Posts by Xlphos

Hello,

Have you tried different monitors and monitor cables?

It would probably be worthwhile trying a linux live cd.

Your PSU may have a 6-pin power cable. Try attaching that.

The graphics card should run without the power but when you perform more graphically demanding tasks the card will require more power.

If you need help finding the correct connector try looking at google images for a 6-pin molex. If you don't have one you can get converters.

- Let us know how it goes.

Hello,

Did you try just one display for a while?

Which windows 7 are you getting?

Are you getting an OEM version or retail?

I don't see why you shouldn't get the 64-bit version, you can run most 32-bit applications on the 64-bit version anyway. - if you do upgrade or get another computer you could reuse windows 7 64-bit in the future.

If you have a 32-bit program though it shouldn't run any better on a 64-bit OS than on a 32-bit OS and like you say, you won't benefit memory wise. My point is you may want a 64-bit OS in the future so why limit yourself?

I know that if you get the retail version you have a choice of 32 or 64 bit version. -but it cost more.

Are you formatting the disk using windows or linux?

if your using windows you should be able to format it by right-clicking on it and click format and select FAT.

Did you format this disk to something like ext3?
did you copy the iso or did you get a distro to create a bootable usb disk for you?

Hello,

You'd be better off checking the motherboard spec.

Post your spec here if you want us to check. some motherboards will require memory modules to be set up in pairs.

Post the spec of your ram aswell.

Perhaps if you tell us what the game is it will help.

Are these proper games, windows built in or internet ones.

usually there is a setting in the game to set graphics properties , i would expect this to be the place to set the game to full screen.

Have you managed to get into BIOS? you usually have to press DEL to enter it. Once you are in BIOS you need to put the cd drive at the top. Look at the left hand side of the screen, there is usually something there that tells you hpw to change values. Don't forget to save and quit.

- Let us know if it has worked.

Ben je geslaagd om in BIOS? je meestal te druk DEL in te voeren. Als je eenmaal in het BIOS moet je de cd-station gebracht aan de top. Kijk naar de linkerkant van het scherm, is er meestal iets daar dat je vertelt HPW om waarden te veranderen. Vergeet niet om op te slaan en af te sluiten.

- Laat ons weten of het heeft gewerkt.

Could you please put an english translation in your posts.

Does your BIOS show your hard drive? or does the POST show your hard drive?

I don't understand what you are after doing. You don't seem to want to install windows but want to still use your computer. Or is it a case of you can't install windows?

Kunt u alstublieft een Engels vertaling in uw berichten.

Heeft uw BIOS ga je harde schijf? of heeft de POST toon je harde schijf?

Ik begrijp niet wat u na het doen. U lijkt niet te willen Windows te installeren, maar wil nog steeds gebruik maken van uw computer. Of is het een geval van je niet kunt Windows installeren?

Hello,

Have you set the jumpers to the correct setting on the drive connected to IDE cable?

If you double click on the device with the exclaimation mark what is the error description?

If you have formatted the disk then there is no operating system on the disk. Causing the boot message you gave. You need to install an operating system in order to boot the machine.

- Hope this helps

translated using http://translate.google.com/

Als je de schijf geformatteerd, dan is er geen besturingssysteem op de schijf. Waardoor de boot bericht dat u gaf. U moet installeren van een besturingssysteem om op te starten van de machine.

- hoop dat dit helpt

According to http://translate.google.com/ post in english:

Dutch to English translationShow romanization

I have a very old laptop toshiba 210 cs and I formatted it with ms-dos start but now he no longer boot menu, and it only indicates invalid system disk please valid system disk.

I tried everything but nothing doing.
get it in the bios but nothing to change the boot seqeunce.
priorotaty or boat.

The laptop does not even have a floppy drive.

So do not know if the laptop is on or the hard disk.
hard drive is recognized.

system specifications (very old)

120 mhz
32 mb ram
CD-ROM
10 gig hard drive
former win 98
battery life approx 2 hours

gr Jeannot

I would suggest running a virus scan. Yes the download window should close by pressing the cross but if Ctrl+J worked fine then it could be a specific problem.

- Let us know if the virus scanner picks anything up.

Is this a consistant problem? Ctrl+J should open and close the download box, give it a go. Does you computer run slow? Sometimes my browser will freeze IE or Firefox.

Perhaps you could try a linux live CD. The ones I have automatically boot, if everything works then maybe it is more of a software/OS issue.

Do you have any other USB devices connected? perhaps try having just the keyboard connected and see if you can get that XP cd working.

- Let us know how it goes.

Hello,

is this a USB or PS/2 keyboard?

Hi,
There a few easy things we can try but you must have your Windows installation CD for what I have in mind, do you have it?

No sorry I don't unfortunately.

Hello,

Do you have a friend that has a Windows installation CD? You should be able to use that to repair your install if it is the same edition.

Or, perhaps you have a restore partiton. Are you aware of a restore partiton on your computer? - some have a repair option.

Are you after just windows 7 on the PC or after XP and win 7?

You say you have the Vista recovery disc. Use that and then upgrade that. This should work if you only want windows 7 though if you want XP aswell thats another story.

- Let us know how it goes.

Does your mouse still work without the keyboard plugged in?
Have you tried plugging in the keyboard after windows has started?
Have you another USB keyboard to try?
Is the mouse USB aswell?

You may have to set something in BIOS, have you looked through that to see if there is anything relating the USB devices?

Hello,

One of the first things you should do is find out what motherboard you are using. Post your system specs if you know them.

Once you know what motherboard you are using you need to find out the beep codes by searching the web or looking in the manual.

Then count how many beeps there are and the type fast beeps, long beeps etc.. then you should know the error and hopefully how to fix it.

- Let us know how it goes

Perhaps their is something wrong with the graphics card do you have an onboard one or dedicated one? It maybe worth trying to get a dedicated card for your PC. As for clicking a pop-up message I am not sure what damage it could have done as you say it show gibberish as you start it up I would think this is a hardware issue.

Can you select which device to boot from? On my computer if I press F8 it will ask me what I want to boot from. When the copmuter is switched on look for the boot device key, press it and select CD/DVD drive.

- Let us know how it goes.

Did you uninstall the old drivers and install the drivers for the new card?

Hello,

I would format the entire drive and leave it without a file system(unallocated space). Then insert your system restore disks and reinstall the OS.

You say that it boots into the unknown partition. -> You need to have a bootable CD/DVD (test in another PC) and the CD/DVD drive at the top of the boot list(Change boot order in BIOS).

- Let us know how it goes.

Is this at random times or is it when you do something specific?

Is this a laptop?

Are you saying no matter which computer you connect the hard drives too they can't be read?

Try going into disc management and tell us what is there for the external hardrives.

I would recommend using a linux live CD the get the contents if we can't solve your problem.

How big a hardrive do you have? You could try creating another partiton and installing windows 7 on that. This should recognise XP and the other Win 7.

That EasyBCD did you tell it to write to MBR?

What was the spec of your previous hard drive?

If you have a copy of both Pro and home can't you insert the CD and click on repair at boot up. If it is the wrong CD it should say shouldn't it?

I would suspect it to be home if it is a home user.

To access start-up items click on the windows icon, click on Run or type run in the search bar (you can also press windows key+R). Once the run box is opened type msconfig. A window should open click on the start up tab and deselect the weather program and click OK.

This won't get that weather program working though. Try uninstalling it and re downloading the installation file and reinstall the weather app.

- Let us know how it goes.

(You may have to run the installation as an administrator).

Can a 64-bit Operating System be installed on machine having a 32-bit processor??

Can you tell us what processor you have just to make sure it is 32-bit?

Do you already have a 64-bit OS or are you after buying a new OS?

Do they have graphics cards?

Have they worked before?

maybe something is wrong with the hard drive.

Goto my computer right click on the hard drive icon, click on tools and click on error checking.

If you have the XP installation CD you should be able to repair it by booting off the CD and select repair. That should solve your boot problem

- let us know how it goes

Can you go into BIOS and see if the CPU is over heating?

On my system I can adjust fan speed and what the CPU target temperature is (maybe try lowering it).

Are you using any other OS, I know vista and win7 you can lower the CPU utilization thus lowering the temperature emitted. -There maybe something like this in Ubuntu but I have never need to lower the CPU utilization for that.

It may not solve the problem, but it may make your computer more usable.

BTW thermal paste should help dissipate the heat even if the fan isn't working correctly or fast enough.

Okay Try this,

Click on Start -> Run or windows key+R, Then type msconfig and click on the BOOT.INI tab. Then try clicking on the check boot paths and the other install may show up.

Or you can do as this link says Here. you would add an entry looking like this multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect changing the disk too whatever the disk number is.

- Let us know how it goes.

The speakers that you are using are they built into the monitor or are they separate?

You should have a wire coming from the back of the PC to the speakers.

Have you checked that the wire is connected to the speakers and the PC.

more info would be helpful.

Are the speakers built into the monitor? Do you have a dedicated sound card?

Did you install XP on another drive?

has this happend after the disk image was taken?

Does the invalid boot.ini show each time you start the computer?

If these are fresh installs it can't hurt to try.

I think windows calls whatever drive it is installed on C but will appear as a different letter by another OS.

go ahead install the 2nd OS. I would label the hard drives as something more memorable. I have labels XP, Vista and Win_7.

You can also rename what comes up at boot selection, for example you could rename the OSes work_XP and XP to help distinguish.

Is this Microsoft Windows system restore or is it a system restore from a system partition (system restore selected at boot up)?

HI,

I am having trouble installing Linux over Vista. I have tried Ubantu and Red Hat Linux 9. In red hat when it comes on partitioning phase it gives error message somthing like "No device found to alter partition table". I dont remember the exact message. I have four partitions on my harddisk. While installing Ubantu the setup simply crashes on partition phase. PLease help me solve this problem.

Thanks

Hello,

Are you able to use the partition manager in either of those Linux distro's?

How are your partitions laid out? e.g, 4 primary partitions or 3 primary 1 logical etc...

If you can try deleting a partiton in the partition manager (windows or linux) and retry the setup.

- Let us know how it goes.

Okay then, If you are just after running XP boot using the linux or windows CD.

Then format the entire drive delete everything ie partitions.

Then try installing windows.

This is assuming there is nothing on the drive you want to keep. If there is use your linux cd to get the data you want then format the drive.

- let us know how it goes.

Have you had linux on this computer?

If you have a linux disc try reinstalling that on a different partition that should detect windows.

I don't think the grub has been removed correctly or at all. By installing linux along side windows you maybe able to select it from the grub boot selection when it is rewritten.

A linux CD should let you view the windows partition aswell.

- Let us know how it goes.

How about your old hard drive does it say which type it is on that?

Did the disc need to be finalised?

Have you tried DVD+R?

I would recommend getting some DVD+RW and copy them onto your PC. Then you can edit the movie cut ads etc and burn to disk after.

Hello,

Have you tried each module individually?

Have you tried alternating the slots used?

Hi,

Do you have any other monitors to test the picture with this graphics card?

Have you tried lowering the resolution?

Was the one you were using before with the same monitor?

Hmm...

Okay then, Have you tried removing the small hard drive and installing XP on the bigger one?

Also try setting both hard drives to auto select or master and anything else on the same cable as slave. Then set boot priority.

Does each hard drive work separately?

Quick question did you have both drives set as slave?