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Molex connector on the board is used when you have 2 VGAs in Sli mode. I suggest that you try connecting VGA and CPU only (no memory, drives..) to see if you get any POST. Make sure your VGA is in top slot.

It is windows protection that wouldn't allow you to use copy of windows on different machine. You must install YOUR copy of windows on that machine. (Try "repair windows" from the Windows Setup CD)

With AMD fan, you're lucky your CPU isn't toasted. A tip: ~$30 fo new (serious) CPU fan and you'll have 2 healthy PCs in couple of months.

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I smoke (cigarettes too). I vote for PSU replacment. Wouldn't cost you more than $30 to get the 550W like I did. It is really frustrating when you must guess the power consumption of your hardware. I'm wondering, is it really that hard to declare power consumption of a HD …

(this goes if your drive is NTFS format) Looks like you don't have permission to delete the files that you didn't create on your system. You will have to unchecked "use simple file sharing" (in the folder options/view). Now set permissions (full control) on that drive's root folder for either …

[quote=KarraGanesh;277606]:?: A Brand New loaded with WIN XP SE2 - The problenm in after some months(7) some times it boots and some times may not. When it is not booting it HD (SATA 120GB) is making a "TIC TIC" sound. In the BOOT option the HD/CD/Floppy were detected and in …

^What Homer said + AMD is infamous for their retail (sorry excuse for) CPU fan. When I was building my machine I didn't even bother to put it on. Got my self Thermaltake Golden orb II for ~$30. And NV Silencer for ~$30 too. (GeForce 7800 fan) And I'm not …

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nForce 4 has a nasty bug with SATA II HDs. I speaking from my own expiriance. I had to do some magic tricks to install the XP on my system. Sufice to say, it included degrading to SATA I and f6 drivers didn't (and still don't) work! Had to beg …

Is the amount of memory reported in your bios correct? In general, mixing brands of the memory modules is not the wise thing to do. If your memory controller is dual channel, then the memory config must look like this: slot 1 old mem slot 2 new mem slot 3 …

Maybe you should look for BIOS updates for your mobo or your CMOS battery is dead.

Did you try booting from windows 98 setup CD? They are bootable. It seems that your windows installation didn't finish properly. Creating shortcuts is one of the last things that happens during installation. Maybe you should consider reinstalling windows, or repair current installation. Avoid using Floppy boot disk, for it …

You problem is not having recovery disks. I suggest that you track down person you bought that laptop from, and request the disks, for they belong to you. They are to be as considered part of the laptop, because Microsoft says: "...[B]the pre-installed operating system license is only valid when …

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Hi ppl. I have been struggling with this one for couple of days now. It appears that my Windows XP think that my Pioneer DVR 110 D is a CD-ROM drive. I've learned how to make windows think it is a burner, but I can't make it recognize it as …

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Sometimes, I get huge font words, mixed with normal sized words when browsing forums, but soon as I hit "refresh" button all gets back to normal. I think it is a communication glitch between me and ISP. No big deal. Edit: quite often I see little icon in my status …

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Are there any other activites when this happends? I don't think this has anything to do with a mouse.

Unplugg all except power supply, VGA and CPU. (no HD, no optical, no memory...). If you don't get any POST that way, you are looking at faulty mobo/VGA/PSU or some of the cables or VGA aren't plugged right.

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You can also chack memory settings. Wrong settings have more-or-less same effect as faulty memory.

It is win's default page file size - 150% of your phisycal RAM. Did you notice if it was back to "system managed size"? And is it on the right partition? You can have 2 page files on 2 partitions.

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That smart PSU can be "not so smart". Thing is, it has protection against shorting, so if it thinks that there is a shorting somewhere, it will cut off the power. Unplugging it from the mains resets that protection. You need to find out what is causing it to cut …

I still belive that the greatest damage to the hardware can be caused by "trial and error" method. (learned it a hard way)

Sounds to me like you don't like ANYTHING with that laptop. Hmm... custom built laptop.... If that thing EVER sees the daylight, I bet it would be the ugliest laptop in town. Putting laptop together out of different parts is next to impossible without a ton of loctite. I can …

If you're thinking about OCing them, you'll have to be very careful when choosing mobo. Some won't let you change things much. Friend of mine got dual core and his mobo (can't remember the name) gave him 2 choices for the multiplier setting. Pathetic.

Winter for me. Not that I like it. I just hate high temps.

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Did you try plugging back the old VGA? Or no VGA at all? Changes like that clear CMOS and resets the bios records for hardware. Can help sometimes. Might happen that your windows will refuse to work if you change too much of the hardware. Part of anti-piracy protection. I …

If you really have the beeper, try this: Unplugg EVERYTHING except CPU and power switch. (no video, memory drives...) You should hear either 1 long and 2 shorrt beeps (no video card signal) or repetative short beeps (no memory). Beep codes may be different. If you don't have the beeper, …

Once the drivers are installed, the USB device should be reckognized every time you plugg it in. If the driver is not included in windows list of drivers, then you'll need to install the device driver manually or provide hardware installation wizard a floppy or CD with the driver. There …

The messages you described mean that HD is still working, but the MBR (maste boot record) could be corrupted. That doesn't necessarly mean HD filure. Could be that the system froze in a bad moment, while it was accessing boot sector or while performing defragmentation. There are couple of things …

If you mean PXE E61... that is boot agent error code for not having the network cable plugged in. That is normal if you have nowhere to boot your machine from. (no HD/CD/Floppy/LAN). Boot agent tries to boot from LAN, looking for particular server to boot from. Unless you have …

This is a long shot and a slim chance....but You can try: - changing the IDE cables. - turning off ALL enhancements (set it to PIO mode) - turn off HDD block mode - turn off IDE prefetch mode - turn off 32 bit transfer - turn off S.M.A.R.T. - …

The cables that you're missing are pretty much standard. You can get them in any PC or TV hardware store.

$400 is, what I like to call, tax on ignorance. If there is one thing that is interchangeable with laptops, regardless of vendor, it is HD. I suggest that you take HP's technician's advice and get new HD, .... BUT (my advices): - [U]DON'T buy on the net[/U]. Go to …

Your guess is as good as anybody's. Bad power supply, shorted IDE/SATA cable, fryed IDE/SATA controller... or HD with defect.

If I'm reading this correctly, your PC isn't working, and when you use another PSU it is. You'll have to change the PSU (how smart of me:cheesy: ). If you want to know if some motherboard has a defect...you use on it PSU, CPU and VGA that you know for …

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Try removing hard drive and booting from CD, just to make sure that CD drive works. Now that you have HD in your hands, examine it and see if there are jumpers on it. Some HDs have jumper settings for "master", "slave", "cable select" and "[U]single drive[/U]". If the jumper …

I say you have battery issue. Try reinstalling windows without battery. (A/C only)