Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003  Jun 30th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 Re: HD failure ??
thanks pitbull, i actually tried oly's advice and just tried putting new sata cables on, and ill be damned it worked like a charm. but, my 500GB is no doubt damaged. so i will try and run that... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 Re: HD failure ??
damn oly i didnt even see this post, somehow. I will try these steps before i do anything. Thanks a lot for the help, i should be able to figure out what the problem is by doing this. Hell it may... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 Re: HD failure ??
damn. ok well thx everyone for input, im going to return the HD and order another one from a different manufacturer and see if that works. but can anyone tell me if it sounds like my HDs did in fact... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 Re: HD failure ??
anyone have similar problems with hard drives ? or is it possible i did get two bum HDs ? |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 Re: HD failure ??
Checked the temps in bios, the CPU was 45 C and the MB was like 38 C i think. Thats acceptable right ? little warm.. I have a cooler master case with 4 120mm fans in the side and 1 in the front and... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,091 HD failure ??
Hello everyone im in need of some serious help on my computer these days. Couple weeks ago, windows starts freezing up when i rebooted my computer. It gets to the point where it logs on to windows... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jun 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 295 Re: Issues with windows locking up
thanks, but i cant even get into windows right now. i ordered a new HD and im gonna try reinstalling windows onto that, but is there anytthing else i can do ? |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 May 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 295 Re: Issues with windows locking up
no one can help me out here ? I just tried installing a new windows on a seperate partition. Everything was going fine until I started to install new anti-virus software. I rebooted, and it gets to... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 May 30th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 295 Issues with windows locking up
Just recently began to have this problem, and i think it is related to my hard drive. First, started having issues with a new 500gb HD, it would occasionally not register sometimes upon startup.... |
| Forum: Windows x64 Edition Jan 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,178 |
| Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jan 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 675 |
| Forum: Windows x64 Edition Jan 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,178 Re: thinking of switching to x64
ok, well i read someone else say they had no problems with driver support. anyone else that uses x64 give me some input ? (thanks to jbennet for your input tho) |
| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 8th, 2008 |
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| Forum: Windows x64 Edition Jan 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,178 thinking of switching to x64
hello, i just recently bought 4 extra gigs of RAM only to find out i cant use it all because 32 bit only supports up to 3 gigs. so, i was thinking of switching to x64 so i can apply ALL of my RAM.... |
| Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 675 Re: high powered PS ?
btw i was wondering, could i sell my used PS ? im not sure anyone would want a used PS but would it be possible to sell it ? |
| Forum: Monitors, Displays and Video Cards Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 347 Thinking of getting a new monitor
ok i was thinking about upgrading my monitor soon, and was wondering, what are the most important factors when looking for a mid to high-end monitor ? the main purpose in mind being high-end gaming.... |
| Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 675 Re: high powered PS ?
great thanks guys, i appreciate all your input :) i was basically asking because i was thinking should i get the one that comes with the 1000W PS, for 379.99 or the one without it for 179.99. but now... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,305 |
| Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 675 high powered PS ?
Hi was thinking of getting a new case, and i came across one that i really like - http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811119136. it comes with a 1000W power supply. it got me... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,305 Re: BIOS error on startup
i only started receiving the error message after i installed the RAM. but it was two or three days after the fact and i rebooted several times since without problems. i havent messed with any bios... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,305 BIOS error on startup
I just recently started getting this error upon starting up the machine. i didnt do anything different, it just came out of nowhere. i get this error : BIOS ERROR: "Item 0x01060001 (CPU ratio)... |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 428 |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 2nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 428 Re: RAM discrepancy ?
lol well that sucks. what would you recommend so that i can utilize all of my RAM ? would i have to upgrade to vista or something ? |
| Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 2nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 428 RAM discrepancy ?
Hi I just got 2 x 2GB of RAM for X-mas. I installed this on top of my other 2 GB RAM card of the same make and model. When i check system properties, it only shows i have 3 GB of RAM. how the hell... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Aug 29th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 605 Re: Torrents and data disappeared !!!!
so somehow, every active torrent auto-deleted itself along with the data. how could that be possible, virus maybe ? and is there ANY way i can get all that shit back without having to re-download... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Aug 29th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 605 Re: Torrents and data disappeared !!!!
this seemed to come out of nowhere, i havent installed any software or updated anything. im running a virus check with norton with everything up to date. the only thing i can think of is that i ran... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Aug 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 605 Torrents and data disappeared !!!!
Ok i recently went to check on my torrents using uTorrent, from a couple different torrent sites, and EVERY torrent i was seeding or leeching was gone, along with all the data that had been... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
cuz chaky had suggested it above. currently using xp home edition SP2 on drive C. |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok so i changed the drive letters so F is D. changed the info in boot.ini and restarted, but when i went to boot it gave me an error about drive letter and disk information or something... windows on... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
lol. ok here we go. and i gotta say thanks for your help so far josh. http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z50/chuteboxe39/untitled.jpg |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 28th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok, it now lets me choose a second windows, thats a start. but, it tries to go to a windows setup, and restarts since the disk isnt in. here is a copy of the boot.ini file after altering it as you... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok somehow i didnt catch this before but was looking around the drives and somehow, seriously i have no idea how but somehow drives D and F switched all files between the two. d and f are on two... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 26th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok i went to windows setup and it will not recognize any installation of windows on drive D. went to recovery console, and it recognizes drive d. went to disk management it has drive C Healthy... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 25th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
yes, i have a 300 gb, with 2 partitions, C and D. then a 500 gb, with drive F. I had windows installed on partition C at first, then that became corrupted for some reason and would get bsod. then i... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 24th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok i disabled the HD, and went back to try it out and nothing changed. the only damn windows that is recognized is on drive F, which there is no windows installed on ! so i formatted drive c... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 24th, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
my god what a nightmare. ok. so i did as you said, i uninstalled everything. but, i wanted to be thorough so i used driver cleaner pro, and yes i did it right, in safe mode. so i restart to... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 23rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok now, every time i run uTorrent, after a few moments i get the bsod. the error this time says *** STOP: 0x000000D1 (0x00000060, 0x00000062, 0x00000000, 0xBA632AB0)
*** nvata.sys - address... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 23rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
ok update, i Dled the latest chipset driver from the ASUS site and installed it. i installed the network controller, whereas before i didnt, because i already had an ethernet card installed and didnt... |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 23rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
oh yeah, and everytime i start up, the found new hardware device wizard pops up about an 'other PCI bridge device' which i cant identify. could this be the problem ? |
| Forum: Techies' Lounge Jun 23rd, 2007 |
| Replies: 32 Views: 2,347 Re: upgrade help ?
thanks everyone. i got it all running and ran perfectly for a full day but last night i got a blue screen of death. it said it was related to nvata.sys. it posted these numbers which i wrote down:... |
