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Did you try a clean install of Windows after you flashed the BIOS? Sometimes, flashing adds some features and Windows detects it as a new board. This causes it to go nuts. (not a very technical explanation, I know) Anyway, after you flash the BIOS, try a clean install of …

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Can you verify that the drive itself is working fine on another computer?

One more suggestion: Keep the page file size to 1.5 times capacity of your installed RAM.

What are the programs launching at startup?

Actually, these accountsare automatically created by IIS, the Web Server which ships with Windows. If you don't use a web server on your machine, you can uninstall IIS from Add/Remove Programs>Add/Remove Windows Components. Once you've removed IIS, the accounts will be deleted.

For such a spec, I'd suggest you go up to Windows 98. The lappy won't be able to handle any other OS upward of Windows 98.

Could be electrical distirbance...

It isn't a bug as far as I know. This happens when the ddrive itself goes kaput. I've had 3 drives do this to me, all of them were later confirmed to be bad.

Definitely an Athlon64. Future proof, and outperforms the intel.

If setup recobnises one partition of 300Gig size, it's possible the partition table is corrupt. If that's the case, attach the HD to another working computer, and use a data recovery prog to recover your data. Most importatnly, don't perform any writes on the HD till you recover the data.

If you can, I'd suggest you get a new board and a PCI-E card. If you're on a budget, see that you get the best card you can afford. That oughta last you for 2 years.

Did you take a look at the Event Log? That is a good place to see what is causing the error...

It's possible the board you bought off ebay is defective ,especially if it's a used board.

Well, as long as there are ventilation slots in the side AND atleast two cooling fans (60 mm), you shouldnt have a problem

For the not ejecting syndrome, I would guess a fault with the ejection mechanism itself. This requires professional service. As for the disc not being recognised, are you able to read pre-recorded discs? IF yes, the CDRW could be bad.

Hi all I have a computer with 4 partitions on an 80 gig HD. Now, 10 Gig is what ive allocated to drive C: (the system drive). I have a tendency to try out every piece of software out there, and hence i tend to reformat drive C: every 4 …

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HD's have a loud speaker? Thats news to me. Do the seagat e ones have a speaker?

Its possible that one of the servo motors in the drive have conked off. In this case, you can either take it in for repair, or get a new drive.

Try resetting your CMOS. If your board has a BIOS reset jumper/switch, use it to reset. Else, remove the battery for 15 minutes, reinsert and power up.

You'll need to reset the NTFS access permissions to access your old data. To do this, right click on the folders in your old drive and choose properties. Click the 'security' tab and click 'advanced'. In the dialog that pops up, under 'Permissions', remove all entries. Click OK twice to …

Try replacing your RAM sticks. Judging from the error you dexcribed, this sounds like a bad memory stick.

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did you change any drive letters? Start>run and type diskmgmt.msc. In the window that pops up, locate your HD, right click it and choose the option to add drive letter or path. From the next window that pops up, click "add", select a drive letter, and OK your way outta …

No really. As long as both RAMs are of the same type (DDR, SD etc), they will work. Just plug the second ram stick in and youre good to go...

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Usually, bad RAM is 3 long beeps, but this varies from BIOS to BIOS. HAve you checked for loose connections? Seated the CPU properly?

2 SATA connectors and 2 SATA RAID connectors would mean that two SATA connectors support RAID, while 2 don't. You can safely connect the three SATA drives you want to without a RAID setup. Plugin the 3 drives and you're good to go...

Could be a corrupt graphics card, or a bent pin in the monitor connector. Try a different gdx card and ensure that no pins on the plug are bent.

Vista is currently in the pre release stage, and is bound to have a huge number of bugs. If you can reproduce the problem, you can submit an error report to microsoft and hope that they'll respond.

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First off, check if the HDD is detected in the BIOS, if it is, you need to enable the SATA channel in the BIOS. Once this is done, boot to Windows (from your old HD). You'll be prompted with the Add new hardware wizard. Follow the prompts and insert the …

You need the SATA drivers provided with the mobo. During setup when it prompts you tp "Press F6 to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver", press F6, pop the driver floppy (it should be in a floppy) and follow the onscreen instructions. You'll now be able to install …

First off, check that there indeed is a modem present [I]physically[/I]. Check the rear ports for the telephone RJ-45 sockets. If these aren't there, you donn't have a modem.

At the login box, press and hold Ctrl+Alt, and then press Del twice. This will bring up the logon box. Input your username + password. Below the password field, there should be a combo box. Choose the option "Local computer" (or something to that effect) and see if you can …

Run a complete scan with AVG and adaware. Seems to me some spyware has corrupted some system files. After the A/V check, pop the XP CD in the drive. Go to Start>run and type"sfc /scannow" and wait till the process completes. If this doesn't help, start Windows setup from the …

Check the RAM, CPU installation, PSu...the lot.

In such a scenario, I recommend a format and reinstall. Clean and fail safe.

"PXE-E61 media test faliure, check cable". Wouldnt this signify an error in the PXE boot process (PXE=Preboot eXecution Environment). As in, using a server on the network to boot the computer so that it can start the OS setup. Anyway, check to see if the LAN cable is connected securely …

You could check to make sure that your connections are tight. Also, remove the RAM stticks and see if your mobo shows any signs of life. If not, I'm sorry to say you may have fried it. As for your second question, yes, it is entirely possible (though not necessary) …

Yeah. Also, if your HDD was indeed clean, you wouldn't get this message. Make sure you format the HDD correctly.

See if you can starttup in safe mode, and run system restore from there.

I have to agree with iamthwee. Your data is gone. Especially if you've deleted and recreated the partitions. Always, [I]always[/I] backup your data.

Hi Jen A spelling mistake is highly unlikely, which leads me to believe you have some sort of infection on your machine. Press F8 before the Windows logo appears, and in the subsequent menu that appears, select the option "Last Known Good". See if this helps. If not, revert back …

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Could be the HD heating up. Check the temperatures as MIGSoft suggested.