Try removing the CMOS Battery (in a little rack on the motherboard) looks something like a coin - a quarter but thicker )
Then wait 11 minutes, and reinstall.
This will reset your BIOS, but it will...

There is a large download at the Nero site which dramatically updates Nero 7. Have you examined that possibility?

This error is Common with HP PSC all in one printers, and is very difficult to remove. HP is not helpful in posting clues, or in providing downloads to fix the problem.
One must totally remove the...

Why not stick with 10.4 until the bugs get worked out with 1.5.1? What is the reasoning about moving ahead with the very latest thing.
I have a full featured Mac Pro on order for my latest upgrade...

There is no way to know in advance, except that the IBM Lenovo have been the tops fro reliability since 1992. All laptops are made by only seven manufacturers in 17 countries. The way you tell is...

You have a failed hard drive. Replace it.
Then put your old drive into a desktop computer jumpered as Slave with the main drive jumpered as Master.
You can then recover the data with recovery...

You cannot get away with using the incorrect adapter for very long... because the result is the problems you report.
The 5100 and 1100 series are the same computer... one marketed to business, the...

Hard drive went bad? That is a decent laptop, without the total failures you find in Sony VAIO or eMachines. I would test your hard drive in another machine, or put it in a desktop with and adapter...

Go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management -> then righ click on Local Disc -> Change Driver Letter and Path.

Laptop speakers blow easily when over-driven. Try external speakers for a test. If they sound good, your other speakers are bad and need to be repalced.

Four pin? Is this a Molex plug, with a square shape?

It is only possible on a very few motherboards, and we would need to know the brand and model of the board. Usually, you cannot do this, but on a 400 MHz, it can be possible, if it is NOT a celeron....

You may be able to buy an external unit that would work, but it would be expensive. There will be nothing that will work with a Sony laptop PIII for internal use.

Your only easy choice is to restore windows. We have never seen USB ports fail on the board series, but sometimes Windows will foul up, particularly if you are using Windows 98 or Windows ME... and...

The optical drive is now the most failure prone of any component in a computer. If you have a year or more of use, it is probably dead, or if you have six months of heavy use it could be.

Try...

It could be so many things.
First try booting in safe mode, by pressing the F8 key every second as soon as you push the start button.
If still no signal to the monitor, you have a bad hardware...

Good equipment. Knowledgable approach to troubleshooting the rig. Sounds as if you have a bad hard drive, or that you overheated the CPU and fried it, you have a bad CPU fan, or a bad power supply....

Your computer will have been made in the last year, in most cases and was more expensive than the average bear. You can see the slot by taking off the case cover.
Or you can give us the brand and...

Give us more details about brands, models, OS, ages, memory, etc.

Too complicated for a useful online discussion, perhaps. Windows XP MUST be installed first, on some machines, then the Linux partition added. When this is not the case, the problems you describe...

If it is not detected by the computer, you may need a computer whiz to fix it. Adjusting the BIOS settings should fix it, but since there is valuable data involved, I would get some help.

To have them fail in both machines is too astonishing to be a coincidence. Has somebody been diddling with your computers?
If they are USB keyboard and mouse, or wireless ones, the failure rate for...

A good basic PCI video card with any type of memory, up to about 32 MB will work. You should be able to get a good used one for just a few bucks.
It would be absoluely absurd to spend more than...

Lightning is terribly distructive when it comes down the phone line. The modem can be destroyed by very small amounts of lightning voltage. But if everthing else works, I would assume the new modem...

There are a few online outfits that sell the screen. eBay can be a good site. Gateway will charge $150 to $250.
I would buy a used model from eBay, then use it plus your current unit, to create one...

The KDS monitors are among those with the earliest failures... even among fairly new ones. Their offer these symptoms you describe when they begin to fail.
It could be your video card or video...

Usually this is a motherboard error or a socket error. But sounds like a stoopid tech error.
Motherboards do sometimes have failures that cause this. Often not fixable. Look very closely at your...

There is absolutely no difference between the OEM W98SE and the W98Se sold with your computer - None. Except in the drivers. Go to the manufacturer of your computer or to the manufacturer of your...

I too have bought a new TFT 20" ACER display and cannot connect at 1400x1050. I can only connect at 1280x1024. I have the same card as SCB in a Dell Dimension 2400

The Dell 2400 cannot handle a...

Some times it helps to go back to fundamentals, but you either have to change the refresh rate or the video adapter settings... easiest in Safe Mode... but if you can see what is on the screen, just...

Have you tried resetting it in safemode?
If that doesn't work, have you tried going to the Device manager in safe mode and disabling your videographics card?

Your first task should be to save the data. How much time do you have. You can buy an adapter at www.geeks.com, CompUSA and computer parts stores that will enable you to put the drive into a desk top...

What is your computer brand and model, or your motherboard model. Which operating system? Do you have a recovery disc set that came with the computer, or are you using a Microsoft Windows XP disc...

The 1300 is designed for low print use. Once it gets up around 5,000 copies, the fuser can burn out, and will usually burn out after 5,000 copies. The power unit inside will also burn out with use. ...

Did you reinstall Windows? The motherboard is excellent. The other stuff you report shows you have done the installation correctly. But if the Windows was already on the hard drive from the other...

We have not seen any SATA !!'s in Dells made before November 1.

Your mouse problem is more likely the mouse than the compuer. We find the optical mouse to be absolutely the highest failure item for any computer. A friend who works at Wal-Mart says the optical...

The 1300 has a high failure rate of the fuser. When the fuser burns out, you can have that problem. It is easily replaceable. You can find a number of resellers with a Google search. If your...

The VAIO PCG k415s has a long history of LCD screen inverter failures. Is your screen white, or dead gray. The inverter costs us $72, but some charge as high as $140. Sony charges $155 to replace it...

That is fast enough for most cooling. But a replacement fan is so inexpensive... $12 to $20, that you can easily replace it. The combo units with heat sink designed for your particular CPU are much...