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 | Microsoft no longer support windows 98 and haven't done for quite some time. I very much doubt you will find a driver for it.  |
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| | The fan has a bearing, the bearing is most likely dry of grease. Taking it apart and greasing it is a fiddly and time consuming job. You may be better off just buying a new fan for it. |
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| | In order to change the graphics on a Dell N4010 you would either need to replace the motherboard with one with better graphics fitted to it or buy or hire a chip re-flower. Both options are very expensive.  |
 | Personally, if someone can't be bothered to type correctly then I don't bother to render my assistance. If someone is hard to understand because english isn't their first language, that's a different matter, I often ask for clarification! |
| | Have you checked that the zero key isn't stuck down on your keyboard? |
| | When you say "it appears knackered", what exactly do you mean? Does it no longer work or does it malfunction? Did you upgrade your power supply when you fitted that card? It's a fairly power hungry card and the standard Gateway power supply is only just powerful enough to power … |
| | Re: no audio Perhaps if you told us exactly what computer you have and what version of windows you are using on it we might be able to help! |
 | We need a lot more information than that to work with. What windows version are you using? Is your broadband modem set to DHCP or staticIP? Are your computers set to DHCP or staticIP? What things have you already tried? Do you get no internet connection at all or do …  |
| | Laptop screens do not have controller boards built in like LCD screens have. They are built in to the motherboard of the laptop. You would need to buy a controller board for each screen as well as a power supply. I have looked into this very thing myself and decided … |
 | Does your motherboard CD actually have audio drivers for Windows 7? I very much doubt it if the mobo was "designed" for XP. Have a look here - [url]http://www.zotacusa.com/downloads/?cat=77[/url] for more up to date drivers. If you cannot get Windows 7 drivers for your mobo then Vista 32bit drivers are … |
| | Those keyboards are known for failing if not kept spotlessly clean. I expect it will need to be replaced. |
| | Can you see it in manage? Instructions - [url]http://help.artaro.eu/index.php/windows-7/essential-windows-7-administration/disk-management-in-windows-7.html[/url] |
| | What type and speed ram did you get? It will be on the labels on the sticks.  |
| | Is it a brand new build or has it worked fine in the past? |
| | Looks like the hard drive has had it! |
| | You say you installed Windows 7 on it, what did it have on it before? Have you checked that all of your drivers are working and up to date in device manager? Where did you get drivers for it from? Purely via windows update? Or from elsewhere? In particular, you … |
| | Seeing as you have access to a second computer, my advice would be to get a USB hard drive adapter and plug it up to the second laptop and get that to attempt to repair the problems. I often use my laptop to fix drives from other laptops with a … |
| | Re: Laptop heat A laptop cooler might be a good idea. They are widely available and quite cheap. The other thing you could do is use an air line to blow any dust out of it. Make sure it's switched off before doing this as the fan will be spun by the air … |
| | Re: cd/dvd problem What computer is it? Is it a PC or a laptop? What version of windows are you using? If you don't give enough information for us to work with no-one will even hazard a guess at what your problem is! |
| | Have you tried shutting your machine down then re-starting it? |
| | What version of 7 is it? If it's Ultimate you can shrink the partition in Manage then create a new one to restore the image to. I'm not sure what other versions of 7 support partition shrinking. If it doesn't support partition shrinking then you will need something like Partition … |
| | Re: USB keyboard Quite simply, you can't. USB keyboards didn't exist when P3 motherboards were made so their bios's don't have any support for them! |
| | What security software do you have and have you scanned with it recently? |
| | Check the dates. This thread dates back to 2006. |
 | Do you have any disk utility software to check the condition of the hard drive with? If not, try SeaTools from the SeaGate website.  |
| | This thread dates back to 2005. You need to start a new thread with your problem! |
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| | Is your computer set to the correct country/region for the type of keyboard that you have? |
| | Re: Bios Unavailable Try using a PS2 keyboard on it rather than a USB one. With the PS2 keyboard, try pressing Del, F1, and F2. It's most likely to be one of those. If it's really old, you may have to press Ctrl+Alt+Esc to enter the bios. |
 | An install of XP is designed to run on 1 PC, not on 2 different ones. Most if not all OS installs are designed to work like that. |
| | What you need to do is to boot into safe mode by pressing F8 just after the bios screen and selecting safemode with networking from the menu. You will need to connect your computer to your router via a network cable as wireless networking will not work in safe mode. … |
| | Does it switch into standby mode or does the green light stay on? It most likely has a dried out capacitor in it as this is a very common fault. If you wish to repair it yourself you will need to open it up (which is no easy task to … |
| | If you have more than one stick of ram then try with just 1. Then try it in a different slot. Then try the other (assuming you have 2 sticks). It's possible you have a stick of ram on the way out! |
| | Beeps are caused by hardware issues not software issues. Is the battery in good condition? If not, try running it without the battery to see if you still get the beeps. Removing and refitting the DVD drive ans ram might be worth doing too. |
| | Re: Windows Error It's most likely that you either have failing ram or hard drive errors. Run error checking on your hard drive to begin with! |
 | All the info you need will be in the manual - [url]http://www.fixya.com/support/p363523-asus_a7v8x_x_90_m7a690_w0eay_motherboard/manual-10989[/url] |
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| | Have you tried connecting it to an external monitor to see if you get the see symptom? F1 and F2 should control the screen brightness! Have you tried them? |
| | What you are doing is piracy of copyrighted material and is against the law. We cannot help you with your issue!!! |
 | Try creating a new account and see if you can get to the tools from it. Also, what antivirus and antimalware software have you got and have you scanned with it recently? Often malware is the cause of problems like yours. |
| | What computer is it? |
| | If your computer has windows 2000 on it I very much doubt it is capable of running windows 7. What spec is it? |
| | Are you trying to connect wired or wirelessly? What actually happens when you try to connect? |
| | If the bios supports booting from USB, yes. If the bios doesn't support booting from USB, no. |
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| | Attrib -r should make it read only, that might help!?! |
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