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Hi There. Does anyone know what an Exception_Access_Violation is and how to resolve it? I look forward to a response at some point in the near future. Thanks a bunch! :?:

Hello all, I'll start off by saying that this system has been working good for well over a year now, no problems till just the other day... i found that it was powered down and its usually constantly up so i tried powering it up to no avail, i'd unplug …

Hi, I recently purchased a computer. I just replaced the stock heatsink with a thermaltake big typhoon from newegg, and I installed new motherboard mounting screws as well. I had to remove the motherboard in order to do this. Now, when I press the power button, the fans go on, …

Hello everyone. I have a Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop that only has a floppy drive (no optical drive). To skip a really long story which isn't relevent, here's my problem now: I installed Windows NT 4.0 onto my laptop's hard disk using a desktop computer (with a laptop hdd to …

I have a NetVista with a 700Mhz CPU and a 64mb ram stick. According to the manual, it supports DIMM (3.3 V, synchronous, 168-pin, 133 MHz SDRAM) combos of 64 MB, 128 MB, and 256 MB unbuffered nonparity for a maximum of 512 MB. There are only 3 RAM slots …

How do I find out the maximum RAM I can put in my desktop computer? I have a Pentium IV with a D845PT motherboard. Currently, I have 2 512 MB DDR SDRAM DIMM chips in there.

hello i have an emachine model w2247 and use microsoft windows xp 2002 service pack 1 and i just added new ram to my computer and when i booted up it said new hardware found pci simple communcation controller and i tried to install it but it said unable to …

[COLOR=#000000]Hi,[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC's problem is:[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]My PC was working well, some reason I remove its Hard Disk, and set an another PC's HD, try to start PC, its not start, Press F1 set the BIOS, again startup from HD, can not start.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Replace and set up first HD, I mean …

Hi guys, I'm back again with other problem. My PC won't work - its now completely refusing to star-up unless I press F8 and start in Safe Mode. I am basic with PCs software/hardware etc, but heres the story so far: Approximately 1 year ago my computer (Pentium 2, quite …

I just picked up a new P5SD2-X mobo, and Pentium D 830 for my ATX box which has a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, and CDRW on it. If I drop in the install disk for any version of Linux, it boots, but then cannot find the installer. Has anyone else had this …

Hi all, Thank for reading and will appreciate any help. I have been reading and searching for the answer for hours. About a year ago I built my computer..no bells or whistles. Just a simple gigabyte MB with an AMD Athlon cpu. About six months ago I needed to restart, …

Is there a way to adjust cpu frequency on the motherboard to get a processor to boot?

Hi all, Unfortunately, recently my laptop had water spilled on it by some guests who were visiting my house, and now the motherboard is of course fried. In the between time of now and getting a new laptop I need access to all the old files on the laptop's hard …

on my external harddrive, someone told me to defragment it.. and so, i did. however, when i got on my computer the next day.. i cant seem to get into my external harddrive. it's telling me to format it. is there any other way[I] besides[/I] formatting? cuz i dont want …

Can someone please help. Recently after my brother has been using the computer and entering BIOS settings, my computer will not boot correctly. The power on light is green and everything seems on, but nothing will come up on the screen. I think, possibly that my brother has changed the …

Forgive me if this isn't the right place to post this, but I saw troubleshooting so figured it was heh... Anyways.. to start off with, I'm not a computer person.. at all so if anyone can help me, then EASY instructions/answers would be most appreciated :cheesy: So here goes, I …

Hello I have a problem with a laptop. it hangs on something and then when i try to reboot, it wont reboot except in safe mode. the first time that it happened was just after i had updated windows, and i thought that the update had caused it. this is …

Hello all Does anyone have a copy of the owners manual for this or know where I can download a copy? I need to adjust the settings and need detailed instructions on how to do this. Thanks for any help on this in advance.:)

I've got a Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000-G motherboard. When I install a firewire card into it and then turn the power supply on I get a long continuous beep until the power supply is turned off. This beep occurs before the computer is booted. I've got an IOGEAR 800 firewire 3 port …

I have a Compaq Armada M700 laptop. Last time it was on was 2 months ago when my stepdad died. Now I can't get it on again. Seems to be no power getting to it. I tried everything I could think of except kicking it. Am I missing something?

See if you guys/gals have a good grasp on what could be the problem. Came home and noticed my monitor was in sleep mode- i dont use power saving options since i've had bad experience in the past with it and the PC in this house is mulit user and …

I need to add about 200 MB of RAM to my computer so i can play World of Warcraft. The only thing is i dont know how to add the RAM to play the game. Someone Plz help me out!!

i have a compaq presario and i wanna to restore my system but the quickrestore dont work i press it and nothing comes on wut should i do someone please help i need to restore my computer...

I recently moved my computer from one office location to another, and it was unplugged for several days. I hooked up the components, plugged it back in, but when I pressed the power on button, nothing happens. No fans, no lights, no signs of life whatsoever. The power light on …

Hello I have a problem. I recently bought a pc with no cd rom attached. When I went to put in my cd burner, nothing happened. It doesnt detect my harddrive or the burner. When I disconnect my burner, the pc loads just fine. I am pretty new to this …

sorry wrong place.

It happens literally ALL THE TIME. It begins between .5-3 minutes from the time the PC last receives mouse/keyboard input, the HDD will begin grinding and will not stop until it receives some input. My CPU usage will jump from 0% to at least 20%. I reset my virtual memory …

A friend asked me to help him install a second hard drive that already contains a ton of data on his computer. I suppose he wouldn't have needed my help if everything worked like it should. Anyway, here's the fun stuff: It's a Dell Dimension 8200. The master hard drive …

Hello All, I'm a new Mac convert- recently got the new Intel core duo desktop - trying to connect wirelessly to the internet. I have a MR814v2 Netgear router- I CAN connect only when the WEP is disabled, but as soon as I turn on WEP (128bit), the Mac cannot …

Hi guys, I have a gateway computer. My problem is that the monitor does not display anything when I switch the computer on, even when the LCD indicator is on. It all started when the display started getting shaky and warped, threatening to switch off. I then switched off the …

My Dell died yesterday. I have tried everything I could think of, but no luck. A few days ago, when it was running, I received a system message saying there was no space left on the hard drive. I thought this funny because a couple days before I had checked …

I have, through an ill advised keystroke, started the Flash Recovery in my Bios. It has been running for more than 3 hours. So I have a few questions: Is this normal? How long should a flash recovery take? Is there some way to stop it? and do I want …

my computer doesn't boot right, i can't see anything cuz i have a black screen when booting. the cpu makes beeps but after around a minute it shuts down alone. what can i do? please help!

I have an old pc that is a 1.6 ghz and would like to upgrade it. The motherboard chipset is an Intel Brookdale i845D and it looks like it uses the 478 pin. But I am not sure if it can be upgraded at all. any help would be greatly …

Can someone plz help me with my computer. I have a problem, i have 2 drives, and one is a DVD-RAM/RW drive and another is a CD-RW/R drive. The problem is that when windows starts it doesnt show them in "My Computer" and when i look at the BIOS screen …

My brother flashed his BIOS and now the computer won't start. His motherboard is an Abit AV8, and the flash utility was downloaded from the official site, and the official instructions were followed. There were no errors, and everything seemed to have worked fine, until he tried to start the …

first I don't use a mac ,just wondering if you can use a usb 2.0 device for file storage ,new 40 gig toshiba harddrive ,not formated yet , with Mack laptop,is it possible or does the harddrive need to be for a mac or can it just be formated mac …

Hi guys, I woke up yesterday morning to find my computers power light flashing and making a strange drilling sound. i thought this was strange as i hadnt left my computer on all night. I turned it on and it powered up ok, then it locked up when i tried …

Recently, my computer is prone to a strange power related (I think) problem. The montior would "lose signal" as it were (i.e. the monitor is still on, but it gives a "monitor shutting down" message). If I have, for example, music playing it will do that looping problem. The power …

Hey everybody! I recently have been having a problem where if i try to watch a dvd on my laptop it will freeze and then give me a blue screen saying the system was caught in an infinite loop caused by the file "Ialmrnt5", one of my display drivers. This …

I ain't gonna tell you the whole story, 'cause it really doesn't matter now. The thing is, I got this old PC from someone, and, because I like some old games that won't run on my P4, (yes, I tried DOSBox, I love it, but it doesn't run all old …

Hello...im new to this forum. and yes i know there are soo many threads with not booting up computer, but i cant find the info i need. alright heres what happened. I bought a new cpu cooling fan to replaces the stock one. i removed the side panel, then forgot …

i have an old AMD 500 pc that has quit. when it is turned on it checks the memory and finds the drives. then it blinks the curser in the upper left corner and that is it. i can hear the HD go through it's self test. i have cleared …

i'm using winXP service pack 2, with Nvidia MMX 440 8x AGP card with one monitor. i just bought a video cable to go from the video card to my Tv, plugged it in and nothing happened so then i decided to mess with the nView settings. Massive Mistake. I …

Hey guys, sorry for this stupid question. I want to take out one of my CD drives (Liteon CD-RW) as i just got a new one, and put it in one of my older computers. The trouble is that after unpowering and unscrewing it, it just wont come out!!! it …

Okay, I've gotten irritated enough with this to find a forum and post here. The initial machine: K8N Neo2 Athlon64 3200+ 1Gb Corsair XMS Radeon 9600 (Sapphire) 450W PSU 2x SATA HDD 2X PATA HDD Thermaltake Xaser III case Soundblaster Audigy2 ZS Buffalo Wifi card DVD Writer I ran it …

Ok, My Palm Zire syncs fine with my PC at work but with my Mac at home it does not. I keep getting "File Locked" errors. I've taken screen shots of them. I got some suggestions from Palm that did not work. Here is what they told me to do: …

Hey fellow geniuses I've got 2 RAM sticks --> 512 mb @ 400MHz --> 512 mb @ 333MHz Here's the problem. When I install the RAM sticks individually one at a time, the computer starts up fine. But, when I install both of them, the BIOS gives me three long …

Hello everyone I am new to this. At some point I was under impression I know a thing or two about computers until this. New build Asus A8V-Deluxe Amd 3500 2 gigs ram X800 pro Sound blaster zs Problem is I am reusing WD 120 IDE + I got creative …

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]I want to format my PC but I am curious to know if there is any difference between DOS formatting, Windows (while installing) formatting or quick format.. [/size][/font] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Could someone give me an answer please..[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]Thank you,[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman] …