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- About moving hard drives
- Hi all! Just a quick question here, ill try to make this brief =) Basically what Id like to know is if my current hard drive decided to throw a temper tantrum and stop working.. is it possible to plug a hard drive that already has windows on it from...
- Tags: AiTyrant@..., jumper, JPL, BIOS, ribbon cable, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Hard Drive Installation/Set Up Assistance
- I recently purchased a new 80gb hard drive for my old P3 machine. I installed it, but am unsure of the jumpers. I have a cd-rom drive which is the secondary master, but according to the hard drive itself, it says that the jumper is supposed to connect...
- Tags: Network technology, jbzeigler@..., cable, hard drive, cable select, jumper
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- AGP Graphics Card In K8M800 MoBo
- Im trying to install a Radeon X1300 Graphics card agp Into my Motherboard ( K8M80-M7A )When the monitor is plugged into the Card instead of the MoBo, I get the message "no signal input", but when its in the Mobo it works fine.Device manager fails to even realise that...
- Tags: Video cards, AGP Graphics, j-e-allen@..., Device Manager, card, AGP, Mobo, jumper, BIOS, graphics
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Pavillion zv 5000 password reset
- OK. After getting no help from hp besides send it in here is where i stand. I purchased a second hand laptop. And i need to know how to reset the power on password. There is not a battery and hp tells me there isnt a jumper to reset the...
- Tags: BIOS, bencaston@..., password, jumper, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- Gateway Profile 3T suddenly died after clearing cmos!!
- Well, this could fall under the category "if it works, don't fix it".I picked up this PC at a state surplus auction. It was working fine, but after reinstalling, XP didn't see the firewire port.I tried to access the bios but it had been password protected. I removed...
- Tags: cjshelby@..., jumper, BIOS, JP2, Gateway Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- Dell dimension 2400 doesnt recognise the hard drive
- This computer never used to start at all and recently it will start but keeps saying it cant detect the hard drive in the bios,changed the ide cables many times and tried different hard drives with operating systems but still tells me no primay master detected.tried plugging my hard drive...
- Tags: BIOS, ompza@..., Dell Dimension, Dell Computer Corp., hard drive, jumper
- Discussion threads 2007-08-11
- Slave drive problem
- Hello everybody im new to this website and i have a question regarding a hard drive. Up until recently both of the hard drives that i have worked fine. It is only after i cleaned the computer with compressed air that ive enountered a problem. When i hook up both...
- Tags: Web site development, magicx_06@..., jumper, hard drive
- Discussion threads 2007-06-13
- My Desktop PC is dead but I'd like to retrieve the data in it....
- how do I go about doing this?? I have a dead Emachines w2888 Desktop (only a 2 1/2 years old mind you) that won't power up for anything. I have analyzed my options and went with the best one and that is to purchase a new PC vs trying to...
- Tags: Desktops, fcui21@..., desktop computer, jumper, PC, computer, desktop
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- clear bios
- i have travelmate 2000 problem with bios that computer starts but give no action and the screen doesnt light but it starts up so i want to know how to clear my bios? and where can i find the jumper of bios on motherboard?thnx 4 concerndunno bout jumpersim not sure...
- Tags: eng.ahmedelqadi@..., BIOS, jumper
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Reload BIOS via floppy???
- I have to fix a pc, running kt4 ultra, XP home and amd 2000 etc. It seems operator "went in an tried o fix the bios" as blue screen was going on.Well now I can get keyboard lights, NO scren, and will not shut off via off/on. I...
- Tags: mtfmfw@..., BIOS, jumper, PC
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Dell Dimension 1100
- Machine had to be rebuilt. Now does not recognize CD player. C drive and Network all it sees. No D drive. Player ok as a replacement not recognized either. Unloaded 82801 Ultra ATA Storage Controllers. XP found correctly and installed, but still no D drive....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell Dimension, clausend@..., BIOS, jumper, CD, CD unit
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- Windows Can't Detect External USB Hard Drive
- Hi,I am new to the forum and have been trying to find an answer to why my external hard drive cannot be recognized by windows. I have been reading a lot of post on the forum, especially from HAL_9000 and tried following his advice but I'm still having no luck....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, bthoang@..., Serial ATA, USB, hard drive, enclosure
- Discussion threads 2007-03-21
- CD Rom Isn't being recognized
- Hi,I have not added anything or deleted anything to the computer so this is driving me crazy. I can not get my cd rom drives, I have 2, to play. Both the D and E drives, no matter what I do, will not play a music CD. ...
- Tags: Development tools, Network technology, snottytishu@..., Auto Play, cable, IDE, CD-ROM, jumper
- Discussion threads 2007-03-16
- Bios, Bios everywhere, and not a lick of change
- Please Help. I cannot make any changes in cmos and ther has never seen a prompt for a password. It states that it is in "User Mode" and some(99.9%) areas cannot be changed in user mode, thus it will not allow me to edit, enter, or clear any supervisor passwords...
- Tags: BIOS, CMOS, dtbreeze72@...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- no beep no post
- on start up my system begins to boot then it says "cmos error. defaults loaded" and gives me the F11 or DEL choice then it shuts itself down. confirms memory, processor and drives then shuts down. return the mobo and cpu got new set and have the same problem.heres what...
- Tags: BIOS, CMOS, CPU, jumper, kenneth_atwood@..., motherboard
- Discussion threads 2007-03-03
- Retrieving data from crashed PC HDD with Compaq Presario M2000 Laptop
- Hello, my old Compaq Desktop PC will not boot up and I want to retrieve data from the hard drive. So I removed the PC HDD and plugged it into the jumper, and then I opened up the M2000 laptop, but it does not have a 40-pin IDE connector. The...
- Tags: hard drive, laptop computer, PC HDD, anna@..., jumper, laptop hdd, ide adapter, retreive data, software, hardware, pc, networking, master, slave, Compaq Computer Corp., Compaq Presario
- Discussion threads 2007-02-24
- External USB Enclosure Fried My Drives
- I had all my data backed up on 2 hard drives.I was switching from a desktop to notebook/desktop replacement.I attached the drives to an external USB enclosure.Both were not recognized as USB by WIN XP.I then tried the drives in a working computer and both cannot be seen by the...
- Tags: jumper, mike2859@..., USB, USB Enclosure
- Discussion threads 2007-02-19
- Odd Dvd-rom problem.
- Whilst trying to install a game, I found that my dvd-rom wouldn't read the disk. It's been working fine for a year up to this point so, I thought it was just the disk. I try a few more, both dvdrom and cdrom. Nothing works. So, I pull the Dvd-rom...
- Tags: cable, DVD-ROM, inane_travis@..., dvd rom won't read any type of disk., hardware, computer, jumper, IDE, IDE cable
- Discussion threads 2007-02-17
- No video
- No video, I have installed a PCI video card tested. I disabled built-in AGP by setting J11 jumper to 1-2 (what I think is 1-2). I have installed new memory not tested and hard drive. There is no audible post. The monitor,keyboard and mouse works OK on another...
- Tags: jumper, AGP, video, sunshinenews2000-web@..., hardware, built-in AGP, BIOS, PCI, PCI Video Card
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Install Internal Eide HD with Existing Sata Operating Sys HD
- Hello -New to this forum.My experience is Mainframe - not entirely new to PC, but I'm finding this to be a challenge.Recently purchased a Compaq Presario SR2032X, SATA HD 200 GB, Award Phoenix BIOS ver. 3.00. I want to use my old storage HD (WD1200JB) as storage with this...
- Tags: jumper, cable, timothyjsmail-base1@..., hardware, computer, BIOS
- Discussion threads 2007-02-01
