hang at gray screen

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: hang at gray screen
started by: Ryutatsu

Posted by Ryutatsu on Nov. 25 2005,18:20

I'll run DSL but it will hang at the gray screen with the X on it.
The computer is very old (Presario CDS 524). Does anyone have any suggestions.

BTW: I had to use a Smart Boot floppy disk to get the cd to boot (bios too old).

Posted by cbagger01 on Nov. 26 2005,03:49

Type in:

lowram

at the boot prompt.