You could try a few things in the bios before giving up. In your bios, go under the Standard CMOS Settings/Features (usually the topmost left) And with your original hard drive connected, try to go...

What program did you use to check for viruses? Try to download an adware/spyware remover such as Spybot S & D (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html) as these are different then viruses and...

This could be your problem rgreen. From what version of your bios did you upgrade it from? Also, on the Toshiba site there seems to be a bios upgrade to 4.30. I would recommend either downgrading...

Try this page. (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim4550/advanced.htm#1211091) It has the diagnostic light and beep codes for a dell dimension 4550. I didn't see a code for a blinking...

Hi Goomnaga, well considering the fact that you have been working on computers for years, I am confident that its probably not a dust issue. If you can get the operating system on it again, try...

Hello nimishtandon, I would recommend this page (http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm) to apply your thermal compound. It outlines very specific instructions on how to apply...

Hello coolraj. What you say is true, but if it attaches itself to an essential windows program that will boot with windows in safe mode, it may become necessary to remove the file through another...

Hello, am I correct assuming that you are using vmware player? This is the most common OS emulator on the market. If so, then you must be aware of some things; vmware player is the free version of...

Hello Crow. As I mentioned in mcoletta's thread, some malware can inject itself directly into explorer.exe.

A further note, many new malware have polymorphic and persistent attributes, and therefore will either make multiple copies of its self or will recopy itself when deleted. Due to the fact the file...

This is true, as the flat model memory addressing of 86x is set at 2^32, = 4,294,967,295. Does this mean that the 64x architecture can handle up to 2^64, or 18,446,744,073,709,551,616, (18 exabytes,...

Hello again. As for a program, cpuz is a light weight and powerful tool that I would recommend, but there are dozens out there that can suit your particular tastes, such as astra32, or everest...

Hello fred, may I ask what program you are using to monitor the frequency? Try several others to be able to ascertain the problem being a low frequency. The next thing I would look for are power...

Hello, I have recently had the same problem trying to revive an old machine. At first, as soon as I would power it on, the fans spin about once and then shut off while the power light would blink...