Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Article #814Re: Trouble with Windows 95 on Pentium 133 MHz Machine - Possible cause?
From: chris Hill
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 00:00
24 lines
2215 bytes
2215 bytes
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.971117090450.25764A-100000@sun5>, Luidger Roeckrath <u312202@mail.lrz-muenchen.de> wrote: >Hi, > >on my Pentium 133 MHz PC, 16 MByte RAM, DOS and DOS programs run without >problems, but Windows 95 is very unstable. Often I get fatal errors (when >the systems switches from then grafic display to the text screen) and >they are often non recoverable. Also I get registry problems. > >I do not think it is a software problem because I just installed a new >Win 95 and got the same problems. > >What is the most probable cause on the hardware side? CPU overclocking (I >did not change the CPU, but the manufacturer put one in which is not >quite capable pf 133 MHz), memory problems, ... > >Is there any good hardware diagnosis software available? I'd guess memory or too aggressive bios settings. I've never seen any good hardware diagnostics, that is kind of like asking the doctor to fix himself. -- email:hillco@earthlink.net Columbia, Missouri, or there-abouts. '90's Microsoft = '70's Gm, Ford, and Chrysler.
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<h6Ec0s9nBRnU091yn@earthlink.net>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mailReferences:
<Pine.SOL.3.91.971117090450.25764A-100000@sun5>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7296,72e669f0f033654 X-Google-Attributes: gidf7296,public X-Google-Thread: 10dd94,72e669f0f033654 X-Google-Attributes: gid10dd94,public X-Google-Thread: 10265e,72e669f0f033654 X-Google-Attributes: gid10265e,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,d4c3fcfc384dba90 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 1082b4,72e669f0f033654 X-Google-Attributes: gid1082b4,public X-Google-Thread: 115898,72e669f0f033654 X-Google-Attributes: gid115898,public From: hillco@earthlink.net (chris Hill) Subject: Re: Trouble with Windows 95 on Pentium 133 MHz Machine - Possible cause? Date: 1997/11/17 Message-ID: <h6Ec0s9nBRnU091yn@earthlink.net> X-Deja-AN: 290178899 Distribution: world References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.971117090450.25764A-100000@sun5> X-Info: YES is the Yarn Editor Shell, a freeware utility for Yarn! The best supplement to the best offline newsreader! Organization: Why?? Reply-To: hillco@earthlink.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.ibm.pc.hardware,fido.ger.hardware,lightspeed.rechner.ibm.hardware,maus.hardware,zer.z-netz.rechner.ibm.hardware