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i have a dell studio desktop, i have a message on the screen saying no boot device available, so consequently my computerwill not start any advice pleaseyou should make sure that your hard drive is plugged in, that the jumpers are on the proper pins, and that you have an active partition

sweet name, by the waythanks for the reply dworley, but i know not a jot about computers so i dont know what a partition is  have checked that everything is plugged in thoughWhat happened PRIOR to this and what version of Windows are you running ? ?
Not alot of details to go on...i just switched it on this morning and that was the message on screen. below the message it says  SATA0 INSTALLED SATA1 INSTALLED, SATA 2,3,4,5 NONE. i have windows vista on the computerDo you have anything plugged into the computer such as external disk drives, USB jump drives, or a CAMERA.  The computer may be trying to boot from the external device.no nothing at all dworley its a bit of a mystery
Did Vista come on the computer?  Or did you buy it separately?  And in either case do you the restore/install DVD or CD? Also, did your computer LOSE power abrubtly, like a power failure or anything?  Can you give the exact wording of the first line of the error?come ALREADY installed with vista  the disks i have say they are already intalled on the computerthe first line is; no boot device available
Does the hard drive SHOW up in BIOS?

What did you do just prior to the problem? Any new software or hardware?

Hi,

I have a TOSHIBA X305 laptop which thinks it's running on battery power when it's plugged into AC power and says it's plugged in when it's not. The only exception is when it gets low on power and I plug it back in, it says it's plugged in and charging. Once it reaches a certain threshold however (about 90% charged), it reverts to the "battery power" icon.

This problem began when I installed Windows XP instead of Vista which it came with.

Any ideas on how to fix this?

-darryl1.  Quote from: dworley on March 09, 2009, 02:05:36 PM

I have a Toshiba X305 laptop...

Getting a vertical line about 2" in from the right. Runs from top to BOTTOM. Any tips on how to get RID of this? Thanks.Try cleaning the printer rollers with a cotton SWAB and rubbing alcohol. Quote from: Glitch on March 08, 2009, 12:22:06 PM

Try cleaning the printer rollers with a cotton swab and rubbing alcohol.

My laptop has started to tell me that I'm running low on HARD Drive space and I can't understand why.

I've looked at all the places I have saved stuff and they don't COME any where near to taking up the space of my whole Hard Drive.
The programmes I have on it wouldn't bring it any where close either.


And what's even more CONFUSING is that the folder I keep most of my big stuff in (videos etc) it is saying has over double the amount in it than it actually does.
I really don't get it.

Has this happened to anyone else?
Does anyone know why this is happening or what i can do about it?


How do I look up exactly where all the space has gone?



Thank you for taking the TIME to read this!
Your HELP will be greatly appreciated.Get this: http://www.drivespacio.f-sw.com/download.html

HI all, I have a QUESTION maybe more than a topic. I have a Toshiba Qosmio G-15 w/ a TV tuner and was wondering whether or not the tuner will be able to read the new digital tv signals w/ just an antenna, or if i will have to get a stupid converter for it, or break down an get cable. Tag ur it, thankspfor, Welcome to the CH forums. The key phrase in your question is "w/just an antenae".The answer to that is yes you will require a converter box (unless your onboard tv tuner in the computer is a digital tuner--which i DOUBT it is).To assist you in your quest for an answer here are 2 links that ADDRESS the issue'
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/859004/
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090301163951AAscoSU
truenorth

What is the difference between usb HOST controller and usb root hub in device manager.

In my computer, there are two USB ports at front panel and FOUR USB ports at REAR panel.

are they all different?The controller runs the hubs...
I believe it's up to 4 hubs per controller.
Are you having issues ? ?No, I don't have any issue

do you mean by hub a port where we insert USB MASS storage device?

and by hub the internal HARDWARE which control the functionality of these ports?

In my computer there are  6 USB ports (hubs), then how many host controller there may be?

HI i did a system reformat on my c drive last night and now when i try to reinstall my Creative x-fi sound card it crashes at 85% in the installation and then restarts the computer. When it boots back up it says "The audio device supported by this application is not detected. The application will exit". I turned the on board sound device off already and made SURE that the soundcard was secure in the pci slot, and when I goto the device manager the soundcard shows up there but it says VGA device until i click it and update it then it shows creative soundcard but it will still have the !. I ALSO did try to roll back the driver but it said nothing to roll back to so i couldnn't HELP plx Lylekinoji, Have you gone to "add/remove programs" and tried removing any sound card software and then shut down your computer and restart to see if "new HARDWARE detected" window opens?Then if that happens install from the manufacturers website the drivers appropriate for your PCI sound card.truenorththx for the reply i tried that a bunch of times but nothing seemed to work. Then i started to try to reinstall it from the cd again and now it just shuts down my system when its at 88%Did you re-install the MBoard chipset drivers first ? ?

ALL drivers need to be re-installed after a format...MBoard should ALWAYS go first.yea i made sure to install my mobo drivers b4 anything. i just tried to change the pci slot again so ima going to try that again  wish me luck  Best of Luck !haw haw it worked this time around  O.o dont know what i did this time because i did this more than once before in the same order. Guess luck was with me this time. Although while it was installing a strange alien like sound came out of my headphones and almost gave me a heart ATTACK. ty for the help Good News.

Alright. I have a problem with my sound card

(Creative SB Live!)

I have been looking AROUND for anything to help on google, but I cant find anything.

I tried the diagnostic,

Mixer driver Fail
SoundFont Settings Fail
Mixer Settings Fail

Also every time I try to get into Creative SURROUND Mixer it says CtDevcon.dll is missing.
I dont know what else is messed up, except when I COME into contact with any microphone situations my computer freezes for a second, then the whole screen gets all distorted. And from there I have to turn it off.?So...know one has come past a problem like this?Reinstall the driver that came with the card...

...or visit the manufacturer's website for the latest driver for your sound card.Tried it.
I need to reinstall it. Can't find the right site. I went to the manufacture sit. And still couldn't find it.Here's a link to one of Creative's pages that will help you determine the product you have installed:  http://support.creative.com/kb/showarticle.aspx?sid=6843
Creative SB Live! Player 1024 Sound Card   

I cant find this. Can you look for it?Deception...

This may be what you're looking for:  Sound Blaster Live!

However, if it isn't, please visit the following link:  Please Select Your Product

I'm assuming you reside in the US?I tried the patch. But it didn't do anythingWhat patch?

Download a new driver...The card is dead...buy a new one,

I have just recently installed a new graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX+) and it works fine.
the temps are good under load about 45-50 degrees. but the frame rates when i play world of warcraft are terrible. it stays at around 20fps and drops to 10 at often intervals

what could be causing this? i have 4gbs of ram and a 3ghz processor which is well above the recommended specs.

the fan also starts to GO nuts once the CPU starts working at higher levels which never HAPPENED before.

any help will be greatly appreciatedWhat temperatures does it reach when you're playing WOW?

Any other games you can try it out on? How do they perform?

Have you tired playing WOW with lower settings?

Did you install the Graphics Card DRIVERS with its CD?it goes to 50 degrees

they work fine but the same problem persists

yea the FPS stays the same at around 20

it didnt come with one
Is hardware acceleration set to full?

Start, control panel, display, settings, advanced, troubleshoot,

If you have installed the latest video DRIVER for your video adapter and you continue to experience graphic issues with the Graphics Hardware Acceleration slider set to ‘Full’, try experimenting by reducing the acceleration by one notch and checking the results.


If it didn't come with a CD, what driver have you installed if any?

Anyway, you should download the latest driver and see if that fixes your problem.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-usi allready have those ones, but not to worry im getting an upgrade for my PC soon im going to install the new hardware and see if the problem persists, if it does ill let you know

thanks for all the help guys

Okay so any way I was going threw fopplies and found ms-dos 6.22.  The thing is that I'm still getting faliure fixed disk 0.  I ASSUME thats the hd.  The thing is I CHANGED out the drive.  Connected it right and still the same thing 2gb maxtor.If you changed it out and what you put in was a 2 GB Maxtor, you swapped one VERY OLD hard (fixed) drive for another VERY OLD hard drive. Surprise surprise it doesn't work either. 

When will you GIVE UP with all this old junk that belongs in a trash dump?


Cause Maxtor solves everything...even on drives it wasn't written for....Boot to the first floppy and type in sys C:\ and hit Enter and see what happens...?  It works except maybe the drive thats in there.  Cause its classic and getting rid of it is pointless if I can use it for something instead of haveing it sit around or something.  No its just that I attucally have LESS trouble with maxtor then WD were it hasnt showed in the post but they worked else were and spinned up.I did discover something it gives me two beeps during start.  Cant say about the other machine.Wow, some things never change around here, do they?

I assume this machine is discussed in another thread that I can't be bothered to look up. What does this have to do with a "486 issue"? Sounds like it should be called "hard drive issue" and some more details should be provided.its not the hard drive for the eight or sixth time and I dont have time right know to deal with your crap.Nice cover story regarding your new MS Dos 6.22. Quote from: squall_01 on March 06, 2009, 09:13:26 AM

its not the hard drive for the eight or sixth time

The thing is that I'm still getting faliure fixed disk 0

Nice cover story regarding your new MS Dos 6.22.

why would it be when I tried another drive and it still dont work.

faliure fixed disk 0

I have a Cruzer 1.0 GB Micro Scan Disk flash drive and Windows VISTA.  The PROBLEM is that when I insert the flash drive into the USB port (I have tried different ports and one other computer with XP) the light will come on and then go off and the computer does not detect the drive. 

I did go to my computer and the disk manager, but the flash drive did not show up.

I am out of ideas, can anyone help?

Did you try GOING to the cruzer web site and downloading the drivers for the device?Does it work in any other machines ? ?In his opening statement he said he tried in another computer. Quote from: chevronman on March 07, 2009, 03:07:07 PM

Did you try going to the cruzer web site and downloading the drivers for the device?

Were you using the same os on the computers at school? Did you check in the device manager to see if there was a problem with the usb's?

Here is a link to sandisk. There are two different drivers for your cruzer one with u3 and one without.

http://www.sandisk.com/DriverDownload/index.asp

I just noticed today that my DVD drive is no LONGER correctly communicating with my computer.
On the one hand it appears to still be getting power from the computer since when I insert a disk it will spin and the green light on the front will light up; however the drive is no longer listed in My Computer and if I TRY something like a DVD and then run a DVD player the player will not detect the disk either.

In addition if I leave a disk in it when turning on the computer the startup will hang in the early stages (on the black screen where there is the flashing underscore( _ ) symbol). Removing the disk will CORRECT this problem and the computer will  continue to turn on as normal after that.

So its still talking to the computer - just not all the way. I have made no changes to my system in the last few days (no new hardware or software barring updates to things like AVG) so I am at a loss for what has happened. My DxDiag is attached to this post - anyone got any ideas?

[attachment deleted by admin]One of these may help:
1. Uninstall the drive through Device Manager.
Restart computer. The drive will be automatically reinstalled.
or...
2. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060
Restart computer.
or...
3. Download, and run Restore Missing CD Drive patch
Double click on cdgone.zip to unzip it.
Right click on cdgone.reg, click Merge.
Accept registry merge.
Restart computer.
or...
4. 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 Uninstall. Confirm.
Restart Windows. They'll be automatically reinstalled.Thanks - will try them out and report back!OK I am trying method 3 at the moment - also I appear to be having a problem with methods 1 and 4.
With method 1 I don't appear to have a listing for the drive *unless I am looking in the wrong place*
With method 2 I also don't appear to have the two listings you mention - attached is a screen dump of the device manager view that I get:

[attachment deleted by admin]Methods 1, and 2 - fine.huh? how do you mean - that its fine that the method is not POSSIBLE or that it is possible and I am looking for the wrong name?

Also method 3 failed to work - now trying 2.
In addition during startup the screen that appears black with loading text on it near the start (which for me appears for only fraction of a second) stats that it can't detect and drives - I can't say more than that since it really does only last for a moment before the computer continues to load

edit also the linked microsoft method stats that its for Xp - I assume that it will still work for vista?1 - if drives are not there, you try other methods
2 - if those entries are not there, that's good.

Yes, it works for Vista.hmm it appear not to work for me
I have tried the first part of their fix (the download) and something loads, but nothing happens
will try the more manual approach

edit - err  where is the Registry Editor?Start>Run, type in:
regedit
Click OK.sorry not been back for a few days!
I tried the changes and still no luck with things. The drive was still not being noticed. I did pester a friend though and he suggested that it could be due to the Bios getting something messed up - going into the Bios it seemed that the computer was booting up the disk drive before the harddisk - finding out that the drive was not a harddisk with the OS on it and THUS ignoring it.
Setting the boot order to have the main drive first has now solved the problem

still thanks for your time and help Bronie Good job
However, it looks like you need new DVD drive....

I want to buy and build a new computer but have never done it on my own before. Before I buy all the Hardware from Newegg, I thought I would list them on here so anyone can warn me if I am making a mistake. Any advice is appreciated.

Case: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
Power: Antec EA650 650W ATX12V Ver.2.2 / EPS12V version 2.91
MotherBoard: ASUS M4A79 Deluxe AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX ATX AMD
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 940 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core Black Edition Processor
Memory: 4 x G.SKILL 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800
Video: SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI
Hard Drive: just moving old HD to new comp

Also, since 32bit windows only recognizes up to 3gig ram I NEED to upgrade. I have XP HOME right now. Should I upgrade to 64bit XP or go to 64bit Vista? Thanks for any help.Nice! I would go for the 64bit vista because it has dx 10.  Also the old hard drive could be a huge bottleneck because it could be ide.  Any hard drive is a bottleneck no matter what though.  I would go for a sata driveActually it is IDE! I thought it was a SATA but after your post I double checked.

Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200JB 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100

Guess I need to add a hard drive to my list. What would be the best way to transfer the data from old to new HD?Use the old hard drive as a slave.  Install your os on the new hard drive FIRST.  You can use the old one as extra storage tooIDE has a maximum throughput of 133Mbps.

most hard drives never exceed this; so how it would be a bottleneck confuses me.its a bottleneck to the whole computer its slow finding data and stuffyes but IDE can only be maxed out by the highest end, most expensive drives- so saying that switching to a SATA interface will speed it up is a specious claim. Hmm, I've been using that word a lot lately...But it would help transfer rates Quote from: computeruler on March 06, 2009, 11:34:31 PM

But it would help transfer rates

CRIKEY-hi there i bet you  are better off than me. my 50 buck bomb does or did run well windows xp pro 2002 2.0 ghz 512mb ram ( sys 32 )nvidia ge force 2mx/mx400ega/vga graphics card primary mstr maxtor 6e040lo  which came from a school never seen web sites untill know yet i have numerous probs and do not know where to start PLSE SAVE US! 1st up i was infomed to get driver update for video card no problem there ! 2nd up was updated with d/top maestro!! problem there is missing data map files,values,data keys, i have updates on auto and they have been updating often 5-10 times a day. yet it has updated to a piont of hopeful return . the device managers hardware tree has doubled in size and deactivated the original existing tree so some items in this tree are activated and some are not (AND there are little yellow icons covering sm bus- game controller and usb bus too but updates have allowed for extras so operations are operational. oh and windows SP1 pack is waiting patiently (vista) in add remove prog area as well.I have been unable to restore sys due to sys changes on device manager 5 days ago. i have also applied regeasy results total 508 probs  file path (161)empty registry keys(303)shared dlls(18)windows start up(10)and a few elsewhere I then employed the spy doctor 2 see  7 threats and 54 INFECTIONS results are track cookies (29) adware advertise(10) spyware(bad sites) (10) timesink(10) TROJAN (3) adware mediamotor (1) I do THINK this could be due to winning competions that dont exist the popup blocker type YES it is installed NOW. THAT about sums it up 4 know at least . SO plleeeeze see if you may save us so we can save others yours truelly from down under CRIKEY where to start off plz looked in a lot of forums dictionaries ETCFormat and do a clean install.
Drop the Registry fixers.
Make sure you have all the proper drivers especially the MBoard drivers...CRIKEY  thank you excellent result.its a definate bad result  as well bad luck 4 nvidia needs reinstall, standard dual chanel controller, lucent win modem, SM bus, PCI audio drive, Standard universal PCI to USB host x 3, Multimedia audio controller< plug and play monitor, printer port, samtron 76e/77e ALL ITEMS need hospitalisation. so i will go and compare what the hardware tree has  to disable.Originally the tree did not have some of these items. which then leads me 2 wonder if i disable and enable across the  tree will this cause any futher probs. my modem thats operating is a motorola, and i think samtron is a cpu screen? where as my dell is operating, therefore would your better judgement  allow operations to disable those that are not in operation or would the scan pick up this problem unsure what the stats are but the original tree was fully functionl .Bar the sm bus, what to do block or not?? thanxDLoad  install and run Everest Home on that machine...you are either missing drivers or have incorrect ones installed.
Run an Everest report and save it as a text file...post the computer summary portion here...
Don't include the Debug info or anything after it.hi how r you CRIKEY i have not very much experience its all new 2 me plze help with how 2 replace nvidia driver  how 2 be gone with the old and insert the new thankyou viropyro, You need to stop asking how to do things until you do the things that patio is urging you to do.you could not be in better technical hands and if you soon don't start doing the things he says you will lose his guidance.So stop floundering around and do as he suggests.truenorthSORRY BUT THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT I HAVE NO LONGER ANY PATIENCE 6 HRS TO DO ONE THING THAT DOES,NT WORK FILE TO BIG TEXT ONLY CPU WILL GROW WINGS CHEERS 

[attachment deleted by admin]Well good luck in life.A bit of a shame actually...with the Everest Report we weren't that far off from a resolution of his many issues.
Win some lose some.
          WELL WELL IT SEEMS THAT THE VIROPYRO COULD NOT HANDLE THE HEAT MAYBE ELVIROS CAN?? WE WILL ATTEMPT TO TRY UNTILL OUR CPU IS SMILING ONCE AGAIN WE HAVE EVEREST AT HOME AND COMPLETE YET SEEMS TO BE VERY AWKWARD ATTACHING DUE 2 SIZABLE TXT INVOLVED STILL CAN ONLY TRY.. THIS 50 BUCK BOMB NEEDS COBWEB REMOVAL SO HERE WE GO !!

[attachment deleted by admin]THIS IS THE PROBLEM EACH TIME I COME ON TO POST PAGE ONLY.LEFT BOTTOM STATES ERROR ON PAGE WHICH I BELIEVE IS PREVENTING ADD ONS (IDEAS??) HELP PLSE ALL ALONG I DID NOT REALISE ERROR ON PAGE CAUSING THE PROBTHAT'S NOT A GOOD PROBLEM. WHICH BROWSER YOU USE?

NO WAIT, NO SAY! START NEW TOPIC, WE CONTINUE THERE THIS CONVERSATION.ABSOLUTLY I'LL GRAB THE HAMMER4You're not going to get help if you keep using CAPS.

I haven't and refuse to read your posts because I can't read them properly.Carbon. Whew! I thought maybe the rules of the English language had changed  and i would no longer be able to communicate.Pleased to see it is not just me. truenorth

Hello, I have another computer, pretty old by todays standards, but good enough for kids to plays games or learners to use. It has Windows 98, pentium chip, cd drive and a 4 gig IDE drive. The computer had trouble booting up and it took several try's to load all the drivers and update the system. I used the win 98 CD but the computer couldnt find lots of files on the Win 98 CD. I think its because the O/S isnt the same as the Win98 CD that it cant find the files. I dont know.
Anyway ....
I finally got it to boot normally and start but still a lot of drivers arent there.
The computer doesnt read the A: Drive at all.
In my computer, it shows as A: but when I load a disk in it the computer says drive is inaccessible, not ready.
I went through all the previous suggestions for an A: Drive not WORKING, even deleted the drive in device manager, rebooted so on and still it dont work.
So I thought, OK I'll INSTALL Windows 2000, that way it will get all the drivers it needs and see the A: Drive and reinstall it. Should cure the problem.

Well Ive found out that the C: Drive has been partitioned into three parts.
C: is the O/S Win98 on a 1 gig partition
D: is a 1 gig partition, and
E: is a 2 gig partition then a small amount of unallocated is the remainder.

Now, here's another problem for me, during the install of Win 2000 the screen comes up with a selection of (see photo)
1/ Format partition and use NTFS file system
2/ Format partition and use FAT file system
3/ Convert the partition to NTFS
4/ Leave the file system in tact ( no changes)

The thing is, I dont know what the difference is between FAT and NTFS and I didnt know if the C: Drive had enough space on it to load Win2000, so I decided to install Win2000 on the D: partition. ( maybe thats wrong to do that too, because I'll end up with 2 (two) O/S's on the drive and the Win98 is damaged.)
I really wanted to upgrade the Win98 to Win2000, not actually a real new install, but the system (Win98) is so damaged that it keeps locking up during the upgrade and fails to complete.
All this just to get the A: drive working

Well I suppose I should format the drive C: and install the Win2000 as the O/S, but what to use Fat or NTFS and if I format the C: will it also format the whole drive?? ... ie; C, D and E: the whole 4 1/2 Gig? or just the 1 Gig known as C:?

Could somebody please impart their infinite wisdom or knowledge so that I might get this computer operating.
Thank you for your help ImnoGuru. 

[attachment deleted by admin]Check out this video for an explanation of the file systems.

http://www.professormesser.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145I'd go with NTFS and install to C:...
When you format a partition it doesn't touch the other partitions...
Of course this is in theory in the PC world which is why good backups are always a great thing to have...

You will be very happy with Win2k...most solid OS to ever come out of Redmond...Hmmmm , wellllll  that worked ... sort of... I installed the new O/s and it all works ok... just it doesnt READ the A drive  !!!
Now it actually sees the A Drive, the light stays on all the time on the A Drive though.
So I fiddled with cables and physical DRIVES, but I cant get the drive to read a disk.

I pulled the cable off from the mobo and reversed it and back again, off the A drive and reversed it and back again changed another A drive and tested it all again but still cant get the A drive to read a disk.

When Im in my computer and I hover the mouse over the drive icons the image comes up with the contents of the drive C: D: CD: but the A: Drive doesnt, and when I click on the icon the computer screen displays "Insert a disk"
Does ANYONE have any Ideas to try and resolve this issue for me to try please?You need to reverse the end at the drive, not the one at the motherboard. Also, make sure your drive is connected AFTER the twist in the cable.Thank you quaxo, thats a good thought. I tried most all the combinations I could think of and yet sometimes the simple things ellude me.
I'll give that a try and see where we end up.
Im pretty sure Ive got the twist at the correct end though.
You never know maybe I just cant see the forest for the trees.Quaxi is right- if the light on the floppy is always on the FDD connector at the drive end is upside down.Wonderful help quaxo, just goes to show you that you can try too HARD to get something simple working.

Turned out it was the User, part:  ID TEN T.        

BC_Programmer thanks for the input too. I just must have got so confused with desperation frustration.

Thanks everyone for your help.
ImnoGuru  ( User part ID 10 T ).hehe you wouldn't believe how often I've seen people make that mistake, even people who should know what they're doing

I BOUGHT a music album to put on my iTunes. When I put this specific album in my CD Drive it spins a little then STOPS, it spins a little again and then stops. I checked other music CD's and they work fine. So I though it would be the CD. I put the CD that wasn't working in my XBOX360 and TWO other computers and the computers read it fine. What is wrong lol I have no idea at all.Can you STILL read that CD in the first computer?

I was running Windows XP on a Dell Dimension 4400 Pentium 4 and I've been scanning my computer REGULARLY with AVG 8.0 and Ad-Aware until yesterday, with no problems.

My computer just became very slow, and then I noticed my slave drive just disappeared from My Computer. I tried to restart my computer but it would boot anymore saying no OS or boot failure.

I took a hard drive from another computer and tried it on mine and it wouldn't boot that one either, then I put it back in its original computer and now that hard drive won't boot anymore. It says no OS found.

I tried to boot the Windows CD and it gets stuck at Starting Windows. I'm just wondering if this is a virus or some other problem with my computer that's corrupting all the hard-drives.

Thanks in advance.I would check the systems hardware starting with MOTHERBOARD and memory. Run some diagnostics on the machine and confirm that it is not the hardware.You cannot simply take a HDD from one machine and swap it in to another and EXPECT it to boot properly...
This has been true SINCE WinME.
Also it's a terrible way to diagnose what's wrong with a system...
Post alot more info on the machine and what happened prior to this and someone will be along shortly...All that patio described is correct but if you are going to rule out the hardware such as memory, processor, motherboard etc. with diagnostic testing it does not matter what drive you have in place even though it would be smart to have the one you started with in the machine since that is the harddrive that you use for that system, but bootable diagnostics don't KNOW the difference you are simply testing all hardware out with stress test and other test

;Dhello.. my motherboard Asus P5GD1-FM/S with proc LGA Intel Pentium 4/3ghz is dead.. if i switch on FAN processor only run 2-3 second and then stop again.. i have change memory, processor and power supply but same trouble.. why
PLEASE help me for trouble shooting my PC so sorry my ENGLISH not GOOD.. thanks for all..I WOULD check the memory again make sure what you have and what you are switching the memory out with is good. I have ran into several issues like this and it has been  the memory.

Hello!  I need help!!  Last week my audio was working just fine....and now it is completely gone! When I go to the control panel it says no audio device and I can't figure out what to do!!  I've tried downloading audio drivers from the dell website...but it says the hardware is missing.  I have a dell inspiron E1505 and I'm pretty sure it's Windows XP.  Anybody have any ideas?  Thanks!!try to turn off your desktop and take out the sound card. clean it with an eraser and take it back from where it was. turn on again your system and try to look for the device manager and look for the speaker icon.It is a laptop, yes?

From my searching that is what I found anyway...

Did you PERHAPS, disable the audio controller in the BIOS?It is a laptop....I don't think I have disabled anything....but I wouldn't KNOW how to check....even if I did!! lol!  I haven't tried CLEANING the sound card....I don't know where it is!  Sorry I'm not much of a help!!  Thank you!! Quote from: smiley_staci on March 05, 2009, 08:34:19 AM

It is a laptop....I don't think I have disabled anything....but I wouldn't know how to check....even if I did!! lol!  I haven't tried cleaning the sound card....I don't know where it is!  Sorry I'm not much of a help!!  Thank you!!

Recently my nvidia 8600GT has FRIED from playing a little too MUCH of Crysis.

I've decided to either buy the Nvidia 9600GT/9800GT or the ATI 4870. I'm getting mixed decisions from my friends.

I'm using it for gaming such as Dawn of war 2, Crysis or COD 5. so, which one should i get? budget is not a problem Ahhhh the old Nvidia vs Ati debate.


Ati 4870

or

Nvidia 9800 GT

??

Both cards are top-notch and wonderful choices.

If budget is not a concern, get WHICHEVER card costs the most.  From my EXPERIENCES with computer hard ware, when it goes on sale, there's a reason.The 4870 is far more pwoerful than the 9800GT, which is in turn better than the 9600GT.
If budget and power is not a problem, the GTX 295 is the best card available, but your CPU will hold it back. Quote from: Calum on March 04, 2009, 11:02:02 AM

the GTX 295 is the best card available, but your CPU will hold it back.

Quote from: Calum on March 04, 2009, 11:02:02 AM

the GTX 295 is the best card available, but your CPU will hold it back.

you're right. the CPU is certainly a problem. Its a Core 2 Duo 6420 2.13 GHz, so is  it ok?

I have a 9600GT and I love it. Never had an issue with it and I can run pretty much every game I own at full detail without any issues.

I have a 5 year old Dell desktop that came with 512mb DDR Sdram PC3200 400mhz (2 blocks of 256mb) memory. I just installed 2 blocks of 512mb DDR Sdram PC3200 400mhz for a new total of 1GB but now the only programs I can access on the puter are the Internet my VIRUS program and Windos Explorer. I cant open Outlook, Outlook Express, Word, Excel or any other program that I have.

When I try to open these progams by double clicking on their icons or by clicking on START  then All Programs then the name of the program,  I get "Failed To Initialize Properly"

I believe the new memory is just a generic brand, its certainly not Kingston or Corsair.

What the HECK happened   Should I just reinstall my old memory ??I would recommend doing some testing with the memory. Maybe the machine was only meant to handle 512mb on the motherboard especial a pc running sdram that is 5 years old, or maybe the speed of the new memory is not the correct speed for the motherboard and the MOBO (motherboard) can only handle PC3200. Try just one STICK of 512mb of the the new memory on the motherboard and see if that changes anything. If all else fails you could just stick with the old memory. But if you find that my troubleshooting is wrong and your motherboard is CAPABLE of HANDLING the amount of memory you want and the speed also I would try to reinstall Microsoft Office. I would first do some investigating to see if my motherboard is capable of that certain memory though, for I know I would rather have a gig then only 512mb Generic memory gives you what you paid for...
However you could try 2 things:
Remove all the Old RAM ...
Go to Start/Run and type in sfc /scannow and hit Enter...have your XP CD handy.Well, The max mem the computer manual says it will hold is 2GB. The proper type is PC3200 which is what came out of it and the 1GB I put into it is also labeled pc3200. The old and the new were also labeled 400mhz so I think I got the correct type. 

However, I knew I was taking a chance when I bought generic but a couple of friends had good luck with there generic mem purchases.  The only thing I 've done is put the old mem back in and the puter is working fine now, I just wish that mem upgrade would have worked.  I will return the mem I bought and I guess I'll just buy some more through the Dell website.

You know, what might have been a problem is that the old mem was rated as DDR2 and the new mem just said DDR. Is  there a huge diff between DDR2 and DDR ??
Yes.yeah....

that would be the cause of the issue...

The power supply went out in my PC. Instead of buying a new power supply, I would like to remove the hard drive from my PC and hook it up to my lap top to retrieve the data. Is it possible to do this? How do I go about doing it?It is called a USB HDD adapter and power supply.
You GET them on EBAY for about $20, but you might want to pay a little more and get a nice one that has a boxs to mout the HDD.

I use this cheap one to read a CD-burner that does not fit in my small box.
ok, I purchased one but my computer WONT read the drive when I hooked it up
I have a Sony Vaio and my OS is VISTA"won't read" - please explainMeaning that I plug in the hard drive and power and the computer does not detect the hard driveIn Windows Explorer?
Is it present in Device Manager, and\or Disk Management?

I have an mini acer notebook and for some reason the audio started to skip like a cd player would skip. It doesn't even have a cd drive for it. I've tried downloading the audio driver for it but its still skipping. Not really sure of what is wrong with it..
Its not just when music is playing. It skips the audio when windows loads up also. I've try to research more on it but couldn't really find anything for it.. So if I can get help on this I would really appreciate it!..thanks.....

It may be audio chip fault. Still under warranty?yes, it comes with a one year warranty.. I just got it on the 14th of this month.... I'd bring it back. It's not even 30 days, so you can simply get a new one on the spot.Acer is an HP Product
Maybe it's skipping like mine used to [due to application overload]   Until I took my Norton AV off........[Thank You Patio & Mr Broni}     Is working fine now  except once in a while when it's creating a restore point or doing an audit or indexing or whatever it's doing.......If you have RealTek they recomend getting driver updates from the Manufacturer's Website so it doesn't conflict with their way of doing things

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/siteHome?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&os=2093&product=top

Plug your info in here and see what you can findTake it back & get a new one if PROBLEM persists see above [woked for me]Thanks!! i will try this when I get home.... If all of your drivers correct [current] & it still skips try to turn off or dis-able AV Especially if it's Norton, but don't go online with it off....There is a good page by Patio for what to use for AV & comp securityMaybe, it's me, but I wouldn't even touch 2 weeks old computer, if it's not working properly. Quote

Acer is an HP Product

OK, i have a BRAND new Toshiba laptop and I was using it for a while then one day when i went to turn it on, it went to a blank white SCREEN and then it did nothing so I turned it off and then turned it back on. When I turned it back on, the monitor did nothing ( it still LOOKED like it was turned off ) but all of the normal things happened like it made the sounds of it loading vista. but the weird thing is that when I plug in an external monitor in to the side of it, it work fine on the external monitor but it still won't turn on the laptops monitor. So can u PLEASE help me out!!!!!I would use the external monitor and back up my important data and return it immediately for a replacement...
Trying to fix it may VOID your Warranty...I agree with Patio. It is probably just FAULTY. If it's brand new, I'd return it to where you purchased it.

I'm trying to upgrade my memory i have 2 512 and 1 1024.  All are same speed.  I can use any two of them in any order in the first two slots and everything is fine but when i try to put in a third into either of the remaining 2 slots the computer will not boot and i get the 3 BEEPS.  checked all the sticks and their all fine. tried each one alone also with no problems.  Computer is supposed to be capable of 4gb.  Running windows XP pro sp3.

 Motherboard:
      CPU Type                                          Intel Pentium 4 530, 3000 MHz (15 X 200)
      Motherboard Name                                  Unknown
      Motherboard Chipset                               Intel Grantsdale-G i915GV
      System Memory                                     1509 MB  (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
      BIOS Type                                         Intel (02/14/05)
BIOS Properties:
      Vendor                                            Intel Corp.
      Version                                           AG91510J.15A.0816.2005.0214.1818
      Release Date                                      02/14/2005
      Size                                              512 KB
      Boot Devices                                      Floppy Disk, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ATAPI ZIP
      Capabilities                                      Flash BIOS, Shadow BIOS, Selectable Boot, EDD, BBS
      Supported Standards                               DMI, ACPI
      Expansion Capabilities                            PCI, USB

Processor Properties:
      Manufacturer                                      Intel(R) Corporation
      Version                                           Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
      External Clock                                    200 MHz
      Maximum Clock                                     3600 MHz
      Current Clock                                     3000 MHz
      Type                                              Central Processor
      Voltage                                           3.0 V
      Status                                            Enabled
Cache Properties:
      Type                                              Internal
      Status                                            Enabled
      Operational Mode                                  Write-Back
      Maximum Size                                      16 KB
      Installed Size                                    16 KB
      Supported SRAM Type                               Asynchronous
      Current SRAM Type                                 Asynchronous
      Error Correction                                  Single-bit ECC
      SOCKET Designation                                Unknown
Cache Properties:
      Type                                              Internal
      Status                                            Enabled
      Operational Mode                                  Write-Back
      Associativity                                     Fully Associative
      Maximum Size                                      1024 KB
      Installed Size                                    1024 KB
      Supported SRAM Type                               Asynchronous
      Current SRAM Type                                 Asynchronous
      Error Correction                                  Single-bit ECC
      Socket Designation                                Unknown
Memory Device Properties:
      Form Factor                                       DIMM
      Type Detail                                       Synchronous
      Size                                              1024 MB
      Speed                                             400 MHz
      Total Width                                       64-bit
      Data Width                                        64-bit
      Device Locator                                    J6H1
      Bank Locator                                      CHAN A DIMM 0
Memory Device Properties:
      Form Factor                                       DIMM
      Type Detail                                       Synchronous
      Size                                              512 MB
      Speed                                             400 MHz
      Total Width                                       64-bit
      Data Width                                        64-bit
      Device Locator                                    J6H2
      Bank Locator                                      CHAN A DIMM 1
Memory Device Properties:
      Form Factor                                       DIMM
      Device Locator                                    J6J1
      Bank Locator                                      CHAN B DIMM 0
Memory Device Properties:
      Form Factor                                       DIMM
      Device Locator                                    J6J2
      Bank Locator                                      CHAN B DIMM 1


any ideas?Google [crucial ]& click on scan my system for the resultsWhat does the MBoard manual say ? ?

I have an old Sony Vaio PCV-150 ,12 years old that has 2 USB ports at the back.
I was recently given a 2GB Kingston DataTraveler 100 Flash drive and 2 .0
Revision cable to transfer some files from the 4 Gig HD which is some 75% full.

You have a PCI USB card installed in that computer, right?  Otherwise, no 12 year old computers had USB ports. 

Got a Sony Vaio NR series laptop.(Bought it last year)Was given an old(HP) Apollo printer P-2200(Mfg in 2000).Would GETTING a USB to parallel cable adapter be worth it or would it even work THXCheck the HP website to see if they have DRIVERS for your operating system. If they do, you  should be good to go.johnnyflash,Make sure that you check the physical connections COMPATIBILITY also.truenorthBrand new MFC (Multi-Function Centre) Printers are very cheap these days, costing little more than $80 for a decent scanner/copier/printer.

I would look around for one

I have never dealt with these wonderful but noisy printers except to install a driver once. I need to TROUBLESHOOT a second printer on a an HP Pavillion 7975 with dos and no windows. Not remembering a lot with dos, where should I start and where should I look for info/direction on printer functionality.


Thanks!! DOS does not require printer drivers, so your off the  hook there

it's usually sufficient to Copy a file to the PRN device or LPT1, or, for asynchronous printing, use the "print" command.As I go through the config.sys I see where NMDOSIN (?) is doing something with LPT2=SPP with -A -C switches
then
NETMOS dos installer


When netmos PCI device is found on bus02 slot0A it reads:
IRQ=255 : IRQ not programmed correctly
BIOS failed to program this device
Detected 1 pci device
com1 exists at 3F8
com2 exists at 2F8
LPT1 exists at 378

I assume that's why one printer is not working but does the bios need to program the device?
I am not sure how the PRN works or how to access it-yet.
What is NMDOSIN and what is happening with LPT 1 and 2?
Any direction would be great, I have been googling...finding not much. I have not found the right thread here but hope to create it or still look for it.
Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Lynx

restoring old computer for kids
they got viruses from the net and went down hill from there..i tried to format the hard drive would let me do it ..so i tried to reinstall window wouldnt do that either..uninstalled things wouldnt let me do that either and when we restarted they were all back on it...what the heck..i havent had a challenge like this in awhile..
soooo...i have wiped it clean and now it will NOT boot nothing..arrrrgghh...i made and boot diskette and wouldnt you know that aint working either...so now i have a wiped hard drive and cant get anything on it...can anyone help me...?? Not without more info...1.  Need more information.  From Please read this first:
Quote

List as much about your computer as possible. This includes operating system (what version of Windows you are using), service packs, computer make/model, RAM, hard drive, sound and video CARDS, current adware/spyware/virus programs being used on a regular basis, do you have a "real" Windows CD, etc.

MY $50 BOMB HAS RUN HIS RACE AND CAME LAST!! NOW I WOULD LIKE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO REFRESH + UPGRADE  I HAVE APPROX $300 TO CURE MY WINDOWS XP 512mb PRO WITH NO SP PACKS ATTACHED , STATS ARE AS FOLLOWS ..XP PRO 5.1.2600,MPS UNIPROCESSOR, DIRECT X 4.09.00.0904 (DX9C)... MOTHERBOARD=CELERON 2000 MHZ ..OCTEK RHINO i845G-A4P/i845GE..CHIPSET=INTEL-BROOKVALEi845pe ..BIOS TYPE=AWARD(03/12/03).. VIDEO CARD+DRIVER =NVIDIA GEFORCE 2 MX/MX 400 (note-this is extinct need replacement) 2 suite system for upgrade? MULTIMEDIA= audio adapters= [email protected]/es51941/[email protected] .. modem =lucent win modem + my cable which is fine BIOS vender=PHEONIX TECH+ version =6.00pgsize =256kb ... WELL thats about it  ultimately i would like to do this computer and myself a favour but would like your input as to how to refurbish and upgrade without matches or clifftops all offerings will greatly be acknowledged , and legitimatley respected thank you for helping out with this urgency.

Specs: XP Home SP3
Award BIOS
2.8 gb Intel Celeron CPU
1 gb RAM
40 gb Quantum Fireball HDD
Yamaha CRW3200E CD-RW Recorder
Compaq DVD-ROM

IDE Primary      Master HDD
                        Slave   DVD
IDE Secondary Master CD
                        Slave    None

Original setup was DVD as secondary slave, I moved things trying to find a solution.

Trying to do a clean install of XP Home, I set BIOS for CD boot first but it will not happen. I get the "hit any key to boot from CD" during load up but no matter what key I hit nothing happens. You can watch it time out waiting and then it MOVES to the HDD. This happens even if I disable the HDD from the boot sequence.

The XP CD is a legitimate MS upgrade disk. I tried booting from it on my laptop and it WORKED no problem. I also tried an old Win98 SE upgrade CD that is supposed to be a boot disk and it won't work either (I did not try this in the laptop).

This leads me to think it is something with the CD player but it seems to be working fine in all other respects-plays music, games, data and photo CDs, loads programs ok, burns CDs ok.

I have also tried putting the CD in the DVD drive to see if somehow that is the CD boot. No joy.

Any ideas? 




 
kaigun,Try leaving the HDD on one unique ide cable (end connection).Put the Cd drive on another in dependant ide cable (set to master) and remove the dvd entirely (just for the test). Try that and see what happens. If there is no change replace the Cd-Rw with the DVD-rom (same physical setup and ensure it for the test is also set to master) and see if that GETS you working. Given your desire to do a clean install leave your bios boot order as you have it now for your tests. Report back with the results. Also ensure that your ide cable connection on your optical device is not reversed.truenorthThanks for the response.

Ok, I took the DVD off the primary IDE and disconnected its power too. Made sure the CD and HDD were both on the ends of their respective cables and that the cables were connected properly. Still no go. Same thing with the "press any key to boot from CD" message-I just watch it time out while I'm pressing keys.

Then I disconnected the CD and reconnected the DVD to the end of secondary IDE cable and reset the jumper to master. Same results.    Did you enter Setup at boot to change the boot order to the CDROM first ? ?Yes, and I know it took because it is LOOKING for a CD at boot.

Hello, I am hoping someone here may have had a similar experience or knows what to do:

I have an old (2000? ADS Tech. Oxford911 chipset) external firewire/1394 enclosure, my PROBLEMS began this morning when I went to install a larger, newer hard drive (Seagate 200GB ATA). I am using the setup MAINLY with a MacBook Pro for dv backup.

Right off, the drive was recognized as 128GB. Foolishly, I tried to reformat. The drive would then not mount at all. After reading online I discovered that it is most likely a limitation of the firmware on the bridge card. So, I pulled a bridge card out of a newer external case (one that I had stopped using because of problems with the power supply) and plugged it in through USB to my Linux desktop, since I don't have any firewire port.

I reformated the drive in gparted (it claimed it was 186GB) and then plugged it back in to the Mac's firewire port. It would not recognize the drive at all! Yet, I can use the USB port just fine. So, I swapped the drive again, and with another drive it now works.

What I want to KNOW is how to "rescue" the 200GB drive so that I can use it through firewire. I read online about HPA (host protected area) and don't know if possibly that is the problem?

Thanks in advance. Did you gpart it as FAT32?

You partitioned it with Linux and are trying to access the partition created under Linux with Mac. I am pretty sure that FAT32 is the only cross platform partition table structure supported between Linux, Windows, and Mac!No, that's not the problem. I can use the drive with the Mac through the USB port. It's only with the firewire that I have the problem. I have tried it with another drive so I know it is not the Mac or the firewire bridge, but this particular drive that has somehow had some parameters changed.

Hi, this is sai krishna,  i am using compaq server and the hard disk is SCSI,  hard disk is not detected, and is showing Red indication on SCSI hard disk.
I am giving down the system MESSAGES i observed from switch ON the CPU
 
 Compaq system Bios- Dio(02/17/2003)
Proc 1 initialized at 1.400 GHz/133 MHZ with 512Kbyte cache
Redundant  Rom detected-This system contains a valid BACKUP system ROM
Compaq ultra3 Bios 3.02.01
<<< press F8 for Multi indicator configuration>>>
Compaq SCSI cards found:
1. Compaq ultra 3 Dual channel at slot 00 port 1
2. Compaq ultra 3 Dual channel at slot 00 port 2

slot    port      id      LUN    Vendor       Product          sync           Bus      HD#
00         1         3        0         HP            C1537A           Async        8     

SCSI Bios not installed!!!

Slot2 HP smart array 532 controller (32Mb, V2.20)  0 logical drives

1785- slot 2 DRIVE array not configured
No drives detected

Initializing Intel(R) boot Agent version 4.0.22
PXE 2.1 Build 083 (wfm 2.0)

Attempting boot from Floppy drive (A)
Attempting boot from  NIC

Non-system disk or disk error
 replace & strike any key when ready

Please replyIs the drive jumpered properly / got another drive to replace it?

Alan <><

I have
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4  3.06 GHz

do this belongs from x86-32 family? or from x86-64 family of MICROPROCESSORS?

how can I know this?

I googled for this but still haven't got the right matchyou should be ABLE to FIND this in System Properties(Right Click My Computer and hit Properties)Here ya go:  HTTP://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/quickreffam.htm#P4

hey GUYS, here is the scenario......i have 2 digivue xv425 cards that were INSTALLED in one of my pc's and were working fine....i've had to move them to my other pc and i get an error that says find file failed....calle digivue tech SUPPORT and they say that means the cards are not being seen and they instructed me to take out and cleancontacts ND reinstall one at a time which i did but still not detected........anyone know of a solution before i go hari kari   ?No need to Double Post.
Topic Closed.
See your other Topic for replies...

ok, i just confuse,should i buy a 512mb/256bit or 1gb/256bit?
which one have stunning graphic and i should pick what??Naturally, the one with higher NUMBERS.

What are their model numbers?well, i'm thinking about GETTING the asus 9800gtx+ 512mb/256bit, but i saw many graphic cards that are higher (1gb/256bit) with cheaper price than the asus.That what make me wondering why..but i  think i will GET that asus :)SOON..

whats the MEANING of computer ports and how do they work???  A port serves as an INTERFACE between another computer or peripheral device.

In English, a port is the connector where you connect your mouse, keyboard, monitor, or any other device.

There are game ports, serial ports and parallel ports depending on the device.oooo, tyvm and one more question, what should i consider when BUYING computer ports?In most cases you have little say in the choice of ports as most of them are on the motherboard........you plug the mouse, keyboard, etc into a port on the BACK of your PC. And of course you ALSO have USB ports.ok, ty

i have a INTEL Grantsdale-G i915G chipset with 775 socket all i want to know is if the processor shown here:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950
is supported by my chipset
i have tried looking for specs of my MOTHERBOARD but i either find a motherboard that does not match mine or none at all.

any help will be greatly appreciatedWeren't you the one that had a post about the Dell Dimension 4700? If so that processor will not work. You are limited to these PENTIUM 4 processors and the highest you can go is the 570 3.8 ghz with hyperthreading. I've been told you can use the 6xx series processors with a bios upgrade. No way a core 2 quad will work!


 
 
 
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Technical Specifications
Dell Dimension 4700 Series Service Manual



Processor
 
Processor type
 Intel� Pentium� 4 processor 520, 530, 540, 550, 560, or 570 with HT Technology

Intel Pentium 4 that runs at 2.8, 3.0, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, and 3.8 GHz internally and 800 MHz externally
 
Level 1 (L1) CACHE
 16 KB
 
Level 2 (L2) cache
 1-MB (displayed in system setup) pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, write-back SRAM
 

 
 
This is the BIGGEST CPU that will fit your MB & the one I recommend.

http://www.cpu-world.com/sspec/SL/SL82U.html

My PC won't recognize any media that I put into my DVD & DVD-RW drives.

They are some hand-me-downs from friends and I'm wondering if I did SOMETHING weird when I installed them.

The only way I can get the computer to recognize the media is to go into the Properties for each drive and click "Populate" in the Volumes tab. Then I can DOUBLE click the drive icon and go about my business.

I've downloaded all the latest firmware updates (thatI know of) and un/re-installed the drives. The problem still exists.

I guess I can live with this if I HAD to but it makes doing anything I do with those drives very tedious.

The drives & computer in question are:
SONY DDU1615 (Master)
PIONEER DVR-112D (Slave)
DELL DIMENSION 8100
Did you have any CD drives installed before and were you having the same problems with those drives? or is it just for these new drives?  Any other information would be appreciated so that we know how to direct you.CD Drives don't need drivers.

Try this:

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.Thanks guys.

The Device Manager trick didn't work...  problem still exists.

The error I get when I double-click the drove icon is this:
E:\ is not accessible
Incorrect Function

(Same with F:)

These are both replacement drives, and the problem started with their installation.

The original drives were the following:
NEC DV-5800A
Philips CDD 4801/81

If it was only one drive, I would think that the problem is within the drive itself, but both are having the same problem and they are two different manufacturer and I got them from 2 different people.

BTW, I'm running Windows XP.MusicMatch or Adaptec EasyCD installed on this machine ? ?MAYBE a bad cable? Quote from: patio on March 03, 2009, 08:44:56 AM

MusicMatch or Adaptec EasyCD installed on this machine ? ?

Maybe a bad cable?

MusicMatch or Adaptec EasyCD installed on this machine ? ?

I recently purchased a Dell PowerVault 725n. It did not include any hard drives or caddys. I am looking at the interface that the hard drive uses and to be honest I have absoutly no idea wht kind of CABLE I need to connect it with. My research SAYS it uses IDE interface.

I also tracked down this link.

Any help is GREATLY appriciated. If it's a flat ribbon cable it is an IDE interface...
If it's a skinny usually red cable it is a SATA interface...

But the MBoard may have both options.Not SATA, not IDE. I'll see if I can get a photo.SCSI Perhaps ? ?Nope. Not SCSI.

This interface baffels me. I am thinking its an adapter to IDE cables.

(I'm a network admin for 3 small businesses, to eliminate all forms of "hes clueless")

I appriciate the help guys. Now to GO find the camera.Okay, Here is a pic of the BACKPLANE with the unidentified connectors:




Now that I look at it more it appears to be fibrechannel. Anyone want to confirm, I haven't worked with fibrechannel before.Hard to tell from that pick but those look to be SATA connectors...

That machine is a NAS server

I just got a "Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM" and put in my desktop. When I went into bios to see if it was there I didn't see it. I booted into windows and didn't see it in My Computer but could see it in the device manager. Every time I boot up it says found new hardware "mass storage device" but can't find any of the drivers. My MACHINE is not connected to the internet so I can't  have it look online and the seagate site dosn't have drivers for internal hard drives. Any IDEAS?

ThanksLook in discmanagment & see if its there?you need to format the drive to be visible.

right click my computer
click manage
 left window find and click disk management
find the new volume
then right click and select format
then wait a while... 500gb  quite a while 
 THANKS!!!!!! So I tried to install windows on my new Sata drive with the XP install disc but it still dosn't pop up in the partitioning window. It also still dosn't pop up in my bios. I made the mistake of wiping my other hardrive clean beacuse I thought I was going to install windows on the new drive. I flashed my bios and still can't see the sata drive. I guess I could install windows again on my IDE drive then format my sata drive within windows and see if it pops up in the windows partitioning page but that would take awhile and might not WORK. I also tried poping a VISTA disc in to see if that would find my drive but it said that it did not have the right drivers... I got acouple linux distros I could try but I'm not very GOOD with liunx. Can anyone think of a way for me to install windows on the sata drive?

Thanks for the help

BClooks like I posted that on the wrong thread, sorry

While on the INTERNET on my other computer, the screen went distorted and then BLACK. I shut it off at the SURGE protector. Now when I to turn it on, only the fans and thinking light seem to be working.

Any help would be appreciated.
MartinWhat is "thinking" light?

Hi,

I just installed a new power supply.  When I flip the switch on the PSU the computer starts, which is kinda weird, then it'll stay on for about 3 seconds and then shut down.  All the LEDs on the MOTHERBOARD will still be on, but all the fans stop.  The power button on the front of the case does nothing.

Any suggestions?

_RobIf this is a newer machine it sounds like you forgot to hook up the 4 pin ATX connector to the MBoard...
Consult your manual. Quote from: patio on February 24, 2009, 02:46:06 PM

If this is a newer machine it sounds like you forgot to hook up the 4 pin ATX connector to the MBoard...
Consult your manual.

Check to see you didn't dislodge the following installing the PSU :
Heatsink/fan assembly
RAM stick or sticks
Vid card
CPU fan plug.

Post back with results...

I just wanted to tell everyone who tried to help with DEMON's little 'brain injury' that he is doing fine, and is a whole lot FASTER than before. My personal computer guy who was in mourning over the death of his cat called and said for me to do this...and yeah, I know it sounds weird, but WORKED!

Take a small brush, I USED a brush to clean an ELECTRIC razor with, and gently brush the slot where the ram goes, up and down, to remove any dust, then SEAT the ram stick in and seat it, then turn your own DEMON on and it will take off like  a bat out of..well, you know!

My 'puter Guru also told me I owe him one pizza, supreme, for this, so total COST =
$10.70.

_______________________________________ _____________________________
THANKS EVERYONE....AND DEMON SAYS 'HEY'.


[attachment deleted by admin]$10.70!!!!
That's cheap.
Way to go!Good for You unome I Like when things work out this way

All of a sudden today I moved the computer and it turned off! I had a check of everything in the computer, and everything is connected fine. I also tried disconnecting the cable to the power supply and reconnecting

But once I TURN the computer on it shuts down after a couple of seconds and keeps on trying to turn on automitically

Specs/ Intel quad-core, mb abit 35 pro , powersupply raidmax RX/700 W
Please help!Thtre has to be somthing that CAME loose : check the heat sink mounted on cpu SEE if it came loosethanks for the quick reply
if its the fan on the cpu, i checked it and i think thats the problem but i wasnt sure

its never really been fastened properly, becuase one of the 4 legs is broken/
 but would it turn off so quickly if thats the problem?
Yes it would turn off that fast Quote

All of a sudden today I moved the computer and it turned off

its never really been fastened properly, becuase one of the 4 legs is broken/

Hi, I have a computer from late 2007 with these specifications:

Windows Vista Home Premium
I'm not sure the model of my motherboard, but it is made by ECS
GeForce 8600 graphics card
Intel Core 2 Duo E6500 processor
2 GB DDR2 OCZ RAM
320 GB hard drive
Eagle TECH Cool Power 500 Watt PSU

For the past few weeks, My computer would reboot a lot and the time between reboots would vary between about 3 seconds and many hours.  We looked up a bit why it was happening, and we found one guy's motherboard was dying, which I hope isn't happening to me, and another guy found his RAM and graphics card connections weren't in correctly.  So we OPENED to computer and vacuumed a lot of dust out, but all the connections were good, although the problem still persisted.  When the computer was rebooting like every 5 seconds, I would wiggle the PSU cable and the problem would be fixed for between a few hours and a day. 

However, this afternoon, the computer wouldn't stay on for more than a few seconds before rebooting no MATTER what I did to the cable.  After a while I realized something very bad had happened, because the little lights on my wireless keyboard signal thing weren't on (and they are still on when the computer is off).  Also, I couldn't hear my PSU on (you can usually hear it pretty well when the computer is off).  When I unplugged it and replugged it back in, the lights on my keyboard thing would go on for a second, but back off again.  This all leads me to believe that it is the PSU.  I got it for -1¢ (after only $20 in rebate) and the reviews weren't great.  The only other thing could be the graphics card fan not running which I can't see even with my see-through case, but I think the computer would still at least turn on if it wasn't working.  If you think it might not be the PSU, please tell me and thank you Borrow a known good PSU of the same or greater wattage and swap it in there to see if the ISSUE goes away...if so replace it.
I'd stay away from the 20 Dollar specials though...Wow I  think it was actually the power chord.  I went to the computer we never used to get its PSU, but before I did all this work I put in that computer's power chord just to see if it worked, and it did!  I'm so happy I didn't waste like an hour changing PSU's.  Thanks.Nevermind, it still reboots, I guess the chord is only helping for a couple more days or weeks.  But if the PSU is definately the problem, I'll surely need a new one, because the other one is 8 years old, is 350 Watts (I believe the bare minimum for my graphics card) and I'm not even sure if it connects to SATA hard drives, because that computer has an IDE hard drive.

Recently my son was PLAYING around with an older Gateway computer that I don't USE much ANYMORE..He attempted to OVERCLOCK the ram from 400mhz to 533mhz. Ever since his experiment, the computer, naturally will not boot up. I am not able to flash the bios because nothing will boot, not even the video. Does anyone have a suggestion on how to do this? I tried Gateway support, but I was told to throw it away, and buy a new computer. Please help.

I am getting a loud hum. What gives? Is it the sound card? I am using a mini stereo plug from the sound card to the rca in's on my sony receiver. The music is faint with a loud hum. I would appreciate any help. Thank You
johns2useSeems that your getting some feedback in the receiver...DEPENDING upon how OLD the receiver is, the FILTERING circuitry that filters out ECHOS, feedback, and such may not be that useful as it once was..

How old is it?I would plug headphones into the same plug that your using for the audio out on the sound card, if you GET the hum in your headphones then it would be your sound card. if not it might be you surround receiver.