As y'all can see I've marked this as solved, turns out that I had several problems in this thing. It crashed one night and would not boot up the next morning, figured PSU, so went out and got mrself...

I've ran the Microsoft mem test and had no failures after about 6 hrs one night. I've taken the memory sticks out and cleaned the contacts and swraped positions on the mobo without seeing any...

just done what you said, will see what happens. thanks for the responce, will post back later if this action fixes the problem. it may take a few days.

Ok here is a bit more on this problem. As you can see, I built this machine and it worked great for a while, then it crashed on me, error message said memory problem, down loaded Mircosoft's memory...

need help with this bad. system has failed,blue screen with a windows message of it shuting down to pervent damage to computer. Does any of the following make any sense ti you guys.
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http://www.newegg.com/ is the best place to start looking for that laptop.just last month my wife and i did the research looking for one with XP\sp2 on it. founded an ASUS that had XP and the price...

Have you loaded the drivers that came with the printer.You may need to load the software for it.

Are your memory sticks made by the same company and are they the same speed? I've seen this cause problems such as you are having.

This machine crashes every so often and I get an error message on reboot that says i have had a driver failure. I got three beeps on the last time and Intel beep codes tell me that I have a problem...

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name HOMEBUILT
System Manufacturer INTEL_
System Model DQ965GF_...

Is this a recent built machine? If it is, disconnect the hdd, cd/dvd drives and start the machine. If problem is still there, pull the memory and try with just one stick of memory at a time and see...

How many programs do you have running at startup? Also how many anti-virus' do you have running? Your anti-virus' will slow down your startup because they do a scan on startup. You can go to...

If this is a retale version of xp, when you load it in the new machine and try to register it you will get a message and phone number for microsoft, call that number and explain that the other...

I take it that D: is your burner, right? Did you turn the computer off when you reconnected that loose wire? If you didn't then there is a very good chance that you shorted the drive and now will...

Then the only thing I know to do is kba.

I've done a quick search for your mobo and came up with zip,nata. Does this board have an onboard sound card? Did you replace your speakers? If the answer to the first question is onboard, and the...

Thanks jbennet, I just remember seeing it in bios but didn't go any farther in seeing what it did.
There is a way you can fix it so no one but you will know how to turn it on or off, but it is a...

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/startups/
Go to the above link and read up on start up programs, then go to run>msconfig>startup tab. that will show all programs that are runing on startup. uncheck...

I belive in your bios under the power tab you can chance the funtion of the power switch.

Sounds as if the hdd went south on you, i.e crashed. If that's the case then you will need to replace the hdd. Simple little task it is. Sense you didn't say what type of computer this was, I'm...

Intel specs on your mobo says it supports 800,533 and 400 mhz Fsb, so it should be working. The bioid string is BF86510a.86a, it will support up to 4gb of ram. It is possible that you just got a...

Here's the poop on hdds, if a hdd has been droped, bumped hard or even had the ic board touched by static, it IS subject to fail. It doesn't matter if it just came off the assembly line or has been...

Are you using the same board you built this computer with? If you are then it's a good chance that this board doesn't support the new processor or the fsb rate.

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Better check with Microsoft on that one, but I dare guess the answer would be no. Here is the rule from MS on that usually, you can not have the same copy of windows on two computers at the same time...

Here is an option for you. Pull that hdd out and try it on another computer, if you can access it on the other computer, then do a file back up to a cd or dvd. If you don't have access to another...

Sense you didn't state what os you were running, I'm going to assume that it's Xp. If so go back to my computer, divice management and look to see if the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers are working....

Now something else to keep in mine, is the one you have a pin type or does it just lay on the socket? If you really want a duo core processor, go to WWW.Newegg.com (http://www.Newegg.com) and search...

Did you build this unit? I just went to the intel support site and search for your board number and it couldn't fine it. You need to fine the specs on your board and it should answer your question...

on the main board ie motherboard you should fine a small battery, remove this battery for about a minute and then put it back in, mine you to remember just how it was in there to start with, what...

When asking for help there are several items of interest that should be stated in the beginning.
What is the problem, what os you are using with sp number and have you added any new hardware or...

Josh, my son would not agree that HP makes the best laptop. He just got one in Jan. and has had nothing but trouble with it. He had to send it back once and then when he got it back, they had lost...

The easyest way to discharge a CRT monitor is with a screw driver, and jumper cord. Connect one end of the jumper to the case ground and the other end to the srewdriver. Then slide the tip of the...

Hi, is this a recent build? If it is did you apply the grease between the cpu and the heat sink? Are the temps you posted at idle? And is this the heat sink and fan that came with the processor?...

Congratutions, hope that you will like the job. They do a lot of work for the government and travel could be in the picture for you. If you're not married you could see a lot of this world because NG...

Thanks guys for the help on this. Don't know what she or her husband did but she says everything is fine now. Again Thanks for the help and advice.

See a lot of problems with Dells,HP,and some of the home builds but haven't seen to much on Gateways here. My better half has a gateway and it has helded up fairly well for the two years that she has...

You're right jbennet, she did say that it was alaptop she was looking at. Some where a desktop was brough up and I went off on a tangent about building it herself.
Still think she search around she...

Go Newegg.com and look at some of their barebone systems. Search for a good dvd combo burner while there and check out the monitors too. Bet you have friends that have a keyboard and mouse that they...

Here's one for you. remember the TI8080 microprocessor? The year was 1977 and we were using a telitype for printouts.:)