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skyman

I changed the battery on the motherboard and all problems went away.

Thanks for the help

skyman

I'm going to switch the battery out tonight and see what happens. Will I have to reload the motherboard software after the battery change?

skyman

Most aggravating ending ever! Nothing happened, they were just left sitting there eating and we were left with a foul taste in our mouth's. I wanted to see Tony get shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!

skyman

I think its the onboard battery too. Anyone else want to chime in and help?

skyman

I have a problem I need help with on my computer. Here is whats going on. If I leave the computer powered off overnight or more than a couple hours, when I power it back up, I get "disk boot failure, insert system disk and press enter" msg and system locks up. Now, if I unplug the power supply for a ...

skyman

Now Ken, you know I'm already the " Big Dog " in my area of expertise,lol
Come see me soon.

Skyman Ken

skyman

I think I'll " or something" for awhile,lol.

skyman

See below thread

https://www.speedguide.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=192524

skyman

Thanks Scott, unless I hear differant, this will be my new setup. Ditching the ATA100, going SATA.

Yeah folks, lets hear some more opinions from all the experts here,lol

I need all the help I can get!!!!!!!

skyman

Ok, how about this setup?

Western Digital Caviar WD1200BB 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive

ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard

ENERMAX Whisper II EG565P-VE FMA(24P) ATX12V 535W Power Supply

CORSAIR XMS 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200 ...

skyman

Ok, how about a
ASUS A8N-VM CSM Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard ?

Dual core? I'm new to AMD, is that 64 bit support or hypertransport or neither? I tried to find dual core AMD at newegg and had no luck, please explain? What chip would you suggest?

Thanks Again

Ken

skyman

Is this a good setup and does anyone see any problems? This is a home computer that will be used for some gaming, I have an ASUS EAX850PRO/HTVD/256 Radeon X850PRO 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 VIVO PCI Express x16 Video Card already

Here is what I'm looking at, all at newegg, help me if you can, tell me good ...

skyman

That boot.ini was on a system backup file on my secound drive F:
I just copied it from there and saved it to my c: boot.ini file. It's now working fine. Thank you for your help and tell kenny for me, Skyman say's hello!

skyman

i did the above and there is nothing in my boot ini file? I did a file search for boot.ini and found a c:WINDOWS/pss, opened with wordpad and this was there:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS ...

skyman

When i start my comp,before the xp window,i get at the top left a msg saying invalid boot ini
booting from c:windows\

After i copied an old harddrive into a folder on my 2nd drive F: I have since deleted the folder after removing what i wanted, now every time i start my comp, that invalid boot ini ...

skyman

How do i embed sound into email in outlook? In express,there was tab's at bottom that you could see source code ,html and preview. I can't find that in outlook? Any help would be great!!!

Thank's
Skyman

skyman

did new istall from fresh xp pro disk,all is well!!!!!Thank's for all the help!!!!

skyman

Thank's guy's,will try above,did not know about last slot,i have nothing in that slot,thank's LT

skyman

yes i did,it will come back evertime,even with no camera software or camera connected.Would a new reload be advised at this time,with all camera's,joystick's printer's and scanner's connected?I have no problem's doing that, as i have nothing i can't reload from d: drive and have been consumed by ...

skyman

Sorry,did'nt see your answer to where controller would be,yeoldstonecat.

skyman

funny thing is,the camera came with software,so i removed quickcam software from system,and did do above suggestion's,but when system was restarted,with camera unpluged,it came up and said,new hardware found logitech quickcam and send's me to add hardware wizard!!!Question,would the usb controller ...

skyman

Hey Dino,yes it was working fine untill i moved to new house,and video card got loose,thought problem was in software,found problem after reload,which i really wanted to do anyway's.Have not had time to send hsfn,will do so asap.
Thank's

skyman

Registered: Mar 2002
Location: tampa
Posts: 21
hardware device manager error's
new asus P4B533 E mobo,2.o cpu,OKing to 2.5,XP PRO.I am having two problem's that i believe are being caused by below error symbol's that will follow below.The first problem is,i can not get input from mic into system ...

skyman

new asus P4B533 E mobo,2.o cpu,OKing to 2.5,XP PRO.I am having two problem's that i believe are being caused by below error symbol's that will follow below.The first problem is,i can not get input from mic into system,have checked volume setting's and they are ok.The mic was working,but i had to ...

skyman

Thank's,but i bought a thermaltake7+volcano fan,sink combo.However,it does'nt work as well as stock setup!!!This combo should be better than what i have,checked setup again,used thermal paste,checked fan(blowing on sink),but still run's @ 15 degrees hotter,am using stock right now and am at 104 ...

skyman

Also,what is a good temp to be running at?I am at 104 degress now,while folding,which i understand will use a lot of processor and cause a temp increase.

skyman

70mmx70mmx25 mm Thermaltake fan,blowing on heatsink,cleaned cpu,used thermal paste.tried to install 3 time's,each time temp went up?This has to be better than what i have,i do not get this!!!!!

skyman

I bought the thermaltake volcano 7+ localy,had no probelm's putting it on cpu,but temp really went up,well past what stock fan/sink was at,took it off,checked it out ,put back on,still run's hotter than stock.Right now,my cpu temp is 40 cel,107 f.With the thermaltake,i would be @ 125 f.Any idea's ...

skyman

I am looking for better cpu cooling,have stock setup now,but i will be OCing as soon as i can find proper cooling.P4 478 pin on asus P4b533 mobo.

Thank's in advance

skyman

Thank you all for your input,will take under adivce

skyman

am moving in with a friend who has a comp running on cable connection.Want to go with wireless connection's.need advice on what to use?Want built in vpn protection,so cable will only see one comp and won't degrade speed.Any advice is wanted!

Thank's in advance to all who respond

skyman

I have aP4b533 mobo,2.0 cpu,Ocing to 2.6,with good case cooling.Temp on cpu after OCing only went up @ 10 degrees and system seem's to be fine.Need advice on best/good cooling system for P4.Also,is there a place @ here to buy good cooling,i don't like credit card usage on web!!!!!!!!

Thank's in ...

skyman

went from 2.0 to 2.6,see's to be stable,ran nascar 2002 for @1 hour and temp never went past 107.i get cpu frq out of range on post,but i can deal with that.am going to upgrade to a real cpu cooler monday.Have been surfing,comparing cooling fan/sink,don't know which one yet.will take all advice ...

skyman

Thank's for your help,my friend.Great link,helped alot!!!!After OCing,temp went up on cpu @ 10 degrees to 107,used to run @ 93 to 97,do you think that will hurt system?i have plenty of cooling,so i think i should be ok.Your advice would be helpful.

Thank's again

skyman

i just bought asus P4B533 mobo.i have plenty of cooling,2 80g wd hd's,video card,ok gaming card (mad dog predator 128tv)and i use dsl.cpu is p4 2.02.have never tried to speedup a comp before,so am not sure how to do it.i understand you can increase speed thru bios setup,but which one /one's do i ...

skyman

also,am using roadrunner cable connection.will also want quality voice input for making family albums.my friend,as i said has ms and want's to take all old video's and picture's and make family album's.

thank's for your help!!!

skyman

budget @ $800,don't need keyboard,mouse or monitor,just comp,he does'nt OC.want's a good stable system

skyman

By multimedia,i mean i need to be able to connect to tv/vcr/camcorder and do quality editing for family album's.want to be able to burn quality cd's.no gaming,lot of surfing.my friend's old comp is a dud!!!!!!!he has ms and will join folding asap after we get the info we need to put new comp ...

skyman

Looking to build a "decent" multimedia setup. Have ATX box, everything else is crap. Have some ideas, but looking for advice on motherboards, multimedia hardware, best CPU type and any other advise you can give me.

Thanks in advance.

skyman

just started folding and am having a problem.after i start f@h and i look at progress,i get the screen showing program is working.i close it,it's still running,i still see icon in task bar.problem is, when i later try to look at progress,it restart's my computer,does it everytime!HELP!!!!!! pentium ...

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how to connect 2 comp's to cableroadrunner

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