I have an old
lehigh millennium 48/96 light board with windows 95. It crashes and freezes often and randomly. Is there a way I could fix or update the
system?
You really need to
call the factory to repair the
console. The
operating system is not the problem. It is likely the hard drive, motherboard, or even ram. We had a motherboard issue from a particular manufacturer for stretch of production. This could be the cause and we would upgrade to a board that will eliminate the problem.
Having opened it up and attempted your own repair with Windows installation only makes it harder to resolve your problem at the factory. There are policies in place as well as limitations on what executables are allowed to run. There are special registry edits in place as well.
These days there is not a
console on the market that isn't running XP embedded windows. The Millennium was the first
console to integrate (embed) a GUI based interface into a lighting
console.
It initially used Window95, subsequently Win98, and eventually WinXP. The successor
console (Rendition) uses XP embedded. I can say that from 95
thru to XP the
operating system itself never caused problems. Even Win95 was very stable because the only application that ran was the
console software.
Typically crashes,
etc. are caused caused by application software bugs or hardware related. We have not needed to provide software support to correct bugs for Millennium in years, so the application software is solid.
Again, seek help from the factory, your problem will be resolved.