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clevelandtexas

My MOBO monitor shows the battery voltage at 3.18 volts.

The other voltages for +12/-12, +3/-3 and 5 read well too.

Could I have a voltage problem with my AGP slot? When I get the startup problem there is no signal sent to the monitor because I get no boot display. When I reboot a hear a little ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by Mehmet
from the way you speak im sure you know how to configure the bios right?

Well, try resetting it, and also, taking out the battery and replacing it..

i had the exact same problem as you aw hile back, it would boot up, but when i restarted it wouldnt boot again until I ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by Set
After it boots up does the harddrive seem to accesses slow Does the HD make any noises?

When is the last time ya did a fresh install of the OS?

What motherboard ,Cpu? And Os?

Try runing scandisk on your harddrive

After boot up my HD is just fine and it doesn't make ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by extremeg177
Hard Drive might be getting ready to go.

Did you take out the mobo and look to see if there is a leaking capacitors ?

Is there anyway to pre-determine hard drive problems?

I'll check the capacitors when I get home from work.

Thanks.

clevelandtexas

I've been using the same computer (MOBO) for almost 3 1/2 years now and have never had any hardware problems until now.

Over the past week when I turn on my computer it begins the boot process but within a couple of seconds it hangs and the first stages of the boot process don't even appear on the ...

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DOH!

I didn't have the NWLink IPX/SPX/NewBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol installed on all 4 of the computers. All problems cleared immediately upon installing this on those that didn't have it and a quick reboot.

How do I know if NWLink IPX/SPX/NewBIOS Compatible Transport Protocol is taking ...

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Originally posted by JeffL
Are all systems set to use the same workgroup?

Are all systems sharing using the same protocol? If using XP Pro, you should share through IPX/SPX not TCP/IP (TCP/IP is used by default).

All systems should have unique names.

Do any of the systems have any firewalls ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
XP firewall enabled on those two?

No

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by BaLa
what OS's do your PCs have?

All 4 PC's have WinXP PRO.

Since I'm connected to a router their IP's are 192.168.1.100, 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102 and 192.168.1.103. All 4 reach the internet. All 4 have file and print and file sharing turned on.

We've been tinkering ...

clevelandtexas

I got a Linksys router and all four of my computers are accessing the internet well.

But I have one problem. The newest computer, the laptop, does not recognize the other three computers and likewise the other three don't recognize the laptop on our home network. This problem was present before I ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by Snuf
Yes a 4 port router should solve your problem quickly. Linksys makes a good home router, should be right in your price range too. I think a lot of people around here dislike the D-Link.

After a little more research the Linksys router allows expansion beyond the 4 ...

clevelandtexas

Need a little advice.

I've been happy with my 3 computer network for a long time. I have a 4 port switch connected to my cable modem and then my 3 computers attached to the switch. My son just bought a laptop which we plugged into the 4th port on the switch. Needless to say this has been a ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
NP, let us know how/if it works for ya! I'm gone for several days, leaving tomorrow AM, won't be back online until Monday.

I'll keep you updated.

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
So print out the above registry info and keep it around for future reference....and set 3 of the 4 machines to false....leave one to auto.

Thanks a lot YeOldeStonecat.

clevelandtexas

Thank you for your explanation. I think I understand what you are saying.

The two or three or four computers for a brief period of time will all appear to be a part of the network and then they begin to "argue" which can effectively give the appearance the network is broken. The problem seems to ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
On the laptop,

Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters set MaintainServerList to False

Becomes a common problem between laptops that travel, or get taken out of networks often.

I'll try this tonight when I get home ...

clevelandtexas

I haven't looked at the event viewer enties.

XP firewall is turned off, this is the first thing I checked.

I checked services and Master Browser is running. In the future the laptop will access different networks, but for now we want to get it working on our home network first.

From what little I ...

clevelandtexas

I have a small home network at home with 3 computers all running WinXP PRO connected through a switch to my cable modem. We've been running this for three years, 1 year under WinXP. And it is still working great.

However, one of my sons bought a laptop with a builtin NIC and we connected it to the ...

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The slave drive was the culprit. I could hear a constant knocking at boot time in that drive. Ran the master only and everything is ok, IDE controller no longer confused. Fortunately the slave drive had nothing valuable on it. Good bye Quantum SE 2.1GB drive; born 11/97 - died 11/02. 5 years of ...

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The bottom line is that:

From the MOBO side...

(1) IDE on the MOBO is defective.
(2) IDE on the MOBO is turned off.

or from the HDD / cable side... (based on one cable, two HDD's)

(3) Bad IDE cable.
(4) IDE cable not connected properly, ie, slave and master connections crossed in relation to how ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by LT-73
Yes and no.

Sometimes a slave drive will go dead and the master will still be shown. In other cases, the slave drive will die and the master is not seen in bios or reconized by windows.

In my case the master is not seen by the bios. The bios can't see any drives on ...

clevelandtexas

Please confirm this...

I have two HDD's (master and slave) connected to a single IDE port with a single cable. The slave drive dies. Is it possible for the death of the slave drive to cause both of the drives to no longer be visible to the MOBO, ie, no IDE detection?

It is my impression that if ...

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Newegg
Bzboyz
PCnomad
DV Century
BUYAIB

So far everything we've ordered from these have shown up on the expected date and was not broken. Since we've never had any need for a RMA I can't say anthing further.

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by Duzmor
I just order a AX-7 Heat sink for my AMD XP 1800+ - Were is a Good place to but delta fans - I am looking at the loud delta ffbo812ehe - Max Cooling -

I Need Help about the Fan - Newegg does not Have Delta fans
I also Have a Coolermaster Heatpipe Forsale as soon as ...

clevelandtexas

I have a friend on a limited budget who is currently using an old M-Tech R558 MOBO with a Cyrix 200Mhz processor. I'm looking for something for her that is relatively low end but reliable. Here is what I'm looking for in the basics.

- Built in video
- Built in audio
- PC133 SDRAM (not DDR) - At ...

clevelandtexas

Anyone running PCI bus at 38Mhz or 39Mhz?

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I have a SY-6BA-IV (440BX chipset) with a PIII 600Mhz processor and 3 x 128 mb Sdram. I've been steadily speeding it up. I'm currently running it at 113x6 = 678Mhz, PCI = 37Mhz. I would like to try 117x6 = 702Mhz, PCI = 39 Mhz.

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There are PCI IDE controller cards made by Promise, SIIG and others in which can add additional hard drives, CD's and the like or use these cards to bypass the builtin IDE controllers altogther.

Under normal circumstances the IDE bus runs at 33Mhz. On an overclocked computer this speed can be up to ...

clevelandtexas

Thanks. We've look at several now and like the Gigabyte GA-7VRXP.

clevelandtexas

Just a general question.

My sons want to put a new MOBO + CPU + memory in their PC.

What are a half a dozen or so good choices for the MOBO? They want to use a Athlon XP CPU in the 1.5 Ghz and up range. They want to do power gaming.

clevelandtexas

I have the exact problem you describe. However if I disable the default gateway I can dial in but PC Anywhere just won't connect. Didn't have the problem with Win98. Thank you Mr. Gates for your Win XP 'improvements'.

clevelandtexas

I use Roadrunner via a cable modem. I also have a 56k dial-up modem. I use Roadrunner for all my internet stuff. I use my 56k modem to dial into work. MS, in all their wisdom, has made it impossible for me to be dialed into work though my 56k modem (using PC Anywhere) and have internet access ...

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Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
Glad that worked, that rang a bell because a few setup's that I've done I can dial RAS into the main network, then surf the web through the DSL router on the main network....from the remote site...in that case...using the "remote gateway". Figured the opposite ...

clevelandtexas

Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat
Can you change your protocols for dialing into work, and PCA. I haven't come across a setup to play with this, but I'm guessing you have your WAN to cable set to obtain automatically. I'm wondering if having a router, so you can hard code your LAN IP, gateway ...

clevelandtexas

I'm using a switch and not a router so I can't try the router stuff.

But I'll try by unchecking "Use remote gateway" in the dial-up settings.

thanks

clevelandtexas

No, my version of LapLink is not Win XP compatiable and I have to run it out of Win 98 which is not a real big deal since I can have full speed Internet. I guess I need to get LapLink for Win XP.

Back to the phenomena... I guess you are saying that it is another of those wonderful undocumented ...

clevelandtexas

First my hardware setup:

I'm using RoadRunner service in which I have my cable modem connected to a switch and then my NIC connected to the switch. Likewise I have my second computer connected to the switch though its NIC so both computers can access RoadRunner. This works great.

I also have a 56k ...

clevelandtexas

I have a simple two computer home network. One computer with Win XP and the other with Win 98 SE. I set up NETBEUI on both computers. The XP computer finds the Win 98 SE computer almost instantly. The Win 98 SE takes 2 to 3 minutes to find the XP computer. After that everything is OK. Why the ...

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If you are a college student you might find XP at the campus book store. My son bought XP Professional, a fully working version, for $6.75. Yes - six and 75/100 dollars. Because of the special licensing you don't have to activate XP. He also got a full working version of Office XP for $20.00 ...

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DOH, DOH, DOH, DOH, DOH!

I did a very stupid. After reinstalling Windows and most of my applications I FORGOT to clear out my c:\windows\temp directory. Yep, 49MB of absolute junk.

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