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SATA Drive installed, DVD & CD Drives aren't showing up!
This is my first post, so thanks in advance for your help. Recently my 80g WD drive crashed. I install XP Pro on my backup Maxtor 60g drive to get going again. I'm on dialup so, while waiting for a new Seagate 320g SATA drive to arrive from Tiger Direct,...
Tags: cable, DVD, hardware, IDE, Serial ATA, sparky2700, sparky@...
Discussion threads 2007-01-18
why am I stuck in a loop
I installed a used mainboard in a computer that is running winXP home edition. Now it doesn't want to boot up. it keeps asking if i want to start windows normally or in safe mode, but no matter what choice i make, the computer just reboots and come right back...
Tags: anansiman, computer, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, motherboard, windows
Q&A 2006-09-28
Inspiron 6000 laptop
My daughter spilled a cup of coffee onto herlaptop, the lights went out and it won'trestart. I get no lights on the top display but get a momentary green light on the systemboard when I try to start it, same result witheither ac power or battery. Are there...
Tags: laptop computer, mjd420nova, Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, keyboard, board
Q&A 2006-04-06
Power supply and motherboard
My motherboard went bad and needed replaced so i took my PC into a electrical retailers who were doing deals on new Mainboards & processors. They said i need to fit the Parts but they could sell them.What i had was a P111 - 1GHZ processor and the board to...
Tags: board, JimKlallsoo@..., mainboard, motherboard, new mainboard, power supply
Q&A 2006-03-15
Upgrade from M7266-M motherboard?
Upgrade from M7266-M motherboard?I have an HP 9905 that I got just over 4 years ago. The mobo is M7266-M with AMD-761 chipset and VIA VT82C686 southbridge. The processor is an AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4GHz. The mainboard has 2 slots for RAM, 3 PCI slots, a network card, an AGP...
Tags: board, hardware, motherboard, suceress@...
Q&A 2005-12-13

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AMI BIOS "Fatal error ... System halted" on Asus Mainboard
I have a new mainboard (P5GD1). But I cannot boot nor can I enter BIOS setup.The computer starts and all IDE drives are recognized.Then, right after "Chassis intrusion detected" the message appears:"Fatal error ... System halted". All I can do then is reset.No further explanation, no POST beep codes -...
Tags: ASUS, BIOS, CPU, FATAL ERROR, hardware, motherboard, System, System Halted, tobs
Q&A 2004-12-24
how do I remove the mainboard for a HP pavilion laptop?
I am trying to switch out the mainboard on a HP Pavilion Laptop, and I believe I have removed all the screws there is to be removed. Yet, there seems to be something that is holding the middle of the laptop together. Can anyone help me to understand what needs...
Tags: HP Pavilion Laptop, laptop computer, anansiman, removing the mainboard from a hp laptop, hardware, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion
Discussion threads 2007-02-26
ASUS M2NPV-VM Mainboard Sound Drivers are not matching for Windows XP Home
I have a new AMD Athlon Dual Core 4200+ Processor and ASUS M2NPV-VM Mainboard with Windows XP Home Edition. I have installed Sound Drivers from the Driver CD. Windows XP Home is saying the installed Drivers donot match/Support the hardware. Please help me in this.Thanks,Shrinidhi.
Tags: ASUS, Asus M2npv-vm, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, shreenidhid@...
Discussion threads 2007-03-04
Gateway MA7 mainboard power circuit
Hello technical gurus & brethren - I have a Gateway MA7 laptop that I took in on trade and already have a little money in it and I am trying to avoid ordering a new board when the problem is most likely a simple one. I have seen where several...
Tags: Engineering, Corporate governance, brandon@..., battery, Gateway MA7, Gateway Inc.
Discussion threads 2009-05-01
No PCI-Express Slot but space on mainboard
I want to upgrade my video card and i was looking at them and there are three basic choices. AGP, PCI, or PCI-Express. I was about to buy a PCI card when i looked on my mainboard and saw that there was a space. There are two PCI slots, then...
Tags: PCI Express, motherboard, PCI
Q&A 2010-01-20
Asus P4P800 SE mainboard problems
hi i have an asus p4p800 se motherboard. the problem is it doesn't stay booted. it makes a series of beeps (listen to them here: http://www.mediafire.com/?tmkjmgmjjzx) and then it shuts off. there is no Ram installed yet, but what do these beeps mean?beep codeshttp://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&q=Asus+bios+beep+codesMainboard ProblemCheck the Asus site for beep...
Tags: Memory, RAM Installed, ASUS
Q&A 2010-02-23
Video: PC versus Mac versus payday
Macs are more fun but PC's are more practicalYeah I agree that Macs are cooler than PCs but why do they have to be so much more expensive. Apple could really challenge Microsoft if the price was more competitive. They have started to challenge the PC market but they could...
Tags: Desktops, Corporate communications, Notebooks, PC, Apple Macintosh, mainboard, Apple Inc., laptop computer, video, chip
Discussion threads 2008-01-24
Brand new video card working... suddenly no longer detected
Brand new video card working... suddenly no longer detected ________________________________________I've been piecing together a new system slowly over the past three weeks, finally went out and got the finishing touch today, a new graphics card. ASUS EAH4850 1GB HDMIhttp://au.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=...14&modelmenu=1Put it in, loaded drivers from disc, then loaded new drivers (downloaded...
Tags: Video cards, PCI, brand, Carpot Muncher, card, PCI Express, graphics, video card, PSU, video
Q&A 2009-05-15
DMI configuration
Hello, does anybody know how to readout the DMI configuration in DOS mode without starting Windows at all?Using DMI236.EXEUse the command line DMI236.EXE /g /n /s[m|p|v|s] string |/c[m|v|s|a] string| /b[m|p|v|s] to save or update the DMI information. The parameters to add information are listed below:/g Save Manufacturer, Product Name, Version,...
Tags: Network administration, richard.eisenhauer@..., Desktop Management Interface
Discussion threads 2007-05-07
HELP! My Computer Turns On For 3 Seconds, Then Shuts Off 2.0
my system INTEL CORE 2 QUAD Q6600 QUAD CORE 1066MHZ FSB SPIRE HIGH PERFOMANCE CPU COOLER ASUS P5B MAINBOARD 1066MHz FSB SUPPORT 4GB DDR-2 667FSB (PC5400) Memory 4X MEMORY HEAT SPREADORS 768MB nVIDIA Ge-Force 8800GTX DVI/TV-OUT HDTV PCI EXPRESS VIDEO CARD 400GB 7200RPM UDMA-300 SATA II Hard Drive 16MB BUFFER...
Tags: Processors, Monitors & displays, computer, power button, power supply
Discussion threads 2010-01-29
Socket 775
Can i use Socket 775 mainboard on common casing ?Can common power supply support this 775 socket of mainboard ? Is there any specialize made casing to use this 775 socket mainboard ?The answers depend on the specific motherboard you choose.I took a look at an Abit board.It is a...
Tags: Socket 775
Q&A 2004-10-12
Memory Burnout
I installed some VeriTech 512m DDR 400 RAM. I then installed it correctly and started computer. Noticed that there was a plastic burning smell. No screen display. Turned pc off. Looked at Memory, realised that it had burn mark on it and the DIMM Slot. Got new Ram. installed it...
Tags: gonzoprazeres@..., hardware, P4 Pentium Chip, RAM
Discussion threads 2005-03-24
vga drivers
Hi ,I have a problem with VGA drivers. I have assembled this mainboard with only one label written 635MP. I have tried to search for this mainboard's drivers but I couldn't get one.Could you please help me to identify this motherboard or pls tell what kind of mainboard is this....
Tags: chipset, hardware, l_shangali@...
Q&A 2005-05-13
Bios Virus?
I got a friend PC infested with virus and adware/spyware. I tried to clean it with Norton 2005, Adaware, Spybot and HiJackThis. I came to point where I didn't have any more virus, adware, spyware or trojan reported but the system was unstable.So I format the drive try to reinstall...
Tags: BIOS
Discussion threads 2005-08-10
Starting up with new computer
Hello! I've got a question/problem...I have just bought a new Mainboard, CPU and Grafic card. I have tried it so long until the PC can power up. But the problem is, the monitor didn't power up,so I can't see anything. I have put the cable into the graficcard. Is there...
Tags: cable, computer, hardware, monitor, motherboard, peg_so@..., video, video card
Q&A 2005-09-06
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