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

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

I like happy endings!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian K. Gaskamp" <ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications, or 
experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Problem with laptop...Help


> 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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