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 | Well let us know what happens but its not likely that you have buggered your RAM by removing the battery. Its more likely to be a faulty or incompatible RAM. I would severely suggest that you place the 'old' RAM back into the machine and try booting it after having … |
| | sounds like you need to disable power saving either in the BIOS or in Windows itself. Please shed some more light on you rig i.e what o/s and what the hardware specs are and preferably the bios manufacturer. |
| | something has knocked out both these PC's!!! Did you plug them both into the same mains socket by any chance as Im laying thought on the possibility of a power surge from that socket having caused damage to both machinesa  |
 | thanks. just to add to this. if anyone ever has a problem shutting down from the start menu in xp it is worth trying this before resorting to the pain job of a hard shutdown. go to start then run. in the box type cmd. this will bring up command … |
| | hello there... My brother has asked me to ask you this question on his behalf as he isn't subscribed to daniweb ok down to the boiling point... my brother is running xp professional on a new pc (i built for him) over the last two or three days my brother … |
| | Who do you appear to have both symantec and AVG antivirus software on your PC? This will slow down the PC to extremes. Take off Symantec and just concentrate on using AVG which updates daily rather then weekly like symantec products. Alas I also found that having Yahoo messenger on …  |
| | [url="http://h41111.www4.hp.com/compaq/uk/en/"]http://h41111.www4.hp.com/compaq/uk/en/[/url] go to this website (its compaqs website). you'll be able to do a great many things from here including talking to a compaq help and support specialist who will be better off to advise you on your problem with your machine. in the meantime it could be bad hardware … |
| | check all your cables and connections and check all PCI cards. remove items one by one until you have just a barebones system and see if it starts up then after you remove each item. your mobo should have onboard graphics which wont be a problem  |
| | one thing to do as I have found out is to actually have your security key on too. I have mac address filtering enabled but have also discovered that other people with wireless enabled machines in my area are still able to connect to my network. The better the security … |
| | [QUOTE=harrymai22]The computer I had that crashed was not connected to the internet but heres the error report, hope you can help me. BCCode : 9c BCP1 : 00000000 BCP2 : 8054D370 BCP3 : A2000000 BCP4 : 84010400 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 2_0 Product : 256_1[/QUOTE] you need to be …  |
| | It looks as though you have a lot of broken registry entries within your PC. I'd like you to try and download a program called C. Cleaner. [URL="http://www.ccleaner.com"]www.ccleaner.com[/URL] run this and get it to fix all issues and then repost a new HJT log. Also I am experiencing difficulties occasionally … |
| | welcome to daniweb mastax 3 things... u either have a faulty graphics card or there is a fault in the motherboard or thirdly there is a fault in the vga cable. have you tried swapping parts out of another pc to see if you can rule out the fault. |
| | Can you give us more details i.e system spec etc |
| | hiya, my brother has a packard bell CRT monitor that is only about 6 months old for 'what i can see' no apparent reason. the problem with this monitor is that about a week ago it started cutting out (i mean totally powering off) when he tries to do anything … |
| | [QUOTE=Zathras]I recently installed a new graphics card (128 mb radeon 9800 pro) and in the process, I moved my network card because it was sort of in the way. Upon rebooting after everything was in, I noticed the light on the back on my wirless card was on, so it … |
| | Hi Chris Well I'm not in a cave in the himalaya's but reading through what you have told me in your post i would say one of two things which you might not like but i'm brutally honest. Firstly dont rely on windows to be truthful. it quite frequently isn't. … |
| | i am going to agree here with the two posters above. It sounds as though your motherboard has died unfortunately. however you can check the voltages from a power supply by purchasing a power supply tester. they are small and about twice the size of a matchbox. you can plug … |
| | Re: no signal~~!!?? most likely to be a faulty cable or video card. first try swapping the cable for a known working one. if problem still happens then look at the video card. need anymore help just let me know |
| | Is nobody here listening to what jbennet is saying? He's a guy well in the know on IT stuff. It does make sense to purchase a UK adapter if you can from the manufactureres website. |
| | Re: system fan [QUOTE=ianc]this may be a bit of a dumb question but how do i locate the system fan i used the easytune 4 and it came up with a system fan warning i have changed the fan on the processer and its still the same is there another system fan please … |
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| | Hi agsmith, welcome to daniweb This problem sounds like there maybe something more sinister going on it there. It seems as though it is possible that there maybe a wiring problem such as a short circuit somewhere either within your PSU or Motherboard. However... let me ask!!!! What operating system … |
| | Hi Jim Who makes your BIOS? Is it Award, American Megatrends Inc Etc? You should be able to establish this by looking at the screen on startup. It will tell you to press a key e.g Delete to enter setup. Tell me what is said at the top of the … |
| | it sounds as though when she dropped it she may have knocked some things loose or damaged some components which unfortnately could also include the motherbaord. If you dont feel particularly competant in this kind of thing yourself then please get an engineer to do it for you. theres no … |
| | [QUOTE=withthelightsou]Ok here's the problem. Please excuse the details but I think they are necessary for you to understand all facets of the issue. Thank you in advance for your help! Here's how it all started. My sister was copying a DVD image to my hard disk drive when suddenly she … |
| | sounds like the graphics in your game could be too much for your graphics chip. this also happens to me on my desktop. your graphics chip is over working itself trying to give you the right image hence the white dots etc. the game also eats up a good deal … |
| | hiya... welcome to daniweb you've got yourself in a little bit of a pickle here havent you? dont worry ist easy to get out of!!!! What version of windows is it i.e home/professional etc. with professional you can simply repair the o/s so might not need to go to such … |
| | Re: Sudden Death? it sounds like your motherboard is quite frankly in need of replacing. this should have been done in the first instance when you located the smell of burning coming from within it. Not only could your board be dead but also your CPU too. beeps mean something... what board is … |
| | You have some power which is a good thing. You have power to the LEDS and to your monitor and fans. This leads me to believe that either your motherboard isn't all its cranked up to be and possibly the main motherboard connector may be damaged or there is a … |
| | This may not be a dead machines problem so pardon me if it's not My brother has a home built machine running Windows Vista RC1 and this problem has only started since having this particular OS installed. He can power it off ok through the usual resources of telling the …  |
 | Have you checked the power saving and standby options in both your operating system and the BIOS? I agree with jbennett on a faulty motherboard but I would also look at the possibility of the graphics card gone bad. |
| | [quote=rbfolland;308730]On a Dell lap-top(latitude??)pentium 3,using windows XPI get the following message"Windows was unable to save all the data for the file/Device/Harddisk volume1/Documents and Settings/user-name/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/Content.IES/AVSJQ31P.The data has been lost.This loss may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection.Please try to save this file … |
| | It could be the battery itself is bad or it could be a fault in the power supply module or the charging circuit. its very awkward to tell without viewing the machine. you've already ruled out the probability of it being the AC power cables however it seems a bit … |
| | I did a google search too and this is what I found [URL]http://www.kayodeok.btinternet.co.uk/favorites/kbasewinxp.htm[/URL] [B][quote]Stop 0x0000007A or KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR [/B] This Stop error has the same underlying cause as 0x77 errors: a page of kernel data was not found in virtual memory (the page file). This might be due to incompatible disk … |
| | This sounds like the graphics controller itself might have blown |
| | On the 1st disk there should be an option to Repair the current windows installation. Furthermore if you have a second PC close by you could install the drive as a SLAVE drive and pull your files off that disk and back them up to the other machine. Either way … |
| | Ok this sounds as though it is a loose connection or a bad wire. You evidently get light to it when it comes on (short time as it does) so I presume the backlight is ok. It could be the inverter that has gone bad and needs replacing. Best thing … |
| | Irrespective of it being volts or amps that can kill you this guy is right. Don't go poking about inside that PSU unless specifically trianed to do so. |
| | Dcc is right in what he says but however I would at this stage suggest swapping out the PSU for one that is known to be fully functioning as its possible that one of the rails on your current PSU might have blown. If you have the right tools and … |
| | Re: dead laptop [quote=jbennet;300158]yes maybe the inverter was drawing too much current or something which made it dim and fail to post at least its fixed now[/quote] I'll ask just for reference as I'm curious - is there any way of telling if a component such as the inverter (in this case) is … |
| | [quote]Yep,but only if the PC is grounded and don't touch any capacitors, or you will get a shocking experience (even if the computer's powercable is disconnected) [/quote] yep them buggers hold a lot of charge for a very very long time after the power has been disconnected from your pc.:) |
| | Listen up people... HEAT is a MAJOR contributor to a lot of PC power fluctuation problems. Think about it... When you're hot you feel like doing nothing. A PC won't do anything |
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 | depends on whether or not i'm working but usually a couple of hours a day. my brother on the other hand..... ummmmmmm 10 hours a day at least. you lot make me look like a goodie in amongst the baddies but hopefully i'll be a baddie soon :lol: ps im …  |
| | Re: Dead PC not PSU [quote=oculus;268171]Hi All, I was using my PC when it just shut down. It will not start up again. No lights, no fans, nothing. I checked the power cables and the outlet, they are fine. If I unplug the PC and plug it back in and push the power button I … |
| | ok now i just wanna find out if im the only sad person round here. my brother thinks i am cos of my taste in music. this is who i like - tell me who you like... Queen (got to be top of my list) wet wet wet U2 Franz …  |
| | Hi there I have a feeling i might know the answer to this already but I'm not positive. My brother has a custom built computer AMD sempron 2400, 512MB RAM, Abit Motherboard, 300GB hard drive. This computer was running XP Professional and Linux, but after a recent reformat it is … |
| | It's an Intel Board with an award BIOS. The processor Slot architecture would suggest to me that this board is an Intel Pentium 2 board. You will notice the 16 bit ISA slots alongside the PCI slots and AGP slot along with the intel onboard graphics chip. This type of … |
| | have you tried asking sony themselves. |
| | try and lay your hands on a ps/2 keyboard and mouse. this should work in enabling you to use safe mode. some features/drivers will become disabled on accessing safe mode. |
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