Posts by ShawnCplus

Like I said, its not fixed until you can make the problem go away AND come back. OK, is the card AGP or PCI?

Well keep me posted because "I don't know how" isn't actually fixing it. What did you do by the way.

What type is it?

What BIOS do you have? AMI/AWARD/Phoenix?

There was beeping? How many?

No, I don't which is really unfortunate since this is becoming a long thread.

Hmm, you have a really crappy Emachines then because that is the brand I am working on and I have had it for four years without fail once. Back to the topic, and back to basics. Turn on the computer/plug in whichever comes first and tell me exactly what happens. LED activity on monitor, sound from machine, motherboard activity (LEDs), Fans, everything.

I'm trying to try everything before resorting to replacing the card. So, I'm getting short on the troubleshooting questions here. Have you installed any other hardware? What damn computer do you have that doesn't have a power led or voltage switch on the PSU?

You don't have any Power indication light on your case? Ok, well I guess you tell there is power from the fans. Does the led on the monitor turn green or does it stay orange/blink orange?

OK then I guess we'll continue here then. Do you mean it does not have a power led or a voltage switch? Secondly when you tried to use the integrated video did you remove the card?

Ok, since you seem to be pretty much on right now, do you have yahoo instant messenger?

Also 300 watts isn't that great so you might want to try disconnecting a couple devices IE. the power hogs and unneccesary devices. Network cards/Modems printer/scanner etc. and see if that helps.

You won't believe it but I got this problem yesterday at work while cloning a Dell Latitude. I reluctantly called Dell and they said exactly what you seemed to have learned as well, fubar

OK, some more questions. Is the case power led on? Look on the back of the case there will be a red/black switch that will say 115 220, be sure it is switched to 115, unless you live in Europe.

Do you have another computer that you can test the video card in?

As far as I know the BIOS checks the video before the keyboard

Well, if it was after you installed the network card then the obvious first step would be to remove the network card and check the OEM website for your motherboard and the network card to check for compatibility and see if the computer boots correctly sans the card.

Well this sounds stupid but I had the same problem a while back but even though the case button snapped back with the spring the power button that is actually pressed would stick, causing it to start/stop intermittenly. So that would be one possibility.

Well, you might have to open up the case. One situation would be if the video card is not seated properly, which would only be case if you had a card and not integrated video.

First things, first is there a floppy disk in the drive?
2. Are the hard drive cable(s) firmly?
3. Was there an electrical problem that caused the spontaneous shutdown
}such as a brown out or the power cord suddenly jolted

I wrote this program (a little different) 5 grades but it doesn't print the letter grade although it would be simple. If you wan't you can use it as a reference, however it is written in C++ so you will have to change a bunch. The snippet name is Average Calculator

The institutions themselves will also have the information on Recognition of Prior Learning (Australian term for it, may be different in the US) which you want.

As far as I know it is Credit Transfer

Look for a USB 2.0/Hi-Speed sticker next to the port or on the case.

I am not in college as of yet, however, if you would like to find information on masters programs I would advise you to contact a prospective college and ask for information directly from them. Getting information directly from the institution will (1) be up to date and (2) be much more reliable than any internet source. I am not sure where you live so the quickest way to find the numbers/contact info would be googling (a word now) the college name or picking up the good ol' phone book and more likely than not colleges name will be bolded.
Hope I was of some help.

well a simple way is boot in safe mode by holding F8 and choosing safemode WITH networking from the selection screen, once in windows, Start->Run->msconfig, move over to the startup tab and look for any suspicious programs and if you believe you have found one before fiddling with it google the process name without the extension. The first link is the one you want and it will tell you whether or not it is a critical system process or is a virus/spyware/adware.

Hope this helps, if not just post a reply with what went wrong and I will try to help again.

Below the hex codes there should be a file listed as the cause of the error if not, sorry to say but WHEN it happens again and if it like you say it will, try to write down everything on the screen down with exception of the memory dump counter.

Now on to first steps, Does the video work fine?
Write down what you are doing when the crash happens, perhaps it is one incident that is causing it.

If there was perhaps an answer I could give you now it seems like a memory error or incompatible video.

You know, I really hate commercials, but boot in safe mode and run scandisk and see if anything visible is f'ing with your box, go into msconfig, look for suspicious services and startup programs

I am going to college after this summer for programming and applications development. I have a little knowledge of C++ and very little C. I was wondering if anyone had some suggestions to some exercises projects that would give me a head start if you will, before I get to college.

Well, lets start with the basic stuff. During the time the computer did work or was plugged in, was there any electrical surges (lighting and the like)? Are there any small children or curious adults possibly fiddling with the machine and finally, have you checked to make sure that all the plugs, cables, connectors and such have been plugged in correctly?

hmm I had a problem like this one time it ended up being faulty ram, but the way you described it there could be a number of things, the boot order may be installing the hd incorrectly (ribbon cable backwards or on the wrong connector), the ram may not be compatible with the motherboard the bios may need to be flashed, resetting the bios may have destroyed some required settings you had originally to support the devices it could just be so many things it is indeed difficult to pinpoint the problem, you started on the right foot testing the ram but if it cant be fixed the cheapest solution I can think of is get a new motherboard, if you built that computer yourself then you know they are fairly cheap 50-70$ for a decent one. Thats all the help I can really give you without having the computer in front of me, hope I provided some help.

Thats strange that you had this problem because I had an almost identical problem today troubleshouting one of my teachers computers, the problem ended up being the actual power on button/switch, I tore the power switch from the front of a dead computer and used it and surprisingly it booted up fine.

The error message you get probably means that you have run out of physical memory and dumps it into virtual memory which you dont have enough of.

Random shutdowns could also be cause of a faulty power supply which could make the strange sounds.

coverup-> watergate

Gesticulating slimy octopi throw crustaceans across a purple-sploched reef, all chaotically driven by climactic storms.

have you checked device manager to make sure there wasnt any conflicts that would show the NIC as not installed

When I took my A+ certification tests I used some test preparation software which helped a tremendous amount I bought a A+ certification book by Jean Andrews which came with test software and Theres no way i could have passed my test without that, it presents the questions in a way that a customer would present a question to a technician

well a quick first guess would be did you have the computer on a carpeted floor when you had the case open, you might have ran into a little ESD on the memory when you had it open you be remarkably surprised at how little it takes to ruin memory. Secondly another problem could be a reversed (backwards) connector which would give power through the pins but would not send correct signals

first of all DRAM isnt the best but it is cheap it constantly needs to be refreshed so it slows it down sram which is used for CACHE on the cpu and off-die COAST is much fast and does not need to be refreshed

one short beep on a system is pretty much standard for a completed succesful POST which means the hardware is working fine

You can follow janines advice which would be the sure bet or if your cheap do what "Thong_inspector" said and buy a new desktop keyboard if your notebook has a ps/2 port.

run down to the store and buy a usb>ps/2 converter. Looks like a usb flash drive but with a female usb connection on one end and ps/2 connection on the other end. If that doesnt work well buy a ps/2 keyboard dont worry about the mouse you can still use the usb mouse once your done. ok follow these steps once you have found a ps/2 keyboard.
1. plug it in.
2. when you boot your machine go into cmos setup then make sure usb isnt disable which is probably the case
Hope that helps.

Well as I was always taught in my A+ certification class, a keyboard is known as an FRU (field replaceable unit) which is a fancy name for, its cheap buy a new one/old one. Unless you want a fancy-pants infared keyboard you can buy one for under 20 bucks so just run down to your local walmart/radioshack and pick yourself up an old ps/2 keyboard they'll probably be hidden but look for them. Hope it helps
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