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Are all power supplies compatable with any COMPUTER?  If not, I have an IBM NetVista 6794 model that I NEED to put a BIGGER power supply in to install a better video card, so what would WORK (need minimum 300w)?  Thx.Some NetVista's did, most proprietary systems don't (that's why they're proprietary). You might check on the IBM site for that model, or look at the power supply itself (many are by LiteOn) and go googling with that part NUMBER to get info.

300-350 ought to be fine, unless you added a LOT of peripherals.

Can anyone POINT me in the right direction? I have a DMX 6 fire sound card in my PC with a main purpose of recording live music(Guitar etc). The sound recordings have recently got crackly and this problem has persisted. Nothing has happened to the hardware but this problem has stopped any production now and I would greatly APPRECIATE any help.

David.Can you remove and reinsert the card? Uninstall and reinstall the software? Are there updated drivers for it? Did anything HAPPEN to it or the COMPUTER?

More DETAILS please.

Is it possible for a power supply to cause a lockup at any given time?  I replaced the motherboard and cpu, also thought maybe the harddrive was the problem so it was replaced but still it locks up at different times.  Sometimes it will do it while in BIOS setup, sometimes after a reboot with scandisk running, sometimes after a boot and sitting idle.  The only thing that hasn't been changed since this started is the power supply, case, and DDR memory.  Im running out of parts to swap.  Any help is appreciated.More info maybe helpful......like ram ......are they a match pair.?......operating system is?.....the more info the better to help you solve your problem...okIf the fault lies with the PSU, it would most likely shut down or reboot. Not crash.

You may wish to test the RAM by using Windows Memory Diagnostic as faulty RAM may cause the system to crash.check all your fans are working and clean I had a pc last week the cpu fan had a CARPET on it and had STOPED working all TOGETHER, the pc would run for about 30 mins the flock up,
another pc was in a cupboard with no air HOLES for air to move

Fixed that problem.

Now I just have to FIND the damned WINDOWS 98 CD

Thanks for all your HELP guys.
Couldn't have done all this without your help!HTTP://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129971/#XSLTH3142121122120121120120

I UPGRADED my RAM from 256 ddr to 512 ddr.
but my PC has become "frustatingly" slow
I think there is some RAM speed problem.

Has this happened directly after upgrading?

Can ne one tell me the difference between Intel inside processor and original intel processorsimply put
its a computer or laptop built with an intel processer cpu. there are other companies who MAKE and supply processers, for example AMD,IBM,Via etc.Doesn't Intel inside MEAN there's an ACTUAL Intel processor inside?

Underneath the sticker of Intel Inside, the name of the Intel processor should be given.

Friend of mine had to put in a new hard disc in her HP computer. Now when she goes to Defrag it is over in SECONDS. The installer told her that this is normal because there is no data on her new hard disc. Is this a correct answer to her problem?? THANK you:)Yes,

Defraging a hard drive is just puting all the files in order.
So when you have used your Hard drive all the files will be all over the place and when you Defrag it it PUTS themm back together so the computer can find them fast.


If there is nothing on the Hard drive it will defrag fast because the files are where it needs them to be.

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Friend of mine had to put in a new hard disc in her HP computer. Now when she goes to Defrag it is over in seconds. The installer told her that this is normal because there is no data on her new hard disc. Is this a correct answer to her problem?? Thank you:)

have an old 4600 mac computer; FAMILY handme down; aby way i'n now GET a white DISK SHOWING up after starting the computer it has a red "?" mark in the MIDDLE and the computer wont do anything else. what happend? how do i get rid of this problem ?!?!?!?!Post this in the Mac section.

A P3 winXP Pro with Maxtor card G200 AGP.
Intel destop MB VC820
I have no VDU during startup.
VDU turns on (light from orange to green on monitor)when XP takes over.
This means I am UNABLE to make CHANGES to BIOS.
Any suggestions?Never mind.
A replacement MB fixed the problem.
Thanks for lookong.
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Thanks for lookong.

To Raptor,
What do you want?
Please specify.

I have a Lexmark printer/fax/scanner/copier, and a few MONTHS ago my wife told me that it kicked the INK CARTRIDGES out and quit working. I have reset the ink carts. and turned it on, but it will not WORK. It gives a blink code on this GREEN light it has that says the slide bars is stuck, but it moves freely. Does anyone know about these things?

I PICKED up a 486DX off the SIDE of the ROAD; I know, I should take it back there, but I wanted the case to build a new machine in. Can this be done without alot of hassle and expense DUE to the babyAT form factor. Most systems today use an ATX board, ATX power supply, etc. Best to put that one back!





ACTUALLY they should be disposed of properly. (Put it on eBay.)

how many PEOPLE here have the program to control the fan speeds? I'm curious on how it runs on other computers 'cause it's running amazing on mine.I  don't even HAVE a fan on my MAIN workhorse. Heatsink only, very quiet, and 5+ years of no DOWNTIME.

oooo wow how hot is your computer usually?BEATS me, no temperature monitor. This one is a state of the ART Dell P3-500. I jnow it doesn;t heat up the room, besides being quiet.

I have the software for my new Radeon 9250 installed but when I plug Moniter cable (VGA) into the new card and start the computer it stays blakc for a while then my desktop background appears very small in the center with a thick black RIM around it. Any help is appreciated.Right click on the desktop and change the screen resolution MAYBE?Did you DISABLE onboard video or REMOVE drivers from previous video card?

how do i remove DESKTOP ITEMS when i can't CLICK and DRAG them to the recycle binRight click and choose delete. May need to BOOT up in safe mode if they are difficult.

I have this like... iunno what it is, 218? hard DRIVE. And I wanted to know if there is a possibility to put two 512's in with this ONE. Will it make my computer faster or just add more space. Cause i'm really trying to make computer faster.arielle...... Ah ...I think perhaps your refering to RAM (memory as opposed to storage ?)

Sounds like you currently have 256 mb of ram installed and you wish to add 2 additional STICKS of 512 mb
That would make your pc perform much better .......however , just be sure that the new Ram matchs the existing ram or you may have problems .

dl65  oh and how do i know if they are the same?
this computer is completely custom cause my ex built it for me then decided to not tell me a damned thing about it... and I don't know where to go to figure out the INFORMATION on it Quote

I have this like... iunno what it is, 218? hard drive. And I wanted to know if there is a possibility to put two 512's in with this one. Will it make my computer faster or just add more space. Cause i'm really trying to make computer faster.

i have no idea, i was just told by someone if i add two 512's and open up some room it would make my computer run faster

how do you upgrade the ram?

I have a home wired network connected to a Lynksys router / ADSL modem.
My wife has a laptop and would prefer to connect to the home network and subsequently, the net with a wireless connection.
Does anyone know of a device which will connect to the network that will ENABLE a wireless connection from a laptop without the need to buy a new wireless router?wightrob....... Will the laptop accept a PCMCIA ethernet adapter ....then just plug into the existing router ?
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1224098&CatId=588

dl65  Is your linksys router NOT wireless? If not then you must have one and the laptop must EITHER have built in wireless card or a pcmcia wireless receiverThanks for your reply dl65.  The laptop is a FAIRLY new Sony Viao and has a built in Ethernet adaptor.  We have connected to the home network using a patch cable.  This works fine.  The problem is my wife wants to use the laptop from anywhere in the house without hard wires.  I think that the  laptop has built in wireless connecvtivity.  My idea was to plug a wireless sender/receiver into a network port to eliminate the cable connection to the PC.Thanks for your reply wrwss.
The Linksys router is not wireless, it's a wired model(AG041(UK)).   The wired network works fine for the rest of us but my wife just feels too tied down with cables!
I have explained in my reply to dl65 what I want to do to avoid buying a new router as these THINGS are not cheap on this side of the pond.if that router does not even send a wireless signal, I can't imagine a cheap way to pick one up.You will have to purchase a wireless router for the laptop to connect wirelessly to the internet. You will have to put it in place of your current gateway. Check on ebay for a wireless router, you will save alot of money.

There is no video signal coming from my pc.  The monitor is showing no signal.  I have tried swapping Monitors with no effect.  This WOULD INDICATE that the graphics card has failed , but I've tried booting it up with another card (Matrox G550 dual head) with the same result.  There are no irregular bios beep codes that would indicate where the problem is.  Does anybody have any ideas before I try to swap out the motherboard???How's that power supply working? I would swap that  one out briefly with a known good unit and see what happens.

What happened prior to this event?

If power supply is found to be good - Is this a PCI card? If so, try another slot. Try that card in another machine.Power supply APPEARS to fine.  The pc sounds like its booting up.  I'll try the card in another pc.So it is an AGP card? I SUPPOSE you have tried removing and reseating the card?Yup, tried that.  The matrox card I tried was a pci one (tried it in different slots) which didn't WORK either. I'm going to try that in another pc as well just to confirm that it's working ok. Watch this space.We'll be here..........

I have a HP that got fried. I BOUGHT a new Dell. The Dell don't have a Sandisk/CompactFlash drive. Can I PUT the drive from the HP in the Dell?If it has an internal USB header, and if the Dell has an appropriate SIZE empty drive bay and RAILS to mount it. You didn't mention what model Dell.

Hi, okay here's the problem

I'm trying to build my computer, and it's my first time and after setting up the entire rig, i booted it up, and...nothing is displayed.

Here are the symptoms:
- fans are all spinning
- Led on the mobo is GOING on (i've got an asus A8N sli deluxe and it's a green led that's comign on)
- no beeps or sounds (but that might be because i don't have that system warning speaker thing in my case, so I didn't hook anything up to that particular connection)
- nothing is displayed on the monitor and I ran the mobo for 15 minutes to CHECK if anything'll come up

Is this a fried mobo or processor or a bad gpu or something? Any help would be uber-greatly appreciated.oh, and here are my specs

Asus A8N Sli-Deluxe mobo
2x 512 pc3200 Corsair XMS ram
Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego CPU
560W Thermaltake PSU
2x 74 GB SATA
Audigy ZS
If you have not tried to reseat and test all hardware individually, then install a speaker. Without a speaker, you will never be certain.

so do i install a sound card and install a speaker into that? could I use headphones instead?You connect the onboard speaker to the mainboard. The connector should be located near the other connectors such as HDD_LED. It should be labeled Speaker. However, it may be named spkr as well. It depends on the motherboard. Refer to your manual for instructions.oh yea, that plug

yea, in my manual, it says that i should connect something here to HEAR beeps and etc

but the only problem is that there is no system speaker on my case or any plug at all that fits into this plug
Your running AMD's newest core - San Diego. You MUST update the bios for this particular core first.You may be able to obtain a PC speaker at any dedicated computer store.lol, i would update my bios, 'cept my comp isn't posting  :-/

okay, i'm going to a pc repair shop soon, gonna tell them to check up on some stuff before my newegg warranties expire

btw, thanks for being patient and helping this noobIf the computer is still under warranty, you should make full use of that warranty.

just wondering, but how would they know if the product was doa or fried while handling?I have never had a product that was dead on arrival so I can not tell the difference. I never destroyed a piece of hardware either.Did you load the mobo floppy disk that came with it?it contains loads of data thats NEEDED....okay, I went to the pc repair shop and they told me that most likely, my mobo is dead or something. They said it's about 80%-90% chance that the mobo is the culprit, because since they couldn't test everything fully cause they didn't have AMD systems or PCI-X capable mobos, they weren't 100% sure

Here's what happens though, tell me what you think:
I bought a speaker thing that connects into the slot under the HDD_LED and all that stuff. When I hook up the cpu and cpu fan, I hear this loud beeping. Then, when I add the ram but NO GPU, there is no beeping, which is pretty wierd.

Oh, and I was trying to know how would the reseller (newegg) know if I fried the mobo or if it was DOA? I'm pretty sure it was DOA because I've got no carpet in my house and made sure to be grounded. And what happens if it turns out that what I RMA'd wasn't defective? Do I have to pay something?

And how much static does it take to fry something? A jolt that you can feel, or less?
Start again & tell us where you are up to?
New mobo? Old mobo? What's a GPU?
Carefully put it all together, turn it on & tell us what happens.
Others may disagree but I don't think static is a huge problem so long as you touch the case to eliminate any potential static & try to handle the components by their edges.

My mouse cursor is frozen on my desktop.  It will not move at all.  Previous to this the mouse cursor would move OK at times and would then lock up on the screen.  Now there is no movement.  I get the same effect when I start the computer in safemode.  Any IDEAS?Try another mouse.There are a few real nasty Bots  nad trojans that can create this situation, they basicly stop anyone trying to remove them.
Have you got (a) an Antivirus or (b) anti spyware or trojan remover tools. spybot s&d, Trojanguard, S&G,anything that can be run in safe mode.
Also do you KNOW how to run the computer solely from the keystrocks.
Sophos can supply a good set of removal tools for use from Floppies, http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/30.htmlVirus scanners
AVG Free
-- 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
Using only one firewall is advised. Dual firewalls may cause problems.
Using a hardware firewall and a software firewall is even more adviced.
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.

I have a dell inspiron 5150 notebook, it connects to the internet thru a dell truemobile 2300 router. On saturday, my laptops cord had fallen out, unbeknowst to us, the battery ran out, and it abruptly turned off on us. After reconnecting everything and rebooting I found that I could not get on the internet thru both the Firefox and IE browsers, plus thru a online game by the name of World of Warcraft. Our desktop computer which had a direct connection to the router worked fine.

I tried resetting my router, removing the power cord from the router, repairing the connection thru the laptop. But it did no good. I finally used the same cord that our desktop connected to the router and hooked it up to my laptop and found that it still did not work. I even bypassed the router and DIRECTLY connected to the comcast cable modem, again without sucess.

But I did find something very odd. One program on my laptop was able to connect to the internet. A Instant Messaging program called Xfire. It worked fine without any screw-ups. And I was able to chat online. But every other online program would not work at all. Whatever the problem is it seems to be isolated to my laptop. I'm not sure if its my network card or not, and I really don't UNDERSTAND how the HECK I could connect to xfire wirelessly, yet nothing else would work.  And I'm not sure if the SUDDEN power outage on the laptop caused anything to mess up....

If this belongs in software sorry, but I really can't tell and I don't see forum areas for network and internet issues.
Hi

Are you running XP?
Try system restore if you are.
If you are GOING wirelessly check that IE/Firefox are not using an older internet connection.

Tools> Internet options> connections> and it should be set to never dial a connection as the router now holds the access information.

HTH
Jim.

Ok if anyone can help this is my situation.  I have an older computer that I am trying to get running again.  It is a Gateway 2000, 233 Mhz, with only 96 RAM.  Because I am an idiot I installed Windows ME on it and would like to try to add some RAM and upgrade to Windows XP.  My problems are as follows:  While the CD Drive is listed in the BIOS information on Boot up(A TOSHIBA XM 6202B), it does not appear in the My Computer area of the OS.  The original hard drive and a secondary hard drive that I installed as well as the floppy drive all are listed but not the CD Rom drive.  It will open and close but will not read data.  Furthermore in the Device Manager I have yellow exclaimation point indicators on both the primary and secondary IDE controllers but not the Master Bus IDE controller.  When I check the device status of the primary and secondary IDE controllers it says "The device is either not present, not working properly or does not have all the drivers installed. CODE 10".  I'm not sure what exactly the primary and secondary IDE devices look like but I know ive never removed them and when I try to update the driver it tells me the drivers are fully updated (of course its only checking the windows drivers since it has not internet connection :more on that later).  We had a power surge at the house recently and this is my girlfriends computer.  She tells me that she stopped being able to get on the internet via the Linksys USB network adapter right after the power surge.  The CD Rom drive was undetectable for at least several months before the power surge so I dont think the two things are related but what I am trying to figure out is where do I start with all this to try to salvage this computer?  Is this a long first question on here? Let's go a few things at a time. There are 2 or 3 cables to the CD ROM drive. One is the power cable. It has 4 coroed wires. When fit in snugly and operation the CDROM can open and close the drawer as well as spin. There is also a flat grey (usually) cable that is the data cable between the CDROM and the Secondary IDE port on the motherboard. If a good cable is plugged in correctly on both spots and the CD can not be read within Windows, it is time for another CDROM. A third very small wire MAY connect the CDROM to the sound card which may be an actualy plug in card, or a port on the motherboard.

The BUSMASTER IDE controller is not relevant to this discussion as it is unrelated to any of these problems, and is on the motherboard, not to mention it apparently works OK.

Is there just the one CDROM drive? If so, it should have jumper on the back that designate it as master on the secondary channel.  There are two hard drives, and they sound like they are working, but they would be jumpered and listed as Master and Slave on the primary IDE channel.

Now a surge of electricity could have damaged both of those IDE channels, but make sure everything is plugged in right. You can see the drives in the BIOS so that is a good thing.

Windows XP will never be a good fit on this machine. Windows ME, though it has it's problems may work, although some RAM would boost it's performance, it's not required at this time. Do you have the original WIndows CD and the Registration Code? (25 digits - may be on the machine  or on a book cover). If so that is good.

Go to bootdisk.com and download the boot disk for whatever operating system you plan to use. BUY a used CDROM or borrow one for a test as you will need it to load WIndows of any kind. Did you get a driver CD along with that computer?

OK, your turn.I've already removed and put back the IDE Cables.  There is a double cable to the two hard drives and a single cable to the CD Rom Drive.  The jumper on the back of the CD Rom Drive is in the Master posisiton and has never been fiddled with.  I can't find the original Windows CD and was worried about XP but if I can't install XP I would still rather put someting else on the computer and am considering Linux Red Hat but want to get the hardware running right first.  If the IDE channels have been damaged by a power surge that is pretty much it for the mother board right?  or no?  I don't have a driver disk but that's not a huge deal I have used Belarc to make a list of all the hardware and can just find the drivers out there on the net if past driver experience is a guide.If the IDE channelsare damaged you can always get a PCI IDE controller board (about $10 on eBay) which will PROBABLY run the drives better and FASTER and provide up to 4 IDE outputs. I just sold one, so I know of which I speak.

What other components are we talking about - video,  sound card, etc.

How about a Live LInux CD to test everything? With only 96 meg of RAM you will be limited as to what to run other than Windows 98SEAnother question is if the IDE channels are FUBAR why are the Hard drives working and for that matter why does the computer even boot up?  Unfortunately for me this is a Gateway so the outer case and design of the CD Rom that came with it make it impossible to install a new internal CD Rom so it would have to be an external CD Drive.  There is one unrecognized piece of hardware in the device manager and under that device is listed the orginal modem which also has the yellow circle with an exclaimation point in it.  I tried to take a screen shot of the device manager to post here but the old CTRL-Print Screen method doesnt work it seems in ME.  What exactly is Live Linux?  Does it tell you if Linux will run on a specific computer?  I was under the impression that Linux required a lot less to run that Windows.Something else I just discovered under the performace tab of the system properties is a window with 3 messages which follow

[glb]Compatibility-mode Paging reduces overall system performance.[/glb]Additional details of this message are: [glb]Windows Millennium Edition was unable to identify a real-mode driver or memory-resident program loaded in your Config.sys or Autoexec.bat file. You will see another message that lists the name of the driver or program causing the problem.
Because Windows Millennium Edition could not identify the driver or program, it has switched to MS-DOS compatibility mode to ensure the program will run. However, this decreases overall performance. To improve performance, remove the program or driver causing the problem, or contact its manufacturer for an upgraded version.[/glb]

The second and third messages in the window are: [glb]Drive C/D is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system[/glb] and the accompanying details are: [glb]This problem often occurs on more than one drive. Usually it is caused by a driver listed in the Config.sys file that Windows Millennium Edition does not recognize and that is related to the message Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance. If you see both messages, see the Help for the Compatibility mode paging reduces overall system performance message first.
If you only see the message Drive X is using an MS-DOS compatibility mode file system on one drive, that drive is using an MS-DOS compatibility (real-mode) driver, which might reduce that drive’s performance. Contact your hardware manufacturer to see if an updated driver is available for your drive. If not, the drive’s performance might be less than optimal, but you can still use it.
[/glb]

Any clue what thats all about?

I starting to have problems with my server again.
It's a AMD64 3000+.

I run Windows2000Pro + sp4.
The graphic card is a ATI Radeon9200 SE.128mb
and the motherboard is a ASUS K8V-X.

and the worst is that I'm not even getting a BSOD,
he screen just goes black.

How ever, you can still hear the FANS in the computer working,
the power led on the computer is still on, so the PSU seems ok.

But everything closes down. If you have music on, it stops,
and you can't reach the computer even through the LAN,
so it is in what you could call a "frozen state".

And the CPU is about 50° so its ok, not over heating.

The evenlog doesn't show anything at all and it doesn't leave any trace in drwtsn32 either.

Graphic card error ? Motherboard failure ?

Any clues ? Help please !!!  Personally I would run a Live Linux CD to determine if it is hardware or software. It's free, just takes a few minutes and it's simple. If it boots and runs -> it was your software. Quote

Personally I would run a Live Linux CD to determine if it is hardware or software. It's free, just takes a few minutes and it's simple. If it boots and runs -> it was your software.

Can you check temp on the card? Was is a recent install? Remove and reseat everything, check for card wiggle in the slot. Is the power suplly adequate for all of the hardware installed? Can you check with a borrowed PSU for a few days?

I'm trying to think of easy things to check (and free too)

 

Maybe you can borrow some generic PCI card from someone with an old system sitting idle?

Everytime I turn on my printer it immediatly start PRINTING over and over again, sometimes its blank sometimes it has some weird LOOKING code on it.
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Everytime I turn on my printer it immediatly start printing over and over again, sometimes its blank sometimes it has some weird looking code on it.

Everything is pluged in but no noise nothing comes on but the little green light on the front .

Help Help Green means go. In this case go check inside the case to see if all FANS are turning and if the POWER supply appears on when started. We can go from there.

Well I Did All That Nothing Seems To Run At All But The Green Light.What make and model is the system? If it has a standard power supply, you could change it out with another briefly and see if that fixes it.

Did ANYTHING HAPPEN to this computer before this?

I have a BenQ Joybook 5100 that just will not boot. It started playing up, not booting properly about one MONTH ago and then last WEEK NOTHING. What could cause this? I thought the hard DRIVE but I tested it in my computer and it works fine. Could it be the power supply/lead, battery, or could it be motherboard/processor/RAM? Any HELP would be great.

Thanks,
TomIt could be all of those things. It could also be the joystick or it's drivers. Is that the only thing in your system not working right? If so, then I would start there.

What happened about a month ago? Do you have adware/spyware/virus protection?

looking for the CONFIG for a 9 pin 1394 cables when attaching to my asus a8v motherboard.  The cables come from a front panel of the case.  I pulled it out to rearrange some cables thinking it was ONE clip...but alas i am standed.

XXXXX
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i have TPA+(blue), TPA-(orange), TPB+(green), TPB-(orange), 2 GND(black), &  VCC(white) cables.

Now where do i put them?

BRYAN foster*Blocked Russian URL*/data/ieee1394_pinout.shtml

My CD drive won't open. All the wires are connected but it still won't work. I am not the BEST with computers and didn't KNOW what else to do. Any help would be apprciated. Thanks in ADVANCE. Garth.....Did it suddenly just stop working ?

If you take a paperclip and straighten it out ......then look at the front of the cd drive , you should SEE a small hole .....insert the paper clip and you should press on the manual release and the door should open for you .

dl65go to to the cdrom icon in the my computer section.........and right cllick on the cdrom icon.......and chose eject cd from the list displayed.Or reboot pc......and TRY the eject button on the drive.....hth.

im trying to replace my 6gb primary slave with a new 160gb seagate.  my pri master is a maxtor.  i can only get one decteted at a time.  always who ever is on the master cable.  slave is never detected.  ive set the jumpers to CS and forcfully slave/master DEPENDING.  why cant i get it to recognize correctly.

i have an asus AK8N mobo.

thanks so muchDid you use the Seagate tools to setup the new HDD ? ?
Until the drive is partitioned and formatted it will not be recognised by Windows.
I would also suggest not using CS, causes headaches on some systems.

patio.  it is formated as ntfs with windows loaded on it, im using the other one for linux.  the problem is the mobo is not detecting it.  if i put either as pri master, it is decteted.  its when i try and use both where which ever is on slave is not deteced.Maybe you bios needs upgrading.........pay the mobo site a visit.....Go into the setup screen and see if the drive is registering, and what MB. It may be a BIOS limitation of the MOTHERBOARD. Since it is a 6 gig drive, I am assuming it is an older model.

More info and we can help.

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...i have an asus AK8N mobo...

i got it figured out.  i set the seagate to slave and the maxtor to CS.  that combo works, and everything is up and running fine....

Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  If you have 2 sound cards installed in that machine it's possible that could create havoc...decide on one and uninstall the other one. Make sure it is also removed in Control Panel/System/Hardware Devices.

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Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  

Someone installed a 2nd soundcard for me, and messed around a bit in the BIOS.
The Tab for Hibernation (Windows XP pro) has completely disappeared now (also, the Standby button in Shutdown menu is grey, thus inactive).  

It was suggested I should re-install the videocard to recuperate the Hibernate Tab - is that correct?

If so, is there an easy manual somewhere that explains how to do this? I'm not very knowledgeable on soft nore hardware  :-/  

I have a c-media sound CARD.  I record all kinds of things on my COMPUTER USING the line in input.  But on my latest computer the sound never turns out correct on my recordings.  The volume fades in and out, for ex. if i'm listening to a rock and there are non-heavy parts in the soung the volume gets REALLY low and on the heavy parts the volume does just the oposite. I've tried EVERYTHING I know how (to adjusting the recording volumes to the regular volumes) nothing seems to work.  Can any one help me?

Hi,  I am new to this forum.  I found this site and am hopeful someone can assist me with this problem I am having.  Every time I try to print (it doesn't matter what program), my computer automatically reboots itself.  I have tried deleting the printer and re-installing, I have tried UPDATING the drivers, but anytime I try to do anything related to the printer, the computer reboots.  I have a HP Pavilion v50 computer with a hp deskjet 845c.  My operating system is MS Windows XP.

I have also tried changing the USB connection around and still am having the same problem.  Nothing seems to be working to correct this problem.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

MollyTry a registry repair, scan your computer for errors and defragment sounds like your computer has some cross files or messed up reg keysTry turning off Automatic Reboot on System Failure, then look for error logs.molly:

See if you get the same result when you print a test page:

1. Click Start > Printers and Faxes
2. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on HP DeskJet 845 and choose Properties from the context menu
3. In the HP DeskJet 845 Properties DIALOG box, select the General tab and click the Print Test Page button
4. If the test page prints without crashing Windows XP, then the printer and drivers are OK, so we MAY start trying to figure out what else may be causing the reboot problem

Let us know how it goes,
DocGreat News!!!!  I'm not the most puter literate person in the world, but, after trying everything I could POSSIBLY think of....I finally did a "Restore".  

Problem FIXED....no more re-booting when I try to print something.  

Thanks for your advice and assistance,

Molly

I have a second COMPUTER in my house that I want to CONNECT wirelessly to my INTERNET connection.

I have ACCESS to a free access POINT if I want one, but I know a router is what most people use. If I understand what I have read on the internet, an access point is a router without the security and switching capabilities. So why is the access point more expensive? Is there some reason why I should buy a router when I could use an access point that won't cost me anything?

Thanks for your help.

I'm in the PROCESS of swapping some P3 slot 1 CPUs around, and would like to know if there's a way to remove the standard Intel fan/heatsink from a CPU-possibly even a commercial tool to compress the FRILLY post which holds the clip in place- or does one have to break the clamp? I'd like to preserve the clamps if possible, as they're gone from the local SCENE (except for eBay, etc). Also, is there a "proper" way to remove the fan *censored*'y from the heatsink with a minimum of force (to permit PLACING the clamp)?
Thanks for the help...

I'm attempting to add a new 120 GB HD to my WinXP computer.  I currently only have one hard drive installed.  But Disk Management shows two volumes:

VOLUME   Layout    TYPE    FileSystem  Status
(blank)   Partition   Basic   FAT                Healthy (EISA Config.)
(C)             Partition   Basic   NFTS              Healthy (System)

The C: volume listed above is my ACTUAL hard drive and operating system, which was formatted with NFTS.  Right-clicking on C: under Disk Management brings up a full pop-up menu.  But when I right-click on the blank volume to try to delete it, a very short menu pops up.  The only item on this menu is "Help", with a horizontal line above the word "Help".  It appears that this pop-up menu just contains the very last item of the full pop-up menu that I can get by clicking on the C: volume.   The blank volume is described by the Disk Manager as a 39 MB drive, which is a similar size to a an old HD I had tried to INSTALL as a second drive (but gave up) when I first set up the computer.

I have tried installing the new 120 GB hard drive, but the computer doesn't recognize the new drive, and it has no affect on Disk Management.  I've double-checked the jumper settings, and I don't think that is the problem.   How can I clear the "phantom drive" from the Disk Manager?Computer make.model can be significant as for instance many Dells require CS rather than master slave, etc.

I am assuming this is an older computer with a hidden EISA configuration utility. PLEASE leave that alone unless you know what you're doing.

When the new drive gets recognized by the BIOS correctly it should show up as D. Don't mess with C unless you want to start all over again!!

:-[I am here, in need of help. I am planning on purchasing a new computer, but not a "package deal." I WANT to buy everything seperate and then put at all together. I have a friend that will help me out by puting it all together, but... He said he won't help me buy the pieces and that I should find out the information before buying the items. So, here I am...

What do you look for, for a TOP of the line gaming computer, fast computer, powerful computer?

Basically, what power supply, video card, processor (pentium D?? Is it any good), RAM, CD, DVD drive, SOUND card should I be looking for? And anything ELSE that I have missed. I am an EXTREME hardware newbie, and I would like to learn.
Help! Ok the best thing for games right now would be an nVidia 7800 GTX 256 MB Graphic card. That would be the most important thing for a game pc. These cards are around 500 dollars each. Note that you could also wait a little bit for the 512 MB version wich is really better for newer games.

Dual core is not a good idea for games because it doesnt help you much because games must support dual core. I would go for a AMD FX 57 for a 1000 dollar.

2x 1 GB of memory in dual channel. 2x sata hard disks in RAID 0. And the newest X-FI sound card from creative. New mainbord for PCI-E 16 VGA, 2x sata raid 0, socket 939, 4 banks ddr memory dual channel and pci for sound card.

You figure out the pricing.www.alienware.com - get a gaming machine. It may be cheaper in the long run.

I have a problem with my computer.
It has wrong sensor readings.
I use Everest Home edition and it says my CPU temp is 125 DEGREES and my 12+ voltage is 2.05~2.11.

This is weirdd because inside the BIOS 12+ voltage is fine but CPU temp is ALSO 125 degrees.

I use a MSI mainbord version MSI K7N2 Delta2 (MS-6570E) with a Duron processor 850 mhz.

Please help me!Everest isn't perfect, better than most.  Send report to Lavalys.Do you think the problem is Everest or your computer? What do you think about 125degrees in general for a Duron? Is EVERYTHING working OK? If not why did you check?

More info, please.

This is causing me major grief at the moment!!

I have an ACER Aspire 1670 Laptop at the moment.
It is fitted with a Pioneer DVD - RW DVR-K14 RA DVD drive.

My problem is this....

When I load a blank DVD-RW disc into the drive in my computer and go to My Computer Screen the DVD drive is shown as EMPTY. When I try to copy files to it I get a box telling me there is a problem copying.

When I load in a DVD Movie, No problems at all and it shows up in My Computer with disc size and everything.

I just dont get whats wrong with it.

Any experts out there can help me please?Well friend, there are some disks which are already bad or not working properly. Do try different disk. I am sure that it will work with some other DISK.
Bye...
I did try that and the computer is still not playing ball!

Any other suggestions as I am at a complete loss!!!What program do you USE to copy files to dvd disk......
Ive just had some success!!!

When I use my NTI CD/DVD maker software it recognises the disc and ALLOWS me to save to it.

When I try to use Windows to perform the same function it still wont recognise the disc.

What am I doing wrong?Not chosing the correct program to save it.?as wmp does it also?I will try that later thanks!!Ok A quick update to my problem...

Using my NTI DVD software I managed to burn Windows Media Files to a DVD R-W.
Some were in a folder and 1 wasnt.
When I load my disc in it shows that the disc had nearly 4 gig of data on it but only the file that wasnt in the folder shows up and is accessible.

Any suggestions as to whats wrong??ANYBODY

Hi,

I have a computer that is used as a webserver in my small NETWORK. what's been happening is that it can freeze or hang by itself and i have to reboot it to get it back to normal. Then, it works for a while and you'd never know when it could hang again. But i noticed that it sometimes happens quite a lot over the weekends. Very weird but true. The trouble is this. Because i installed a private mailserver called merak mailserver on that computer, i can't get any emails until manually having to reboot it.

It's pentium 3 (quite an old one), has a decent memory space(used for mail only), and windows XP Professional.

I have also PC-Cillin antivirus scheduled to run automatically on a daily basis, Microsoft antispyware and ADWARE running automatically on a appropriate timing.

What should i do? is there any way of fixing this apart from getting another new machine?

Thank you for your help in advance and look forward to hearing from you.Have you made any changes to the system before this happened? Do you have maybe too many applications running at once?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Something has changed with the computer of it's setup. Maybe just that mail server, but I suspect it's more. Could you post more details please on precipitating events?You may get a hint by looking in your 'Event VIEWER'.Hi, guys. Thank you for your replies and sorry for getting back to you late.

I don't know exactly what happend to it over the weekend because the mailserver resides at the office. And luckily, my boss lives very nearby. He went to get it reset then it came to work as normal.

He said before resetting it, he noticed the screen was blank and the machine was running because he could see the power LIGHT on. He moved the mouse around but nothing happened on the screen.

By the way, I went and checked the event viewer for the date of 8th oct and the following date up until today, nothing too serious other than getting warning message that read as follows

"The time service has not been able to synchronize the system time for 49152 seconds because none of the time providers has been able to provide a usable time stamp. The system clock is unsynchronized."
SOURCE: W32Time.

I don't think this would be related to the above problem.

Thank you in advance and look forward to hearing from you

photopbucket.com could not be found. please check the name and try again.

i get this message when i try to download photobucket. i,ve used the site for months and this showed up today. i discovered the problem when i tried to view pictures in a guitar forum i use but the links didn't show up on my PAGE. whats up and what can i do?photopbucket.com photobucket.com
The site is PROBABLY down or running slow.
Try it TOMORROW.  see if you can access it please then i would know a little morePut up the link you want me to access.
Better still, put up a picture, assuming that's what you normally do in your chat room.photobucket.com works fine from here.
Check and make sure your browser is not blocking it.

patio. how do i check  to see if the browser is blocking it?Gray:

To check that the website is available, do this:

1. Click Start > Run
2.  In the Run dialog BOX, type PING PHOTOBUCKET.COM
3.  Press the ENTER key
4.  If you see this:

Pinging PHOTOBUCKET.COM [38.116.156.113] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=240ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=220ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=211ms TTL=243
Reply from 38.116.156.113: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=243

Ping statistics for 38.116.156.113:
   Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)

Then the site is available.  If you see a message that no reply was received, then the website is currently down, or blocking ping requests.

Best regards,
Doc

What does it mean when the case seems to lightly vibrate when you place your fingers against the  case? This seems to happen even with only the monitor cable CONNECTED.

Is this dangerous?

Should I ground the motherboard in a better fashion? If so, how?When the computer is running or shutdown? Quote

This seems to happen even with only the monitor cable connected.  

My first thoughts, all outlets should be grounded, that's how we do it here. (For at least the last 40 years)

1. Can you get your outlets grounded?
2. What supply voltage do you use?

What supply voltage do you use?

300 Watt PSU

My computer's (an emachines PC with Windows XP, just so you know) CD-RW drive doesn't work properly, and I just hooked up a DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive to one of my USB ports this weekend. I've ALREADY used it to burn music CDs so I know it works with my computer. But though I figured out how to switch my Windows Media Player over from my original CD-RW drive to burning with the new drive, I can't find the way to burn picture files using this drive... it only recognizes the original drive and I can't find options for changing the default when I'm burning pictures.

Please help...Deandra Mason.....What kind of burning software are you trying to use ?

dl65  Now I feel very clueless, because I don't know the answer to that. I just select the pictures I want in the "My Pictures" FOLDER and hit "copy all to CD." But it sends them to the wrong CD drive and I don't know how to redirect it...

thanks  Deandra Mason........ok .....I know what your doing .......
Question for you ........when you have the external cd burner plugged in to the USB port ........what drive letter does it SHOW up as in "My Computer".

Look in you programs folder (or in ALL Programs ) and see if you have a program called NERO or Ahead Nero ?


let us know

dl65  The drive letter is E... I don't have Nero...

thanks  Is the CD-RW detected? You may need to install drivers for it.

Does it work outside of your copying software?If it works for copying music, then doesn't that mean it's detected? I was able to go into iTunes and Windows Media Player, and switch the default burning drive over to it, I just don't know how to do that with picture burning...Wmp can not burn jpeg/ipg files to disk......maybe you need this >>http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4055

the pic files should burn as DATA? Quote

If it works for copying music, then doesn't that mean it's detected? I was able to go into iTunes and Windows Media Player, and switch the default burning drive over to it, I just don't know how to do that with picture burning...

I need to get out of the same screen, every time i restart, message says-a disk read error has occured-press ctr-alt-del to restart. I have a dell laptop 8100 inspiron- bios A15- also what would be the boot ORDER for this, or how can i get around this problem. Thanks Press F2 when you SEE the dell screen and see if it recognized the hard drive in the BIOS (about a  third of the screen down). If not you may have a bad hard drive, OR the drive may have gotten slid out of its docking SOCKET. If so, just push it back in until it clicks. Some have a screw and some don't to hold it in, OTHERS just a release on the bottom.

Let us know what you find.

RMB:

Here's what i found at Dell's SUPPORT site:

http://service.dell.com/dell/step/1,,33732+26+35994+34536+24365+17433,00.html

Let us know if our suggestions don't help.

Doc

Well, I installed a new memory card, and now I have 1 gig of RAM. And now, for some reason, my internet is faster. Well I guess that is a plus... However, when ever I download, a web page, or a big file, all of my system resources are taken up. For example, if I am downloading something, my mouse only MOVES about every 20 seconds. When I ma listening to music and surifing the web, the song gets laggy. I am not sure of the cause of this.OK, here goes the USUAL drill.

Scan for Spyware, adware and viruses

Ad Aware, Spybot, and AVG Free work well for this, if you don't have one or all of these. You can google for the download sites.

If that doesn't fix things, then post the specifics of your machine - make/model, etc. etc., the more the better.

Identify what was happening before your machine started slowing down - did you spill coffee in it, kick it over, etc. etc.

Someone will then be along shortly to solve the problem with you.

Actually, for some reason, Turning off page fiel solved the problem. I have no spyware, or ANYTHING like. And I already said, I installed a new memory card and this started happening. Quote

Actually, for some reason, Turning off page fiel solved the problem. I have no spyware, or anything like. And I already said, I installed a new memory card and this started happening.

Actually, for some reason, Turning off page fiel solved the problem. I have no spyware, or anything like. And I already said, I installed a new memory card and this started happening.

Well, I installed a new memory card, and now I have 1 gig of RAM. And now, for some reason, my internet is faster. Well I GUESS that is a plus... However, when ever I download, a web PAGE, or a BIG file, all of my system resources are taken up. For example, if I am downloading something, my mouse only MOVES about every 20 seconds. When I ma listening to music and surifing the web, the song gets laggy. I am not sure of the cause of this.Please see response to your duplicate post.

If i have two RAM sticks and one of them malfunctioning, Can it damage other parts of my PC(if i do not remove that stick) and occasionally receive error message?No. Where are you located Shouvik?GX1:

I am located at India ( Calcutta ).

You??I hope you're far enough from the earthquake and family and friends are OK. I am in Oklahoma, USAHi GX1:

fortunately my city is SAFE from earthquake.

Although light tremors have been felt within 100 miles of my city.

Part of North india is affected.

300 dead in Kashmir. 3000 dead in Pakistan.

Many casualties

The center is "Uri" near Kashmir at the borderline between India and Pakistan.




At this moment there is festive season in my city.


The Festival is also celebrated outside India.




[note: Puja means worship]You could TRY re-seating your RAM, it may fix it.Did you run Memtest on it? What was the report?

www.memtest86.com

Heres the problem, I have a Toshiba a45 s120, when I boot the laptop up the screen is very dark and the icons are hard to read.  It has LCD panel., at first I thought it may have been the inverter.  I bought a new one off of ebay. the problem still continues after I installed it.  So I decide to disconnect the inverter from both ends and boot the computer up again.    Same problem, dark screen and hard to read...any HELP or ideas???  
ThankiesHave you TRIED adjusting the brightness?  Fn + F7
http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_docTOC.jsp?moid=555699&ct=UG&soid=587690&[email protected][email protected]&BV_EngineID=ccchaddflhdhhdecgfkceghdgngdgnj.0Test the graphics.......connect a monitor to the back of the laptop........or check you have not knocked the knob on the side of the laptop.........down the side of the led screen.Also check......power......connect the laptop to a mains adapter.....The main power adapter is pluggedin, I've adjust the brightness to see the icons better with the dark screen.  The graphics is an Intel Extreme Graphics 2 for mobile, which I had to switch the graphics from the laptop screen to both laptop screen and monitor.
We I first had this problem, my FATHER and I removed the keyboard to reveal the mother board.  He used a samll insulated screwdriver and pressed slightly down on a contecter on the motherboard.  I am not sure what the connecter is for, I'm assuming it is how the power is transfer from the battery (main power) to the inverter to the lcd screen.  Any ideas?  Thanks for your replies!!!   Quote

The main power adapter is pluggedin, I've adjust the brightness to see the icons better with the dark screen.  The graphics is an Intel Extreme Graphics 2 for mobile, which I had to switch the graphics from the laptop screen to both laptop screen and monitor.  
We I first had this problem, my father and I removed the keyboard to reveal the mother board.  He used a samll insulated screwdriver and pressed slightly down on a contecter on the motherboard.  I am not sure what the connecter is for, I'm assuming it is how the power is transfer from the battery (main power) to the inverter to the lcd screen.  Any ideas?  Thanks for your replies!!!    

In fact I suspect you are speaking Merlinspeak which I have only a limited understanding of

when i turn comp on theres nothing on the screen & and it CONSTANTLY beeps MAKE certain all hardware is properly seated and that all FANS are operating.

Have you recently built this computer?