Posts by chrisbliss18

If you want to have access to files in case you change to a different operating system or if you want to add another OS in order to dual boot later, partition your drive into different partitions. Make your Windows XP partition NTFS (since you have to) and only make it big enough to hold the OS and some of the programs that wouldn't be useful on other systems (such as the latest versions of Office and such). I usually allocate a 10-20GB partition for Windows XP to live on. The remaining partitions can then be formatted to FAT32 if you'd like.

Did you set up your router to connect to your broadband connection properly?

Fedora 4 comes with PHP 5.0. Are you wanting to upgrade?

Every time you remove your heatsink, you must have a clean processor and a clean heatsink, apply a new thin layer of thermal paste, and carefully install the heatsink. If the new heatsink came with thermal paste or a thermal pad already on the heatsink, you will still want the processor to be clean before installing the new heatsink. Basically, you never install a heatsink onto a processor when there is no thermal paste, previously used thermal paste, or improperly applied thermal paste on either the processor or heatsink. Doing otherwise prevents the processor from dissipating heat properly, which can fry your chip.

After you have corrected your processor/heatsink/thermal paste issue, follow the steps listed in the My PC won't start - Read this first! guide starting with the Does your newly assembled PC refuse to POST? section. This will take your machine down to the bare necessities and then build it up from there. This will be helpful in finding the problem component.

After you have followed the steps in the guide, update this thread with your results. If the system is still not functioning, please be specific about what worked and what didn't.

Upgrading processors is possible, but you have to do some research. Not all processors are alike. There are two main brands of processors, ones made by Intel and ones made by AMD. Each of these two brands use a variety of different kinds of processors, some of which are compatible and some of which are not.

The first thing you need to do is find out what type of motherboard you have. If you need some help figuring that out, download and run Everest (it's free). This program will tell you more about your system than you knew existed. Look for the information about your motherboard.

Once you have found the information for your motherboard, post it here. Please be as detailed as possible, including: manufacturer, model, and version number. Also include the details of the current processor: manufacturer, model, socket, speed, etc.

If you are unable to find this information, and your system is from a major manufacturer, post the manufacturer and system model number (for example: Sony PCG-NVR23). From that information, we can look up the details of your system. It is still best to use Everest however since that will tell us more about your unique system than a model number will.

Once we have this information, we can tell you if there are processors that are compatible with your system that are worth upgrading to or not.

Are any other internet-using programs functioning?

Try running the New Connection Wizard as follows:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Network and Internet Connections.
3. Click Internet Options.
4. In the Internet Properties dialog box, click the Connections tab.
5. Click the Setup button.

[u][b]The New Connection Wizard starts.[/b][/u]
6. On the Welcome to the New Connection Wizard page, click Next.
7. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
8. Click Set up my connection manually, and then click Next.
9. Click Connect using a broadband connection that is always on, and then click Next.
10. On the Completing the New Connection Wizard page, click Finish.
11. Quit Control Panel.

See if this fixes your problem.

Please update us with your results.

I think you are looking in the wrong places. The errors that you listed are related to issues with RAM. It would be my first guess that one of your RAM modules is defective/going bad.

Memtest86 is a great program to test your RAM. Download the ISO and burn it to a disk using Nero or some other program that is capable of burning ISO images. Put the disk in your bootable drive and reboot your system. If your system is set to boot from CD properly, the program will load and start testing your RAM. I recommend letting it run for a long period, such as overnight. Look for memory faults or errors. If any errors occur, you will want to replace your RAM. If you have more than one memory module, take one out, test the system with it, and then test with the other RAM module. If no errors occur, we will have to investigate different options. Either way, give us an update.

eDonkey (and every other file sharing application worth using for that matter) has a configuration page that allows for setting the max upload and download bandwidth that the program can use. I'd recommend talking with him and deciding on a maximum amount that his program is allowed to use and then having him set those values in the program. As punishment for violating the negotiated speeds, remove him from the network for a day.

I'm the network controller in my apartment of four people. It helps to know what your connection is capable of and what is fair. If you are on a DSL connection, your roommate definately needs to limit the upload transfer (A DSL connection's and some cable connection's download capability suffers terribly when the upload portion is overburdened, which happens with filesharing. This is likely to be your main issue). While making sure that no other system is using the network (disconnecting them is recommended), run a line speed test a few times. Record the lowest indicated upload and download speeds. These speeds indicate what you can expect out of your connection consistently. Use these numbers to come to a conclusion on what maximum settings your roommate can run.

With filesharing in my apartment, I have an 80% rule. Each person gets a portion of the connection speed, and the filesharing on each system should not exceed 80% of their share. I understand that you have three roommates, so I will …

This is an SQL question, which belongs in the database section.

If you want to find all the records that have dates in sort_date that are after the current date, use the following query:

SELECT * FROM events WHERE sort_date>NOW()

Notice that you want the sort_date to be greater than NOW(), not less than.

Are you certain that you connected everything properly?

If you took the RAM out, did you seat it firmly back in the correct slot?
Did you reconnect all the power supply connections?
Did you make sure that all the cards, graphics card included, were firmly seated in their respective socket?

Did you remove the heatsink from the CPU or did you just unscrew and replace the fan? If you removed the heatsink, did you clean off the old thermal paste from the heatsink and CPU and apply a new layer of thermal paste?

You say that the fan is loud, what kind of fan is it? Please indicate size (40mm, 60mm, 80mm, etc) and whether or not it is a specialized fan. Did you replace the fan with the exact same kind of fan?

I've gotten very close to producing the desired effect. I have added the following keys:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@="Daniweb"
"InfoTip"="<DANIWEB> IT Discussion Community"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\DefaultIcon]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shell32.dll,-47"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\InProcServer32]
@="%SystemRoot%\\system32\\shdocvw.dll"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance]
"CLSID"="{3f454f0e-42ae-4d7c-8ea3-328250d6e272}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\Instance\InitPropertyBag]
"CLSID"="{13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}"
"method"="ShellExecute"
"Param1"="http://www.daniweb.com"
"command"="Daniweb"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\shellex\MayChangeDefaultMenu]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2559a1f6-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}\ShellFolder]
"Attributes"=dword:00000000

This produces the icon on the right-side of the start menu, but it does not function correctly. When I click the link, I get a dialog that states that a shortcut cannot be created there and gives me the option of creating a shortcut on the desktop. I'll keep chewing on it.

The world's biggest problem? I hope that's not true.

Next time you post, please put your code in code tags. Furthermore, in order to answer your question, code isn't really needed. Now, to answer your question...

There isn't a way to get the client time unless the client tells you what the time is on their system. Since there isn't a way to force the client to send the current time on the machine with it's request header, you'll have to find a different way to get that information. I recommend using Javascript.

There are two different ways to use Javascript to get the current time on the page: have it pass the time as part of the URL string or have Javascript print the time on the page itself. Each method has it's strengths and weeknesses. Passing the time as a URL encoded variable allows you to do fancy stuff with the time in Perl before printing the page but the time on the page will reflect that time that the page with the link was loaded, not when the current page was generated. Having Javascript on the page allows the time to be current and could automatically update the time dynamically but results in there being no purpose to the page being generated by Perl (in other words, a standard HTML page could do the exact same thing).

The following is a complete HTML page that will show the current time (see it here)

<html> …

nevermind, I forgot what you said :cheesy:

Yeah, if you want the pqi RAM, get this module.

Here's a page that shows what RAM modules will work with your system (of course, these are Kingston-only modules; I simply picked Kingston as an example). As you can see, your system will support either DDR266 or DDR333 modules of a max size of 512MB and with a total system capacity of 1GB.

It would seem that you already have a DDR333 512MB module, so adding an additional DDR333 512MB module would be the best decision to upgrade your RAM. It might help you to know that DDR333 modules also go by the type description of PC2700.

BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System. This is a program that resides on a chip on the motherboard and performs all the necessary system startup functions that allow the computer to operate and an operating system to load.

Congrats on getting it sorted :).

Unplug the laptop and take the battery out. Let the laptop sit like this for a few minutes. Put just the battery back in and see if it starts up. If it does not, take the battery back out and let it sit for a few minutes, then plug just the power cord into the laptop and try starting it again. Let me know if this allows the laptop to start up.

This is directly from Intel:

DDR and DDR2 memory are mutually incompatible. Voltages, pins and signaling differ between DDR(1) and DDR2. DDR2 sockets will not accept DDR DIMMs and DDR sockets will not accept DDR2 DIMMs.

Since you are asking the question, it would seem that you don't know what type of RAM is compatible with your system. What is the manufacturer and model number of your motherboard (use Everest to find out if you don't know).

What specs are you comparing? These chips are extremely different and run on different motherboards with different FSB settings and most likely with completely different RAM modules. Because of the differences in these two chips, there is really no way to say one is better than the other. What are you wanting the system that this chip would be for to do?

Just because the fans are running doesn't mean that your boards and chips are being properly and adequately being cooled.

Did you run any of the tests that I mentioned?

Tom's Hardware Guide is an excellent site for catching up on the latest tech. The reviewers for that site are very thorough and often have benchmark comparisons to similar hardware. Check out their Graphics & Displays section which just so happens to have a feature article about the GeForce 7800 GTX.

It sounds like you have an overheating issue.

Did you make any hardware changes before the problem started?

A good test to see if your case isn't ventilating properly is to open it up, thoroughly spray away all the dust from the heatsinks and boards, and pointing a powerful fan directly into the case. If your computer seems to behave better (takes longer to shutdown), you definately have a heating issue.

If your system isn't overheating, it's very possible that you have a power supply that is faulty or going dead.

A good test to run is Memtest86. You download the program and burn it onto a CD. Then you boot your machine with the CD. The software will run a thorough memory test that will stress your system heavily. If you receive memory errors, it's possible that your RAM is bad. If you don't receive any errors while running the test and, after leaving the program running for a few hours (such as overnight), the test is still running, your hardware is most likely fine and the problem is software related.

Try going to the site again. It seems to be back up and running.

I imagine that when you are talking about a 2.8, you are referring to an AMD Athlon XP 2800+ since your motherboard supports Socket A chips.

There are many 3200+ AMD chips: ClawHammer, Venice, and Winchester. These processors use either the Socket 754 or the Socket 939. Since your board supports only Socket A chips, you cannot use any of those listed chips. If you want to upgrad to one of those chips, you will need to upgrade your motherboard. If you upgrade your motherboard, you will most likely also want to upgrade your RAM to take full advantage of the increased speed of the system bus and processor.

What is the problem that you are experiencing that causes you to want to upgrade your system?

Here are some good scanners... they're free too :).

Spybot-S&D
Ad-Aware SE Personal

Start by scanning your system with those. If using these doesn't help you out, update the thread.

Have you tried burning a CD using Windows built-in burner?

FYI, you don't have to uninstall and reinstall Nero when changing drives.

A 500 error means that something went wrong when the server was processing the request -- a server side error. This can be caused by any of a number of things: code that can't execute, permissions error, improper web server configuration, etc. The best way to find out the source of the error is by checking the error log that is generated by the web server.

I thought the same thing. I'm glad to see that I'm not the only person that is noticing the continual degradation of thread subjects. If people posted in the correct forum and section while using descriptive subjects and meaningful post content, the world would be a better place and fewer forum junkies would perform self-lobotomies.

If a 6800GT sucks, what is good?

I just built a machine with a 6600 in it, and I think the thing cooks. Maybe I'm just not a very good judge.

You might try to call around some of the local computer shops. When SP2 first came out, Microsoft sent tons of CDs for the patch to local vendors. Maybe someone local to you still has some left.

Browser: Firefox and Flock
Email: Thunderbird
Media: Windows Media Player 9 and VLC
Messenger: Trillian
SSH: PuTTY
Desktop Enhancements: Hotkeycontrol and Google Desktop
Spyware: Microsoft AntiSpyware, Ad-Aware SE Personal, Spybot-S&D
FTP: SmartFTP
Misc: Who Lock Me?
Network Bandwidth Monitor: NetStat Live
IRC: mIRC
BitTorrent: Azureus (I might switch to µTorrent 1.2)
Text Editor (for programming): Crimson Editor

If you still have problems after trying what nanosani suggested, try the following:
- Click "Start"
- Click "Run..."
- Type in "sfc /scannow" and click "OK"
- Let the program run to completion
- Reboot your machine

Can you be more explicit about the error message? If possible, recreate the error and then put the exact details of the error message in a new post. This will greatly increase our ability to assist you.

You need to format it for it to show up.

Right-click "My Computer", select "Manage", and select "Disk Management" under "Storage" on the left pane. You should see an unformatted disk (it will be the one without a drive letter) listed in the right pane. Right-click the unformatted disk and select "Format...". From there, select how you want your disk formatted and follow the prompts. You may or may not need to reboot your system after you format the disk.

First, you need to make sure that you have installed the line filters on all of your phone jacks that have phones plugged into them and on the line that goes to your modem. Make sure that all the phone cords are connected to the correct port on the filter.

Next, I recommend stopping by Broadband Reports and running their Speed Test and their Tweak Test. The Speed Test will test your connection speed and report any potential issues. The Tweak Test will recommend modificiations you can make to potentially improve your connection's performance and will tell you how to make those modifications.

Finally, it is possible that your line was not properly set up. Call your ISP and report that you are not getting high-speed throughput. Ask them to run a diagnosis on the line and to send someone out to test your setup and connections if they don't find a problem on the line. Be aware that, depending on who your ISP is, you may be charged for this service. I have DSL with SBC, and all the service call charges are covered under my contract.

What FTP software are you using?

Did the FTP software ever work or has it never worked on that system?

If the software worked properly at one time, what changes did you make to your operating system or network shortly before the problem occured?

That is very odd then. I haven't worked with systems of that age for a long time now, so my troubleshooting skills for those machines may be shot.

It's possible that the problem is that you are trying to use a PC133 module when the board only supports up to PC100. It's true that the modules are backwards compatible and will run at slower modes, but that backwards compatibility sometimes creates odd situations.

What program are you trying to use?

I've used wired Linksys routers and been very pleased with them. I've used a couple of different D-Link wireless routers and have hated them severely. I don't think that qualifies as a robust review of all routers, but it does sum up my experiences.

You need to get a broadband router in order to share the internet connection among all the computers.

After loading Firefox in Safe Mode, load up your themes browser, select the default theme, select "Use Theme", and uninstall the remaining themes. Then load up your extensions manager and uninstall all of them. After doing this, try to start Firefox in standard mode.

Sometimes a theme or extension can cause Firefox to load improperly. My recommendation is to install extensions one at a time and restarting Firefox each time a new one is installed (if it won't start, start up in Safe Mode and remove the last one you added).

Here are a couple possible solutions.

Click "Start", click "Run...", type "msconfig", and click "OK". Click the "Services" tab, find "Windows Audio" in the list, put a checkmark next to "Windows Audio", click "Apply", click "OK", and restart your system.

If that doesn't work, try the following.

- Click "Start"
- Select "Control Panel"
- Select "Add Hardware"
- Click "Next"
- Select "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" and click "Next"
- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the list, select "Add a new hardware device", and click "Next"
- Select "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)" and click "Next"
- Select "Sound, video and game controllers" and click "Next"
- Select "(Standard system devices)" under "Manufacturer", select "Media Control Devices" under "Model", and click "Next"
- Follow the remaining prompts

Please answer the following questions so we can better help you:

What kind of internet connection do you have?

When did this problem start?

Did you make any hardware or software changes just before the problem?

Have you run any antivirus or antispyware scans to see if your system is infected with anything?

Have you contacted your ISP to ensure that they aren't experiencing any problems?

From your original post, where you talk about your system only using 128MB of the memory module rather than 256MB, it would seem that you are not using the BX6 V2.0 but the BX6.

Let's examine the board a bit more so you can fully understand how it works. From the manual:

The mainboard provides four 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion.. The DIMM socket supports 1Mx64(8MB), 2Mx64(16MB), 4Mx64(32MB), 8Mx64(64MB), and 16Mx64(128MB) or double sided DIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8MB and maximum memory size is 512 MB SDRAM.

There are four Memory module sockets on the system board.(Total eight banks). In order to create a memory array, certain rules must be followed. The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations.

* The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide. (Without parity or with parity)
* Support single and double density DIMMS.

From this information you can see that the the board can support both single-sided and double-sided memory modules; however, the maximum size for any single memory module is 128MB. This is why your 256MB memory module is only being used as a 128MB module. So, don't try to use anything larger than 128MB, since anything more than that will not be utilized.

A memory module with a configuration of 32Mx64 is a non-ECC memory module with a total capacity of 256MB (32 * 64 / 8).

A memory module with a configuration of 16Mx72 (the …

Windows Media Player (and many other players for that matter) uses screen overlays to produce most video renders. It would seem that the output that you are using to route through your VCR and TV doesn't support the video overlays. To turn off the use of video overlays for Windows Media Player, click "Tools", click "Options...", select the "Performance" tab, click the "Advanced..." button, clear the "Use overlays" checkbox, click "OK", click "Apply", and click "OK". Doing this should allow the video to appear on the S-Video signal.

Sounds like you may have a loose graphics cable.

I don't know if this will resolve your problem, but it's the best thing I've been able to find. Click "Start", "Run...", type "regedit", and click "OK". Find the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

On the right-hand pane, you should see a value called allocatedasd. Change that value to 2, reboot the machine, and try ripping with one of the limited accounts.

Click "Start", click "Run...", type "regedit", and click "OK". Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

In the right-hand pane, you will see a value called Shell Icon Size. The default data for this value is 32. If you see a value called Shell Small Icon Size, make sure it's data is set to 16. Also, make sure the value Shell Icon BPP is set to 16.

im not entirely sure, but judging by my router lights, he is must be downloading a very big file, as the wireless has been constantly flashing for about 2hrs.

Constant flashing doesn't mean constant high-bandwidth pull. It means that the connection is being actively used. The wireless light on my router flashes rapidly when my roommates are doing nothing more than playing games, which doesn't use much bandwidth.

The reason I asked about the peer-to-peer software is because improperly configured peer-to-peer programs can cause an abnormally large amount of upload usage, which can severely hinder the download ability of the connection.

I recommend talking to the people who use the connection. Tell them what the problem is and find out how they are using the connection. It would be much cheaper and easier if you set ground rules on how the connection should be used rather than buying a solution that will limit connection access.

If both of you are using the web at the same time, you each should get download speeds of about half the total capability of the connection. Something is wrong if your speeds are so severely reduced. Is he running any type of peer-to-peer or bittorrent programs?

Have you tried stripping the setup down to nothing more than the mobo, processor, one stick of RAM, and the video card?