boot up problem

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Sat Apr 21, 2001 3:07 pm

can anyone help, im trying to set up a old pc i have, its a amd k6 500, i did a reformat np, and even managed to set up first part of windows, but when it reboots for the first time, it stops on black screen, saying windows is updateing files this should take a few mins. but it dont load, i even left it for a hour, anyone got some ideas as to what this could be??

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Apr 21, 2001 4:08 pm

Try to install win95 ,if this get installed with out problem ?! , then the motherboard is your problem .

Just trash it ,and get another .

[ 04-21-2001: Message edited by: syncmaster ]

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Sat Apr 21, 2001 5:32 pm

it used to run win 98 2nd, b4 still one more thing, the ram im useing is a 128, 133 stick, i know the mboard dont support 133, could this be a facter?, i thought that if you put a 133 stick on a board that dont support it, it will still work as 100.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sat Apr 21, 2001 5:49 pm

The ram should be a problem unless it the manufacturer of that kind of ram (I think most mobo use unbuffered ram). What kind of Mobo do you have? i'm using the system you jsut described and I'm not having too many problems.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Sat Apr 21, 2001 6:13 pm

the pc, is out my other home, ill check tomorrow what board it is, i think its a gigabite, or something like that, also i have a spare 400 k6 chip so ill test that aswell. i had a faulty chip b4, that read the first cad files but would not load after the setup files where in stalled.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sun Apr 22, 2001 1:22 pm

Ahh just to let you know, my friend had quite alot of problems with an old gigabyte board he got and the first time he used it, it actually caught on fire, so hehe don't play with it too much. By the way, do you have the manual for you mobo?

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Sun Apr 22, 2001 1:24 pm

Oh yes! I think I know what you problem is, you old mobo needs a newer bios verion. Find out what company manufaturered your mobo and then goto their website to get the bios upgrade.

boricua021 · Post by **boricua021** » Mon Apr 23, 2001 3:27 pm

If you can get into the bios there's a reset thingy in there. I forgot the name. It should be listed somewhere like in the pci/pnp intergrated devices or something. It resets something so that you can load your operating system. Look for it in your manual if you still have it or it should have a description in the bios also.