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Thread ID: 34540	2003-06-16 08:38:00	very slow, counts ram 3 times in startup, can't see modem	Adman2 (2167)	Press F1

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152936	2003-06-16 08:38:00	Friends puter (233PIIWin98) was on net then for some reason? stopped ringing out of modem. When I looked at it the thing was just stalling all the time needing a reboot to regain control. It was not crashed frozen, it was more like it was churning away in software waiting for something and ignoring me. When it was working between reboots it could not find the modem at all even when I was manually telling it which port and what brand. Tried re-install of windows and replaced modem with a known working old ISA modem like the one it replaced. It saw the modem but just stalled every time we tried to go on line. I then stuck the going modem back in an old but good DX486, 120mgs, .(the last of the 486's, could beat the first pentiums) that it came out of. The when we tried to get the 486 on line to the net it would ring out but fail due to username or something. I decided this was due to the previous users half entered login data so reinstalled new user account etc, and then it didn't ring out of the modem again. I mucked about a cheaked everthing I could find and made a single change to something like "stay on net something? in user properties that I don't think was relavent but then it dialed out again (the modem made screech noise) but again failed at user login, then it stopped dialing out altogether. Anyone got any idea? all input welcome.	Adman2 (2167)
152937	2003-06-16 10:11:00	Re the ram being counted three times, here is a quote from one of Jen C's postings earlier this year. It worked for me. (Thanks Jen): .......sounds like it could be your "Quick Power On Self Test" has been disabled in the BIOS settings. Enter BIOS during start up by pushing DEL at the prompt and have a nosey at what the settings are........ Cheers :)	exLL (515)
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