I am looking at a computer for a friend (IBM 300 GL- 350 MHZ, 128 MB RAM, USB, CDRW) and it doesn't always start up and load windows.
Most of the time it starts the POST and freezes and shows the cursor and 7A in the upper right and NO beeps. Sometimes it will boot up without a hitch but most if the time it doesn't I cleared the hard drive and started over and it did this without any operating system at all.
I checked CMOS and it seems to be set correctly and tried to update bios but it keeps telling me to restart which hardly ever works and gets me no where. Is it time for this one to sink or you think it can swim? Any help appreciated.