Memory or Motherboard Prob?
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From: sydney
Memory or Motherboard Prob?
I was given a secondhand computer ( P4 1.5g Abit BW7 m/b) with no hard drive or memory. I fitted a hard drive (formated it) and 128mb memory. The computer booted and passed the POST. I went to load windows 98se however and this is when problems started.
Part way into loading it stops and gives "Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender" and "SUWIN caused segment load failure in module KRNL386.exe at 0001:947D"
A bit of research said maybe a memory problem so I put in a brand new 256kb Kingston Ram. Tried all slots. Still same problem. Some other research suggested disabling the cashe. I did this and managed to load windows (took 4 hrs !).
Still no luck though. Gives "fatal exception 0E at 0167:BFF9DFFF"
Next morning the computer booted into windows ! Hoo ray!!!
But it only lasted about 2mins and gave a fatal exception error again!
HELP
Is the Motherboard a dud?
Part way into loading it stops and gives "Bad Fault in MS-DOS Extender" and "SUWIN caused segment load failure in module KRNL386.exe at 0001:947D"
A bit of research said maybe a memory problem so I put in a brand new 256kb Kingston Ram. Tried all slots. Still same problem. Some other research suggested disabling the cashe. I did this and managed to load windows (took 4 hrs !).
Still no luck though. Gives "fatal exception 0E at 0167:BFF9DFFF"
Next morning the computer booted into windows ! Hoo ray!!!
But it only lasted about 2mins and gave a fatal exception error again!
HELP
Is the Motherboard a dud?
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From: Raynes Park
Probably a long shot but this Microsoft link gives a few reasons for the first error (bad extender). It mentions BIOS being out of date (unlikely on a P4) but you might want to reset the BIOS to default or safe settings if poss. I wonder if "it" is remembering an old configuration before you put the new disk in.
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Terrey,
Note the CMOS settings and then restore factory defaults. It's possible that some setting is not compatible with your setup.
Just a thought
SD
Note the CMOS settings and then restore factory defaults. It's possible that some setting is not compatible with your setup.
Just a thought
SD
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Terrey,
I would flash the mobo with the latest BIOS. When you do the install, strip the computer down to bare bones. (Keyboard, Mouse, Vid, RAM, CD-ROM, Floppy, Monitor.) See if you can get Windows to install then.
Take Care,
Richard
I would flash the mobo with the latest BIOS. When you do the install, strip the computer down to bare bones. (Keyboard, Mouse, Vid, RAM, CD-ROM, Floppy, Monitor.) See if you can get Windows to install then.
Take Care,
Richard
