[CS-FSLUG] XP and or Computer acting up

[Don Parris]

On 3/31/06, Jim Isbell, W5JAI <jim.isbell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a computer I picked up in a thrift store.  It is relatively new
> (1.2 ghz) and had XP pro installed on it.  I have a licensed copy of
> XP Home that I am not using so I installed that over the XP Pro which
> I am not licensed to own.  There were some issues BEFORE the
> conversion that still persist today with Home installed.  I thought
> that they were issues of the original operating system, but now I
> wonder if they are issues of the hardware since they persist.
>
> One is an intermitent blanking of the screen for about one second
> every 3 or four minutes and the other is a lock up for about 3 or four
> minutes (self restoring) every 30 or forty minutes.
>
> I am wondering if this sounds like a contact (board edge or something
> in a connector) problem?  OR  is it symptomatic of some hardware
> software incompatability?
>

Have you ensured the video card is properly seated in the slot?

> Another porblem was that when trying to install the printer in the XP
> Pro I got a cryptic message that the "handle" was not reasonable or
> viable or something like that.  No comment on how to solve the
> problem, but converting to XP Home solved the problem.
>
>
> --
> Jim Isbell
> "If you are not living on the edge, well then,
> you are just taking up too much space."
>
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