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Hi, SINCE i am new to computers

i had a small doubt on disk FORMATTING.

what is the necissity to FORMAT disks?

Is it not sufficient for storing the data by deleting the current data?

what is internally happened?[TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW]

please provide proper answer.You can only delete so much info/data through Windows or any other OS you are using.

If you delete and important system FILE, the OS more than likely wont boot up therefore you have all this extra data on your HD and can't do anything with it until you either replace it or remove it via formatting.

Formatting will delete ALL of the data on your HD so that you "start fresh."

Quote from: vamsi on June 15, 2007, 01:31:21 AM

Is it not sufficient for storing the data by deleting the current data?

Hi, since i am new to computers

i had a small doubt on disk FORMATTING.

what is the necissity to FORMAT disks?

Is it not sufficient for storing the data by deleting the current data?

what is internally happened?[TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW]

please provide proper answer.

Were these questions copied from a homework quiz?

Hi, since i am new to computers

i had a small doubt on disk FORMATTING.

what is the necissity to FORMAT disks?

Is it not sufficient for storing the data by deleting the current data?

what is internally happened?[TECHNICAL POINT OF VIEW]

please provide proper answer.

On my brothers computer, i am having problems with my sound driver. What happens is when i run lets say Windows media PLAYER and i click on play, i get this message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another PROGRAM, or it may not be functioning properly." I do have a sound card installed and its drivers, but it doesnt work when i plug my speakers into it. I just get the same message. Also all my games will not work, for EXAMPLE my Call of Duty tells me this: "166 sound files are missing or in bad format". I have uninstalled all my sound drivers and deleted it all, and then reinstalled but it just doesnt work. The motherboard i have is a BIOSTAR U8668-D version 7.8. I even downloaded the CORRECT driver from the biostar website and it did not work. I do not know what to do, can anyone help?You stated you have a sound card installed ...then you stated you re-installed the drivers for the onboard sound...

This isn't working. More Info...ok, I have a sound card installed in my pci slot, with its drivers installed, my device manager tells me that it is working properly, i also have onboard sound and i reinstalled that by downloading the drivers off the internet. The computer still does not recognize my sound files from any source on my computer, did that answer your question?No.

You can only run one or the other on most machines...

Try re-seating the sound card and double-checking all your connections.

Also check all your settings in Sounds and Multimedia to make sure nothing is muted.And if you have an add on sound card you must disable the onboard sound in the BIOS.Sometimes you need to go to your control panel,then click on 'System'
then click on 'hardware',then click on 'Device Manager'

Now double click on'Sound video and game controllers'

Choose your onboard sound and right click on it.

Now go to 'Properties'click on 'Properties' at the bottom
you should see Device usage:

Choose Do not use this device(disable)

Now, you should not have a conflict with 2 sound devices
trying to run at the same time.well i disabled my onboard sound, and made sure my sound card was correctly inserted, but i still get errors when i try to play any kind of music or run a game that has sound files.
One of the errors, as i mentioned above, states:

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a problem with your sound device. There may not be a sound device installed on your computer, it may be in use by another program, or it may not be functioning properly."

I do appreciate your help so far, and I am hopeful that eventually i can get this fixedDoes the software CD that came with the sound card have its own installation and setup routine?i just reinstalled windows, its ok now, thx for your help thoughQuote from: Brin on June 16, 2007, 12:18:40 PM

i just reinstalled windows, its ok now, thx for your help though

My daughters COMPUTER recently stopped working. It's a DELL desktop about 3 years old running XP. after powering on the computer it will give me the dell logo and just make fast clicking SOUNDS for about 1 minute after that it will display the message,"no boot drivers found SYSTEM haulted." any hepl with what this means and what i can do about it or not would be APPRECIATED. Also note that the keyboard is not loading either so it wont let me type any commands Your description of symptoms makes me think
you have a bad hard drive.

That describes my main problem right now. Ever since I installed Vista over XP Media Center Edition, most things have been working fine except this.

I go to install drivers for let's say... my Lexmark printer (which is supported in Vista) or Nintendo WiFi USB Connector (not REALLY supported in Vista, but enough people have gotten it to work that I should be able to as well) or whatever. Many times the installation of a new driver will hang right in the middle. It'll bring up a prompt from Windows Security asking if it's OK to install this driver or some crap. Click yes. Sometimes it just freezes up there. In the case of my audio card before (which I finally got working somehow), it would just keep looping that question prompt over and over every 30 seconds or so.

In the case of the USB Connector, it actually installed OK, I set the compatibility to XP Service Pack 2, and it "runs".. until I try to connect to it through my Wii, then the program brings up a "Windows is closing this program, there's an error, blah blah" prompt.

I've actually been getting a lot of that in Vista as well. IE will shut down quite a bit for no reason, the Nintendo WiFi Connector does the same, etc.

But yeah. I have the appropriate driver files for (as an example) my Lexmark printer. I have the Vista file. But it won't finish installing correctly because it just hangs up near the middle. I tried installing them other ways (using Vista to find the Lexmark drivers and try to install them, automatically use what Vista thinks are the best drivers, etc. etc.). None of them work.

Should I reinstall Vista? Could this help?If you reinstall vista do a full reload not an upgrade. There may be ISSUES with the old xp drivers still being in the system. I have ALSO HEARD of problems running the WII networking but there is a bunch of workarounds I am sorry i don't remember them off of the top of my head. I can do some searching when i get home from work.If you have the Lexmark installation CD with Vista drivers, uninstall any drivers for Lexmark. Disconnect the printer cable. Disconnect the printer power. Shut down. Reconnect the printer cable and power, be sure the printer is turned on. Reboot. When windows DETECTS new hardware, cancel out. After boot up completes, insert the Lexmark CD and run the installation program.I do not have a Lexmark CD with Vista drivers. I do have an installation CD, but it's older (for XP). So I've tried multiple things.. installing using this CD (doesn't work), installing using the newest Vista drivers from the website (won't finish installing), etc.

This goes for nearly anything I've tried to install after I've installed Vista. Drivers have major problems. Hangs right in the middle of installation nearly all the time.

*censored*, I EVEN have a problem uninstalling older drivers for devices, because it hangs during uninstalling them as well. Vista does have a major problem with drivers. If it was me, I'd dump Vista in a heartbeat.What version of Vista is this is ? ?
RC1...RC2...
Or maybe an "ahem" version from the web ? ?I.. uhh.. have no clue what version of Vista it is (besides Home Premium). It's certainly not an ahem "web" version, I can tell you that much.A re-install may help but a few things to check first.

Are you getting hangs when doing any other tasks or just with driver installs/uninstalls ?

How was the machine prior to Vista..any of the same symptoms ? ?

How much RAM in this machine ? ?

Was MCE erased with the Vista install ? ?To anwer your questions:

Nope, no other noticeable hangs during other tasks.. none that I can think of right now, anyways.

Prior to Vista, I actually had a different problem.. the PC would run out of available memory quickly.. I would have like 6 tabs of IE (or Firefox) open and I'd get a popup about my memory being low.. this was even with the add-on disabled version of IE.. Vista took this problem away but gave me a new one, it seems..

There is 1 gig of RAM.

Not sure about MCE being erased.

If it is onboard SOUND it should be INCLUDED with your MBoard driver SET...TRAVEL to the LINK under your MBoard listing in the Everest report...

Hi People!!!
I just had windows(xp) reinstalled on my computer and now i cant burn cd's or dvd's!!!When i go to device manager there are no cd/dvd burning drivers,theres just one for my READER,does anyone know where i can download a driver?I have an hp pavillion computer and when i went to there web there was just driver updates to ins
tall and no driver's.Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks The burner shouldn't need drivers in XP.

Is there more than one CD/DVD device in that machine ? ?

What are they labeled as on the front ? ?

Who re-installed it for you ?Hi yes i have two cd drives on the computer the burner is labeled hp dvd writer 400I i cant open it (i have to use a paper clip and there is nothing on the device manager to indicate i have a burner i used to work intill i had to get my puters windows reinsalled now...........nothin its like it wasnt there Sounds like the ribbon cable has come loose...check inside.

As always remove all power sources when working inside the machine and take anti-static precautions.Ok i will try that talk to you in a bit thanks for the help hopfully it works!!!!!lol lol Hey whats anti static protection?
Just make sure you are grounded. DONT walk across a fluffy carpet in slippers and reach in and grab a stick of RAM for instance...

They sell wrist straps but usually it is enough to be touching the METAL chassis with one hand.

I have a driver that i am having a hard time locating , if anyone can help me locate this, it would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advanced!

it is a Matrox 618-02



The FCC ID is...
FCC ID: ID7061800
might have better luck POSTING on an Asian forum! I can't read that type language... Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore,China, Japan etc.... ?Read the entire thread...patio I have a PCI 4MB Ati graphics card with a add-on
memory chip that makes it 8mb is this the same idea?

After I saw this post I plundered around in my old
boxes of computer stuff and found the old relic.Yep.
They were pretty POPULAR in their day...

I believe his will go from 2M up to 8M.Quote from: patio on June 19, 2007, 07:07:32 PM

Yep.
They were pretty popular in their day...

I believe his will go from 2M up to 8M.

This is what the setrtings LOOK LIKE

If you scroll up, I have screen SHOT of whats under my SOUND, VIDEO, and game CONTROLLERS. I don't think ONBOARD sound shows up...

Do you Know how to download acer e MANGER program?All your topics are the same, asking how to download certain programs.
How about you use Google?Try the below and Google as CALUM advised.

http://support.acer-euro.com/empowering_technology/utility.htmlQuote from: authement on June 04, 2007, 12:45:00 AM

Do you Know how to download acer e manger program?

Funny enough "Apply new settings without restarting" was already selected all along...

I've done and read the guide up to page 5 now. Do I really have to do and read all the rest? It's like 5-10 pages more I think.

After I reformatted my laptop, my sound stopped working. It would play the "beep" that a person usually gets when an ERROR occurs, but no other sound, such as music. I asked my brother to try and fix it, as he knows a lot more about computers than me. Unfortunately, he could not fix it, and ended up installing extra audio hardware. I do not want to ask him to try and uninstall the drivers because I am scared that he'll make it worse. Currently, my Sound, Video, and Game Controllers section of device manager looks like this.



When I clicked on the properties for the first (starting from the top) Audio Codecs, it looks like this.



The second Audio Codecs looks like this.



The first two Legacy Audio Drivers look like this.



The only thing different with the the second Legacy Audio Drivers is that instead of ROOT/MEDIA/0000, it is ROOT/MEDIA/0002 in the details section. And finally, the the third Legacy Audio Drivers looks like this.



Can anyone please help me with this? And if anyone is able to, can someone tell me how to fix my sound? Thanks in advance.

P.S. - I may be able to provide more information about my PROBLEM, but please be patient with me. I know almost nothing about computers so I may not understand what kind of information is needed.You can remove extra audio drivers by simply right-clicking on them in Device Manager and select "Remove".

The best thing for you to do would be to visit your laptop manufacturer's website for drivers as they pertain to your particular model.

Please keep us posted...Unfortunately, the only options I get when I right click are:

-Update Driver
-Scan For Hardware Changes
-PropertiesHave you gone to your manufacturer's website for an updated driver for your laptop?No, not yet. Will that make it possible for me to uninstall the drivers?Somewhere ALONG the line, when you di the recovery for your laptop...there may have been additional software installed that's responsible for the extra drivers.

Leaving those drivers will not harm anything. The trick is to install the correct drivers for the sound device installed on your laptop.

When you reformatted and installed the operating system, was it done from a recovery cd or just simply using a Windows CD?

If you were using recovery software from your manufacturer, the correct drivers, should have been installed. If not, and using the Windows operating system CD, the correct drivers may or may not be installed...either way, the correct drivers may not be installed.

Do me a favor...just let me know the make and model of your laptop and I will locate the correct sound driver for you.Thank you for your help. My laptop is an HP Pavilion dv2000.Go here:

http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Lookup?h_lang=en&h_cc=us&cc=us&h_page=hpcom&lang=en&h_client=S-A-R163-1&h_pagetype=s-002&h_query=Pavillion+dv2000&submit.x=8&submit.y=4

There are THREE different models for your laptop. Choose the correct one. Choose your operating system. Make sure you know whether or not your laptop uses a Pentium or AMD processor before choosing the correct audio driver. Follow the manufacturer's directions for downloading and installing the driver for your laptop.

Good luck! Let us know how it works out.Thank you so much! I have sound now! The extra drivers are kind of bothering me, but I can deal. I'm just so happy I finally have sound again! Thank you again!!!You're welcome, Theresa...

Don't worry about those extra drivers...

I was glad I could help...take care and come back soon.

Hey!

I have Praktica Slimpix digi camera. Orginally, I had it installed on my computer courtesy of the CD-rom that comes with it.

I recently did a system restore, and was unaware that any software would be eliminated. I don't want to go back forwards, becuase my computer now runs A LOT faster.

I tried downloading a driver from the Praktica website, and it installed. But still my computer runs the wizard when I put the camera in.

Any ideas?
All feedback will be gratefully taken. Thank you! =]Sorry I forgot to mention the original disk is now severley scratched and wont run on my computer - just makes an alternating groaning sound when I put it in.Travel to the manufacturer's site and DLoad what you need...Camera


Winzip


Where-My-Precious-Pet-Was-Born"just makes an alternating groaning sound when I put it in."

Sounds familiar.......COL!Robert...that's totally inappropriate...but I laughed.Quote from: CBMatt on June 17, 2007, 11:53:17 AM

Robert...that's totally inappropriate...but I laughed.

Travel to the manufacturer's site and DLoad what you need...

Hello everybody, Im working on an Old emachine etower 500id. Originally it had
Windows 98SE installed now it has Windows XP Pro. The problem is i have no SOUND.
In the device manager the sound, video and game controller, it looks like its there
Crystal SoundFusion(tm) Audio Device. But when i go to sound and Audio devices properties, its all faded out No Audio Device, can some ONE please give some advice, do i need the Audio Drivers? Thank you for your time. Hi, i managed to load the correct Audio drivers, its all working good. Cheers.Glad to HEAR you managed to figure it out!XP booted on that machine ? ?

What have you had to add so far ?

It originally shipped with 64M of RAM.

I'm glad that you were ABLE to get it running, just curious....
Hi, Patio
XP booted fine on the machine, but 64MB RAM upgraded to 256MB RAM thats all it can take. It still has the original 10GB HD, im not to concerned about that, PC is going to be used for Word documents only. ( Its for my Mum ) I found the driver at http://www.driverguide.com it was a Crystal cs4280 intergrated sound chip driver. Thanks, take care.

Hello
I have a toshiba 5 months old and none of my usb ports work. I dont think they ever worked. When i plug my mouse in it works but if it sits for 20 seconds then i have to move it up and down and around to make it work again. IT freezes. Then when i plug my usb modem in the it says installing drivers. which it should i have my own. i cant make it install the right ones. then My mp4 player doesnt work it just says unrecognized. thanks
tell me what info you need
Open Device Manager, CLICK the plus sign to expand the section on USB components, right click on each one select Uninstall. In other words, remove all of them. Then, restart your computer and let Windows reinstall it's default USB drivers. Now, does your mouse work?

Is that computer under warranty?That didnt help it. weird. The warrant i believe is over with. It is german and i dont think it was had a GOOD warrant.Does Device Manager show yellow triangles with exclamation marks in them, indicating unknown devices or devices with problems?

Do you have a PS/2 mouse you can use with that laptop?

Has that delay when you connect your mouse always been there, since it was new?

What protections (firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware) do you use?

How much memory does that computer have? What processor speed?Well if i plug in my Mp3 player then it has ! marks. The mouse has a Ps/2 adapter. I shall go try. the laptop doesnt have a PORT so never mind. The mouse has always had the problem. when i plug my mouse in to that computer (the computer with the problem is my SISTERS) then it doesnt work the same way. So it is not the mouses problem. She has NO firewall or antivirus or antispyware programs. She is a FOOL. She has 512 ram i believe. celeron M 2.40 ghz i believe again.

thganks

i have p4 sytem with windows 2003 server .
when i CONNECT my printer (hp1022,scanner ) but it not sensing any new hardware . when i enable legacy in bios then sytem got HANGED at booting time .

help me PLS

wha?
Kindly reword your question.
Include as much information as possible? What is the problem? What are you WANTING to do?
Is English your native LANGUAGE? We have members here that are multi-lingual if you would like to speak with someone who speaks your language.

Hi,
I have Lexar 512MB USB drive. It had a folders with PICTURES and PP files for my class presentation. For some purpose I copied my folder to MAC computer of my lab, but when I tried to copy that folder back, it wont let me copy ... it says there is no enough SPACE for that folder.... ? I made no CHANGE on that folder........ neiter I added any other contents on the Drive.......?

Why so happens? Is my USB dridve damaged.......? I am curious...

Thankz!how big was the folder and did you have anything else on the usb drive at the time?I dont know exact size but that folder was on same drive earlier. I just cut and pested that folder for a while to USE my usb for other purpose....... later I emptied that drive and tried to copy same forlder back on it.......... thats itCopying Windows files to a Mac and back again without some type of conversion software won't work well...
Are you saying you erased the originals from the thumb drive after copying them to the Mac ? ?yes, that was cut PESTE....!

I have a SAPPHIRE HD 4830 hooked up to my Olevia 37in HD LCD through a DVI to HDMI connection. When I first installed Vista without the Vid Drivers the text look ok at 800x600 resolution, but movies don't look as crisp they should. When I installed the Vid cards latest drives from the website, the text looks bad but movies look good.

I don't understand why.

Here's the rest of my specs: Windows Vista Premium 64 bit, 4gb Ram, Gigabyte EP45-UD3R, Olevia TV http://www.olevia.com/en-us/Products/5Series/537HLCDHDTV.aspx#2Are you talking about how everything look on TV screen?
I have very same TV brand, and I spent two days trying to use it as a second monitor, but I wasn't able to do it. In my case, red color was missing.
The list of things I tried is too long to post it. I even replaced the TV next day.Yes I'm talking about how everything looks on the TV. With out the drivers the text is a (little blurry) but video is not crisp. With the drivers, video is crisp but text is blurry. I can see all the colors, but I don't want to have to choose between text or video looking good.Your monitor's native resolution is 1366 x 768 (16:9 ratio). If you're running at 800x600 (4:3 ratio), you're not running a widescreen resolution and just about anything will look BLURRED or distorted.

Try setting your desktop resolution to 1366 x 768, or the nearest 16:9 widescreen resolution. This should clear things up (PUN intended) i've tried EVERY resolution that is where the problem is. The higher the resolution the better the video, yet the worse the text, even if I increase the font DPI size.Doing a search about your problem, I came across this:
http://www.pcguide.com/vb/showthread.php?p=417637

I assume that's you

Let us know if you've still got a problem when you get that changed.BUSTED- I've been bugging everyone I know even my friends lol. Thanks for everything. Hopefully I'll pick a good card this time.Quote from: Truthisone on January 12, 2009, 11:05:07 AM

BUSTED

I know this is probly not a good subject to talk about and I also
understand that keyfile's and method's very from program to program......but my wife keep's driving me nut's about a game
called "Lovechess" the new one,and their is no crack,serial,reg code,or keygen for it and I can't find it anywhere but the net
and I don't have a credit CARD to buy it I alway's use cash...
so if someone could HELP me I WOULD like that very much so then
she could learn chess in a way she could understand and have fun
at I'll even let her win just so she will stay interrested in the game!

I don't like doing this because it's wrong but if it make's her happy
then so be it, one way or the other!

thank you all DeltaSpiderSorry, bub, but this is SOMETHING we don't cover here. I'm sure there are PLENTY of decent free chess programs out there. You could even play online somewhere.

Hi guys this question is related to my "accused" CD/DVD burner the LG GSA 4176B, well I've gone to the site and downloaded a recent update. In the instruction it says that no background program even anti-virus and drive should be in the master. Can it be dangerous to just update it without the need to exchange the drive to be a master? My secondary IDE has my DVD ROM as the master and rewriter the slave. Besides if the case that everytime I update the firmware I must exchange it to be the master, tends to be tedious. Oh and I did not update the drive yet for safety. Thanks 8-) :-? Why are you flasihng the drive ? ?

Be specific.Well it might help too in resolving the error in the drive having a burn with bad areas. My drive has a DL12 firmware and the latest now DL13, maybe if I update the firmware I hope that burn outputs will no longer have a bad area (unreadable portion of the burn) just like when it was new. But can I FLASH the drive even on it's slave state as opposed to the instruction? Coz it's tedious to dismantle the box everytime it has a flash update well this applies to all I/O DEVICES that can be mounted and unmounted, but if only the drive has no burn errors I will not flash it as flashing is known to be dangerous if done wrong.If the MANUFACTURER says you should configure the drive as master when doing a firmware update, don't you think you'd better do it? I would agree it seems odd that that is necessary but I don't think I'd try to dispute the need to do it if the manufacturer says do it that way.

Besides, how often do you really need to update firmware for an optical drive? Many of them are probably never updated; it's rarely necessary. Yeah sir soybean very weird and I agree very tedious. But I'm trying all optons before blaming the drive itself like sir street1 says maybe a ribbon cable or an update but if all else fails then the drive is really at fault. Ok I'll update it as Master, I'm just worry because I can stop all program but my antivirus because even it is off it still show messages. I'am using Kaspersky(hope I can mention programs here) and even with it off and not on system try it engages the computer. How do I turn off all process in the background so that I can flash safely? Can I flash I/O like this drive in SafeMode? Thanks.I'm not familiar with Kaspersky but I'd think it can surely be disabled in the software. But, if you can't figure out how to do that, you could try killing it in Task Manager. Hit Ctrl/Alt/Del to open Task Manager, select it and then click on End Process. Another technique for disabling it would be to run msconfig (Start, Run, and enter msconfig in the Run box), select the Startup tab, find Kaspersky and uncheck the box NEXT it. Click Apply, and OK. This will stop Kaspersky from launching during startup. Of course, you should reverse this, once you have updated your firmware.

And, yes, you could update firmware in Safe Mode.Thank you sir soybean for the info and also the guys who chipped in you are all very helpfull thanks again. 8-) I'd just turn it in where you bought it and GET a new one, if that doesn't solve it, you can always update the firmware later on... Chances are that when you're getting errors while burning that the drive is defect rather than required to have its firmware updated.. But then again, I never flashed a CD/DVD-ROM Drive...

I am trying to install BT so that I can SYNC my phone to my laptop. I keep getting the following error: Bluetooth device not found. Please verify that the Bluetooth device is properly connected and turned on.

I have successfully paired my laptop with my phone but for some reason the computer is not able to access the DRIVER. I thought I would try to uninstall the driver and reinstall it but when I went into Device Manager the drop down menu that allows you to enable/disable devices was grayed out. When I right click on Bluetooth BUS Enumerator the Uninstall option is not in the menu. What should I do?

Relevant info:

Blue Soleil software and driver
Broadcom BT Bus Enumerator version 5.1.0.2700

on a Gateway CX200X Notebook
Check the Gateway Driver CD that shipped with the notebook....it should contain the Bluetooth drivers for that notebook.
If not visit Gateway's site and enter your info to locate the proper driver.Since I posted last, I downloaded the new driver. Same problem. I can pair the devices but I can't get the driver to override the XP driver so the hardware is not detected. It is also giving me an error each time when I insert the BT USB that there was a problem installing the hardware. I have tried uninstalling everything and installing first the BT driver from Gateway, then the software from Blue Soleil and finally the USB. Then I tried installing the software first, then the driver from Gateway and then the USB. I've tried different orders at least 5 times and I can't get any driver to override what XP wants to install. I was finally able to uninstall BT Enumerator. Interestingly, when I went into Device Manager under System I found this: Plug and Play Software Device Enumerator. It has the same symptoms that the Bluetooth Enumerator did EARLIER. There is no "uninstall" option. Also, in the Control Panel there are 5 icons that say Bluetooth Device (from the 5 most recent attempts at installation). Each of them is empty although it is obvious that SOMETHING is not being uninstalled each time.

Now what?

Tell us what phone this is...It is a T-Mobile Wing (HTC).

Hello. My friend's computer had a GRAPHICS problem of some kind and a person was called to fix it. He fixed the problem but now the computer has no sound. We have no idea percisely what this person did (probably reinstall the graphics CARDS for too much money, and break sound just for fun). Unfortunately it's not possible to find out what he did to the computer.

We've tried looking for and downloading drivers but with no success. The original drivers for the computer are LONG lost. I've included an Everest report of the computer. Thanks.

(Also why is .txt not an allowed attachment type.)Below is the only one I found,requires registration.

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=130189Cheers. I'll get her to try it as soon as possible. The site SAYS it is for Win 2000 but she has only Windows ME. I'm not sure if this will cause a problem.Can you supply us with the make and model of the computer as well??

The sound driver you are looking for may be able to be found on the computer manufacturer's web site. It's ONBOARD sound...correct? As opposed to a sound card?Since it's an onboard sound card, try downloading the drivers from the mainboard manufactuer's webpage. Or try drivers directly from the AC'97 website. Or just put in a real soundcard and save yourself a lot of trouble. AC'97 junk..

This thing sucks. I'm having a LOT of trouble simply copying files to a
1.44mb floppy, I can't boot off it, and I can't even format the thing. I'm
running Windows XP. Are there drivers for it?

The Caleb never flew well . It was supposed to be "better than the LS120" ; but
who could tell.. if you couldn't buy it -- how could you try it!

The local CompUSA had the media for over two years but could never get drives.
I bought almost all their media for $.05 each on closeout ; it was worth that
for 3.5" jewel cases alone. The UHD-144 media is actually as good as archive
level standard floppies.. if used as a standard floppy.

Just consider it another piece of abandoned hardware .

I want to make a BACKUP of my BIOS. How can I do this? Is it POSSIBLE?Why ?QUOTE from: street1 on March 19, 2008, 05:00:13 PM

Why ?

ust wondering if you could help with my bloody computer. A blue screen keeps appearing which SAYS Driver IRQL not less or EQUAL. It then says that a windows update might be needed and to make sure any new hardware or software is installed properly. I have not installed any new hardware however this PROBLEM has only occurred since I tried to install windows live messenger. I have completely removed anything to do with messenger with no LUCK in fixing the problem. I have then gone to the windows update site to see if any updates are needed but as soon as it starts to scan my comp the dreaded blue screen appears again.

After all this and losing the will to live I WENT into safe mode to restart from a previous date only to find that for some reason that it can not restart from all the dates that I chose.

Any ideas?
Do not double post!

i WATCHED a vid on youtube and this guy made a Lego PRINTER that he could print stuff off of his comp using his Lego Mindstorms set, he said he flashed the firmware that is on his RCX so it would work with Java can this be done and if so, how?
(if u dont know alot about Lego Mindstorms then dont reply, not to be rude or anything)"not to be rude or anything" WELL, if you want ZERO help, that's just the way to go about getting it...


nvm about that. but can Lego Mindstorms Firmware be flashed for Java?yes, just look it up on Google, there's plenty of stuff. A lot of school and college SITES have software and guides.
thnx i found some software on google for a Java replacement firmware for my RCX(Lego Robot) that allows me to do twice as much as i originally could.

I'm looking for the most up to date driver for NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400 for XP.I would check the nVidia site and make sure it MATCHES the rest of your hardware...

I have a BTC 5216IB DVD combo drive on my computer. I was running a firmware update on the drive while copying something from my other DVD drive onto my HDD and my computer froze.

It froze in the MIDDLE of the firmware update and now will not detect the drive during startup, but instead stays frozen at "detecting IDE hardware" for a while. After a couple minutes it goes past this state (not detected the now defective drive) and goes to a screen that says "detecting raid array" or something (I do not have a RAID array or anything set up). I let it sit there for like 15 min and gave up on it.

I then tried restarting my computer with the defective drive unplugged. This lets windows start up right away as normal but of course then my drive isn't PLUGGED in.

Is there a way for me to salvage my drive or is it totally screwed? Could plugging the IDE cable in once Windows is loaded make it somehow possible to run the firmware update again?

ThanksP.S. I have windows XPI wouldn't recommend plugging or unplugging the IDE cable when the computer is on. That is a seriously bad idea. You shouldn't TOUCH anything inside the case with the computer on. Besides, I highly doubt it would do any good even if it wasn't bad idea.
IDE devices are detected and configured at boot TIME by the BIOS, Windows doesn't do that.

I'm afraid your drive is toast. The manufacturer can probably revive it so that's a possibility. But it will most likely cost you, messing up as firmware update isn't covered by the warranty.
I'm sorry you had to learn this the hard way, but a firmware update is not to be taken lightly and shouldn't be attempted at all without good reason.
And when you do a update firmware be sure the computer isn't doing anything else, especially something that requires communication on the IDE cable. Many manufacturers also recommend you disconnect anything that is connected to the same IDE cable as the device you're updating.

I wish I could give you better news but this is the reality. Hopefully you'll be more careful in the future.

I've tryed SO many drivers on my card IM getting quite anoyed/
i have windows xp
i have a geforce 6200
and i still have not got the one that actaully works


i get the world of warcraft texture glitch out at the MAIN log in screen and throughout the game. i cant even see anything its rediculous.ReadHere

DownloadHerethats not even compatible with my cardThen have you tried the 76.44 driver?-->HereYou should be USING ForceWare Release 169. That's the latest driver from Nvidia and lists the EVERY GeForce 6200 as a supported card.

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GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 A-LE
GeForce 6200

You should be using ForceWare Release 169. That's the latest driver from Nvidia and lists the EVERY GeForce 6200 as a supported card.

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GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 A-LE
GeForce 6200

ive tryed that as i mentioned ive tryed SO MANY drivers.

I wondered why these are SOLD for $2.99 with two super disks... now I know... no DRIVER! I have SEARCHED high and low and not able to locate the driver for this device. I RUN XP SP2.... the Bios recognizes the Caleb as an IDE drive... but it doesn't work without the driver. Sure hope someone knows where I can find it. THANKS guys, great work.http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-19866137.html
It looks like 1997 product, so what do you EXPECT?

Would anyone know where I can get TWAIN drivers for a Dell Precision 420?

I have a new Lexmark x8350 and it will print & copy but not scan...the Dell pc and the Lexmark all-in-ONE aren't speaking to one another and it's DRIVING me nuts LoL

Any suggestions?


Thanks!Have you looked ?----->HereYes, I've DONE that, although I have win 2k pro, but I tried that. Basically what happens is the all-in-one center installs just fine, I click on "scan" and the computer and printer won't talk to one another.

Lexmark claims I need the TWAIN drivers, but at the moment nothing is working with it. If I can get the OLDER drivers installed I can at least printer & copy.

The printer claims to work with win 2000 so that shouldn't be the problem, but apparently the dell pc and the lexmark printer aren't speaking to one another.Quote

I have a new Lexmark x8350

Hi! i would NEED a driver (XP) for a amd 690 vm-fm.

The mobo came with a Fujitsu siemens SCALEO pa 2662

Does ANYBODY know where to get it?

THANX

I have a compaq presario 1500 laptop with XP home SP2 1gig ram.
Under the Touch Pad there is a round scroll button and it STOPPED working.
I went to compaq.com and microsoft.com but I'm obviously not getting to the right place for this problem.
Is there a KB fix for this or can you recommend the DOWNLOAD fix to get this button working again?
I have to move cursor to the right and grab the bar everytime I need to scroll down a page.
Please help me out.
Thanks!Have you tried to reinstall the drivers?


GoHere
Thanks for your time!
I went to device manager and I guess it would be under the mouse properties and drive to update and roll back the driver but that is not the problem.
I remember years ago someone sent me a link from here that gave me a PATCH of sorts. Something to do with the keyboard ps/2 thing. I just can't remember what it was. But when I went to the link and downloaded the patch the scroll button really worked fine. Not sure where to go from here.

Truth is I have another laptop that I just bought and it's already down. It's an ACER with Vista and I'll never ever buy one again. I was actually on the computer when I called ACER tech Support about a screen ISSUE. 10 minutes later the woman had my computer completely useless. I'm really having to take my anxiety meds to keep from freaking out. I wouldn't recommend ACER to anyone.

I take Tranxene..What do you take ?

I am presently downloading and reading
the manual......Let me see what it has to
say.

Do you have a small on/off button for
the scroll function?Alprazolam and it works well for me. But this scroll button issue is annoying. I just got back from Microsoft but have found anything about scroll button not working. I do want to get the word out about how I got screwed by ACER and save people from the nightmares.
If you can help me get this button working until I can get my other laptop back in force. This Compaq Presario 1500 is old and the USB ports don't work, the PCI slot is busted, so the only way I can get on line is to attach it to the ethernet line which defeats the purpose of having a laptop not to mention I hate having to be attached to a leash.
Thanks again for your time. I hope that someone can get me the patch I need.

QUOTE from: gigman on November 27, 2007, 04:28:34 PM

I have a compaq presario 1500 laptop with XP home SP2 1gig ram.
Under the Touch Pad there is a round scroll button and it stopped working.
I went to compaq.com and microsoft.com but I'm obviously not getting to the right place for this problem.
Is there a KB fix for this or can you recommend the download fix to get this button working again?
I have to move cursor to the right and grab the bar everytime I need to scroll down a page.
Please help me out.
Thanks!

I solved my PROBLEM, thanks for the HELP and information.Quote from: shinmeeok on January 30, 2008, 11:25:32 AM

I solved my problem, thanks for the help and information.

Dell PC apparently has lost, or corrupted, the DVD driver; at least it does not see it. I have found the driver on internet and downloaded to the PC. Have attempted to load new driver through DEVICE MANAGER but it does not seem to work. Cannot use Windows XP CD because the system does not see CD. How can I get this driver installed. It is a Toshiba SD-M1021 driver.XP should not need CD/DVD drivers...what exactly is happening ? ?I am UNABLE to see the CD drive in My COMPUTER. When I look at Device Manager I have a yellow icon next to the CD Drive and when I look at properties it says it cannot read the driver.Try these steps:
1. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
or...
2. http://aumha.org/downloads/cdgone.zip
or...
3. Go to Device Manager, click a "+" sign next to IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers.
You'll see two items:
- ATA Channel0 (or Primary CHANNEL)
- ATA Channel1 (or Secondary Channel)
Right click on each of them, and click Uninstal. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.

Bought a new EN8800 gt 512 works in vga mode fine but soon as I load the drivers or the newest off the Asus site I get the blue screen of death every time I reboot then after a few seconds it just reboots. I have tryed to contact Asus 2 times and no answer. Here is my system, thanks for the help.
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600
Gigabyte GA-X38_DQ6 motherboard
Corsair mem 4gigs XMS2
WD SATA HARD DRIVE 500GB
Asus EN8800GT/G/HTDP/512MWhat windows version?
Please post the info you get on the blue screen. (See the red boxes on the screen shot below.)
Have you tried the newest driver from Nvidia?


If your computer is rebooting automatically you can do the following to disable it.
START the computer in normal mode and let it crash and reboot.
Tap F8 reaptedly during the bootup. This should bring you to the "Windows Advanced Options Menu".
From this menu select "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter.
Select XP as the operation system to start and hit enter.Sorry I have Vista 64 Ultima. As I stated before have tryed the lastest verison from their web site still the same. The blue screen cycle thru to FAST to read have tryed hitting pause/break will not stop the screen. Still no reply from Asus. posted to them on the 25th, bad service.
Thanks RolfThese steps should also work for Vista and will stop windows from rebooting once it hits the BSoD.
Quote from: Deerpark on January 25, 2008, 04:46:25 PM

If your computer is rebooting automatically you can do the following to disable it.
Start the computer in normal mode and let it crash and reboot.
Tap F8 reaptedly during the bootup. This should bring you to the "Windows Advanced Options Menu".
From this menu select "Disable automatic restart on system failure" and press enter.
Select XP as the operation system to start and hit enter.

Hello,

Ok, so i have a slight problem with my video driver
My computer originally came with a secondary video CARD from the retailer, but it got a bad capacitor. I wasn't sure where to get a replacement, and i didn't want to buy a whole new video card when i don't really use it, so i just used the integrated card.

Whenever i install the video driver though it slows down my computer immensely, and it somehow loses display resolutions, including the one i use. So i just uninstall it since as i said i never run anything really that needs it. Recently i tried to install and play half life 2 though. Of course without a video driver it isn't working.
My computer is a shuttle http://eu.shuttle.com/archive/en/ss51g_faq.htm v.2.

Any ideas on what i should do?Since you do some gaming, a new video card would be the best solution.(So i sort of left this post for a while, but i'm back trying to fix it again)

Incase you check in again soy, yes, a new video card would be nice, but half life is the only game i've got on my computer and i've only even got it because a friend GAVE it to me.

I was wondering it it's possible that the driver for the video card at the shuttle website is for the pci video card and not the built in one.
(I feel like i may have brought this up before, so sorry if this is a repeat).
Is there any way to find out what video card the built in is??Quote from: Anythingwill on January 10, 2008, 03:40:39 PM

Is there any way to find out what video card the built in is??

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name BESSIE (Bessie)
User Name Roose

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name MSI MS-6533EG (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DIMM, Audio, Video)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 651
System Memory 224 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Award (01/13/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter SiS 650 (32 MB)
3D Accelerator SiS 315 Integrated
Monitor LG StudioWorks / HiSync 700S [17" CRT] (1305178372)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage:
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6E040L0 (40 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Disk Drive WD 3200AAJ External USB Device (298 GB, USB)
Optical Drive ATAPI CD-RW CW4801 (48x/24x/48x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions:
C: (NTFS) 39197 MB (13655 MB free)
E: (FAT32) 305160 MB (275090 MB free)
Total Size 336.3 GB (282.0 GB free)

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Network:
Network Adapter Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network Adapter (10.1.1.2)
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Modem SoftV92 Data Fax Modem

Peripherals:
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller
USB Device Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network Adapter #2
USB Device USB Mass Storage Device


I am attempting to play Age Of Mythology.

A while ago I accidentally deleted all sound and video drivers from my computer while attempting to reformat. Have now reformatted successfully, and eventually figured out how to get sound again.

Tried to play AOM and it didn't WORK DUE to the video driver.

I used the Device manager and reinstalled the video driver, attempted to load AOM again and it got through the opening credits, loaded enough that i could choose my game, but then when actually loading shut down and came up with an error message saying it was due to an error and that when the computer retarted it would do the error report. Error report came back and said it was a problem with the video driver and directed me to http://www.sis.com/download/msoca/ to download the update.

At this point, I don't know what to choose. I've downloaded the 630/730 series, but when attempting to install it says 'please confirm that your device is installed properly. and you are advised to reboot your computer before installing the VGA driver'. I then downloaded the 300/305 series, same error msg came up. I downloaded the AGP driver and installed with no issue but now i'm stuck.

I've found one website that did a scan and offered a dowload of the missing update, then asked for my credit card details - I'd prefer to get a free download if possible, if not please let me know and I'll go buy it.

I used to be able to play this game without an issue - I don't know what I've done to the computer, if someone could help me that would be awesome.TryHere


DirectLinkThank you so much!! That WORKED perfectly Street1 is our driver ! ! !

Did he turn 16, already?...LOLNah...he uses Peckerwoods liscense when he goes out...

we got a blue tooth BCM2035B, it's hard too find the driver. Hope anyone have it, for windows xp Here's 20,000 + google hits...i ALREADY tried google before posting, but none of the LINK discuss or helping us, even the Broadcom.com (the manufacturer) didn't have the driver, so do driverguide.com hello....any assist?I have the drivers that you want but they are stored in my stiff only if i could PASTE it some where you will use them. My manufactore is ALSO Broadcom. Driver name is Widcomm 5.1.0.1100 let me know if you find them..

Sharp Namibia

i just installed xp on my COMPUTER after it was infected with viruses and so i GOT all my drivers working except for smbus controler and VGA i tried to get the VIDEO driver from the acer site but i will not install do i have to have smbus installed to run the VGA driver ? Where are you getting your drivers from ? ?
The normal SEQUENCE is MBoard drivers; video drivers; sound drivers and anything after that.Run EVEREST and see if you are using the correct video drivers.
Free download at the below link.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/EVEREST_Free_Edition_d4181.html

I have a Compaq Presario notebook and I'm trying to burn some MP3's onto a DVD-R and my computer just wont read the disk's. I've tried Sony DVD-R's and a Nexxtech DVD-R, so it's not the disk's. I'm THINKING I just need to update the drive but I have no idea how to do that, so some help would be amazing.

The drive is a Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-R2512
It's standard.
The status says it's working properly.
Driver Date: 7/1/2001
Driver Version: 5.1.2535.0


I'm PROBABLY GIVING un-needed info but I don't know what you might need.

Just tell me what I gotta do. Try your drive in ANOTHER computer.Disregard my previous post...I wasn't reading carefully enough.
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DVD-ROM

Well, to start...I'm a 2nd quarter student at a local college. I was assigned to install XP on a machine, but there's a few problems.

1) The media the teacher gave us is not bootable.
2) I'm using a crappy motherboard that doesn't recognize my IDE DVD drive.
It's an MSI P965 Platinum.
3) I got the drivers for the drive, but it STILL isn't working.
4) My teacher said to go to the MSI website and download their boot disk for DOS/98, but I couldn't find the boot disk.

I guess the question is, where's the Windows' boot disk for my motherboard?Bump. Any help within the next 8 hours would be greatly appreciated.Lets wait for more experties on this matter.
All i know is that you can boot from a cd since yours is not being recognised.

Good luckIs there a floppy drive on this machine ? ?
If so DLoad the WinME boot disk from bootdisk.com and create a bootable floppy to start the machine.
Grab the one with CDRom support and you should then have access to your DVD drive.Sorry, guess I should have mentioned the floppy bit too.

I'm using a Win98 boot disk to load the machine. The floppy has the drivers I found on the manufacturer's website, but it still isn't allowing me to view my CD contents. Once I'm ABLE to pull files from the CD, I'm good to go.

My problem is simple: my DVD-ROM drive is IDE, and my motherboard only recognizes SATA.Quote from: Alaster on February 07, 2008, 10:10:56 AM

...
My problem is simple: my DVD-ROM drive is IDE, and my motherboard only recognizes SATA.

The floppy has the drivers I found on the manufacturer's website, but it still isn't allowing me to view my CD contents.

There are a ton of contradictions in your posts...
If the machine boots with a Win98 CD then the MBoard recognises the drive so that's not the issue:
Then you say the floppy took a dump yet you were able to boot from it:

I personally don't think this is a school project at all with all the conflicting info given...rather it sounds like you're trying to get a botched copy of an OS to install...

If i'm incorrect here have your teacher e-mail me with what the assignment actually is.

K...i havn't used a CD in forever...ONE day my computer stopped working..i had someone look at it and he said he fixed some stuff in the bios... so it was working for a while then i decided to play a game...i PUT the cd in and nothing happens...i put a bunch of different ones in..nothing. I went to my computer and clicked on the drives and it just says PLEASE insert disk into drive: whatever....

Someone please help! thankxEasiest way to see if the drive has died is to swap it into another machine...if it does the same thing it needs replaced.Im using xp newest service pack...

and i dont have another machine to swap it intoDoes the drive show in Device Manager without any errors?Quote from: Broni on February 03, 2008, 12:18:37 PM

Does the drive show in Device Manager without any errors?

I FORMATTED the HARD drive to install win 98 Now all i get on start-up is invalid system disk ( there is no disk in the drive ) I have no Start up disk
What can I Do
It for my mom to PLAY withYou can get bootdisk here: http://bootdisk.com/

Have a GATEWAY Desktop 2000 model, Been upgraded, More memory ect, Had a 60 G, Added 160G Harddrive last year, Been WORKING well, Turned comp on a few days ago and desktop came up with no Icons, Let it sit for a few minutes, Then turned it off, Waited until drives stopped and turned it on again, came up with a Black screen, Removed and replaced video card with a NEW one and still have the same problem. BLACK SCREEN OF DEATH I GUESS.....
Any one have any suggestions? Any assistance welcomed......Good or Bad So the monitor never gives you a picture or do the black screen appear somewhere in the boot-up process?
Have you tried another monitor?
If that isn't possible check the monitor cable plug for bent pins.Try Safe Mode.OK, Guys and Gals,
I guess I need to give more info, I have tried the flatscreen monitor on my laptop, Works fine, replaced the video card with a new one and still a black screen when I push the "On" button, Hear the drives spinning and fans all work, three added to tower. Just NO video at all.......What do youall think???BLACK SCREEN, Is it hardrives, Mother board, ? Don't know how to troubleshoot, No link to the COMPUTER........Any educated guesses???

Could someone help me FIND the latest driver for NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 120M
It would be much appreciated as i have spent most of a day looking.
ThanksJudging from your other thread this is for a laptop.
In that case you should go to the laptop manufacturer's website and DOWNLOAD the latest driver.

Can someone please tell me exactly what needs to match besides the 2.5" size?

hi all,
i'm trying to install swann security pcdvr4-net on xp,i have more than the min required set up but when i install and try to load i get incorrect version and no load driver. i contacted swann tec and they told me to uninstall any capture device, i uninstalled skype,my CAMERA and WEBCAM .what else should i do these don't seem to do the trick,
thank's in advance

sorry guys i've got xp home SP2,CORE duo,3gig ram,nvidia gforce 7600 gs512mb,conroexfire esata2(drivers up to date)