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I have an older sprinter computer for the kids that I can not get to start up

It comes up with the following on startup
Phoenix BIOS Version 4.0
um4980 ver 1.4 03-02-199
CPU=486DX2 66 MH
0000640k system RAM Passe
0015360K Extended RAM Passe
0128k Cache SRAM Passe
System BIOS Shadowe
Video BIOS Shadowe

OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUN

Any help would be greatfully appreciated
Thank yo
 
amber said:
I have an older sprinter computer for the kids that I can not get to
start up.

It comes up with the following on startup:
Phoenix BIOS Version 4.03
um4980 ver 1.4 03-02-1995
CPU=486DX2 66 MHZ
0000640k system RAM Passed
0015360K Extended RAM Passed
0128k Cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS Shadowed
Video BIOS Shadowed

OPERATING SYSTEM NOT FOUND

Any help would be greatfully appreciated.
Thank you
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Set the BIOS to boot from the CD (see the manual) and install the OS of your
choice.
 
The computer is only suited to run 95. It will run 98 slowly. Neither comes with bootable CDs.
 
Greetings --

Have you installed an operating system? For a machine that old,
you'll need either MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, or perhaps Windows 95.


Bruce Chambers

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Greetings --

A machine that old is unlikely to be able to boot from the CD, and
the only OS's that could possibly run on it (MS-DOS or Win95) do not
come on bootable CDs.

Bruce Chambers

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Help us help you:




You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH
 
David said:
The computer is only suited to run 95. It will run 98 slowly. Neither
comes with bootable CDs.
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Good point David - I overlooked the date completely. I thought the 98SE disc
was bootable, but I'm probably wrong.

I've been wrong several times tonight - and it doesn't feel too bad.
 
By 98 some OEM disks were bootable. But no retail 9x disk is bootable and most OEM aren't either. They tend to be imaging type installs that are bootable.
 
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