Re: Off topic : Windows 95 Error message : EEPROM not installed ?

Kevin Ingram ( (no email) )
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 09:35:27 -0600

Bios will often issue a "ROM Basic Not Installed" Error (usually in the old
40 column mode!) if the HD and FL cannot respond for a boot. If thats the
error, it's very likely a hardware failure in the machine...

Kevin Ingram
Access Online Staff support@cameron.net
http://www.cameron.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Danny Sinang <danny@uplink.com.ph>
To: NTISP <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 9:17 AM
Subject: Off topic : Windows 95 Error message : EEPROM not installed ?

>Hi.
>
>One of my clients recently got an error message just before Windows 95's
>famous blue sky and clouds screen appeared. It read like "EEPROM not
>installed" or "EEPROM device can not be found."
>
>Does anyone have any idea what this is all about ? Does it have something
>to do with the CMOS ? Low battery perhaps ?
>
>Danny Sinang
>President, Uplink Technologies, Inc.
>danny@uplink.com.ph
>http://www.uplink.com.ph/danny/
>
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