Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 21st, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 3,141 Aside from restoring the factory settings in the BIOS make sure to delete the event logs too. Take out the battery and unplugging the ac adapter and hold the power button for about 10 secs to drain... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 21st, 2009 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 356 Easier way to do it is install another windows in that same hard drive. Parallel install. But do NOT format the drive. After you have salvaged your files reinstall the whole thing clean
Good luck |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 21st, 2009 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 652 Try removing the memory modules and power on with your battery alone or ac adapter. If you can swap a known good battery that can isolate things more. Is the AC adapter LED light solid by the way? ... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 17th, 2009 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 305 Hi there!
First we need to know more. Is this a desktop or a laptop? Are there other things you can provide us like make and model of your computer?
THanks |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 17th, 2009 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 562 Hi there!
Have you tried checking the bios if your hard drive and cdrom drive are detected? Try loading the default settings as well see if that helps? Let me know what happens
Goodluck |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 16th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 287 Hi There,
Try removing batteries and unplugging ac adapter, press and hold the power button for approx. 10 sec. Pluc AC adapter see if anything will happen. But if this still wont power up, most... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 603 Once you hook up your external monitor it should show something already while you are loading your machine. Perhaps the lights that you are seeing from the cracked screen is coming from the back... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 531 Hi there,
another option you can try is by purchasing an external hard drive enclosure and using that disk as an external drive to a working computer.
Good luck |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 373 You can also try reinstalling the whole thing with the operating system cd, I am assuming you have another pc that has access to the internet in case you don't have your drivers cd with you. |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jul 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 473 Hi There,
Recommending a system is really easy to do, but the easiest way to run a draft is to provide us with a budget and what exactly this system will be used for. Because you have good bang... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Jul 15th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 300 Hi there!
I would start by checking your memory modules with memory stability software. Since you've opened the side panel already, how many memory modules do you have? If you have more than one... |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Aug 12th, 2005 |
| Replies: 15 Views: 4,677 lol youre quite right:) probably he is alreqady having an upgrade ehehhe |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jul 9th, 2005 |
| Replies: 0 Views: 1,310 hi, im underclocking my como because i leave it overnight to run small programs, downloading primarily. well i decided to underclock it since i dont need the ghz and all. and im thinking that... |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies May 3rd, 2005 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 8,459 well you might want to go easy on the brush....static kills |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 29th, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,774 you might want to plug the ide cable tightly. jsut an idea though |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 29th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 2,128 do you know the make of your hard drive? if so you can get a cd to diagnos your hard drive. this is one way to pinpoint your problem. |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Apr 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 29,819 thats it most probably...but in some cases system fan is where the northbridge fan gets its powe. 3 pin.
and intakes on the front and exhaust on the top or the back. with neat wires i think your... |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Apr 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 15 Views: 4,677 well thermal takes are good. with good psu (but not as good with antec)good airflow too. but i gues super lanboy is enough. |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Apr 28th, 2005 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 7,013 im not advertising but antec psus are really good and reliable i think for an avergae user 350 watts is good. but if you ahve new componetns or many components installed it is always better to have a... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 26th, 2005 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 4,726 my geforce in this comp is doing great. although i like my 9550 better. really nice to oc. |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 26th, 2005 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 6,153 well i do guess your power supply is ok. but it wont hurt if you invest on higher capcity ones. antecs are real good |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 3,218 well i was trouble shooting a friend through the phone one time. his pc wont boot. i suggested for him to take out the ram and reseat them. well he did not placed the ram tightly. when he powered on... |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 6,814 yep it might really be the memory |
Forum: Troubleshooting Dead Machines Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,815 hi, pls post more specs so we can help you pin point the problem. reseat the ram and video card make sure its tight . check your cables if they are all in. |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 4,088 heheh if your board supports it and you have ddr 400 ram sticks you can oc it j/k . 333 it is. |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 6,153 well 300 watts of what brand that is? some cheap power supplies claim they are 300 watts but they are really not. i guess with antec 400 watts or better would be good. if you have a new video card... |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 9,750 when you shut down the comp and you hear the fan running does the power led lights still on? or just the fan on? and which fan is it? |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Apr 22nd, 2005 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 8,459 well compressed air is real good. but be wary though about the temperature difference in the ambient temp. the air coming out of the can might be colder and *might* form condensation.
well me i... |
Forum: PCI and Add-In Cards Mar 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 5,335 hi guys i have an ecs ez tv tuner... picture is coming in great, but the sound it produces is horrible... the card is a pci card...it has an audio out , you have to connect a wire that came with it... |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Mar 8th, 2005 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 5,939 well in most cases rear fans work when they are exhaust...you can add front intakes:)
front intake rear exhaust...top too should be exhaust...dont fight gravity...you'll never win:) |
Forum: Cases, Fans and Power Supplies Jan 25th, 2005 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 5,939 i think thats good:) im running my cpu at full loads at 54c .... and oh just a thought.... i see your using negative pressure.... imho put filters on your intakes and seal small holes in your case:)... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 24th, 2005 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 5,904 well yeah it surely is fun and you get to push your comp to the limits. but hey pls be reminded of the consequences:) well enjoy! |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 18th, 2005 |
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Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 18th, 2005 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,030 well is 54-56 celcius at full load at long hours bad? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 16th, 2005 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,093 hi guys , is there an option that a email will be sent to my email add whenever there is a post in a thread that i have recently posted in? thanks in advance. |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 15th, 2005 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,030 Hi guys.
well my other computer is an amd sempron 2400+ i am running at fsb 200, 2.01 ghz, 40c when browsing 54c when gaming, my board is an epox 8rd3i, i have 512 mb pc3200 (two 256), volcano... |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 8th, 2005 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 2,487 yeah but in my opinion if you can shell out extra $$ go for 939's i mean that is if you are going to upgrade |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 8th, 2005 |
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Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 4th, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 8,576 well it really goes down to how much you are willing to spend:) |
Forum: Motherboards, CPUs and RAM Jan 1st, 2005 |
| Replies: 18 Views: 8,576 yes in deed depending on what price you can have it and what you will be using it for. i think if you can get 2500+ bartons cpres they are still a good bang for the buck |