Posts by goldeagle2005

Lets go sequentially. First up, disconnect all non necessary hardware -- modems, grphics cards (if you have an onboard adaptor. Otherwise, leave the graphics card), sound card, LAN card etc. Make sure only the graphics card and HD are cnnected. Then power up the system. If the crashes don't occur, reconnect each device till the system crashes. The last attached device could be faulty. If the crashes still occur, go to your BIOS, and under PC Health, check your CPU and board temp. Post that temperature in a reply. Next, take out your RAM sticks and clean the golden contacts with an eraser. Also, use a can of compressed air to blow dust out of your system, especially an and around the CPU, the heatsink, fans, RAM slots, PCI and AGP slots. Also make sure all components are plugged in securely.

Look at it this way: You're getting hands on experience with computers. cheers

Have you tried the cryogenic way of recovering data off of a dead hard drive? Check this:

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread9069.html

Otherwise, check the power cable. Sometimes, it happens that the 12V wire in the molex connector comes off, so the logic circuit stays powered but the motor doesnt spin. I know, its rare, but its happened to me once. To be perfectly sure, test the drive on another computer and see if it works there.

Is it just that particular music CD that isnt working, or do all of your CDs/DVDs not work? If it's just that particular CD, the disc itself could be bad.

My question is this: Does it actually require some feature of DX10, or is this just some arbitrary versioning trick, just to make us need Vista?

If it is a versioning trick, you can be sure not many ppl will lap it up immediately. It's gonna lead to sales slumping for both Vista and Halo2

yeah, but id recommend that if you dont use or plan to use floppies, disable the controller from the BIOS and save on some IRQs.

I still suggest that you convert your filesystem to NTFS (if it isn't) and then use the NTFS access permissions to grant users access. I never like installing additional software to do something that can be done as well using built in Windows tools.

free copies of windows? that would be terrible business strategy...

Halo 2 only for Vista? You sure? I mean if they did that, there really won't be any sales of Halo2 and Vista. Not many ppl will upgrade to Vista immediately.

gee, you're all making me feel so special. Thanks a lot.

Is your IP pool (for DHCP) in the same subnet as the gateway?

If you only have 2 computers, assign each of them different static IP addresses. This will take care of your issues.

Your router is taking too long to assign your Desktop an IP address. If you're only using 2 PCs, I suggest you change your IP address to a Static IP address. That way, you won't have to wait while your router assigns an IP address.

Yup yup yup. My desk is somewhat reflective. When I put a mousepad under it, it worked fine.

Crysis requires DX10. So im guessing it wont run on any other OS til' MS releases DX10 for XP and the like...

Ive noticed that this problem does occur when using an optical mouse (im usng MS Basic Optical Mouse). However, when this proglem ocuurs, all I do is lift the mouse off the desk and put it down again. This solves the problem.

How do you configure it for IDE emulation? I havent seen any such option in the BIOS.

Windows Audio. Yes, the service is up and running and the sound works perfectly when I logon locally. The problem arises only during remote login.

If you want a gmail account, lemme know. ive got about 95 invites with me.

Thank You. I'm so elated...

I concur. DFI LanParty. The best, and most suited board for gaming and overclocking.

FoxConn is good too. So is MSI (I have 2 MSI boards, both are functioning like a charm, even after overclocking)

Did you check the connections? Power, data. Is the jumper set properly? Is the IDE/SATA port enabled in the BIOS? Did you try a different IDE cable? If youve tried all these suggestions, then try the drive on anpther computer. If it doesnt work there either, you have a bad drive.

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Hey all

Just a note to tell you all that I've completed my engineering degree (results to be declared in a couple of weeks time). Feels so good to be a graduate. Am prepping up my resume right now. Will post it when it's done.

The link for creating a new gmail account can only be used once. If you've used the link and created your gmail account, it is now defunct and effectively worthless.

Hey
I have 2 computers, one with XP SP2, the other with Server 2003, Enterprise Edition. Now, I use Remote Desktop from the XP client to login to the server. In the remote desktop client, i have configured it to leave the sounds at the server (ie. any sound played on the server should go to the server's speaker systems). However, the sound does not play. I configured the appropriate Group Policy, made the changes in the Terminal Services Configuration window, but when i logon remotely and try to play any audio i get the message

"Windows Media Player cannot play the file because there is a
problem with your sound device. There might not be a sound
device installed on your computer, it might be in use by another
program, or it might not be functioning properly."

When I open sound and audio devices applet in control panel, the audio device listed is Microsoft RDP Audio Driver. the mute button is unchecked, bt the volume slider is at zero. When I increase the volume and click apply, the slider snaps back to zero. Any idea how I can get the sound to work on a remote session?

FYI, when I login to the XP machine from Windows Server, with the same option (to leave the audio at the server), the sounds plays back on the XP machine's speaker systems. I imagine it's some setting I'm missing here. Any idea how to go …

If you mean a DVD, then the answer is No. Howevr, you caninstall games onto internal and external hard drives without any problem.

I love the emotion you put in your posts, hollystyles.

I kinda think t's best to get the drivers from the original manufacturer. Windows drivers are generic and may not support all of the device's features.

Yeah. Reformat the hard drive and then install XP.

One more suggestion. I noticed recently that Windows was not detecting my CD drive, despite it being detected perfectly in the BIOS. I was stumped here. I then tried to boot off of a CD using this drive, but failed. I then again checked the BIOS, it was being detected. On an impulse, I switched data cables and voila! Everything was back to normal. I suggest you also try swapping your data cable with a new one.

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Scorpions or Dream Theater?

Viruses for Vista already? That's interesting...

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Desktop PCs or MCPCs?

For SATA disks, you need to load the drivers which come with the motherboard. when setup is loading, watch for the prompt that says 'press f6 to install a third party SCSI/RAID driver'. When this appears, press f6 and pop in the driver floppy (yes, floppy) which came with the board.

Is the CD itself bootable?

I've noticed changing the Windows XP boot screen makes a few tabs from System properties to vabish. It's ot a good idea to change the boot screen. As for the BIOS, if you mess it up while modifying the flash rom, you could fry your 'puter.

I'm not too good at this, but if I were to take a guess, I'd say it's either the software acting wonky or one of the sensors failed. Because I don't think it's possible for the computer to even turn on without the nagative voltages.

However, you could confirm this by testing your SMPS on another computer, and by connecting a known working SMPS to your computer.

Specifically, the motherboard.

pity party --> say what?

Ghost-o-meter? People actually buy stuff like that? ell, Im surprised people actually make stuff like that. What next? Werewolf-o-meter?

^ has a Cute ID

You mean the Pentium D processors? The dual core ones? You mean to tell me that dual core CPUs will give you better network performance?

True. There is no such thing as a 'best' operating system. Each OS has its own merits and demerits. Windows is the best known OS simply because of it's ease of use and wide app availability. However, when it comes to servers -- web, mail, FTP whatever -- few will disagree that linux is the safest choice. In terms of multimedia, video or audio editing, it's the mac. Everyone's entitled to his/her opinions.

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For all it's merits, Vista's main USP still remains its eye candy, which really eats up system resources. Don't get me wrong. I love the eye candy. But if you ask me, a new OS release should also bring in some new/enhanced features, the way XP did. It was much secure compared to Win9x and Win2k. I may be speculating here, but Vista doesn't have much to merit an immediate migration from XP.

Actually, the MSI CD does come with the sound drivers. Use the MSI autorun facility to install the drivers. It's the most painless way of driver installation.

If you have an AGP slot and not a PCI-E slot, I guess that pretty much decides it. You'll need to get an AGP card.