Posts by Suspishio

Great. Then you'll be marking this thread as SOLVED!

Hi everybody.
I have a problem and I need some suggestions.

A few weeks ago, my monitor suddenly turned off on its own. Then I shut down my computer and switched it on again, and after 5 minutes the monitor turned off again. This happened several times in a row.
Some hours later I turned on the computer and it was working OK.
But recently when I turn the computer on, the monitor periodically switches on/off for several times before it "stabilizes". The little green light the monitor has also switches on/off.

What do you think is the problem? Do I need to buy a new monitor?
If it helps, I have a ViewSonic VE710s.

Thank you

I'm assuming that power actually goes off and this is not an error code blinking on the power LED. On that assumption, logically it should be one of three potential causes:

1. The power section of the monitor is intermittent/faulty

2. The incoming power connector is insecure (that's prolly the first thing you looked at)

3. The power main plug/socket is faulty or the power cable is kinked.

The first thing I would do is borrow or use another monitor and lead and power lead to see what happens.

If you get no boot data on the screen from the ROM BIOS and if you're sure there is no continued disk activity to indicate that it is booting through, then it seems to me that it can't execute the ROM BIOS. That's a CPU or motherboard failure.

If it boots through because there's obvious disk activity, then I suggest it's screen of VGA circuit failure.

Either way, it's knackered, I'd say.

Hope I'm wrong.

Great. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.

So, is it back to normal or do you have a problem still?

Yes - your theory is correct. 64 bit programs reside in Program Files and 32 bit programs in Program Files(X86).

This structure supports the virtual machine mode used by 32 bit programs.

Hope that answers your question adequately.

"A few beeps" is the message telling you the problem. The Dell service manual tells you what the beep sequence means. It also tells you what the LEDs mean. You can also find this stuff on:

http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/wsT3500/en/SM/diags.htm#beep

You're welcome. I'd go with 2 x 1GB because if one card goes down (shouldn't) you still have a respectable 1GB.

Please mark this thread as SOLVED.

So you can mark this thread as SOLVED!

If it happens with the FireFox browser as well, then it's likely to be a JavaScript error which could be the fault of the other end; you execute their Javascript.

The easiest way of not letting it bother you, is to ignore it by:

Turn off script error reporting in IE7. Tools/Internet Options/Advanced. Then check "Disable script debugging (Internet Explorer)" and "Disable script debugging (Other)," and uncheck "Display a notification about every script error.".

Let us know.

Could you please describe the sequence of what you do and when it happens?

i.e What were you trying to get IE to do.

Also your PC specification.

As I say, I don't see how the wrong memory could fry anything in your motherboard. The CMOS idea is a reasonable long shot whic h will enable the boot process to rediscover your hardware.

The monitor goes to standby because the boot process is failing at the self test stage. So, you short the pins according to instructions that should be in the Dell maintenance guide; this'll clear out the CMOS and when you re-boot, the self test of the BIOS will re-populate the CMOS and just possibly it'll work.

I'm sure Suspishio will be please you approve !
and no im not going to click on the link in your signature !lol

Too kind.

Anyway, that damn sig website is all in Danish - so of limited use to our forum members!

Maybe rajuguru really meant it. In which case, thanks. LOL.

3 Beeps means a memory test has failed. You could go into BIOS setup (with the old memory properly installed) and see whether is an ECC memory option.

I don't see how the wrong sort of memory can screw the whole thing up. It may be that your CMOS has a naff configuration and you could short the CMOS pins (see your Dell handbook) and try again.

ok i feel sorry for that. i should not say that.i m sorry for becoming rude.

That's fine.

On the architecture point - in my view, the architecture scope includes the software that can run. There's a good article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core that describes the architectural differences.

What lies behind your original question?

u r telling me software similarity. i m nt asking for that. if u r noot able to answer then plz dnt reply.

You are very rude.

The difference in architecture is well described at Intel.com.

Obviously Core-2 Duo is the better architecture.

my laptop is pledging for the instalation of a HI speed USB host controller......wat shud I do?

Please start your own thread and provide full details of what is happening.

I realise that English is not your first language but what you have asked unfortunately doesn't make sense.

What are the circumstances?
What messages do you receive?
What laptop?
What Winodws version?
What needs a high speed USB controller?
Is your laptop broken and a USB controller has failed?

Full information please in your own new thread.

Please mark this thread as SOLVED. By the way, what make/model is your UPS? It's a matter of interest to know which UPS brands have imperfect sinusoidal output.

I do have a heatsink on the CPU that has a fan inside it. There's also another fan attached to the case blowing towards the heatsink. Did I put it back in wrong? Is it supposed to blow out of the case and not into it?

Ok - a misunderstanding then.

If your computer case has only one fan, it should blow OUT. So should the CPU fan (the one over the CPU).

Are we getting close? Although I'm worried about why it isn't working when the case is on, unless you're blowing the CPU air back in directly over the CPU (the big fan has nothing to do with this - it's supposed to take the hot air away but won't if it's blwon back onto the CPU).

ADDED:

I have seen an article that says you should blow cool air onto the CPU. This works if you have a special case that has more than one case fan and the cool air flow is so directed - AND the incoming air is cool (like less than 28 deg. C). If you only have one fan (apart from the PSU), then you have to conduct heat away.
If you do have an advanced case, then one of the fans has to be blowing air out and be large enough to clear the hot air from the CPU. Fan speeds need to be balanced in a way that maintains a proper air flow. This is …

I'm surprised to learn that there is no heat sink on your CPU and no fan blowing air away from the CPU. I thought the Pentium 820D required this rig?

Anyone else confirm this?

Other thoughts:

Is the CPU new or transferred from the old mobo? I'm thinking about the plastic (transparent) protector they put over the CPU and which has to be removed otherwise it will overheat.

Also you've verified that the fan above the CPU is blowing in the right direction?

A heat probe is like a volt meter but it displays temperature. Just Google it. The idea is to verify your temperature. If all the fans etc are working properly, then it might not be temperature.

Thing is, and I'm sure this has occurred to you, if the PC holds up for a few minutes, then there is little wrong with the CPU itself.

So Crunchie's thinking is certainly sound.

No it won't damage anything if my diagnosis is correct - i.e. on battery driven UPS only. It means that the sinusoidal interference or drift is causing an electrical resonance that comes out in a buzz.

Outside chance it'll go away if you separate mains and video cable - no overlay. I've seen that before on CRT monitors.

And you can confirm that it goes away when your UPS is mains connected? Yes? If not then you do need to contact your seller because something would be wrong.

As a temporary lash up to have the system running for long enough to investigate stuff, you could have an external fan bearing down on the CPU. It's a method I've used once before.

The buzzing normally changes if you change brightness/contrast. It should reduce buzz if brightness is turned up.

I'll make an informed guess here.

I think it's coincidence - you're running on low brightness so there's a buzz.

But I can't ignore the UPS point. I'd bet that the UPS (maybe a cheaper one?), without proper mains synchronisation (50Hz in the UK, 60Hz in N. America) the UPS A/C output is not perfectly sinusoidal which can induce the buzz via the input mains component. I would expect the buzz to disappear if you turn up the power demand via the brightness control, but that depends on the monitor's design.

It looks like Mcafee or something might have detected and removed a trojan, the evidence being:

O2 - BHO: (no name) - {5C255C8A-E604-49b4-9D64-90988571CECB} - (no file)

The trojan may have done some system file damage. I therefore recommend two steps:

1/
Download and run anti-malware bytes from the below URL. This will clean out any remnants of malware.

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-download.php

2/
Either re-install your video drivers from Control Panel/Device manager or if that doesn't work, repair your Windows from the recovery console or whatever tools HP provide for this purpose. You won't lose data but back it up in any case because you don't know what the Trojan's done. McAfee in theory should have stopped it from doing anything.

The above advice is based on an assumption that the problem is trojan related. It could be hardware but we can consider that after the evidfential side has been dealt with.

Let us know.

Hi Mahela

As you know I've been dealing with your situation on the other thread.

Rik's got it right, of course. I have two viewsonic monitors connected to my HD laptop. Neither monitor displays full HD so I have an equal comparison. The one connected by VGA has slightly duller colours for which I compensate with Gamma settings and brightness/contrast.

A good, shielded VGA cable makes a lot of difference because the analogue mode is otherwise susceptible to induced noise.

My advice to you is to normally use the HDMI cable and connect up the VGA cable either to a second monitor or to the primary monitor only for investigative purposes.

I'm sure Rik would agree.

Well, I tried it this morning.

I put both cables into a Viewsonic 2265 - that's VGA & HDMI. This is what happened:

1/
On boot, the signal definitely came through VGA because I could see the boot process up to and including the Windows logon screen.

2/
After logon, the screen stayed black.

3/
Immediately on removing the VGA cable, the screen came to life on HDMI.

So there's your final answer, I rather think.

The key information that's missing is your router.

And did you mean Qwest DSL? Is this a cable based service? If so, does the Vostro work with internet if you plug directly into the Modem ethernet port?

And did you switch your modem off for 5 minutes before going in with Windows 7? Your PC sisgnature may have changed - but then Qwest may not behave like cable net in the UK.

You don't tell us enough. How are you trying to connect to the internet? These problems are usually router issue or configuration of your network card. So tell us a lot more please.

That would have updated drivers. So we're all pleased that you're fixed up. Do please mark this thread as SOLVEd.

well.. I just bought this 23 inch monitor and at the moment I'm not very comfortable with playing around with it... Is there anything else I can do?

You can either wait for me to try it some time this week (when I eventually re-boot)- no harm will result but I can report behaviour and which cable becomes the active one after booting.

Or you can do it yourself. There is nothing else you can do other than to ignore the condition which is harmeless.

Have you got the correct Character Encoding set?

Arabic (ISO-8859-6)
Arabic (Windows-1256)

I'm by no means an expert on this - but no one else has found a way of helping you either.

And is Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) of any use instead?

Is there any clue for you in this article:

http://www.interproinc.com/articles.asp?id=0301

Search on the string "Bi-directional languages" where there is a potential explanation. What you do about it is another matter.

I imaghine IE8 will behave in the same way. I don't know what would happen if you changed your language settings after ensuring you've downloaded the multi-libngual pack.

Also what happens in WORD?

You're welcome. Do please mark this thread as SOLVED.

Yes - the monitor is adjusting refresh rate from VGA to whatever setting the now available Registry tells the driver.

Nothing wrong; nothing to repair. My main monitor (LCD) does this.

You're welcome. Then mark the thread as SOLVED.

Cheers

Macro security was disabled, but i couldn't get to the code or do anything while the code was running.

That's srange. When you load excel (blank sheet), you can disable the use of macros. Then when you load your problem spreadsheet, the code should not be running.

Isn't that so?

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Added: I recently had a simulation running across 7 PCs. It ran for 6 days on each PC and the combined statistics wre gathered and analysed. That's irrelevant! In the early days, I had to interrupt the VBA code and I used Ctrl+Alt+Break. Since you haven't mentioned this, have you tried it?

I think from what I gather are called look ups. When I play songs on media player 11 some parts of the song have a stuttering problem but it happens while streaming too. Not sure where to go.

What's this about look-ups?

Anyway, the usual reason, if not what kaninelupus is investigating with you, is the sound driver. It may also be another program trying to use sound at the same time but you'd have told us this, no doubt, were it so.

Also if you have a graphics program running but dormant (say an game, then Direct X is working in the background and its compatibility with your sound driver could be an issue. I regard this as an outside chance.

I would re-install the sound card driver and then, if you still have the problem, tinker with the properties of your Sound System and disable "enhancements" (if present) as they can interfere as Windows sees fit. Again I regard this as an outside chance.

Try it. I can see what you want to achieve.

I could try it but (sorry) can't be bothered. No harm will result. My guess is that the VGA port will be acquired first and will be retained.

Let us know.

There is a straightforward reason. When you boot, default VGA video drivers based on the BIOS of your graphics card are used. That is because there is nothing else from Windows loaded at boot up.

When Windows comes in, the real drivers take over and your HDMI display lights up.

Simples (if you know).

If not the virus theory (because I've just registered what you said in your first post about the clean install & slipstream) the (much as I hate to say it) jccaldz may have given you the right advice.

Looking back in my own notes from the past, two issues came into view:

1/
The jumping mouse was due to a sh*t mouse mat that interfered with the optical sensing of the mouse. This is prolly not your problem because of the other issues.

2/
It was W2K not XP when my other issue arouse with the mouse behavuing erratically - like a bounce on double click (or in myb case single click which is the setting I have always used). I downloaded a driver specific to my mouse and the problem went away.

Ther is also the Microsoft article to conside: KB 321122

Disable Macros security setting when you load Excel? That should enable you to get to the code & correct it.

I'd buy the virus theory - or the wrong driver in the splipstream disk. Anti-malwarebytes would flush this out. When you're sure there's no virus issue, a reload of drivers would remove suspicion of a corruption there.

Have youy tried the slipstream disk on at least one more of your cafe PCs to see if you can rexcreate the problem?

A lot more information than this is required to help ypu.

I've successfully installed these updates. I doubt that your MBR could be corrupted by a Windows update. I suspect that something else has happened, like a mains glitch furing shit down or something like that.

The Windows recovery disk should enable you to FIXMBR because it doesn't need the boot record from the hard disk.

Did you read & follow up this:
http://www.appdeploy.com/msierrors/detail.asp?id=103

It suggests the following action:
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RESOLUTION

1. Quit all Windows programs.
2. Click Start and then click Run.
3. In the Open box, type Regedt32.exe and then click OK.
4. Select the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine window.
5. Locate and select the following key:
\Software\Microsoft\Office
6. Follow the steps for your version of Windows.
For Microsoft Windows XP: a. On the Edit menu, click Permissions.
b. Click the registry key for the user who is currently logged on, and ensure that Read and Full Control permissions are both set to Allow.
c. Click the Advanced button, ensure that the user who is currently logged on is selected, that Full Control is listed in the Permissions column, and that This Key and Subkeys is listed in the Apply to column.
d. Click to select the Replace permission entries on all child objects with entries shown here that apply to child objects check box, and clear the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here check box.
e. Click Apply, and then click Yes when you are prompted to continue.
f. Click OK, and then click OK again.
g. On the Registry menu, click Exit.
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I've never heard of a mianstream AV screwing up an OS. A mains glitch, perhaps, or a Virus that AVG didn't pick up or damage to files that AV wouldn't pick up because the damage occurred before you bought AVG.

Do you have a Windows XP CD? If so you can boot with that and use the Repair Console. Better still, as you're thinking, start again and Vista 64 is a fine system.

Difficult to diagnose at a distance. But might there be a power supply problem? Fans can run, disks can whirr but if the power loom to the mobo isn't propperly fed, then anything can happen.

Yah I know (well sorta, lol), but was worth clarifying after "kind reminder" of original phrasing - just to make sure OP didn't get wrong idea... although given OP's silence on this thread, makes it hard to know :-/

The OP got his answer in 7 Spades doubled and redoubled right at the start of this thread!