Posts by Xlphos

Don't know about most of them but the ones I am using are Belkin and that comes with a lifetime warranty and free tech support. But some companies say lifetime is the expected lifetime of the product.

Then again I haven't had any issues with them so I don't know if the support is up to much.

You can type DIR at the command prompt through windows or safe mode with command prompt. DIR lists Directories AKA folders.

for example,

If you start cmd prompt and it says:

C:\>

and you type

C:\> dir

it will list all the top level folders.

you can navigate to where the folder should be by typing

cd Folder name

then type dir to list the folders in that one.

You may be able to view the error log by going to the event viewer.

Try searching for event viewer. I would tell you how to get there but am using XP at moment.

Yes you could do that, but if that doesn't work I believe that you can fix XP with the XP installation CD.

You may also be able to copy the file from CD.

There was a previous post like this Here.

Here is another.

Do you know if it is getting power? Does the light flash?

Try entering BIOS and see if you can see it. Try pressing something like delete to enter BIOS, as it boots up it should say press such a thing to enter BIOS or setup. Exit and don't save changes when done.

This is all I could find Abit motherboard drivers.

Is there no installation guide or location for the drivers?

Have you installed all the drivers given?

Onboard vs Dedicated...

Dedicated is better as in it has its own memory and can produce better graphics and that will take care of all the graphical parts lessening the strain on the CPU. But Dedicated may only be needed for things like gaming or 3D applications.

Onboard can be better in that it is cheaper and may be enough for the user; they may just be interested in web browsing and word processing.

Hope these few points help clarify.

As far as having two graphics cards you must ensure they are the same and you have two free slots. The graphics card in question must support SLI(Nvidia) or Crossfire(ATI) in order to use both (you can buy sets of two).

All graphics cards need adequate power supply are they may not work.

If your after installing a new graphics card it is simple. Put the new one in plug the display into the new card and boot it up.

The computer detects the new card and uses that one.

Then install the drivers for it. No need to disable or remove the drivers for the onboard one.

Do you know if you have onboard, dedicated graphics or both?

If you have both remove the graphics card and try the onboard one.

I would try a different display to see if it is a display problem.

Can you turn the volume down and access the media player at the desktop or is it the buttons on the laptop that are not working?

So the screen never comes on? No boot up messages then?

I would try another display if you have one.

Ha, Ha, Ha... I know.

But seriously think about what I said.

Are these errors after boot up or before?

I think the restore disk would solve the problem if not don't forget you can reuse the parts from the old desktop if you do get another one.

Does the wire connection display as connected/enabled/disabled?

Can you acces your router via the PC using the router IP address?

I believe you have to set the wireless router up as a bridge, does the wireless router not have any ethernet connections?

What you should be able to do is replace the wired router with the wireless one.

If you are using a wireless router don't forget to put a password on it!

Hello, Try this link for the driver Realtek driver download

Select your operating system and which site to download from.

Do you know if your network card is working?

Go to network connections and see if the wired one is there?

Also does it show that it is connected on the router? Should be a light on for something like Lan 1 or 1.

Have you tried uninstalling IE8 and reinstaling IE7?

Have you tried putting curly brackets after the for loop on line 24?

for()

open with {

if()

open with{

do something

end if with }

end for with}

Okay I see but it would be more helpful is there were instructions on how to make them or a button to submit a tutorial for review.

Is my Grammer okay? Any punctuation missing? I think I put the full stop in the correct place.

I have an Advent 5431 and inserted a Buddy Holly DVD which will not play, will not eject manually nor when "instructed" by the computer.
Any ideas of how I can get it out without using a can opener?
Dave (dranoel2009)

Hi is there a small hole on gthe front of the drive?

If so if you insert a thin object like a paper clip it should eject.

Have you tried removing it at boot up?

I think the curly brackets don't add up correctly you maybe missing some.

I would suggest indenting your code properley to make it more readable.

eg

while(something)
[INDENT]{[/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT]if(somethingelse)[/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]{[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]do something[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]}[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]
[INDENT]}[/INDENT]

Without the extra lines in between.

Hi I have just been looking at the tutorial section and noticed their is very little there.

I would like to see more stuff up there, who can write the tutorials?

Anyone any views on this?

I would recommend getting any of the 9 series graphics card from Nvidia. Have a look at the ratings Nvidia Series 9. Better off going with 9600 GT or better, You will have to look you self for prices I am in the UK and work in pounds.

Things to look out for

Core clock speed > 500MHz
Memory clock speed > 800MHz
Shader clock speed > 1500MHz
Memory > 512MB (GDDR3 is better than GDDR2)
Memory interface > 256-bit

This is my thoughts, I would find out how graphics cards work before buying.

I believe you can use something like CPUZ to check the memory frequencies.

I think hard drives store data across the hard drive with no concern to storing from center to edge. If your using XP go to disk defragmentation and you will most likely see files or part of files stored across the disk. If files were stored sequentially every time a file like a word processed document is added too, the new part would have to be written elsewhere on disk making it inefficient. The disk finds enough space to store a file and puts it there.

Don't forget you can delete files on a hard disk leaving spaces, the spaces left may not be big enough for some files so they would be stored at the next avaliable space(avoiding defragmentation were possible).

Hope this helps some.

Here http://www.truecrypt.org/ Its a free open source encryption tool. You can encrypt the drive so it asks for a password before booting the from hard drive. It can be downloaded from sourceforge. I have used this and have had no problems. However don't forget the password!

Whats the condition of the CD? Is it scratched?

Try using Linux to delete the windows partition if you have got all the data from it. Then try the XP Cd again and perform a full format not a quick one when reinstalling it.

What graphics card are you using?

Have you tried updating those drivers?

Try your old stick, then try the new one by itself, if this works try them both in different orders.

Or have you done this already?

Can you roll back the driver to a previous one?

Have you tried removing the battery and getting power from the power cord?

The light that comes on when charging flashes when their is not enough power left in the battery. If the laptop can't run off AC then it may be a power issue.

Have you tried clearing CMOS?

This should reset the BIOS to its original settings.

You could also encrypt the partitions using TrueCrypt as well. So if an average user gets a hold of your PC they can't read your hard drive even if they take it out.

These recovery CD/DVD's are you trying to boot from them?

Are you sure that you have set up to boot from USB drive and not CD drive?

Also I can go into boot selection by pressing F8. Can you boot from something similar and select what you want to boot from?

Your using XP right? So you click on the wireless connections then click on the network you wish to connect to.

Then you click on you network, Does it show your connected?

Is there no password on the network?

Okay then.

On the desktop right click.
Click on NVIDIA control panel.
Then select Set up multiple displays. (Have a look a the image I have)

Here you can setup your display's(I only have one, you should have two). I would suggest disconnecting the external monitor until windows starts up. Don't forget their maybe a switch monitor button on the keyboard like 'fn F4'.

Hope this helps.

Thats right, This should clear the BIOS of any changes you have made.

You may need to clear the cmos

Did this problem arise as soon as you installed the graphics card?

Have you got the monitor plugged into the new card or the old one.

Okay and you can't get back into BIOS like when you reset the time/date?

Is it PATA? are you using more than one? have you set it to master/slave?

Are you not presented with the option to enter BIOS?

Is the boot order correct?

You could try restoring default setting in BIOS.

Could you post your system specs? put a (new) next to any hardware you have added please.

If your in the UK you could get something like this http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/products/a850x1y0z1p0s0n0m0.

Why do you want a new graphics card though? After higher resolutions?