Win 95 - integer divide by zero error

[jakkwb]

Greetings all,

I have here a rather old pc with Win 95 on it. Every once in a while, it will give this message:

system error. Integer divide by zero error.

It will do this just out of the blue, sometimes running a program, sometimes just sitting there.

Any ideas?

[RejectionMan]

something is running in the background, as the machine must be processing instructions to do this. i would start by looking for viruses.

[jakkwb]

The only processes running are:

Explorer
alogserv
loadwc

This machine has a very old McAfee anti-virus on it.

Thanks,

Al

[edball]

It might be a hardware problem.

[techleet]

If I remember correctly, the "integer divide by zero" error is a driver issue. Try downloading the latest drivers for your hardware.

[Damned Angel]

I seem to remember defective processors causing that once in a while. By chance the processors not a p60-75 with a gold top is it?

[orange]

Personally, i would ensure that Win95 has the w2k patch installed (if you can't find it at MS, email me), and i would remove that old (pre 2000??) version of McAfee for starters. Why? Well a quick search on Google came up with this:

Error: Integer Divide by 0 (Zero) -or- Divide overflow

A program tried to divide a number by zero or there was an internal logic error that caused this malfunction. Usually, the problem is simply a temporary glitch in memory or the systems clock is off.
Try the following: Restart the computer. Correct the system clock to reflect the current date and time.

[freddy]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by orange:
<strong>Personally, i would ensure that Win95 has the w2k patch installed (if you can't find it at MS, email me), and i would remove that old (pre 2000??) version of McAfee for starters. Why? Well a quick search on Google came up with this:

Error: Integer Divide by 0 (Zero) -or- Divide overflow

A program tried to divide a number by zero or there was an internal logic error that caused this malfunction. Usually, the problem is simply a temporary glitch in memory or the systems clock is off.
Try the following: Restart the computer. Correct the system clock to reflect the current date and time. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">please explain , what u mean by a "2k" patch ,,,,

FTF

[orange]

Hi Freddy,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by freddy:
<strong>please explain , what u mean by a "2k" patch ,,,,</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Firstly, it should have read "y2k" and not "w2k" as i actually posted...oops! There was a patch released by MS to make Windows 95 year 2000 compliant, which is what i was referring to. In fact, i think they actually released a couple of cumulative patches and as far as i know, i have the latest one here on cd. Whenever i come across a W95 system, which admittedly isn't too often nowadays, i always apply the patch....better safe than sorry and all that...

[freddy]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by orange:
<strong>Hi Freddy,

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by freddy:
<strong>please explain , what u mean by a "2k" patch ,,,,</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Firstly, it should have read "y2k" and not "w2k" as i actually posted...oops! There was a patch released by MS to make Windows 95 year 2000 compliant, which is what i was referring to. In fact, i think they actually released a couple of cumulative patches and as far as i know, i have the latest one here on cd. Whenever i come across a W95 system, which admittedly isn't too often nowadays, i always apply the patch....better safe than sorry and all that... </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">ok I,ll let u off (dyslexia rules) ,,,u had me thinking - not good after 32 beers on a sat night!!!!

as per the orig question ,,,have come across this (years ago) ,,,used to manifest itself if u were trying to run a dos prog (thru windoze) ,,mainly diagnostic ones ,,,,

I just put it down to A: win95 being crap ,,B: nasty cyrix type cpu,s C: crap sticks of memory ,,

thank god those days have gone !!!!!

oh god !!! i,ve crashed !!!!

FtF