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Posted: 5/11/2023 9:38:01 AM EDT

How bad is this?

Windows NT4 SP6. Crashes from the program I was using and now won’t even get to the BIOS post screen.

Posted: 5/11/2023 9:52:24 AM EDT

[#1]

Hardware

Posted: 5/11/2023 11:03:02 AM EDT

[#2]

Try swapping out hardware that's swappable. RAM, CPU, NIC, Video Card, etc. RAM is probably easiest to start with.

Posted: 5/11/2023 3:10:01 PM EDT

[#3]

Enter the bios and see if all the hardware is showing.
Re-seat the memory and cards.

Posted: 5/14/2023 8:27:14 AM EDT

[#4]

I reseated components. I went all day yesterday without errors. This computer controls a daktronics video board and ribbon system. It’s 20 years old and there’s no parts or support left for the unit. I need to stretch it out until a replacement system comes in, but that is t happening anytime soon. Everyone knows the day is coming when I have to say I can’t fix it. It’s dead, Jim.

Thanks for advice!

Posted: 5/14/2023 8:35:53 AM EDT

[#5]

I replaced the PSU a couple months ago.

Posted: 5/14/2023 8:39:17 AM EDT

[#6]

Check for bulged capacitors. Most common thing to kill old boards. Electrolytic caps give up the ghost.

Posted: 5/14/2023 11:52:54 AM EDT

[#7]

Are you locked into using NT4 due to software and driver requirements? Does the manufacturer have newer versions of the software that will work with the cards?

Posted: 5/14/2023 2:29:51 PM EDT

[#8]

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I reseated components. I went all day yesterday without errors. This computer controls a daktronics video board and ribbon system. It's 20 years old and there's no parts or support left for the unit. I need to stretch it out until a replacement system comes in, but that is t happening anytime soon. Everyone knows the day is coming when I have to say I can't fix it. It's dead, Jim.

Thanks for advice!

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Ooof. There's a strong case to be made here for virtualizing that machine and running it in VMWare or similar.

Posted: 5/14/2023 6:14:48 PM EDT

[#9]

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Ooof. There's a strong case to be made here for virtualizing that machine and running it in VMWare or similar.

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Sounds like the pc has some special boards to run large custom led displays. Can a VM control the hardware?

Posted: 5/14/2023 6:22:10 PM EDT

[#10]

I was going to say that VMware should be able to do PCI Express passthrough. But then I realized...that's...not...PCI Express. That's PCI. Or...ISA.

Posted: 5/15/2023 3:18:29 PM EDT

[#11]

You should consider applying new thermal paste for the CPU if it hasn't been done. Thermal paste can dry out.

ETA: I would also consider running Spinrite on the HDD.

Posted: 5/15/2023 7:24:59 PM EDT

[#12]

The weekend’s event, Monster Jam, was successful from the video perspective. I didn’t get a chance to dig. Ore into the computer today because the show’s staff goofed. The parked a CAT 950 on a slope but did t set the parking brake. It rolled and tipped a light pole 20 degrees from vertical.

Posted: 5/15/2023 9:23:09 PM EDT

[#13]

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How bad is this?
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/180828/IMG_9034-2813062.jpg

Windows NT4 SP6. Crashes from the program I was using and now won’t even get to the BIOS post screen.

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Some stuff in here is funny to me.

NULL.SYS
FLOPPY.SYS
HAL.DLL (HAL-9000 masquerading as a Hardware Abstraction Layer)

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