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02-23-2003, 03:08 PM
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253 minutes to load os?
Hello,
a friend's hard drive crashed, it's a soyo mobo with a pII 350, I fdisked, partitioned a used Seagate 2g hard drive and put it back together, when I go to load Win 98se it tells me after copying files for the setup wizard that it will take 256 minutes to load the os.??? I accidently knocked the analog/dig jumper off the cdrom, but I think I put it back where it goes (same as on the other cd roms around here) I ran a fitness test on the drive, it's fine. I reformatted it just to assure myself, went ok. I updated the BIOS (flashed) before any of this, correct update, all went well. I am at a loss.. all hardware appears okay. I have loaded win98se a bunch on a bunch of sloow machines and it has never said anything like this, it usually takes less time than it advises. Help Any and all always appreciated (if this is a win ? please move post, thx)
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02-23-2003, 03:52 PM
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98's installer usually lies to me, too. Why don't you just let it run and see how long it takes? It's a fresh install, it won't hurt anything if it goes wrong, and if there is a problem of some sort, it'll show up during the process. If it crashes, just clean everything out and start over. I can't think of anything it could harm.
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02-23-2003, 04:13 PM
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That's what I decided to do, and it is sloowly going along, I was/am just curious if there is something obviously screwed up I am missing,
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02-23-2003, 04:44 PM
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Let it run and see what it does... I've not only had long install times displayed... I loaded Win95 once and it went to 110% ?????
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02-23-2003, 05:03 PM
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Bet it was a Packard Bell.
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02-23-2003, 05:16 PM
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I'm letting it run and it is running sloow. It actually seems to be in slow motion at times, with the display unfolding on the screen like a dialup download...
Weird. Thanks Ps. it got to 17% then hung for 25 minutes, I rebooted and ran setup again, then got this error, SU995035 , it advises file is missing?? I did a google but it asks me to extract a file from win98 disc and seems to be referring mainly to upgrading from 95 to 98... I recopied sys files to the c and started over(again) but it is crawling through the "load win 98 setup" screen again, so I fear nothings changed... I'm willing to tear it down and rerun this deal, but I feel like I have for the most part done that and nothing changes.. Any ideas?? Please 
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02-23-2003, 09:13 PM
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Then you're looking at these possibilities
1) A bad install CD 2) A bad CD-Rom 3) Dirty CD-Rom lens 4) Bad RAM. |
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02-23-2003, 09:40 PM
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Okay,
I thought about the install cd so I have tried it with 2 completely different cds. same result. I can use a pull cd rom and ck that. ( I was wondering if the cdrom maybe was fubar cause I moved the jumper, not the cs etc one, but the dig/analog,) Now I understand that is sound, right? I will pull all but and use a known good stick. ( I have pulled and reseated, already.) I will probably use another cdrom, but how does one clean the lens? Thank you and tia PS-Okay, different cd rom, diiferent ram, it says it will take 290 minutes to install... this is not a good thing, I will let it run and see if it hits error(betcha yes) Good it have been the bios flash? I'm ready to donate the k6-2 i have in the garage, but why this is doing this has me intrigued/baffled/ready to start over... Oh and disregard the babble about the jumper.. I got the cdrom out in the light and the pins/jumper I thought was dig/ana has the letters, T R and S, I haven't a clue what that is... Thanks PSS- I tried a new IDE cable for kicks, now it reads 289 minutews to load--- Last edited by Needtoknow; 02-24-2003 at 12:13 AM. |
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02-24-2003, 09:16 PM
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Hal!
I got it... I went backwards to try and "undo" (reverse troubleshoot) kinda sorta.. So I went to the Soyo site and downloaded the BIOS upgrade that was 1 version older than the one that I just upgraded to. I flashed it and tried to load Win and it loaded quick and smooth and was completely, painlessly installed in 28 minutes! here is where the downloads are, http://www.soyousa.com/downloads/ I picked the most recent for this sy-6ba+ board (the top one) There is nothing that says there are any special requirements or specs for that download... It is just not compatible.. the flash went normally.. Any thoughts? I am so goldarned relieved to have the Pentium running so I can get the sides back on it and out of here  Lots of late nights on this one Thanks for your brainstorming help |
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