[Ham-Computers] Problem with laptop...Help

[Brian K. Gaskamp]

Well I found out it's a loose connection on the power cord for the laptop 
and all the updates downloaded the way they should.

Will keep plugging way.

Brian


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Problem with laptop...Help


> Brian,
>
> I believe MS no longer supports the OS? You are trying to download after 
> the cut off date. I do not know if it is related, but it is worth you 
> checking out.
>
> I do not know how fast your CPU is or how much RAM is present, but unless 
> that CPU is 200 MHZ+ and the RAM 32 Meg+, I would not run Windows 98 SE 
> due to system constraints. The available HD and RAM is greatly reduced. 
> You might be better off with Windows 95.
>
> Duane W8DBF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Brian K. Gaskamp" <ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
> To: <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:48 AM
> Subject: [Ham-Computers] Problem with laptop...Help
>
>
>> Ok gang, this one has me stumped.
>> I have a older Compaq Armada V300 that needed the OS updated, its running 
>> Win 98SE.
>>
>> I put my old dial up account back on there last night and got on the 
>> Microsoft site and let it download overnite, got up this morning early to 
>> check to see how it was doing, computer was locked up and now it won't 
>> come on at all.
>>
>> Man that has me totally baffled.
>>
>> Ideas...suggestions...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Brian
>>
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