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| 2376.1 | Currently using BIOS 1.41 | TROOA::RITCHE | From the desk of Allen Ritche... | Thu Apr 17 1997 20:13 | 3 |
| BTW, the BIOS level on my Ultra is 1.41
Allen
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| 2376.2 | Corrupted system files...? | JULIET::HARRIS_MA | Networks Sales Exec | Mon Apr 21 1997 14:58 | 13 |
| I had similar problems, and then they reloaded the FIS image of
Windows95 and the problems all but went away. My guess is the many
times I SCANDISK'd the drive, and each time it told me there was a few
K of broken files found and eliminated, those were probably NEEDED
files! When W95 wanted to talk to those files (whatever they were) it
hung. Enough files had been eliminated that various conditions needing
those files occured more often.
Try re-installting W95 ontop of existing installation. It should
preserve all your registry and desktop/links etc. It should simple fix
a set of corrupted system files.
Mark
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| 2376.3 | thanks | TROOA::RITCHE | From the desk of Allen Ritche... | Wed Apr 23 1997 00:08 | 8 |
| >
> Try re-installting W95 ontop of existing installation. It should
> preserve all your registry and desktop/links etc. It should simple fix
> a set of corrupted system files.
>
Thanks. I try that as soon as I get a chance.
Allen
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| 2376.4 | The practice was nice, but mine still hangs | NWD002::FEIGLE | | Wed Apr 23 1997 20:01 | 6 |
| Not the base noter, but had significant number of hangs. Reloaded
win95, (actually 4 times), and when I was done... still hangs... :-(
But I do feel better now that I've tried....
jff
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| 2376.5 | Any other less drastic suggestions? | TROOA::RITCHE | From the desk of Allen Ritche... | Fri Apr 25 1997 15:27 | 7 |
| > win95, (actually 4 times), and when I was done... still hangs... :-(
>
> But I do feel better now that I've tried....
>
I haven't tried yet. Will I have to reinstall the Win95 service packs?
Allen
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| 2376.6 | Yes, | JULIET::HARRIS_MA | Networks Sales Exec | Tue Apr 29 1997 15:15 | 7 |
| YES. When you re-install, it will ask about OLDER files overwritting
NEWER files. I told it to overwrite EVERYTHING if if the dates were
older than what it thinks is a good newer file. The reason is this
NEWER dated file may be corrupt. SO I told it to overwrite everything,
and then re-installed all the service paks to be sure.
Mark
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| 2376.7 | Similar Hangs - I think it might be tied w/ FAT32 | MSE1::msetatenger.mse.tay.dec.com::chenis | Kenneth Chenis | Thu May 22 1997 17:16 | 27 |
| I had the exact same problem as the base noter - I have been
using the Ultra since it's introduction, and never saw this
problem before - it actually freezes solid - including mouse
events.
2 points I can add -
I was running OSR2 w/ FAT32 enabled
My System disk finally died totally, causing me to
send the notebook off for repair.
This is the second time my hard disk went bad. The first
time though, I was running OSR2 w/out FAT32, and a
compressed drive. In that configuration, I got a blue screen
describing disk problems when the drive started to die.
So, I'm guessing that FAT32 error trapping isn't quite as
robust as FAT16's, and thus when the disk went bad for the
second time (FAT32) I would get hard hangs in place of
descriptive error messages. End result was the same though;
replace the hard disk.
Ken Chenis
Multivendor Systems Engineering
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| 2376.8 | It was bad... now it has a life of its own | NWD002::FEIGLE | | Fri May 23 1997 04:34 | 30 |
| I started out with your problems... reloaded Win95,Plus,Patches.... and
now I've got the computer from "hello"
- display of 256 colors, changes when it wants to 16 colors
- socket 2 (top pcmcia) sometimes just goes dumb, single beep
- desktop icons (start) become large
- random "interrupt" conflicts on com ports
- Infra red port, which I have disabled, becomes enabled on its own
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FWIW: I had had a Great performing system: now the above, plus speed
changes (with/without network connected), sound schemes have
disappeared, ahhhhhhhhhhhh
Bios 1.41; Drivespaced disk; Megahertz modem; Zircom..... and to make
it even worse, when I explained this to my manager.... he offered me a
VP Pentium 166 with docking station. Okay, I know it is bigger and
heavier than my Ultra CT475, okay a bigger screen, okay an integrated
CD, okay a bigger disk....... hummmmmmm
BTW, I called support, told them that I had run First Aid, Norton,
reloaded Windows, removed/reloaded/refreshed
ports/modems/network/pcmcia etc... and can't fix my problem. My
preference would be to keep the CT475, because it is so LITE.... but if
you can't count on the system, then it be "gone". I can only imagine
that I'm having a mother board problem to perhaps "heat", or the CMOS
is going flaky.
my .02
jff
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