Summary: Hi there Could anyone of you answer why I have to remove and re-insert the Cmos battery every time in order to start my newly-put-together computer? ...
Summary: "Yes, I took the jumper off of the heads that reset the CMOS." I gathered that but... "Did you move the jumper back to the "normal" position?" "Does...
Summary: Hi guys.....first post so please be gentle. Had my PC running for over 6 months with no probs, but with an oem XP installation from my laptop. I have ...
Summary: Moving a computer can loosen components and/or connections, especially if it experiences physical jostling. Make sure all components and connections a...
Summary: A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it's slot(s). T...
Summary: It's probably not the mboard or the cpu, and there's probably nothing wrong with the orginal ram, but it might have a poor connection. A faulty hard d...
Summary: Before doing what Richard59 suggested I would recommend you open the case and watch inside while trying to start. I suspect you may find that the CP...
Summary: Rick - quite frankly I had a devil of a time getting the old CPU out cause of the heatsink... don't want to go through that again if I don't have t...
Summary: If you mean you can see a bit of normal display at the beginning of the boot, even up to Windows starting to load, but it is very dim, then you have b...
Summary: Did you remember to plug in the 4 position power connection from the PS to the mboard? What is the capacity of the PS you are using? - it should be at...
Summary: Hi, I just got a 2nd hand partial system. It's specifications are as follows: 1.5Ghz CPU 2 x 128MB RDRAM Mobo Intel 850 motherboard: -Integrated Seria...
Summary: The video adapter display doesn't normally get corrupted for no reason. The wrong drivers or corrupted drivers do not normally cause the symptoms you ...
Summary: I normally use the discharge jumper which is usually near the battery rather than removing the battery itself to reset the bios. I have found you need...
Summary: I don't know if something is damaged or not. If it were my rig I would try a little more testing before giving up on it. Remove the MBaord and set ...
Summary: Have you looked in Control Panel - Scanners and Cameras to see if you have two instances of your scanner driver installed, the second one not properly...
Summary: I have an HP laserjet 1000 (USB) that has problems connecting periodically with my 98SE USB ports. I get an error at bootup time that says it can't c...
Summary: Some hard drives can be noisy with age on startup. Check that the screws holding the drive are not loose. Another thing you could try is to remove it...
Summary: as far as I know the system was working fine. no changes were made at all as far as hardware... a new install of software may have been done... but wo...
Summary: Are you sure the AGP card is compatible with your mboard? E.g. If the card supports 2X AGP, the mboard AGP slot must be compatible with that - some 4X...
Summary: I don't understand why you would setup everything with one card, if you knew you were gonna go with another card? Are you sure you're clearing CMOS co...
Summary: I recently purchased a used ibm thinkpad 1200/1300 at a local flea market. I booted it up and it has a password stored. i am familiar with desktops an...
Summary: "I don't think I'm going to get a Maxtor disk anymore because it IS incompatible." That is extremely unlikely to be the case. Your symptoms do not poi...
Summary: It is EXTREMELY RARE for ram to go bad spontaneously! There is almost always something else wrong! "Well one day my brother was on the computer playi...
Summary: A couple of things. First you MUST unplag the computer before clearing the CMOS. Second, I understand that you want to find the reason for this but ...
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