re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 5:39 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Rusty (1 messages posted) Hello and thank you in advance to anybody who can help me with this problem! I have ALMOST the same problem is the user who started this topic. I recently had to install a new screen on my Thinkpad 600E because the old one had died out. So I took my Thinkpad apart... got the screen installed in there just fine. Turned on the laptop, and YES!.. the new screen worked well and was very bright... So here's the problem. The Thinkpad never really got to boot up all the way. After being switched on, it only gets as far as the first "system check" during the black screen. It shows 130496 KB OK. That's the RAM check I assume... then it gets to the next line and displays "08611"... after showing that, it switches to a primitive looking GUI screen (not Windows) and it says ERROR 08611. I have the option to select a "Test" or "Restart" button (however I have to plug in a mouse to move the cursor). Once I select the Test button, there is a list of hardware that can be tested. The first one happens to be SystemBoard. So when I run that test, it gets through it only to tell me I have "DEV 086 ERR 22 FRU 0010". Thus, I assume my problem is similar to the user's in this board. I have tried holding down Ctrl or F8 keys during startup to get to Safe Mode... it won't make it that far. Can anybody PLEASE help me? I don't even mind if everything on the harddrive gets deleted, so long as my laptop is useable again. (PS - I made sure when I added the new screen that every single wire/cord was reconnected... as well as the ribbons that needed to be connected on the screen.) On Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 7:03 pm, JmC wrote: > > > >Another option Joan, may be to restore the registry. If your attempt to install Office >failed and you cannot now boot the machine, try this. If this is not the case, then >provide more information. > > Boot, press and hold the 'CTRL' key to enter the boot menu. Select the 'COMMAND >PROMPT ONLY' option and press enter. > > At the C:\> prompt, type 'SCANREG /RESTORE' and press enter. > > When the next screen appears select a backup with a date before this problem >occurred. Or with the most current backup, which would be the first time you booted >today. Finish out the backup process and then reboot. > > > > JmC > > > > > > > Written in response to: re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (JmC: Thursday, November 28, 2002 at 7:03 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 12:10 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Jeremy: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 2:11 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 2:21 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Jonathan: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 4:43 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Joan: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 7:07 am) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Oh_dear: Fri, Nov 29, 2002, 7:18 am) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (JmC: Thu, Nov 28, 2002, 7:03 pm) re: Reinstall Windows 98 with no setup screen (Rusty: Thu, Dec 11, 2003, 5:39 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum