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BLURB! Whaddya mean thats not a blurb!? 22 years old, skipped college, fixed my first pc when I was 10(well it was me that broke it!) and was hooked since.Built a few custom systems for friends and numerous upgrades. Tried to avoid working with P.C's…
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- (Home Built) Amd athlon 64 3000+ 2x400mhz 512 ddr ram Abit KV8pro motherboard 4 x 150gb raid 0+1 setup…
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 | [b][u]Explanation of RAID and installation guide[/u][/b] [i]Thanks to [b]'Stein[/b] for the coding.[/i] Greetings, It's come to my attention, both from call volume in work and online forums, that most people do not realize the diversity of RAID controllers available, nor how to fully benefit from them. This tutorial aims to …  |
| | Sounds like a video card problem,especially if the monitor starts with another system. If it were a driver issue you're monitor would show the load screen and blank when you hit windows so it isn't that. Do you have an integrated video card as well as you're 3d card? If … |
| | not really,some microphones have a 20db boost you can enable in control panel-sound and audio devices-voice-advanced.(it's a tick box) This may help Also try testing audio devices in the same menu and see what that does for you |
| | If you can get a cd drive from someone else's laptop install it.It will boot outside of Windows unless your connector is broken. Insert the Xp installation disk and choose repair with the keyboard It looks like a full installation but it's just repairing all the system files including the … |
| | Seems to me you don't have much time to try troubleshooting so- First try unplugging EVERYTHING except the keyboard out.If windows boots in plug them back one at a time until you find the problem.if not- 1.Insert windows cd and boot to it 2.Select install windows xp(don't worry we're not … |
| | Try this link,I couldn't see you're particular model but my guess is the lcd's are all fairly similiar [URL]http://feeds2read.net/Rss-View/3313/Laptop-Disassembly-Help[/URL] It's better than nothing but if you just want to see a very nicely laid out instruction process(It IS going to differ from your screen but it's a great general look … |
| | Hi guys,the noob again :) I think this tutorial section would be great and help a lot of people out.Off the top of my head here's some I could write- 1.Raid,what is it,how do I set it up and why does it need a floppy disk? 2.Windows Xp Recovery console(including … |
 | Re: DaniWeb UK Meet? Couldn't afford the trip for a few months although I would be interested in going. London is probably the easiest to get to for a UK meeting,I assume no-ones too keen to fly over to Limerick or shannon :) If I do manage to swindle myself over I'll be the …  |
 | A google-powered search bar that lets you choose site or internet in the normal place.An absolute essential that microsoft,in their infinite wisdom, still have not adapted  |
| | You can set up any type of RAID 1 configuration as long as your raid card supports the connections.When setting up RAID REMEMBER the secondary bios!!! To access the secondary bios you press "ctrl" + the first letter of your chipset manufacturer(n for nvidea, i for intel etc) The BIOS … |
| | Problem 1- Use the xp pro disk to boot to. Enter recovery console Type"fixboot",try loading If this works the ntldr tree was probably affected If it doesn't work restart and again use recovery console Type FixMBR This tries to repair the MBR but I've only seen it work twice,I think … |
| | Are you logged on as an administrator in safe mode?This is the usual cause of access denied errors in safe mode.You're password should be blank if you didn't change it when you installed windows.If you made you're own password and forgot it then I would say that your best bet … |
| | I don't know about virtual boots but if you have two computers mount the linux cd in one,network them and try to boot from LAN in the one you want linux on. Alternatively most linux distro's will send a free cd and just charge you shipping or for the cd.I …  |
| | Quick fix is try switching to firefox 2.0,it may not have the same vulnerability to you're re-directer. If a full scan shows nothing I'd just nuke the disk and start from scratch,making sure windows and virusscan are up to date first of course  |
 | You havn't mentioned hard drives but with the mobo you're going with i'd recommend a dual sata raid 1 configuration with read ahead and write back caching enabled,or a raid 0+1 if you can afford 4 HD's A sata raid 1 with read ahead and write back should increase speeds … |
| | You seem very competent but I have no idea what step's you've taken with the mobo so apologies if this seems too simple: 1.Is the P.S.U. voltage switch set correctly? 2.Is the bottom of the motherboard properly insulated from the case? 3.What components have you used since you began?(ie. that … |
| | Actually thats pretty much on par with what XP was last year.I think you pay around 75% more in a shop than you do on an OEM version.I think any Dell's bought between the beginning of december and the Vista release at the end of january get a free Vista …  |
| | Can you give more details?do the lights come on and go off when you let go? Can you hear fans etc? Does it turn itself off or do you have to hold it down again? Please include the manufacturer and model number of your armada as I've never heard of … |
| | Hey can't log into hotmail today,anyone else with same prob? Tried all the usual-resetting firewall,cookies,certs,browser options etc and I've tried logging in from windows live today and windows live messenger(which both let me log in to IM and live today even shows me the email sender and subject) and hotmail.com …  |
| | Could be a faulty memory dimm/slot Try swapping the memory dimm to a different slot.The best place to find out how to do this is the manufacturer's website. Unfortunately I have never worked with an armada so I can't be any more specific |
| | Have you tried a system restore to the last time you didn't have this problem? start-programs-accessories-system tools-system restore |
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 | I had a play-around with the training release of Vista on friday The last beta did drop 10-30 fps on games but remember guys it's a beta,they're trying for stability and then they tweak the rest Personally I think it's a hog,especially all the new aero tools.Thankfully you can turn … |
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| | Hey Dave Quick and easy(hopefully!!!) using "ctrl + alt + del" as you have been doing select "new task" Type "msconfig" Select "normal startup" and apply.You will have to restart your pc. This should work as I assume something has disabled the Explorer process from loading. If not please post … |
| | It's possible that a virus is causing it but not very likely if the post is slow A power surge may have damaged something internally ,do you feel confident enough to take a peek inside the case?no need to touch anything,just look for charring or melting(disconnect everything first,hold down the …  |
| | Hey guys sorry to keep asking questions that probably have a one word answer with a link but I'm finding the site a bit hard to navigate due to the sheer amount of info. So can we submit tutorials and if so how? |
| | Hey all I'm wondering what the industry standard for game designing is at the moment? I'm teaching myself Java at the moment and intend to go on to C++ afterwards but if there's a general consensus on a different language as being the macDaddy of Games Development I'd love to …  |
| | Re: Chkdsk prob When exactly does it blue screen?Is it at a set point or random? I'd guess you have a HD failure but let's try a few things 1st- Reset the BIOS to factory settings. Does it boot into safe mode? Try booting to the Dell diagnostics partition(F12 and boot to utility … |
| | Raid is not to be trifled with! I see no need for you to use it as if you use striping your sata hard drive will run at the speed of your ATA and if you use mirroring you will have one 40 gb hard drive with a redundant back … |
| | Hey guys I'm a noob but I'm starting to love this community.Only thing is you kinda get burnt out helping people in posts with no real interaction. What do you all think of having two chat applets? One ,lets call it "I'm free", for seeking help with a problem from … |
| | Hey This is a little trick that works 50% of the time although no-one can figure out why- "The patented "battery flip"" 1.Open the case(usual steps,power cord and battery out,discharge system for 10 seconds and ground yourself) 2.Locate the BIOS battery 3.Flip it over and insert the other way around … |
| | Hey guys brand new to the forum but I've noticed the e-mail notifications don't always tell me when a reply has been posted to a thread I'm helping someone with. Is there a way to show who has replied to any posts I have made?I only ask because at the … |
 | Sorry dude I've got about 300 unopened c64 games in the attic.Remember when they were 25p each after the megadrive and nintendo came out?Thats when all us home computer advocates got our stock.They said we would be extinct in 5 years but who got the last laugh now!? :) Truth … |
| | If your data is important I would strongly recommend moving to a raid 1,10 or 0+1 before the inevitable happens. Theoretically you can Ghost a striped array BUT if [U]anything [/U]goes wrong you could lose the lot. My IT manager tried to ghost his Raid 10 and got a corruption … |
| | Re: mouse wont work! What type of connector is on the mouse?is it a thin rectangle(usb) or a round metal circle filled with pins(ps/2)? You will need to post more detail on the mouse make etc. before I can help you as at the moment I would just be guessing.If it's usb try different … |
| | The problem is with your graphics card as opposed to your chipset,I would presume. Doom 3,although a great game,is older than anything else you've mentioned.Some cheaper AGP 8x graphics cards are quite incompatable which is why they are cheap in the first place.# Try adjusting you're screen resolution,some cards don't … |
| | Hey just a quick intro. I'm an IT support agent and decided to try and break into the gaming industry(I know,good luck to me eh?:cheesy: ).Anyway I decided to start with java and then move on to C++. So here I am,bought a fairly nice book over the weekend called"Java … |
| | Did you ghost you're old files from a different computer?If so the HAL may be pre ACPI which would cause no end of hassle.If you did let me know but it's very complex to fix without a full re-install. This is only in case TallCool1's suggestion doesn't work as his … |
| | There is a patch available to resolve some usb 2.0 issues created by sp2,unfortunately I've lost the website but if you spend some time on google you should find it. If the card is a pci Usb 2.0 one,and not embedded,you may have a dodgy PCI slot.Nowadays IRQ's are assigned … |
| | I would advise against raid 0 unless you're data is not important.Any drives hooked up to a raid 0 will run at the speed of the slowest drive.As far as I can remember you will only have one drive shown,the same as raid 1 etc but we rarely support raid … |
| | Hey whoever was good enough to take a look at this thread I have to stress I am a complete noob! I picked up "Java programming for the complete beginner" five days ago and here I am with 50% less hair and stuck on a challenge at the end of … |
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