rec.autos.simulators

> x-no-archive: yes

> You may have a faulty or incompatible card or memory or something that ***s the whole thing up, so you need a logical approach that will identify the faulty or incompatible part.

> Options:

> Put it back how it was. Hopefully it will still run.
> Then change things one at a time, checking that it still works each time. That way you may find the culprit.

> Alternatively:
> Drop down to an absolute minimum of parts, and see if it works. If not change one part at a time, till it does. Then add one at a time checking it still runs, as above.

> R.

> > Hi All,

> > I broke my friends computer today, and now I can't get it to work again.
> > He has an old 233MMXpentium which I installed my old Monster 3D card
> > in.(The hope was that at least his kid could play SOME games with the
> > computer then.) His box already had a Diamond S3 2D card that is almost
> > identical to to the one I used to run the 3D card with, so I figured
> > everything would go smoothly. (First mistake) Well, everything went
> > perfect until I rebooted the computer when Windows told me to.

> > When Windows started up I got an error message saying this program has
> > performed an illegal operation and must be closed. I hit ctrl-alt-del to
> > re-boot and the close program box didn't have any programs listed in it.
> > I tried re-booting in safe mode and the exact same thing happens. Thats
> > as far as I can get with it.

> > So far I've done the following:
> > Swapped out all his RAM with the RAM that was in my old 233 machine (I
> > did this because whenever I booted the computer sometimes it said he had
> > 32Megs, and sometimes it said he had 48Megs. Now it always says 64Megs.)
> > I also ran scandisk in DOS and found no problems.

> > I'm at a loss for ideas, except for reformatting his hard drive and I'm
> > reluctant to do that. For what its worth, the inside of his computer was
> > absolutely ***!

> > Any help you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > Gary Stephenson

> If I remember correctly the Monster3d had some kind of conflict with certain
> s3 based cards and there is fix for it.

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> gacy_Graphics&item=faqs&product=Monster_3D#11583

> you can try this and see if it helps.

> Art

> > Hi All,

> > I broke my friends computer today, and now I can't get it to work again.
> > He has an old 233MMXpentium which I installed my old Monster 3D card
> > in.(The hope was that at least his kid could play SOME games with the
> > computer then.) His box already had a Diamond S3 2D card that is almost
> > identical to to the one I used to run the 3D card with, so I figured
> > everything would go smoothly. (First mistake) Well, everything went
> > perfect until I rebooted the computer when Windows told me to.

> > When Windows started up I got an error message saying this program has
> > performed an illegal operation and must be closed. I hit ctrl-alt-del to
> > re-boot and the close program box didn't have any programs listed in it.
> > I tried re-booting in safe mode and the exact same thing happens. Thats
> > as far as I can get with it.

> > So far I've done the following:
> > Swapped out all his RAM with the RAM that was in my old 233 machine (I
> > did this because whenever I booted the computer sometimes it said he had
> > 32Megs, and sometimes it said he had 48Megs. Now it always says 64Megs.)
> > I also ran scandisk in DOS and found no problems.

> > I'm at a loss for ideas, except for reformatting his hard drive and I'm
> > reluctant to do that. For what its worth, the inside of his computer was
> > absolutely ***!

> > Any help you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated.

> > Thanks,

> > Gary Stephenson

> > When Windows started up I got an error message saying this program has
> > performed an illegal operation and must be closed. I hit ctrl-alt-del to
> > re-boot and the close program box didn't have any programs listed in it.
> > I tried re-booting in safe mode and the exact same thing happens. Thats
> > as far as I can get with it.

> Was it "cmdinst.exe" that gave you the error?  In that case, it is related
> to older drivers screwing with the plug 'n' play.  Boot into safe mode and
> disable all the sound card, modem, video, etc drivers and then reinstroduce
> them one by one until you find the culprit.  Then download a new driver for
> that piece of hardware

> HTH

> ~daxe

> Thanks Richard. I think I'll put his old RAM back in, but just his 16meg
> ones. (He had two 16's and two 8's, and I think the 8's are bad.)
> Keep your fingers crossed :-)

> Gary Stephenson

> > x-no-archive: yes

> > You may have a faulty or incompatible card or memory or something that ***s the whole thing up, so you need a logical approach that will identify the faulty or incompatible part.

> > Options:

> > Put it back how it was. Hopefully it will still run.
> > Then change things one at a time, checking that it still works each time. That way you may find the culprit.

> > Alternatively:
> > Drop down to an absolute minimum of parts, and see if it works. If not change one part at a time, till it does. Then add one at a time checking it still runs, as above.

> > R.

> > > Hi All,

> > > I broke my friends computer today, and now I can't get it to work again.
> > > He has an old 233MMXpentium which I installed my old Monster 3D card
> > > in.(The hope was that at least his kid could play SOME games with the
> > > computer then.) His box already had a Diamond S3 2D card that is almost
> > > identical to to the one I used to run the 3D card with, so I figured
> > > everything would go smoothly. (First mistake) Well, everything went
> > > perfect until I rebooted the computer when Windows told me to.

> > > When Windows started up I got an error message saying this program has
> > > performed an illegal operation and must be closed. I hit ctrl-alt-del to
> > > re-boot and the close program box didn't have any programs listed in it.
> > > I tried re-booting in safe mode and the exact same thing happens. Thats
> > > as far as I can get with it.

> > > So far I've done the following:
> > > Swapped out all his RAM with the RAM that was in my old 233 machine (I
> > > did this because whenever I booted the computer sometimes it said he had
> > > 32Megs, and sometimes it said he had 48Megs. Now it always says 64Megs.)
> > > I also ran scandisk in DOS and found no problems.

> > > I'm at a loss for ideas, except for reformatting his hard drive and I'm
> > > reluctant to do that. For what its worth, the inside of his computer was
> > > absolutely ***!

> > > Any help you guys can give me will be greatly appreciated.

> > > Thanks,

> > > Gary Stephenson

> > > When Windows started up I got an error message saying this program has
> > > performed an illegal operation and must be closed. I hit ctrl-alt-del to
> > > re-boot and the close program box didn't have any programs listed in it.
> > > I tried re-booting in safe mode and the exact same thing happens. Thats
> > > as far as I can get with it.

> > Was it "cmdinst.exe" that gave you the error?  In that case, it is related
> > to older drivers screwing with the plug 'n' play.  Boot into safe mode and
> > disable all the sound card, modem, video, etc drivers and then reinstroduce
> > them one by one until you find the culprit.  Then download a new driver for
> > that piece of hardware

> > HTH

> > ~daxe

> Thanks Daxe. Actually the error message comes up when Windows tries to
> load explorer.exe, and when I click on "close" the screen goes black and
> nothing else happens. As for booting up in safe mode, the exact same
> thing happens. (I forgot to mention that the computer has a first
> generation Windows 98 for an OS.) I'm wondering if maybe it was a virus
> that caused this.

> Gary Stephenson

> I hear that Gary Stephenson virus is going around....