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There is a 'step' on the underneath of the heatsink and a 'ledge' at one end of the processor socket. The two need to be aligned correctly. If you are fitting a new AMD processor, the installation leaflet whaich was in the packaging should illustrate the installation procedure clearly. If …

Pamida, this topic: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread6632.html[/url] Will link to two articles. Together they'll tell you all you need to know. You'll have to obtain Windows XP device drivers for the components in your HP computer, and you should find them pn the support section of HP's website. The mention that it's for …

heh heh........ Nice joke site! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! (For the benefit of the relative 'newbies' to computing reading this, it's NOT a guide to looking after your system, it's a joke site showing a procedure which would destroy your hard drive.)

That system is still quite good for games. Simply replace the display card with a better one. Forget the processor, because the mobo won't let you overclock it. But the display card is the biggest factor in gaming anyway. With video memory running at 400MHz, that means your card is …

Hi Kaoz, This should be in one of the Technical sections. Please describe EXACTLY what happens after you first turn the power on, step by step, up to the point where nothing happens any more. Determining at what point the process of starting up 'falls over' will help determine if …

Any other Norton products running as well? They are notorious for being the most system hungry products of their type, and I definitely do not recommend their use. Sure you installed all drivers when you formatted and reinstalled Windows. If your system is trying to operate using generic Windows drivers …

It's quite unlikely that F8 is the keypress to access BIOS setup. That's the keypress usually reserved for accessing Windows 'Safe Mode'. Most motherboards require the <Delete> key to be pressed while the system is first powering up in order to access BIOS setup, although proprietary 'name brand' PCs may …

I think they're becoming more and more resource demanding because they're being made more and more stable, robust and secure. I also think that even the OS versions currently in development are nowhere near good enough yet! You won't see the day that a newer OS starts to 'shrink' in …

Moved to Windows XP forum.

You would not have ended up with that message by following the instructions I linked, Noahsson. The procedure would have left you with a clean, single Windows installation.

Seen a lot of people discuss it, but I've never seen a successful method that didn't use StyleXP ;)

eerr..... uummmm....... It's highly likely that even a reinstall (In-place upgrade) over the top of the existing Windows installation will fix that. A format and fresh install may be inorder. You could try replacing the drive in the original system to lift off any data files you need to make …

I would purchase now rather than wait. An Athlon64 3400+ for socket 754, coupled with an Nvidia 6800GT display card will have you happily gaming for a long time to come. Alternatively, you could bin that Celeron and replace it with a decent Pentium 4 processor, and drop a 6800GT …

[url="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341&Product=winxp"]This is what you need to do. [/url]

[QUOTE=kik786]Ok If Any One May Understand This? How Can A Junior Tech Can Improve Himself[/QUOTE] Listen a lot. Learn a lot. Help others with what you've learnt ;)

Are you absolutely sure that the device has not been detected? Plug a device into the port, wait a bit for Windows to have time for detection, then try to use it. It may be only the pop-up messages that have somehow been disabled. For example, plug in a digital …

Sorry, but it's gone! The encryption needs to be removed using the user account it was created with. If the drive has been formatted and reinstalled, then I'm afraid there's no way to retrieve the data. 1. Your computer guy should have known that. 2. People should NOT use such …

Bung it in a bloody PC and see what it identifies as! By the way, there should be another code number on there. What is it?

Tools -> Options -> Read. Untick "Read all messages in plain text".

Oh dear! Go back to basics! Motherboard, processor, RAM and video card that is. Remove or disconnect EVERYTHING ELSE! Reset CMOS if you need to, but get the system to complete POST right through the system component detection routine. Then add components one by one (hard drive last of all …

Moved to security section.

Have you plugged the new drive to a connector on an already used connector cable? If so, did you change he drive's jumper setting to 'master' or 'slave' accordingly?

Moved to Windows XP section.

Let me say the Forum section title again. "Geeks Lounge" duh? Moved to the Hardware section. I personally keep a smallish usb mouse in my laptop carry bag, for situations where I like to use one. Why do I think it's the best? Because it cost me $AUD20, because it's …

Nope, can't find a way to do that I'm afraid. But I CAN move this to the 'Windows Software' section and see if anyone else can come up with a procedure for you.

Fly spay. Insect Repellent. Avoid using illicit substances!

Either read through your product documentation or contact the product support people at HP. Your PC will definitely have a way of restoring the system to it's original factory supplied software state, and the instructions for doing so should be included in the documentation. The recovery files will most likely …

Split that drive in half! Install Windows XP and ensure that you choose to install it to the second partition, and format the partition as NTFS. The Setup routine will do that for you, and all you really need to do is use a partition management tool to 'shrink' your …

Couldn't have got assistance here anyway. Providing serial codes for software, just like any other form of warez or piracy, is not allowed on this forum.

Sorry, but the quality of those images is so poor I'd not consider it to be anything but a toy for the pre-schoolers amongst my grandkids to play with. I reckon the older ones would turn their nose up at it. Even Primary school kids like images to have a …

Check the link in my sig regarding installing Windows XP. It leads to step by step guides for wiping the drive clean and installing fresh.

Unless you've configured Windows Update correctly, they're not saved at all. They get downloaded to a Temp folder and then installed. You might find them still there if you haven't cleaned your drive recently, but if you've used Disk Cleanup they'll be gone. To avoid this happening in future, Get …

You obviously have too little storage space. The best thing you could do would be to install a second hard drive in your system. Move your Documents storage to a new drive, uninstall most of your programs and them reinstall them using your second drive as the program install location, …

Yes, the performance difference between the 9800 XT and the X800XT are quite dramatic, and if you can afford to do so, I'm quite sure that you'd be happy with the upgrade. There would be little appreciable difference in performance between the AGP version of the card, and a PCIE …

If you reseated internal components with power still running to the motherboard, then i'm afraid you did a VERY BAD THING ! Oh dear! Have you tried the system with a different RAM module? If you're lucky, it might just be the RAM you blew. Otherwise, yes, I'd suspect the …

I would try using 'Stinger'. You'll find a link to it in the 'Helping yourself' sticky in the Security section of the forum. I've moved this topic to that section.

You must have BIOS setup set to 'Boot from CD-ROM' as 1st boot device, and other boot devices disabled. Set '2nd boot device' to HDD-0 and see if it completes the installation successfully.

If you have Windows XP, boot from the CD-ROM, as described, and use the partition section of Windows setup to delete all existing partitions and then create new ones in their place. Windows installation will automatically format the system partition for you. All that partition management software and fdisk is …

No, you can't do that with programs. Even if the program files are still on the drive, any new installation of Windows won't recognise them, because the Registry entries wouldn't exist. The program would need to be reinstalled anyway. Your program discs are not things to be careless with.

'Dual channel' RAM is simply a matched pair of modules. There's nothing whatsoever that's 'different' to other RAM. Dual channel is enabled in the motherboard chipset, not in the RAM modules themselves. Calling RAM 'dual-channel' is simply marketting speak' for a pair of modules which are matched and thus have …

The difficult part is FINDING all the registry references ;) Removing programs the way you describe is a silly procedure. Using Add/Remove programs is far more sensible, and the use of a decent Uninstaller program to monitor your istallations and ensure that every trace is removed wieh uninstalling is the …

Not quite correct there C#Coder. Sticks DON'T have to be installed in matched pairs! The problem reported here is simply one of incompatibility. The modules will be made by diffferent manufacturers, at least one of them will inevitably be a cheapish 'generic' or unbranded module, and they simply have problems …

If both PCs have Ethernet (LAN) available, or if you simply add a cheap Ethernet card to them, you can connect them with a crossover network cable and run the Networking Wizard to set them up for File and printer sharing, and to share an Internet connection between the two. …

I think the best way to deal with this problem is to format and install fresh, install a good up to date antivirus program and both AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy, with Spybot set to 'immunise', and then load Mozilla or Firefox and use that as a Web browser …

You might be able to get help elsewhere, but I'm afraid Forum Rules prohibit it here, as has been stated already. But of course the best help you could get would be to purchase a legitimate copy of Windows XP, format and install it fresh and clean, ensure that your …

You must have the system set to "Boot from CD-ROM" in BIOS Setup, as first boot device, and have other boot devices disabled. Simply change the setting to enable the system to boot from hard drive.

Outlook Express can be configured to read webmail. You only need to identify the url of the webmail server, and configure the new mail account as http mail. Outlook Express handles all your Hotmail just fine, and as long as you identify the server address, it'll handle any other webmail …

Does the problem persist when you shut down and then restart? What Disk utility software do you have installed? Burning software, disk utilities etc........

Soral, if you can't pull that off the top of your head, you've got problems instore for you! Clockspeed means nothing because it can only compare one model of a particular processor to another model of the same processor. Use a different type of processor, even if it's the same …

If you plan on installing recent PC games on your system, there is simply no contest. Windows XP is the OS of choice!