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Good suggesion by caperjack about the memory. You might want to try starting the system in diagnostic mode. Hold down the 'Fn' button and then power the system up. If the system board is alive, it should begin the 32 Bit Diagnostics. Follow the onscreen instructions. If it does not …

You need to install the drivers that came with the device to make sure it is detected as a Digital Camera, and not as a disk drive. Pop the disc in and start the setup procedure from there.

No questions asked. AMD rules (Is that a cliche'd statement or what?) As mentioned here, the P4s are extremely overpriced. Case in point. I can get a P4 3.04 GHz with an intel original mobo for Rs 8900 (I stay in India, hence the Rupees. Current exchange rate is Rs …

check to see if you have folder.htt in the windows folder.

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Could be spyware issues. Try scanning your system and see if that helps. Otherwise, try resetting Winsock and see if that helps. To do that, go to Start>Run and type 'netsh winsock reset catalog' and then restart when prompted.

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Is there a setup executable that came with the drivers? If yes, run it and follow the on-screen instructions. If not, open device Manager, you should see an entry called Multimedia Audio Controller with a Yellow Exclamation mark. Double Click this entry. Click the "Drivers" tab and click the buttonm …

Now that would be worth dying for. Hell, I'd quit college for a few months, help ppl out/recommend products and get new computer components. Lets see...I need 1 AMD Athlon X2 CPU 1 ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo 1 ASUS EN7800GT Dual card GPU 1 Creative X-FI Fata1ity 1 Creative Gigaworks …

This could be an issue with the keyboard too. Do you have a wireless or wired keyboard? Did you check the k/b on another computer? Did you check another k/b on this computer? What we need to do here is isolate the point of failure. Please try these steps and …

Windows + R --> Run Boxc Windows + F --> Search files Windows + F1 --> Help and Support (works from any window) Ctrl+Esc --> Start Menu Shift + F10 --> Context Menu F2 --> Rename F3 --> In a folder will search that folder, on the desktop will bring …

[QUOTE=JANINE]the fans you should have in your system are as follows: CPU heatsink assembly - comes with fan case fans - varies depending on your case psu fan - inside the powersupply unit. DONT EVER TOUCH THIS. Most psus can hold enough electricity inside their transistors to kill you even …

How'd you get IE2 on XP?

...to be precise, you need to short the green and any one black wire in the PSU to test it

I used the older FX5200 along with the generic Vista driver (no updates available for that card on the website). That ran fine (assuming there is a 'fine' in Windows Vista)

Your sysptoms indicate that the hard disk itself is faulty. Check it on another computer, and if it doesnt work there, return the HD for a new one.

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Let's check if the drive itself is a goner or not. Connect the drive to a mobo with an inbuilt SATA controller. If the computer again runs sluggishly, it's a fault with the drive.

As for the upgrade question, it IS a one way trip. Once you upgrade XP to Vista, there's no coming back to XP short of reformatting. Edit: I just read up some more on this. Apparently it IS possible to revert back, but there are major problems in XP then. …

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I agree with chrissbliss18. The fact that you aren't seeing any BIOS sign on messages and (I assume) hearing no POST beeps, I suspect a fault somewhere in the motherboard. If the problem has been happening right from when you put the machine together, your mobo was DOA (dead on …

Holy Hijacking, Batman!!!! We seem to have deviated from the topic. Let's get back on track. Here's the message from the original post: [QUOTE]Hello. My Compac win98 was running Ok. but now when I start it show the window logo, and then then this message came: ' VMM32.VXD is required …

Are you sure that the processor is getting cooled adequately? The older AMD processors were notorious for their overheating issues.

[QUOTE=tntcet]my d drive won't open, now what?[/QUOTE] Hi We prefer that you start your own thread and not piggyback your queries on someone else's thread. Regarding your post, can yo uprovide more details? Is D: drive your CD Drive, a Hard Disk partition?

Considering you're getting errors [I]only[/i] while playing games, I'm bound to agree with chrisbliss18's analysis that your RAM is fine. If it wasn't, your system would crash during your DVD encoding. I'd sugggest you reinstall [URL=http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a9b6820-bfbb-4799-9908-d418cdeac197&displaylang=en]DirectX 9.0c[/URL]. If this doesn't help, re install your [URL=http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_81.85.html]nVidia Drivers[/URL] . Worst case scenario, …

Did you activate Vista? I've heard reports that MS is planning to disable certain features in Vista (including the aero thingie) until you activate your copy.

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Naaah. Generally, the sound he described (called the click of death, FYI) signifies the death of a drive. Data recovery is an expensive proposition, with no guarantee as to how much of it can be recovered. You'll need to go for a new drive and replace from backups. (You did …

Specifically, the motherboard.

But if the device is under warranty, it's best to give it back and let the manufacturers fix it. Free of cost, ofcourse.

Did you try a System Restore to a point when the computer was running properly? Or, try running sfc /scannow from the run box.

wouldnt the recovery CD itself have the OS in it?

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Could you list the processes which use up the CPU time?

Considering you were doing a reinstall, I'd suggest you try booting off of the CD, delete all partitions and start setup again.

Use your XP CD to boot to the Recovery Console. Once there, run chkdsk /r. This will check the entire disk for Bad Sectors as well and try to fix it.

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A lot of Dell Systems have an Image Restore option built into them. When you see the Dell Logo on screen, hold down CTRL and then start tapping F11. This should initiate a PC Restore and will return the system to factory settings.

Yup. Since its doing this even in the BIOS, this has got to be a heating issue. Also, run a few diagnostics on y our memory, or try installing known working memory cards in the system

And it's not just F-Secure. Any AV software will clash with another AV software installed on your system. Rule of thumb: Only have one AV software installed and keep updating it.

What kind of a USB port are you connecting the drive to? USB 1.1 or USB 2.0? Sometimes, this issue occurs if you use a USB 1.1 connector. If the computer does not have a USB 2.0 port, you can purchase a PCI USB card. See if this resolves the …

Isn't Vista coming out on Jan 30th? I thought the November 30th deadline was for OEMs.

How many partitions do you have in your comuter? When you did reload the OS, did you delete the previous partition? Try runing chkdsk /r in the Recovery Console to eliminate any possibility of a problem with the file system. Ofcourse, you could also try running tools like Disk Cleanup …

The system may have some viruses. Try this: go to start>run and type msconfig and press enter. Click on the tab which says startup and clear all checkboxes except the ones oertaining to your Antivirus.. Then, click on the services tab and check the box that says "Hide all Microsoft …

To see if it's OE or your ISP at fault, do the telnet test. Open a command prompt window and type the following telnet pop-server.hvc.rr.com 110 +OK user <your user name>> +OK pass <your password> +OK stat +OK <some numbers here> list +OK <some more numbers here> Note that the …

Unfortunately, in such a case, if this method does not work, the only option you have is to reinstall your Operatin System. However, before you do, try the Last Known Good configuration and Safe mode options. If these don't work, an OS reinstall is the way to go.

Isn't the automatically restart option incase of a BSOD related error changed in the Advanced Startup Options? I doubt the BIOS option will make a difference. I'd recommend a repair reinstall