Hi everyone here is my problem: I have a Pentium II, with 128Mb of RAM. I dont know what happen but it shut down like 5 seconds after I turn it on. Please help.
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Hi everyone here is my problem: I have a Pentium II, with 128Mb of RAM. I dont know what happen but it shut down like 5 seconds after I turn it on. Please help.
Errrr...fastnet...more information would be helpful !
I assume your OS is Windows 98 or Windows 98SE..ram is SDRAM...com'n help us out here ;)
does it shut down at start-up? How far do you get before it tanks?
Do you beat it with a stick once a week like it says in the manual? Gotta show it who's boss right ! :D
Oh, sorry, the OS is Windows 98, and it shut down so quickly i dont even see image in the monitor. Its like 3 seconds and bye. Hope that helps.
Hi fastnet,
Have you tried booting into safe mode by tapping F8...if not...try that and post back if you made it to desktop.
Eg ;)
P.S. I'm not the best person around here to be helping you :D but I'll see what I can do until someone else comes along ;)
These sites might come in handy too...
http://www.toejumper.net/
Troubleshooting and Resource Guide for Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Home Page
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q188867
Troubleshooting Windows 98 Startup Problems
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/n1045415932
Annoyances.org - windows 98 won't start up (Windows 98 Discussion Forum)
Good Evening,
Let us know if it boots into “Safe Mode”.
If so, it could be a driver issue. Having experience a similar scenario on my old 500mhz box (Win98se 128mb Ram)…Here’s what happened to me: I purchased a newer CD Burner and experienced the same symptoms as you. (Shutting down after only a little while into the boot process). When I tried booting in to “Safe Mode”, the box worked normal and didn’t shut down. I then uninstalled the software for the Burner, shut everything down, disconnected the CD Burner Cables, turned the computer back on in normal mode, and low and behold, all was well. I then when to the MS site, downloaded all the applicable Win98 updates, then to the manufacturer of the CD Burner and downloaded and installed the most current driver set for that Burner. Reinstalled everything, and presto – I was in business. I guess the moral of the story was updates!
Obviously that doesn’t mean it’s the cure for your issue, but have you installed any new hardware and/or software lately?
~cheers~
heh, maybe your power button is screwed up. I had a problem like that once. The power button was like, stuck. Switching on the power in the mains would switch it on, but 4 sec later it's bye-bye ;). Nothing on screen. Screen would just come upto the POST and poof!
It's on old computer... your power supply is dying on you. You need to replace your power supply. I am 97.8% sure that will solve your issue.
Old computer like that it could be numerous reasons why its failing
If it is a Gateway I am suprised it lasted this long
You very well could spend afew bucks fixing it up... or spend afew more bucks on a new 2.6 celeron Dell.
Computers are just plain cheep these days... but so are the parts inside :rolleyes:
Hmmm,
All the suggestions so far have been good, but your second post says:
This suggests you are not getting very far into the boot sequence. The first thing you should see is the BIOS information in white letters on a black screen, then the videocard information, then it should check your memory and extended memory. You seem to be saying that you don't get that far?Quote:
Oh, sorry, the OS is Windows 98, and it shut down so quickly i dont even see image in the monitor. Its like 3 seconds and bye. Hope that helps.
I think that if this is the case we can rule out drivers, as they load later in the boot sequence. Some malware does this, but you would need to get past Windows loading for them to kick in, so I think we can ignore that possibility as well.
A couple of tests to perform first. At the rear of the box where the power supply is there will be a grille or a lot of holes where the power supply fan blows air out. Can you feel any air coming out in those first 3 seconds or so? If not, that would suggest the power supply has gone.
Next, push the start button and hold it in ................I am hoping that you have one of the old fashioned buttons that lets you do this...............if it then goes through the boot cycle with the button held in, that tells us it is the switch.
I would comment that over the past 15 years or so I have come across all these causes several times so it is difficult to call, without a bit more experimentation. My feeling at this point is that it is either the switch or the power supply.
I do not wish to be rude, but how confident are you in replacing components in a computer?
Good luck :)
EDIT: Hexadecimal Shame on you sir!
I have a Gateway 2000, manufactured in the USA.............it has a 386 Cyrix processor and 8 Mb of RAM (30 pin strips!!!) I think the videocard is 512K (yes....."K") and I think the hard drive is 112Mb (pretty big for back then). Now that box works just fine and boots Win 95 (rather slowly)Quote:
If it is a Gateway I am suprised it lasted this long
:p :D
What do you all mean old computer, i have a celeron 800 Mhz for 4 years now, never had to replace anything, all i did is add 256 RAM and a 60 GB hard drive and bought an Nvidia video card, works better then these 1.6 or 2.0 Ghz computer i see by my friends :)
©opy®ight you have raised a very nice distinction there ( by "nice" I mean "fine" or "succinct") In support of your comment, I have three working boxes that are physically older than you :DQuote:
What do you all mean old computer
What we should be looking at is MTTF/MTBF metrics?.............."Mean Time To Failure", "Mean Time Between Failures", in other words amount of usage?
In this case I think that it is an MTTF issue. The device has been used for a certain number of cycles, and now failures start to occur?
As for "age" and performance, I have messed around a lot experimenting.............I have three PIIs,
266/333/450 and they are pretty good. I am comparing them to an IBM PIII/533 with 512Mb PC 133.
"It is not the size of the wand, it is the magic with which it is waved" :p :D
OK i have resolve the power supply problem, it was set for 110! :P, but now i put it in 220. But now the main problem is that the pc doesnt show anything. I turn it on, and i try just with, ram, video and processor and it dont gives me anything. And of course i try it normally, with all connected and nothing, no beep, no video. Other thing I think I should say, is that the hd sounds wierd or the floppy, but I think is the hd.
P.D.: The ram (someone asks me to especify), is a DIM128MB/PC100S. Thanks for all.
You should be glad if you didn't let the magic smoke come out !!Quote:
OK i have resolve the power supply problem, it was set for 110! :P, but now i put it in 220.
No beep would suggest that it's a pre-OS fail, so it might as well be the RAM or the MOBO/PROC.
What? putting it at 110V in a 220V supply, it shouldn't last for more than a minute. Are you sure it's working right?Quote:
i have resolve the power supply problem, it was set for 110! :P, but now i put it in 220
Remove the RAM from the system and switch it on. You should hear continuous beeps. If you do, atleast you're sure that the motherboard and the power supply are working properly.
If you don't hear anything, it's possible that the SMPS is screwed up, in which case, I would suggest you get one from another PC (possibly your friend's or the computer from which you are typing this) and connect it and see if it works.
LOL ninhil
But our first gateway WAS the definition of POS
P2 450
128megs ram
2 voodo2 3D accel. cards *ghetto old version of SLI*
20gig hdd
replaced the mobo 3 times *under warrentie*
hard drive failed 1 year after warrentie expired
powersupply couldnt power it correctly so it would reboot when you fired up too many apps
and when she finaly died... she smoked harder then anyone i know
only thing worth while was the Gateway vx900 and vx1100 montiors that we kept... still use them to this day :D
Well, it's me again. I remove the RAM, and the PC didn't turn on, then I put the RAM again, and the PC didn't turn on, again. I think is more than obvious that the power supply is dead. But the problem with this power suply is that is directly connectd with the turn on button, they are one. The turn on button (I don't know why) isn't connected to the motherboard directly. I think I should give the PC to a technician. Thanks anyway to all of you.
Well, replacing the PSU TECHNICALLY would have fixed that issue :p... Though chances are you STILL need to replace it... Now when you turn it on, does it stay on? Or does it shut itself down again? You get no beep codes? Not even a single beep? Could be a motherboard or processor problem now but I would suspect the motherboard first...
I doubt it's a Ram problem. If your not recieving post beeps then the first place to look is mobo and PSU. Unfortunately, when you mess with the PSU and the PSU goes down, sometimes it decides to take other components down with it...
*edit*
Didn't see his reply :p
OMFG!
You ran a device set at 110v at 220-230v ?..............you have killed it :(
I guess it is a question of what is recoverable? I would say the drives are probably OK, even the memory............but the MoBo will be shot :(
Do you mean it was a mistake changing 110v to 120v!!!??, i tought it was alright, in fact it didnt shut down with 220v, it was "alright", but nothing on screen.