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This sounds like a fault in the motherboard or the power supply. First i would suggest swapping out the power supply unit for another one and see if the same thing still happens. failing that if the board is still making a noise Ring ASUS and speak to them as …

These both sound like they might be graphics card related problems. Forget about checking the power options in XP and check the power setting in your machines BIOS. some BIOS's have the facilities for graphics. TIP. if either of you have onboard graphics on your motherboards enter the BIOS and …

hello tim and wecome to the forum. looks like you found out the hard way that no PC equipment should really be left on in the event of a thunder storm:) it looks to me as if you will need a new motherboard for your PC and probably a lot …

[QUOTE=fiercesnowboard]When i turn on my Gateway 400VTX notebook the screen is blank but if you look very close you can see it but its very dim. I have a regular CRT Monitor pluged in right now. Its done this once before and it fixed its self. anyway any suggestions?? Could …

Hi I'll start from the beginning here and maybe you guys can help me unravel the puzzle here. Machine Specs Packard Bell I MEDIA 5069 Intel P4 1.6GHz 512MB RAM 40 GB HDD PHILIPS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND CARD ABIT GRAPHICS CARD Windows XP Home (AVG antivirus) Ok theres the specs …

toddlers eh... Open your machine and have a good look at the keyboard. i want you to have a look at it very closely. On the Keyboard very near the top you should have a set of 10-12 Function keys listed as F1, F2 and so on. On one of …

My MP3 player did the same thing until I installed the drivers for it. you might have to as well. The drivers should come on a CD supplied with the device or if not look on the manufacturers website. Sonic stage is especially helpful when you have an ATRAC MP3 …

Check your Motherboard USB headers and also check your motherboard and Case manufacturers documentation. connected to the board. Result - I just left the two case ports and I experienced a similar problem until I discovered that the Motherboards USB ports wont work when the Case USB ports were purchased …

upgrade graphics n drivers guys. you'll find your problems should vanish. half life 2 is too powerful for the onboard mobo graphics to handle and for some cards to handle. no need to go disabling ports etc

depends on who makes your motherboard though. Dell especially are quite secretive about motherboard components. when you open up your machine have a look and see if you can determine whos the manufacturer of your motherboard and chipset and what not. take out the CMOS battery and let it be …

Wow, I couldnt disagree with you more. I have been using computers more than most people for a long time now. I take very good care of my computer, the components installed, as well as the software installed. I do not have huge general slowdowns because of windows or microsoft. …

hiya. it sounds as if the cd rom you have has lost or corrupted the ISO image which is what allows the install of the operating system. without an ISO image the cd will be un-bootable.;) trust me, this has happened to me.

depends on who makes your motherboard though. Dell especially are quite secretive about motherboard components. when you open up your machine have a look and see if you can determine whos the manufacturer of your motherboard and chipset and what not. take out the CMOS battery and let it be …

I experienced this problem once myself and found it out as being that the CPU was getting too hot. Have you checked the processor and heatsink assembly to make sure thats ok.

Hi there. Does anybody know how i can stop the Surfairy 16 bit MSDOS subsystem from popping up every time I open a web browser page. My brother tells me that its spyware often used by packard bell but i cant seem to get rid of it. i have tried …

how ofen has this been happening? if its only just started then it maybe a virus in which case seeing as the machine wont open your windows desktop you will need to reinstall windows. if on the other hand you are a complete newbie to computing then give the machine …

[quote=fyllespray]Update: I took out the battery in the motherboard to reset cmos, but that didnt help. Im starting to think thats its the PSU thats the problem. Any ideas? Btw my motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939[/quote] could be power supply but i would also look at the fault being …

the easiest way round this is to reinstall windows as its screwed up at present.

I'm going to play along with your idea here shawn. I'm getting the distinct impression from what i've been reading that the problem may be a bad graphics card or motherboard if our friend is using on baord graphics. There might even be a resource conflict somewhere which is preventing …

Your hard drive has gone - as signified by the clicking noises that you are hearing. I know this may sound technical to somebody not in the know but it sounds like one of the disc acutator arms has come down on to the platter of the disc, hence this …

this may have worked for you but dont be certain that it'll wotk for the other ppl on the forum. we appreciate your advice here but evidently these ppl have different problems to the one you described. sometimes a little tap will work by knocking whatever has become dislodged back …

It's not a very good idea to install an operating system that you origionally purchased with another machine on this particular machine anyway unless you have a co-operate version of windows XP Professional etc. My opioion is that you should do away with windows on your daughters machine until you …

[QUOTE=susannah87]I have two Dell computers, a desktop and a laptop both running XP. Both are and have been connected to each other in a home network for several months. They were connected using Win XPs Home networking wizard. Yesterday morning an error message began flashing on the computers, stating that …

[QUOTE=zach_boyce]Your first mistake was the eMachine lol :cheesy: but try hooking something up on your usb and then do a detect hardware wizard see if that works and for your sound try uninstalling it in the device manager and reinstalling it and updateing all the drivers hope this helps -Zach …

Check the jumper settings on the new drive and make sure you have set the new rive to be the slave drive. having two master drives on the same channel will cause conflicts and cause one to cancel the other out. bear in mind that when installing cd/dvd drives too

This sounds like a motherboard fault and nothing whatsoever to do with the RAM or the video. It could be that there is not enough power reaching the board but as you have tried two PSU's it would look to be possibly a connection actually in the motherboard power connector …

hey guys thanks for all the info. i knew sp2 could pose a few probs but i think im one of the lucky ones. no problems and downloaded in half an hr.

could be a motherboard driver fault. [QUOTE=Vormulac]Hi folks, I have just built a new system (specs below) and I've hit a snag. Since I put it together, the system will not shut down when it should, so I decided to get chipset drivers and BIOS up to date. The motherboard …

[QUOTE=Catweazle]Wrong, trucker dude. Can't boot from a floppy when the 'pooter won't POST[/QUOTE] so whats the best way round it then. my friend wants to update her bios but is worried about messing it up. i want to show her this thread so she knows that shes not the only …

very good for security officers like me. its a notepad that cant get ripped into pieces and you can write just what you like in them

Yes you should be able to.. the people you set up your free account with will give you all the incomiing/outgoing mail server details. i use outlook 2003 and i dont have any problems with it.

ok. My names janine, im 23 and live in the uk in essex to be exact. i dont have any nicknames, well not that id like to mention anyway:lol: . Im into rock music mainly and i love going to concerts. i wont go into my weight and what not …

have you tried re synchronising your wireless adaptor with the actual router itself. you need to ensure that all items are set to the same channel so that you can connect to the network. Ping is a network protocol and there needs to be something there at the other end …

[QUOTE=DMR]Essentially, that [i]is[/i] possible. 1. Open the computer's case and see if you can more definitively determine which component is making the clicking noise (the power supply, the hard drive, etc.). A clicking from the power supply can indicate two things: that the supply itself is shot, or that some …

when i installed it on my machine i also had problems and was waiting for what seemed like forever for it to download. i then realized my error... i hadn't disabled my antivirus software. after i disabled this it worked without any glitches (on my machine). if you still have …

we need more information... what are you doing when it restarts itself etc and what proograms are you using

[QUOTE=dcc]Hi all, I just purchased a NEC 3550A DVD R/W, and it looks like there is no software coming with it, a friend of mine has suggested that I purchase Nero suite 6.0 and download the upgrade, and download DVD Shrink. This is my first foray into DVD software, so …

[QUOTE=volcom2003]Thanks mate but i have pretty much sorted out my hardware problem now by installing another new motherboard and a new power supply and it works fine. But when i start it up it just gives me the message: DISK BOOT FAILURE, PLEASE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER. Before …

hi belikemike. i also have a belkin router and sometimes mine gets stroppy with me whenever i try to connect to the internet or games servers. when you reset it did you just use the restart router option on the router setup page? if so forget about that entirely.. let …

hi there it sounds as though you have a power fault either within you laptop motherboard or in the wiring to the screen itself. have you disassembled the machine at any stage prior to this occurrance? it could be that something has very slightly become dislodged either through upgrades taking …

[QUOTE=mmiikkee]OK, let's see how creative everyone here is... I have everything I need to build a computer except a case. I don't want to buy one, can anyone recommend some good alternatives to cases? I remember once I built a conputer inside a table, but that thing was HUGE and …

[QUOTE=alvito_co]My dvd rom doesnt read dvds but reads cds What could be the problem If anyone has solved this problem Please Advice!!![/QUOTE] hi there could be one of a number of problems here... 1. type and speed of disc. a lot of discs dont like some writers and their speeds. …

[QUOTE=Fred64]Hi My CD-writer (HP CD-writer plus 9150i) is not detected by the BIOS. I have had it for several years (since I got the computer) and have not used it much. The problem where there from the beginning I think. However during short periods (typically a week) it has been …

[QUOTE=dittu]Hi everybody, I am unable to block pop-ups and malware even though I am having google pop-up blocker. Further more I am also having lavasoft adware scanner. Can anybody suggest me a effective software which can block popups and malware. Thank you, dittu[/QUOTE] try symantec products.. I use Norton internet …

i have an ibm thinkpad 600e pentium 2. a couple of days ago i was using it ok when it started to make some very suspicious clicking noises. i think it could be the hard disk drive that has failed as when i tried to restart the machine the ibm …

[QUOTE=Young Teck 06]I am trying to build my own computer and I am interested in your opinions on what I have so far right now. I need your opinions, this is what I am going to build. I know everything is compatible and all, and I am thinking about building …

we need more information Rhonda. what is the make of your machine etc? what o/s are you running? what happened prior to this? exact error messages will also help!!

sometimes running too many windows and too many programs at the same time can cause a pc to crash. try running less programs or upgrading your memory to cope with it.

i've used AOL before and when i was using it i had to reinstall my O/S more times then i care to count. it is a virus and its one that Norton cant kill. Norton doesn't even recognise it. Norton is good AOL 'arses on line' NEVER AGAIN!!! im with …