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and the it didn't work. The pins are fine on both monitors. It seems unlikely that both
video chips/cards would go at the same time. When I turn on the computer the
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Two months ago I *was* having this problem of a black screen at boot:
Turning on the PC there is no display, just a black screen.
The light on the monitor turns green for few seconds then orange.
The computer though indicates it is booting normally.
Upon a tech's advise, I changed the Rams & the video card and from there on
no more black screen but .. I'm having a new problem now:
While in windows, the screen warps suddendly (accompanied with a slight
flicker) then goes back to normal after few seconds.
Recently, it has been taking 1 to 2 minutes!!
System:
win98se, Pentium III 550 mmx, video [32 mb NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64]
Board [intel Seattle II SE440BX-2], Board chipset [intel Natoma]
BIOS [intel Phoenix 4S4EB2X0.86A.0022.P15 09/27/1999]
Rams [2modules x 64mb SDRAM], Monitor [viewsonic E651]
Settings [600x800, 16 bit color, refresh rate 'Optimal']
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Also the error might be the fact that the memory you are installing is PC133
memory. You motherboard supports a maximum of 4 sides of PC100 memory. Which
means that it can only support two memory modules that are both double sided
or one doublesided and two singles sided or any other combination. The
motherboard probably supports even less sides if you install PC133 memory.
Get a refund and get either a single sided or double sided memory. My advice
is to go with the single sided one. This leaves room for more memory
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I have several computers that were donated to the school. They have
Intel RC440BX motherboards and are rack mounted - they were Internet
servers. The problem is that they were set up for remote boot. I found
how to disable the remote boot BIOS feature, but I can't get the boards
to show me the regular BIOS setup utility. After POST I get a message
that it is going into setup, but it just proceeds to boot instead. I
looked for some jumpers or switches that force the board to bypass the
setup option, but could not find one for this particular board. Anyone
have some help for me? I already tried the "setup jumper" that is used
for password recovery, but that still does not display the setup. Oh, I
did update the BIOS to the latest available from the Intel site but that
did not change anything.
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Hi Paul
If PCI video cards, I would try different PCI slots.
Check your BIOS for setting regarding PCI or AGP cards.
Will the hard drives boot elsewhere?
Check your CMOS batteries.
Power supply OK ?
Good Luck!
Richard F. Bolha
On 17 Dec 2002, at 14:22, Paul Ecclestone wrote:
> 486 computer running Windows 95. There are 2 of them. Neither will display. I
> checked the monitor on another computer. It is fine. I tried another known monitor
> and the it didn't work. The pins are fine on both monitors. It seems unlikely that both
> video chips/cards would go at the same time. When I turn on the computer the
> monitor light goes amber briefly, then goes out. The computers were not hit by
> lightening or anything of that sort. Any ideas.
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I am trying to connect the second USB connector on my motherboard with the
USB ports on the front of a new case. I am not sure of the correct pin
connections because the mb manual and case connectors are labeled
differently.
motherboard connector (2 rows of 4/5 pins)
missing Ground
SBD3- SBD3+
SVCC1 SVCC1
SBD2- SBD2+
SGND1 SGND1
case USB cables (two 4 pin connectors with separate 5th pin for ground):
VCC VCC (Red)
USB2- USB1- (White)
USB2+ USB1+ (Green)
GND GND (Black)
gnd gnd (Black)
Comparing the two, it seems that the motherboard has both negative
connections on one side and both positive connections on the other. The case
cables seem to have a positive and negative on each connection.
This is how I think they should be connected:
missing Ground black --
extra 5th pin ground
from case cable (either connector)
SBD3- SBD3+ white (1st connector) green (2nd connector)
SVCC1 SVCC1 red (1st connector) red (2nd connector)
SBD2- SBD2+ white (2nd connector) green (1st connector)
SGND1 SGND1 black (1st connector) black (2nd connector)
I would like another pair of eyes to look at my interpretation of the
connections. It seems strange to cross the pins between the two connectors,
but that was the only way I could make sense of the two sets of information.
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Try this from the manual:
F2 after POST & before OS
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Peter;
You can download/ view the RC440BX manual here:
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/rc440bx/71383201.pdf
cut and paste the entire url if it is cutoff.
Look on pages 48-49 of the .pdf file for the cmos jumper block location and
settings.
"normal" - jumper on pins 1-2
"configure" - jumper on pins 2-3 ...the board will automagically boot into
setup
"recovery" - jumper removed , and is used to recover a lost bios from a
floppy.
I have used recovery a few times, to bring "dead" intel boards back to life.
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> I have several computers that were donated to the school. They have
> Intel RC440BX motherboards and are rack mounted - they were Internet
> servers. The problem is that they were set up for remote boot. I found
> how to disable the remote boot BIOS feature, but I can't get the boards
> to show me the regular BIOS setup utility. After POST I get a message
> that it is going into setup, but it just proceeds to boot instead.
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Peter,
Don't know if you already have this, but hope it might help.
Merry Christmas, Bob
ftp://download.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/rc440bx/71383201.pdf
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>I have several computers that were donated to the school. They have
>Intel RC440BX motherboards and are rack mounted - they were Internet
>servers. The problem is that they were set up for remote boot. I found
>how to disable the remote boot BIOS feature, but I can't get the boards
>to show me the regular BIOS setup utility. After POST I get a message
>that it is going into setup, but it just proceeds to boot instead. I
>looked for some jumpers or switches that force the board to bypass the
>setup option, but could not find one for this particular board. Anyone
>have some help for me? I already tried the "setup jumper" that is used
>for password recovery, but that still does not display the setup. Oh, I
>did update the BIOS to the latest available from the Intel site but that
>did not change anything. Thanks for any information. Peter
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Hi Jim. I can tell you how that setup goes:
Sorry, I read your description and went crosseyed - I'll just tell you how I
set mine up.
There are a couple of different layouts for USB pins - I think you have the
type that I'm familiar with, which goes as follows:
Looking at the mobo with the USB pins on the end nearest you and the CPU
furthest away, you're looking at two rows of pins. The row nearest you has
4 pins, the upper row has 5, with the extra pin to the right.
The 'hot' pins are the two on your left, ie the leftmost of each of the two
rows.
The VCC end of each plug is the 'hot' lead.
The fourth pin FROM the left, in each row, takes the separated ground plugs,
I don't think it matters which one goes in which row.
Damned if I know what the extra 5th pin in the upper row does - it's marked
in the manual as 'USB' 'Over' 'Current'. Someone here might know.
This setup is common on Gigabyte 7VKML and 7VKMLS mobos. But some versions
have a different layout - the top row has one pin at the left, then a gap,
then three pins.
The lower row, nearest you, has the three pins to the left, then a gap, then
a single pin - in other words, the reverse of the upper row.
In each group of three pins, the 'hot' pin is the outermost, the separate
one the ground.
If you can't understand my description, mail me and I'll send you a coupla
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> I am trying to connect the second USB connector on my motherboard with the
> USB ports on the front of a new case. I am not sure of the correct pin
> connections because the mb manual and case connectors are labeled
> differently.
>
> motherboard connector (2 rows of 4/5 pins)
> missing Ground
> SBD3- SBD3+
> SVCC1 SVCC1
> SBD2- SBD2+
> SGND1 SGND1
>
> case USB cables (two 4 pin connectors with separate 5th pin for ground):
> VCC VCC (Red)
> USB2- USB1- (White)
> USB2+ USB1+ (Green)
> GND GND (Black)
>
> gnd gnd (Black)
>
> Comparing the two, it seems that the motherboard has both negative
> connections on one side and both positive connections on the other. The
case
> cables seem to have a positive and negative on each connection.
>
> This is how I think they should be connected:
>
> missing Ground black --
> extra 5th pin ground
> from case cable (either connector)
> SBD3- SBD3+ white (1st connector) green (2nd
connector)
> SVCC1 SVCC1 red (1st connector) red (2nd
connector)
> SBD2- SBD2+ white (2nd connector) green (1st
connector)
> SGND1 SGND1 black (1st connector) black (2nd
connector)
>
> I would like another pair of eyes to look at my interpretation of the
> connections. It seems strange to cross the pins between the two
connectors,
> but that was the only way I could make sense of the two sets of
information.
>
> Thanks for you input,
>
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I have a small home network with 3 PC's (Win 98) and 1 Epson C80 printer.
They are all connected with a 3Com Dual Analog Router (acts as a hub and also
as dial-up Internet router). All PCs can see each other and share files via
TCP/IP protocol. The printer has a generic print server installed on it. 2 of
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Hi,
based on the age of the computers, did you try changing the CMOS batteries?
Also may try removing all cards, rubbing the contacts with a pencil eraseor
and re inserting
At 02:22 PM 12/17/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>486 computer running Windows 95. There are 2 of them. Neither will
display. I
>checked the monitor on another computer. It is fine. I tried another
known monitor
>and the it didn't work. The pins are fine on both monitors. It seems
unlikely that both
>video chips/cards would go at the same time. When I turn on the computer the
>monitor light goes amber briefly, then goes out. The computers were not
hit by
>lightening or anything of that sort. Any ideas.
>--
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DID NOT ADD PC133, ADDED PC100(SAME AS WHAT CAME OUT). BOTH THE OLD AND NEW
ARE SINGLE -SIDED, TRIED RUNNING JUST THE NEW MODULE AND IT RAN FINE BUT WAS
RECOGNIZED AS ONLY EXTENDED MEMORY. WHETHER I HAVE 64, 128, OR A COMBO THE
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INSTALLED). ALSO RAN IN THE "O" AND "1" SLOTS AS SUGGESTED. ANY OTHER IDEAS?
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>Also the error might be the fact that the memory you are installing is
PC133
>memory. You motherboard supports a maximum of 4 sides of PC100 memory.
Which
>means that it can only support two memory modules that are both double
sided
>or one doublesided and two singles sided or any other combination. The
>motherboard probably supports even less sides if you install PC133 memory.
>Get a refund and get either a single sided or double sided memory. My
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>upgrades and single sided memory is better that double sided!
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Ian,
Thanks for the reply, but I am not sure I am making headway. See my comments
below to your suggestions.
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> Hi Jim. I can tell you how that setup goes:
>
> Sorry, I read your description and went crosseyed - I'll just
> tell you how I
> set mine up.
You're beginning to understand how I was feeling trying to match the cables
with the motherboard info (BTW, it is an FIC AZ-11E)
> There are a couple of different layouts for USB pins - I think
> you have the
> type that I'm familiar with, which goes as follows:
I've checked several sites on the internet, but they never seem to have thes
same type of arrangement the mb manual seems to indicate for my situation. I
am trying to compare the mb manual with the marked case pin arrangement.
> Looking at the mobo with the USB pins on the end nearest you and the CPU
> furthest away, you're looking at two rows of pins. The row
> nearest you has
> 4 pins, the upper row has 5, with the extra pin to the right
With the CPU away from me and the USB port closest to me, the two rows are
laid out with 4 pins in the front and 5 in the back. The extra pin is in the
second row left. Marked in the motherboard manual as:
<-------------Back of case-------------
------------------CPU------------------
(USB connection - the "5th pin is marked as GND in the manual)
"5th pin" SBD3+ SVCC1 SBD2+ SGND1
"No Pin SBD3- SVCC1 SBD2- SGND1
-------------"Bottom" of motherboard----
-------------Front of case------------->
> The 'hot' pins are the two on your left, ie the leftmost of each
> of the two
> rows.
Would these be marked SBD3+ and SBD3- in the diagram above? That does seem
to me, (but then I'm confused) to correspond to two "hot" pins. Wouldn't the
hot pins be marked with + on the motherboard and cable?
> The VCC end of each plug is the 'hot' lead.
The pins marked SVCC1 are located on separate rows, 3rd pin from the right.
>
> The fourth pin FROM the left, in each row, takes the separated
> ground plugs,
> I don't think it matters which one goes in which row.
> Damned if I know what the extra 5th pin in the upper row does -
> it's marked
> in the manual as 'USB' 'Over' 'Current'. Someone here might know.
The extra pins just connect to the same ground and then to the "outside"
edge of the USB receptacles.
> This setup is common on Gigabyte 7VKML and 7VKMLS mobos. But
> some versions
> have a different layout - the top row has one pin at the left, then a gap,
> then three pins.
>
> The lower row, nearest you, has the three pins to the left, then
> a gap, then
> a single pin - in other words, the reverse of the upper row.
>
> In each group of three pins, the 'hot' pin is the outermost, the separate
> one the ground.
>
> If you can't understand my description, mail me and I'll send you a coupla
> photos ffom the manual.
> Ian Porter
I guess what might help is a description of a USB plug. The case plug seems
to have a VCC at the end of each of two 4-pin plugs. The other end is marked
GND (ground). The inner two pins are marked USB1+ and - on one plug and
USB2+ and - on the other.
The motherboard has (what I think are the same as USB 1 and 2 on the plug)
SBD2- and SBD3- on one row of pins and SB3+ and SB2+ on the other row. With
the reversal of the + and - designation between the plug and motherboard
pins gives me pause. I don't want to connect the power to the wrong pins.
Thanks,
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1) There are many places to find and download different
drivers, but if you don't know *which is which* then
you better ask for an expert help. Not every new driver
is the best or good for your particular computer platform.
You can search Microsoft to read about drivers know-how
and how to download/install them.
Or go to a third party and forums. Hereby 2 places to start:
http://www.driverguide.com/
http://www.driversplanet.com/
2) There are many parts in your computer need driver/s, like
*not least* the Vedio card or chip, modem, sound, scanner,
printer.............etc.
3) To find your EXISTING drivers by type, date and other details
in Win98SE, go to Accessories-->System Tools-->
System Information, but even though you may need
some assistance to pinpoint your current drivers properly.
There are some good free utilities help into extracting
and collecting driver info from your platform, unfortunately
I'm not recalling any this moment. Maybe some colleagues
help in this issue.
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Subject: Re: Hard drive
You formatted the hard disk drive with
FAT16 (traditional FAT) (16-bit FAT, which don't support partitions bigger
than 2 GB (1.99 GB under Windows). You MUST use FAT32 (32-bit FAT) to have a partition over 2 GB.
Warning:
FAT32 *REQUIRES* at least Windows 95 OSR2 (operating system revision 2/
OEM service release 2)(Windows 95 that is OEM and comes with PCs made in 1997, 1998 or 1999), Windows 98 or later.
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The simplest way: just remeber this
on case VCC -> VCC on mobo
on case USB- -> Data- on mobo (on your mobo marked SBD-)
on case USB+ -> Data+ on mobo (SBD+ on yours)
So just match the wire, and don't mix the group (VCC1 DATA1- DATA1+ GND1 on
one side). There are different marks, but they mean same things, VCC always
match VCC, - match -, and + match +. The most imporant one is VCC, since it
carries power, don't get it wrong.
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Subject: [PCBUILD] USB Motherboard Connector
> I am trying to connect the second USB connector on my motherboard with the
> USB ports on the front of a new case. I am not sure of the correct pin
> connections because the mb manual and case connectors are labeled
> differently.
>
> motherboard connector (2 rows of 4/5 pins)
> missing Ground
> SBD3- SBD3+
> SVCC1 SVCC1
> SBD2- SBD2+
> SGND1 SGND1
>
> case USB cables (two 4 pin connectors with separate 5th pin for ground):
> VCC VCC (Red)
> USB2- USB1- (White)
> USB2+ USB1+ (Green)
> GND GND (Black)
>
> gnd gnd (Black)
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Subject: Re: formatting C: after F disk Problems
The message "Trying to recover allocation unit x" followed by format terminating
with the message "Format Terminated" is a BAD sign.
I had that happen with a Western Digital Caviar 1 GB hard disk drive.
In that case, the hard disk drive was failing.
It started happening on that hard disk drive at about cluster 7,765 thus
*ONLY* 238 MB of the hard disk drive was good! BAD!!!
With the above mentioned hard disk drive, I heard and saw all the major telltale
signs of hard disk drive failure:
When powering up hard disk drive, the hard disk drive will emit
"KA-TICK, KA-TICK, KA-TICK" also will emit "KA-TICK, KA-TICK, KA-TICK" when
attempting to send a write data command.
Any attempt wit
h the DOS format program at about cluster 7,765 would
result in "Attempting to recover allocation unit x" then "Format Terminated"
some seconds after.
Even SpinRite for that hard disk drive was NO HELP.
The hard disk would be emitting "KA-TICK, KA-TICK, KA-TICK" when using
SpinRite. SpinRite was not getting past that point of the beginning of
problem area. It was locking up.
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Format failing with "Trying to recover allocation unit x" then
"Format Terminated" telltales hard disk drive failure.
But before saying the hard disk drive is junk, check the BIOS settings.
You may be getting the above format error symptom, because the hard disk drive
BIOS parameters are not correct.
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Thank you to all that replied. I finally figured out what to do. After
disable the remote boot and updating the BIOS, I concluded that it must
be a setting in the CMOS that was keeping me from getting to the setup
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Any other ideas? Sure -- User Training! ;-)
What you are reporting is DOS memory construction. Your description sounds
like everything is working as designed. Find an old DOS manual (vsns 5.0 -
6.2) and read about conventional, extended and expanded memory. Memory
management was one of the biggest features of Windows 95.
Adding additional physical memory won't change what happens in the first
megabyte of memory allocation. When DOS was popular, computer users would
spend a great deal of time and money on memory management utilities to play
with these numbers so that they could run more and/or bigger programs. 640K
of conventional memory is a DOS limitation and won't increase regardless of
what you do with the physical memory.
Hope this helps!
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Problem w/ new SDRAM PC133
> DID NOT ADD PC133, ADDED PC100(SAME AS WHAT CAME OUT). BOTH THE OLD AND
NEW
> ARE SINGLE -SIDED, TRIED RUNNING JUST THE NEW MODULE AND IT RAN FINE BUT
WAS
> RECOGNIZED AS ONLY EXTENDED MEMORY. WHETHER I HAVE 64, 128, OR A COMBO THE
> PUTER SAYS I HAVE 640K CONVENTIONAL AND XMS AS 195,520K (WHEN BOTH ARE
> INSTALLED). ALSO RAN IN THE "O" AND "1" SLOTS AS SUGGESTED. ANY OTHER
IDEAS?
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Subject: floppy quit reading
Hello nospin group,
I have a gateway pentium 90 with intel 586 pci motherboard. The
panasonic floppy quit reading suddenly. In device manager says it
is working properly.
Also have a Dell Dimension 4400 with home XP so thought I could
switch drives and see if it might be a cable. Put the floppy from the
Dell into the gateway and it was the same. Put the drive from the
gateway into the Dell and XP wanted to format the disk then after
clicking on format it said it could not format it.
Put the Dell floppy back into the Dell and now it does not read a
disk. The plugs on the Dell can only go one way. The ribbon on the
gateway could be install wrong.
Now I have two floppy drives that do not work.
Help Please what is happening??
Thank you
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Thanks, Your directions corresponded to what I was thinking. I was just
confused that I needed to cross the wires from the two usb cables. I tried
it and it works.
Jim
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>
> The simplest way: just remeber this
>
> on case VCC -> VCC on mobo
> on case USB- -> Data- on mobo (on your mobo marked SBD-)
> on case USB+ -> Data+ on mobo (SBD+ on yours)
>
> So just match the wire, and don't mix the group (VCC1 DATA1-
> DATA1+ GND1 on
> one side). There are different marks, but they mean same things,
> VCC always
> match VCC, - match -, and + match +. The most imporant one is
> VCC, since it
> carries power, don't get it wrong.
>
> Jun Qian
>
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My new computer saga continues! I got it put together, but the new SATA
interface is not working. Here is what I have:
Intel D845PEBT2 motherboard - includes a Silicon Image Sil 3112A SATA
RAID controller
2 Western Digital D800 special edition (8MB buffer) hard drives
2 Iwill I2S Serial ATA to IDE interface adaptors
The controller on the motherboard says that there are no SATA devices
connected.
Apparently this is what I get for getting a bit ahead of the current
technology! I did not mean to - at first I did not know what SATA was;
then I assumed that SATA drives were already available. Any help from
some who may already have gone down this path would be most appreciated.
I saw a review where some SATA to IDE adaptors made by Soyo were used
for a performance test. Perhaps I should have purchased Soyo units, but
the Iwill adaptors are physically ever so much nicer a design.
Thanks for any help.
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• Two 168-pin DIMM sockets for 3.3V SDRAM memory module
• Maximum: 1GB
I/O INTERFACE
Back panel I/O ports
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• Dual USB 1.1 ports and a LAN connector
• One - EPP/ECP mode parallel port
• One - 16550 high-speed serial I/O port
• One VGA Connector
• Audio ports (Mic, Line-in, Line-out and game port)
Dual PCI IDE interfaces - support four IDE devices (PIO mode 4, DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA 66/100)
Supports 360K~2.88M Byte, 3 mode FDDs or LS120
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hay there try here, http://www.ecs.com.tw/ jerry the fatboy crider
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Hello;
Iwant to ask about the AMD duron 1200+ Pro if it is an 1200Mhz cpu or not
and if any body can help me finding the specifications of Elite motherboard
k7sem with AMD Duron 1200+ cpu onboard
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I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinking of
the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges and
power outages for no apparent reason. These occurances I feel are playing
havoc on my computer. I have already had to replace my hard drive. Whether
it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know. I have a
dial-up connection with a second phone line. So at night and on the
weekends, my computer stay on. I shut it down during the day while I am at
work or not at home. I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to have
512MB of Ram. I currently only have 256. Anyway, I was wondering whether
the APC 650 is an overkill or not. Any feedback would appreciated since the
sale goes off in a couple of days. Or any specific recommendations would be
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when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes place.
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hay there listers, what is considered to be low resources
anyhow? Mine gets down to 38% at=20
times when email gets stacked up.and i just changed isp my old isp. it =
always was near
65% or better. I can see things slow as
the resources are depleted.any idea on what is considerd low??? jerry =
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Hi
I was building a AMD system using a gigabyte 7ZXE. I didn't secure the heat sink correctly so the cpu burnout. WHat I am wondering is if there a way to find out if the motherboard is still ok. When I turn it on again the light, hd and everything else would come on but I wouldn't get a pictures.
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sounds like both floppys went out on u ,i have a box full of floppys there
not real reliable and lucky for us out there there not that much eather
www.pricewatch.com find a good deal and replace both i keep a couple laying
around just for that reason. jerry the fatboy crider
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Subject: [PCBUILD] floppy quit reading
> Hello nospin group,
> I have a gateway pentium 90 with intel 586 pci motherboard. The
> panasonic floppy quit reading suddenly. In device manager says it
> is working properly.
>
> Also have a Dell Dimension 4400 with home XP so thought I could
> switch drives and see if it might be a cable. Put the floppy from the
> Dell into the gateway and it was the same. Put the drive from the
> gateway into the Dell and XP wanted to format the disk then after
> clicking on format it said it could not format it.
>
> Put the Dell floppy back into the Dell and now it does not read a
> disk. The plugs on the Dell can only go one way. The ribbon on the
> gateway could be install wrong.
>
> Now I have two floppy drives that do not work.
> Help Please what is happening??
> Thank you
>
> Art Allen
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I am happy to report that my new Intel board with SATA RAID is up and
running! The last problem was due to the hard drive configuration.
Western Digital set the jumper default to "cable select" instead of
master IDE device. Once this was fixed, the RAID started working. It
sure is a nice feeling with things start working!
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Susan, I got an APC Back-UPS Pro 1000 for my own system. It has shutdown
software capability, although I don't use that feature. The computer is
on only when I am there, so automated shutdown is of no benefit to me.
Since I now have an LCD monitor, the 1000VA capacity will power my
computer for probably an hour or more - when the power goes off, I keep
right on working! The 1000VA cost me about $300.
One problem I can share with you. Most of these UPS devices are of the
"standby" variety. This means that they kick in when the power goes out.
I recently had an incident where the power did not go out, but
flickered. The ups did not kick in since the power did not drop out long
enough, but my monitor locked up and I could not see what I was doing.
Needed to reboot by pressing the appropriate keys without seeing what
was happening. My monitor was in digital mode and is a bit
temperamental. The point is that a standby ups will not protect you from
flickers. For that you need an inline ups, but those are more expensive.
Good luck.
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I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinking
of the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges
and power outages for no apparent reason. takes place.
Susan Hays
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Below 30% is too low. But 30 to 40% is in dangerous territory, and you
are very likely to get out of resources, or out of memory error messages,
depending on what is running, and what is loading. The way to solve low
available resources, is to either shut down programs you're not using, or
reboot the computer to archive a fresh start. If you need to be running a
lot of applications, and you are always seeing out of resources error
messages, then consider upgrading to a more sophisticated operating system,
such as NT4, Windows 2000 or above.
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At 08:18 PM 12/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:
> hay there listers, what is considered to be low resources
>anyhow? Mine gets down to 38% at
>times when email gets stacked up.and i just changed isp my old isp. it
>always was near
>65% or better. I can see things slow as
>the resources are depleted.any idea on what is considerd low??? jerry the
>fatboy crider, ps thanks ahead of time for any help!!!!!
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On Friday 20 December 2002 12:35 pm, Susan S. Hays wrote:
> I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinkin=
g of
> the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges an=
d
> power outages for no apparent reason. These occurances I feel are play=
ing
> havoc on my computer. I have already had to replace my hard drive.=20
> Whether it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know.=
I
> have a dial-up connection with a second phone line. So at night and on=
the
> weekends, my computer stay on. I shut it down during the day while I a=
m at
> work or not at home. I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to =
have
> 512MB of Ram. I currently only have 256. Anyway, I was wondering whet=
her
> the APC 650 is an overkill or not. Any feedback would appreciated sinc=
e
> the sale goes off in a couple of days. Or any specific recommendations
> would be appreciated also. I don't know much about the battery backup
> selection, but I do want one that will be sufficient and have automatic
> shutdown software when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes pl=
ace.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Susan Hays
Susan:
Have you been to the APC website (www.apcc.com)? They have an application=
that=20
will help you determine the appropriate VA capacity for your equipment an=
d=20
situation, although 650VA seems about right to me for a simple SOHO deskt=
op=20
setup. You'll have enough time to save your data, and shut the system dow=
n.
Does this model provide a means of connecting to your PC, either by USB o=
r=20
serial connection? This is an essential feature, as this allows the PC to=
=20
automatically shut itself down in case the power should fail when you are=
=20
away or otherwise occupied.
I installed a 525VA Belkin UPS last spring, and it has worked very well.=20
There's a lot of construction going on around here, so it _has_ been test=
ed.=20
In particular, I've really come to appreciate that my UPS bridges me thro=
ugh=20
short power interruptions that would otherwise cause a complete crash.
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Susan,
I am using a APC Back-UPS PRO 650. I am running AMD K6-2 300 17" monitor and zip drive plugged into the UPS. I have 15 minutes of battery run time when battery is new. It is about 3 years old now battery run time is 7 minutes. Have used the APC shut down software. I have used and been around APC UPS for several years and APC would be my first choice to purchase.
Roger Checkal
> I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinking of
> the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges and
> power outages for no apparent reason. These occurances I feel are playing
> havoc on my computer. I have already had to replace my hard drive. Whether
> it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know. I have a
> dial-up connection with a second phone line. So at night and on the
> weekends, my computer stay on. I shut it down during the day while I am at
> work or not at home. I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to have
> 512MB of Ram. I currently only have 256. Anyway, I was wondering whether
> the APC 650 is an overkill or not. Any feedback would appreciated since the
> sale goes off in a couple of days. Or any specific recommendations would be
> appreciated also. I don't know much about the battery backup selection, but
> I do want one that will be sufficient and have automatic
> shutdown software
> when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes place.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Susan Hays
>
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For whatever reason, we have had the same problem with a single unit on our
home network that was addressed by deleting the print server from the
workstation, rebooting and installing again using the HP Install Network
Printer Wizard. Can't really say why but one installation goes awry nor why
it has happened more than a single time. However, that is the case and that
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>
> I have a small home network with 3 PC's (Win 98) and 1 Epson C80 printer.
> They are all connected with a 3Com Dual Analog Router (acts as a
> hub and also
> as dial-up Internet router). All PCs can see each other and
> share files via
> TCP/IP protocol. The printer has a generic print server installed
> on it. 2 of
> the PCs can print to it, while the 3rd cannot. When you try to
> print with the
> 3rd PC, the lights flash on the router and the print server, as
> if the signal
> is being sent by the PC and received by the print server, but it
> will always
> time out and eventually lock up the entire network. I have tried switching
> and reversing the PCs and print server cables where they plug into the
> router, all with the same results as listed above. I have tried
> setting the
> print server to a static IP and also a DHCP. Again no
> improvement. Also tried
> adding NetBEUI protocol. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
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>Carroll Grigsby wrote:
Have you been to the APC website (www.apcc.com)? They have an application
that
will help you determine the appropriate VA capacity for your equipment and
situation, although 650VA seems about right to me for a simple SOHO desktop
setup. You'll have enough time to save your data, and shut the system down.
Does this model provide a means of connecting to your PC, either by USB or
serial connection? This is an essential feature, as this allows the PC to
automatically shut itself down in case the power should fail when you are
away or otherwise occupied.>
Hi Carroll:
It states Interface port DB-9 RS-232 on the APC site. What kind of port is
that? It is evidently not a USB or it would have said that. Would this kind
of port be okay?
You stated that you had a Belkin. Should I be looking there too? Is it as
good as the APC?
Thanks for your input and advice.
Thank you,
Susan Hays
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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:57:20 -0000
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Hello
I've read that the maximum length of a USB cable should be 5mt ... then this
can be extended to 25mt by using a hub at each junction/connection ....
crikey that is clumsy!
Does any one know of any other 'cost effective' method of extending the
length of a USB cable?
Any advice will be appreciated
TIA ... Mick
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Susan,
If you do get one that requires a Serial cable (DB-9), some use a
proprietary cable so get it from them. APC does have USB interface UPS in
the 500VA range which should be plenty for your needs. Look again at their
site.
Brad Loomis
Morro Bay, CA
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Hi Carroll:
It states Interface port DB-9 RS-232 on the APC site. What kind of port is
that? It is evidently not a USB or it would have said that. Would this
kind
of port be okay?
You stated that you had a Belkin. Should I be looking there too? Is it as
good as the APC?
Thanks for your input and advice.
Thank you,
Susan Hays
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Roy, I'd go along with Tom's suggestion if you can and use W98.
However, there is a method which might reveal the card's identity - try
this:
Go to a DOS box.
Type debug, enter.
Type dc000:0010 enter
Type d enter several more times
Details of the card, bios and chipset will appear in successive fragments at
right.
Type q, enter to quit debug, then type exit, enter, to quit the DOS box.
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> ATI Rage II drivers should work. There are a lot of reasons why win95
won't
> load the display driver. Since win95 is a witch's brew of 16 bit and 32
bit
> code, sometimes a problem using 32 bit code prevents enhanced performance
> features from loading. That would mean you have a deeper problem than
just
> the driver.
>
> You don't say how you loaded the driver. Some cards were particular about
> how the driver was installed especially if the plug and play was less than
> perfect. You can try loading it through device manager, or deleting the
> video entry in device manager and running the 'add hardware' wizard. If
you
> had the STD cd, it may have had a setup.exe routine.
>
> One thing I strongly suggest is testing the system with a win98 install.
> Win98 should detect and load an acceptable driver for your card
> automatically from its own driver library on the cd. If this works, at
> least the card has been certified as being in working order. It also gets
> around the problem of finding STD.
>
> I run dos games on win98 systems. If you don't have any sound problems,
> then you should stick with win98 for this system. Sound drivers could be
> the only issue under win98 for your dos games.
>
> Tom Turak
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vlsideband [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 2:50 AM
>
> Hello,
> I have a few questions hopefully someone on the list can answer.
> I recently bought a IBM Aptive 200 Mhz MMX, Model 2159 S90 computer from
> someone (I wanted a retro XMAS...lol). ......
> Windows 95 booted up fine, everything
> was back to normal except the Video Card. I could not get anything other
> than standard VGA 16 colors. Went on the net and researched the Card that
> was orginally installed per IBM, an ATI Rage II. Downloaded the drivers
and
> installed them. No change. Downloaded Belarc Advisor to try to identify
the
> card, it stated a ATI Rage II was installed. Still standard VGA. When I
> pulled the Video Card it is a STD Systems, Inc. card made in 1998.( My new
> troubleshooting rule: Know what you're working with first, it might save
an
> extra days work ). This computer was made in 1996 so a pervious owner must
> have installed a new card.
> Now what I know about Video Cards wouldn't fill a thimble. How do I
identify
> this card to find what drivers to use
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> I've read that the maximum length of a USB cable should be 5mt
> ... then this
> can be extended to 25mt by using a hub at each junction/connection ....
> crikey that is clumsy!
>
> Does any one know of any other 'cost effective' method of extending the
> length of a USB cable?
Usb was NEVER meant to be long range. That being said, you could always TRY
a longer cable. The 5M limit is due to power issues. If a device uses the
max power available from a USB host then with more than 5M of cable the
voltage drop is large enough such that the actual voltage seen by the device
is below spec. If you have a low power device, or a self powered device, you
SHOULD be able to go farther. However, 25M IS the ABSOLUTE limit, going
beyond that will result in no communication. TTYL
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On Saturday 21 December 2002 04:33 pm, Susan S. Hays wrote:
> >Carroll Grigsby wrote:
>
> Have you been to the APC website (www.apcc.com)? They have an applicati=
on
> that
> will help you determine the appropriate VA capacity for your equipment =
and
> situation, although 650VA seems about right to me for a simple SOHO des=
ktop
> setup. You'll have enough time to save your data, and shut the system d=
own.
>
> Does this model provide a means of connecting to your PC, either by USB=
or
> serial connection? This is an essential feature, as this allows the PC =
to
> automatically shut itself down in case the power should fail when you a=
re
> away or otherwise occupied.>
>
> Hi Carroll:
> It states Interface port DB-9 RS-232 on the APC site. What kind of por=
t is
> that? It is evidently not a USB or it would have said that. Would thi=
s
> kind of port be okay?
>
> You stated that you had a Belkin. Should I be looking there too? Is i=
t as
> good as the APC?
>
> Thanks for your input and advice.
>
> Thank you,
> Susan Hays
Susan:
Good, it has a serial port -- commonly known as COM1: and COM2:. If you h=
ave a=20
spare one, that's as good a way as any to do it. (And, BTW, the way that =
I do=20
it.) While USB is probably easier to connect and disconnect, I don't see =
that=20
as much of an advantage is this instance, since connecting the UPS is a=20
one-time event. You'll need a serial cable if one is not included in the=20
package. Before you buy one, check your computer to see whether it has a=20
9-pin or 25-pin connector so that you get the appropriate cable. (Most=20
computers provide two 9-pin connectors, but some older ones will have one=
of=20
each.)
As for the brand, APC is probably the premier UPS manufacturer and, in fa=
ct, =20
had been my first choice. However, at the time Belkin was offering a bett=
er=20
deal, so I spent a few hours checking them out on the web. They passed=20
muster, and so that's what I bought.
Sounds like a good deal to me.
Regards,
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I just installed a new mobo and processor today. I only had the RAM and video card in on startup. To start I reformatted and reinstalled WIN98SE. When 98 detected my video card it installed the standard driver from the 98se CD. When I tried to install my Guillemont Prophet 3d drivers from the driver CD they dont work. They seem like they install well, but upon restart i get a message saying my adapters dont work or are incompatible. I've used these drivers on 98se before and theyve worked fine. Any ideas?
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Just one last question concerning a battery back-up. What is a joule rating?
Should I be looking for a small or large number in the joule rating for the
best battery back-up. Thanks so much to all of you that replied to my last
questions on choosing a battery back-up.
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Peter,
My AMD project from last summer is running fine and I'm thinking about doing
a P4-3.06. I also read that the Intel MB got good reviews. What CPU are
you running and can the RAID be turned off?
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> I am happy to report that my new Intel board with SATA RAID is up and
> running! The last problem was due to the hard drive configuration.
> Western Digital set the jumper default to "cable select" instead of
> master IDE device. Once this was fixed, the RAID started working. It
> sure is a nice feeling with things start working!
>
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Hi,
Anyone know of a USB 2.0 printserver for Windows? Preferably 3 port. Or a
combination of USB 2.0 and Parallel port? I looked and all I found via
Google was this,
http://www.jci.co.jp/euro/products/applianceserver/appliance.html which
looks nice but expensive and possibly only available in Japan.
Thanks
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At 07:55 PM 12/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Just one last question concerning a battery back-up. What is a joule rating?
> Should I be looking for a small or large number in the joule rating for the
>best battery back-up. Thanks so much to all of you that replied to my last
>questions on choosing a battery back-up.
>
>Susan Hays
>
>
Joule is supposedly the amount or quantity of energy a device puts out; so
a higher number theoretically better. But consider the info here:
http://www.currenttechnology.com/newsletters/winterpg5.htm
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I believe Ian is on the right track, but in this case a Joule rating has more
to do with how much energy can be absorbed in case of a power spike, lightning
strike, etc. rather than how much energy the device (battery back-up) puts out.
You'll notice that surge protectors are rated in Joules, and they don't provide
any power back up, but just some protection against spikes. It is absolutly
correct to say the higher the number the better (and more expensive).
Steve Sabljak
> >Just one last question concerning a battery back-up. What is a joule rating?
> > Should I be looking for a small or large number in the joule rating for the
> >best battery back-up. Thanks so much to all of you that replied to my last
> >questions on choosing a battery back-up.
> >
> >Susan Hays
> Joule is supposedly the amount or quantity of energy a device puts out; so
> a higher number theoretically better.
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I have a 5 year old gateway p5-200 I'm trying to prep as a giveaway. The 200 chip wouldn't support the inexpensive internal winmodems, they all seem to require mmx, preferably with a 233 or 266 chip.
I replaced the chip with a 166 w/mmx, modem now works fine but the pc booted very slowly - about 2 minutes. Then I slowed the host bus speed via jumper from 66 to 60, boot time went from about 2 minutes set at 66 to 15 seconds with setting at 60.
At boot, cpu speed now shows 150 instead of 166. I can't locate any jumpers to set the motherboard for a different chip. What else can I do?
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"This is the most varying specification of a SPD, as there are no standards
for measuring Joule Rating. The commonly used definition of Joule Rating is
the amount of energy the SPD can absorb before it becomes damaged. It doesn
't quantify a level of protection to the electronic equipment that is
plugged into the SPD." Source:
http://www.heco.com/CDA/default/0,1999,TCID%253D2%2526EmbedCID%253D0%2526CCI
D%253D4295%2526LCID%253D4281%2526CTYP%253DARTC,00.html
As there is no standard for measuring joules, the manufacturers can, and
often do, fudge the rating. Ian is right about the higher rating the
better.
Another descriptive article regarding how to compare UPS's:
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>Just one last question concerning a battery back-up. What is a joule
rating?
>Susan Hays
>Joule is supposedly the amount or quantity of energy a device puts out; so
a higher number theoretically better. But consider the info here:
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On 22 Dec 2002, at 13:45, Liz Catron wrote: about [PCBUILD] Bad floppy disk help
> Hi
> I need some help with a software program I just purchased called Organized Expressions
> It came with 2 floppy disks I tryed to install it on my computer it gives me the message: the disk is not formatted do you want to format it now? I say no and thats as far as I can get with it!
What are the install instructions?? It may be a boot install, put the disk
in and reboot, or you may have to run setup from the run A:\ setup, or
you may have to open the disk, and them double click on install, if this
is the case, then your disk may be corrupt...
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Liz - every time I've seen that message, it's indicated a bad floppy disk.
If you can see the files on the floppies, why not copy them to a temp folder
on youir hard drive and try installing from there?
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From: "Liz Catron" Subject: [PCBUILD] Bad floppy disk help
Hi
I need some help with a software program I just purchased called Organized
Expressions
It came with 2 floppy disks I tryed to install it on my computer it gives me
the message: the disk is not formatted do you want to format it now? I say
no and thats as far as I can get with it!
Im sure the company will send me new disks but I dont want to wait if I can
fix it myself somehow? I know there are data recovery programs. I downloaded
one, and it found the setup exe. but it wont fix it unless I buy the
software to do it>
I was wondering if there is a freeware program that might fix the floppy.
I remember years back that there was something out there but dont remember
the name.
Thank you for your time
Liz Catron
P.S Im running on Windows XP
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I got a P4 2.4GB - the B means that the FSB is at 533MHz - uses PC2700
DDR RAM. The D845PEBT2 motherboard is nice and has easy to configure
CMOS settings. It is not as "adjustable" as overclockers would like, but
it is already fast enough for me! The RAID controller is a Silicon Image
Sil 3112A chip - RAID is optional through its own configuration
settings. The SATA/RAID two channels are in addition to the two IDE
interfaces, so you could have 4 IDE devices and two more SATA devices.
The Iwill I2S IDE to SATA drive adaptors work well and are a clean
design. They cost me $26 each plus $11 shipping.
Good luck with your project. A P4 3G might be nice, but I don't care for
its current price point! I wait for the slope to get a bit shallower
before I buy in. The 2.4GB cost me $190.
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In migrating my files to my new P4 computer, I temporarily connected my
Maxtor 40G hard drive to the new board. During booting, I got a SMART
message saying that the drive was reporting an error and that I should
backup the data and replace the drive. I never got this message on my
old computer (P2-400), and the drive has apparently been functioning
just fine. Anyone have experience with the SMART reporting?
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Now, as I recall from when we brought the UBPS's on-board, we opted for the
power conditioning models from APC and the serial cable was proprietary.
Better give that some attention.
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>
> On Saturday 21 December 2002 04:33 pm, Susan S. Hays wrote:
> > >Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> >
> > Have you been to the APC website (www.apcc.com)? They have an
> application
> > that
> > will help you determine the appropriate VA capacity for your
> equipment and
> > situation, although 650VA seems about right to me for a simple
> SOHO desktop
> > setup. You'll have enough time to save your data, and shut the
> system down.
> >
> > Does this model provide a means of connecting to your PC,
> either by USB or
> > serial connection? This is an essential feature, as this allows
> the PC to
> > automatically shut itself down in case the power should fail
> when you are
> > away or otherwise occupied.>
> >
> > Hi Carroll:
> > It states Interface port DB-9 RS-232 on the APC site. What
> kind of port is
> > that? It is evidently not a USB or it would have said that. Would this
> > kind of port be okay?
> >
> > You stated that you had a Belkin. Should I be looking there
> too? Is it as
> > good as the APC?
> >
> > Thanks for your input and advice.
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Susan Hays
>
> Susan:
> Good, it has a serial port -- commonly known as COM1: and COM2:.
> If you have a
> spare one, that's as good a way as any to do it. (And, BTW, the
> way that I do
> it.) While USB is probably easier to connect and disconnect, I
> don't see that
> as much of an advantage is this instance, since connecting the UPS is a
> one-time event. You'll need a serial cable if one is not included in the
> package. Before you buy one, check your computer to see whether it has a
> 9-pin or 25-pin connector so that you get the appropriate cable. (Most
> computers provide two 9-pin connectors, but some older ones will
> have one of
> each.)
>
> As for the brand, APC is probably the premier UPS manufacturer
> and, in fact,
> had been my first choice. However, at the time Belkin was
> offering a better
> deal, so I spent a few hours checking them out on the web. They passed
> muster, and so that's what I bought.
>
> Sounds like a good deal to me.
>
> Regards,
> Carroll Grigsby
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I have been facing the same problem for over a year. I tried to find a
solution by posting on this and other forums, also tried getting a solution from MS and Dell support and talking to other "experts" in the field with no results. I even tried changing few FDs without fixing the problem.
This is what I did. Boot in safe mode. If the floppy drive (FD) responds in safe mode then there is no problem with the FD. (If not change FD). Then the problem is one of your installed softwares - which is somehow interacting badly with the OS and hardware. You have to uninstall each program in sequence and find out the bad apple.
From my experience: un-install any and all Symantic (Norton) Software programs eg NAV, ND etc, most probably your problem will go away. (That is what fixed m
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>I have a gateway pentium 90 with intel 586 pci motherboard. The
>panasonic floppy quit reading suddenly. In device manager says it
>is working properly.
>
>Also have a Dell Dimension 4400 with home XP so thought I could
>switch drives and see if it might be a cable. Put the floppy from the
>Dell into the gateway and it was the same. Put the drive from the
>gateway into the Dell and XP wanted to format the disk then after
>clicking on format it said it could not format it.
>
>Put the Dell floppy back into the Dell and now it does not read a
>disk. The plugs on the Dell can only go one way. The ribbon on the
>gateway could be install wrong.
>
>Now I have two floppy drives that do not work.
>Help Please what is happening??
>
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well it sounds like your floppy mite be bad try a diff.floppy that u know
works or try those new floppys in a diff.pc jerry the fatboy crider
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Bad floppy disk help
Hi
I need some help with a software program I just purchased called Organized
Expressions
It came with 2 floppy disks I tryed to install it on my computer it gives me
the message: the disk is not formatted do you want to format it now? I say
no and thats as far as I can get with it!
Im sure the company will send me new disks but I dont want to wait if I can
fix it myself somehow? I know there are data recovery programs. I downloaded
one, and it found the setup exe. but it wont fix it unless I buy the
software to do it>
I was wondering if there is a freeware program that might fix the floppy.
I remember years back that there was something out there but dont remember
the name.
Thank you for your time
Liz Catron
P.S Im running on Windows XP
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Hi,
Not overkill at all. You should remember to surge protect the phone lines
as well,
as they are the "back Door" problem for surges.
At 12:35 PM 12/20/2002 EST, you wrote:
>I need to purchase an APC Battery Backup for my computer. I am thinking of
>the APC 650VA. I live out in the country and I have constant surges and
>power outages for no apparent reason. These occurances I feel are playing
>havoc on my computer. I have already had to replace my hard drive. Whether
>it was due to the power outages and surges I really don't know. I have a
>dial-up connection with a second phone line. So at night and on the
>weekends, my computer stay on. I shut it down during the day while I am at
>work or not at home. I have a Gateway Pentium III, 1000, with soon to have
>512MB of Ram. I currently only have 256. Anyway, I was wondering whether
>the APC 650 is an overkill or not. Any feedback would appreciated since the
>sale goes off in a couple of days. Or any specific recommendations would be
>appreciated also. I don't know much about the battery backup selection, but
>I do want one that will be sufficient and have automatic shutdown software
>when my computer is on and a surge or outage takes place.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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Hi Group,
I'm helping a friend upgrade his computer to Win XP. The HD always shows up
in PIO mode. I have it set to DMA if available in the HD controller
properties. Have tried the usual driver reninstalls, changed 80 pin cables,
etc. It is an UDMA 100 drive, and shows such in the bios. MB is an Amptron
810. The DVD-ROM does show up in DMA mode.
I remember reading about a registry hack to force it into DMA, but can't
track it down now that I need it. Any ideas?
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I had this thing happen at work, which we found to be compatibility problem
between certain mobo/BIOS and HDD. I couldn't remember the reg hack, but
there is one way to try as we had discovered a trick to force DMA mode
enable. We didn't try it on any other mobo but Aopen, since the problem is
very rare (only happened to us on Aopen and one ASUS socket370 mode mobo,
both are now no longer problem as latest BIOS fixed them).
Flash BIOS to the lastest before try anything else!!!
First, you need to move HDD and your DVD on same chennal, and connected to
IDE2, then check if windows enable HDD DMA, if so, move them back to IDE1
will likely do the trick. If on IDE2, HDD is still in PIO only mode, then
you need to have a CDROM (or DVD ...) that surely work in DMA mode connected
to IDE1, and in windows, make sure it's DMA enabled; now move HDD back to
IDE1. This normally works (but once we couldn't get DMA enabled by anyway).
If nothing works, I'd suggest either change the mobo or HDD. My personal
opinion is, if the mobo has this problem, it is not worth to get it.
Jun Qian
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> Hi Group,
>
> I'm helping a friend upgrade his computer to Win XP. The HD always shows
up
> in PIO mode. I have it set to DMA if available in the HD controller
> properties. Have tried the usual driver reninstalls, changed 80 pin
cables,
> etc. It is an UDMA 100 drive, and shows such in the bios. MB is an
Amptron
> 810. The DVD-ROM does show up in DMA mode
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Hi,
Main board should still be okay
you have to try a different processor to be sure.
Make sure the correct bus speed is set on the main board for the CPU that
is used.
At 05:53 PM 12/20/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>I was building a AMD system using a gigabyte 7ZXE. I didn't secure the
heat sink correctly so the cpu burnout. WHat I am wondering is if there a
way to find out if the motherboard is still ok. When I turn it on again
the light, hd and everything else would come on but I wouldn't get a pictures.
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This is evidently a common problem. After lots of search engine probing, I
found a working solution.
Uninstall the drive and IDE controller. After XP reinstalls the drivers, and
you reboot, you MUST set the drive to PIO only. Then when you switch it
back to "DMA when available" it will correctly detect the UDMA drive.
Thanks,
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>
> I'm helping a friend upgrade his computer to Win XP. The HD always shows
up
> in PIO mode. I have it set to DMA if available in the HD controller
> properties. Have tried the usual driver reninstalls, changed 80 pin
cables,
> etc. It is an UDMA 100 drive, and shows such in the bios. MB is an
Amptron
> 810. The DVD-ROM does show up in DMA mode.
>
> I remember reading about a registry hack to force it into DMA, but can't
> track it down now that I need it. Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
> Phillip Roey
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A friend's PC is failing to boot. The hard disk is identified quite alright but after that it
gives an " invalid disk replace and press any key to continue" error message. Pressing
a key does not solve anything. One interesting thing is that it cant even boot with boot
disketes. I did set the boot sequence starting with A: then C:
The PC is 486, win 95, 24MB RAM and 800 MB disk space.
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First thing I would do is go to the Maxtor site, download and run their
MaxBlast utility and test the drive, The SMART was probably turned off on
your other setup. The SMART circuitry is supposed to predict faliure before
it happens so you can get your data off before you loose it.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology Here is a random site I
pulled up on Google that can explain more:
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/ .
In my experience, this technology is very reliable and I always turn it on
in any machine I work on.
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In migrating my files to my new P4 computer, I temporarily connected my
Maxtor 40G hard drive to the new board. During booting, I got a SMART
message saying that the drive was reporting an error and that I should
backup the data and replace the drive. I never got this message on my
old computer (P2-400), and the drive has apparently been functioning
just fine. Anyone have experience with the SMART reporting?
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Hi,
AMD CPU's no longer are numbered by the actual speed the chip runs at, but
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This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
how fast a CPU really is.
Confused yet? Should be, it's kind of like a shell game because they can't
win on the raw cpu speed issue, so they changed the way the game is played
to favor themselves.
example:
the amd xp1500+ really runs at 1.33ghz. (266 hhz bus)
sorry that is the only one I have handy to compare with
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A unit of electrical energy equal to the work done. The higher the better.
Personally I wouldn't waste money on one. Just back up your files. Just my
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What is a joule rating?
Joule rating refers to the sensitivity of the product to react....surge
protectors are rated in Joules....the higher number is better....it will
react to a lower voltage power surge, and protect your computer from
surges. The price raises with the higher numbers, because they are
better at protecting your system.
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Does the power light come on? If not, the power supply may have gone bad and
probably needs to be replaced. You might also try and check the power cord
and its connection from the pc to the wall outlet. It may have come loose or
something. If the power does work, but the system will not intialize it may
be your video card. Try reseating it, if it still does not work, your video
card may be malfunctioning. Any number of things can cause a computer to not
start. You just have to troublshoot each component until you find the
problem. Check the AC from your wall outlet, the power supply, motherboard,
processor, and the hard drive. I am sure one of those is the cause of your
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How big is the HD? the bios may not support it.
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My CD-RW has stopped burning CD's. Whenever I insert a CD and try to burn either a data or an audio CD it returns the message: Software(Windows Media,Nero, EasyCD Creator) has encountered an " unknown error". The disk then ejects.This happens regardless of the type of CD(I've tried 4 different ones)or the software I use. It can play music or games or install software just fine.
I'm running a Dell 8100 with Windows2K SP3 and the CD-RW is a NEC NR-7800A. Oddly enuff, Dell posted a firm-ware upgrade on it's website for this burner, dated 11/20/02, but the link just gives a "file not found" error.Device manager says that it is working properly. I would appreciate any suggestions before I try to replace the unit. Dell support has been useless.
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Error Message "Invalid System Disk" After Setup Reboots
The information in this article applies to:
a.. Microsoft Windows 95
b.. Microsoft Windows 98
This article was previously published under Q128730
SYMPTOMS
During the first reboot in Windows Setup, you may receive the following
error message:
Invalid system disk
Replace the disk, and then press any key
You may also receive this error message when you start your computer by
using a Windows Startup disk, or you may receive the following error
message:
This version of Windows does not run on DOS 7.0 or earlier.
CAUSE
This issue can be caused by any of the following conditions:
a.. Your computer may be infected with a boot-sector virus such as the
AntiCMOS.A virus.
b.. Your computer is running an anti-virus program.
c.. Your computer is using hard disk management software (such as Disk
Manager, EZ-Drive, or DrivePro) for hard disk geometry translation. These
tools provide support for large hard disks (more than 1024 cylinders) when
your computer's Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) does not support large hard
disks.
d.. Windows Setup was unable to copy the system files to the hard disk.
e.. Security software has disabled access to drive C.
RESOLUTION
Use one of the following methods to correct the problem.
Computer Is Infected with a Virus
Use an anti-virus program to detect and remove the virus, and then reinstall
Windows. Boot-sector viruses infect computers by copying information either
to the boot sector on a floppy disk or the partition table on a hard disk.
During startup, the virus is loaded into memory. Once in memory, the virus
typically infects any non-infected disks that your computer is connected to.
Computer Is Running Anti-Virus Software
Start your computer by using the Windows Startup disk you created during
Windows Setup, and then use the sys command from the Windows Startup disk to
restore the system files to the hard disk.
Some computers use built-in anti-virus software that must be disabled in the
computer's BIOS. For information about how to change settings in the BIOS,
view the computer's documentation or contact the manufacturer of your
computer.
Computer Is Using Disk Management Software
In some cases, Windows may not properly detect that you are using disk
management software and may overwrite the master boot record (MBR)
information. Refer to the documentation for the disk management software you
are using for information about restoring the MBR.
Also, check the Setuplog.txt file for the following statement:
FSLog: BIOS Heads=:64:, BootPart Heads=:64:
The preceding number (64 in this example) may vary from computer to
computer. If these two numbers are different, replace the system files on
your hard disk according to the instructions in the following "Reinstall the
Windows System Files" section. For additional information about how to
determine if your computer is using a drive overlay program, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
186057 How to Tell If Drive Overlay Program Is Installed in Windows
Reinstall the Windows System Files
WARNING: If you are using Disk Manager or any other disk drive overlay
program on a hard disk, make sure that the overlay driver is loaded before
you use the sys command on that hard disk. If the overlay driver is not
loaded and you use the sys command on the hard disk, the drive may not be
recognized as being partitioned by the disk drive overlay program and you
could experience loss of data or an inability to boot from the drive.
Although you can use the sys command with Ontrack Disk Manager and later
versions of MicroHouse EZ-Drive (or EZ-Max) after the overlay driver is
loaded, earlier versions such as EZ-Drive 2.01s require that operating
system files be copied to the overlay installation disk and installed by the
overlay utility. In such cases, the overlay may be damaged if you use the
sys command on the hard disk.
1.. Start your computer by using the Windows 95 or Windows 98 Startup
disk.
2.. At the command prompt, type the following commands, pressing ENTER
after each command:
c:
cd\windows\command
attrib c:\msdos.sys -s -h -r
copy c:\msdos.sys c:\msdos.xxx
a:
sys c:
attrib c:\msdos.sys -s -h -r
del c:\msdos.sys
copy c:\msdos.xxx c:\msdos.sys
attrib c:\msdos.sys +s +h +r
3.. Remove the Windows Startup disk, and then restart the computer.
Security Software Enabled
Some third-party programs prevent (lock) access to hard disks in your
computer. If this software is installed, contact the manufacturer about how
to remove this software and safely restart Windows 98 Setup. For additional
information about Windows Setup and troubleshooting steps, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
129260 Windows 95 Setup: Description and Troubleshooting Steps
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I am new to this group and have a question. I am definitely not a hardware
expert and need your help.
I have a Dell PC with a Dell UltraScan P991 Color monitor. All of a sudden
today I am getting horizontal light gray lines across my screen everywhere
there is a line of text. And my color seems a bit off -- red isn't really
red, etc. I have checked everything that I know to check. I even got out my
documentation but that didn't help.
Has anyone seen this happen before?
On another note, my documentation says that my resolution should be set at
85 Hz (It is set to 75). I cannot find where to change this.
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To reset the Hz settings, right click on the desktop
in an unused area, choose properties. Click on the
advanced... button and then choose the monitor tab at
the top of the window. You can then use the drop down
arrow to change this setting. Here at work we use the
60Hz setting. Sometimes this will help prolong the
fact that your P-991 is going out. With over 100 Dell
monitors here we loose one of the older P991's every 4
months or so once they are 3 or more years old. Hope
this helps...start saving for a LCD monitor.
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> I am new to this group and have a question. > I
have a Dell PC with a Dell UltraScan P991 Color
> monitor. All of a sudden
> today I am getting horizontal light gray lines
> across my screen everywhere
> there is a line of text. And my color seems a bit
> off -- red isn't really
> red, etc. I have checked everything that I know to
> check. I even got out my
> documentation but that didn't help.
>
> Has anyone seen this happen before?
>
> On another note, my documentation says that my
> resolution should be set at
> 85 Hz (It is set to 75). I cannot find where to
> change this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Debbie Grabb
>
>
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It's actually smart on AMD's part. It is true that an AMD running at 1.3
Ghz will run as fast as, or even outperform, an Intel chip running at 1.5
Ghz. This is because clock speed should not be confused with processing
power. AMD's chips have a much higher IPC (instructions per cycle) count.
Simply put, AMD does more with less. It can do more instructions for each
cycle than can an Intel chip. There for instead of trying to convince the
consumer that an Athlon 1.3 Ghz is faster than an Intel 1.5 Ghz, they just
started called them Athlon 1300, 1500, etc...
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Hi,
AMD CPU's no longer are numbered by the actual speed the chip runs at, but
rather at what equivalent INTEL cpus speed is most favorably compares to.
This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
how fast a CPU really is.
Confused yet? Should be, it's kind of like a shell game because they can't
win on the raw cpu speed issue, so they changed the way the game is played
to favor themselves.
example:
the amd xp1500+ really runs at 1.33ghz. (266 hhz bus)
sorry that is the only one I have handy to compare with
At 09:39 AM 12/19/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>Hello;
>Iwant to ask about the AMD duron 1200+ Pro if it is an 1200Mhz cpu or not
and if any body can help me finding the specifications of Elite motherboard
k7sem with AMD Duron 1200+ cpu onboard
>thanks
>
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Doyle;
try here for the firmware upgrade:
http://forum.firmware-flash.com/dl_firmware.php?category=6&manufactor=23
Your burner may be toast, but it would hurt to up the firmware.
You might get a friend to try it in another computer.
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Fruitvale, Idaho
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> My CD-RW has stopped burning CD's. Whenever I insert a CD and try to burn
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then ejects.This happens regardless of the type of CD(I've tried 4 different
ones)or the software I use. It can play music or games or install software
just fine.
> I'm running a Dell 8100 with Windows2K SP3 and the CD-RW is a NEC
NR-7800A. Oddly enuff, Dell posted a firm-ware upgrade on it's
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When I go to Properties, Advanced..., my only choice is a wizard to find the
most current driver. Is there another place to change this setting?
Thanks for your reply!
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Monitor Problem
To reset the Hz settings, right click on the desktop
in an unused area, choose properties. Click on the
advanced... button and then choose the monitor tab at
the top of the window. You can then use the drop down
arrow to change this setting. Here at work we use the
60Hz setting. Sometimes this will help prolong the
fact that your P-991 is going out. With over 100 Dell
monitors here we loose one of the older P991's every 4
months or so once they are 3 or more years old. Hope
this helps...start saving for a LCD monitor.
Ted Gamin
OFIS Tech Support
State of Michigan---
> I am new to this group and have a question. > I
have a Dell PC with a Dell UltraScan P991 Color
> monitor. All of a sudden
> today I am getting horizontal light gray lines
> across my screen everywhere
> there is a line of text. And my color seems a bit
> off -- red isn't really
> red, etc. I have checked everything that I know to
> check. I even got out my
> documentation but that didn't help.
>
> Has anyone seen this happen before?
>
> On another note, my documentation says that my
> resolution should be set at
> 85 Hz (It is set to 75). I cannot find where to
> change this.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Debbie Grabb
>
>
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Debbie,
I would check to see if your monitor is actually installed in the device
manager. Hold the windows key, then press Pause-Break to get to device
manager. Click Device mgr. tab, click the + next to monitor and see if it
indeed says Dell P991 or such. If not you can change from there. I Believe
that that monitor is listed on the Windows hardware list so you should be
able to find it under Dell as the manufacturer. After getting that right you
may then be able to change the settings as was suggested before from the
desktop.
Good luck.
Brad Loomis
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I am new to this group and have a question. I am definitely not a hardware
expert and need your help.
I have a Dell PC with a Dell UltraScan P991 Color monitor. All of a sudden
today I am getting horizontal light gray lines across my screen everywhere
there is a line of text. And my color seems a bit off -- red isn't really
red, etc. I have checked everything that I know to check. I even got out my
documentation but that didn't help.
Has anyone seen this happen before?
On another note, my documentation says that my resolution should be set at
85 Hz (It is set to 75). I cannot find where to change this.
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I am running windows 98 and recently upgraded my motherboard and cpu to a Gigabyte GA7DXE with an Athlon XP 1600. I was able to boot up and resolve all the the conflicts (in device manager) by loading the drivers from the CD's of the installed cards and the motherboard utility disk. I have one conflict left that I cannot resolve. I have a yellow "!" next to the PCI System Management Bus which is listed under "Other Devices". My motherboard manual says it recommends flashing the BIOS if I'm running Win 95 or Win 98. It tells me the steps to choose when each screen pops up. I started to go through the steps but the screens do not match what the manual is stating. I have not flashed a BIOS before and I don't want to "guess" and what I'm supposed to do next. I was wondering if anyone could help me with the conflict I'm having or with the flash proceedure. I have not been successful, despite repeated attempts at getting any help from Gigabyte Tech Support. I haven't even been able to reach a human as of yet...only voice mails which have gone un-returned. Your help is much appreciated.
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I'm not an expert but I have had similar problems with my CD burner. I found that totally removing the software and reinstalling it solved the problem.
Hope that helps,
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Doyle Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:My CD-RW has stopped burning CD's. Whenever I insert a CD and try to burn either a data or an audio CD it returns the message: Software(Windows Media,Nero, EasyCD Creator) has encountered an " unknown error". The disk then ejects.This happens regardless of the type of CD(I've tried 4 different ones)or the software I use. It can play music or games or install software just fine.
I'm running a Dell 8100 with Windows2K SP3 and the CD-RW is a NEC NR-7800A. Oddly enuff, Dell posted a firm-ware upgrade on it's website for this burner, dated 11/20/02, but the link just gives a "file not found" error.Device manager says that it is working properly. I would appreciate any suggestions before I try to replace the unit. Dell support has been useless.
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I believe it is the new AMD Athlon XP chips that use the performance rating
rather than the raw CPU speed. I have an AMD Duron 1.3 GHz that is running
at 1.3 GHz (6.5 multiplier and 200 mHz FSB).
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> Hi,
>
> AMD CPU's no longer are numbered by the actual speed the chip runs at, but
> rather at what equivalent INTEL cpus speed is most favorably compares to.
> This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
> how fast a CPU really is.
>
> Confused yet? Should be, it's kind of like a shell game because
> they can't
> win on the raw cpu speed issue, so they changed the way the game is played
> to favor themselves.
>
> example:
>
> the amd xp1500+ really runs at 1.33ghz. (266 hhz bus)
>
> sorry that is the only one I have handy to compare with
>
>
>
>
> At 09:39 AM 12/19/2002 +0200, you wrote:
> >Hello;
> >Iwant to ask about the AMD duron 1200+ Pro if it is an 1200Mhz cpu or not
> and if any body can help me finding the specifications of Elite
> motherboard
> k7sem with AMD Duron 1200+ cpu onboard
> >thanks
> >
> God Bless America!
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Hello list!
I have a spare 64MB SoDIMM (probably PC100) memory chip.
Does anyone know if it will fit a Compaq Presario 1200?
The memory chip comes from an Acer laptop.
I need your answers today, please.
With best regards,
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Hello again folks. Christmas was nice and I got my new computer running
- I am writing this using the new machine. Now there is a new problem to
be solved. The computer often starts up with chkdsk on bootup. Once it
even required an OS reinstall because it kept giving me a blue screen. I
think I solved the blue screen problem by installing new drivers.
Here is my setup:
Intel D845PEBT2 motherboard with P4 2.4GB and 512MB PC2700 RAM
Dual Western Digital D800 80G drives with 8MB cache
Drives connected as RAID 1 to Silicon Image controller on motherboard
using Iwill I2S IDE to SATA adaptors
O/S is Windows XP with SP1 installed
I am suspecting that the 8MB cache on the drives is contributing to the
problem. That is, not all writes are done during shutdown before the
computer is turned off. I use the shutdown of XP and it turns off the
motherboard power.
Here are a couple of questions:
1. How can I ensure that XP is not using delay writes? I remember
it was a big issue with Win98.
2. How can the motherboard (or XP) be set so that power is not
turned off when XP shuts down?
Any other ideas to check out would be welcome. So far, I have not had
any fatal problems, but when disk errors get reported after a shutdown,
I worry!
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I'd say finish the BIOS flash first... The other problems may be "better" or
even go away later... (It is "no doubt" an enumeration issue -- and driver
problems from similar, but different chipsets that Windows is "going crazy"
over trying to ID correctly...)
Most MB sites (good ones anyway) have LOTS of info about flashing the
BIOS. And LOTS of warnings to do it exactly right...
Basically, it involves several steps. (Do NOT use this info instead of what
the manufactures WEB site "should" be saying...)
1) Identify the Mother Board exactly. Right down to the version and/or
revision number (in some cases...)
2) Get the EXACT Flash file for your EXACT mother board.
3) Get the proper version of the Flash utility, (if necessary).
Note that sometimes there is only one file, one ZIP archive, or even a Windows
version of the flash utility (or entire package).
4) Depending on all of the above, put the proper files on a "clean boot"
Boot Floppy... Be sure to find out what that is, if you do not know...
You want the floppy as empty as possible and nothing loaded in "RAM" that
should not be there, (or is not necessary...)
5) See if there are any special instructions for your flash file... I have had
boards (low quality ones) that say to ignore the error message that "you have
the WRONG file"... I consider that VERY poor practice for a manufacturer to do
it that way... (But they do, and it can scare you unless you are expecting it...)
6) Be sure back up the old flash from the BIOS to the floppy (if asked).
7) Do not disturb the process in any way after it starts... This includes
having a reliable source of power... (A UPS is good at a time like this...)
8) If the flash fails, DO NOT TURN OFF the computer... The BOOT files are
in RAM and the BIOS may be VERY unstable... You may not get a second chance
if the computer is shut off --- unless the operation finished... (This never
happened to me.,)
9) Read my/ALL Disclaimer(s): I never had ANY trouble doing this, so my
troubleshooting skills in this area are slight... The potential of an exceptional
disaster are VERY REAL, so get and follow all SPECIFIC instructions that you
can for your board. If you can't get good SPECIFIC instructions, do NOT start...
Good luck, It should be a piece of cake... Takes a couple minutes at most...
(Some of the newer programs even show a map of the memory areas they
are changing in the BIOS so you can have a picture "show" about what it is doing...
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Hi,
I fully understand the concept. It was tried years ago by them along with
the Cyrix/IBM chips.
I just think anything that confuses the consumer, is not good for the
consumer. I don't rememeber
seeing any long term adverising program from AMD educating the public about
the naming change, do you?
At 01:26 PM 12/26/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>It's actually smart on AMD's part. It is true that an AMD running at 1.3
>Ghz will run as fast as, or even outperform, an Intel chip running at 1.5
>Ghz. This is because clock speed should not be confused with processing
>power. AMD's chips have a much higher IPC (instructions per cycle) count.
>Simply put, AMD does more with less. It can do more instructions for each
>cycle than can an Intel chip. There for instead of trying to convince the
>consumer that an Athlon 1.3 Ghz is faster than an Intel 1.5 Ghz, they just
>started called them Athlon 1300, 1500, etc...
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>To: [log in to unmask]
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>
>
>Hi,
>
>AMD CPU's no longer are numbered by the actual speed the chip runs at, but
>rather at what equivalent INTEL cpus speed is most favorably compares to.
>This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
>how fast a CPU really is.
>
>Confused yet? Should be, it's kind of like a shell game because they can't
>win on the raw cpu speed issue, so they changed the way the game is played
>to favor themselves.
>
>example:
>
>the amd xp1500+ really runs at 1.33ghz. (266 hhz bus)
>
>sorry that is the only one I have handy to compare with
>
>
>
>
>At 09:39 AM 12/19/2002 +0200, you wrote:
>>Hello;
>>Iwant to ask about the AMD duron 1200+ Pro if it is an 1200Mhz cpu or not
>and if any body can help me finding the specifications of Elite motherboard
>k7sem with AMD Duron 1200+ cpu onboard
>>thanks
>>
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 19:53:03 -0500, Jim Prettyman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Can someone help me find a driver for this video card?
> Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc. #1027570401
>Thanks in advance
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As best I can tell, the SMART is enabled on both computers. I ran the
MaxBlaster diagnostic software and even in the full test mode it reports
that the drive is fine. The Intel motherboard, however, insists that the
drive is about to fail. Does Intel have something against Maxtor?
Peter
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First thing I would do is go to the Maxtor site, download and run their
MaxBlast utility and test the drive, The SMART was probably turned off
on
your other setup. The SMART circuitry is supposed to predict faliure
before
it happens so you can get your data off before you loose it.
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology Here is a random
site I
pulled up on Google that can explain more:
http://www.ariolic.com/activesmart/ .
In my experience, this technology is very reliable and I always turn it
on
in any machine I work on.
Howard Rubin
Fortaleza, Brazil
Peter wrote:
In migrating my files to my new P4 computer, I temporarily connected my
Maxtor 40G hard drive to the new board. During booting, I got a SMART
message saying that the drive was reporting an error and that I should
backup the data and replace the drive. I never got this message on my
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anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
Thank you!
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You can find all the drivers you will ever need at driverguide.com it's free
and easy to use.
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> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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Hi Peter,
I had to scratch my head where I read this then it struck me that it was at
Steve Gibson's site in the FAQ for Spin Rite. http://grc.com/srQ&A.htm A
short way down the page he talks about S.M.A.R.T. and doesn't seem, to think
it is. Not a solution for your issue, but a possible clue.
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As best I can tell, the SMART is enabled on both computers. I ran the
MaxBlaster diagnostic software and even in the full test mode it reports
that the drive is fine. The Intel motherboard, however, insists that the
drive is about to fail. Does Intel have something against Maxtor?
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I went to www.visioneer.com and found the VX driver at this URL:
http://www.visioneer.com/support/legacy/sheetfeddownload.stm
AL Kohout <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
>the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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On 23 Dec 2002, at 17:00, Joe Lore wrote:
> AMD CPU's no longer are numbered by the actual speed the chip runs at, but
> rather at what equivalent INTEL cpus speed is most favorably compares to.
> This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
> how fast a CPU really is.
>
> Confused yet? Should be, it's kind of like a shell game because they can't
> win on the raw cpu speed issue, so they changed the way the game is played
> to favor themselves.
>
> example:
>
> the amd xp1500+ really runs at 1.33ghz. (266 hhz bus)
>
> sorry that is the only one I have handy to compare with
1.33ghz is not a "speed", it is a *clock frequency*. In general, ALL ELSE
BEING EQUAL, a CPU running at a higher clock frequency will execute more
instructions in a given time period.
But this is like saying that a car whose engine is running at more rpm
(revolutions per minute) will cover ground faster than one at fewer rpm.
Factors like transmission gear ratio and outside tire diameter figure into
the translation of engine rpm to ground covered -- a car in neutral can rev
and rev and not move at all! ("All computers wait at the same speed.")
> This is because AMD says there ore other factors than speed that determine
> how fast a CPU really is.
No, speed is speed. AMD says there are other factors than raw *clock
frequency* that determine how fast a CPU really is. And they "can't win on
raw [clock frequency]" because CPUs that run on the same clock frequency
cost about the same to produce, even if one will actually get work done
faster.
Now, on the flip side, most of us don't have the expertise in CPU design
to really assess those other factors, nor the sort of benchmarking labs that
would allow us to measure it. So when AMD says their CPU that runs on a
1.33 ghz clock will execute our programs as quickly as Intel's 1.5 ghz chip,
they may be exaggerating.
So consumers are well advised to do their homework, looking for third-
party performance lab results which hopefully subject the claims on both
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Look around the ATI site for All-inWonder drivers.
ATI will also tell you how to identify if it is their chipset or card...
It is a long shot, but worth the look...
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> Hello list:
> Can someone help me find a driver for this video card?
> Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc. #1027570401
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What OS? And is it a proprietary computer?
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 19:53:03 -0500, Jim Prettyman <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hello list:
> Can someone help me find a driver for this video card?
> Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc. #1027570401
>Thanks in advance
>Jim Prettyman
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>
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You did not give us enough information about the laptop. The 1200 is just
the name of the series that your laptop falls in. To be more specific you
need the model number of your laptop. I did a little research and found that
the majority of the laptops in the 1200 series uses pc100 sodimms. So you
can add the 64mb chip that you have into the laptop. It should work just
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You might try looking here:
http://www.visioneer.com/support/legacy/sheetfeddownload.stm
AL Kohout wrote:
>anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
>the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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Thanks for your reply, I have previously visited that site and cannot get
it to work.
I need driver for Win 98se. Seems this card wants its own driver.
Thanks
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>> Can someone help me find a driver for this video card?
>> Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc. #1027570401
>>Thanks in advance
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I recently added a nic card (3com) to my computer. The Nic works fine now
but I developed a new problem. When I shutdown windows 98 it hangs at the
screen that says it is shutting down. It never powers off the computer
like it used to. I also note, but this could be my imagination that the
sound seems choppy at times. Don't know if the two are related.
Any ideas on where to look for this problem?
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Hi,
On a 486 I think I would start by replacing the CMOS battery. Any machine of
that age more than likely needs that, unless of course it has been done
recently.
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A friend's PC is failing to boot. The hard disk is identified quite alright
but after that it
gives an " invalid disk replace and press any key to continue" error
message. Pressing
a key does not solve anything. One interesting thing is that it cant even
boot with boot
disketes. I did set the boot sequence starting with A: then C:
The PC is 486, win 95, 24MB RAM and 800 MB disk space.
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My Brother uses Roxio ECDC and updated his Windows Media Player ( Win 98)
and his Burner quit for no reason. He uninstall the windows update and Roxio
ECDC , Reinstalled Roxio and it fixed it. The Roxio Easy CD Creator has a
regular help page that I will attach the address to. After reading it for a
while if you had not already bought your copy you probably would not. I have
it with the updates to 5.3 on my computer running Win XP Home and it works
flawless no complaints at all. Before you go buy a new burner you might go
look at the Roxio address I am attaching and post your problem there.
http://support.roxio.com/en/support/roxio_support/discussions/index.jhtml;js
essionid=W05QNQKQVTBWNLAQAMGR3KVMCACAWIV0?_requestid=1403324
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> My CD-RW has stopped burning CD's. Whenever I insert a CD and try to burn
either a data or an audio CD it returns the message: Software(Windows
Media,Nero, EasyCD Creator) has encountered an " unknown error". The disk
then ejects.This happens regardless of the type of CD(I've tried 4 different
ones)or the software I use. It can play music or games or install software
just fine.
>
> I'm running a Dell 8100 with Windows2K SP3 and the CD-RW is a NEC
NR-7800A. Oddly enuff, Dell posted a firm-ware upgrade on it's website for
this burner, dated 11/20/02, but the link just gives a "file not found"
error.Device manager says that it is working properly. I would appreciate
any suggestions before I try to replace the unit. Dell support has been
useless.
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> Hello again folks. Christmas was nice and I got my new computer running
> - I am writing this using the new machine. Now there is a new problem to
> be solved. The computer often starts up with chkdsk on bootup. Once it
> even required an OS reinstall because it kept giving me a blue screen. I
> think I solved the blue screen problem by installing new drivers.
>
>
>
> Here is my setup:
>
> Intel D845PEBT2 motherboard with P4 2.4GB and 512MB PC2700 RAM
>
> Dual Western Digital D800 80G drives with 8MB cache
>
> Drives connected as RAID 1 to Silicon Image controller on motherboard
> using Iwill I2S IDE to SATA adaptors
>
> O/S is Windows XP with SP1 installed
>
>
>
> I am suspecting that the 8MB cache on the drives is contributing to the
> problem. That is, not all writes are done during shutdown before the
> computer is turned off. I use the shutdown of XP and it turns off the
> motherboard power.
the cache is not the problem, I'm pretty sure about it. something else goes
wrong, and you have to find it before more damages are done. The only catch
you should disable without a UPS is the "write cache" under device manager->
disk drives. What it does, is that win2k/xp can use a small amount of RAM
to cache HDD write operation, to speed up system performance, under UPS
protection, this is a good idea. However, without UPS, sudden lose of power
may result data lost or file corruption. The cache is enabled by default,
and MS recommend to turn it off if you don't have UPS.
>
> Here are a couple of questions:
> 1. How can I ensure that XP is not using delay writes? I remember
> it was a big issue with Win98.
See my above answer.
> 2. How can the motherboard (or XP) be set so that power is not
> turned off when XP shuts down?
You can install XP in standard mode (not ACPI), but you need to reinstall XP
and ready to take the result (no more power saving), and possible hassle to
set things up.
>
> Any other ideas to check out would be welcome. So far, I have not had
> any fatal problems, but when disk errors get reported after a shutdown,
> I worry
From what you've said, I guess there is something seriously goes wrong. and
I think it is the RAM (I've seen some DDR333 RAMs won't run at 333 on
certain mobo). but be sure you have installed all the latest drivers before
test things.
My way to test RAM:
1) run some DOS based program like Simmtester or GoldMemory
2) if the RAM passed in few loops, then run Prime95 under windows, for at
least 24 Hours, 48 hours is better, 'cos I've seen RAM problem been picked
up at 30+ hours of Prime95.
3) if Prime95 shows nothing wrong, run 3Dmark 2001 SE (apply the patch),
loop it, and let it go for another say at least 12 hours, 24 hours is
recommended.
The whole processing seems overkill but from my experience, some RAM
problems are hard to pick up. step 1 is to ensure basic function under
simple environment, step 2 is for easy to pick problems under working
condition, but memory timing problems may not show up under Prime95, so
that's where step 3 kicks in.
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You might try http://www.visioneer.com/support/drivers.stm and look
under Strobe Scanners then Legacy IX, MX, VX.
Dennis Noble
> anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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In drive properties, (policies tab), shut off delayed writes.
If your controller or card is showing up as SCSI, you might be
missing the option to turn on or off delayed writes, or it might be
pre-selected and greyed out...
I do that for ALL drive that the drivers allow it... (no caching)
Zip Drives are bad about this since they want to spool and return control
to the OS, (and look faster...)
Turn off ALL power management.
If possible, change your HAL... Force a generic one with no power management.
I was surprised when I did that with XP-Pro and an ATX case, and it (the case) would
not shut off... (You may have to do a re-install to change the HAL, I only did it in
my original testing and burn-in, months ago...)
To make testing easier, I generally clone the BOOT HD inside the same machine
(since mine is already "C" it makes it a LOT easier...) and since the only "XP WPA thing"
that changes is the Volume serial number of the HD, WPA does not trigger and I can
"play" as much as I want and never worry...
Keeping things in sync on HDs like this can become a problem though, so
I am careful to keep track of what I do and or connect to...
I store mail on the servers while playing (for example), and sync and erase it later...
Rick Glazier
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1. How can I ensure that XP is not using delay writes? I remember
it was a big issue with Win98.
2. How can the motherboard (or XP) be set so that power is not
turned off when XP shuts down?
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At 04:54 PM 12/27/2002 -0600, AL Kohout wrote:
>anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
>the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
http://www.scanner-drivers.com/companies/1122.htm
Good luck!
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why aint that funny i was just looking up drivers for the visioneer, what
modle is it ,i was looking for 8100,8600,and a 3300 well if u go to
www.visioneer.com they got replacment cd/all u pay is shipping and handleing
good luck jerry the fatboy crider
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> anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
>
> Thank you!
>
> Al
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See if this looks like it:
http://www.visioneer.com/support/legacy/sheetfeddownload.stm
Rick Glazier
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> anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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On 24 Dec 2002, at 19:53, Jim Prettyman wrote: about [PCBUILD] Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc
> Can someone help me find a driver for this video card?
> Radeon 32mb pci vga tv out ntsc. #1027570401
www.ati.com......then click "find a driver"
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The downloads are free, just save them to a zip or a CD unless you have a broadband connection to the Internet.
erry the fatboy crider <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>why aint that funny i was just looking up drivers for the visioneer, what
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>www.visioneer.com they got replacment cd/all u pay is shipping and handleing
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Dennis,
This is the driver that you need. You may need to log onto the driverguide
realm. Use driver as the login and all as the password.
http://www2.driverguide.com/uploads/uploads10/16505.html
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You might try http://www.visioneer.com/support/drivers.stm and look
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Dennis Noble
> anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
>
> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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Subject: Re: S.M.A.R.T. hard drive message
At this point, if it is convenient, I would return the board, but if
everything is running fine with no other anamolys, you can just turn off the
SMART monitoring altogether in the BIOS setup. Another option, there is
Windows software that can check the SMART circuitry or you could look for a
newer flash, but if Maxtor MaxBlast says it is ok, then I wouldn´t worry
about it. It has to be an odity (read:personality) with the motherboard.
Howard Rubin
Fortaleza, Brazil
RE: Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:04:12 -0800
From: Peter Shkabara <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: S.M.A.R.T. hard drive message
As best I can tell, the SMART is enabled on both computers. I ran the
MaxBlaster diagnostic software and even in the full test mode it reports
that the drive is fine. The Intel motherboard, however, insists that the
drive is about to fail. Does Intel have something against Maxtor?
Peter
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I have an old machine with a Octek Rhino 15 MB and 128MB DIMM in slot =
1running a Cyrix 8x86 at 266mhz.Windows 95 is the OS.The machine worked =
fine several months ago when I stole the video card from it.I have now =
replaced the video card and can't get the machine to boot.There is a =
completely blank screen and I am getting a long beep about 3 seconds =
apart.The board has an Award bios with a new battery.I have stripped it =
down to only the video card and hard drive with the OS on it.
Any help is appreciated
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Hello...
Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
Thanks!
Al
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Al,
If you can find one, I'd suggest the Epson Photo 2200. I just love mine, and
the prints are beautiful. Pricy, but worth it in consumables with 7 ink
cartridges. You can do 4x6 on roll paper with the built in feeder and
cutter. I was fortunate to get mine when they first came out, but since they
have been a bit hard to come by due to high demand.
http://www.inkjetart.com/EpsonStylusPhoto2200/status.html
Brad Loomis
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Hello...
Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
Thanks!
Al
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Hello,
In my opinion the VGA card is not fixed properly in the slot or that VGA card is not working properly.
Best wishes and regards.
M. Akram Fazal
Mike <[log in to unmask]> wrote:I have an old machine with a Octek Rhino 15 MB and 128MB DIMM in slot 1running a Cyrix 8x86 at 266mhz.Windows 95 is the OS.The machine worked fine several months ago when I stole the video card from it.I have now replaced the video card and can't get the machine to boot.There is a completely blank screen and I am getting a long beep about 3 seconds apart.The board has an Award bios with a new battery.I have stripped it down to only the video card and hard drive with the OS on it.
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Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 11:49:08 -0500
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Windows 98 standard edition will not shutdown with the 3com 10/100
3c905c-tx pci card installed. It hangs on the screen windows is shutting
down. If I disable this card in hardware profile it shutsdown fine. Just
installed the latest drivers for this card and the same problem exists.
Have not seen any solution to this problem posted anywhere, including 3com
website.. If anyone has any ideas please post them. Outside of this the
card works fine.
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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:54:48 -0600
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Mike,
Here is a site I found at one time and thank goodness I haven't needed it
yet. It tells what the beeps are for. Hope you can use it.
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml
Dave
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I have an old machine with a Octek Rhino 15 MB and 128MB DIMM in slot
1running a Cyrix 8x86 at 266mhz.Windows 95 is the OS.The machine worked fine
several months ago when I stole the video card from it.I have now replaced
the video card and can't get the machine to boot.There is a completely blank
screen and I am getting a long beep about 3 seconds apart.The board has an
Award bios with a new battery.I have stripped it down to only the video card
and hard drive with the OS on it.
Any help is appreciated
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Have u tried www.driverguide.com ?
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> anyone know where I might find a driver for WIN98???
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> the scanner is the Visoneer paperportVX
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He meant the adapter tab, not the monitor tab. Change the setting on the adapter tab, which does have the described dropdown.
When I go to Properties, Advanced..., my only choice is a wizard to find the
most current driver. Is there another place to change this setting?
Thanks for your reply!
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Update:
To reset the Hz settings on my PC I had to choose the Adapter tab.
I have had this monitor for almost 3 years. I tried everything that this
group suggested with no success, so I called Dell. The person I spoke with
waited while I switched monitors and I had the same problem with a different
monitor. Then he had me do several tests and it was determined that I have
a bad video card.
Thanks to everyone for their responses.
Debbie
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To reset the Hz settings, right click on the desktop
in an unused area, choose properties. Click on the
advanced... button and then choose the monitor tab at
the top of the window. You can then use the drop down
arrow to change this setting. Here at work we use the
60Hz setting. Sometimes this will help prolong the
fact that your P-991 is going out. With over 100 Dell
monitors here we loose one of the older P991's every 4
months or so once they are 3 or more years old. Hope
this helps...start saving for a LCD monitor.
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> I am new to this group and have a question. > I
have a Dell PC with a Dell UltraScan P991 Color
> monitor. All of a sudden
> today I am getting horizontal light gray lines
> across my screen everywhere
> there is a line of text. And my color seems a bit
> off -- red isn't really
> red, etc. I have checked everything that I know to
> check. I even got out my
> documentation but that didn't help.
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> Has anyone seen this happen before?
>
> On another note, my documentation says that my
> resolution should be set at
> 85 Hz (It is set to 75). I cannot find where to
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Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 19:22:04 -0500
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Windows 98 standard edition will not shutdown with the 3com 10/100
3c905c-tx pci card installed. It hangs on the screen windows is shutting
down. If I disable this card in hardware profile it shutsdown fine. Just
installed the latest drivers for this card and the same problem exists.
Have not seen any solution to this problem posted anywhere, including 3com
website.. If anyone has any ideas please post them. Outside of this the
card works fine.
Second question about Interrupts:
This Nic is sharing IRQ 11 with the sound card and the video AGP
card. Could this sharing be causing the problem? Looking at all the
available interrupts I only see IRQ 9 that is free and not used. How would
I assign IRQ 9 to this NIc card? It will not allow me to change any
settings from device manager.
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Reseat the video card and try it without the screw installed. Sometimes the
bracket is misaligned and the card is unseated when the screw is tightened.
If this works, remove the card and bend the bracket so the screw fits
without unseating the card.
If this doesn`t work, check the ram.
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From 4 X 6 up to what size? Beyond 8 X 10 requires different printers. For prints up to 13 X 19 I'd recommend the Canon S9000, and the S900 for up to 8 X 10. These two are 6 color inkjets with 6 separate ink cartridges. I have the S900. These two are identical except for the size of the papers they'll print. I also recommend Canon Photo Paper Pro high gloss for printouts that are not discernible from film prints. They're also both 2400 dpi printers. You can do better if price is no object.
>Hello...
>
>Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
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>do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
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>This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
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>Thanks!
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In the properties section of my CD-Rom (burner) there is a box called DMA. Seems to me I read somewhere that this should be unchecked but I can't remember why. Is there *any* time this should be unchecked? For burning? Game playing?
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jmarty94102 wrote:
>From 4 X 6 up to what size? Beyond 8 X 10 requires different printers. For prints up to 13 X 19 I'd recommend the Canon S9000, and the S900 for up to 8 X 10. These two are 6 color inkjets with 6 separate ink cartridges. I have the S900. These two are identical except for the size of the papers they'll print. I also recommend Canon Photo Paper Pro high gloss for printouts that are not discernible from film prints. They're also both 2400 dpi printers. You can do better if price is no object.
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>>Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
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>>do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
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>>This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape.
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Check the RAM, you may have bumped it and it might need to be re-seated..
Long beep is usually RAM, 3 beeps is usually video, but it depends on the
BIOS.
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Beep code
I have an old machine with a Octek Rhino 15 MB and 128MB DIMM in slot
1running a Cyrix 8x86 at 266mhz.Windows 95 is the OS.The machine worked fine
several months ago when I stole the video card from it.I have now replaced
the video card and can't get the machine to boot.There is a completely blank
screen and I am getting a long beep about 3 seconds apart.The board has an
Award bios with a new battery.I have stripped it down to only the video card
and hard drive with the OS on it.
Any help is appreciated
Mike Bridges
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I've been doing 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10 using the Canon S900 and I find it very
good. Multiple Ink cartridges - so you don't waste ink and throw away
"multi" cartridges just because you run out of ink on one, six different ink
cartridges with two for photo quality work. I believe this has been
replaced by the Canon S920. New last year was $399 but I've seen them for
$299 now.
Richard
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Hello...
Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
Thanks!
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Back to old age, when cd burners are slow, and many compatibility problems
exist between OS, system and cd burners, and most important, speed wasn't an
issue, DMA mode might cause problems. But no longer this statement hold any
value today. Today's fast burners require DMA enabled to reach their max
speed. Not only you will loss writing speed, but also reading speed as
well. PIO only mode is too slow today and without DMA enabled, most burners
won't even burn reliably (buffer underrun kicks in millions of time). The
only problem I've seen with DMA enabled is that some drives may lost ability
to read certain CDs, but if they failed to such simple task, those drives
are not worth to get.
So in short answer, DMA should be enabled at any time.
Jun Qian
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> In the properties section of my CD-Rom (burner) there is a box called DMA.
Seems to me I read somewhere that this should be unchecked but I can't
remember why. Is there *any* time this should be unchecked? For burning?
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> Check the RAM, you may have bumped it and it might need to be re-seated..
> Long beep is usually RAM, 3 beeps is usually video, but it depends on the
> BIOS.
>
> Dave Jones
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I would like to thank everyone for their responses.Maybe I should have
stated in the original post that I have been building computers for quite a
few years.I have checked and rechecked the ram and video card swapping cards
and slots on each for known good.The beep codes on an Award bios doesn't
seem to really mean anything in general.They state their bios is sold to MB
manufactures who
customize and reconfigure it.Something you may want to think about when
purchasing your next board.
I think I will probably have to replace the MB and chip.
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Hi there on the list I have a question regarding how to make a start =
disc for a laptop running Win 3.1. I know that you have to make a start =
disc for what ever DOS version is running. Format A: /sys or \ ? What =
other files have to be copied to A ? with witch comand ( Copy auto exe =
bat c/a) ? And finally how do you copy the drivers? I need to back =
everything up as I have absolutly nothing. And at the Acer website I =
couldn't find anything listed to download. This is an old 486 with a =
whoping 4Mb RAM nothing to brag about but good enough to take notes on =
at Parents night.
Thanks for your advice.
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Do not edit or modify anything on the hard drive and you will
stay out of trouble with the following...
If the computer is running and boots it is relatively easy.
Format a floppy with the system files on it (a check mark is
placed in the format options box when formatting.)
COPY the autoexec.bat and config.sys files to the floppy.
ONLY edit the files on the floppy or you can break the computer.
Then read both the autoexec.bat and config.sys files (on the floppy),
and identify any drivers or files referenced in commands in those files.
Copy all those files to the floppy, and edit path info in the autoexec.bat
and config.sys for when those files are referenced, so the files are found
on the floppy.
I do not know if it is harder with a laptop, but a desktop of that era would
generally need some drivers copied to the floppy in order to boot.
(Especially If you wanted to boot to a blank hard drive, or a "broken"
copy of Windows.)
The above may (or may not) get a CD-Rom drive running. That is another
"adventure" on a computer of that era, especially if starting from scratch.
Test, test test... Hope this starts you out... Rick Glazier
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Hi there on the list I have a question regarding how to make a start disc for a laptop running Win 3.1. I know that you have to
make a start disc for what ever DOS version is running. Format A: /sys or \ ? What other files have to be copied to A ? with
witch comand ( Copy auto exe bat c/a) ? And finally how do you copy the drivers? I need to back everything up as I have absolutly
nothing. And at the Acer website I couldn't find anything listed to download. This is an old 486 with a whoping 4Mb RAM nothing to
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There is no such thing as a windows 3.1 boot disk as at that time Windows was
only a GUI. go to http://www.bootdisk.com/ not only do they have boot
disks for DOS they also have boot disks for win95 and newer. Quite a few
drivers and utilities as well
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My system is constantly crashing. Running Windows 98
on a MSI K7T Pro 2A motherboard & AMD 1 gig system.
I've listed the errors I'm getting. Have run scandisk
and defrag.
This error occurred when I was trying to burn a CD:
Fatal Exception 0E occurred at 0028:C000A4F7.
The current application will be terminated.
* Press any key to terminate current application.
* Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart your computer
The following 2 errors occurred while I was in IE 6.0
:
An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C000A4F7 in
VxD---. This
was called from 0028:C183B3D4 in VxD. It may be
possible
to continue normally.
* Press any key to attempt to continue.
* Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart your computer.
I had to power off completely to get the PC to unlock.
An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:DF29B2AF in
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On 29 Dec 2002, at 9:09, AL Kohout wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
> This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
At 72 dpi (typical minimal graphics printer resolution), standard video
frames will print about 3" x 5". Enlargement beyond this size will make the
resolution even lower -- and analog video picture quality is pretty marginal
already.
> do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
No. My Canon BJC-2000 -- near the bottom of the line -- gives quite
decent results at 72 dpi with ordinary inks and paper. If videotape is your
image source, spending jundreds of dollars on the printer and supplies is
not going to achieve much.
When I produce a shot with my digital camera that needs better quality
printing than my Canon can do, I stick it on a disk and take it over to the
printer at the local camera store. It doesn't happen often enough to
justify a fancy printer on my desk.
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System specs:
L7VMM mobo-VIA chipset, 512DDR, Win XP Pro, Athlon 1600 (1.4Gh), 60 & 40 =
HD's, DVD, CD burner. Tried PNY Verto GF3 Ti 200 & currently running =
the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 128mb board.
Looking in advanced display settings, the ATI "Smartgart" window shows =
the AGP settings from "Off to 4X". Current AGP is set to 2X, fast =
write-off. I tried moving the slider to 4X but it won't "take"- back to =
2X upon reboot.
I've been around the block quite a few times with respect to drivers. =
ATI's newest & greatest as well as VIA's Hyperion set (4.45).
One user tip I got was to load the ATI drivers except to use the VIA =
GART at the end- I wonder if someone here could tell me how to do that? =
I wrote back to the other fellow but no answer. I have both ATI's & =
VIA's driver sets downloaded & on my hard drive. I even unzipped the =
VIA set so that I could have a look at each component separately. Not =
sure how to launch only the GART- which is it?
This is a way-too-common problem from what I'm reading with VIA's =
chipsets. Is there anyone here who can help?
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I don't know if this will help, but I had a very similar set of errors and constant crashes
recently. (WinME, AMD 1 gig, 128 MB ram). Turned out I had configured my virus scan program to 'scan
all files' instead of 'program files only'. I fought with my machine for days until I remembered
that one simple change I had recently made. Once I reconfigured my virus scan program, the problem
seemed to disappear - so far. hth
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From: "Gary Grottke"
Subject: [PCBUILD] System Crashes
> My system is constantly crashing. Running Windows 98
> on a MSI K7T Pro 2A motherboard & AMD 1 gig system.
> I've listed the errors I'm getting. Have run scandisk
> and defrag.
>
>
> This error occurred when I was trying to burn a CD:
>
> Fatal Exception 0E occurred at 0028:C000A4F7.
> The current application will be terminated.
> * Press any key to terminate current application.
> * Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart your computer
>
> The following 2 errors occurred while I was in IE 6.0
> :
>
> An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:C000A4F7 in
> VxD---. This
> was called from 0028:C183B3D4 in VxD. It may be
> possible
> to continue normally.
> * Press any key to attempt to continue.
> * Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart your computer.
>
> I had to power off completely to get the PC to unlock.
>
> An exception 0E has occurred at 0028:DF29B2AF in
> VxD---. This was
> called from 0028:DF180180 in VxD
> ROKKMOSD(01)+000019C0. It may
> be possible to continue.
> * Press any key to attempt to continue.
> * Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart your computer.
>
> I was able to get out of IE, but system locked when I
> tried to restart IE.
>
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AL Kohout wrote:
>Hello...
>
>Can anyone suggest a good photo printer for 4x6 sizes and up....
>
>do we need to buy the kind with the dye-sub ink?
>
>This is strictly for use in making prints form videotape...
>
>Thanks!
>
>Al
>
>
>
I just bought a Canon s900. It does great pictures. A friend got the HP
7550, it does really good pics too. Both are under USD$300.
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A customer has blown up her WinME setup and wants to install Win98SE instead
(with which I wholeheartedly agree).
Neither does she want XP.
Naturally, her Recovery disk set will only reinstate the doggy ME.
I note that the HP 6701 site has drivers for the computer but I'm picking
that these will only be applicable to ME.
Can anyone comment on this please?
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Arrowtown
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Have you checked in the BIOS to make sure it's set for 4X? With some Via chipsets on some mobos, a third party card with 4X capabilities will not be activated without some registry tweak. Hopefully, that registry tweak stuff predates your mobo.
>System specs:
>
>L7VMM mobo-VIA chipset, 512DDR, Win XP Pro, Athlon 1600 (1.4Gh), 60 & 40 HD's, DVD, CD burner. Tried PNY Verto GF3 Ti 200 & currently running the ATI All-In-Wonder 8500 128mb board.
>
>Looking in advanced display settings, the ATI "Smartgart" window shows the AGP settings from "Off to 4X". Current AGP is set to 2X, fast write-off. I tried moving the slider to 4X but it won't "take"- back to 2X upon reboot.
>
>I've been around the block quite a few times with respect to drivers. ATI's newest & greatest as well as VIA's Hyperion set (4.45).
>
>One user tip I got was to load the ATI drivers except to use the VIA GART at the end- I wonder if someone here could tell me how to do that? I wrote back to the other fellow but no answer. I have both ATI's & VIA's driver sets downloaded & on my hard drive. I even unzipped the VIA set so that I could have a look at each component separately. Not sure how to launch only the GART- which is it?
>
>This is a way-too-common problem from what I'm reading with VIA's chipsets. Is there anyone here who can help?
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Hey Paul,use the following...
"copy c:\autoexec.bat a:\"
and
"copy c:\config.sys a:\"
The only problem is, they will still try to start programs/services from
your c:\ drive. If you can let me know what you're trying to do, I would be
more then happy to help you set up a floppy start disc............
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Hi there on the list I have a question regarding how to make a start disc
for a laptop running Win 3.1. I know that you have to make a start disc for
what ever DOS version is running. Format A: /sys or \ ? What other files
have to be copied to A ? with witch comand ( Copy auto exe bat c/a) ? And
finally how do you copy the drivers? I need to back everything up as I have
absolutly nothing. And at the Acer website I couldn't find anything listed
to download. This is an old 486 with a whoping 4Mb RAM nothing to brag
about but good enough to take notes on at Parents night.
Thanks for your advice.
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At 05:36 PM 12/31/2002 +1300, you wrote:
>A customer has blown up her WinME setup and wants to install Win98SE instead
>(with which I wholeheartedly agree).
>Neither does she want XP.
>Naturally, her Recovery disk set will only reinstate the doggy ME.
>I note that the HP 6701 site has drivers for the computer but I'm picking
>that these will only be applicable to ME.
>Can anyone comment on this please?
>Ian Porter
If this is a ME certified HP computer, then I think you will find, in the
end, it is a better idea to just install ME. Millennium has all the drivers
natively, and some of them will not be available anywhere else. ME with
stable certified drivers are going to be a lot easier to deal with then a
patched together Win98se.
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I have a SOYO (SY-7IZM) motherboard that doesn't see the mouse or the =
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or no keyboard present. Switching to a USB kryboard will get me into =
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Sometimes you "need" to use a serial mouse and plain keyboard to install
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I have a SOYO (SY-7IZM) motherboard that doesn't see the mouse or the keyboard. During the POST it beeps and gives the message
Keyboard error or no keyboard present. Switching to a USB kryboard will get me into setup and was able to start installing windows98
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Hi-
I recommend keeping an eye out for a deal at Bestbuy which they run frequently. It's the eMachine w/monitor,fast CPU, large HD, USB 2.0 ports, XP home, MS Works, & they even throw in a printer- all for $399 after rebates. These are regular rebates- NOT dependent on joining an ISP like MSN or AOL.
I talked a friend into one of these bundles & she loves it! Her rebate checks were back wihin 4-6 weeks. She says her graphics (onboard) are fine for now but she can always pop in a PCI graphics card later if she wants.
Lynn Tracy
PS- I have one, too- mine is the eMachine T1600 (AMD processor w/AGP slot)
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Is it correct that, aside from purchase price considerations, photo =
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photo-quality capabilities)?
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Look here http://www.jermar.com/ for WinDrivers backup.. Takes all the
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another.. And it's FREE.
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> Hey Paul,use the following...
>
> "copy c:\autoexec.bat a:\"
> and
> "copy c:\config.sys a:\"
>
> The only problem is, they will still try to start programs/services from
> your c:\ drive. If you can let me know what you're trying to do, I would
be
> more then happy to help you set up a floppy start disc............
>
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>
> Hi there on the list I have a question regarding how to make a start disc
> for a laptop running Win 3.1. I know that you have to make a start disc
for
> what ever DOS version is running. Format A: /sys or \ ? What other
files
> have to be copied to A ? with witch comand ( Copy auto exe bat c/a) ? And
> finally how do you copy the drivers? I need to back everything up as I
have
> absolutly nothing. And at the Acer website I couldn't find anything
listed
> to download. This is an old 486 with a whoping 4Mb RAM nothing to brag
> about but good enough to take notes on at Parents night.
> Thanks for your advice.
> Paul Ryan
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My Photo printer does anything a printer can do. If I choose to do text with
it I'll set it for draft or low quality as I'm not doing a thesis or the
like, nor or there graphic involved. If I have a ton of just text to print
I'll use the trusty workhorse LaserJet 5P. The cost of printing on the laser
is considerably cheaper than ANY inkjet. For a page or a few, the photo
printer is just fine. So the short answer is yes and maybe, some photo
printers can do it all. It just comes down to the cost of consumables and
what you are printing.
Brad Loomis
Morro Bay, CA
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Is it correct that, aside from purchase price considerations, photo printers
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