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| | Hi On my computer: IDE: Primary master :HDD (and the OS win98SE) Secondary Master: HDD Secondary Slave: CDROM The computer sippped recognizing the both HDD (It still can recognize the CDROM) I tried automatic detection via the bios but, nada. I tried using only one cpmponnet at a time,and changing … |
| | I have windows 98,aol 6.0. I get the following pop-ups: "current security settings prohibit running active x controls" and "Fatal error in Unzdll.dll: Abort Exception Error in Extract. Fatal Dll Exception". I get the latter when I try to open a Zip file. Also get RichEdit Line insertion error. My …  |
 | Location: TX. History Rm OS: WinXP Problem: When the teacher turns off the conputer for the night, it shuts down like normal. When she goes in the next day to turn the computer on, nothing! The hard drive light will not come on, only the green power light. It's not … |
| | Generic host process for Win32 services encountered a problem and needed to close. What is this for??????????????????  |
| | I have a TDK Velocd 40/12/48x It will only read retail cds & Burnt cd's with wave formats only. It will not read burnt cd's with mp3's or data formats. has anyone encountered this & how can i fix it? James |
| | I have an older pc w/ amd k 2- 6 500 mhz. Not a bit of thermal compound on it. It takes 4 or 5 restarts for it to run, and not to happily. Could this be the problem? Also at $8 bucks a tube I was wondering if there … |
| | I've Just reformatted my computer, loaded the internet and Norton anti-virus on to it, but after i ran all the live updates and scanned everything i restarted it and now my mouse wont work. Its a new mouse, brought it the other day. This was my second attempt at reformatting … |
| | I have a computer I built with a CD ROM, hard drive, and floppy drive and a 300MHz AMD processor. It was intended to be for playing a bunch of old DOS games I have, but when I try to boot it from the FreeDOS one disk installer(ODIN), it just … |
| | Has anyone tried the pc analyzers being sold. There are many for sale at ebay for $5 to $10 dollars. They claim to check your mother board for errors. It plugs into your pci or asi slots and displays codes as it checks your board. I haven't bought one but …  |
| | Hi Last week I installed a new 40GB Seagate hard disk and 2 X 256MB RAM on my laptop but a few days ago I accidently knocked the laptop very very slightly on the table then the screen went black :sad: !! I turned off then restarted and got this … |
| | Hiya, late last year I built my own custom system which is based around an AMD 64 running at 3500+ with an artic cooling fan, an A8V deluxe wireless edition MB, 1GB of RAM, 6800GT graphics, Thermaltake case & PSU etc, which has not been overclocked. This system has worked … |
| | -msi k8t neo -amd 1.8 athlon 64 -windows xp sp2 -logitech cordless mouse and KB I'm an idiot, I know. It's my first time building a computer, and wanted to do some exploring. So everything is fine for a couple weeks, so i decide to be a genius and adjust … |
| | The hard drive on my Presario R3000 crashed last night, and I'm trying to get a handle on how screwed I am. Compaq's sending me a new drive, but I'm going to try to recover what I can, first. The error when booting is PXE-E61, and it says to check … |
| | well i had this idea! :idea: and it was to see if i could hook my laptop to a tower and run that computer of my laptop's screen.. keyboard.. and such if i chose to. i have a idm t22 laptop... its good but the graphic card blows... :rolleyes: but …  |
| | I am completely unable to boot my compaq presario from the cd rom drive. I have gone into BIOS and none of the cd drives are listed for the boot order. However, I know that it is seeing them because i have just used a bootable version of DOS and …  |
| | Hi all Recently built a new machine: ASrock P4VT8+ P4 Prescott 3.0Ghz (not overclocked) 512MB generic PC3200 RAM (also not overclocked) Radeon A9200SE 128MB G-Card Onboard sound 120GB SATA HDD Everything has been going fine. From time to time I used to get a bsod with a message which I … |
| | I am setting up a website at [removed] to help people troubleshoot, repair and upgrade their computers. I have written a 125 page e-book that provides an introductory look at it. I have invited people to buy the book because I believe that my work has value, and people value …  |
| | Hi, I've had a few varieties of this general problem for a while now but it's gotten to the point where I'm kind of at a standstill with it. When I first built my computer everything worked fine. After about a year and a half (just recently), though, I've started … |
| | We have a friend's computer. It's a really old HP and a desktop, not a tower. We cannot remove the hard drive. It seems to be on a slide out tray but the tray gets hung up on something we cannot see. Vectra VL is on the power switch box. … |
| | I recently finished putting together a new computer. When it's working, it runs fine. However, at completely random times, it will power off and power back on very quickly, with no error message or anything. The temperatures are all under 50C, and usually under 40. It can restart during an … |
| | I am having horrendous problems with my system trying to get the temp down. I have downloaded MBM5 from this site and it shows my case at 39 c, CPU at 62c and sensor at 3c. I have changed the heat sink twice now running an artic cooler . I … |
| | I have recently installed a new Benq DVD RW/R. My PC will now not boot up without removing all USB cables and does not close down properly. Can some one please give me some tips on what to do? Regards Dan R :sad: |
| | I have a Windows XP Toshiba laptop and lateley my CD burner has'nt been working. I tryed using three seperate programs so far (Windows Media Player, Drag'n Drop CD+DVD, and Realplayer) to burn audio tracks or data to a CD, but they haven't worked. Everytime I start up my computer … |
| | Before I start, I'd like to thank everyone here for offering the free service of technical support! Anyway, I need to know if there's something I can do to fix my computer, or if I need to call an exorcist, because I swear that thing is posessed. Ok, I am … |
| | A friend built a computer for me a year ago that's been working fine up until now. I had it off for a few days while I was away, and I came back, turned it on, and now it just beeps at me and does nothing. The monitor remains on … |
| | i just installed a new hd (6.4g). i think it's all hooked up right so when i try to install wondows 98, it freezes up in the same spot, just after the initial prep..any suggestions?? |
| | I recently bought a laptop from someone in the street and that was a mistake. I only paid 200 dollars for it but when I start it up it wants a username and password. I tried to install a fresh copy of WinXP and It can not copy all the … |
| | One of my computers will not boot. It may have been infected. If I attach the hard drive from this computer to a slave of the hard drive of another computer, will I be able to access files on the old hard drive? Are there any serious risks? Responses can …  |
 | I finally got my webserver back up. Unfortunatly, it keeps droping the connection to my router. I have changed the NIC card from a Linksys to a D-Link. I changed the cable. I switched the PCI slot the card was in on the motherboard. I also changed the port the … |
| | Hello, I have recently decided to save money and build my own computer. I purchased a case with a 420 watt power supply, a DFI Lan party kt400a, 512 mb ddr3200, and a video card and hard drive. The video card and hard drive are irrelovent for this question. I … |
| | My computer has been having some issues since I had to reformat and recover my hard drive. I came in contact with a trojan that I couldn't get rid of. Some of the symptoms I am having are unexpected freezing when I open zip files, One of my hard drives … |
| | The charging behavior started weirding out a few months ago (rapid discharges when unplugged, intermittent or no charging while plugged into AC) so I got a new Li-Ion battery, thinking that was the problem. Unfortunately, I saw the same weirdness. I've now got two AC cords to try as well, … |
| | My sister just shipped her Compaq Presario 701Z to me. She bought it at CompUSA 12/01. About 15 months later (it had a 1 yr warranty) the computer started locking up and crashing. It was taking to a repair shop at least 2x with no apparent resolution, and she had … |
| | [FONT=Tahoma]undefined[/FONT][SIZE=5]undefined[/SIZE] Hi, Last nite I was using my friend laptop when it decided to turn its self off... When I powered the lappy back on it said the usually that XP wasn't shut down correctly. I choose 'Last know Good config' it then showed the compaq screen and then XP … |
| | laptop turns on but nothing shows on screen. i hooked it up to my monitor and the monitor camp would turn on but still shows nothing i think it is the graphics card but i just to make can any one help |
| | HI there, I'm hoping someone here can help me. I posted this in the WinMe forum but to no evail and I have new info now too. My computer does not recognise my hard drive as being larger than 2 gig anymore. I recently formatted my machine as I had … |
| | I have a gigabyte GA-K8NS Pro motherboard but I have a problem. I can't get the 5.1 to work. I don't know what to do. I have tried everthing. My dvd players are brand new so I know that they are compatible with 5.1. Is anyone familiar with this board? … |
| | Hi, Is there anybody out there who can help me. Im not exactly what you could call a whizz kid when it comes to computers,(typical woman) but I do my best, anyway, here's my problem: Ive been trying to install xp on my PC. Ive formatted my HDD, so its … |
| | I just upgraded to a new motherboard and processor, the above motherboard and a P4 3.2. does anyone know if this motherboard supports old IDE drives? the only HD I have is an 2 year old maxtor 40G. When we tried to format the HD on my machine, it restarted … |
| | I have just purchased a re-conditioned dell latitude CP and i think its locked up,it was working fine this morning,but when i have just tried putting it on,3 padlocks with numbers at the side on the plastic casing near the green on light are flashing and theres a cliking sound,but … |
| | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a bit embarrasing but I cannot remember the solution! I recently built a new system for a workmate, he gave me his old system to practice on. I bought a new case, fitted the board (including cpu and graffics card from old system) plugged in a monitor, … |
| | I have an Inspiron 3800 that I recently installed WindowsXP on. The computer boots fine and works normally, except when i'm not doing anything on it. It will either completely lock up with the display still on or it will flash a blue screen for 2 seconds and reboot. It … |
| | Lately my computer has been acting up by rebooting randomly, not running any of my games for a long period of time, giving me the "game.exe has caused a problem and needs to close" or in the case of HL2 "The memory could not be read". Blue screens seems to … |
| | Hi all, I'm new, and I don't know as much about computer technical stuff as all you guys probably do. I'm more into the creative side of computers with macromedia stuff. Sorry if this has been posted in the wrong section of the board but I didn't know where else … |
| | This problem is driving me crazy. The computer was working fine and I took the memory out to use in another system I was building and then I forgot I took the memory out and tried to start the system. Now when I try to boot up the computer all … |
| | Hi :rolleyes: Have a time computer few years old, running windows 98 with 128MB. Yesterday it was fine, and I did some housekeeping - removed unused programs, ran scandisk and error check and everything fine. Computer seems to start up as soon as switch on at the wall. When I … |
| | My computer has gone into super slow mode. I reformatted and attempted to re-load windows which took more than 14 hours. I thought the hard drive had gone bad so I replaced that. That didn't help. The computer is still is super slow mode. Any ideas?  |
| | When I want to boot sometimes the computer goes well sometimes it takes a lot of times. I have put all the uneeded apps away but it seems that this erratic misfunction is not a repeatable one. I do not know what happens: I defrag, ..... the temperature is good … |
| | My computer has been acting weird the last 3 days... random restarts... even before windows is booted it has restarted on me... and now when i try to boot it upmy monitor is not recognized...and believe me its not themonitor... ive checked anyways helllllllllp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
 | All of my favorite games are DOS games. I wanted them again so badly that I tried for 3 straight years to get them working on my new computer. A year into this process, my old computer died, and I was unable to play my games at all. I would … |
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