I've recently built a new system. Been having weird problems. How can I determine if its HW or SW?
1. System would reboot when I select Shutdown.
2. Modem connection would 'hang'. Still connected but no traffic.
3. Reformat, Reinstall W98SE, getting errors loading device drivers.
Windows registry checker pops up after install SB Live but no errors found running scanreg. BSOD - fatal OE at xxxx:xxxx..
4. Now, after install HP CD Writer it boots up to the windows splash screen then powers off. Last thing I see is an error loading user.exe.
Are there diagnostic programs available that will test your hardware and/or software?
I'm taking it down to a 'minimum config' to see what happens and if successful I'll put things back one at a time. But I'd like your advice on how to isolate these kinds of problems short of getting a bunch of replacement parts and swapping till I find the problem.
System config - ASUS A7V / TBIRD 750 / Mushkin 128MB PC133 /
SB Live Value / LinkSys NIC / Best Data 56K modem / HP CDRW / IBM 75GXP 30GB Harddrive / Creative DVD Dxr-3 / Pioneer DVD
1. System would reboot when I select Shutdown.
2. Modem connection would 'hang'. Still connected but no traffic.
3. Reformat, Reinstall W98SE, getting errors loading device drivers.
Windows registry checker pops up after install SB Live but no errors found running scanreg. BSOD - fatal OE at xxxx:xxxx..
4. Now, after install HP CD Writer it boots up to the windows splash screen then powers off. Last thing I see is an error loading user.exe.
Are there diagnostic programs available that will test your hardware and/or software?
I'm taking it down to a 'minimum config' to see what happens and if successful I'll put things back one at a time. But I'd like your advice on how to isolate these kinds of problems short of getting a bunch of replacement parts and swapping till I find the problem.
System config - ASUS A7V / TBIRD 750 / Mushkin 128MB PC133 /
SB Live Value / LinkSys NIC / Best Data 56K modem / HP CDRW / IBM 75GXP 30GB Harddrive / Creative DVD Dxr-3 / Pioneer DVD