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 | Huh thats interesting. Have you tried turning it upside down and lightly taping the area to see if it becomes unstuck?  |
| | Hi Nicole, I would recommend that if it worked before and now it's not try the following. Go to your control panel and into Systems. Hardware then Device manager. Click on the plus sign next to IDE/ATA and ATAPI devices. Right click on IDE Controller Left click on remove. Restart …  |
| | Good Morning Kurohide :-) If you are getting cannot detect HDD during a format. First check connections. They may have condensation that has caused the connector to get loose. After checking connections, go into the BIOS and see if the Hard drive is being detected by the motherboard. Since it … |
| | Update.exe is a tough one. It can be associated with Windows XP or a Device. You have a few devices you could try disabling one startup file at a time and restart each time to see if it stops. It might be a program associated with your Printer or Sony. …  |
 | The way I would answer your question if I had pondered this myself is trying to right click on the Finder Bar to see if there is a property area of adding additional devices. Possibly pointing it to your camera device. If no Avail I would then call the manufac. … |
| | This sounds like the Blaster Worm virus. Since you have reinstalled Windows XP have you upgraded your Service Pack to SP2? Might want to run your updates. Next make sure your powersupply can handle your video card. Check the needed wattage for your PS unit vrs. your new Video card. … |
| | Hi, I use to troubleshoot for Gateway and eMachine PC and Laptops. The Suggestion we usually start with is to take the battery out of the machine and leave it out for 24 hours. Then try to see if anything occurs. If no power you might want to replace the … |
| | You might have tried to add a format that your MP3 player cannot use. Double check with the files you are sync'ing What file format can your player use? MP3 only. Really the only other thing I could think of is that there was another device that popped in there … |
| | Hi The beeping can tell you what it going on with your motherboard. Usually you hear a series of beeps like one beep the three beeps a pause and three more beeps and so on. What is your motherboard and the beeps is one thing you might want to find … |
| | req:64 meg ram 150 meg [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread70278.html#"]hd[/URL] space windows 98se pentium III 500 mhz here's what i have 512 meg ram plenty of hd space windows 98 ( maybe not SE) Pentium II ~350 mhz Ok what you have is a Pentium II - 350Mhz. What is required: Pentium III - …  |
| | Do both machines list the Network adapter? |
| | I don't know if I agree with TT4Titans reply. The connections sound fine, as well as the motherboard reconizing that the drives are attached since you stated they are found in the device manager. Usually the I/O can gett mixed up when adding a device. What I would suggest is … |
| | I would suggest to first try replacing your battery or taking it in to have some one like Best Buy's Geek Squad to check the integrity of your Laptops Battery. You may still pay less then what you would if you sell parts. |
 | Wow, Missing a Shell32.dll aeh? Not good. This is a very important file for your OS. Its like a fresh egg that has lost it shell and all the goo goes where ever it wants. Before trying to reformat you might want to try to reinstall the Master boot record, … |
| | Re: windows no disk This is interesting. When you get a blue screen upon startup, it can mean a certain area on the Hard drive that is unreadable. Or it could be a Motherboard stating that there is a problem with a device like RAM. First I would run the checks on the HDD. … |
| | Re: Dru-820a Hi Ill Trix, Try removing the IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. ATAPI referes to and DVD devices so anything to do with your ATAPI device drivers will be removed and reinstalled. If that does not help you I would recommend to talk to the manufacture. While working as a Technician for eMachines/Gateway … |
| | You may have needed to point it to the right drive such as FIXBOOT C: It might have still been on the recovery console drive designated. Ethernet as a boot device is great for networking startups. Workstation to server. Hopefully it was something as simple as placing in the correct … |
| | If it is getting past the post it would not be a Motherboard issue. System files I am leaning more towards, Possible device causing windows to restart. Possible startup program causing it to restart. Are you getting any error messages when the system reboots? Blue screens? Does it go into … |
| | If it is an onboard network card the driver will automaticly load from the system files. Try removing the Network adapter in device manager and restarting your system if it is onboard. RueB2sDe  |
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| | The power cord for the power buttons are found usually on the very edge of the motherboard. Might be loose or condensation Hope that helps :-) Rue B 2s De |
| | Usually when you get this issue. There is a device Windows is having an issue loading. This can happen with a stuck key on the keyboard. Try unplugging your keyboard first and restart. If it successfully goes into windows try cleaning your keyboard. Turn upside down and tap the bottom … |
| | For this issue it is very simple. I would not recommend to reformat on an issue like this. First Restore BIOS to Default settings (only do this if you have not added any new video cards because this will re-enable your onboard or any other devices etc...) Try restarting. If … |
| | I would agree AJZ. Possible heat issue on the CPU fan. May need to be to dusty inside causing the FAN to slow down or it could be a Power supply issue. Power supply may need to be replaced. RueB 2s De |
| | Hi Zzalatt what is you OS? If you run Windows XP the only option because the dos command system restore will not store dates available, you can only tap f8 upon startup and choose last known good configuration. If you have a Fat 32 filing system you can boot to … |
| | Normally when there are issues with the post you should receive more beeps then 3. Are you hearing additional beeps? You can search on the MB Manufacture for the BIOS POST BEEP CODES. I am used to a consecutive beeps. It should give three beeps rapidly then pause then start … |
 | Re: New Motherboard First I would find out if the HDD connector on the new MB is either a SATA or IDE. If you Current HDD and MB is an IDE and the New Motherboard is a SATA it is normally not compatible.  |
| | Yes you get that when you boot to a recovery console it will rename the drive letters. When I worked on eMachines and Gateway most if not all restore cd and recovery consoles list themselves as the A drive when the disk was in the CDROM drive which is normally … |
| | What I would try is making sure that you still do not have the network adapter listed in Networking under the controll panel. If you have duplicate adapters you could have this problem. Remove both or all network adapters by right clicking and restarting again. BIOS may still have another … |
| | Does your system get past the post? Do you see Windows logo at all? Do you have a nvidia nforce4 installed? RueB 2s De |
| | Dewabo, Also try to see if it a software issue before you throw your Possibly perfectly good CD to the already problematic Land fills. Try removing the ATA/ATAPI Bus master controller. This will reinstall the drivers for teh CD rom. It might get your device working again. Hope that helps … |
| | Hey Ed, I use to troubleshoot this model for Gateway/eMachines. The steps I would walk through a customer for this scenario would be. 1st Question: Any beeps upon post? If so what art the series of beeps? It should beep rapidly and then pause. Count the amount of beeps until … |
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| | I can't hurt except for the size of the cooling fan and if there is space to put it, is what I think Have a good one RueB |
| | Another suggestion as well. If you have a startup diskette you can boot to your Startup diskette in the Floppy, That way you do not need to change your BIOS Settings. If you don't have the startup diskette on a floppy you can search on a search engine to download … |
| | This is an interesting topic Magic, I am just curious. By chance are you right clicking on a batch of highlighted files? Are they all the same format it... jpeg AIV Is your flash drive AIV compatible? |
| | You might want to check for conflicts in Device manager when you go into Safe mode. If you find any exclamation points I would recommend to remove them and if there are any duplicate drivers. Might need to reinstall the graphics driver. You usually get this when you or a …  |
| | Re: will not post I would say that if your Keyboard lights do not blink, no beeping and no post it may be that the Hard Drive cable is either not plugged in completly or a jumper setting on the motherboard is set to the wrong IDE slot for post. I would reccomend to … |
| | Are you overloading your system with still having your printer, video card, logitech drivers etc upon the initial setup? Try having the bare minimums. Monitor, keyboard and mouse. You might even have to remove CD roms from the motherboard after a reload of windows xp until the onboard drivers are … |
| | Hard Drives don't normally need the same chip set on the Motherboard for it to work. Normally, to my knowledge, it just needs to be the right connector. Such as IDE/SATA. Jumpers have to be set for Primary and Secondary (sorry don't like the term Master and Slave but it … |
| | Is the Bus compatible with your motherboard? What is the max your motherboard can accept? |
| | Did you check to see if BIOS has the APM enabled? Some BIOS do not have an APM setting but if it does try disabling it. |
| | I would double check your property settings in Volume controll and make sure that the Headset is set correctly under recording options. |
| | Re: Ide #1 Error Yes it sounds like a loose IDE cable. Be sure to contact the manufacture to find out where the cable can be located. |
| | The term "Running Process" You just gave me a list of all of the programs you were running at the time the virus was found. Before you fix anything besure that you do not have all of these programs running. If you look at the list again, it shows you … |
| | Woah Slow down everyone. When your system is slow does always mean something serious. You havn't added anything new? You stated you've Reinstalled Windows XP again, This completly points to a Resource issue. You can add tons and tons of Ram and the biggest Hard drive possible and you can … |
| | Any beeping upon Post? Will it allow you into BIOS at all? |
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| | Re: Lateley... Blue screens are refering to areas of your motherboard. It could be from Items connected to it such as RAM, Keyboard, USB device ect. Does your system go through a series of beeps when it starts or goes into the blue screen? Do you find your Windows XP loose time … |
 | What does your last picture say? Cannot locate file? When I click on it to make it bigger the resolution will not clear and cannot make out what it says. Will it load your user profiles to log into Windows XP? Try this at your own risk: Tap F8 upon … |
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