various computer problems...
I seem to be having all sorts of probs with the ole PC recently. Anyone got any ideas?
The box is an AMD K6-2 450 running in an ASUS P5A-B motherboard, 128mb RAM, STB Velocity 4400 AGP graphics card with 16 Mb RAM, and a Soundblaster Live! soundcard. Currently running (sort of) Windows ME, with a dual boot setup for Linux (Mandrake 7.2)
Problems:
When booting, the memory test just keeps repeating over and over (several minutes if left alone).
I have an autoexec.bat file, mainly for the dual-boot setup (as Win ME does not have a DOS command line). Everytime I start the PC, the line [win] which starts windows is corrupted. Sometines the corruption is just garbage, other time it is recognisable (for example once it was part of an email I had been reading). Every time I edit the line to correct it, it is corrupted again on the next startup.
The machine is VERY slow for a 450 (not much faster than my previous chip in the same m/board, an AMD 233). Yes, I did adjust the jumpers!
Some games run VERY slowly, for example Quake gets about 8-10 fps).
I have tried various diagnostic programs (for example Norton SystemWorks) with no results.
Anyone have any ideas?