New build crashes w/AOL9

R

RCB

I just built an inexpensive computer for a friend's mom who's lives a couple
of hours away. Everything works well (a captive audience) until she tries
to log onto the internet using aol9 and then suddenly she gets the BSOD.
Components are listed below:

Chassis: Codegen L-6018-1-S2F (SECC w/400 PS)
MB: Albatron KX400-8X
CPU: AMD XP2000+
Ram: Crucial 256mb pc2100
vid: MSI Geforce4 MX4000-T64 (w/ latest nvidia 6.1.77 drives); DX 9.0b
installed
modem: USR oem V.92 (Conexant chipset 6.01.12) softmodem 3090 (drivers from
USR ftp link)
HDD: WD 40gb w/8 mb cache
FDD & CD: Sony pulls from the old Pentium system
OS: XP Pro w/SP1
anti virus + firewall: PC Trillin 8.1

Will aol 8.0 be better than 9?
I may not be able to get to her place for a couple of weeks to take a closer
look myself. Until then I've been trying to problem solve by phone. Any
suggestions would be most helpful. TIA.

-Randall
 
J

JustMe

Questions about AOL should be directed to an AOL newsgroup.

I just built an inexpensive computer for a friend's mom who's lives a couple
of hours away. Everything works well (a captive audience) until she tries
to log onto the internet using aol9 and then suddenly she gets the BSOD.
Components are listed below:

Chassis: Codegen L-6018-1-S2F (SECC w/400 PS)
MB: Albatron KX400-8X
CPU: AMD XP2000+
Ram: Crucial 256mb pc2100
vid: MSI Geforce4 MX4000-T64 (w/ latest nvidia 6.1.77 drives); DX 9.0b
installed
modem: USR oem V.92 (Conexant chipset 6.01.12) softmodem 3090 (drivers from
USR ftp link)
HDD: WD 40gb w/8 mb cache
FDD & CD: Sony pulls from the old Pentium system
OS: XP Pro w/SP1
anti virus + firewall: PC Trillin 8.1

Will aol 8.0 be better than 9?
I may not be able to get to her place for a couple of weeks to take a closer
look myself. Until then I've been trying to problem solve by phone. Any
suggestions would be most helpful. TIA.

-Randall
 
M

Miss Perspicacia Tick

RCB said:
I just built an inexpensive computer for a friend's mom who's lives a
couple of hours away. Everything works well (a captive audience)
until she tries to log onto the internet using aol9 and then suddenly
she gets the BSOD. Components are listed below:

Chassis: Codegen L-6018-1-S2F (SECC w/400 PS)
MB: Albatron KX400-8X
CPU: AMD XP2000+
Ram: Crucial 256mb pc2100
vid: MSI Geforce4 MX4000-T64 (w/ latest nvidia 6.1.77 drives); DX 9.0b
installed
modem: USR oem V.92 (Conexant chipset 6.01.12) softmodem 3090
(drivers from USR ftp link)
HDD: WD 40gb w/8 mb cache
FDD & CD: Sony pulls from the old Pentium system
OS: XP Pro w/SP1
anti virus + firewall: PC Trillin 8.1

Will aol 8.0 be better than 9?
I may not be able to get to her place for a couple of weeks to take a
closer look myself. Until then I've been trying to problem solve by
phone. Any suggestions would be most helpful. TIA.

-Randall


No. Better would be no AOHELL at all!
 
J

Johnny Lingo

In my experience AOL his nothing but a GIANT HEADACHE! Even if you want to
uninstall it, the only true AOL uninstall is to format and start over! I
would
recommend she find a new ISP.
 
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