Yes, it has the Nvidia card. I've tried different working RAM and no luck, so If it's the CPU or motherboard it isn't worth my time, I'll just scavenge it for parts.

Tried it, same reaction.

Hi everyone. I was given a Toshiba A100-003 without a HDD. When I plug it in, it shows power and battery charging. However, everytime I try to power it on all the lights disapear for a couple of seconds and come back on to their original state, no boot to BIOS. I know many things could be wrong, but …

Well I found a 1.44MB FD. Since I didn't think ahead, I dont know how I am supposed to burn am image of it since my computers no longer support FD!! Ready to throw the towel. Sorry everyone bout my ranting.

Found this site, and although it claims it's a 1.44MB drive compatible, on the right it shows as 3.54MB! MS-DOS 6.20 at WinWorldPC

Thanks but that would format the drive without giving me any of the errors found. I remember ages ago, there was a CHKDSK program that did this, but I'm too 'old' to remember.

Just adding some info: The HDD is set to master and the CD to slave in the configuration.

I have been going down the road of nostalgia lately. I have a Pentium CPU running WIN95, it recognized the boot drive but does not see an OS on it. There is no option to boot from the CD drive which would have made life much easier, however, there is a boot from floppy. No USB support either :( …

Thanks, that worked!! I think the HDD is dead as I am getting this error: ata1: SRST failed, errorno=-16 Oh well, it was worth the try, I'll replace the HDD

I have legacy USB support enabled in the BIOS and boot order as follows http://tinypic.com/m/k0py4y/2 Any ideas at what else to try?

I used to use Zeus text editor back in the day. If you find it, it is well worth it.

I am trying to install WIN98 on an old Acer laptop. I had previously installed Linux on it. I have tried the multi boot option, but no matter what I do, it shows this message. Anyone know what type of error this is? Thanks! http://tinypic.com/m/k0py1g/2

Oh, I didnt know that. What would be an Intel equivalent with a mobo that I'd still be able to use the graphics and sound card with? The GPU is called Prophet II with 64MB VRAM

Found the culprit... http://tinypic.com/m/k0pwcg/2 It's the CPU, I swapped it with another one from a friend that was kind enough to rush over with another CPU, and it fired up. Now time to hunt for a replacement.

Thanks! I will take out the cards and the RAM and reseat them.

Thank you for the welcome! I took some quick shots with my cell phone. I believe it is an AMD CPU, but I can't get anything to display. I am using the bottom VGA output, as that is where the graphics card is connected. I uploaded 4 pics. http://tinypic.com/m/k0ptlf/2

HI everyone. I am trying to revive my old PC, circa 2000. I remember it ran WIN98 or WIN2000. It powers up and gives electricity to the keyboard and mouse, but I dont hear the HDD spinning. If the HDD isnt working, wouldn't I still be able to see the BIOS through the VGA output? I have it connected …

I downloaded the original 1987 DOS version of Karateka. I mounted the folder directly to drive A: The screen then says make sure your disk is inserted to drive a and press any key.... Nothing happens. Is there a work around? Thanks!