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How can i mount an NTFS HD using a live distro like dsl or maybe knoppix??
Here is the lowdown. Today, at random, my PC quit booting all the way. It does turn on, run through the BIOS, etc. But after the "Windows XP" boot screen comes up, the monitor goes black, it is still receiving a signal, but it is black. I am able to …
Hi there guys and girl. I'm new here and stil learning the site. I wonder if any one could help me with hardwear compatebilety. I can get a new ASUS motherboard, Pentium D 3.4 dual core CPU and a Nvidia xfx 7600gt 256mb 128 bit grafics card from a vriend …
Hi Just built a pc with asus a7n8x-x motherboard, athlon xp 2500+, 512 ddr 333 ram. It works fine with Win 98 but wont install XP. About 5 mins into the installation it reports hardware problems tells me to try disabling a couple of cache's in the bios and try …
Greetings to all !!! I just bought a laptop on ebay that was a Compaq Armada M700. Everything seems ok however in the listing it mentioned that the laptop " continually restarts after doing a memory check" now heres the kicker [I][U]Without [/U]the hard drive[/I] it goes to 256RAM check …
Hi people, Well I just got an invitation from my friend to work in his new pet project. But I am bit too unsure whether I really want to take part in his project. Basically, he is building a web platform where users can easily select and put together computer …
What is the easiet way to switch from IDE to SATA? My current configuration is as followed: OS: WINXP SP2 MB: MSI -cant remember the model number, about 3 years old. IDE 1 - 40 gig WD IDE 2 - 20 gig WD I would like to swap out the …
Hello guys, I have formated hard drive at my neighbour's computer. It's relatively new computer with Pentium 4 processor and intel motherboard. Installing windows Xp passed all right, but there was a problem when trying to install chipset drivers. Since sound card and network card are integrated, autorun option offers …
Ok to start off my pc is: amd athlon 64 3800+ x2 1gb ram asus a8n mobo ati x1800gto o/c edition was geforce 6100 (problem part) running on windows xp I installed the new ati grafix ok about 3 months ago but never disabled the 6100 which was taking away …
I am thinking about upgrading my computer. I am an Intel guy normally but I wouldn't mind trying an AMD. I also like ASUS a lot. But I would not be opposed to trying another brand. What combination of RAM( I need atleast 512), Processor (I need atleast a 2.0 …
I copied my data and programs to a 200 gig hdd and now my machine doesnt boot up I believe that it is still seeing the 137 limit. I tried to install a controller card but it appears that will only work with a freshh copy of XP. So my …
:confused: [COLOR=purple] My new pc will not bootup it comes on and a error message shows up saying please check signal.I have removed all the pci cards and reset them as well as the PCI-Express video card. the pc has a ABIT AN8 MBSocket 939 with a AMD 3500CPU,Kingston PC3200 …
I'm...not that smart with computers, but here's my problem. I just got a new computer about a month or two ago, and tried playing Gunz the Duel with it. For some reason, after leaving the game on for about 10 minutes, it starts acting up and my character might start …
This seems to be a pretty common question, however I am going to ask anyways lol. Im building a new system, and the motherboard came in today. Hooked everything up, double checked all connections went to power up, started to post, then it shut down. Checked everything again, and wouldnt …
This problem only happens when I play Age Of Mythology at any given time during the game. Its happened on other multimedia programs but not offen. Just more so now when I run the game. The computer system completely freezes up including the cursor. And the speakers start buzzing loadly. …
hi there. I'm writing a book and trying to install a 30 day free trial software of InDesign on my Mac OS 10.3 and it says I don't have sufficient memory to do this. I'm pretty sure thats a lie! I can't find my memory thingy to increase the memory. …
HI there, :mrgreen: Just bought a new motherboard and processor and the motherboard has four ram slots two are DDR 184 pin and two are DDRII 240 pins. And I have two questions:- Q1) I currently have two 512 DDR 184 pin PC3200 to fit in the DDR slots but …
cant seem to find website for driver..need c3000zoom driver for xp
Hello, i'm looking for a good agp video card that my cpu can keep up with, and also plays new games on good settings (like counter-strike, fear,battlefield 2). Here are my system specs: MOBO: ECS K8M800-M2(1.0) Socket 754 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard, [URL]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135170[/URL] CPU: AMD Sempron 64 2800+ …
hey all, my comp wont start all of sudden... seen alot around on this but nothing very definitive basically you turn the power on, fans run but the monitor shows no signal and the comp does not boot, there are no system beeps tried several things including resetting the CMOS, …
I have a G4 400Mhz running 10.4.8. When I try to send a fax out of OsX, terminal or page sender the internal modem won't go off hook. When I use internet connect or AT commands from terminal I can dial out no problem. I have tried everything except for …
I just found out one of the slots for the tv-capture card is broken and so I have to insert it to the one next to it. However, if I place it this way, the tv-capture card is right next to the display card obscuring most of the fan on …
[B][COLOR=black]:?: I use two monitors, one for TV sometimes and one for MSFS 2004. The FS has been minimizing and pausing after awhile. How do I shut off one monitor? In device monitor I see X300 and X300 secondary. Maybe just disable the secondary? Then will I have the whole …
Is it possible to use an originally partitioned C drive (2 80Gb "merge" together to become a 160Gb harddisk) as an external drive?
I am new to systems and my first project is to analyze leasing vs. purchasing in relation to IT hardware. Does any one have any case studies or experiences they could relate that would shed some light beyond the numbers on the page?
Please help me! I have Panther installed on my G5. I was just using Safari to browse the web when Safari froze up on me. I tried killing the app and the rest of my machine froze completely. I waited a few minutes and nothing happened so I decided to …
When i plug my ipod into my computer it goes "HI-SPEED USB device attached to non-HI-SPEED Hub" But im pretty sure I've got USB 2.0, cause it has worked fine before, and just now im geting the message. My motherboard is SiS 651, and im using windows XP sp2. Here …
Hey There, I'am just new to this forum, and have been wondering for some time now how you overclock your CPU. I wouldnt have the first clue on how to get into anything. Can someone please advise me on how to do it, without stuffing up my computer? Are the …
Wanted ASUS A7A266 motherboard , urgently needed, Paypal no problem. please get back to me if you can help cheers anlogue UK
Hey, I haven't made much use of the usb ports within the past 2 weeks, but just recently I went to store some files on my flash drive, and the computer didn't pick it up. I tried hooking up both my digital camera and graphics tablet, didn't detect either of …
:confused: Hi there I have acquired a dead computer and would like to try and fix it. The problem is this: Computer powers up, makes all normal noises, beeps once (although very loudly!) all looks fine. Then where you would expect to see the windows loading screen there is a …
Howdy, Essentially, what I want to do is take one of my older PC boxes and convert it into a SCSI box'o'hard drives. I feel that this may be deceptively simple, but I'm just not sure. I've got the drives, plenty of'em in fact. I've got plenty of cables. I've …
I am looking for an Apple Powerbook G4, preferably with at least 512MB of RAM, at least a 40GB HD, a 666MHz+ processor, and has to be in good condidtion, or new (in box). Anyone? :cheesy:
Hello People, Recently installed a new external hard drive to backup my stuff, since then was unable to see my CD-R/W drive on My computer . Found some help online which suggested removing 'Upper' and 'lower' filters from here in my registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet/Control/Class/ I did so and rebooted and I …
Hello- Shortly after booting a CD in the internal drive my screen goes black and I cannot get it to display correctly without re-booting. I am using a PowerBook G4 with OCX 10.4.8. I thought there may have been a conflict with my latest MacAddict disk, but the data disk …
Hi there, Recently, I changed from a 20gb to 40gb hardisk and install Win XP on it. Installation was completed and the pc was required to reboot. Once rebooted, the white time line runs and then the pc reboots itself. This happens all the way till you switch it off …
I am getting DSL in two days, but meanwhile I'm using dialup and I'm itching to fix something. I don't know anything about Macs, always been a PC user. I have a Mac OSX v. 10.2.8, 512 MB, processor 500 MHz PowerPC G3. It has Applications for Mac OS 9 …
I recently bought a computer that will randomly restart (usually happens about once every 1-2 hours). These are the specs: -Case: CoolerMaster Mystique 632 Tower (Black) -Motherboard: Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe -Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 -Memory: Corsair 2GB(2x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 -Hard Drive 1: 400GB (7200RPM, 16MB Cache) -Hard …
I know this is VERY off topic, but I am sure that a bunch of people here are experienced with computer building. I am building a computer off of tigerdirect canada and I was just wondering if I could get someone to check and see if all of these parts …
Hello everyone! I am considering the purchase of an ultrasonic cleaner to try to experimentally rejuvenate clogged inkjet cartridges. I am hoping that the ultrasonic action will be able to break down the clogged, dried ink in the jets and disperse then into solution. Previously, I have had great success …
Hey guys. I am currently considering building a PC. I have a budget of around £600 (that's $1,150 in USD) although I could probably stretch it a bit. I will mostly use it for gaming. So could anyone suggest a good setup? For now, I will probably stick with my …
after i install the card and swithched the pc back on the screen is fine for about 5 mins then goes multi coloured then the monitor turns itself off or sleep mode .once i reboot it the monitor stays off.the card is a ati raden 9550 256mb 128 bit dvi …
Hi all i have a toshiba qosmio f10-101 notebook,four months ago i have had my nvidia fx 5700 graphic replaced with nvidia geforce go6600 because there were some waves on screen and needed to be changed. From that time i noticed that the new card every two second starts and …
i just recently bought a Dell Latitude 110L. i have been messing around with it to get the jist of it. when i shut the lid, it goes into hibernation. and when i open the lid again i have no idea how to get out of hibernation. does anyone know …
Hi, I'm running on: P4 3.0Ghz ASRock 775i65GV mobo 1 x SATA Maxtor 6L080M0 HDD 1 x IDE DVD Benq Rewriter (Master on Secondary IDE channel) 1 x IDE DVD Samsung Reader (Slave on Secondary IDE channel) Geforce FX5200 Video The BIOS detects all hardware (SATA drive at UDMA 6) …
I have a toshiba laptop and I've had this problem for a while and just stopped using it for a while because it got to be so annoying and impractacle to even use anymore. The power cable used to work perfectly fine when you plugged and unplugged it, then all …
I recently installed an I/O Magic dual layer burner and I have tried mounting--unsuccessful. I keep geting prompted for the file system and would like to know if this is something that I can get to work or would I be saving myself some time and just get another OEM …
Hi, I have been thinking about upgrading my computer because it pretty much sucks. I mostly play game online like battlefield 1942 etc. but a lot of the games i want to get i cant play them because my computer sucks! well i really need to know what the best …
Greetings! I have a relatively old Custom PC that was resold to me from a store that was going out of business and was used as a cash registor. Specs: CPU: Celeron 500MHz L1 Cache: Present L2 Cache: some small amount +128K -500K Ram1: 128MB HD1: 9GB CD1: Generic Sony …
Hi I am Mughal an hardware engineer n i do have experience in my field if you wana any help or suggestions relating to hardware or software im here to help you out from what i know otherwise u help me out what i dont know take care bye
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