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Lost in computerland, need help
Name: Jerry Date: March 24, 2001 at 12:27:53 Pacific
Comment:
I have an old Compaq, Prolina 4/50, series 3063,486dx. The display reads in computer language,not english. What can I do to get english back in it. Thanks
Name: Ayexby Date: March 24, 2001 at 12:40:30 Pacific
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I'm really curious about what you mean by computer language. (To some people, anything that is not a graphical user interface is computer language.) What operating system does it have installed? And how would you describe what is on the screen? What do you expect to see on the screen?
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Response Number 2
Name: Jerry Date: March 24, 2001 at 14:13:29 Pacific
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It has no operating system. All I get is numbers and symbols where english letters should be.It happens even when using a boot disk.
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Response Number 3
Name: fred6008 Date: March 24, 2001 at 19:53:12 Pacific
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First make sure your boot files are not corrupt by trying to boot with a completely different boot disk. If this does not work, your have a basic problem. The BIOS is bad or the power supply is failing or something basic.
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Response Number 4
Name: fred6008 Date: March 26, 2001 at 07:33:17 Pacific
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Check the BIOS to see that the A: drive is listed as 1.44 Megabytes and check the hard drive perameters that they are right for your hard drive. Sometimes an elictrical spike will damage the BIOS, and those characters indicate BIOS malfunction. Don't you hate when people tell you what is wrong but not what to do?
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Ms-dos and memory.
