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

Howie Hamlin ( (no email) )
Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:37:14 -0500

I think that applies only to older IBM PCs (not clones). I don't think any
clone ever came with ROM Basic.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Ingram <kingram@cameron.net>
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com <ntisp@emerald.iea.com>
Date: Friday, December 19, 1997 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Off topic : Windows 95 Error message : EEPROM not installed ?

>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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