I have a Compaq Presario 4784 MS-DOS/Windows PC, with the accompanying Presario 1585 CRT monitor.
The specs are as follows:
CPU: Intel Pentium with MMX @ 133 MHz
RAM: 32 MB
HDD: 4 GB Quantum Bigfoot IDE
GPU: Onboard S3 ViRGE chipset
Sound: Onboard ESS 1888 Plug and Play AudioDrive (missing drivers)
OS: MS-DOS 7.10 CDU and Windows 98 SE
I've taken the system apart several times, usually to diagnose an issue or to clean it. Strangely, it's put together with Torx screws. I've always put everything back as I had it before using the system again. When I received the computer about a year ago, it had Windows 95 on it. I formatted the hard drive and installed DOS 7.10 and Windows 98 Second Edition. This proved to be a mistake, as I lost all the Compaq OEM stuff, which included drivers. So it was a massive pain to get all the drivers back, and I can't seem to get any working for the ESS audio device. Other than no sound, the computer works fine. I should note that Windows does not start on bootup, I have to type "win" into the DOS prompt to start it.
The computer has been acting strange recently. The CD-ROM drive doesn't spin up discs anymore, and the fancy little MS-DOS 7.10 bootscreen sometimes has really messed up colors. However, now for some reason when I turn it on, it does nothing! The monitor will show a barely visible dull brown color as soon as the system is turned on, but nothing else will happen. The hard drive will be accessed briefly, the drives will do their thing, but nothing else will happen. There's no PC speaker beep, no display, nothing. Just to make sure it wasn't just a display issue, I typed "win" into the keyboard, to see if it would access the hard disk to start Windows. However, there was no response. Strangely enough, turning off the system will cause the dull brown color to remain on the screen until it is turned off.
Can anyone help me?