Jerry Atrik

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#103745

2003-02-11 16:48

did u happen to upgrade the bios at all.
most (old) lappys need a new bios for xp

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Nick601

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#103746

2003-02-12 12:43

the bios has not been upgraded at all as far as i know, the problem is that i have actually had XP running on this laptop in the past just that it crashed when shuttinh down
 
i have also tried to install win2k and that failed and crashed on the install so im not sure whats wring with it!
 
When XP crashed the screen went black as it went into powersaving mode do you think it has something to do with powersaving??? or is it just crashing!!?

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Jerry Atrik

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#103747

2003-02-12 17:13

im pretty positive a bios upgrade will fix your probs
the main difference is the power management from the
older os's
i have upgraded 9 or 10 old lappy's to xp and they all needed a bios
to run properly

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Nick601

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#103748

2003-02-12 22:54

ok well i hope it works but i have NEVER upgraded a bios before how do i do it and how do i go about doing it??
 
thanks for you help so far by the way

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Jerry Atrik

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#103749

2003-02-13 00:43

http://www.samsungpc.com/gb/support/gt6000/bios/bios-instructions.html
 
i was looking thru the info on that particular laptop. directions and the latest bios are there.
make sure u can boot from the floppy, and make sure that nothing can interupt the process during the flash.
 
should be ok after that

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Nick601

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#103750

2003-02-13 02:21

hey!
 
thanks for the link, however i do have a problem, i have currently got windows ME on my laptop, i have created a bootable floopy disk (1.44Mb) but i cannot fit the bios.rom file and the splash file on the same disk, do these files have to be on the disk you are booting from or can i put them on a seperate floppy?
 
thanks again

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Jerry Atrik

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#103751

2003-02-13 05:40

the only system files u need are
 
command.com
io.sys
msdos.sys
 
it'll all fit fine after that.
me puts a lotta crap for a boot disk that it doesnt need
make sure u back up the bios (it'll ask if u want to)

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Nick601

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#103752

2003-02-13 12:14

ok so i can delete all the other files that windows puts on the floppy?
 
ill give it a go!
 
lets hope it works!!
 
thanks again for your help

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Nick601

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#103753

2003-02-13 13:10

ok i have got an error
 
it says
 
cannot flash when memory managers (e.g HIMEM) are present
 
press any key to exit
 
 
i assume i have to turn off the memory manager?
 
how do i do that??

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Nick601

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#103754

2003-02-13 13:59

ok i cant flash the bios cause it says the following
 
 
Cannot flash when memory managers (e.g. HIMEM) are present
 
Press any key to exit
 
i assume i have to disable the himem but how??

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Jerry Atrik

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#103755

2003-02-13 17:13

bummer about this time difference
 
im at work so i cant look at my flash disk but...
 
on your boot floppy there is a file config.sys
what are the commands in it?

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Nick601

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#103756

2003-02-13 20:14

its just all code and stuff, nothing english!! i have been trying to get this to work all day and i cant get it to work!!

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adamvjackson

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#103757

2003-02-13 21:45

Open up the Config.sys file on your bootdisk in a text editor. Notepad will work just fine for this.
 
Look for a line that reads something like this:
 

Code:

DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS

 
Delete that line.
Reboot with bootdisk, reflash BIOS.

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Nick601

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#103758

2003-02-13 22:09

ok ill try that only one problem is that i have no operating system on it now is it still possible to do that?

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Nick601

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#103759

2003-02-13 22:16

ok i have managed to open up the confog.sys file in dos but cannot find any referance to the device a:\ himem
 
i made the boot disk from windows ME
 
anything else i can do!!??

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adamvjackson

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#103760

2003-02-13 22:23

View all hidden files on the floppy, either rename or delete himem.sys...

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Nick601

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#103761

2003-02-13 22:38

ok success!!
 
i am getting an extended memory error when the computer boots now but the bioos has been flashed sucessfully

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Jerry Atrik

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#103762

2003-02-13 22:50

sweet
load xp and i will keep my fingers crossed

 
p.s. i always sweat when i recommend to a new guy to flash the bios

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Nick601

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#103763

2003-02-13 22:56

lol your not the only one
 
i still have a problem
 
when the laptop starts up now i get an error that says:
 
ERROR
0232: Extended RAM Failed at offset: 1B
 
 
If it makes any sense i have upgraded the memory from 128Mb to 256Mb
 
 
i now cannot load ANY operating system (Windows 98) being the main one
 
HEEEELPP!!!!

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Nick601

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#103764

2003-02-13 23:10

ok i basically have not got enough memory to run the windows setup program 8)
 
and im also getting invalid stak dumps and KERNAL erros
 
 
i am in deep sh1t here!!

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