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ok heres my problem: when i boot up my computer nothing will show up on the monitor. the monitor itself does work though. i have an onboard video card and ive tried putting in a new video card but it still won't work. any thoughts?
Any beeping sounds? Do you have VIRUS protection? Which operating system? Any recovery CDs? Made any changes recently?

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ok heres my problem: when i boot up my computer nothing will show up on the monitor. the monitor itself does work though. i have an onboard video card and ive tried putting in a new video card but it still won't work. any thoughts?

Give us all the information that seems relevant.

there's no burn marks that i can see. i tried the power supply on another computer and when i first started it up it made a long beep sound and the monitor wouldnt turn on. then i turned the computer off then back on and it worked fine.

hi, i recently came into an etower 633ids that someone threw out, even though it works fine, and im planning to do some upgrades on it. i have ALREADY installed a new hard drive, next up is ram, and maybe cpu.

ram: it says max 256, but ive read that if i get double sided 256, i can get a max of 512. could someone pleases explain?

cpu: the cpu is already better then my main computer, but can it be upgraded?

video card: should i install a new one, or is the one in it good enough? im asking becuase when i watch something in my media player, and go to open another file, you can see the PICTURE through the letters.

bios: dont know much about this, but ive read that the hp pavilion 3.07 bios is better(what does the bios effect anyway?)

lastly, they threw out the monitor too, is it safe? becuase while i was searching for info, one person said that theyres cuaght fire.

anyway, sorry bout all the questions, but i want to learn a bit about the hardware, so im making it a project to upgrade the pc. thanks for any helpLink:>http://parts.emachines.com/emachines/sys_lookup.asp Quote

1. ram: it says max 256, but ive read that if i get double sided 256, i can get a max of 512. could someone pleases explain?

2. cpu: the cpu is already better then my main computer, but can it be upgraded?

3. video card: should i install a new one, or is the one in it good enough? im asking becuase when i watch something in my media player, and go to open another file, you can see the picture through the letters.

4. bios: dont know much about this, but ive read that the hp pavilion 3.07 bios is better(what does the bios effect anyway?)

5. lastly, they threw out the monitor too, is it safe? becuase while i was searching for info, one person said that theyres cuaght fire.

and when i go to open a new file, the letters are see-through. would getting a new video card fix this?

...would getting a new video card fix this?

I challenge you to find the one it has!  (LOL)

Use it the way it is and be happy.  If you're trying to make a Porsche out of a Kia, it's cheaper to buy the Porsche.  Even if successful, it's still a Kia.

The Hard Disk Drive may be rejected by the Compaq.

It may be far too large for the BIOS as well if it came with a 2GB HDD.

I can not tell.

You will have to mount it and see if it as accepted and entirely seen by the BIOS.

I GOT a new computer a couple months ago because my old one had old specs 1.7cpu,256ram,gforce2, stuff like that you know + it was just old.

So I gota new one 3.4cpu, 512ram, rad700pro, and it works fine and all but sometimes after its been on for a couple hours it just seems alot slower than my old one, and sometimes it will lock up for like 20secs and then do one of those super speed catch up THINGS, and im not running ANYTHING different.

So I was wondering what could be causeing the computer to run slow, it is alot smaller than my other one, alot more compact. If you really wana look at the specs its an alienware bot they have it on their webpage.

any help would be AWESOME, thanks guys

PS: my computer came with a modem can I take that out cause? I use cable, like will it help anything, like it won't take away from the power supply or something like that, cause the fan on my video card is like amost touching it and I don'think thats helping to keep it cool at ahh, I don't need it so can I just take it out?Is your computer clean?

Free online virus scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
Free online spyware scan
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my computer came with a modem can I take that out

I was fitting a MoBo to a old Dell 2001 model and there is a card in the AGP slot which only connects to MoBo by the slot and there is nothing attached to the card Does anyone have any ideas what this is and what does it do?What is the name of this card?

I have never seen this before, but I do know that there were certain VOODOO CARDS that could be added to another card in order to GIVE it more PROCESSING power.

A friend of mine is trying to set up 3 monitors with a single vid. card(GEFORCE 5500) and intergrated graphics that came with his stock computer (dell or gateway can't remember). Is this possible to do. He's got two set up right now thats easy just getting the 3rd is the trick. I was THINKING MAYBE replaceing the bios may help if we can get the locks off but BEYOND that i'm not sure. Any help would be great thanks.You can not replace a BIOS. You can only flash it.

My DVD/CD Rom is GIVING PROBLEM.I have WIN XP Home with SP2 as my OS. My DVD drive is WORKING all right but my CD Rom is not recognized. I have downloaded the current firmware and the make is Toshiba.When ever I load a CD I get a display saying"windows unable to read the format or that the CD is corrupt" How do I solve this problem?Any solution suggested will be greatly appreciated.
ThanksDoes the CD drive do the same when you TEST it on another computer?yes it is not working when I tried with another computerThen it's BROKEN.

Did you use the correct jumper settings? Check if you did before you discard it.

Hi guys..

I am selling my PC, but I am TAKING the HARD drive out of it.

There is no way that they can access any of my old information WITHOUT the hard drive right?

Thanks for any replies.
Kop442000It'll be fine, the hard drive stores all the information about your computer. They'll see bios but thats just system information and will contain nothing that you've put in. Quote

There is no way that they can access any of my old information without the hard drive right?

When I type the LETTER "w", it now9 al9ways
includes
a 9 before or after it and when I type the letter "s" it al9ways s
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sly enters the return/enter button, creating mes
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What can I do about this is
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Is that you FLAME? Very funny, but your logic is flawd. If an 9 is added when you type "W" how come that there was no 9 added when you typed "W"?Do the SCANS just for the fun of it.
Free online virus scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/
Free online spyware scan
http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/spyxposer/com/spyxposer_principal.htm Quote

When I type the letter "w", it now9 al9ways
includes
 a 9 before or after it and when I type the letter "s" it al9ways s
imultaneou
sly enters the return/enter button, creating mes
sed up tex
t like you're seeing here.

What can I do about this is
sue?

I am about ready to throw in the towel on this computer.   Essentially my computer hates my scanner.  I install the software, then install the scanner as the instructions tell me and then the computer gives me this message:    Cannot install this Hardware. An error occurred during the installation of the device.  The class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device.

When I go to device MANAGER it has the lovely scanner listed with, of course, a big exclamation point.  When I click on that and go to properties it says the driver is not installed.

My computer is a pent 4 (1.7) running xp home edition with service pack 2.

I have scanned the computer for any viruses, spyware, malware, ETC. using three different resources and it scans clean.  I have an HP Laserjet on the computer and it works fine, other than that nothing else except a mouse, keyboard, and monitor are attached to it.  I have very little software running on the machine.

Please help I am at my wits end!!! Quote

I am about ready to throw in the towel on this computer.   Essentially my computer hates my scanner.  I install the software, then install the scanner as the instructions tell me and then the computer gives me this message:    Cannot install this Hardware. An error occurred during the installation of the device.  The class installer has denied the request to install or upgrade this device.

When I go to device manager it has the lovely scanner listed with, of course, a big exclamation point.  When I click on that and go to properties it says the driver is not installed.

My computer is a pent 4 (1.7) running xp home edition with service pack 2.

I have scanned the computer for any viruses, spyware, malware, etc. using three different resources and it scans clean.  I have an HP Laserjet on the computer and it works fine, other than that nothing else except a mouse, keyboard, and monitor are attached to it.  I have very little software running on the machine.

Please help I am at my wits end!!!

About three times a week my PC will freeze up, and I'll have to reboot. But during the post, I get a single long beep code, repeating over and over. I haven't seen a reference to this beep code in any of the lists. Anyone know what it might be?That often indicates an overheating processor.

Make certain the following is done:

• CPU fan is operational at the correct amount of RPM
  
• Thermal paste has been applied as per instructions
  
• Heatsink has been properly connected
  
• CPU cooler has been cleared of excessive dust
  
• Your system is not overclocked.
  

I downloaded a program last night that supposedly monitors that, and got a steady reading of 50 C.

I'm not confident that's altogether accurate though, because it never fluctuated more than a degree in either direction, and it didn't look like very professional software.

Always on reboot, and always before the POST. It's the same symptoms every time, and it always happens after the machine has been on for several hours (we keep it on all day, and shut down at night). I've had it occur in three different scenarios: 1) I do a warm restart after a software install, 2) the system will freeze completely, and I'll have to shut off power and then power up again, 3) the system will shutdown and restart randomly and without warning; most of the time this happens while surfing.  

Is your videocard properly seated?

Make certain that the videocard fan is working if present.  

Ok, the U key does not work. However, if I type numerous keys; such as j,k,7, and a few others it will complete the key stroke and then repeat the U keystroke over and over. such as this
(abcdjuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu) If I use the back space it terminates the process, however if a program is not running such as note pad or word and I use one of the corrupt keystrokes and then try to access the startup menu it SHUTS down. the computer is a Toshiba
labtop with a PENTIUM II.....help. please.You have posted before. I have seen this mistake before;There is no such thing as a labtop, it's laptop.

Are you trying to fool us? Is that you Flame?    No. I am not flame. I am somebody who needs help. labtop was a type-o. sorry. Now, for the question on hand...does anybody have any advice....? somebody?
Is your laptop still under warranty? Hopefully it is then you can send it for repair. If it's not, then you gotta pay for that. Quote

  No. I am not flame. I am somebody who needs help. labtop was a type-o. sorry. Now, for the question on hand...does anybody have any advice....? somebody?

You have posted before. I have seen this mistake before;There is no such thing as a labtop, it's laptop.

Are you trying to fool us? Is that you Flame?

It's still a device which can be put on top of your lap. They named it notebooks because some low lifes would burn their laps when using them for an extended period of time. Don't get smart with me.

Can ANYONE tell how do you connect a printer using a PHONE line. I have heard that you can connect a printer to a computer that is in a different place by the phone line.You must be confusing a fax printer with a PC printer.

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You must be confusing a fax printer with a PC printer.

I was hearing music over internet and suddenly PC stopeed working. I then unplugged the speaker and plugged it into the PC. It started playing only for few seconds and then no sounds coming up.

SOUND is coming only for few seconds after PLUGGING in the speaker.

Is it some virus attack / hardware problems?

Solutions to this problem will be appreciated

Advance Thanks
PurushDo you have protection from VIRUSES and Spyware? Have you made any changes to your system recently? Which operating system are you using?

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My LCD monitor (Dell 1800fp) just started showing very strange video noise in the darker areas of the image.  This occurs even with the monitor cable unplugged.  For a pure black screen, the result is a fairly stationary teal.  For dark colors, certain components of the color are exaggerated and the pixels jitter and shimmer similarly to TV static (e.g. dark red pixels become bright red flickering pixels).
This occured suddenly, for no apparent reason.  We've had very high humidity recently, and this HAPPENED late at night, so PERHAPS it was CONDENSATION from cooling AIR shorting something out?
Anybody have any idea what monitor component this might be and if it would be feasibly REPLACEABLE?

Here's the picture I have set to my desktop background:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gmathis/images/before.jpg

Here's what it looks like now:
http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~gmathis/images/after.jpg

-Greg

Here is a funny one.

I use TEAM Speak to talk to friends.

I go on today and they tell me they CANT here me.

So i run all the cheaks and thats right i cant transmit anything. Even in MSN messenger it wont pick up a sound.

So i open MIC props and i un tick the box that gives feed back and i can hear myself. Then i try with messenger again but its picking up nothing.

Why can i hear myself though the SPEAKERS but Messenger and Voice recorder and Teamspeak cant pick up anything, How do i fix this prob?

Thanks

R0SSIts ok i fixed it

I had to run a Audio/Video set up in the tools on msn messenger and it fixed it for evrything!!


R0SS

If your house power supply is 115V then you should set it to that.If it STILL does not work, you may have damaged the PSU. Try REPLACING it with an auto-switching model.Supplying LOWER voltage than PSU is set for will cause no damage.  In FACT, if you measure the no-load voltage, all will READ correctly.  It's a Switching Power Supply not a Linear Power Supply.
How PC Power Supplies Work

I have a situation with a customer that has me stumped.  I did a full format and reinstall on her computer everything was working fine after I downloaded all of her drivers and installed them.  I then go to her house today to deliver the computer and she asks me to INSTALL a old People PC internet disk for her.  I start to install the disk then it tells me that it cannot complete the installation.  This is where the fun begins.  The Cdrom just freezes up.  I press the eject button it blinks a couple of times but does nothing.  I shut the computer down all the way unpluged the POWER cord then started back up with the same thing happening.  The computer now is TELLING me that it can't find the boot record for the cdrom and floppy.  What is going on?Set the first boot device to HDD 0 or  remove any diskettes and CD-ROMs present whilst booting.make model and system specs of the pc concerned HELPS.

Please help!!!!.
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-FR720. The DVD-RW player will read and play DVD movies, but refuses to read CD data discs or CD-Roms (game discs) or even acknowledge that they're in the drive.  Is this software or a hardware problem. Any suggestions. The Driver has been checkedIs this something that recently started?  Have you made any changes to hardware or software?This topic seems similar to one i read no so long ago. In that case it turned out that the dvd drive was faulty. Do you have ANOTHER DVD drive you can test in that computer. Or try the drive you have in another computer, to see if you still get the same promblems.I re-installed Windows XP (Original OEM) and SINCE then this problem exists.  
As I said, it will read and play DVD's but  when I received a data disc with MS Office files on it, I COULD not access the files.
I could access them on another computer.
It recognised the disc was there, but said it was blank, giving the FREE space amount as that of the CD less the burnt data space.
When I tried to install a game CD (copied) it will not recognise anything there - light comes on for a few seconds then goes out.
For your info, this all occurred after moving my notebook computer from Hong Kong to mainland China.
The device manager says that it's working properly - but it's not.
Any advice would be most appreciatedRemove it from the device manager and allow for redetection.

I am trying to install my hard drive from my old computer into a Dell Dimension 4500. BIOS is recognizing the hard drive, but it is in a continuous boot loop. It will not load Windows. Dell's support wants to charge me $100 to help me fix the problem. I am a student and cannot afford it! Can anyone tell me how to add an already formatted hard drive into this system as the boot drive? I would appreciate it greatly!!I assume your 'formatted' means 'Operating System' installed?
The result... too many hardware changes for the old OS to cope with.
Can you start in safe mode?Yes, I MEAN an os already installed! I have XP Professional installed. No, I cannot start in safe mode, last known good configuration or any of the options.You will have to reinstall the operating system. You can not install an Operating System on one computer, take out the Hard Disk Drive and expect the OS to function on another computer.  Chances are there that it will, but there is also the chance that it won't.Ok. Thank you. I have the hard drive I am talking about now installed as the slave. Is there a way to copy all of the software I have installed on that hard drive onto the original hard drive that was installed on the Dell which I had to re-install to boot back up? I am not worried as much about my data files as I am about the software and start up PROGRAMS. Some of the software I use I do not have available to re-install.The software you have installed will most likely no longer function if you copy it onto a disk and then install it on another computer. Certain registry entries and files not present in the folders you copied would be missing.

If you are eager to save the software installed, try the following instead of reformatting:

1. Before Windows XP loads, press F8
2. Choose last known good configuration and press Enter.

Doubtful that will work, but you can also try the following:


Installing and USING Recovery Console

Perform a Repair Installation

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XPThank you!so what happens if the user has a slave drive with win98 on.......can they access the files...just for fun this question is.I could not access my files saved in my documents. It gave me an access denied dialog box. It also said when I right-clicked on the folder to check the properties that it had 0 bytes. I uninstalled my hard drive and installed it back into my original computer and everything was fine. All of my files in the my documents folder was there. The os I use is XP Pro. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I could not access any of the files hooking it up as a slave.Are you logged on as an administrator?No, I didn't try logging on as an administrator. Would I have been able to access the files in the my documents folder on the slave drive if I was logged on as administrator? Because, if I can, I will re-install this hard drive back into the Dell as a slave if I can access my files and software. Quote

...Would I have been able to access the files in the my documents folder on the slave drive if I was logged on as administrator? ...

I put in more momory and RESTARTED the computer now it not load wndow I I get the startup  menu with 1.Normal  2. Logged ( boollogged.txt)  3. Safemode  4. step by step I have tried everyone of these and I can get the window me screen and then nothing it reboot itself and I get the startup menu again  I have a old computer that is a Gateway DESKTOP Essentiall 400 Intel Pentium II (The BIOS is Intel corp. 4W4SBOXO.15A.0013.P09 04/22/1999)  I also get Windows didn't finish loading on the previous attempt but when I put in the cd it goes thur all of steps I NEED help Thank YouWhat version of windows are you using is it millenium.Remove the RAM stick added and retry.I did remove it and I get the same thing on the scan that window does it has a bad clusters that window will not fix.  Is there anyway I can fix that or do I need a new hard drive It try to load window but doesn't load it worked find before I put the momery in it  The system that I have is Win. me Quote

that window does it has a bad clusters that window will not fix.

1 day it was working, the next morning it dosnt work at all.
Right now, the power cant even turn on, I push the button and theres no response, no noise, no lights, nothing : /
Ive tried using different power cables and different electrical sources, still nothing.
Its an emachine, and Ive had a few in the past and nothing has gone wrong with them, wondering if this is somthing some models are known for doing?
I'm really just not sure whats wrong with it, WHETHER the power button may have broken from being pressed to hard or somhow, the MB FRIED.
I hope somone who reads this knows what having no power response what so ever might indicate.
If you have any ideas what might be wrong and how to find out whats wrong please tell me!

Thx a ton in advance. Quote

what having no power response what so ever might indicate.

• Make certain all power cables (INTERNAL and external) are firmly connected
  
• inspect these same cables for burn marks
  
• Inspect the power connectors for burn marks
  

I'm really just not sure whats wrong with it, whether the power button may have broken from being pressed to hard or somhow

Its an emachine, and Ive had a few in the past and nothing has gone wrong with them, wondering if this is somthing some models are known for doing?

Alright, I'm here for help installing a new Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256 mb video card in a new computer. The trouble is, the manual says to install the drivers, remove your old video card, and install new ones. This is a new build, so I don't have any way of installing the drivers, cause I can't install them unless I can see the screen, which I can't do WITHOUT a video card! What do I do? Please Help!

my stats (if these help):
Mobo - Asus A8V
CPU - AMD Athalon 64 3200+
1 gig of Corsair memory
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb
Creative Audigy 2 ZS SOund Cardhttp://www.buildyourowncomputer.net/step8.htmlYou can uninstall the drivers with the videocard present. Use DRIVER Cleaner to do so. Follow the instructions to the letter.

Once uninstalled, shut down the computer and insert the ATI/Radeon 9800Pro 256MB. Download drivers from http://www.ati.com. Do not use standard videocard drivers.I don't think you understand. XP is not installed, and I can't do so until I can look at something on my moniter, which I can't. In other words, I think the card is broken, and I can't fix it. I think.You will not need drivers to install XP, it will run on VGA.
Install the drivers after the XP installation is completed.
Don't forget to set your bios to AGP video first. Quote

I don't think you understand. XP is not installed, and I can't do so until I can look at something on my moniter, which I can't. In other words, I think the card is broken, and I can't fix it. I think.

• Make certain the card is properly seated
  
• Try using a different molex connector
  
• Make certain the VGA cable is connected
  
• Reset the BIOS
  

Hi,

I have just inheritted an old Dell Workstation 400 from where I work.  I opened it up to discover a 36GB 10k SCSI HARD DISK, and a SCSI CDROM Drive.  The PC will boot into the HDD running currently WIN98, and report in My Computer and Device Manager that the CD Drive (NEC CD-ROM 646) is there and is functional...But when I come to use a CD, I get the "Drive D:/ is not accessible. The Device is not ready."  The Drive will after a while spin up FULLY, then drop, and just continue to spin up partially, but whatever I do, I cannot access it.  I have tried with numerous Discs too.  Is it a sign that the Drive is knackered?  If it is, it's a bugger, because I am also having trouble getting the onboard IDE ports to recognize a HD or ROM Drive.  

Anymore info needed, just say.

Thanks for your time,

Karl  (Email spam protected.)run scandisk on it...

When my computer boots it take about 3 mins to boot then a double beep.  After that it boot to XP home and run slow.  HelpVirus scanners
AVG Free
-- Anti virus scanner
Trend Micro Housecall
-- Online anti virus scanner.

Anti spy/malware
Microsoft Antispyware
-- Anti spyware scanner. Windows XP Home and Professional only.
Spybot Search & DESTROY
-- Anti spyware scanner
Adaware SE Personal
-- Anti spyware scanner

Firewalls
Use both a hardware and software firewall.
Be advised as dual software firewalls MAY cause problems

ZoneAlarm Free
-- Free firewall - more user friendly
Sygate Personal
-- Free firewall - more configuration options

Removal tools
The following files are not substitutes for the ones described above.
They are either diagnostic tools or removal tools for malware of a certain kind

HijackThis
-- Manual malware remover. Post the HijackThis log generated only if requested!
McAfee Stinger
-- Virus removal tool. No substitute for a fully functional virus scanner!
CWshredder
-- CoolWebSearch removal tool. Widely known and PERSISTANT Hijacker.Do you THINK that I have a boot virus.  I do have a hardware and software firewall and virus protection.  Could I have a cmos or hardware ISSUE?  all my hardware works and the comuter work ok except its slow.

Thanks Quote

all my hardware works and the comuter work ok except its slow.

I do have a hardware and software firewall and virus protection.

Please Help.  I am not GETTING a dial tone when I try to connect to the internet.  I have tried all the TROUBLESHOOTING dell has to OFFER.  The DRIVER has been reinstalled etc.  But, I get no dial tone.  The phone line is good and works with my phone and other computer.  Can anyone help? :-/You should configure the modem in Windows according to your ISP's settings.Make sure you have the phone line plugged into the correct modem socket.

I am using a Direcway modem for SATELLITE DSL and networking through a Microsoft wireless base STATION. Does it matter what type of ethernet cables I use?
BGBlookah, you have a lot of questions. Is this homework?No this is not homework. I just seem to have compiled a number of problems all at once.CAT5, CAT5e, CAT6Commando,
Can these be mixed? I MEAN I have the cable RUNNING from modem to wireless base station and another from base station to my PC. Can these be a C5 and C6 for example?Cat 5 - 100 Mbit/s - 100m length (max)
Cat 5e - 1000Mbit/s - 100m length (max)
           - 100 Mbit/s - 350m length (max)
Cat 6 - 1000 Mbit/s - 100m length (max)

For no apparent reason, my cd and dvd drives have stoped reading disks.  I have tried to reinstall, update the driver, CHECKED for a virus.  I'm STUMPED.  My external drive TELLS me half the time that the drive can not be accessed but when I run diagntic tests on it it reports as workink PROPERLY.  Any help?Are there any error codes in the device MANAGER?

Have you tried a lense cleaner kit?

I can't get the bios to recognize my scsi hdd.  Is their a SPECIAL JUMPER on the 50 pin adaptor to make it work?Are you attempting to boot from the SCSI drive?No, I just want windows to SHOW it in my computer.It won't show in the BIOS, unless SCSI is built-into the motherboard.  If the the SCSI adapter card has a built-in BIOS, it will show after the POST but before the boot.

Our monitor has GONE mental for some reason, the display has rotated by 90 degrees and we have now had to place our monitor on its SIDE. Sure its easy to FIX but cant find the solution through the standard display OPTIONS ThanksFlipped monitor display in Windows

I formatted my Hard Drive, fresh install of Windows XP.  I installed all Drivers and the only problem I ran into was with the soundcard.  I have the latest drivers from Creative, for the correct soundcard.  I tried removing and re-inserting the card.  I have tried everything I can think of, but I still get the window when installing the drivers, "No SoundBlaster sound card found".  Any ideas??

Here's my system...
Abit NF8-V Mobo
AMD 64 3000
1 gig Mushkin PC 3200 dual 512 sticks
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital
Maxtor 40g HDD
Western Digital 80g HDD
Sony DVD Writer
Sony CD WriterObtain the correct drivers. These (Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni-Pack English) often SEEM to do the trick.That is the driver  pack I have been using.  Hmmm, if it is an incorrect driver issue, I'll try one of the other ones too.  This changed nothing, I'll post BACK if I find the right drivers.Type dxdiag in the run box.......it should report erors!

Or could it be this:


Sound Blaster Live - Speaker Problem Fix

1) Locate the file called ctsurmix.exe in your Creative SoundBlaster folder.
2) Right click it and select properties and then compatibility.
3) Select win2000 compatible mode and it should work again
dxdiag, got the message "no sound card found.  If one was expectd install drivers supplied by the hardware manufaturer"


Sound Blaster Live - Speaker Problem Fix ~ I am unable to do this since the Creative software will not even install since it cannot find a SB sound card.

I noticed that I have 2 multimedia audio devices showing exclamation points over the yellow "?".
1st~ PCI bus 0, device 6, function 0
2nd~PCI Slot 3 (PCI bus 2, device 7, function 0)

I am completely baffled.  I have tried ALL drivers available from Creative.  I have tried installing the sound card in EVERY PCI slot on the motherboard.

HELP!! this is driving me nuts!!
I tried installing realtek sound drivers and got rid of one of the sound controller problems~this one~ PCI bus 0, device 6, function 0 .  Now I am left with the other, which, I am assuming is the soiund card itself, since it shows the correct location.
OK, now I got the computer to recognize the soundcard, sort of.  It shows up under sound,video and gamecontrollers(SVGC).  Yet, it does not get seen when installing drivers from creative.  I still have the mutimedia sound controller issue, and no sound.  The SB sound card, in the SVGC area, under device manager,  in the properties for the Sound card, it says working PROPERLY.   yet under the sounds and audio devices in control panel it says no audio device.


OH boy now I am truly CONFUSED!!
Start from scratch:

1. Remove all entries related to the Soundcard.
2. Shutdown system
3. Remove soundcard
4. Boot system
5. Load Windows
6. Use a registry cleaner
7. Clean any remaining soundcard references manually
8. Shut down system
9. Insert soundcard
10. Use the original CD-ROM that came with the soundcard when Windows asks you to supply it with drivers.

Easy Cleaners
-- Freeware registry scanner
Registrar Lite
-- EXCELLENT replacement for Windows Regedit
Crap Cleaner
-- Freeware registry scanner/history cleaner

Caution is advised when using these programs!
Create BACKUPS of all important files before proceeding.Onboard sound   Quote

Onboard sound  

Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Digital

How do I remove all the entries for the sound card?  Where do I look to find these files?

The rest of it I understood.

7. Clean any remaining soundcard references manually

OK, so I know why computers used to use floppys to boot up and I know it's still convention for computers to check the floppy drive first for a disk to boot up. I know this is helpful if your whole system is FRIGGED and you *need* to boot up using a floppy.
Here comes the question:
Is that the only reason why a system will try to boot up from a floppy first? And the reason you need to remove the floppy disk before booting up?
Cheers for any help, or pointers to where I can learn more about this.

PS-Are there NO women in this forum?You can change the 'boot order' sequence in your bios.
A drive, C drive, cdrom
cdrom, C drive, A drive
C drive, A drive, cdrom
blah, blah, blah
You get the idea.
Women? Where? YIKES!
There are some, and then there's Flame and rest of us.
Thanks.
I think I probably knew that (I'm sure it's in the back of my head somewhere!)....
I'm more investigating why it's stayed convention to boot up from floppy first.
I've been driving my mates mad with floppy questions for a while now. They're now telling me to sit down and shut up cause they couldn't be bothered with my ridiculous unanswerable questions anymore!
Cheers for the input though! Quote

PS-Are there NO women in this forum?

Is that the only reason why a system will try to boot up from a floppy first? And the reason you need to remove the floppy disk before booting up?

...I'm more investigating why it's stayed convention to boot up from floppy first...

Fed looks very attractive in a leather skirt.

I'm a comp Sci PhD student and *everyone* in my department at University makes boot disks on floppy.

I have a working Dell PC with win 2000 and am attempting to add a new HD as storage. The new HD (WDC 160gig) was FORMATTED originally with win95 as a 2 gig drive. How do I wipe the drive and reformat to larger size?

I've TRIED using the win2000 drive but cann't seem to establish a size larger than 2G.
ALSO attempting to boot the second drive as a primary (without OS) using WDC lifeguard tools deadends - comes BACK with error message of "cannot initialize screen display".

Other avenues to attempt?How to INSTALL, partition, and format an EIDE drive in Windows 2000.

BIOS it recognises the full 1512M but in the memory test at the startup, it only reads 256M.

In the BIOS it recognises the full 1512M

Im using an Emprex DVD + R/ RW Writer 8 x External USB 2.0 Drive Burner using the Nero Express software.

I used to be able to BURN audio CDS no problem but recently I have TRIED to burn both audio CDs and have also tried to copy jpeg images onto CD using my burner.

With the audio CDs some of the tracks play on some CD players and never on the PC, or sometimes the disc cannot be read and contains no data whatsoever.

When I tried to copy my photographs onto CD they do not appear either. The CD APPEARS to remain blank. This is really really weird because the burn PROCESS appears to progress and finish normally and the software always states that the burn process has finished successfully.

Im using a re writable CD at the moment but the pronlem occurs on RW and R CDs.

It'd be great if someone could help, the Nero website is next to useless for help with this problem.

Cheers guys.  Does the same behaviour show on other PCs?

Have you tried to reinstall the copying software?I can't try the burner on another comp cos I don't have access to one except a laptop which has a built in burner. I will try and reinstall the software though and I'll let you know how I get on. Quote

I can't try the burner on another comp cos I don't have access to one except a laptop which has a built in burner. I will try and reinstall the software though and I'll let you know how I get on.

i have COMPLETED the ENHANCED parallel PORT INTERFACING by reading and writing on the parallel port. CONGRATULATIONS. I think?

dont have the users guide on my laptop for some reason

(it does not have a USB connection; it has some wider connection)

Funny, I had never hear of such a device before.

Hi,
I recently purchased a ATI Radeon 9600xt 256mb, and I am having some trouble.

This is my first real video CARD purchase, so I need some help.
I've inserted the card in it's agp slot, but when I plug my MONITOR in to it, the screen stays black. As in the driver isnt installed ?? but I installed the driver. My other card was a motherboard card (radeon 700 series).

What I need to know how to do is change the display from the default place to the NEW agp card's place.

Were/are both of these cards AGP cards? Do you have an AGP Slot? The computer should automatically DETECT the card... When you press the power button, what happens? Any beeping sounds?

[glb]Flame[/glb]No beeping, also this is agp card which is my first agp card.No beeping, also this is agp card which is my first agp card.Does your computer have an internal video card? If so you can disable that and switch to your new video card. Also is that video card compatiable with your motherboard? What kind of motherboard is it?I checked to see if it was compatible with motherboard and yes it is, but When I go to my hardware on C drive, and I click on adapter.. it only comes up with radeon 7000 series which is my CURRENT, but would disabling that enable my new card???
I checked to see if it was compatible with motherboard and yes it is, but When I go to my hardware on C drive, and I click on adapter.. it only comes up with radeon 7000 series which is my current, but would disabling that enable my new card???
You need to go into your bios & choose AGP as your video. Quote

Hi,
I recently purchased a ATI Radeon 9600xt 256mb, and I am having some trouble.

This is my first real video card purchase, so I need some help.
I've inserted the card in it's agp slot, but when I plug my monitor in to it, the screen stays black. As in the driver isnt installed ?? but I installed the driver. My other card was a motherboard card (radeon 700 series).

What I need to know how to do is change the display from the default place to the new agp card's place.

Hi:
I have TRINITRON 19” Monitor for very LONG time.  My computer crushed and has been reformatted.  It works well ever since except the Monitor.  I can hear the computer activity, but there is nothing on the monitor.  All started after I did some changes trying to fix the screen RESOLUTION by following up the help steps.  The screen resolution option does not work and the color quality gives one option which is “16 bit”.

Steps I did to fix:

Display property, setting, advance, Adapter, List All MODE.  I choose 800 x 600 PRESSED OK.  Restarted the computer.  While the computer starting I can see the Windows XP Professional display and it continue normal, but when it’s done I can hear the activity, but no long display.  I tried F8 to DOS while rebooting, click on directory services restoring.  But, I screwed up. Please Help!
You need to install videocard drivers.

To resolve your problem, do the following:

1. Before Windows XP loads, press F8
2. Select VGA Mode or Last good known configuration

can any body let me know how to connect TWO PC's through parallel port. i WOULD rather appreaciate if some ONE knows some good links about that.
                 thanks. Quote

can any body let me know how to connect two PC's through parallel port. i would rather appreaciate if some one knows some good links about that.
                  thanks.

My MONITOR dies when it goes into sleep mode.  If I turn it off then on it behaves as though the pc is off but the monitor is BACK on.  I then have to turn the pc off then on again to get it to work.control panel .CLICK the power option icon........it should read never........unless someone has ALTERED it.

Hey everyone, I pray that somebody can tell me I haven't done the unthinkable. Here's what happened, and please don't laugh. I just moved from the U.S. to the U.K. and brought my COMPUTER with me. When setting it up in my new home I entirely FORGOT to change the voltage on the back of my cpu. Consequently, when I tried to plug in my tower using an adaptor, as soon as the plug touched the socket there was a loud spark and some smoke came from inside my cpu. I panicked and left the computer alone for 24 hours PRAYING that by some miracle I hadn't completely ruined it. I came back and changed the voltage on the back of the tower and plugged it in again (without a spark this time) and tried turning it on...nothing, of course. Could anyone tell me what I've actually done to my computer, because I have no CLUE. Have I fried my hard drive and lost all my files from the last 5 years? Tell me it isn't so! Please! Any help would be HUGELY appreciated because I'm rather distressed. Thanks in advance,

Tim Quote

as soon as the plug touched the socket there was a loud spark and some smoke came from inside my cpu. I panicked and left the computer alone for 24 hours praying that by some miracle I hadn't completely ruined it. I came back and changed the voltage on the back of the tower and plugged it in again (without a spark this time) and tried turning it on...nothing, of course.

I have four spaces on the front of my computer to PLACE cd or dvd drives, i currentlly have two drives installed one of each type, with them both connected together at the back and running into one slot on my motherboard with no more SLOTS avaliable, therefore if i wanted to add another drive bringing the total i have to three how would i connect it to my motherboard ?
is there such a thing as an adapter or something which tuens my exsisting cable from my motherboard to both my drives into a 3 ended one, therefore giving me enough connectors, or how would i get round this,
or would i be able to connect the new drive to the slave cable of my harddrives cable ??
any suggestions greatly excepted. thanks Most mainboards have two IDE channels. To each IDE channel you can connect 2 IDE devices.

There are only IDE cables available that have one or two connectors.

If your computer has only one IDE channel (Which I would find strange) you may need to make use of either SCSI or SATA.   Quote

would i be able to connect the new drive to the slave cable of my harddrives cable

i have an amd 28oo turbo plus.352 ram when i turn it on it powers up but wont turn the monitor on.all fans are WORKING everything seems atached.have tryed another monitor but same events.i use windows xp.dont know what else to try. can someone help?More information needed.Have you tried a diffrent Graphics Card.Is this a new video card? Have you made any recent changes to your SYSTEM? Are you hearing beeps on bootup? Any clues at all? I HAVE MADE NO CHANGES. I JUST TURNED IT ON ONE DAY AND POOF NOTHING.NO BEEPS. HOWEVER BEFORE THAT IT WOULD STOP LOADING AT THE BIOS SCREEN AND I COULD GET IT TO DO NOTHING ELSERemove all your ram then try one stick at a time rebooting each time. If that doesn't work try the same trick with the ram slots rebooting each time. Do you get the drift, like playing musical chairs with ram & slots.update.i tryed swithing the ram sticks and checked ports still didnt work.so i started unplugging and plugging things back in.while the computer was turned on i unplugged the power supply and waited a couple of minutes and plugged it back in and turned it and i be darn if it didnt START to work. i have no idea why but who cares it works.mabe it will work for someone else.thx for all your help.im SURE i will need more in the future lol.Hi I just read your post, I'm having a similar problem, only difference is that in my case when my PC begins its boot process, it first sounds two (2) beeps and then nothing more happens.  Even the initial information like Ram info, Memory etc., none of that shows up, the monitor simply remains BLACK.
I find it interesting that you finally found a way to get it started by unplugging and plugging back in.

Can you detail for me exactly what you unplugged and plugged back in, so I can try this out too.

Thanks... VB Quote

Hi I just read your post, I'm having a similar problem, only difference is that in my case when my PC begins its boot process, it first sounds two (2) beeps and then nothing more happens.  Even the initial information like Ram info, Memory etc., none of that shows up, the monitor simply remains BLACK.
I find it interesting that you finally found a way to get it started by unplugging and plugging back in.

Can you detail for me exactly what you unplugged and plugged back in, so I can try this out too.

Thanks... VB

I am using ATI ALL-IN-WONDER 9000 Pro GRAPHIC card. I have Intel Pentium 4, 3.2 processor with Windows XP. The problem with my card is that I cannot use this card to record movie from VCR/camcorder on my computer using composite or S-video connection. I can record only by using RF cord. When I was using Windows Millennium everything was working properly. I tried to update the software but didn’t help. Can ANYBODY help me.Did you install the original ATI drivers?ya i have installed driver from the CD which came with the card. when i connect using composite/ s-video only soun comes but the screen is black i.e. without video.Those drivers may be HEAVILY outdated. Download drivers from http://www.ati.comok i will update and see, thanx
be-careful i had an ATI radeon 7500 and it caught on fireI think that your card may be too old for this board, did you check for compatibility?

Hello all,

I just bought a Dell Optiplex GX110 on ebay. It has a P3 733MHz processor in it. I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade to a P4 on this particular board. According to the board, it was MANUFACTURED in 1999-2000, the computer was assembled on AUGUST 12th, 2000.

Thanks guys.

JonAny IDEA as to what make/model the motherboard is?

[GLB]FLAME[/glb]Tell me... Can you find your computer from this list? http://www.pny.com/configurator/

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...It has a P3 733MHz processor in it. I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade to a P4 on this particular board....

i finally got my computer to work again.i tryed swithing ram sticks and slot stuff didnt work. so i started unplugging and plugging things back in. with computer on i unplugged the power SUPPLY from the board an PLUGGED it back in and everything started working like normal.thx for your help. now about this regestry mechanic thing on here.i ran the scan it says i have over two HUNDRED problems lol.but im afraid to push the repair button lol. should i mess with it or leave it alone?You should inspect the problems and determine if they are worthy repairing or not.

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but im afraid

how do i get all my data to GO directly into a second hard drive, which has no operating system on it, instead of the ONE with the operating system on itAssuming this is a master/slave setup:

Simply drag and drop or CUT and paste?Is the drive formatted!/fdiskedMost programs have a "PREFERENCES" selection under one of the MAIN menu choices. There you can select where to find or store files. Instruct it to use your 2nd drive eg: (D:\My Documents).

hello:
   does any body KNOW how to interface the enhanced parallel PORT. if so then kindly let me know how to write to the port and similarly how to READ.
  also tell wht will be the problems i will be facing.
           thanks.
The PROBLEM will be facing your Instructor when your homework is incomplete. Quote

The problem will be facing your Instructor when your homework is incomplete.