From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sat Jun 05 1999 - 13:34:41 EDT
Jon..
Jon wrote:
> OK, removed the extra 64 meg memory DIMM from the 770e, boot up the thing with the
> recovery cd and recovery diskette..... Nothing Works, the computer jsut does an infinite
> loop (it restart itself over and over again)
>
ok, memory appears not to be the cause..
> I can say i tried almost everything logical and recommended here and the thing just
> would not boot up with the recovery cd.
>
can you boot up with the floppy and a standard DOS boot diskette..??if so, then its the load
on the machine, if not, then its more..
if more, go to EZ setup (hold F1 down while power on)
then do an initialize..
ahh.. one more thing, what is the bios rev. level/date..
be sure your bios is up to date..
perhaps flash the bios if its NOT up to date..
> The 2 recovery cds are ok (i tried it on my desktop)
> The dvd rom and cd rom are ok when in use without the recovery cds
> The floopy drive is also flawless
>
> Two more options here to make/do here
>
> 1) formatting the HD ( i need serious help here ) i do not have a win 95 cd but i do
> have a stand alone win 98 cd available. what steps should i take ?
>
just run setup from win98 CD, it should discover most of what you need to run the
CD..assuming that the win98 is not an upgrade version but a full version..
> 2) Uninstall win 98 from the computer and hope that i can run the recovery cd from the
> machine's win 95
>
> The DVD problem.
> errors messages that i get when trying to run DVD with softdvd prog
>
> <failed to perform stream creation VPM>
> <MPEG video device could not load the files Abort!>
> <Loading software> then the system hang
>
> Even if i could not get recovery cd it would be nice to be able to watch the exorcist
> dvd that i bought specifically for this machine. Plus i really like to know the quality
> of dvd playback with the hardware decorder card on the 770e
>
you'll not be able to watch anything until you get the machine back to factory specs..
> Again, thank you so much for all your suggestions/help.
>
> Still Frustrated,
>
> Jon
>
> Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> > Jon..
> > the 770E came with, if my failing memory is not THAT gone, 32megs on the system
> > board..
> > IF you have more, then there IS an upgrade memory DIMM in at least one DIMM socket..
> >
> > pull it and try again..
> >
> > the no DVD CD or CD present means you need to reload the p[roper DVD player, run the
> > region diskette and then try a movie that has the same region..
> >
> > the DVD movie quality is great if all is installed correctly..
> >
> > Jon wrote:
> >
> > > The cd rom/ dvd rom and floppy are all in the order it should be. BOth recovery
> > > cd and recovery floppy are not working.
> > >
> > > The memory in the machines appears to be a upgraded version (one slot 98 meg) so
> > > there is nothing to pull there.
> > >
> > > The hard drive partition are both still FAT 16, so there is no conflict there
> > > with ibm dos system.
> > >
> > > I am really out of hope at this point and seems like the laptop is on the way to
> > > the factory this coming monday. I am really dazzled with this. WHAT COULD BE THE
> > > PROBLEM ????
> > >
> > > Now, can someone help me out on the dvd ? at least i can watch that Exorcists
> > > dvd and the spinning head thingy on the machine.
> > > 1) the computer doesnt recognize the dvd cd. It can read ordinary cd and audio
> > > cd fine. error msg <drive not ready/ no disc>
> > > 2) There are no conflict in device manager
> > > 3) installed all the drivers both from ibm web site and the cds/floppy that
> > > comes with the encorder card
> > >
> > > P/S: I am really curious, how is the quality of the dvd movies on the 770e ? I
> > > have the hardware encorder card and dvd rom with it.
> > >
> > > Thanks again for everyone's help... it just me.
> > >
> > > Jon
> > >
> > > Rob Bell wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dx-treme wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I called the IBM easy service line and they too are not able to run the
> > > > > recovery cd from the c-rom, dvd drive and the floppy drive.
> > > > >
> > > > > we tried with 2 recovery cds and the cds are not not defective.
> > > >
> > > > So you've confirmed that the CD/DVD drive is in the boot order and
> > > > before the HD?
> > > >
> > > > Since the recovery CD's drive image is stored as basically a zip file
> > > > (*.imz), theoretically you could use WinZip to unzip it to the D: drive,
> > > > format C:, then boot to a floppy and XCOPY everything to C:. I've never
> > > > done this, but I think it would be workable. You don't have much to
> > > > lose...
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > At the end, the tech guy (very pleasant and curteous) decided to have the
> > > > > machine sent to the factory on monday.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Usually the turnaround time is short. Someone on the list even
> > > > mentioned they had a 2-day repair lately.
> > > >
> > > > > If possible i really dont want to be without a computer for a week.
> > > > > Anymore ideas out there that can help me resolve this pain ? Will reformat
> > > > > the HDD or Uninstalling Win 98 help ? DO i actually need a Win 95 cd rom
> > > > > if i were to unistall Win 98 ??
> > > >
> > > > None of that is going to automatically make the recovery CD work or
> > > > bootable.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > HOw good can this 770e at running Linux Redhat (I almost had it with MS
> > > > > window OS, tons of crashes just this afternoon). I am not very familliar
> > > > > with Linux, Is 100% Linux compaitable with all PC software ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Frustrated,
> > > > >
> > > > > Jon
> > > >
> > > > Don't give up on Windows. Your machine seems pretty goofed up right
> > > > now. Wait until you have a fresh system before judging things. Linux
> > > > is good, but you can't use Windows programs (PC software, essentially),
> > > > nor can you access some things like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. Linux
> > > > seems to be favored by those who do mainly: Internet stuff,
> > > > development, or use it as a server.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck,
> > > > Rob
> >
> > --
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> >
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> >
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