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My ZEn is completely DEAD and I want to ACCESS the hardrive to copy all my sound files to my PC. I've GOT an IDE CABLE and connecetd it directly to my MOTHERBOARD, but neither XP or Linux can access the files. Is there any way of doing this?are you talking about zen slave  the hard drive and use the transfer wizard....>or clone it?

ok i jus GOT an old 8 gig hard DRIVE, i wanted to install it onto my COMPUTER, for a lil extra space. First i tried just plugging it in by it selfe, and it always froze when it started loading windows 98. Now it could start in safe mode, but thats it. When i tried using both the hard DRIVES it comes up with an error, asking for a disk, that i dont have. adn in bios it doesnt detect abny hard drive when i have both plugged in, but it detects them if i have one or the other plugged in.

My main hard drive, is a 180 gig
Windows xp Home ed.
128 mb g-force vid
1 gig of ram

any help well appreciated, if you need any more system specs or info jus ask  Have you changed the jumper settings for the slave HDD?And i changed the jumpers, its always something easy. thx for the help.

do i have to have a second operating system on the slave? or can i jus pretty much delete everything? sorry for such a newb question


You only require one Operating System to use both Hard Disk Drives.

Slaves can be used without Operating Systems but they can not be booted from unless you install an Operating System on them.ok thankyou for your help

I cant see a HDD I put in my computer when I use My Computer or Windows Explorer. My Bios sees it, as does my device manager. The device manager doesnt have an allocated drive letter for the newer drive but it has one for the floppy, other 2 HDD's and my DVD/CD R combo.
I run Windows 98 SE on a 700mH AMD with 256Mb of RAM.
It's all plugged in properly and the IDE cord seems to work because BIOS and DM can see the HDD.
How can I set the new HDD so I can use it?TRY disabling it in the device manager and rebooting.Windows 98 has difficulty is seeing more than 2 physical drives.  Use this UTILITY:  http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/I TRIED both of those but niether works.
Letter assigner doesnt even see the other HDD either.To summarize, you have 3 hard drives and 1 DVD/CDRW.

You should have 2 Masters and 2 Slaves, one each on PRIMARY and Secondary.  

Only thing I can thing of, is your new drive larger than 64GB or 137GB?  What size is it?The 3 hard drives are 3G, 6G and 8G plus a DVDROM/CDR.
The 3 is the primary master with the 8 as its slave with the CDR as secondary master and the 6 being its slave.Have you tried booting from a boot disk and running fdisk to CHECK if there is actually a partition on the drive and that its formated?

HELP!!!!!!!!!!

Hi, I am having trouble with my computer. I have everything plugged into a power strip and in the morning I flip the switch on the power strip and then press the ON button on the TOWER. Often the tower just beeps once as usual and freezes solid. If I push the "reset" button on the tower a few times it will finally turn on and once it gets to the clouds everything is fine. This didn’t USED to of happen. I always shut the machine without problem and with no ERRORS. Oh… By the way I use Version 98 SE. You may wish to leave your computer connected to the power strip at all time.. I used to disconnect it from the power grid and my CMOS battery was drained very quickly.

so, i switch my pc on.every thing starts up ok ...then the monitor goes off and all you can hear is it clicking off and on .windows seems to continue to load ok ........ ive started system up in safe mode and thats ok,monitor seems to work ok then......ive also open up bios set up mode and monitor stays on.........sorry bit vague , but im only a NOVICE............APPRECIATE any HELP  what operating system is this and do you have onboard graphics or  graphics card...if your monitor boot to safe mode showing windows...it more than likly a graphics card issue..drivers..or is the card pushed home the bank on your motherboard...Monitor is not able to operate at the RESOLUTION that is set in Windows.  The clicking is the monitor trying to switch to the requested resolution.  Go into safe mode and change the screen resolution.  Right-click desktop and select Properties.  Display Properties will pop-up, select Setting tab, lower Screen Area.  Or select Advanced, Monitor, and lower Refresh RATE.  One and/or the other of these will work.

AHHH!!.  I was just compiling a large program on my Acer 243XC when it TURNED itself off and now won't restart.

THe fan was on constantly but it didn't SEEM too hot.  Now when I turn it on the fan starts-up full blast and then the laptop turns off again.

If I try to turn it on the fan starts but then the computer turns off.  If i then try again I can hear a BLIP from the speaker but nothing else.  I have to wait about 1 min before I can try again.

What's going on?how LONG have you had this laptop on for...leave it for five mins and try to boot it again some motherboards do this to prevent any damage...I had it on for about 1 hour compiling X11 for Linux so it was WORKING fairly hard.  Always been a bit suspicioius of how often the fan came on but then it is a Celeron 2.5gHz - not known for having a low running temp.    

Just tried turning it on again having left it for about 45 mins but the same thing happens.

I think may be the CPU has burned out, but normally the fan will crank up a few notches if it starts to get really hot but it didn't do this.

Ahh, just got wireless working really well in Linux as well.all sorted - it was a dodgy plug and the computers fine!!!!!!!!!

I have a motherboard that accepts both DDR and SD RAM.  I have 2X256MB 2100 DDR RAM and i have 2X512MB 133 SD RAM.  I have a pentium 4 2.4ghz processor running 533 i think.  I mostly use my computer for INTERNET, dont really play games.  Which ram should i use?You can use either the 512MB of DDR or 1GB of SDRAM, but not both?  You have 2 SLOTS?

That's PC133 SDRAM?  Sell it, it's not manufactured anymore and is priced higher than NEWER DDR RAM.

DDR RAM is faster, you probably won't notice the difference, whatever you use.I have four slots, two for DDR and two for SDRAM.  I can not use both types at the same time.

Yes PC133 SDRAM.  Where would i be able to sell it?Ebay.How MUCH could I get for it?New prices here:
http://www.crucial.com/store/listModule.asp?module=SDRAM%2C+PC133&cat=RAM&package=allModules

Many people keep their PCs running day and night and never turn them off.  I heard this was better for your computer something to the TUNE of,  every time you restart a small shock of electricity is created, and when done day after day, it deteriorates the MOTHERBOARD.  Is this BS?  I've got a laptop replacement and WONDER if I should keep it on all the time or not...
This is not a problem with modern computers.  My laptop is 7 years old and still going STRONG.  Switch it offI think keeping it on causes more wear 'n tear than shutting it down.

Just bought a new computer with 80 MB, but the "my computer" windows shows 63 in C drive, and 10 in D.  Also, there is nothing in the D drive yet it says 9.38/10 GB REMAIN.  C drive has 51.5/63 GB. I understand the C drive has programs installed and eats up the memory, but why starting off from 63 and not 70?  And so then, what is eating up .62 GB in the D drive??

I've heard the computer computes GBs in a different way which leads to this...

Any explanations?
Regaining computer hard disk drive space

That article may be of USE.

What operating system is installed? If you use /Fdisk you may run into some strange Hard Disk Drive SIZES if you donot properly use the tool.SOrry, Windows XP.  F disk?  You mean format?  Everything came preinstalled.
LEt me take a look at the article, and thanks!It is not uncommon for larger Hard Disk Drives to miss a few Gigabytes.. It all has to do with sectors and the like, someone more experienced can tell you more about that.
http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/geom/formatBinary-c.htmlCheers guys, I'll do my best to clean up all the garbage on the computer.  Makes it tougher since it's all in Japanese though.  I kinda get the binary calculation thing, still just makes you feel ripped off though.
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/dskinv.html

hey new here, so thanks for any help!
I have a Dell 8200, I dropped it awhile back,   and he was working on and off, sometimes not finding the HARD DRIVE and such, well, I bought a new hard drive, it worked great for awhile. now when I boot up it won't find any of the hard drives, i've tried new drives, everything,  So i'm thinking maybe new mother board?? what do you guys think?  and also the ram I have right now is RD, and seems all new motherboards are DDR? does RD fit in the DDR or do I have to get a RD mother board??  any ideas on anything guys let me know. Thanks Quote

hey new here, so thanks for any help!
I have a Dell 8200, ...and also the ram I have right now is RD, and seems all new motherboards are DDR? does RD fit in the DDR or do I have to get a RD mother board??  ...

I've got a 35-9906-01 socket 7 mainboard here (VIA, I think)

The CMOS battery was low when I got it, so I replaced the battery with a new one (Brand new from Gigabyte) and it still gives me the same error.

Is there something wrong with the connector or did I overlook something? Quote

...did I overlook something?

You failed to describe the error.

Haha even with over 2k posts Raptor is still a CH newbi.

*poke*

Senior Moment

He's supposed to be a God not a senior.  In RL he claims to be 17 but I'm still waiting on the pics.

Correction:

There was no CMOS battery present when I did as I said two  posts ago.

However, there is now and it is still resetting the clock to zero after a few seconds.

It occasionally remembers the changes I made to the BIOS, and it occasionally goes beyond the POST and attempts to find booting information, but most of the time I receive CMOS related errors. Even when resetting the BIOS.

(CMOS Checksum error, CMOS battery low, CMOS resolution wrong, etc)

Does BIOS retain any changes made if you don't turn the computer off?  Make some changes, then do a warm boot, go back to BIOS, if changes are still there, and if you only lose changes when computer is turned off, battery hold-up circuit is dead.

try to find the jumper fort the cmos system. Remove it.  Turn computer on for about 30 sec.  Then shut down.  Pur the jumper back and restart the copmuter.  This should reser the cmos settings to the original configuration.

I know that i have to make some type of floppy DISK and run it and type something in.  what do i typehttp://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313348How to erase my hard disk drive and start OVERI MADE a MS-DOS disk and it RAN but when i typed the command "format C:" it said the command was invailed.

Whats wrong? Quote

I made a MS-DOS disk and it ran but when i typed the command "format c:" it said the command was invailed.

Whats wrong?

how can i see/verify my HARDISK specification,,CAPACITY,,interface..rpm..It is most LIKELY printed on a sticker that should be placed on top of the HARD DISK Drive.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4130.html

on my old computer i use a ps2 mouse with e CONVERTOR jack that allows the ps2 mouse toi connect via a serial port
i have now bought an optical mouse but it wont work through the same convertor jack  BETTER to use the PS2 port.the computer does not have a ps2 port that s why i'm using the ps2 to serial convertor.  Have you attempted to install the drivers that MAY have come with the mouse? Quote

the computer does not have a ps2 port that s why i'm using the ps2 to serial convertor.  

I am starting to BUILD and EXPERIMENT with computers a lot.  Can someone explain how hard drives WORK.  I mainly want to learn about partions and formatting hard drives.  TELL me everything you know.How Stuff Works - How Hard Disks Work

There's an article for you.thank youThere are more useful and interesting articles concerning computers (And a wide array of other subjects) on that website as well.

Hello, my cd-rom just stopped WORKING. When i load a cd all i GET is a BLINKING light, I checked the device manager and it says my cd-rom is working properly. Can you please help me, thanks in advance JY..CD-ROM receiving power but does not work

See if that article is of any USE to you.try opening the cd in the my computer window...or take out the cd and TWIST it a quarter of a turn..is this  a burnt disk?

I cannot get my computer to INSTALL drivers for my hardware. I am running windows 2000 pro.  the computer was given to me. I have no idea as to the brand name of the computer nor the hardware in it, therefore I do not know what drivers to download for the various components.   Quote

... I have no idea as to the brand name of the computer nor the hardware in it, therefore I do not know what drivers to download for the various components.  

I cannot get my computer to install drivers for my hardware. I am running windows 2000 pro.  the computer was given to me. I have no idea as to the brand name of the computer nor the hardware in it, therefore I do not know what drivers to download for the various components.  

This is probably such a simple question that it borders on moronic.   HOw do I figure out what my computers capabilities are?  I wanted to BUY an MP3 player.  The fellow told me I had to have 2.8 GHZ processor, 25gmb Memory, 2.0 GB Hard Drive, USB 1.0 or 2.0, and a firewire port.  I've only got a very basic idea of what any of that means.  I've got no idea if my home computer or my laptop has those capabilities.
    I've got a Gateway EV700 and a Dell LATITUDE CP M233ST.

Please and THANK you for your time,
HopeJust right click on My Computer and click properties.You can search the MANUFACTURERS WEBSITE for specific specifications on your system.

Or use a program such as Sisoft Sandra 2004 which is very detailed and includes benchmark tests.

what is the best way to change out a set of chips - in other words - i want to take 2 out of one and replace in another - but without ruining them?  finally figured out what was going on with an old problem.....Don't know the type of memory chips on your video card, but some I'v seen look like notebook memory.  Look at this:  http://www.crucial.com/install/sodimm2.aspnot sure how to explain it - but there are 2 brown squares with small black chips - attached to the card.  one card doesn't work (the one that has the chips) which is the one i FOUND to be causing my boot-less problem.  the other card works, but does not have those chips in the brown squares - or holders - the computer is running fine - but video has lines all through it - i assume its those chips missing - and want to exchange them - but they don't seem to want to pop out without force - don't want to hurt them.What is make and model of video card?  Are both cards identical?  If not, make and model of both.both are by s3 -one not working is trio64v+, the other is trio 64v/dx - was hunting but can't find much on it.I have an old S3 in my computer.  Here's their website:  http://www.s3graphics.com/

Here's a link to an S3 test utility:
http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/s3trio.html

There should be a small metal CLIP on either side of the memory chip, push them out and flip the chip forward, then slide the memory out.

Or does it look like thiswell, that picture looks a bit older than the one i have - but it's not the memory chip missing out of it - it's 2 of the other ones - as far as the test site - that would be good - if i had the other computer on line, but at the moment i don't - i swear I'll get this worked out somehow.  since s3 doesn't make them anymore - where is a good spot to find the pictures, and maybe specs Quote

...where is a good spot to find the pictures, and maybe specs

... (i checked it in 3 puters) - it couldn't hurt to try - and it worked - the 64dx was just something i found in - alas - a pile of my old junk - and decided to try it - it worked - just not very well - adding the extra memory did take the lines and garbage out....

Ok it started out as a normal day of computing - filesharing, watching movies, listening to music, and then when I played Age of Myth, poof the comuter turned off. And it did not turn back on. No lights, no fan, no sign of any jolt of energy anywhere.

So after a long TIME of denial, I noticed my 650w "extremo power" dual fan power supply had the smell of IHOP on a busy day. I wondered why after day after day of constant USE of downloading videos, burning DVD's, gaming, audio engineering, college papers, web design, etc etc, why burn out now? I couldnt figure out the answer.

So I put in a regular 420w power supply and my computer worked again. I played around with it, to see if anything weird happened. I uninstalled the virus scanner, installed another one, websurfed here and there, and then I played Age of Myth and after about half an hour of play, my computer shut down again! But this time it was different, even THOUGH it did not turn back on, there was a light still on. So I unplugged it for about two minutes.

When I plugged it back in, I was able to turn my computer back on. Really confused as to what the *censored* could behind this altered dimension of wacky hardware I chose to run my antivirus program which at that point I thought maybe there is some kind of state of the art virus that is burning my power supplies. After about half an hour to 40 minutes of virus scanning my comuter made this "poof" sound and my computer has not been able to turn back on since.

I already lost a 650w dual fan psu and a 420w psu because of this mystery. I have a 550w psu left but I dont want to install it until I know what is causing this havoc. I do have 250w to test any ideas.

I have a relatively high performance system. 2 IEDE HDD's (with fans), 2 SATA HDD's (with fans), 1 21in and 1 17in monitor, 1gb pc 3200 memory, G-Force 5600 256mb video card, Delta 66 audio card with the Omni Studio external interface, a DVDburner, a DVD/CDR combo, a front panel digital display, side and roof led fans, and a led fan in the back and also two game pads, Pocket PC, and a digital camera all connected to USB ports. This was all working just fine, for close to half a year already.

Any ideas WOULD be greatly appreciated.This happened to me.  Took me months to find the problem.  There is probably one card or device that has SHORTED out.  A short will turn off the power supply (they are short circuit protected).  When the card or device cools, it may start working again.  In my case, it was a high power audio card with it's own 12VDC connector from the power supply.  One day, it stayed shorted.  I found it by opening the case, looking inside and continually pushing the power button. I saw a flash of light just before the power supply shuts down.  Pulled the audio card and could see a burned surface mount capacitor next to the audio output transistor.

I'll bet if you install the original power supply it will work (for a little while), unless the bad card is finally dead.

For those of you who helped me with my computer OS problems, thanks a lot. The computer is built and running great. However, I am noticing a little lag when playing UTk4, and I THINK my RAM might be the culprit. The lag gets no better or worse when I raise or lower the graphical quality, so I know it's not the video card. Here are my specs:

Athon 64 2800+
Radeon 9800 pro 128MB 256Bit
Kingmax DDR PC-3200 DDR 512MB

Does only having 512MB of RAM bottle neck my system? If so, can I buy another 512MB of the same type of RAM even if it's made by different manufacturers?

Is iThe ram will work but if your MB has dual memory access controllers, it will default to one. Dual access requires perfectly matched modules and they sold that way.Do you mean online lag?2K dummy's comments are quite right for a few months back, but a lot of more recent motherboards are a lot more tolerant of differing RAM sticks in dual-channel operation.

And Raptor's question is quite to the point...what do you mean by 'lag'?  It's very unlikely 512MB of RAM is bottlenecking your system for the purposes of intense 3D graphics.Srry it's taken me so long to reply... To answer your questions, the lag comes while I am playing certain games such as Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic. What's strange about this is that the game only lags when I am out in large open areas such as Dantooine. While I'm in a city that's full of people such as Taris, everything runs FLAWLESSLY. I still think the ram is bottlenecking my system because I find it hard to believe that a 64 bit processor and a Radeon 9800 pro would have trouble running most games on the market. Am I crazy? Also, just to note: I am using 512 MB Kingston PC-3200 DDR RAM.

Something I just noticed is that my 64 bit processor only runs at 1.8 gigahertz. Maybe that's the problem.question what operating system is been used?try a software progam called freeram xp....final check are the disks sound ...and does this happen when playing games for a while....I RECALL reading that 64 Bit processors actually LOWERS the amount of FPS you can get in games..  Statistics backed that up.

Do you think that will change once the 64 bit OS comes out? Quote

Do you think that will change once the 64 bit OS comes out?

i recently REPLACED my motherboard, processor, hard drive, and cd-rom drive. i'm trying to install my os, the floppy disk is in, but when i put the cd in, it SAYS not READY reading drive d. (d is the drive the computer read as the cd drive). what do i do to get it to read the disc?Is the CD-ROM drive properly connected? Perhaps you turned   the IDE cables around.

go in to the bios del key on boot and CHANGE the boot sequence to cdrom..

Hi there,

I have come across your helpful site from a search engine... for a puter novice like me I guess I was lucky...

Now to my problem...

I have installed a YAMAHA DS-XG 724 F -V PCI sound card (bought off ebay) with midi port onto my NT compaq S710 and I have also downloaded the driver for it.

The computer has a sound card already on it.

Uptil now the sound comes thru the computer not thru the new sound card as I have connected the speakers to the new out put but there is nothing coming out.

The last thing I have tried to do is to go into BIOS and disable the original sound card but I don't think I did a GOOD job or it just didn't work because when I restarted I had NO SOUND whatsoever... So I went back in and undid it...

Now I don't know what to do next...

Can anyone HELP me???

Thanx heaps   Windows NT 4.0???  Does Windows NT Device Manager see the new audio card?  If not, the audio card may be no good.Install proper drivers ?sometimes (not always) - you can try going into device manager and try either reinstalling the drivers, or deleting the card out of device manager and REBOOT - let the puter detect it - see what happens.....

Hi everybody,
                  Help page virgin here!!I've got a Toshiba laptop and it's all web connected and WORKING fine but i want to take it a STEP further.I would like to record radio shows onto CDR's if possible.Is it all down to whether radio companies want you to do it or is it a case of software?If so,what do i need?You can capture it will the proper software, but...what you do with the CAPTURED audio is a legal issue.  If you retain it for your own private use, no problem...if you try to profit from it or cause harm to others...you BETTER CONSULT an attorney.

This software should work:  http://www.nero.com/en/index.htmlGet a program like StreamRipper (I think that's the name) and save the audio to your hard drive.  Copy the file to your CD.

I was running WINDOWS XP on a 20 GB hard drive, and bought a new 120 GB hard drive.  I installed XP on the 20 GB drive, and then at home, I SWITCHED the drives to put the 120GB as the master with Windows XP, and then hooked up the 20GB as the slave.

At home, everything was running fine on a monitor at home.  I brought my tower back to school and hooked it up to my monitor here, and it boots up as far as the black "Windows XP" screen, and then the monitor completely goes blank.  I know it is getting past the blue "Welcome" screen and WindowsXP is starting up because I can hear the OPENING sound through my speakers -- but my screen is completely blank.  The light on the monitor is green, but I cannot use any of the moving/resizing options (that light doesn't light up).

I disconnected the 120GB hard drive and hooked up the 20GB as the master, and Windows LOADS fine and I can see it on the monitor (what I am on right now).

Anyone have ANY idea why my monitor is just basically shutting down (going completely black) right before I get to the welcome screen?  I can see it booting up, so I know it is connected properly, and there are no errors while I boot.

Help?!



maybe 120gig hard drive has nothing on it?>info>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q314503&ID=KB;EN-US;q314503It does, because when I used it at home, windows XP loads fine on the 120 GB hard drive.

I also get the XP screen right before the Welcome screen, and can hear the windows loading (it also plays the soundfile when I shut off my computer manually) but I cannot see a thing, it's a blank screen...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q155053/

Hi.
Ive got a bit of a problem. When I insert a music CD in the cd-rom the speed in which it is play is faster than normal, even when I save the tracks the speed is not normal. When I listen real audio the speed is faster than normal as well; that is why it stops every 5 second to 'fill' the buffer, play sound very FAST and STOP again to fill the buffer. I dont really know if it is because of the cd-rom or software. I used Real Player and Windows Media Player and it doesn't make any difference.
Thank you for your help.
Juanjuanitos.....Is this something which has just started ?
Have you added anything to your system ...ie hardware or software updates ? I would probably start by uninstalling the sound card and its drivers ......then reboot and be sure that the sound card has been removed. Then shut down and plug the sound card back in again.....in a differant slot if possible and then restart the pc......let it find the new hardware and then install the drivers if asked to do so . If this didnt change anything ...then I would be looking at the cd-rom itself.

let us know how you make out .

dl65 Get rid of RealOne Player and delete its directories. Windows Media Player, Winamp, and MediaMatch Jukebox don't cause as many problems as RealMedia products.

Test the CDROM with a headset in the front jack, if it plays normally you have a codec problem that may be solvable by uninstalling all your media players and yanking the sound card, then re-installing the sound card and all media players except RealMedia. If the front jack audio is bad, get a new CDRW drive from a Web DISCOUNTER...i am with you on this one MalikTous real player another spyware fanatic program?sometimes comes bundled with tiscali ...isp...oops ...try USING windows media player... but im giong to hae to AGREE with merlin and dl65

ok so my old harddrive was partitioned...with only 5 gigs on the first drive, and it has been out of space for a while and I couldnt install software even to the d drive.  

So my solution was to get a new harddrive and have it as the master and my old one as the slave drive.  I did that and the new harddrive works fine....

Basically...Im wondering if there's an easy way to transfer the software from my old harddrive to the new one...or create some kind of local NETWORK so the new harddrive can find all the programs from the old one so I dont have to REINSTALL them all....If you have any idea what I could do e-mail me at [email protected] send me an imYou could mount both Hard Disk Drives in the same case and them set as Slave and Master to QUICKLY and easily transfer files.that's what I did...but the programs didnt transfer from one to the otherDoes the BIOS properly detect the drives?

Does it show you an error when you attempt to transfer files?

yea i get an error when I try to open the programs...some it will like automatically install them on the G drive once i click on them....

but a lot of others it tells me the program isnt installed...and then it just closesCan you normally access the HDD from Windows?yea I can access it fine...its just htat the programs arent all liking me I guess...

but i can search through all the HARDDRIVES fine...its not a hardware issue i think its software...but i couldnt figure out where in xp professional i could go to fix itYou can use the software from the hard drive manufacturer to image the old drive to the new drive.

Does anybody know how I can have one COMPUTER running different programs to two or more MONITORS?
Program A on 1
Program B on 2
Program C on 3

Also is there any way to have those little 7" displays car TV's as my two small data monitors?info>http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm
.....more info>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/q307/8/73.asp&NoWebContent=1

I have a D-Link DSL-500 ADSL router with two computers using it through a network hub.

Sometimes, when I challenge someone to a game in MSN messenger or accept a challenge, my internet connection is lost and I have to restart the modem to FIX it. The strange thing is that this only occurs some of the time and only with some people. Is the problem related to port forwarding?

Please help. Any assistance is GREATLY appreciated.

Mikehave you checked all your connections settings and  firewall  including the router if applicable etc and the  internet service provider...does this happen on msn messager only...have you updated it?Can you not challenge someone outside of MSN to see if it works PROPERLY?

Everyone knows that because of all the endless teenagers that roam the Internet using MSN it's DODGY. Quote

I have a D-Link DSL-500 ADSL router with two computers using it through a network hub.

Sometimes, when I challenge someone to a game in msn messenger or accept a challenge, my internet connection is lost and I have to restart the modem to fix it. The strange thing is that this only occurs some of the time and only with some people. Is the problem related to port forwarding?

Please help. Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Mike

Hi,
during my system startup then computer runs memory test indefinitely...is this a clock speed problem..pls help me fix it!!
Thanks in advancehave you changed RAM sticksticks or cpu?I have this problem when I removed my slave hdd from my computer....I did not change my ram or cpu.go in the bios SCREEN and chose< setup DEFAULTS OPTION>save and exit...what happens now?that worked fine ..but i have some problems in shutting down the system...the computer gets restarted automatically after I choose to do shutdown... do you have 2 sticks? try removing one... maybe one of your sticks is faulty

hey bud... got the new mobo.... its a NVIDIA nForce2 series.. ASUS A7N8X-X nice board... has a nice nvidia chipset.. anyway all working now and im ready to roll !!

what cpu amd my guess xp220....about time you had it kicking cyberspace..lmfao...the job good but the pay is lousy...iam listen to bryan adams..cranked up to the  sky...will have a look for some tips for you....heres the specs for ya:

CPU: AMD Duron/athlon/athlon XP 3000+  400/333 Mhz FSB Support


Chipset: Northbridge NVIDIA nForce2 400
              Southbridge NVIDIA nForce2 MCP


Memory 3 x 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets max 3 GB


5 PCI SLOTS, 1 AGP

2 UltraDMA IDE slots


check out these extras:

Powerloss restart
Support S/PDIF in/out
CPU Throttle
ASUS Q-Fan Technology
ASUS C.O.P. (CPU Overheating protection)

1 CPU fan, 1 mid fan, 2 rear fans 2 front side fans....... im running at a cool inside... only thing that sucked.. i had to re-install... somthing HAPPEND to my main HD but its all up now.... updated and firewalled i feel refreshed lol  what was the optional extra that came with it.............one nuclear power station good luck with your system...just do me one favour...dont USE winupdates...it will be crash free... Quote

 what was the optional extra that came with it.............one nuclear power station good luck with your system...just do me one favour...dont use winupdates...it will be crash free...

I have noticed that in a few posts, people are recommended to test their HDD. How do I do that and what do I get out of it?

Will it help me determine how long my HDD is going to last and what I can do to make the most out of it?

winxp has disk management which tells you about the health of your hard DRIVE...my person VIEW is dont partition the hard drive...saves wear and tear..one operarting system one hard drive and so on..Where can I find that tool?

Are there no HDD specific tools that have been developed by the manufacturer?http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000  there are hard drive manufactors DIAGNOSTIC tools like power maxblast=maxtor seagate and western digital ALSO have them ....or this >http://www.piki.cz/e_DriveHealth.htmAre these tools free?

Thank you for the article, I will look into it.

The reason I ask is because I bought a  few second hand (older) Hard Disk Drives that I wish to test to see if they are reliable.will winxp /bios detect them?you should now by now how fussy winxp can be..hopefully all will be ok...They will not be used with WINDOWS XP, so no worries there, Merlin.  

I have not yet tested them I will do so in a few days, they were stored in a rather cold environment and have to be on room temperature first.

would like to PUT a tape DECK in my computer just for fun  my friends just LOL at me  but need some HELP trying to WIRE it in any clue anyone  thanksA magic solution is belkin video-bus...it can handle ALMOST anything... Quote

would like to put a tape deck in my computer just for fun  my friends just LOL at me  but need some help trying to wire it in any clue anyone  thanks

Recently bought a Inno3d Tornado GeFORCE FX 5700LE-8x 256 MB GRAPHIC card and install to my PIII-866 mhz, Mobo= Gigabyte GA-6VTXE (-A) VIA 694T AGPset Ram= 768 mb PC-133 mhz. The problem is after I installed the card, when I click on display properties it shows Bus = AGP 2x, although the BIOS it was set to 4x. I already UPDATE the CHIPSET before I install the new card. Does anyone know why? or is it like that? Thanks!Have you installed the proper videocard drivers?

Why would you install an 8X AGP card on a 4X AGP motherboard?

Computer SONY Laptop,model PCG-FX140,Serial#T62M159.00 was KEPT powered-on but the screen/lid was closed and left connected to a surge protector strip to which some musical band instruments were also connected. Computer was set to "Laptop" in Power Management Window.Computer was not USED. After several hours, it was brought back to office,power-on switch pressed to start as "Press any key" did not light up screen. Computer looked normal and even connected to internet but a warning on screen said:Battery critically low. After a few seconds it said:Battery power 0% and the screen became dark. Since then computer is dead. On pressing Power-on switch even power indicator LED does not glow. Voltage at the plug that goes into DC power jack on computer is correct,19.5V.It seems surge from musical instruments damaged power line in computer and battery had taken over at some point of time.Please advise.Laptop questions and answersLaptop batteries are so-called "smart batteries", which have microchips imbedded.  The battery communicates with the BIOS and with Windows.  Many laptops will not start without a battery or with a dead battery, even with AC power brick.  Computer appears to be "stuck" in standby.  

You said:  "...Voltage at the plug that goes into DC power jack on computer is correct,19.5V..."  Does charge indicator light on laptop show that battery is charging?  If, yes, let it charge the battery.


To charge the battery pack
1 Connect the AC adapter to the computer.
2 Insert the battery pack.
The computer automatically charges the battery (the battery indicator light flashes in a double blink pattern as the battery charges).
3 When the battery is 85% full, the battery indicator light turns off. For PCGFX120/FX120K, PCG-FX140/FX140K models, this process takes
approximately 1.5 hours. For PCG-FX150/FX150K, PCG-FX170/FX170K, PCG-FX190/FX190K models, this process takes approximately 3.0 hours.

To charge the battery completely, continue charging for an additional hour. See “Displaying Battery Information”

Battery Indicator     Description
Light Status
On --------------------The computer is using battery power.
Single blink----------The battery is running out of power.
Double blink---------The battery is charging.
Off---------------------The computer is using AC power.Thanks a lot for response. No LED glows on computer. It is dark & dead.I just tried my laptop.  I REMOVED the battery with AC plugged-in and computer will start.  I suspect your computer's internal voltage regulator is blown out.  Try removing battery and see if computer will start on AC only.

Is this computer STILL under warranty?
See Sony Vaio:  http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/perl/select-p-n.plIt does not start on AC(discharged battery removed). Warranty expired. Quote

It does not start on AC(discharged battery removed). Warranty expired.

I have an xps 500 megahertz Dell computer in which the hard drive (c: drive) just died.  Can I USE a new hard drive to replace it? Can anybody recommend which one to buy?

ThanksSeagate is a very well known brand. I have a Maxtor 80 GB/7200 RPM/8MB cache and must say I am very pleased with it. I also have a SMALLER Seagate (30 GB) which still runs QUITE steadily even though it is +/- 3 years old.

I've had very good luck with Western Digital.  Limit your size to 120GB or the Dell's BIOS might not see the full size.  Check with Dell, you might need a BIOS upgrade, ANYWAY.

I have a 2 month old desktop with 80gig, and 30 gig hard disk.  On the primary IDE I have the 80 gig, and a CD-RW CONNECTED.  On the secondary IDE I have the 30 gig hard disk by itself set as master.  I've been using this configuration for the past 2 months,  then suddenly this morning, my system could not detect my smaller hard drive.  I switched cables and ide channels but the bios still could not detect my hard disk.  

The 30 gig is around four years old.  My system suddenly cannot detect this hard drive but it detects my bigger hard drive.  By the WAY, my bios is set on auto.

Can anyone help???  If it is a hardware issue, how can I recover the files that is in my problem hard drive, when it cannot be detected by my system?  

I appreciate any suggestions...change the 30gig to slave drive..Is the 30GB DETECTING in BIOS?

if not, try reconfiguring:

First see if the secondary controller will see the CDROM drive alone, set as either Master or Slave. If it does, your IDE channel is probably OK.

Next, see if the 30GB will recognise as slave to the 80GB. If so, run it like that, the CDROM should never be on the primary channel anyway...

If the 30GB balks at recognising in BIOS (either channel) but the CDROM works on second channel, try removing the 30GB drive and tapping it sideways against your hand, not too roughly, to unjam the platters and/or head servo. If it runs now, copy everything off it or remount it upside down to prevent further damage to WORN bearing surfaces.

BTW, configuring so your CDROM is not on the primary channel with your boot HD should speed the HD response SIGNIFICANTLY.

my speakers are messed up!!!!  they only output fuzzy sounds instead of music.  and to here those sounds, you have to hold the speaker up to your ear. help plzzzz!!Normally this happens if you have some really cheap and nasty speakers. The manufacturers use cheaper components, so the quality of sound is generally pretty poor - especially higher and lower frequencies.

If you do have cheap speakers (by cheap, I mean about £15-20 or less, like the ones you normally get when you buy a PC), you've got a choice of either buy better ones or LIVE with it. If you know they're expensive ones that aren't supposed to be MAKING this noise, pray it's still in warrenty and get a replacement.This article may be of interest:

Poor audio i.e. scratchy sound

What have you done in order to RUN into this problem?Incorrect SETTINGS in the mixer (Volume control) app

Bad audio driver update or corrupted driver

Blown sound card output

Defective audio card output jack or break in the 'common' or 'shield' line in the patch cable to the speakers

Defective driver amplifier in amplified speakers]

Physically defective speaker elements

i've had a friend of mine burn 4 different cds(video cd)...3 of which are the same content.

one cd is about 30 minutes in length...and it plays great in my cd-rom...i have a cd-rom and dvd/cd player/writer......but the 3 cd's that he made that are the same in content...but i'd say they are 70 minutes in length will not play.

every cd..burned or original..and any dvd i put in always plays...except for this perticular cd.....and we have tried 3 different cd's to put the content on.

when i put the cd in my cd-rom......it begins to run...but then STOPS...with out asking me what action i want to take.....then when i GO to My Computer....it shows a disk in the F drive...which is the cd-rom drive...but when i click the cd icon...it reads...." F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable"

i can play anything except for these 3 cds it seems...and it is on cd-r's that i have played before in my pc.

any IDEAS on why this problem??...or anything i can or need to do to get this cd to play??

my friend says that he tried the cd in 7 different computers and it played fine...so i am curious why it doesn't play in mine??...is it the structure of the cd???....do i just need to clean my cd-rom??...any help would be greatly appreciated.....thank you!!Could you summarize your problem?

What kind of CD's are they? CD-RW or CD-R? Do they all have the exact same content? Do they not load? Does Windows give you a no CD error?

Cleaning your CD-ROM drive is a good idea.the cds are sony 700mb cd-r...and the 3 that will not play all have the same content...and the one that does play has the same types of files...but is shorter in length..is that means anything..lol.

when i put the cd in my player it tries to load....it runs...but then stops.

i do not get a no cd error....when i go to My Computer in the Control Panel...it shows a cd in the F drive...but the cd has no name....this happens for all 3.

it just always shows this instead....

...." F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable"

so i dunno why it shows this....but any ideas on what i may need to do to fix..if any???And your friend claims that the CD's work on 7 other computers?

Perhaps your CD-ROM drive can not work properly with that BRAND of recordable CD's.that could be the case......but i do have one of the cds he made...that the same brand...same type...and that one plays.

wonder if cleaning the cd-rom will help???

or are there any other possibilities that could cause this one cd not to play...on 3 different cds??

and why does it say...disk structure corrupted and unreadable??.....for all 3 cds??

just curious of any possible solutions if any....thanks alot!!would any firmware help the situation?

..or should i just accept that one cd....burned on 3 different cds will not play?

any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.....i don't think my cd-rom is reckonizing the cds or something.....because any cd/dvd i put in on the drive in "My Computer" it always shows a name...or a date..for the cd/dvd...and for these perticular cds it does not.

any thoughts on that?What kind of data is on these CD's?Please clarify:  Do CD's work in DVD player/writer, but do not work in CD-ROM?its mpg data on the cd....and it will not play in either cd-rom..or in the dvd player/writer.

its just this data that won't play it seems......because its been burned onto 3 different cds.

but i have the same type of data(mpg) on several other cd..that i have burned...or that some one else has burned...and they play great!!

so why does these cds with this data bring an error pop up of.......... F:/ is not accesible.  The disk structure is corrupted and unreadable??

plz help if possible..thanks!Okay...what operating system on your computer?  What operating system on the other 7 computers?  Are you trying to play the CD's in Windows Media Player or Winamp or something else?

You can download Nero InfoTool.  It may help to DIAGNOSE the problem:  http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=120
i have windows xp on my pc....the 7 others...i dunno what they were.

when i put the cd in the cd-rom.......it doesn't give me any options to choose what to play it with....so thats when i just go to Control Panel.....then....My Computer and try to open the cd there.

thats when it gives me the F drive message...about the structure......and it being corrupted and unreadable.

what do you think i should try?If it makes you feel any better, this is a common problem.  CD's burned on one machine cannot be read on another machine.  This has been happening ever since CD burners were introduced and it doesn't seem to be getting a lot better.  Sometimes it's the hardware and sometimes its the burning software used.  I've had the most success with Nero, none with Roxio Easy CD Creator.  Usually, Sony CD-R's are good.  Sometimes the generic "white label" ones are better.

As long as anything you burn on your DVD burner works, you're okay.  What burning software do you use?

Download the NeroTool and put the CD in either drive and see if the tool sees it.ok..i will try this....you mean the Nero Info Tool?

thanks for the help!!!!i did the nero tool....and it reads the cd.

it says data cd(mode2)

what can i do from this point?well, they all play now!

seems like after i put the cd in....i have to run to nero tool...then after that runs...the cd plays...and it works for all of them!

cool!!.....thanks for the info on that...that was a huge help for me

I'm not going to bother you with the whole soap opera that is my latest computer problem, I'm just going to state the facts here:

- I cannot boot to my 120 GB F drive. It had Windows XP on it, and was made by Western Digital. It worked fine for about eight months, but this past week it would give me occasional "Unknown Hard ERROR" reports and now won't even get to the Windows XP screen.

- I attempted to reinstall Windows XP when all other things failed. (Floppy drive doesn't work any longer, recovery CD was using an "unsupported file SYSTEM".) Windows XP did not let me install on the F: drive.

- I attempted to install Mandrakelinux on my F: drive. It gave me a much more specific error: it could not access the partition file.

- I am currently working on my 2 year old 40GB C: drive with Mandrakelinux installed using the same IDE cable and experience no problems, beyond how hard it is to install stuff.... (Grumble, grumble.)

- As I had said, my floppy drive does not work - it won't recognize that there is a floppy disk in it, so I could not run the diagnostic utility provided by Western Digital.

Is there anything I can do to fix this drive? I would be extremely disappointed to lose it: it cost $70 and has 120GBs of space...

Thanks in advance.
Edit/Delete Messagetry re-booting and hit the f8 key keep TAPPING it and chose the LAST good config..it may work?>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=314474  what make is this pcNothing.

Make is XP Home Edition. (For that drive)Is this PC provided with a real Windows XP disk or just a (HP, Compaq, eMachines, Dell, etc.) stupid recovery disk? You should be able to mount the 120GB as primary SINGLE, boot to the XP CD (set your BIOS so the CDROM is the first boot drive), and reformat and load XP to the 120G (111 actual GB) hard drive.

WD should provide a CD copy of Data Lifeguard Tools you can run to test the drive. The website may have it on ISO, or you can get a buddy to copy your floppy to a 650MB or 190MB CD...I do have an XP installation CD. When I tried to install it the first time, it refused to partition it. When I tried a second time, it didn't even show up on the list.

My second hard drive has dissapeared from my computer.  When you go to disk management it is there but unallocated, is there anyway of fixing this without a clean install?  I am running XP.Check to see if it still recognized in your BIOS.

If not, check cables.

Formatting will not do any good - if the BIOS cannot DETECT it, neither will Windows.http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=309000The bios does recognize the hdIf you can get to the disk administration tool (I'm asssuming you're in WinXP or 2K/NT) you should be able to locate the physical disk and see what KIND of partitions it has on it.

WARNING: If you have data on the disk, DO NOT reformat to access the disk. Use a Knoppix LiveCD or SIMILAR tool that will access the existing partition and copy your data over to the first HD or to CDs first.

Then repartition the second HD and format it as NTFS or FAT32 or whatever you WANT to use...

Floppy drive consistently boots with win 98 BOOT disk but all other disks give Disk not formatted message.  Replaced A drive and cable - same results.  Floppy disks can be read on another machine before and after TRYING them on this machine.  HOPE someone can help.ps  
 
I can boot from the emergency boot disk, change to drive c, and dir a:   works FINE. I get a listing of the files on the boot diskette.  When I put another disk in, I get a "data reading error drive a" .  After aborting that task, i switch disks and again can do a dir listing of the boot disk.http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/comp/fdd/errorsRead-c.html   read more..fred masek....Perhaps it would help if you told us what it is your trying to do ...and what operating system are you using.

please LET us know

dl65

I formatted the hard drive on an OLDER--but still functioning-- computer.  During the reinstallation of the OS, my mouse suddenlly ceases to function.  Any advice on how to resolve this ISSUE? and YES, it's plugged in and was functioning prior to the format.  Formant and try again?is this a bog standard mouse ps2...if not INSTALL the drivers that came with the mouse you have...by re-formating your drive...you MAY have taken out the mouse drivers.

mother board default jumper settings for elpina with UMC CHIPS , board NUMBERS are v3.4b/f on FRONT - 4496-2743 on backhttp://th2chips.freeservers.com/m537/jumper/index.html

hi pro's
having some MAD problem with VPU RECOVER of  this card !!!  
Game start  -->  play 1-2 min --> got black screen --> game still on --> only by press ALT+TAB i'm out GAME STILL on taskbar -->> i see the ERROR  VPU RECOVER
i can come back to the game but same happend !!!!!

got  Asus P4V8X-X    2.4 Ghz  512 RAM    XP-PRO
I allready: INSTALL from ati the last driver
                install the last DX 9.0
  so before i go to upgrad my BIOS  
IS THERE A SOULOTION FOR THIS  PROBLEM OF THIS
      VPU RECOVER THAT BUGS A LOT OF US !!!!!!!!!!
THANKS FOR Q-Answer
 DownloadDUCK
 You can disable the VPU recover by right clicking on your Desktop - Properties - Settings (tab) - Advanced - VPU Recover (Tab)

Raptor
i did that  = but then i need to boot my computer when the problem COMES !
its make me realy mad
do i need to upgrade my BIOS ?
i look at the Asus site but i don't know what FILE to choose.  
OR  throw (like we love to say)  and put an older grafic card that didn't make me that problems  AND notify my
friends  NOT TO BUY  ATI  cards ANYMORE ?And invoke eternal damnation upon your friends by having them buy NVIDIA cards?  

I suggest you contact ATI technical support before giving up just yet.

Ok OK   its was to show how much i got mad !!!
But i try to get this ATI support and still no Answer !!!!!!

i send this adapter info:
CHIP : Radeon 9200se Agp(0x5964)
Dac TYpe: Internal Dac (400mhz)
Memory : 128 mb
Adaptor string : Radeon 9200 serirs
Bios INFO : BK-ATIVER008.015.058.000

AND nO REPLY     THATS WHY I GOT "SO" MAD
AND THAT WHY  I'M HERE - TO LOOK FOR ANSWER
IF I WAS GET THE HELP FROM ati I WAS NOT HERE !!!

Thanks  Raptor      - i try them  (ATI- support) again)
But  maybe u or someone on this form  CAN get     what      I    could't  get !

also :  with the Gforce i didnt have this problem !
but still looking for other way's to SOLVE this

 Download DUCK
Nvidia video cards may have other problems.

Have you downloaded the correct drivers for your videocard?
Did you properly uninstall the previous drivers and follow the extract instructions on how to install updated drivers?

What game does this apply to?

VPU Recover White paper

Connecting a secondary CRT and enabling VPU Recover results in the Operating System failing to restore itself

      
Psychotoxic: Starting a new game may result in the game failing to load or producing a VPU recover error

Call of Duty: system hangs or VPU recover error messages playing game

Their search engine is a bit pap, but these articles came up.Yes  -
i did the all way  : From uninstall to the last Update driver.
for your Q :  i play the ghost recon

do you think i need my BIOS to be upgrade
  i  sent a new massege now to ATI
  WAITING FOR AN ANSWER  

 THANK U FOR YOUR   Q-ANSWER's  TILL NOW RAPTOR
 HOPE U  stay and help me till solved this .

 thanks again
 DownloadDuck
 You can always upgrade your BIOS if you wish.

Computer Bios information and help

I donot know if it will solve your problem. It never hurts to have the latest BIOS version installed, though.When sending an E-mail to any kind of technical support, keep in mind that they are only avaible during Work Days and that they may have a strict system which requires you to take certain steps when E-mailing them otherwise your E-mail may be classified as spam.Still the problem  LIVE & KIKING ME  
just got yhe last Drivers from ATI
got the last unisnall  too.  i was unintall and following all
instraction  then insall again

and WHEN playing (Ghost recon) same problem with
the VPU RECOVER error.
Also i was reading the LINKS from Raptor BUT didn't
got any way to solved this .

IS ANY BUDY OUT THERE   Contact ATI technical support.

Hi, my computer starts automatically as soon as i plug it in. You usually have to TURN it on. Also, nothing is happening with the monitor. These 2 problems originally occured simultaneously. Please help!!! there was a Trojan Horse virus on it if that's any help. I ran AVG, but a trojan downloader file kept appearing and thus so did the trojan.Scan for spyware as well.

You may be ABLE to set the computer's power on behaviour in the BIOS.

BIOS information and helpJackson Kelly.......Perhaps you could let us in on which pest  AVG has identified . Have you confirmed that the on /off switch or button is functioning properly ?

let us KNOW

dl65  control panel/system/advanced/settings system failure/uncheck the -automatically restart....feature...does it cure it?It might be handy to check if you have your Wake On Lan Cable plugged into the mobo?

//EDIT
So it turns on a soon as you plug it in? Could it be that the switch in the CASE is stuck?

(Also Check mobo settings..)

No i put it in computer installed the driver and it asked me to reboot so that it could do the tests so then i rebooted and before i reached desktop screen i got this error message


Windows was unable to save all the data for the FILE C:\Documents and settings\Network\Services\local settings\desktop.ini. The data has been lost. this error may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection please try to save the file elsewhere.

and in reply to Raptor when i open the desktop.ini file using NOTEPAD i dont see anything therethis sounds crazy i am like that but hit the f8 on boot and chose the last good config...it may force winxp to use your graphics card....give it a go...this should also force winxp to use the drivers it has....and force winxp to sort out irq problem if it has any...forwards thinking>You can try adding to the Desktop.ini what I have quoted. But I'd back up important FILES first if I were you..Can i just ask one more thing on this subject, What will happen if i delete the Desktop.ini will windows create another in its place. Raptor how do i make a Desktop.ini using notepad this may work as somone else suggested i do the same thingI wouldn't bet on it.

Should you remove the file (You can move it to another location and rename it, to be safe) make backups of (important) files before you do so.how do i make a new desktop.ini using notepadInsert the information I quoted

Quote

[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-21774

[.ShellClassInfo]
[email protected],-21774

it asks to save it to this path below

My computer recently went through a crash where all my files were deleted and Windows XP has been reinstalled. Today, I reinstalled my webcam. It's a GE Easycam Pro. I have never before had a problem using my webcam.

After installation, I clicked on WDM CAPTURE, and an error message popped up saying, "SORRY, you have no video capture hardware." Why is this suddenly happening and how do I get the necessary hardware again?  what type of connection is your camera? USB maybe? When you re-installed windows, did you install the propar drivers for the USB from your motherboard diskett?yes, it's a USB webcam. As for what I installed, I just let the Windows XP CD do it's work, so... I don't know if it ignored the driver in question.  :-/well windows XP is your operating SYSTEM, Try browing your mobo disc for a USB folder or a drivers folder, if you pop-in the CD it should have an auto-run, and you need to install the mobo drivers onto your new OS, that's probably your problem.

To pass on some problem solving: My Dell 4100 with Win ME, three years old, started  giving me endless Blue Screen Error codes, many the same, and freezing up. a few days AGO, the Cursor and CLOCK stopped in their tracks. (It was NOT the battery). The PC could be reset and used again for a while. Intervals to freeze were usually 50 to 80 MINUTES, plus an equivalent time after RESET.
     Dell support advice: useless as usual.

Having spent my professional life solving problems, I followed my intuition:
I finally decided to swap out the HDD, an original DELL Seagate 20 GB HDD. I first managed to copy the current C: to another HDD. (I have my backup in a Mobile DOCKING setup).
  After swapping the drives, the new WD-400 HDD worked fine, Feezes stopped, Blue Screen Errors stopped.
   The Seagate was nearing total failure and must have started stuttering.

NOTE: A month before, while starting to get many Blue Screen Errors, many RECOVERABLE, I bought Microsof PAID support (first time in 20 Years on PCs).
MS Support was unable to tell  me the meaning of the error codes or what they pointed to. Since that was my spec in posing the question, they refunded my $35 .
MS support said that they did not have the tools to tell me what I wanted. It required a Microsoft Development engineer to do that.
QUESTION: why does Microsft bother to put up those
error codes?
Because long numbers and words baffle people.