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 | It concerns me that you had a short but didnt do anything about it... How did you know there was a short? After it died.... You replaced just the power cord to the PSU and it blew smoke after that? Seems odd... Is the "new" PSU you installed after the … |
| | Do you hear any beeps when you power up... 2 then 4 then 2 any groups of three Powerup should give you one beep.... ((Not one long beep)) You cant assume anything is working just because the power supply fan spins up... Start by stripping the system down to the …  |
| | Pull the cmos battery wait an hour then boot without it. It may have been flashed un-sucessfully... The first part of the code was written then poof.. Just a guess.. |
| | Sorry, I didnt notice that this was a dead thread from last year.... How old is this PC. A common reason for shutting down is the cpu is overheating. Have you monitored the temp with a software tool... Have you checked the temps in CMOS Have you pulled the heat … |
| | Go to driverguide or do a google for... Diskonkey_Win98_Driver_Installer.exe (or just DiskOnKey) It is 1.4megs and will fix the problem 98 does NOT have drivers and most memory sticks were made long after 98 so the manufacturers do not provide drivers. This will take care of the problem...  |
| | Assuming the three wire on your case led has an unused connector in the middle cut the connector in half and use as individual connectors  |
| | I wrote a program to do that a few years back. It would create a filename using the current date. It was easy to set the parameters of the backup to whatever files I wanted to save in the backup. I will try to find it and make it available. … |
| | Please dont take this the wrong way but... Are you really sure you want to stay with a Celeron? Since you are already buying a new mb why not look at some of the alternatives... Faster everything... and you should be able to use most of your ram and other …  |
| | Did your heatsink have a clear plastic disc (Almost invisible) over the core where it touches the cpu... If you didnt remove it that is the source of your overheating. Did it have a big brown thermal pad? Did you apply thermal grease over that pad? Just some ideas... |
| | Let me clarify this... You flashed the BIOS with a disc that said it was not compatible..? Once it rebooted you have a black screen... If this is the case... You will not be able to reset the bios... A few machines like the one I am on have a … |
| | As a noobie you probably did not see that you were revivng a very old thread. But to answer your question anyhow... No you can not improve the performance of an old motherboard that only has 4megs of ram for an onboard video card. I dont remember any that limited … |
| | It is the perfect situation to use a bootable CD of Knoppix. It will autodetect your SATA and let you get the data off your old system. Do not write to an NTFS system. Make a fat 32 partition or just burn the data to a cd or dvd with …  |
 | Is there an instruction that I can add to a button click to exit a program  |
| | those beeps are a code to what is wrong based upon the bios chipset... Usually in a sequence of three or four groups... Usually 1,1,1 is ram etc... Did you ever check the cmos to see the temp of the cpu? |
| | It almost sounds like a shipping tape on the fuser that is supposed to be removed before operation. Have you pulled the toner cartridge out and checked it.. |
| | Usually find a failing power supply or a cpu fan that is dirty or dying. Check your cmos settings for temperature warnings and shutdown temp. Possibly set it to not return to previous state and to shut down. That way if it is the problem it will shut off and …  |
| | People really need to use the XP option to create a password reset floppy when they set up a system. Even if you change your password then forget it you can just drop in the floppy and reset it. |
| | Search the forum for IDE #0 Error... There have been quite a few discussions about it. |
| | My question is ... How does the hard drive when removed and put into another machine boot up and work? XP dosent do that... It sees the Mobo change... I would suggest you use that other PC to change the partition configuration slightly, Format the partition but do not install … |
| | Just curious, did you make sure you have the right one in the right port... Not to make fun but I have had people bring in PC's and they had the mouse where the keyboard goes and the keyboard where the mouse goes... Just because it fits dosent mean it … |
| | Just a thought, Did you remove any old drivers before trying a reinstall? Some devices like ATI do not reinstall over themselves as well as one would hope... Did you mention which OS? |
| | Save the dual boot until th next time you install windows... Then it is no big deal to create a partition using Fdisk, install 98 first and install XP second... The install program of XP will ask if you want to install XP on the first or second partition and … |
| | Beating on the keyboard only worked for Fonzie in the TV series Happy Days Stop it... before you damage your hard drive If the fan is spinning then you need to reapply the heat transfer paste between the heatsink and the cpu. It is easy and costs much less than …  |
| | It will continue to report that the case was opened until you go into CMOS and clear the case open report. You should even be able to turn the check for case open feature off. |
| | Can someone give me the filename where I can find email. A guy brought me his old drive and wants his emails saved to a disk so he can put them back into his now clean system. Is there any trick to getting them into his now clean system. The … |
| | Chainsaw... Obviously you have not read the Patriot Act... All of that is out the window... Along with the Geneva Convention... Along with the right to a lawyer and access to the judicial system... No Warrants or Subponeas needed...  |
| | I would double check the jumper settings on all drives... Do you have CD and Hard drive on different cables, ie orimary and secondary? Odd that it does not boot to the floppy... Set the BIOS to boot to the floppy first.... and see what happens... What OS is on … |
 | This sure sounds like a heating problem... You need to check the cpu to heatsink contact... Your computer has a huge duct from the cpu to a fan mounted on the back of the case... Is that fan spinning up... You need to go to HP and get the PDF … |
| | It looks more like the wrong track When you power up does the bios/cmos see the drive at all. ^^^^^^ Is there an option to manually set up the drive in CMOS. The CD boots ok? What OS? Some of those OEM CD's require the hard drive be preformatted (Sometimes … |
| | I have a couple of those sitting in a closet somewhere... They were not very accurate for drawing but they would probably work ok for clicking buttons inside a program. Unless you have a special need to not use a mouse there is not reason to use one. |
| | I would suggest you get a Mepis or Knoppis LiveCD. THey are a linux operating system that will give you tools without trying to install anything onto the hard drive. If you have an SATA you need to get knoppix (Knoppix also will do IDE) as it will autodetect those … |
 | I would replace the keyboard. They are darn near impossible to clean. It almost sounds like something liquid got in there. Even liquid cleaners can really mess with a keyboard. |
| | Since your browser will not connect... Try getting Ad-aware to connect and doit's update. That help define the problem as to your connection or your browser... |
| | I just wanted to clarify that you dont have to install VB... You just need the runtime module... as in: vbrun50.exe or vbrun60.exe  |
| | More complete and up to date info.... With the processing of a few more observations of asteroid 2002 NT7 through July 28, we can now rule out any Earth impact possibilities for February 1, 2019. While we cannot yet completely rule out an impact possibility on February 1, 2060, it … |
| | Re: Dual hard drives To do this quick.. Get a copy of lilo or grub bootloaders If you dont have much customization of your XP setup, make the 98 your C drive and reinstall XP I read through and didnt see anything about verifying that your cables are cable select. Since you have two … |
| | From an earlier conversation with our resident Dell reseller... Even preinstalled Windows is a full license and is thereby transferable to a new machine. It will probably require a phonecall to M$ and a brief explanation but it is supposed to be a FULL license even if preinstalled. Of course … |
| | You can replace the motherboard as cheaply as you can replace the bios chip and replacing just the bios will probably not fix the problem. Check Ebay and Pricewatch for slot 1 |
 | I agree that the cmos battery is probably your problem. You might try this until you can get your new battery. Power up but go right into cmos setup... Correct your settings then save on exit but do not turn the machine off... It should boot into the system... If … |
| | How did you reset the bios... Did you use the reset to failsafe settings or did you flash the bios? If you power up then press the insert key and hold it while you power down and back up, some systems will go to a default config and let you … |
| | I would pull the cpu again and look for bent pins... I assume you know about the notch on the cpu and only supposed to go in ONE WAY.. |
| | I would try booting a knoppix cd and using the linux tools to repartition it. |
| | Re: VBA source code VBA = Visual Basic for Applications... [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/isv/technology/vba/faq/default.aspx[/url] |
| | Re: Is Linux Gui I have to laugh. You ask any linux user about their favorite distro and you get three answers... Mepis, Knoppix and RedHat are my three. I agree with everyone here that it will do everything you want and more. The livecd's are a good way to look around at different …  |
| | I just installed Zone Alarm and disabled the XP firewall and neither IE or Firefox will access the internet. 'Spybot and AdAware can access and update ... I have used Zone Alarm on 98 with no problems... Programs tab shows I have given IE and Firefox access Any help appreciated... |
| | I did have a pc come in for repair that had some bent mangled connectors where the pci cards slip in. Took awhile to find it.. I ended up taking a business card folding it and slipping it into the slot to keep the pins apart. Just give them a … |
| | I am still VERY new to Linux but... I finally found a irc client that "feels" right. KVirc [url]http://www.kvirc.net/[/url] I've tried xchat, bitchx, etc. but this is my irc of choice. Windows immigrants, mIRC users will like this one. althought it not exactly the same. It's alot easier to navigate … |
| | It looks like your config.sys is looking for cdrom drivers on the floppy when you boot to the hard drive... If you have the file... Copy it to the root directory of the hard drive Edit your config.sys line 2 to read... DEVICE=C:\VIDE-CDD.SYS If you do not have the the …  |
 | I would try two things... Download Knoppix Live CD which is a bootable CD that will not write anything to your hard drives and see what you can save by moving data to another drive. I would also move the 250 to one of the motherboard SATA ports to see … |
| | Re: Upgrading Old PC Xcel 2000 is the chipset... Get out the manual for it and see how fast a processor will fit on that board.. I am thinking you could double your cpu speed.. You would need more ram.. Personally I would now put in the time and effort... Hardware prices have dropped … |
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