip 'er down [again].
Everything disconnected from the MB and you pull it out and turn it over....
Not a word....nada...zip.
Waste of time, you say?...and yer right....but I now know that the Dimm sockets were made by Lite-ON [whoopee-do].
On to the net we go....[skipping the 'home-page' [here] for a moment]...and into google..for a giggle.
35-8802-03 gets you a couple of links....in Japanese....nope, no time to study a new language.....
Enter 'slot 1'...ah...much more 'luck', now.....oodles of 'em...all sorted by manufacturer....but...
It's the manufacturer's name that I'm looking for in the first place....I feel I'm getting no-where fast, now...[better than getting no-where slow]..
It's a '98 MoBo....2 Dimms, AGP, 3 PCI, 2 ISA, USB....does this ring a bell....any correlation?
Nope....
Nothing like it...
Gotta be 'discontinued' [obviously]...4 years is ancient...
After a couple of hours of tail chasing...[is it worth it?]...I conclude...
'It takes about 2 hours to get no-where'.
But...
In 2 hours...on a bicycle...I could easily be 40 miles away....from that damn slot 1 computer....
It all gets a little squishy when DirectX 8.1 from XP BSOD's in a dxdiag test and you hear suggestions that a Bios update 'may' be in order.
You open up the box again to look for the name of the board....Via chipsets may need the update, but Intel ones don't....something like that.
Then the fun starts....all you can find for a 'name' is 35-8802-03...in letters about 5mm high...but nothing else...no clear 'VIA' or 'INTEL', apert from the CPU, of course....so there's nothing left for it but to strip 'er down [again].
Everything disconnected from the MB and you pull it out and turn it over....
Not a word....nada...zip.
Waste of time, you say?...and yer right....but I now know that the Dimm sockets were made by Lite-ON [whoopee-do].
On to the net we go....[skipping the 'home-page' [here] for a moment]...and into google..for a giggle.
35-8802-03 gets you a couple of links....in Japanese....nope, no time to study a new language.....
Enter 'slot 1'...ah...much more 'luck', now.....oodles of 'em...all sorted by manufacturer....but...
It's the manufacturer's name that I'm looking for in the first place....I feel I'm getting no-where fast, now...[better than getting no-where slow]..
It's a '98 MoBo....2 Dimms, AGP, 3 PCI, 2 ISA, USB....does this ring a bell....any correlation?
Nope....
Nothing like it...
Gotta be 'discontinued' [obviously]...4 years is ancient...
After a couple of hours of tail chasing...[is it worth it?]...I conclude...
'It takes about 2 hours to get no-where'.
But...
In 2 hours...on a bicycle...I could easily be 40 miles away....from that damn slot 1 computer....
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #22 Sunday, June 2, 2002 2:38 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, June 2, 2002 2:38 PM
Thanks Jafo. I see what I did now. I was trying to write ...dual boot WinXP'/'WinME...
Fuzzy Logic understands...
Fuzzy Logic understands...
Jafo
Reply #23 Monday, June 3, 2002 2:44 AM
Reply #23 Monday, June 3, 2002 2:44 AM
Jim...got the Destroyer...will give it a 'go'...[wouldn't have thought I'd need it for XP]...and I'll try an older Det driver....
Maybe it's just God's way of telling you that you now have an excuse to get a GeForce 4 for yourself, passing down the GeForce 2 to the 'boss' and pensioning off the Viper....relegating it to an older OS...
Maybe it's just God's way of telling you that you now have an excuse to get a GeForce 4 for yourself, passing down the GeForce 2 to the 'boss' and pensioning off the Viper....relegating it to an older OS...
Entilza
Reply #24 Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:06 PM
Reply #24 Thursday, June 13, 2002 6:06 PM
"But, heaven help it if I get the message I once got on another comp....Keyboard not found.
Press F1 to continue."
My father had that once (though it must have been some unspeakable fiend who unpluged the keyboard) I have no idea who could be so shameless to do that.
*walks fast away*
Press F1 to continue."
My father had that once (though it must have been some unspeakable fiend who unpluged the keyboard) I have no idea who could be so shameless to do that.
*walks fast away*
Jafo
Reply #25 Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:44 PM
Reply #25 Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:44 PM
Entilza...
It's a real Bios error code...can't remember which version, though..
It's a real Bios error code...can't remember which version, though..
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Reply #21 Sunday, June 2, 2002 12:12 PM