Well there are various programs you can download to monitor the temp of your machine. SOme may be more reliable than others but then again, if you are sure that the colling systme in the machine is...

It could be a heating issue as well which might result in shuttin off, restarting at random....

Raj

Well I have to ask EMC here that would the replacement IDE card go into a PCI slot on the borad then???

If so then I'd say make sure before buying that it is compatible with the old board. It...

Also wat happens when you connect the cd player data cable in the hard disk slot on the mobo does the cd player cable vanishes as well in bios???

It could be a faulty slot, which could be a result...

i take it the system is pretty old with 256mb ram and all. Give it a thorough clean, specially the data ports on the board itself for any dust and see if that works.

Raj

well keep at it and you ll be where you wanna be mate. Just surf through the posts here on daniweb. a lot of things could be learnt from here man. I wish you all the best for the future.

Raj

Well as long as it works we are all smiles then.

I was just wondering about the Superantispyware cos I never heard of it so thought something like that could cause the problem sometimes. No need...

Have you tried to scan your laptop for any possible infection? ALso would be advisable if you could have alook at the windows firewall as well mate.

Raj

Have you tried fiddling withthe settigs in the internet options to see if they let you access the sites?

What does the error message say when you try to access them?

Raj

Nothing seems to be out of ordinary on the log here unless i missed out something apart from the SUPERAntiSpyware which sounds a bit dodgy. Can you restart the system in safe mode and then see if you...

well looking at what u posted it seems like the only way out of your problems at present. Well any other problems then you know where to look for help man. good Luck

Raj

~
Under boot Device Priority it had...
1rst Boot Device - floppy
2nd - CDROM
3rd - hard disk
4rth - LAN
~

This is what the problem is, you should have 1st device as the hard disk as thats...

if you can't get into bios then you would better off get your data backed up and then do a repair install from the xp pro disk. should not be a big problem. If you want to know about backing up the...

Maybe if you boot from an xp installaton disk and do a repair install that might solve the problem you are having.

Raj

What about the video cable, maybe thats had it. As you have already changed the mobo and tried everything else. Have you tried connecting it to another display and see if that works. Connect the...

it does sound like the powers upply issue to me as well but the decison to get a new one would have to be yours. If this computer does have a good purpose for yourself or your son then it ll be worth...

Beleive me all i could get out of this post was that even after paying your hard earned cash you are still not guaranteed the service you paid for.

Raj

M not sure where to report about it but some sort of consumer advice organisations would lead you to the right directions, also depends on where you are. There are watchdog organisations to keep an...

fully agreed there with ya good sir, just wanted to make sure he did it as he didnt mention anywhere that he looked into checking for overhating issues as that is what seemed to be his problem. So no...

do you really need help or are you just messing with us here repeating the posts from other poters..

Raj

might wanna give us some details on make and model, os, tech specs etc then tell us what exactly is happening as we cant just find the root of problem with just on estatement mate.

Raj

I m thinking its more of a heating issues that is making the system unstable, have u cleaned the fans of any dust deposited on the ends that could be the main cause as even running the test it starts...

Well you wont normally get warning for something like this, as it is quite old as well. Have you tried using different power supply cable to see if that makes it work.

It could be due to...

I am sorry but thats got nothing to do with solving the problem at hand and pretty sure not complying with the rules of this site either. So may be try not to post such useless posts if you have...

You can try avast, although the avg ones should be alright, I would not recommend norton as they eat up cpu power a lot. I d recommend you to call the AVG support line and complain about it as you...

Yep agreed fully with you mate, Always better to learn different ways to approach the root of problem. Hope your solution suggestion works and sorts his problem out. DO appreciate your input.

Raj

sometime the files of this sort do not like being deleted and would return with an error that its being used by another programs, if you hit that then just delete them in safe mode which will get rid...

I think changing the Paging file size would not do much good to your system unless you have additional RAM as 256mb is quite less even if you just want to browse net.

Paging file size can be...

May be if you can Hijackthis on your machine and get a log off that, try posting it here where we can see without asking you too many questions.

Raj

Well if the monitor comes and no fans, no beeps happens, that means that the PSU might have been damaged in the fall even worse could be the mobo and the HDD. they are not that rough n tough to...

Cool man, good luck

Are you sure the physical connection to the printer is stable? could that be the case? but then again pc A should at least let you install printer drivers. Have u tried downloading em from the...

Dude just go to their website and get it from there.

Raj

Hi

What does it say when you tried to print? was it saying "failed to connect"? or some other error. Or was it simply not printing anything. On PC A could you see the printer as the primary...

glad to help dude, I was going to mention that file as well as its all over the place about that file linked to Conime.exe. Well..at least your pc wont pester you anymore.

Now go ahead and do the...

I'm assuming you already seen this info but just to be on the safe side check this out and see if you get any errors after the scan with the file's performance.
...

Can you locate the file in your hard disk? If you can then check the date it was created and see if it matches with something that you installed of was it installed by itself. I ll search for you and...

Check out hte virus and nasties section and there you will get a lot of free recommended softwares to scan your system, just get it downloaded and put it on a usb drive or something to install it to...

I would recommend swapping cables and see if that works as suggested. Maybe just maybe the device has been disbaled from the device manager but i think that would have been ruled out by changin to...

I assume u already know it but still i m gonna point out that you are not using the laptop on your lap most of the time or on bed as a lot of us do, that does affect the air flow and then results in...