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meerkat
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 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:17 pm Post subject: Re: Need Audio / USB troubleshooting checklists |
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"Guy" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Compound problem here.
A Sandisk MP3 player appears to be the initiator.
When the MP3 player is inserted into the front USB 2.0 slots on the
case, it causes the PC to freeze.
The system is a Chaintech 7NJL6 with Athlon XP 2900, running XP Home,
1 GB PC2900 RAM. The AC97 codec has been rolled back, updated and
rolled back again, no change.
No hardware issues showing up in troubleshooting or in device manager.
On a nearly identical system (CT 7NJL6 with Athlon XP 3000, XP Home, 1
GB PC3200 RAM), the MP3 player does not cause problems.
Tried it on the back ports ?. |
Other USB devices work OK on front port/s ?. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: how long does boot-block bios recovery take? |
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On Feb 26, 2:43 am, n...@spam.invalid (tmunzar) wrote:
| Quote: | Here it goes.
I had set my bios to update by using winflash.
but i forgot about it. and when i restarted my pc, i turned it off.
yes very stupid of me.
and now whenever i turn on my pc, i get no display, no beep, nothing.
then i tried recovering my bios through the boot block(removing every
other peripheral except for the floppy drive). and it has been reading
the floppy disk for almost 30 minutes now. does it take this long?
or the bootblock thing even works in my situation?
my specs.
Sapphire ATI xpress 3200 pure advantage mobo PC-A8RD580Adv
ati x1800gto on a pci-e slot.
1 gig dual channel pny verto ram
amd athlon 3700+ 64bit.
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If boot block recovery does not work, i will do hot-swapping if the
chip is removable
First, i will determine the size of the BIOS chip(256k,512k etc)
2)Then, remove the sticker, and Google the part# ,
3)Check the voltage whether it is 3V or 5V. If i remember correclty,
intel PLCC chip is 5V and the rest of PLCC is 3.3V.
4)Borrow a motherboard from a friend
5)run UNIFLASH from DOS using your friend's motherboard
6)Check the voltage and size on the uniflash title. It should be the
same as the corrupt one. Turn off the PC
7)Remove the chip from your friend's mobo (do it slowly and carefully,
it is very easy to break the socket)(remember the direction of the
BIOS)
8)Insert the chip back to the socket and do not press the chip all the
way to socket since it will be harder to remove it when you do
hotswapping
9)start the PC
10)Run uniflash from dos
11)remove the chip, insert the corrupt one into the socket.(remember
the direction of the BIOS)
12)redetect the chip(5th or 6 option in uniflash)
After you insert the chip into the socket, touch the chip with your
finger.
If the chip is hot, (that means the voltage is not correct) shut down
the PC right away.
13) Flash the chip using your mobo BIOS file( it should be same
size )
Some of the BIOS chips have boot -block protection, so you have to
disable it first.
Type uniflash /h or uiflash /? for the parameters |
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John Doe
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| Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 9:55 am Post subject: Re: Data recovery problem |
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"dillegm@adelphia.net" <Dillegm@adelphia.net> wrote:
| Quote: | We just sent a Maxtor 250 gig drive to them that was damaged in a
power outage/surge. They actually still have it. We are just
waiting to hear back from them and if it was successfull.
Unfortunatly, we learned the hard way. Always backup important
data.
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A lot of people learn the hard way, then they come here and cry
about it (I'm not referring to you). That's not so bad actually
since it reinforces the lesson.
A guy in a later thread is talking about installing Windows over a
previous version and having done that the last time he upgraded, and
it sounds just like someone who doesn't know enough to keep backups.
In my opinion, if you are a casual user you should have at least one
removable media copy of important files at all times. And if you
even think of doing any troubleshooting or anything fancy with your
system, you immediately stop and make a fresh copy beforehand.
I too would really appreciate hearing how much it ends up costing.
Thanks.
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w_tom
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| Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:04 am Post subject: Re: Computer randomly rebooting |
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On Apr 21, 10:19 am, n...@spam.invalid (oleskool71) wrote:
| Quote: | I am having trouble with my computer rebooting randomly. It is a new
build. Here are the stats.
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This is the third MB I've installed. First one was DOA. Second
worked for a week with a different stick of RAM I had purchased.
Purchased this third one and was told I needed the ram listed above.
Now my system works except for the random reboots. Any ideas?
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Why did you 'know' what was defective? In a parallel example, doors
inside a house were sticking. So the homeowner had all doors planed.
That fixed it. Next week, doors were sticking again. Why did he
automatically assume doors needed fixing? He observed failures. He
did not first ask why. Instead he immediately fixed 'symptoms'.
Supports beneath the building were crumbling. Instead he shotgunned.
Foundation of a computer is its power supply 'system'. No, not just
a power supply. A 'system'. Solution starts by first identifying a
failure or first establishing what is known good. In your case,
integrity of a power supply 'system' is first established. Otherwise
do as so many certified computers assemblers do - shotgun. Keep
replaning doors until doors stop sticking. Keep replacing parts until
something appears to work?
Instead, establish integrity of a power supply 'system'. Two minute
procedure and the resulting numbers provided in "When your computer
dies without warning....." starting 6 Feb 2007 in the newsgroup
alt.windows-xp at:
http://tinyurl.com/yvf9vh
Numbers then posted here so that others can provide more useful
facts from those numbers. Your replies will only be as useful as the
information you provide. That also means numbers.
Once power supply 'system' integrity is established, only then move
on to other suspects - and don't look back. Currently, replacing
parts that may be 100% good because no one first established what is
good and what is bad - complete with reasons why. All that
shotgunning and still everything are known neither good nor bad.
Everything is still unknown. Yes the world is ternary - not
binary. A classic example of why shotgunning takes longer, costs
money, and why some computer repairmen need not learn 'why' something
has failed. More parts 'shotgunned' means more profits. |
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Jim Garrison
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Computer randomly rebooting |
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Mitochondrion wrote:
| Quote: | Random Reboting on windows XP home/Pro is usually associated with bad
RAM, if the system is set to automaticaly reboot on error (in registry
or group policy), check the event viewer for any error info
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Also consider a bad power supply. |
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Frank McCoy
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Laptop Randomly Shuts Down |
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In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt mohamed.samsudeen@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | On May 2, 9:06 pm, n...@spam.invalid (truckdogg4) wrote:
My wife has a Toshiba M35X-S161 laptop that has randomly started
shutting down for no apparent reason. Any suggestions?
u shud first check yr psu & Battery and if they ok u shud try reload
the os
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Listen to see if the fan is running.
If it isn't, the CPU overheats and shuts down.
(Mine is doing this right now.)
I Gotta take mine apart and check the fan.
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FKS
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| Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 9:00 am Post subject: Re: external hard drive |
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"macsimpalass" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I was backing up some files from my dell laptop to my diskgo hard
drive. The file are on the hard drive but now my laptop does show the
hard drive is pluged up to it. Please help.
Unplug the hd. |
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jinxy
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Help! We vacuumed our HP Pavilion Desktop. |
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On May 8, 11:31 am, "meerkat" <x...@xxxx.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "finprw" <n...@spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:1341549ing50h62@news.supernews.com...> :crybaby:
and now we are having issues getting on to the internet and Rhapsody,
could this be a static electricity issue?? We vacuumed the back of
the CPU to get the dust out of the fan.
Are the errors you`re getting secret, or can we all (TINW)
know what they are ?.
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Is your network card a pci or onboard? If pci maybe you can try re-
seating your card. But as the first reply stated you must supply more
info in order for anyone to help you
-J |
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jinxy
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Help! We vacuumed our HP Pavilion Desktop. |
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On May 8, 5:17 pm, johns <johns...@moscow.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Sure could be if the vac was not shielded. You turned that
fan into a generator if the PC was turned on.
johns
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I have often heard that a leaf blower is a good way to blow out your
pc.
-J |
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johns
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:59 am Post subject: Re: Help! We vacuumed our HP Pavilion Desktop. |
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Sure could be if the vac was not shielded. You turned that
fan into a generator if the PC was turned on.
johns |
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JAD
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: Re: Did I smoke my motherboard? |
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Do you feel light headed? Red eyes? dry mouth? Yes? Then yeah You smoked it all right.
"mobius2702" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message news:134ootuf859me62@news.supernews.com...
| Quote: | Hi all.
First post, and sadly, I am not happy about it.
First, here's the scoop.
I'll start with the original crash. The computer restarted itself,
came back up and said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND
PRESS ENTER". I restarted it again, went into the BIOS, and all
of the settings were scr**ed up. It reset itself itself to boot from
CD-ROM. It disabled all of the onboard RAID.
So here's what I have done thus far:
1) Pulled the memory to get the "computer ticked off" beep
for no memory. I've read that this is a good way to see if the mobo
is functioning. Oh, and the computer beeped.
2) Disconnected all of the hard drives, and tried to get to the
windows install screen off the CD-ROM where it says no drives
detected. Couldn't get it to read off the CD-ROM though.
When I power on my PC, it performs the memory test just fine (even
though I do find it strange that it does the "memory
count-up" every time... I don't recall it doing that in the
past), then it just dies at the PCI device listing screen "DISK
BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
Now, I've recently had a mobo fail on me... and the thing wouldn't
even start. So I'm getting different symptoms here, and I really hope
it isn't the mobo this time.
HERE'S THE QUESTIONS (yay!)
1) Is there any reason that a cpu or memory failure would result in a
system not detecting any drives?
2) I did notice that the southbridge chip was very very hot. Is this
where onboard RAID stuff is done? Is doing onboard RAID typically a
killer for a motherboard?
And here's the system specs:
mobo: eVGA nForce 680i SLI
video: eVGA geForce 7900 GT-KO (x2) (running multimonitors, not SLI)
memory: OCZ PC2 5400 1G (x2 - Dual channel, or some such jargon)
cpu: intel PentiumD 3.0 GHz 800 FSB
hard drives: Western Digital 10000 RPM (x2) in RAID 0 (boot drive)
more HDs: Western Digital 10000 RPM (x2) in RAID 0 (data)
even more HDs: Seagate 7200 RPM (x2) in RAID 1 (backups and lesser
used data)
And the CD-RoM drive, which works, and I don't know what it is.
Did all these arrays smoke my motherboard?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
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lkboop
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:39 am Post subject: Re: Did I smoke my motherboard? |
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mobius2702 wrote:
| Quote: | Hi all.
First post, and sadly, I am not happy about it.
First, here's the scoop.
I'll start with the original crash. The computer restarted itself,
came back up and said "DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND
PRESS ENTER". I restarted it again, went into the BIOS, and all
of the settings were scr**ed up. It reset itself itself to boot from
CD-ROM. It disabled all of the onboard RAID.
So here's what I have done thus far:
1) Pulled the memory to get the "computer ticked off" beep
for no memory. I've read that this is a good way to see if the mobo
is functioning. Oh, and the computer beeped.
2) Disconnected all of the hard drives, and tried to get to the
windows install screen off the CD-ROM where it says no drives
detected. Couldn't get it to read off the CD-ROM though.
When I power on my PC, it performs the memory test just fine (even
though I do find it strange that it does the "memory
count-up" every time... I don't recall it doing that in the
past), then it just dies at the PCI device listing screen "DISK
BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER".
Now, I've recently had a mobo fail on me... and the thing wouldn't
even start. So I'm getting different symptoms here, and I really hope
it isn't the mobo this time.
HERE'S THE QUESTIONS (yay!)
1) Is there any reason that a cpu or memory failure would result in a
system not detecting any drives?
2) I did notice that the southbridge chip was very very hot. Is this
where onboard RAID stuff is done? Is doing onboard RAID typically a
killer for a motherboard?
And here's the system specs:
mobo: eVGA nForce 680i SLI
video: eVGA geForce 7900 GT-KO (x2) (running multimonitors, not SLI)
memory: OCZ PC2 5400 1G (x2 - Dual channel, or some such jargon)
cpu: intel PentiumD 3.0 GHz 800 FSB
hard drives: Western Digital 10000 RPM (x2) in RAID 0 (boot drive)
more HDs: Western Digital 10000 RPM (x2) in RAID 0 (data)
even more HDs: Seagate 7200 RPM (x2) in RAID 1 (backups and lesser
used data)
And the CD-RoM drive, which works, and I don't know what it is.
Did all these arrays smoke my motherboard?
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
THE BATTERY IS BAD R&R ALL WILL BE FINE |
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John Doe
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: Re: Did I smoke my motherboard? |
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"JAD" <john doe harvesting.addys.for.***.spam> wrote:
| Quote: | Do you feel light headed? Red eyes? dry mouth? Yes? Then yeah You smoked it all right.
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He said "motherboard" not "your mother".
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davy
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 1:56 am Post subject: Re: DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF A AMD CPU IS FIXABLE? |
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They mught look ok on the outside but have they been zapped.... by
static electricity..?
The only way to check is to test them in a working machine, bearing
mind you will have to reset the CPU clocking and FSB speeds on the
mobo for the CPU.
The only thing you can repair on a CPU which is actually a chip is a
bent pin as they are usually sealed.... plus fact they don't use
descreet components hence the word Integrated Circuit or IC for short.
Buying 2nd hand Chips and cards can be a gamble, it's a win or lose
game, from experience a chip that's been zapped by static may well work
(not just CPU's) for a short while but fail premeturely.
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DaveW
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| Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: Re: DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF A AMD CPU IS FIXABLE? |
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CPU's are NOT repairable.
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"ICEMAN98520" <no@spam.invalid> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Hello does anybody know if you can fix a amd cpu, i have bought a few
bad amd athlon cpu`s and was wondering if they can be fixed , i know
they are bad, i tried setting the correct setting in the bios and all
that, proper heatsink,proper fan, tried using them in my working
computer,msi 6380 etc, etc ,i see no signs of damage or burn`t
markings so i was just curious, i have about 6 of them total ranging
from 1600 to 2800. thanks any info would be much appreciated. take
care..
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