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 | Please provide exact model of Compaq Presario. |
| | What is the exact model of the HP? |
| | Here at work, we have bad APCs left and right, but nary a problem with any of out BESTs. |
| | Can't tell. Maddog rebrands Pioneer, LG and Samsung drives, maybe others, so you have to find out the REAL manufacturer of the drive in question. |
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 | Name -Paul Nickname - Brills, Whipaway Hair - dark brown Eyes - 2 of 'em Location - LI NY Hobbies - Computers, Favourite Music - B-52s U2 Education - junior at Hofstra U with a major in Computer Science (B.S. degree) and a minor in Business Computer Information Systems Favourite …  |
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| | One of my companiies recently dumped a bunch of Gateway Pentium-75 computers, and I was wondering if it was worth it to put Linux on then and network them together. Which Linux distribution should I use? I have RH 5.2 & 6. The computers have an 800M HD, but I … |
| | Who is the mfr. of the replacement drive? Could it be that if the drive is not Toshiba, the bios reports an error? |
| | Does anyone make a multiformat DVD drive ( DVD+/-R, +/-RW) for laptops? The ones that I have seen are mostly only for -R/RW media. I am looking for an internal drive as opposed the the external USB/Firewire models that are available on the market. Ant help will be appreciated! Whipaway |
| | I had the same problem with a BestData modem, One day I came home and I could not get it to work no matter what. It also said 'no dialtone'. I repaced it with another of the same exact model and everything worked fine. Somehow the modem suddenly became defective. …  |
| | Re: Power problem??? Who is the MFR of the computer? Let us know so that we all don't go out and buy that brand... if all the MRF can say is that it is not anything IN the computer...Then what OUTSIDE of the computer could cause this to happen?  |
| | try the user forums on Dell's website, the guys there can cross-reference the part#s to which models they fit.  |
| | Re: Green Monitor sounds like there is no red and blue output from the card. You can try to scope the pins to see if the signals are there or not.  |
| | Maybe you have dust on the optics of the drive. A blast of compressed air may be the solution to your problem. If not, there are many brands of drives available that will suit your needs. |
| | You will need a scsi interface card for your mb. Adaptec and others have such an interface card that will suit your needs. |
| | My company bought some new Sony laptops without floppy drives, and they want to install Win98 on them (for software compatability reasons). But the Win98 CDs are not bootable CDs. They tried to connect a USB floppy to the computer, but it only gets recognized after WinXP has loaded. My … |
 | Do you get the same error without any paper in the tray? I have a feeling that the printer is not detecting that it has picked up the paper. You said that ink was leaking out all over the connectors. Maybe ink is clogging up the paper detect sensor, preventing …  |
| | Maybe your version of ecdc does not support DVDs if you have 5, then you need 6 look here: [url]http://www.roxio.com/en/products/ecdc/why_upgrade.jhtml;jsessionid=GN40DH3S11LU5LAQAMHCM4VMCACAYIV0[/url] |
| | Infrared LEDS and sensors might be a less costly alternative that modifying an existing product |
| | Can't you use System.out.println somehow? |
| | Re: Solar Storm Its a solar flare, not an EMP. There is nothing in the article warning about the ability of the storm to fry computers. The charged particles at most will only disturb electromagnetic fields. |
| | Does the imprint repeat itself? If so, you might have a scratch on the drum or debris on one of the rollers. If you have a sheet with two such marks, roll up the paper until the marks meet, and that is the diameter of the roller ( or drum … |
| | I think that's a good deal, even with the circle. Maybe you shold search eBay for a parts unit with a good LCD of the same model laptop. that way you will have spares of other parts as well. |
| | You will need to open up the power supply. There might be an internal fuse inside the power supply. The green light probably means that the supply is receiving AC input, but there might be a fuse further down the path that is open, thus the supply does nothing. |
| | TechTalkGal's PCs ... [quote="cscgal"] Gigaputie - AMD Athlon XP 1900+ 512MB DDR Ram - Windows XP Pro Codaputie - Intel Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz 512MB DDR Ram - Red Hat Linux Portaputie - Sony Vaio laptop (Intel Pentium III 650) - Windows 98 SE Dormputie - (dorm room) Apple iMac … |
| | I have seen this problem before, and my opinion is that it is the video card. The memory on the card is starting to go bad.  |
| | Are you using the correct type of media for the drive? For example, are you trying to use DVD+R media whilst the drive only accepts DVD-R media? |
| | If degauss cures it, then a magnetic field is present somewhere in the vicinity. Did you get new speakers, or moved them around recently? Sometimes the magnetic field generated by the speaker's magnet cause the problems you describe. |
| | I feel that the power supply is trying to start up, detects the short, and then shuts down. This cycle will be repeated forever, thus you see the blinking LED. Try disconnecting one thing at a time from the power supply: HD, CD-ROM drive, floppy, and see if there is … |
| | There might be an internal fuse, but chances are that as soon as you replace it, it will blow again. This is your opportunity to get one of those new flat screen monitors :-) |
 | I have seen this happen in older homes where there is a refrigerator on the same line as the computer. As the refrigerator's compressor cycles on and off, the CRT screen will shrink and then pop back to the correct size. If this has just started to happen, and you … |
| | Maybe you did not 'close' the DVD after you were finished making it? DVD-Rs play fine in my Dell laptop. I don't know what kind of Dell you have, but I have an old Powerspec with a DVD drive, that I bought back in 1999, and that plays DVD-Rs fine … |
| | Connect just the power cable to the drive, and not the IDE cable, and see if the computer boots. If not, then there is a short on either the +5v or the +12v lines in the drive. The computer power supply sees this short and will not power up the …  |
| | I have seen reports that certain brands of fabric softener will help to rapidly dissipate the static charge on the CRT. Maybe those sprays that eliminate clothing static will work, too? |
| | Sounds like a short: the power supply is trying to start up, it then detects an overload and then shuts down. This cycle will then repeat. I would open up the computer and check to see if the ribbon cables that interconnect the floppy, hd, keyboard, touchpad, etc are fully … |
| | Fdisk, then format your HD, then you should be able to put a fresh install of Win 98 onto the HD |
| | REM out all references to the CD ROM drive in config.sys and autoexec.bat, and try rebooting |
| | The monitor won't explode, but it sounds to me like you need a new one. It is not really worth fixing. Sme of the possibilities of what is going on: weak HOT, internal arcing/shorts on the flyback, X-ray prot. circuit failing. You are better off with a new monitor. |
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