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Article #11658Divide Overflow - ???
From: "M.Garner"
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:44
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 13:44
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Hi I'm looking for help. We have two Amstrad PC`s, a 3286 and a 3386sx which have developed a curious fault. On booting they intermittantly come up with a "divide overflow" and then hang up. This occurs after the config.sys has been read, but before the autoexec.bat has executed. The machine can be rebooted using CRTL-ALT-DEL, but it takes several reboots before the machine runs normally. I have tried booting from floppy, empty config.sys and autoexec.bat files, removing expansion cards, but nothing seems to work. Incidentally, both machines are about 18 months old (and I'm not responsible for buying them). Has anyone any ideas as to what is wrong, and how it can be corrected Cheers Mark Garner.
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