ACtually, opened up the case, and found teh cpu heatsink to be covered in dust...i re applied thermal paste to the cleaned processor and blew out all the gunk, working perfectly now!

Recently, Id say within the last month, my computer has began to shut down, as in turn off, on its own. No warnings from windows, it just shuts down. Does not restart.

Typically after it shuts...

Thanks for the response J

The computer is on a network of about 15 other PC's, all XP and 2000. This computer received no internet or network connection unless in safe mode.

Sounds like this...

New problem I'm experiencing on a Win 2k box that I have not seen before.

PC has fully funtional internet, file sharing capabilities in Safe Mode, but has suddenly stopped working in regular...

Wish I could say that I have, the machine I was actually trying to fix was for a client and I havent heard from him since I first posted. So the only thing that you found that fixed the problem was...

Definitely can't browse, use AIM or anything when the connection isn't working. The system as far as I can tell is perfectly clean. Any other ideas??

Hello everyone, have a new wireless problem here I cant seem to tackle.

Its a Dell Dimension D800 running WinXP SP2.

Problem is the wireless connection always shows I am connected and shows an...

Its gone, thanks alot!

Any thoughts on my last post??

Ridding this computer of viruses and spyware except for this one stubborn dll logm.dll located in the Windows/System32 Folder.

AVG is telling me that the file is infected with the trojan house...

OK, its seems as though now not only are we going to need wireless in this section of the building but we will need a few wired connections as well.

Is it possible to connect a router (not an...

Hello everyone,

Our building has 15 computers networked via 2 Switches, not routers, though we do have a DSL line going into the uplink to deliver internet access throughout the network.

My...

Damnit, thats exactly what I should have done. Unfortunately this client was just left with no power light, They didnt even notice, but yeah, that would have been a simple perfect solution.

Hello everyone, setting up a new system and have a problem.

The connector my case came with for the Power LED is a 3 pin female connector but my motherboard only only has 2 pins available to...

Well, its not the wire for the power switch. But I'm thinking it may be that the heatsink is not set properly. Problem is, I am using the OEM heatsink from Intel that came with the P4 550 3.4Ghz...

Also do make sure that there are no extra mobo anchors screwed into your case. I had an instance where I screwed in too many mobo mounts and ultimately was shorting out my motherboard as it would...

Hey everyone, building a new system here w/ a 3.4Ghz P4, ASRock 775i65Gv MoBo, 1Gig of Pc-3200 Ram, 450 Watt Rosewill Power Supply. My question is, why does the machine shut off 3 seconds after it...

Im sorry, your right, that is the IP for the router, the IP the machine was receiving was something like 192.168.2.105, my error. The laptop is a clients machine that I do not have my hands on at...

Tried, it, still same problem. It was just too weird because one second it worked, and not of course, there is nothing, Once again, there is an IP address being given to me by the router 192.168.2.1...

Well, there are other computers on the wireless network that still work just fine, and the fact that the wireless laptop is receiving a IP address would indicate that the router is functioning...

I have a laptop with an integrated Intel Wireless G network card that once worked flawlessly with my Linksys 802.11G router. Now all of a sudden, I can connect to the router (I know this because...

Well, unfortunately I am not onsite, but the label of the tape reads "HP Colorado 5GB" That's all the information that I have until I make a trip back. Thanks for responding, I will obtain this...

Greetings all, having this problem with a clients tape drive, I am suspecting that the drive is in fact shot and unusable, as I am receiving the same error message with 2 different tapes. But to be...

Ive got SP2, how would I make sure there is no IRQ conflict?

I just built a new system P4 prescott 3.0 ghz, 1GB Kingston pc3200 Ram, 80 gb serial ata drive with an MSI 865PE Platinum motherboard and Aspire ATXB3KLW/350W case. For some reason, my front and rear...

I'm really stuggling here.

Tried another stick of memory to rule that out. Still same problems.

Took the 400W power supply out of my old system, used it in the new one, still same problem. Is...

Hello, I am currently putting a system together, P4 prescott 3.0 ghz, 512MB Kingston pc3200 Ram, 80 gb serial ata drive with an ECS 865PE-A motherboard.

When I first booted the machine it wasnt...