OT - Computer problems

tesco samoa · #1 October 13th, 2001, 03:41 PM

so how is it going dummluck.

Any progress

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Inter arma silent leges

dumbluck · #2 October 14th, 2001, 07:47 AM

Progress? well........

It kind of fixed itself. While I was using it!!!! The green just .... came back. No flicker, no nothing. It didn't do it at the same time as the screen saver came up or went down, and the computer was just sitting there as I was typing an email. And Poof! The Computer Gods reached down, and my computer was miraculously fixed!

Wierd. Very wierd. Man, I gotta get a new computer. Do you know how hard it is to tell how many organics are on a planet when you can't see any greens?

Lemmy · #3 October 15th, 2001, 08:30 PM

nice to see your problem is solved dumbluck, now i got a problem with my modem.

I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything today, because programs kept crashing.
But somehow my modem doesn't want to work anymore, it installed properly, but when i try connect to the internet, it doesn't respond.
It really doesn't make sense, because i changed nothing about the modem.

On a somewhat related note, win98 sees my floppy drive as a PCI Comunication device which needs drivers to run properly. The floppy drive works ok now
any ideas on this ?

i'm on a laptop now, with a 800x600 screen

and the battery is pretty low, so i'll stop now

Mudshark · #4 October 15th, 2001, 08:53 PM

I formatted my hard drive and reinstalled everything today, because programs kept crashing.
But somehow my modem doesn't want to work anymore, it installed properly, but when i try connect to the internet, it doesn't respond.
It really doesn't make sense, because i changed nothing about the modem.

Sounds like windows loaded the wrong drivers for you modem, check my computer=>Control panel=> system

Lemmy · #5 October 16th, 2001, 09:41 AM

i got the drivers from the cd i got with the modem.
the modem shows up in the Device manager (if that is the correct term, i've got the dutch Version) and it gives no errors.
it worked before i formatted, so the drivers can't be wrong

Garet · #6 October 16th, 2001, 12:50 PM

About the monitor that lost the green:
That problem didn't fix itself. Take the time to check the cable and the vid card. Make sure the cable is tight, same for the vid card. My gut reaction would say the problem lies in the monitor, esp if it's a trinitron tube design. In short find the problem, because it will come back to haunt you.

About the modem problem:
You didn't mention if the modem was internal or external. If it's internal, make sure it's plugged into the correct com port. Check the cable (damage, looseness, etc). Also, check to be sure that Win selected the appropriate com port for the modem (Start->Control Panels->Modems; select modem, click 'properties'; check the com port).

If that is ok you could try the followying, though I'm fuzzy on Win98 (been a couple years since I've done this seriously), but this does work on ME (sometimes). Add new hardware, and pick a generic driver for the modem. Don't let Win pick it; you have to manually specify the driver. Try different ones...

Garet · #7 October 16th, 2001, 12:54 PM

Crap, I forgot to mention this:

Do not assume that cables are good (tight, no damage), or that vid cards are seated properly. ;-) If you have opened your case or move your computer occasionally, there is the chance that you have jiggled something loose.

There is also the chance that a mouse (or some other dastardly vermin, like a kitten) decided that your cable needed some 'modifications'. I once had a kitten that worked very hard to ensure that any phone line in the house was good and dead. The bastard. :-)