Posts by caperjack

I think he has used an integrated/onboard video.

See to it all the connections inside the cpu are tight and snugly connected.

No beep code sounds means no case speaker was connected in your system. Try to connect it and let's interpret the beep code.

in his first post he says he's using onboard video!!!

make sure you have the 4 pin Pentium 4 power plug from the power supply plugged in to the board .

i was going to suggest that too,just wasn't sure it would solve you problem ,now i know/lol.

my dvd player came with a cd with the software on it .cyberlink power dvd
http://powerdvd2008.com/?gclid=CIa8wNeSso0CFQyIPgodyh480g

http://www.myfixes.com/articles/system

type or copy paste , this into run, %SystemRoot%\system32\compmgmt.msc /s

go to disk management ,if its there highlite it and right click on the icon and format the drive maybe

a good site to start looking for stop error help.
http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm

My computer has always said i have "351MB" of SDRAM and now it says "375"

what the??

maybe you have onboard video sharing the ram ,and the amount of ram to use for video is set in the bios and maybe the bios got reset to defaults and the default amount setting was lower than a custom setting amount !!
Also maybe you have onboard shared video and you added a pci or agp video card ,tell us more !!

yes ,why!!
take it complete out of the tower completely and hook it all up just lying on a tabel top,[wood ] to eliminate any contact to the metal tower . you can jump the 2 psw pins with a screwdriver to start it as im sure you know allready.anyway worth a try,

sounds like the board is bad

it has always been said that you can use a xp upgrade disk to do a full install ,and yes all you need to do is put in a legit windows disk either win98 or win2000 will do. during the install ,winxp pro install will ask for you to put in the win98 disk as proof of ownership.

just fixed similar /same problem by booting to the winxp recovery console and typing in chkdsk

damn...isnt that whats stopping the code from being run?

Yes ,But what code,when it can't find it in a search, spybot and others don't find it ,maybe the defender program is the problem

uninstall defender and see what happens

don't know for sure but this might help.
http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs

Hello everyone, I am hoping you can help me with this problem, as I am running out of ideas. I installed Linux on a hard drive in my computer, and then afterwards, I switched back to Windows XP because my girlfriend couldn't get along with Linux very well. The problem I am having is this, my slave drive is no longer accessible through Windows, where it was before the Linux install. It is in BIOS and it is in Device Manager and Disk Management, but not in My Computer. I believe the problem to be that Linux changed the format to Ext2, and now I do not know how to access my data. It is still there, just not useable. I have used Get Data Back which did nothing for me, and I have used Partition Magic, which woud also not allow me any help. If there are any suggestions, I am open to trying anything. Thanks for the help.

-Joe

P.S. - I am hoping there is an easier way than switching back to Linux and then adding to a network with Windows and transferring that way, as there is a lot of information and I only have one computer at the time.

This is what i would do ,disconnect the windows xp drive ,use a win98 boot disk ,boot to dos prompt run FDISK ,and delete non-dos partitions ,create new dos partition and format the drive ,then reconnect the winxp hdd . that is if you have a …

OMG!!! i had the same exact problem ,my computer was stuck at 640X480 with only 4 bit color nad i couldnt change it. but then i uninstalled the driver in the device manager and windows told me i had to reboot, i rebooted at it worked!!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your welcome!!

also cheap mics'will have volume problems .

borrow a good windows disk same version as yours .from a friend or who ever ,one that is not a sony or dell or gateway, you know not a recover install disk ,and use it along with your key ,to get a install with out all the s-it

hi i used this boot manager to boot a ati ,harddrive win98 and a scsi harddrive .winxp with great results
http://www.osloader.com/download.htm

have you been here ,
http://www.packardbell.com.au/support/download.asp?CID=1

hello i know this is such a late thread that has been opened up again but i have a question on this quoted msg!

Yes itz about my audio drice exactly what has been mentioned im trying ot find my the id of my motherboard so i can download it form the other site that has also been given on this thread!

It iz that i have done my computer check using the link you have provided now i have a page with details of my computer but i dont know what my motherboard ID is !

ill jus copy and paste some of the stuff that i think it may be in!

System ModelWindows 2000 Professional Service Pack 4 (build 2195) Packard Bell NEC P671001003
System Serial Number: 4230087052
Chassis Serial Number: 50424E
Enclosure Type: DesktopProcessor a Main Circuit Board b1.70 gigahertz Intel Celeron
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL SiS650 1.x
Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 2.0Z 09/07/2002Drives Memory Modules c,d40.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
36.11 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616T [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

ST340810A [Hard drive] (40.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n 5FBA5HW3, rev 3.93, SMART Status: Healthy 192 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot '0' has 256 MB
Slot '1' is Empty

I hope its in here somewhere

please HELP!!!

ASAP

Thank you …

Hi everyone! I have a huge problem with my laptop. Well for one I haven't had ANY problems whatsoever since I bought it a yr ago. I was using it yesterday morning, turned it off, and then last night it just wasn't working anymore. The last thing I downloaded was adobe softwares which I needed and tutorials for photoshop. As far as anything else goes, I'm only online to check e-mails. Yesterday and Adobe software update thing was the last thing I dled. And it had asked me to restart, but I chose restart later and that was it. When I turn it on, it shows the screen where I can chose Run Windowns, RUn Safe Mode bla bla, So when I chose Run Normal the Windows logo appears, the screen will go black and then a blue screen appears with the "problem" but it dissappears really fast that I can't read it, then it restarts all over again. I'm really frustrated because non of the safe modes work, they freeze half way. and I'm afraid I may lose all of my work. Someone help me pretty please!!!!:sad:

Thanks

Cely:eek:

Hi,i had a computer last week that the blue screen went away so fas i couldn't read it ,i have a small camera that takes video so it took one of the computer booting and then ran it on a working computer and froze it at the error message and was able to read the error !! ,maybe …

Sorted this one out myself. Downloaded a program called winsockfix.exe.

great ,I came into this post to suggest winsock fix .

you may need to do this .
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308421

no. i had boot.ini problems with previous version so I formatted and reinstalled. so it boots into new version easily but it cant boot into the previous.

So you don't have 2 just the wrong info in the new boot.ini ,easy fix is to change the amount of time it takes to boot to the good one ,right click on mycomputer/properties /advanced /startup and recovery ,settings and lower the time to display operating system to about 5 sec or so .this way you won't have to wait the full 30 seonds or hit the enter key

I formatted and reinstalled XP but now I have two versions of XP. What to do. And I tried at Add/Remove Programs but ther's no other windows

will the computer boot into both versions ?????

Quick Launch - Missing or you receive an error message, to correct:

This behavior can occur if the Quick Launch folder has been deleted. To resolve this issue, recreate the Quick Launch folder. Create a folder named Quick Launch at the following location:

C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer

buy a cheap pci card ,will solve all your problems

I suggest downloading audo device drivers from giga-byte and then go to device manager and remove all sound devices listed . then rebot computer and direct it to the newley downloaded drivers .
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=1658

hit f8 on startup and go to safe mode to try system restore

Don't bump your thread.

Have you even tried research? If so, you'd find this website among the top 3 of Google.

Like in life it self,most computer users need/want to be taken by the hand .lol

I think the best solution is the removable caddy,2 hdd ,2 windows installs . ,shutdown take your out ,put it away ,let son install his when he uses the computer .

Thanx AJZ, - Would this prevent viruses and spyware from accessing the unassigned disk?

what are you going to use the second OS for ??????????? if you don't plan on using it on the net ,you could go with a hdd cage, 2 actuall install one and use the iner part of the other for the second drive ,
http://www.storcase.com/removable/removable_overview.asp

many thanks but spare bits are not readily available to me....but i will investigate.....any other info will be appreciated

some time after a lot of use the connection between the power plug and the motherboard can brake away from the board of the laptop and need to resoldered,try to wiggle the cord at the laptop connection when turning it on,
as said above the board or even the cpu could be dead.i had simular Dell one with a dead battery and it would not start without the battery connected ,bought new battery and it worked great

Someone at work said I could take out my drive, put in an extra one that I have - set up as master, re-attach the buggered one as a slave and then access it like a storage drive. Does this sound like something that I could do without totally screwing it up?
Thanks!

that will work if the extra one you have has windows 98 installed or you will have to install windows on it ,then copy file from buggered one to the extra one for safe keeping ,the knoppix way works with the right righ know how and a usb thumb drive or a good hdd to copy file to.
The easiest thing to do is remove your drive, set it as slave,and install it in a friends computer or one at work and remove you files /data for safe keeping

also WMP 11 isn't in the sp2 it contains wmp 10 ,11 is only bata so far .http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx

As a last resort I tried wiping the hard-drive and yes, you guessed it. I got an error message LOL XD

___________________________________________________________
Formatting Main Disk (C:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or nay other programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is displaying the contents of this drive. Then try formatting again.
___________________________________________________________

What should I do now? I'm stuck. :confused:

error messages sounds like you are trying to format from within windows .

right click on the desktop/properties/screensavers/power in ther you will find power options ,or you may need to do it in the bios

ree reading you first post ,

The computer detects the DVD rom and reads the installation disk (I assume it reads it because the disk spins) The problem is the installation will not autoplay.

are you being aked to hit any key to boot from cd ,when the computer first bootup

have you tried the disk in another computer to make sure it is ok

well we don't use the term delete when we refer to removing an OS from the computer ,you will need to reformat with the new to rid the old eventually 1,if you can try booting you new computer to any other version of windows try it .have you tried your new xp 64 cd in another computer to make sure it is working ,all you need to do it put it in a computer that is all ready booted to its windows and see if it auto pops up ,if it does just exit the cd .don't try to install it on the other computer .
I still thinks you problems are releated to improper setup of the drives !the way ther are plugged into the motherboard ,something is wrong!!

have you tried the disk in another computer to make sure it is ok

The computer detects the DVD rom and reads the installation disk (I assume it reads it because the disk spins) The problem is the installation will not autoplay.

just because it spins doesn't mean its reading the disk .,does the bios detect the dvd rom is bios set to boot to dvd rom first .

The only thing I have thought of is to take out the hard drive of my old computer and install it on the new one, so the XP would load. Then I would load my new XP X64. But I dont know if that would even work

nope !

Hmm... yeah I guess I have to go through all that. Again. lol (part of the long story)

Anyway, when the laptop hdd is in the desktop pc, should I format it as FAT32? then boot into that FAT32 partition on the laptop with a Windows 98 boot disk, and start the NT installation from DOS ? (because then during NT setup I can format a different partition as NTFS)

It's frustrating because I did that already, only to find that when I tried to install my WiFi card, it required Service Pack 4, and I had no way of getting SP4 onto the laptop. lol That's why I did everything from a desktop PC, hoping it would be easy as pie. :(

format it ntfs ,if you have the sp4 as a file copy it to hdd to and install it later.you can get a nt boot disk here http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm

Are you saying there's absolutely nothing I can do to save this installation? :cry:

Would booting from the Windows NT install floppies, and opting to do a repair make a difference? Would it remove the service packs I installed?

Does anyone know how to boot a Dell Inspiron 3500 from a USB thumbdrive? Then I could install Windows NT from there...

I have install window on 100's of computers ,but only installe NT once and that was a few yrs ago ,if you think you can put the install on a usb device then you should be able to put the hdd back in the other computer and format it and copy the nt install to it ,then put it back in the dell and run the install from the hdd with a windows boot disk .i done this with win95 and 98 on a laptop with no cdrom

Most OS need to be installed in the computer they are going to be use on !!!! especually if they are in the ntfs file format,its usually a motherboard drivers issue

Can Someone Please Help Me Reformat My Cpu Its A Window Xp I Cant Afford To Pay Someone So Need Help Really Bad I Want To Clean It Out And Start All Over Like Brand New Plz And Ty

this link in post #2 will explain it as good as any,if you can't follow that you will need to pay someone !!

Yes, I've activated Vista, I just don't know how to turn on aero. can some one help me?

this site might help you ,i have vista install but not on this hdd .but i did look forAero last night on my other hdd ,but i don't think i meet the right video card requirments as listem on this site im linking here .but it a visual setting is all simular i guess to one use by macintosh as i read on link im posting HERE
AERO =Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open

your welcome ,hope it stays that way !

if i uninstall the display driver, whaat will happen?? will i be able to use the computer or will the display not work. thanks

if you uninstall it in the device manager or through add and remove program, when you reboot computer , windows will load default drivers ,that you can't change the settings on but computer will work ,then you can find or reinstall the correct drivers if you have them