Posts by baltimoreharps

I actually already tried that. There were no options on any of the BIOS pages for UMA prior to the 9250 or after.

I did think of one solution. I could create a dummy blank file to begin with and when the user wants to create a new file, I can use the copy/move/rename operations to create a copy of the dummy file, move it and rename it but that seems like the long way around a more simple procedure.

Ok, I'm trying to Create A New File that doesn't exist yet. Basically, I want the user to enter the name of the file and then want VB to create and save the file (currently it will be blank until the user goes back in and reopens it and adds data to it later).

I was trying to use the SaveDialog but am getting "Invalid Path Errors". Here's a sample of the code:

for the initial path
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Public Class form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Public Path As String = "C:\Documents and Settings\Joh\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Lists\"
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In the actual procedure:
Private Sub mnuMgrNew_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuMgrNew.Click
With saveFD
.DefaultExt = "im2"
.FileName = Path
.Filter = "IM2 Files (*.im2)|*.im2"
.FilterIndex = 1
.InitialDirectory = "C:\Documents and Settings\Joh\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Lists\"
.OverwritePrompt = True
.Title = "Create New List"

End With
If saveFD.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Path = saveFD.FileName
Dim objwriter As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(Path, False)
objwriter.Close()
'objwriter = Nothing

End If

End Sub

Here is a copy of the error I'm receiving:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in system.windows.forms.dll

Additional information: C:\Documents and Settings\Joh\My Documents\Visual Studio Projects\Lists\ is an invalid file name.

The file doesn't exist initially, I want to create it and save it. Geez I miss the old VB6 …

I went ahead and put in a Radeon 9150 with 256mb of memory. Think the 450w is still ok? Also, the onboard UMA video has nothing plugged in to it now. Will the system automatically release whatever memory it had reserved or will that have to be set (or unset in this case) manually?

My son's computer got virused. IT won't boot but rather goes to a blue screen with and missing User32.dll message. Afte researching, I found a method to replace the user32.dll file (as far as the instructions go, anyhow)

I took his hard drive out of his machine and placed it into my external hdd carriage. My goal was to connect it as an external drive so I could access the files.

WHen I connect the drive, XP does the usual, chimes for a new device and I get a message that a new device has been found (a USB disk device) and that the new hardware is installed and ready to go.

The new drive will not appear under My Computer nor will it appear under Disk Management. It does appear (as drive F), however, on both once I turn the drive off. It will appear in the proper place for a few seconds and then disappears again.

I have checked the jumpers on the drive and have actually tried each of the 4 possible configurations.

Do I need to adjust a RAID setting or is it something else?

I am working on a Gateway MA2 laptop. When you power it on the power LED turns on at the power switch and the blue LED on the front edge powers on. The fan kicks in and it sounds like its starting up but it never posts. It just goes quiet and the only signs of life are the power LEDs. There are no flashing LED indicators going on either.

Ive tried hooking to an external to see if it was posting and maybe the LCD was bad but no luck.

My initial instinct is the motherboard. Any better suggestions?

I have some of the adapters for that. Thats the info I was searching for.

Thanks!

XP Pro

His board does have PCI and PCI Express slots. The PSU is 450w, not much but there's not alot on it. The link to the board spec page is here.

Im not sure about the voltage

He said someting about it currently running at like 5 - 7 frames per second and would like it up to 32 per second at least

He runs MS Train simulators.

The card I have available to me is the GeForce 5500 with 128mb of video memory. So its either that one's 128mb or 256 or more of shared. Just trying to figure out the fastest and most effecient.

I'm building a desktop for my son who uses some medium to high level graphics applications. The board I have is an MSI and has integrated video with UMA Shared memory.

I know this reserves a block of ram (determined by me in the bios) for video memory. My question is how much slower (if noticeable) will it be.

Which is my best choice: 1) Maxing the RAM at 4GB and designating 256mb - 512mb - 1GB for the UMA or 2) getting a video card with its own integrated memory?

Footnote: The memory Im using is the Kingston PC5400 DDR2 800MHz Memory. Not the top choice, I know.

IF you cannot comment w/o being condescending, then please don't comment.

I get lots of DIMM card (mostly laptop) and have to sort through them to toss the bad ones. Rather than keep inserting them into the laptop, is there a device that might plug into a USB port or stand alone that you can insert DIMMs into to see if they're any good?

I know they have loopbacks to test USB ports but Id love an item that cantest a memory card.

My initial guess is the same as the previous poster. Most boards have the slots marked (in tiny letters next to the slots) slot 0, slot 1, slot 2, etc. Use slot 0 first and work your way up. Memory is very volatile (no pun intended). It doesnt take much to fry them. They may have been good but in the process of handling if they were exposed to ANY static...IF you have another machine around, try the mems in those to ensure they ARE good.

Well, its fixed. I went back and opened it up, looked everything over to make sure everything was connected properly. When I booted, it fired right up. I got the OS installed, no problem. After a while, when I was rebooting, it did the same thing again. I opened it and all I did was open and retighten the processor screw and she fired right up with no problems since.

I do realize, though, that even though the MB and CPU are new, they could still be dead. I'm playing the numbers right now on that in all probability they are not the problem. I will test the CPU Monday at work on another machine.

I just assembled a D620 from spare parts. The LCD, MB, CPU, DIMMS and heatsink are new. The rest of the components are from other system repairs.

On power up, the system LEDs light up as normal then after about 5 seconds, it shuts down. We never get to the Dell splash screen. My first guess would be the processor but this is new and Im temporarily holding off on that. My first practical guess may be the fan or modem as Latitudes tend not to even post if there is a problem with one of these 2 parts (these parts are suspect as they have been sitting around for a while and I cant remember whether they were working when I got them or not).

Any other suggestions on what to swap out first?