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22401.	Solve : If I had to choose between CPU's, which??
Answer» well thats WAY bttr than mine but i still would consider an upgrade on ur CPU, perhaps a Pentium D or CORE 2 Dou proccesor those are top-of-the-line proccessors i highly reccommend them.well, it all depends on what you are going to do with the computerI have a DVD burner, CD burner, that are used quite a bit. NET browsing, Google Earth, a little game playing, and I mean only a little. Considering that then I would go with the AMDJust for the sake of asking, not being argumentative. Why?AMD is well known in Graphics Proccessing and since u do Google Earth u'll need an upgrade.Quote from: macdad- on March 14, 2008, 08:40:27 PM AMD is well known in Graphics Proccessing and since u do Google Earth u'll need an upgrade. This is balderdash at best... the CPU's are so close in specs i would make a financial decision at this point.Which Pentium 4 CPU are you looking at getting? If it's socket 478 remember you won't need to change your board, whereas the AMD will REQUIRE a board change too. Also, you may want to consider a graphics card if you don't currently have a dedicated one, it would help with your games and Google Earth.I was looking at a socket 775, 3.4GHz Prescott, SL7Z7 Pentium 4. 800MHz bus speed/2048KB L2 cache size for their bus speed and cache size improvement over my socket 478, P4, 3.06 mentioed above. I will have to purchase a 775 board though. But thats OK. The Pentium 4's seem to be easier to COME up with, without having to take out a loan. I do already have a socket 754, AMD Athlon 64, Venice core, L2 cache 512KB/ HyperTransport, with speeds up to 800 MHz (ADA3200AIO4BX) on a Biostar board with a GB of memory on it too. This is what I was looking to go up the 1KB cache size with the ADA3400AEP5AP Clawhammer core processor. And I have a bare PC Chips 754 board as well, they ( the Biostar and PC Chips) both will max with the AMD3700. I do run a Nvidia FX6200 256MB VGA card on my 478 board.from personal experience i would say earlier Intel would be better than the earlier AMD. but i would suggest going to a AMD Athlon 64 X2 2GHz or higher if you want bang for the buck and if you go AM2 socket those motherboards are rather inexpensive.I think in that case that you'll see a better performance increase with the P4 than the AMD, as you're increasing the bus speed, clock speed and cache size compared to your older P4, whereas upgrading the Athlon will mean a slightly higher clock speed and a small cache increase. 775 boards are relatively inexpensive, and many will offer the upgrade path to Intel's newer CPUs too, without necessarily requiring NEW RAM.I understand, I have seen some Intel socket 775 boards that have 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB. Thanks,

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Solve : If I had to choose between CPU's, which??

Answer»

well thats WAY bttr than mine but i still would consider an upgrade on ur CPU, perhaps a Pentium D or CORE 2 Dou proccesor those are top-of-the-line proccessors i highly reccommend them.well, it all depends on what you are going to do with the computerI have a DVD burner, CD burner, that are used quite a bit.

NET browsing, Google Earth, a little game playing, and I mean only a little. Considering that then I would go with the AMDJust for the sake of asking, not being argumentative.

Why?AMD is well known in Graphics Proccessing and since u do Google Earth u'll need an upgrade.Quote from: macdad- on March 14, 2008, 08:40:27 PM

AMD is well known in Graphics Proccessing and since u do Google Earth u'll need an upgrade.

This is balderdash at best... the CPU's are so close in specs i would make a financial decision at this point.Which Pentium 4 CPU are you looking at getting?
If it's socket 478 remember you won't need to change your board, whereas the AMD will REQUIRE a board change too.
Also, you may want to consider a graphics card if you don't currently have a dedicated one, it would help with your games and Google Earth.I was looking at a socket 775, 3.4GHz Prescott, SL7Z7 Pentium 4. 800MHz bus speed/2048KB L2 cache size for their bus speed and cache size improvement over my socket 478, P4, 3.06 mentioed above. I will have to purchase a 775 board though. But thats OK. The Pentium 4's seem to be easier to COME up with, without having to take out a loan.

I do already have a socket 754, AMD Athlon 64, Venice core, L2 cache 512KB/ HyperTransport, with speeds up to 800 MHz
(ADA3200AIO4BX) on a Biostar board with a GB of memory on it too. This is what I was looking to go up the 1KB cache size with the ADA3400AEP5AP Clawhammer core processor.

And I have a bare PC Chips 754 board as well, they ( the Biostar and PC Chips) both will max with the AMD3700.

I do run a Nvidia FX6200 256MB VGA card on my 478 board.from personal experience i would say earlier Intel would be better than the earlier AMD.
but i would suggest going to a AMD Athlon 64 X2 2GHz or higher if you want bang for the buck and if you go AM2 socket those motherboards are rather inexpensive.I think in that case that you'll see a better performance increase with the P4 than the AMD, as you're increasing the bus speed, clock speed and cache size compared to your older P4, whereas upgrading the Athlon will mean a slightly higher clock speed and a small cache increase.
775 boards are relatively inexpensive, and many will offer the upgrade path to Intel's newer CPUs too, without necessarily requiring NEW RAM.I understand, I have seen some Intel socket 775 boards that have 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB.

Thanks,

22402.	Solve : Which of the two older CPUs would....?
Answer» ....be the best of the two??...An AMD K6 II 400MHZ or a Intel Celeron 1GHZ Tuailatin RB??? ThanksYou already have one thread about this, why start another? Sorry about that.Im new and feeling my way around still.How do i remove this POST?? ThanksThat's ALRIGHT. Perhaps a moderator will be NICE enough to come along and remove it.Topic locked, no need to remove it.

22403.	Solve : Computer freeze and crash; xp or vista can not be reinstalled only win98 & linux?
Answer» Big problems. My computer suddenly froze when many apps were RUNNING. I think it was itunes and some mapping program called mapman. the computer is a fairly new (200609) zepto znote 6615wd It has a core duo intel processor and 1gb ram The computer was forced turned off with the on/off button After this it would not start xp in safe mode, last working config. or any other choice A reinstallation of xp or vista did not work, it started the ROW of installing in bottom but suddenly stopped and went dead. A computer guy I know (I am not) had a look and found that hardrive, ram and other hardware was running fine. He managed to install linux, but still no xp. I then gave it to a local shop to have a look at. They TRIED starting it with an external harddrive hooked up and also exchanged the ram. No result except that they managed to install WIN 98. So now I am sitting with an erased hardrive and WIN98 on my computer. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is and how I can adress it? regards from a computer fool

22406.	Solve : cd-rw (noDISC)?
Answer» hey, since ive installed vista .. any time i burn a audio cd using a cd-rw , every PLAYER i have except for the computer itself will not read the disk.. it says (noDISC) , i know it BURNED correctly.. and i know the settings arnt wrong , because i can burn cd-r using the same program and they will WORK fine . i have tryed using nero,and windows media player to burn them.. and would appreciate any help or suggestions thanksAs far, as I know, most regular PLAYERS will play CDRs, but not CDRWs.what format are you burning them as? CD format or MP3 format?Did you leave multi-session on ? ? They won't play if they're not finalised...

22407.	Solve : Something wrong with my friend's computer?
Answer» WELL I have no idea what it might be but as fast as he tries to start the computer, something is starting to do a loud noise sounding like one of those smoke detectors you have on your roof. I think it's the GFX card, but have no idea why it's happening .. Shed some light ?Need full system specsManufacturer: HP-Pavilion Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz Memory: 2046MB RAM Hard Drive: 940 GB Total Video Card: Radeon X1700 SE Monitor: HP 22" Wide Sound Card: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio) Speakers/Headphones: Keyboard: HID-tangentbordsenhet Mouse: Creative Fatal1ty USB Optical Mouse Mouse Surface: Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)The only thing on the video card that would make that kind of sound would be a fan. Does the computer work fine otherwise?I would suggest, removing the side of the case and listening to each fan in TURN. I'm sure then you will locate the noise. Let us know when you have located the sound. Nah it's not a fansound, more like "peeeeeeeeeeeep", and the hting is he can't start the computer whatsoever.When you say he cannot start the computer, are you saying NONE of the fans are spinning. If they are spinning, how far does the computer get to booting into windows. Do you get anything on the monitor? Is this a bios beep? Also, what makes you think its the graphics card?Alright, answers : 1.The fans are not spinning 2.The computer doesn't show anything on the monitor 3.Don't think it's a bios beep, sounds bit like a fire alarm. Not that loud though.Check the power supply. It may have gone out.More specificly what do you want me to check the powersupply for? any special SIGNS or something ?Power supplies are not meant to be user or even computer tech serviceable. You'll have to SWAP it out with another known working power supply from another computer and see if it works then.So nothing on your computer is working at all, apart from this loud noise? If your cpu fan isnt spinning, then its down to the psu, motherboard, or the heatsink fan. what where you doing prior to this happening. Loose RAM is another possibility... Until we know exactly what he's been doing inside the machine it's just guesswork.

22409.	Solve : cd rom disappeared from my computer after reformatting?
Answer» Okay, thank you, I will give that a try but to be honest although I don't know anything about computers I feel the odds of that being the cause quite slim compared to it being a hardware (software?) problem giving that they were both working fine before I upgraded. But then I could be totally WRONG!Is it only audio CDS they wont play? What program are you using to play the CDs?Hiya, Yes, only audio CD's won't play. I assume they would OPEN in windows MEDIA player.What happens if you open Windows Media Player and try to play the CDs from there?Hiya, Thanks for the reply. It doesn't do anything...it doesn't acknowledge the cd being there.I'm confused here, so just to clear one thing up. Can you tell me is this a cdrom drive or a dvd drive we are talking about here? Does it say its a dvd rw on the front of the drive. Also is it only music cd that don't work. Software disks work fine do they?

22412.	Solve : Hard drive problem...missing hal.dll file?
Answer» I've alraedy performed a search here for this particular PROBLEM, here on this FORUM and have tried the information listed on the FAQ page which involves copying the file from the Operating System CD to the directory of the hard drive. Here's the problem: I can't expand the file because I have no access to the Windows directory on the drive in question. If I do a DIR of the C: drive, I get the following error: An error occurred during directory enumeration. When trying to do a repair of the os, there is no option to select a windows installation. The initial error that comes up after reboot is that there may be a problem with the hard drive...and to HIT any key to continue. That's when I get the hal.dll error. The error also tells me the path to the file is as follows: /system32/hal.dll. Shouldn't it be more along the line of windows/system32/hal.dll? Anyway...this is what I have tried: 1. Chkdsk /r and it never fully completes, but returns a message that there may be a problem with the hard drive. It gets about 45% through before it returns this error message. 2. I've also tried fixboot and fixmbr followed by chkdsk /p /r, however...after the chkdsk...I'm right back to where I started...receiving the same errors on boot. I'm beginning to think the drive is TOAST, but if anyone here has any further recommendations...I'm all ears. Thanks in advance... -Steve Update... Sorry everyone...but I just did a diagnostics on this drive using PowerMax...seems the drive is toast. I should've done this earlier...WOULD have saved me a whole lot of aggravation. Thanks for taking a look, though.Well you took the correct steps...sorry 'bout the drive.It's okay... Thanks for the reply. The owner of said hard drive has decided to buy a new computer...as opposed to just repairing or replacing the hard drive...go figure.Sorry i can't help in that department... I've learned one thing in doing this all these years..."give the people what they want"...

22413.	Solve : LCD monitor question?
Answer» Im THINKING about buying a LCD MONITOR and am curious about how important the MS RESPONSE time is. What is acceptable for gaming?

22414.	Solve : can't print on photo paper?
Answer» I have a Canon MP160 printer/scanner. The printer is very GOOD but I cannot print on photo paper. I've tried numerous times and each time it prints out just INK and it doesn't dry. I print on regular paper and it is just fine. What STEPS am I missing? thanks1. Are you printing on the RIGHT side of the paper? (the glossy side) 2. Have you adjusted the ink & paper settings so the printer knows it's printing on photo paper?

22415.	Solve : Sign of death????
Answer» My sisters computer thats know mine dvd reader is make a humming sound. Like when it STARTS and when it reads the disc. Is this sounding like it will GO SOON. Its been doing it for a while I have a friend that had the same problem, the dvd drive COULD be very OLD. maybe if i were you i would buy another dvd drive.Its only about six years old. But I will get it replaced. Just wondered

22416.	Solve : mashita dvd ram uj 850s ata device?
Answer» my dvd burner is not installing on my ACER aspire 5100 laptop....it was workin about a month ago... i have unistalled it and TRIED to reinstall it.... still WONT work.... the good thing is its under warranty but i dont really want to send it AWAY... any other SUGGESTIONS???Try it in another computer to see, if it works.

22419.	Solve : Deleting .tmp & .chk files?
Answer» Hello! I have done the STEPS on the "Regaining Computer Hard Disk Drive Space" information page, but my computer is restricting access to delete some of the files. How do I delete the files that REMAIN?Are these system files ? ? If so their well enough left alone in most cases. More INFO on the system and OS etc. and why you need to free up space WOULD be helpful...Some temporary files may be in use, while computer is running. 1. Download, and install CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/ 2. Read CCleaner instruction from here: http://www.jahewi.nl/ccleaner/ccleaner.html, and run CCleaner

22422.	Solve : Could I have a bad network card??
Answer» I am having a problem with my laptop connecting to the internet. I lose the connection after a few minutes and get time out messages. Then it will come back on for a few minutes and then the process repeats. I tried going to the c PROMPT and reset Winsock (netsh Winsock reset) and no luck. The computer I am using now is connected wirelessly to the network so I THINK I can assume that the router is working since I am able to send this post. So here is the information about my computer: GATEWAY CX200X laptop Windows XP SP2 Tablet Pentium M 1.73GHz 1394 Net Adapter Bluetooth LAN access server driver Broadcom Netlink Gigabit Ethernet Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG Network ConnectionThe laptop is connected via wireless as well?Does this connection probelm occur only when you have a wired connection to your router? If a wireless connection to the same router has no problems, then you can probably safefly rule out the internet connection being at fault. Try this with your wired connection setup, Open a command prompt and type ping -t google.com this will create a continuous ping which will show as 'timed out' at any point when a connection isn't present. Whilst this ping is running, try moving the network cable in it's socket on the laptop, on the router, and also just wiggle it around in general. If you see the ping timing out any particular point while you are doing this, then you have probably found your problem. If that doesn't help, try the following when the connection is down, Open the command prompt and type ipconfig /release then, ipconfig /renew then, ipconfig /all Post the results of the ipconfig /allSorry I didn't make this clear first. Yes, I am using a wireless connection. I am posting this from the laptop that is having problems demonstrating that it does work sometimes. It's just very unreliable.Check for a driver update for the wireless netcard. If one exist it should be available from the website of the laptop manufacturer. The new drivers seem to have fixed the problem. Thanks, Deerpark! The title of the TOPIC made me chuckle...i've got 4 or 5 of them lying around and your welcome to them... Well, I lied. It's not fixed. I just had a LONG run of no problems. I'm now on another computer. sigh LOL Patio! (when I'm not swearing at my computer)

22423.	Solve : Reformatting my HD?
Answer» I would like to reformat my HD but am having trouble getting my computer to boot from my Windows XP CD. On Startup I press F11 and GET into a blue screen that says "Select First Boot DEVICE" I navigate down from Floppy to the selection CD/DVD but there is no option to confirm my new selection. The only choices are: [Up/Dn] Select [RETURN] Boot [ESC] cancel. When I press [RETURN] the computer simply returns to the standard boot sequence and Windows comes on. If I press [ESC] then the entire operation is cancelled and the computer again returns to the standard boot sequence. I have a custom made computer: American Megatrends 7/10/2002, Amibios(c) 2001, AMD XP 1900, 1.6GHZ with 1MB RAM. Thank you for any help you can provide. You can email me directly at mcmillan_md AT sbcglobal DOT net In most BIOS's the key you want is NORMALLY F10 to "save changes and Exit"... It should say this at the bottom of the screen. NOTE the machine will automatically re-boot with the changes intact.

22424.	Solve : Network Cable help?
Answer» What is the diferance between Fast ETHERNET 100 Bass- TX and 100 BAS - T4?? Thy both are 100 Mbps right??HTTP://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Ethernet

22418.	Solve : paper jam/cartridge jam?
Answer» My PRINTER keeps jamming up...the paper and the cartridge. When the print does go through, the paper comes out torn. it SEEMS like some PART inside is catching on the paper and/or ink cartridge. Is it BROKEN? Can it be fixed and how??BRAND, and model, please.

22420.	Solve : Safe to Removing old cd drive and not replacie it??
Answer» Compac Presario 6000 series, WINDOWS xp, 6 years old. Works very well I banged the cd drive with my knee and now the drive door is very hard to close (or open.) I disabled the drive, as I still have an external cd/dvd player burner. Even with the drive disabled, the drive is still trying to do something, either open/close, etc and is making a annoying clicking sound. Is is safe for the rest of the computer operations to simply open up the computer, following the directions for taking out the drive, unplugging what needs to be unplugged and not replacing it. Or how about just unplugging the things that are plugged in and leave the drive in place to keep the dust out? WOULD so much love to hear some advice. Oh, I don't want to invest any more money in this computer as hopefully I will be switching to a laptop when the who shebang GOES. Thanks Disconnecting the IDE ribbon cable and power plug will do fine... Leaving it in place to keep dust out was a good idea on your part.Yeah, it really shouldn't have an impact on the system itself. Some games might need to be reinstalled because they aren't smart ENOUGH to look in another CD drive for their disc. Alternatively, after disconnecting the old drive, you could set the external drive's letter to the same letter. This should stop programs from getting confused.You could take the external drive apart, and use that in your machine. Aw, bless your hearts for answering. I will give it a go. Thank you dearies. Ruby

22421.	Solve : Is my Video Card about to die??
Answer» I have a GeForce 4 TI 4200 (AGP 8X) Over the last month or so, I've occasionally noticed wrong-colored pixels when I visit websites, or sometimes when I'm looking through files with Windows Explorer. For example, there would be a couple red pixels in a letter in this forum post, or a line of green across an otherwise white screen. These never appear in the same place, and move as the letter in question would move, leading me to believe that it is NOT my monitor's problem. Today, it got considerably worse. I loaded up Warcraft III, and black dots were flickering across the main screen. Think TV static, but only about 50 or so of these dots, and the rest of the image is fine. What I THINK is happening is that my VIDEO card is about to die. I've tried inspecting the card itself (nothing wrong) and re-installing my drivers (didn't help). Is there anything I can do to fix this short of replacing the card, and how much TIME do I likely have before it gives up the ghost? Thanks for your help.In my experience they can go on like this for months and months without degrading any further or can completely fail in a week. When you say you inspected the card what do you mean ? ? Is the fan operating properly ? Did you remove it CLEAN the contacts and re-seat it ? The only real way to diagnose if it's the card is to swap it into a known working machine and install the drivers...if it does the same thing then it's the card. Good Luck. P.S. Sometimes i have just replaced the fan and extended the LIFE of the card somewhat...best thing to do in this case is remove the fan and take it with you to a computer store to match up the size etc.What I mean by 'inspected the card' is that nothing soldered on was in danger of coming off, there wasn't gunk in either the card slot or the monitor plug, and the fan spun. Thanks for the advice. I suppose I'd best ORDER a new card while I can still see my display.What about dust on the fan blades and heatsink of the video card? Did you check that and clean if needed?

22425.	Solve : Would anyone be able to...........?
Answer» ....either tell me step by step, or point me to a step by step break down on building a PC? I want to build a FAST AMD BASED system,economical,for under $400.00..I only require,the mother board ,chip, ram, and HD.....any tips???So I take it you've got a case, and suitable PSU? You'll need a CD/DVD at some point to install the software... But there is loads of STUFF online about building PC's. It's rather easy when you're CONFIDENT with the pieces.

22426.	Solve : Would anyone be able to..........?
Answer» ............tell me exactly what this is,a.. CTF LOADER...I believe its something to do with the windows registry loading on start is it not??? ThanksCTF mon is a component of MS Office...any Office products installed on this machine ? ?It's only needed, if you USE more then one language in Office. If not, you can safely disable it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/282599Thanks everyone!You're welcome Thanks to your response to my post. I noticed you appear to have alot of knowledge,would you be able to HELP me with the post i recently posted on the serious error messages and crashes im having?? Thanks a million PS:What are these ERRORS?,how can i fix them?,should i do a restore?,would that fix it??...Is something GOING on with XP? Have i inadvertantly caused an issue? Thanks

22427.	Solve : I would like to replace my secondary drive......?
Answer» .....with a new ONE i PURCHASED,do simply SWAP it using the same settings,slave etc?? Thanks alot.Yes. The drive will need to be formatted before WINDOWS will see it...use the CD that came with it or DLoad the utilities from the drive manuf. site.Thanks for your HELP..

22428.	Solve : comport?
Answer» I am unable to download from usb to a RECEIVER Welcome to the CH forums. You're gonna have to be a bit more OPEN about what you're TRYING to do. Comport>usb>receiver, what are you talking about? Please read this and post back with more info.

22429.	Solve : how to install drive?
Answer» I have custom built computer with a gateway ws440bx mobo at 384mb ram running win 98se [I plan on upgrading to win 2000] , processor is a 450 mz pentium 3 . it PRESENTLY has a floppy , zip , cdrom and 15 gig hard drive . I WOULD like to add a cdrw drive . I have a spare bay and y CABLES . how do I hook them to one another and mobo ? also which are master and slave ? Thank YouII================II=======II MBoard Slave Master This is how the RIBBON cable should be laid out. The jumpers will be next to where the power plug goes into the drive. The drive will have a diagram designating the settings. Keep both the CD drives on the same channel. You could also add a second HDD using the same layout. Good Luck and let us know... P.S. Which CD drive is master doesn't matter UNLESS one of them is a burner. If it's a burner set that one as master. Patio , Thank you , Iwill try it as soon as I get a chance . naturlYou're Welcome...stop by anytime.

22430.	Solve : Unlocking my C drive.?
Answer» Greetings, I"m running W2K w/srvc. pack 5 on an HPxt model (Origionally w/XP).It's moody,but pretty stable.I've had some issues recently and found that my hard DRIVE is locked.I have followed the wonderfully SIMPLE instrucions I found on this site but ....In DOS,the COMMAND doesn't work ("not recognized" ).Can someone steer me to the proper commmand syntax for this? THANKS,jjawinte Without alot more info on the machine in question and how the HDD got locked or what happened prior to this we would be guessing.

22433.	Solve : How Can I Find Out If My Computer Has A Video Card In It or Not?
Answer» I need to know if my computer has a video CARD installed in it or not? How can I find out if it has one? Is there a way to tell? My INSTRUCTION manual and invoice do not tell me this info. If there is a way for me to find out if one is already in my computer......please give specific INSTRUCTIONS. Thank you so much.every computer has a video card. however, there are two types, integrated (built into the motherboard) or non-integrated (plugged into an expansion slot). to tell WHETHER you have an integrated video card or not, look at the back of the computer. an integrated video card will be somewhere in the green rectangle in the picture i provided. a non-integrated video card will be in the red rectangle. [saving SPACE - attachment deleted by admin]

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22434.	Solve : Western Digital Formater?
Answer» WHATS the Western Digital HardDrive Format PROGRAM. Its a Western Digital CAVIAR 20.5 Gb WD205AA-OOANAO. I only have MAxblast which doesn't work on the drives and not sure what Western Digital program is.why not just USE your windows CD? ASSUMING windows is your OS.Data Lifeguard Tools

22436.	Solve : Printer problem?
Answer» What should I check for if my PRINTER is printing GARBAGE when I TRY to print a word document?Turn it off, disconnect from power source, and from your computer for couple of minutes. RECONNECT. Print test page.Try CHECKING the ink cartridges to make sure there not blocked up or disconnect it then try it again

22438.	Solve : computer not booting (or even reaching BIOS)?
Answer» So I'm working on an older computer, an HP well past its warranty. It has 512 megs of RAM, a P4, and GeForce Ti4600 or something similar (AGP slot). The computer has been working fine. A while back the DVD drive (IDE connector) had a disc break inside of it, messing up its gears and READER, so I bought a new drive and installed it. I also plugged in a RADEON 9800 and an additional 128 megs of RAM. I tried to turn the computer on, and all everything lights up, fans spin, I can hear hard drive, etc, but I get nothing from the monitor but an amber light. I put back the old video card that worked, removed the new RAM, but kept the new DVD drive in, (because even if something is goofy with that, the computer should at least be able to reach BIOS and begin to boot). I have checked the stupid stuff, i.e., making sure the monitor cable is properly plugged in to the video card, making sure the RAM is seated CORRECTLY, making sure all cables are plugged in, etc. To summarize, the machine is in exactly the same state in which I started working on it, except it now has a new DVD drive plugged in. But where as it worked fine before, now it won't even start to boot. Any ideas as to what could be causing this? pop out your CMOS battery (the only battery on the board) and wait 30 seconds, then pop it back in. do this while the computer is off and the power supply is shut down.Well, I tried popping out the battery like you suggested and no luck. I think the mobo may have gone censored up. Not sure why it would have, maybe there was a bad soldering job or something and I knocked something loose when I was poking around inside the case, that's really all I can think of at this point. Any additional suggestions would be appreciated. Okay you mite hav ESD something. First take out the RAM an see if you get any beeps from the mother board. If you dont hear any that MEANS the board is bad. If you do it mite be the RAM try useing a differnt one. If that doesn't work the CPU probably died.

22439.	Solve : CD ROM stuck?
Answer» How do I remove a CD from a CD ROM drive that will not eject?you can try with a stretched out PAPER clip. look at the front for a small hole and push the paper clip in there. this is how to manually open the drive. if it still will not open, then you will need to open up your computer, remove your cd drive, and then disassemble it.There should be a small hole in the front, take a paper clip. BEND it straight and PUT it in the hole. The drive should open a little enough for you to grab an remove the disc. Try unpluging the power to it, and RECONNECT it see if that doesn't FIX it.Thanks that did work.

22442.	Solve : Computer won't play certain DVDs.?
Answer» It seems that I can't watch any DVDs by Sony Pictures on my XP LIKE Silent Hill and Resident Evil. Theirs no mention of a copy block or any thing that WOULD prevent it from playing. Any time I PUT onein the DVD menu pops up but when I click play an error message appears stating that there isn't a disc in drive /:. Any help? What player are you using?Sony = DRM..........shudder !I'm using PowerDVD.Try VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/ and see how it goes.How OLD is it. If its real old they START to collect dust on the laser. You could try cleaning it, but you would have to take the Drive apart an you would need rubbing alcohol.

22443.	Solve : Is my computer fried??
Answer» Got the dreaded call at work today from my daughter. "Dad, I was chatting with my friend online and the computer just shut off" She tried turning it back on and got a message that the computer overheated and I talked her through the reboot. She finished chatting and when I came home from work, the screen was black (power save mode). I tried SIGNING on but nothing happened. The screen stayed black and the monitor was still acting in "sleep" mode. I shut off the power for about 2 hours and tried turning it on again with no luck. Both fans are working and there are no beeping or other sounds. It was a little dusty but nothing really major. We've had problems with the computer overheating before and I took it from the cabinet in the desk and now it's on top next to the monitor. It's a Gateway with a Pent ium 4 processer but that's pretty much all I know about computers. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Your motherboard is probably dead since you don't get any beeps. The way to tell is by takeing out your RAM and seeing if you dont get a beep. After you replace the bad board see if it still doesn't overheat. You mite need a bigger HEATSINK for it. Which AIDS in keeping the CPU at the reight tempaturesLooks like we may have GOTTEN lucky. A friend of mine came over (didn't know he fixed them for a living). He ripped it apart, cleaned out everything, put it back together (he had a bigger heatsink that he installed) and everything works BETTER than before. Not bad for a 6 pack. Thanks WOW!!!Your welcome an very lucky that you did have to get any new parts

22444.	Solve : Scan disk stops checking at 27%?
Answer» My Windows 98 system has SUDDENLY said it wasn't shut down properly and does a scan disk but keeps stopping at 27 %. Any ideas to get past this or to stop the scan in the first place ?Have you tried RUNNING it fromm a bootdisk ? ? If you do not have one you cal DLoad one from bootdisk.com. Use the FILE to make a bootable floppy. Put the floppy in and POWER up...at the A: prompt type in chkdsk /r and hit Enter.

22445.	Solve : My Laptop will not power up???
Answer» We had some trouble with this yesterday and by taking out the battery and reinstalling it it worked. Then CAME the BIG one upon the LAPTOP rebooting the system recovery screen appeared and all data was lost. I shut it down for the night. This morning the laptop will not power up remove and replace battery does not work. Where do I start to FIX it??Try connecting the laptop to the wall power and see if it doesn't boot. The Battery MIGHT just be dead. Unfortuneately, I don't think that the data on it will be recovered since it was interupted when it was doing this.

22446.	Solve : Mixing IDE/SATA, Question?
Answer» I made the mistake of thinking a COMPUTER had an IDE interface on its harddrive when it has a SATA interface. I meant to slave the new harddrive to the old one, and now I'm sitting here with a IDE harddrive that I'm unsure if I can take back. I'm INEXPERIENCED with computer assembly in general, and a virgin when it comes to slaving. Do I need to get a new SATA harddrive, or is there a way I can use this one? I feel very foolish right now. you should be able to still use the IDE drive, assuming your motherboard has IDE ports.Homer's correct. You can use both. On most newer MBoards SATA takes priority so the IDE will automatically be a slave although you can make it bootable if need be. So if your OS is already on the SATA you should be GOOD to go. P.S. You may have to format the IDE before Windows will be able to use it. This can be done in DISK Management. It will then show up as an additional drive D: for example and you can use it as a storage drive.I have an extension to this question. I would like to slave an IDE drive from an older computer that had power problems to a SATA drive but the cabling for the power side is not the same (4 pin versus ). Also there appears to be a slot on the board for a 40 pin connection but all the others are SATA. Are there adapters or is this a futile exercise? Or am i just missing an obvious solution or ?? Thanks, Dandpmpe - welcome to the CH forums. The 40-pin connector your mention may be for ide devices - what does your mobo manual say on the subject? Ide to Sata and Sata to Ide adapters are widely available, here is just one example of many.. Google for lots more.. Good luck You get can get spliters one that connects to the power plug allowing for more power plugs. But if you DVD Drive USES a SATA you mite not be able to. The fourty pin connector is for IDE HARDDRIVES and CD ROM Drives. If you really want the IDE get a differnt power suplly and so SATA converts wheich connect to the power plugs.Dusty and squall, Thanks for the responses and link. With this information and the pictures in the link I think I understand the hookup. I'll keep you posted as to the outcome. Happy New YearWasn't sure if you would understand that. But if you need help I'll provide some examples.

22447.	Solve : Sound "more to the left"?
Answer» Hi there! Happy new year! Finally the FORUMS are up again! Now to the problem. The sound when i for example listen to music or videos the sound seem to be "more to the left" and i have to change the slider a little bit to the left about 60 % left and 40 % RIGHT if you know what i meen. This isnt such a big problem, but it would be nice to get it sorted out if there is a way. Specs: Asus P5N32-E SLI Intel core 2 quad Q6600 Nvidia 8800gts 320 mb Ms windows xp sp2 Soundcard-Some that came with the mobo, and i have on the "sound max" application. Thanx =)...update sound driver?Do u meen that SoundMax has got a own driver or what?Whatever is your on-board sound chip.Allright IM gonna search for drivers for it, thanx I would try updateing the drive. ALso, take some Electronic cleaner "Deoxit" and spray it on the ends of the plug connections. Move them in and out repeatedly to remove any dirt.i would throw out the soundmax card and get a new sound card. they are nothing but junk and they have caused so many different audio problems to so many different people, INCLUDING me.