Getting Compaq to Boot With 4 Gig Memory

We have a Compaq W8000 workstation with 4 GB of memory installed. Unfortunately Windows can only retrieve and use about 3.61 GB of that. It looks like the BIOS of various cards might be locking up part of the first 640 KB of memory? Can anyone give some advice on how to get Windows to get use of the full 4GB of memory? -- W

copy hard drive?

Hello group, I am running out of space on my hard drive and want to migrate to a larger one. Can I "copy" my current hard drive onto a larger one? Is it necessary to purchase software to do so. PC running SP with all the SP packages. Also would hate to have to reinstall the many programs involved. Thanks.

Mic to speaker problem

Need help in Windows XP for voice amplification. The option: “start – control panel-sound/audio-voice-harware test” works fine. But trying to direct use of a microphone to notebook speaker does not work. I believe it is a configuration problem I cannot solve bt miselft. Appreciate your help Luis

does this work?

http://driverwhiz.com/ Sounds too good to be true. Anyone tried it? Is it free? -- regards, |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os

Unable to get the display in the monitor

My computer which was working good for many years have broken down. It shows nothing in the screen except "THE SIGNAL CABLE DISCONNECT" when i turn it on. It doesn't produce any sound. I have replaced the RAM in another slot, It did not work out too. What shall I do? Please help me! Thank You - Muhadsha

Write-Delay errors for multi-user app

PC: Intel P4 CPU 3gHz dual processor, 1 GB RAM, no-name box with a MSI motherboard running Phoenix BIOS dated 2005. OS: WinXP Pro SP3 We're running a multi-user app with the 'server' on another WinXP Pro PC. I get several Write-Delay errors per day when workign within the app. We've changed out the switch, ran new CAT5, updated BIOS and NIC drivers - no change. Had app tech support look at data and they say it's within our network. Would appreciate your ideas. Here's the System log error: Event Type: Warning Event Source: MRxSmb Event Category: None Event ID: 50 Dat

Event ID 45 and 49 from ftdisk

On a HP Windows XP SP3 PC with all Updates i do receive the following two Errors on every Startup: Event ID 45 ftdisk The system could not successfully load the crash dump driver. Event ID 49 ftdisk Configuring the Page file for crash dump failed. Make sure there is a page file on the boot partition and that is large enough to contain all physical memory. I can disable the virtual memory, then the errors dissapears, but when enabled again, the errors are back. What can cause this Errors? Thanks a lot. Best regards. -- -- Martin Wildi IN4OUT it solutions ag

Change of disk from FAT32 to NTFS

Hi, Running Windows XP Home, SP3. I understand that NTFS is more efficient than FAT32 (faster, some nice features). My home computer is only a 60GB disk, with two partitions. I don't remember the reason for this, but the primary partition (where the OS is installed) is FAT32 and the secondary partition is NTFS. Is there any way to convert the primary partition to NTFS without losing data? Note that the OS is installed on C: If I wanted to go for a more modern HDD with, say, 320Gb, whats the basic procedure for getting everything transferred? Will I have to re-install all

clean install of xp sp3 hangs

hi, background: i have win xp sp3 cd, somewhat old computer which has intel P4 2.4Ghz CPU & asus MotherB all roms/hdd are connected with IDE cables, and the MB has 3 sdram slots (yeah rare!) (the first 512MB (newley added before the problem)/sec 265MB/third 128MB=896MB) harddisk western digital old 40gb, have 1 dvd-rom 1cd-rom + vga 4x geforce 5200 (new edition with dvi port), no floppy. * NOTE: the computer connected to the tv and is not really usable - maybe twice a once in 2 weeks. problem: i had windows seven (installed it to try) got low performance due to 512 MB of r

Sound Driver Problem (code19). Please Help!

Ok Firstly I don't know if I'm posting in the correct section! Kinda new here :/<br /> <br /> My problem is that after I had various virus alerts (I guess the website was heavily infected) from my anti-virus (avast) my sound has stopped ( I did deal with the virus alerts by sending them to the chest). Both from speakers and headphones. I proceeded to look at the drives in the device manager and for all the drives under 'sound,video and game controllers' they all have a yellow exclamation mark in which all have a satus of : <strong>Windows cannot start this hardware device because

Notebook wtih .29 pixel pitch wanted

For my eyes, computer monitors with .29 pixel pitch are perfect. I'm in the market for a new laptop, and want to buy one that has this kind of display. Can someone suggest one? Or where/how I can have one built? Thanks.

can't combine partitions using BootIt NG

Hi all, I have a single hard disk of capacity about 150 GB. I am on Windows XP. I have partitions as C: (64.46 GB), D: (29.29 GB), E: (23.43 GB), J: (5.86 GB) and I: (26.01 GB). I want to combine the last two partitions I: and J: into a single entity. Both these are empty (i.e. have no data, and I am ready to format these if need be, in fact I have just formatted them using Disk Management feature of WinXP). I am trying to use BootItNG to combine these two. I have used basic features of BootItNG before also many times for such work as sliding the partition, resizing etc (but st

placing PC away from a desk.

Hi, I am about to buy a desktop PC. Is it possible to place PC away from the desk, like putting it in the closet and somehow connecting either wirelessly or with a single long wire to the monitor, keyboard and others. Maybe there is a device for this type of connecting. 1. I do not want a Laptop, too expensive, hard to fix. 2. All in one PCs are expensive and very limited choice. Thanks.

BIOS / CMOS not working properly

I have a Gigabyte S-Series GA-G31M-ES2L Motherboard. When I go into CMOS settings <DEL> the <Load Fail-Safe Defaults>, <Load Optimized Defaults> and <Set Supervisor/User Password> are greyed. I'm not aware of anything I have done to change this. Can anyone help please? Thanks. Bill R

marvendas@gmail.com Kit completo de Solenoides ( solenoid ) + chicote Para Cambio automatico 01M hidramatico Audi A3 Vw Golf gti turbo 79381

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LDC Screen flickers

XP Home. The LCD Screen flickers. You have an idea of some parts I can change to fix it? What would you do? Thank you for your time. Compaq Nx6125 AMD Turion 2Ghz Thank you ~ Enjoy The Rest Of Your Cajun Crawfish

XP wireless utility

Hi. Friend of mine's network adapter would not work so she bought a wireless USB. Installed it, and said she got the internet for a few minutes then nothing. She can't connect. I had a look and the Utility for the USB is fine and has all the correct settings, a good signal but no internet. The weird thing is the Network adaptor does not show in Connections or the notification task bar, only the LAN wired one. I tried to use the wireless setup wizard in the control panel but that stopped when you're meant to choose the drive that the USB is showing, says error and that's it.

Black screen and auto reboot with this message in event viewer.

HI, I have XP Pro SP3 and a gigabyte Radeon HD4850 Display card on an Asus P5Q3 mobo. It has 4GB RAM and 650 Watts power. No over clocking, just straight. For some reason the screen goes black every now and then and then reboots. In event viewer there no problem show except this is ACEEventLog. Any ideas what may be causing it. It is so random and just happens anytime. Any help please? oz Event Type: Information Event Source: ACEEventLogSource Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 2/14/2010 Time: 7:29:09 PM User: N/A Computer:

laptop display

I tried the new Vostro 1502 laptop and noticed that display cover is closed rather hardly, and when display is near 2-inches from the body, it tense and springy and tries to slam very sharply, with sharp knock. So you need be very careful and to keep the fingers between display and housing, otherwise display will knock very sharply. When I closed it first time, i was not very accurate and display slammed very sharply, with sharp knock. Can this damage LCD display?

OT: Athlon 5600+ DRII memory requirements....

....am sOOooo rusty. Aunty's PC has a Skt. AM2 Asrock AliveNF6P-VSTA motherboard in it with single core 3800+ 2.4ghz cpu, and 2 x 512mb's PC2-5300 ((166 actual?) / 333 mhz) ...and I just nabbed her a AMD Athon 64 x2 CPU 5600+ (ADA5600IAA6CZ) (2800mhz) AM2, on ebay. I gather that to have the thing operating at its' best, we would fit PC2-6400 memory modules - whch would run at 200mhz on the board, before double-data rate and fsb/cpu core internal quad-pumping etc. confusing considerations ! And I gather that if I fit the dual core chip which supports 1066*/800/667/533

Achat acomplia Pro acomplia belgique par email PERTE DE POIDS canada Achetez acomplia canada acomplia en France a vendre

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Intel says their Extreme graphics 2 is dual monitor compatible

Intel says their Extreme graphics 2 is dual monitor compatible but It only has one port(VGA) and a serial port, and a parallele port, so how is it dual monitor capable and how can I connect second monitor. I have severe sight loss so I really need to connect 2nd monitor. Please help.

MN-130 cannot be installed

The computer OS(XP-PRO sp3)detects the card(network PCI)but cannot find a driver.The card is made by Microsoft,but nothing is found in Microsoft.com.or any place on the Web.Any ideas?thanx

updates!!!

I just installed the most recent XP updates. It said to restart the computer. Now my computer will not reboot. It just goes in circles, asking me to "restart normally". How do I stop this recycling?

Can a US power 3-prong Flat power cord, rated for 125V be safely used on 220V electricity?

Can a US power 3-prong Flat power cord, rated for 125V be safely used on 220V electricity? (if just use US/EU travel adapter).

monitor issues

monitor shuts off and cd-rom eject button will not eject rom tray.power to computer is still on,harddisk is still running,monitor lights turns yellow.this happens after it reaches destop,5,10,15 after running.im using win xp pro sp3,2.6ghz processor,376mb of ram, with onboard video.your help with this issue will be appreciated. thanks.

usb probs with XP

Hi all, I have a new HP dc7900eC running XP Pro, all current service packs. When I plug ANY USB memory stick into ANY USB port, it doesn't recognise it, and when I click on My Computer, the system freezes. The second I remove it, I get a flash view of the devices, including the memory stick, then the system returns to normal. I have removed the hard disk and fitted it to another PC of the same model which works well. The problem returns, so the problem is in Windows, not the hardware. I have performed a BIOS upgrade, and all Windows Service Packs. Can anyone please sugg

Computer beeps once about every 5 min

I was down at my sisters yesterday for dinner and she has a computer I built for her about 4 or 5 yrs ago. XP Home edition, Retail-NOT OEM, 100g HD, 25g free space. She said for about the last year or so, it has been been occaasionally beeping one beep about every 5 min while it's running. Computer boots and and runs fine although junked up with what I consider totally useless "womans" stuff slowing it down. I freed up 15gig during my checking. I suspect possible ram because she said she may have, but can't remember, if she put in more ram years ago and I can't remember either

CD-RW DRIVE/CD Drive Not showing up under device manager.

Hola, I have a dvd-RW drive and a regular cd drive installed on my computer. Up until a few days ago it was working fine. Now it dosen't even show up under the device manager. I ran a compelte virus scan which came up with nothing. I tried using the Microsoft auto-fix program and it failed. I followed the instructions for a reg edit of the upper and lower files and still no sucess. I'm kinda at a loss here. The drives open fine I haven't installed or removed anything major recently that I can think of. Once I put a game or any cd in it just comes back err. cannot locate dis

hot swap HD

Hi I have a Compaq 36Gb SCSI 3 hot swap HD. Is it possible to use that kind of HD on a ordinary SCSI PCI card in a desktop or is it only usable in a U-server ? Thanks

USB xtnl drive does not show.

Hi With Xp Pro and and IDE mobo box I have attached a sata 500 GB drive to a few USB ports and whilst the 3 prong tray shows, it goes away and does not load the drive. What could cause this please. rock

Power Surge USP Ports In Front Of Dimension 5150

Power Surge USP Ports In Front Of Dimension 5150 What are some causes of a Power Surge On Hub Port ? XP Home / Srv Pak 3. HID-compliant consumer control device USB Human Interface Device (2x) HID Keyboard Device Microsoft USB Wheel Mouse Optical USB Composite Device USB Mass Storage Device USB Root Hub (5x) Dell.Dimension.5150.DM051_3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium.4_Bus.Clock.800 megahertz.htm The USB ports(2) in the front have problems. The same camera, printer, phone, flash drive, etc that is plugged into the REAR ports have an error message when plugged into the FRONT

Just trying to clarify something about RAM and 64-bit.

I'v asked a lot of questions about my pc and have gotten a lot of responses. I think this should be the last one in this regard. I have read some info and it seems to be a bit unclear to me. I may not be specific enough, and I am happy with what answers I got so far. I hate to beat this topic to death. Here goes. My motherboard is a EM61SM/EM61PM. In the manual it says it has 4Gb capacity with RAM. On crucial.com it says 4Gb. In PcWizard, an Acer application and I think the DirectX programs that scan the hardware: They say my mobo can actually take 12Gb or RAM. I understand

No Sound

My Dell intergrated sound stopped working. I tried different speakers and went thru all the troubleshooting steps, but could not get it to work. I purchased a new PCI sound card and installed it. I switched my speakers to this and booted up. Windows found the new card and installed the drivers for it. Still no sound, none, nada! I can't get a beep out of it in itunes, windows or real players. I get no sound from the cd player either. I have tried everything I know. Anyone help!! Chuck

Stop Errors XP Home Edition

About once a week after a XP SP3 Home Edition computer (Dell Dimension 8300 2.5gb ram, two HD's) has been running non stop I get the "blue screen" with the following errors: Stop 0x000000F4 0x00000003 0x88A69544 0x8060567E Possible remedy listed to disable BIOS caching or shadowing but neither option is listed in BIOS configuration. and sometimes these: Stop 0x88AB0858 0x88AB09cc 0x8060567E The computer will always restart and run for a week or so without any issues. The event viewer errors don't seem to reflect the issue

Please help identifying ACER AM3300 Desktop Motherboard manual

I might buy this ACER machine but I need to see the mobo manual first. I can't find it on the ACER website or via google, which is strange. Acer Computer AM3300-U1332 Desktop PC Mfr. Part # PT.SBT02.002 Can someone point me to the mobo manual or at least tell me kow many SATA connecters it has. Thanks. -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

vertical lines

Hi all, I found many vertical lines on the desktop monitor even I swap with another monitor. It is many thin lines although I can still use the monitor but it do not look good. It seems to be display problem but I cannot fix it by re-plug the display card or re-install the driver. Any idea ? thanks

low voice recording volume with Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card

Hi all, Here a while back I build a new computer and installed a Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card. The Asus P5Q PRO TURBO motherboard I put in it had integrated sound but would not do what I needed. Now, I'm having problems with the microphone not having enough volume to properly record voice. For some reason when I go into Sounds and Audio Device Properties, Voice and Test Hardware the mic volume yield is very low unless I put a boost under Record Control, Advanced. After I do another Test Hardware everything working properly but when I try anything that uses analog hea

Virus Ruined Hard Drive HP Media Center m7257c

My neighbor's HP Media Center m7257c Desktop PC has a VIRUS. After reboot and XP loads, it shuts down to the Blue Screen of Death. Try to remove the VIRUS with what? Use Fix MBR at Recovery Console? Would you replace the HD? Format the HD then reinstall XP Media? Thank you for your time.

PcWizard, RAM: EEc and non-EEC.

PcWizard tells me so much information I need to know. The slots can take up to 3072Mb sizes. Yes, I understand about 32-bit OS's. I read maybe on crucial that unbuffered EEC/non-EEC is ok for my mobo. Memory controller information says Error detection method: 64-bit EEC. The individual RAM say EEC: No. I would guess that the RAM pieces do not have EEC, but I can get pieces that do have EEC? Also read and recommened: Get RAM that is all either EEC or all non-EEC. Do not mix. Is it impossible to mix them? Or does it depend on the motherboard?

dvd-rw cannot read cd/dvd

Out of the blue, the optical drive cannot read the cd/dvd.When I power on the pc, it does detect the device as shown in 'my computer" but whenI insert a cd/dvd, it will not read it. I detached the data cable and attached it again, the pc recognised a new device but still it cannnot read the cd/dvd. However when I attached this optical drive into another pc, it can read the same cd. This shows me that the optical drive it functioning proper, so is it the controllers problem? As an experiment, I attached another optical drive from my wife's computer into my computer, it can de

CD & Dvd can not find thehardware

This is a friends computer, her cd & DVD does not show under device manager. Lite on ltn4865 adn samsung cdrw/dvd sm-352-f. The drivers install alright, but says can not find the hardware device. I have uninstalled them, unplugged them to check the cable, but everytime I go into device manager their is an exclamnation mark beside it. Also happens when I put a 2 gig usb sansdisk. Drivers seem to be installed ok, but won't work nor recognized? thanks Bruce

NEED HELP! Gateway GT5228 won't even boot to BIOS

Hello Everyone... I have a gateway tower. The computer was running but when I restart it, it won't boot. I played with the power and the front switch a few times and I was able to get it to boot finally, but now, it won't boot at all. It never even boots to the BIOS. I unplugged everything except the Monitor and keyboard it still won't boot. It's not beeping. The fan comes on, and there is a LED that blinks a few times but then nothing else happens. The monitor says NO SIGNAL. Does anyone have any ideas what can keep it from booting/rebooting. In the past, I had to

Paul & co re Graphic Card

Well Paul had nextday delivery of my Geforce 6200 from Novatec and fitted this morning,instead of using supplied disc I disabled old driver for previous Nvidia and let Widows search, which it did find ok Picture now fine after making display adjustments .There are many other items on supplied disc such as Panel for various adjustments and use of other kit,which at moment I don't require.The trade name shown is GIGABYTE tm V Tune 2. The picture I sent you as in earlier thread 25 Jan the only difference is the D sub is an attachment which I added onto DVI plug Thank for all pa

Replace Video Card

I would appreciate some help on replacing a video card. I have no clue as to what to purchase. It's is overwhelming. Below I have listed the infomation on the current card. I do not need a high power (gaming) card. Just something simple. Thank you for ANY information. Side One 1997 STB Systems Rev B [Stamped on Board] Product of Mexico -- Way Vel 128 AGP NO/TV 1.6 240-0481-002 01/30/98 -- 9802 A USA [Stamped on Chips] MT41LC256K32D4 LC -10 Side Two STB Systems 210-0275-00X 1X0-0554-305 18 05/1998 LU2-T1 Bar Code: 6000681 -- Bar Code: 0009117330

Need to delete pending MS updates

A friend asked me to help him with his computer. So I went and started applying the updates to his XP machine. Well it turns out that he has a VERY small drive and even less memory :-( I have downloaded some MS updates but there is not enough room to run them let alone let them just remain on the drive Where are the pending updates located so I can go and delete them? Thanks Dunc

Sptd.sys problem

Hi all I have problem with file sptd.sys when start provisional mode. Renamed this file, but bosd: (0xF789EA98,0xc00000034,0x00000000, 0x00000000), continues to appear. Thanks Regards

Extended RAM available when dedicated to your video/graphics card?

Hi. I have learned that a person is able to dedicate a certain amount of RAM to their video/graphics card. In 32-bit XP and Vista, there is the apparent 4Gb limit on the RAM that is recognized (or allocated?). So my question is: If I were to dedicate all the RAM my graphics card would take to the graphics card (It's a 512Mb possability), or another card I could install (we'll say 1Gb capacity for the graphics) would my system have 512 Mb (or 1Gb) of RAM for the graphics and 3.5Gb (or 3Gb) for the rest of the processes? Or would I have 512 Mb for the video card and be able

Monitor or graphic card

Please advise not sure if it is my Monitor LG1919s or graphic card Creative Labs CT 6970 at fault. Problem my screen is now displaying grey horizontal lines as though looking through a Venetian blind. any window I open showing grey tint where as before would be white background. I have refitted said card, done a auto set with monitor, done a system restore point but still no improvement. I run Xp pro sp2 and had no problem before, so something is breaking down. My board is ECS SIS 735 K7S5A system a few years old but has worked great. Any checks !! PS device Manager no probl

Driver ati mobility radeon 9600

Ciao ho disinstallato per sbaglio i driver della mia scheda video in XP, volevo scaricarli ma la ATI dice che li ha inclusi in windows infatti la scheda mi si installa sul portatile, ma non mi da la risoluzione dovuta: cio=E8 1280X800. Non so proprio cosa fare... ho anche scaricato dal sito della asus i driver che venivano forniti con il pc, ma mi danno lo stesso problema. Qualcuno pu=F2 aiutarmi? Grazie