Stack Overflow

[Geek001]

Hello,Hope someone can help me,i just got a Old 486 Ibm thinkpad Labtop computer from a yeard sale the other day,it had windows 95 on it."i notaced it would sometimes stop with a stack overflow message when i would start the comeputer and boot windows 95". well anyway it was a trashy install so i just thought i would reinstall windows 95. so being it dont have any cdrom drive,no usb ports,i had too use floppy disk(s).Well anyway now i wiped the old windows 95 now i cant reinstall windows 95. I Keep getting a stack overflow message,telling me to increase stack settings in config.sys.Well it dont make any sense as there are not any dos apps booting up.autoexec.bat is blank! "The install files are already on the hard drive!so i need somone to tell me what could be worng.it dosent matter if i boot up to a Fresh bootdisk,i always get a stack overflow message.Could somedody Please help?
Its my first labtop.LOL very old i know.but just something to play with.it just dont make any sense. ""i Tryed Increaseing stacks settings by putting a setting in config.sys" it dident help...

Specs..

IBM Think Pad 360CE

Type /MODEL 2620-90F
S/N 78-FVK11 

Processor 486 DX2

Memory 20MB
I have looked on IBM's website and googeled it but could not find any info on this computer as it is too old!
funny i did findout that the computer was made in 94 yet the bios date is 96....     
       

[BC_Programmer]

hmm, I have a thinkpad 755CDV, very similar.


try this.

Since you have another PC to work with.

take one of your fresh boot floppies. create "config.sys" on it, as follows:

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STACKS=64,512
FILES=60
BUFFERS=40

try booting the laptop with the floppy.

you might find more insight on the issue here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/145799

[Geek001]

Thanks for responding...No luck,i tryed what you said ,but after i booted up and i just typed " dir "  same thing i got ......"A internal stack overflow has caused this session to be halted.Change the stacks setting in your config.sys file and then try agian."
So now i cant even Reinstall windows. It just dont make any sense.....Any ideas...?
 

[BC_Programmer]

could be a hardware issue, maybe even a motherboard failure.

[Geek001]

Well ,Maybe...because theres no other logical thing that would be makeing it do it...
i rebooted agian and it said the same thing about 3 sec after it got to the dos prompt...i dident type anything...ummm...not logical.....i wish i could find the manual for it on line......

[BC_Programmer]

Well, my laptop is similar, it recently started a similar symptom, except instead of a stack overflow, it constantly says "Divide by zero".

It all started after it's battery started leaking. does your laptop have a battery? perhaps try removing it, and running from AC only, if possible.