Recent content by Metalhead

Thanks folks...I will try some of these suggestions. Gonna install Win98 and see what happens and then pull all the cards except the video (maybe use a different one to see what happens) and reinstall XP...it is the home version. The Via software was 4.32... It does keep attempting to load...

I guess Bill was full of crap again. I just built a computer for a friend. I got a copy of XP oem with the purchase of a WD 30 gig HD. So far so good. Installed XP and installed all the drivers for the modem and soundcard and the video card. It now rebbots after locking up after 3 minutes or...

The hard drive is OK...I tried three different ones. All three are presently working in other computers. Two as masters and one as a slave.

Yep....That was one of the first things I did. I have even changed all the drive cables and a different (slower) CDROM.

I have an AMD processor, 750 MHZ that is giving me fits. I bought this processor with a Tyan S2390B mainboard almost a year ago. It seemed to run fine until around November then the computer began screwing up. At first netsacpe and IE would shut down with the illegal operation messages(Invalid...

*bump* I am going to try a new power supply if an when they send the combo back. Anyone ever heard of a power supply damaging a board or processor?

Used three different HD's...one brand new and the other two less than a year. Maxtors The case and hence the power supply are less than a year old...I think it's 300W ????

How do you connect to the Internet? Dial up or through a LAN(Cable,DSL etc)? If it is a LAN go to tools>Internet Options>Connections and click on the LAN settings button... see if it is set up to conect to a proxy server...My daughters computer did that with ad subtract. Wouldn't go anywhere...

Thanks for the welcome... I knew I would forget something...I borrowed my friends Windows98 disc and got exactly the same results. The only thing my feeble mind could come up with is... Could the power supply damage the processors or boards? It is the only common thread among all this.

Here goes: Last spring I bought a M'board/CPU bundle from Mwave. 750Mhz T-bird on a Tyan S2390B. It ran fine for a couple of months then I started getting illegal operation messages in Netscape and Internet Explorer. "Invalid page fault in unknown module yadda yadda..." I was advised it could...