black screen, computer turns off

[Andreas Nielsen]

High,

already one year ago when I was surfing through the web with my win 98 home
comp. suddently the screen turned black, a box appeared saying " your are
attacked". The system turned off, it doesn't boot anymore, only black
screen, it turns off after a little while.
If only the HDD is deleted, at least the bios should be read when system is
turned on.

Thanks for help, suggestions,

Andreas Nielsen (Germany)

 

[Dave Cohen]

High,

already one year ago when I was surfing through the web with my win 98
home comp. suddently the screen turned black, a box appeared saying " your
are attacked". The system turned off, it doesn't boot anymore, only black
screen, it turns off after a little while.
If only the HDD is deleted, at least the bios should be read when system
is turned on.

Thanks for help, suggestions,

Andreas Nielsen (Germany)

Something similar happened to a friend of mine. We believe the problem was
caused by a power failure.
The date was wrong and I believe the problem was fixed when incorrect speed
ratings were fixed in the bios. I don't fully understand this, my machine
has no such setting. You could try resetting bios to default settings, if
that works change to what you had. It's a good idea to keep a record of
current bios settings. If your printer works from dos (i.e. doesn't rely on
windows support), you can use the prt scrn key, otherwise pencil and paper.
Dave cohen