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    - com port only works in xp using vmware with w98 i have an old pc with windows 98 running connected to a device via com port. everything works great. now, i replaced that with a new pc running XP and i cant get it working through com port. done all i can remember, slowing down baud rate on xp, tweaking in bios, etc etc. so i installed vmware on that machine, created a new virtual machine and installed w98. it connects great as before. but what i want is to comunicate natively in xp, not having to use xp->vmware->w95 has anyone has any idea? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329642
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    - Trouble in the Dell How wise is a complete reinstallation of WinXP on a Dell Dimension (DIM 2400) via the Symantec Dell PC System Restore (which the manual says on p.43 is "only as a last resort . . ." ? Problem is ultra-slow operation (apparently not caused by firewall, AV software etc.) I suspect damage to the hard drive but am uncertain whether the cause is drivers (software) or hardware malfunction. Evidence: 1. ScanDisk of C:\ would not complete. I was surprised to see the GUI console reported: -- one small FAT32 drive (no drive letter) 30 Mb -- one normal drive C: NTFS about 38 Gb. 2. DOS CHKDSK /F reports Fixed 2 corrupt attribute records. Cannot continue in read-only mode. (This is not because I logged on as user, not as administrator, is it?) 3. I downloaded 25 March new Dell diagnostics DELLDIAG.EXE This runs in a DOS box but fails to execute, reporting "memory protection fault" I have so far failed to find in either the printed manual or Dell documents on line either "memory protection fault" or any reference to the hard drive being in "read-only mode" or any mention of FAT32 drives. The PC remains cripplingly slow. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329641
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    - CPU's Ok what's the difference between CPU's? Not AMD or Intel, but say a E8400 and Xeon E3110? Both are Wolfdale cores but the E3110 says "Server" on the box. Looking at the spec's they look the same except for the voltage requirements. So I guess my real question is what's the difference between a desk top CPU and a Server Cpu? Are they inter-changeable? Will games suffer because the CPU is designed for a server? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329638
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    - Flash drive/memory stick freezes my computer I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried it in other computers, other than my own, and it worked fine on them. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling all my USBs. I've tried almost everything. Can anybody please solve this mystery? This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329633
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    - Windows XP Media suddenly stopped recognizing hardware devices Windows XP Media suddenly stopped recognizing hardware devices. I have yellow question marks on my camera card readers, my dvd burner and my flatbed scanner. All worked a t one time. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329629
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    - help with laptop to desktop hard drive adapter I just bought one of these and it connects to the laptop HD no problem but now I still can't connect it to my desktop because it isn't missing that one pin in the middle of them all so I can't hook it up to my current ata cable unless I wanted to do something stupid and pull out the one pin. I've never even seen a pata cable that doesn't have the middle pin filled in. Lets say for example that the row on the hard drive that is missing the pins is the top row. There are 21 pins on the top row and 22 pins on the bottom row. On the adapter there are 20 pins on each row, and if you are looking at the pins straight on, then there are 2 wires red and black on the right side (red wire is top row, black wire is bottom row). I don't want to pull the pin on the top row but is a PATA cable that has the all the pin holes? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329624
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    - Corrupted drives I was wondering if anyone knew why my external western digital drives (500GB) always end up "corrupted". We use all XP stations at work and somehow XP corrupts the drives so we can no longer access them, delete the partition- reformat...it pretty much kills our drives. Does anyone know what causes these corruptions? Thanks Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329622
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    - Any way to get my data back? My Maxtor EHD Personal Storage 3200 is not given a drive letter and I can't access it, though it is shown as Disk 1 in Drive Management. (right clicking to allocate a drive letter not an option, it's not there). It worked finer a couple of weeks ago on an XP machine in England (I'm in France). Then I got a new Vistas PC and it wouldn't work with that, but would still work with the XP Pro machine. Now I'm here it doesn't work in either a desktop or laptop both running XP Home edition. I started to run Seagates File Recovery programme. After 24 hours it had only scanned 20%. It's unlikely to go for 5 days without needing booting as I need it for work. Disk Management is showing Disk 1 unknown 279.47 Gb Not initialised. Unallocated. How can I get to my data.? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329615
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    - adding a KB with "hot keys" I recently added a Firefly Borealis illuminated keyboard (hardware) to my system. I loaded in the included driver (CD) and get a message that "mHotkey.exe has encountered a problem and must close (etc.)". the result is that, though the KB works, the hot key functions do not ... excepting the standby or shut down hot key. I've uninstalled & then re-installed the drivers to no avail. anyone know how I can get this KB to work properly with my system? thanks! Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329605
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    - 4 monitors Hi, I would like to have 4 monitors setup on my new PC with windows XP Pro. 2 above the other 2. What is the best Graphics card and computer setup for this. This is for checking the markets (not gaming) Thanks Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329597
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    - Clock Won't Stay set I have had to reinstall my OS lately. sicne them my clock will not stay set set in the BIOS or by the clock setting. It whats to jump ahead always two hours. the time zone is correct, a new BIOS has been installed. all dirvers are up todate and working. the clock will just not stay set. I hae used a Time sync and still have to manuall sync everytime i open up the computer and log on, any ideas for me NavyRet69 Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329593
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    - processors information 64-bit Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/64-bit-microprocessors.html How Microprocessors Work http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-microprocessors-work.html Multi-microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/multi-microprocessors.html Pre-PC Microprocessor History http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/pre-pc-microprocessor-history.html Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/microprocessors.html transformar http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/transformar.html Computer power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/computer-power-supply.html power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/power-supply.html Electrical power supplies http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/electrical-power-supplies.html UTP Cable Tester http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable-tester.html UTP Cable http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable.html Data storage device http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/data-storage-device.html storage devices http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/storage-devices.html Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329592
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    - processors information 64-bit Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/64-bit-microprocessors.html How Microprocessors Work http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/how-microprocessors-work.html Multi-microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/multi-microprocessors.html Pre-PC Microprocessor History http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/pre-pc-microprocessor-history.html Microprocessors http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/microprocessors.html transformar http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/transformar.html Computer power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/computer-power-supply.html power supply http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/power-supply.html Electrical power supplies http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/electrical-power-supplies.html UTP Cable Tester http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable-tester.html UTP Cable http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/utp-cable.html Data storage device http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/data-storage-device.html storage devices http://freedownloadablebooks.blogspot.com/2008/03/storage-devices.html Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329591
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    - Com Ports Unavailable I need to use 2 com ports in the com1 to com4 range, and only com1 is in use, by my serial port. Device manager shows that com2, com3, and com4 are all in use, but they're not, unless my internal modem is using one of them. Even so, I should still have 2 available ports. I can't figure out what is using the other 2 com ports. How can I free them up? -- Thanks. Sammie Windows XP Home Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329576
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    - Application Disk Access My performance monitor shows the Avg. Disk Queue at the top and pages/sec and %processor at normal. Are there any utilities, MS or 3rd party that can display how heavy of a load each application or service is putting on the hard disk? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329562
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    - Damaged partition My daughters laptop HDD seems to have suffered impact shock and partition has become damaged. I connected it to my desktop and after a time it shows in My computer but I cannot access the drive. Partition magic refuses to open when drive is connected to the desktop.She has some project work on this drive that is not backed up eleswhere.I know there are a myriad of software tools for recovering files etc but can someone recommend one that really works. Thanks for any suggestions. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329555
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    - Com Port I am trying ot use a data trasfer program that has always worked flawlessly, but all of a sudden, it quit working and now says that my computer has no com port. I have checked the devise manager and the device manager says that the com port is functioning OK. What could be the problem? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329547
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    - windows xp service pack 2 I would like to know what is causing my laptop to shut down very slow or not at all. I have to press the power button to shut it down. OS is Win XP sp2. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329543
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    - Windows update causes printer to stop working correctly Fresh install of windows on a newly formatted hard-drive, always results in this same thing: I install Windows XP Pro on a newly formatted hard-drive, and attach the computer the the network's printer using the [Printers and Faxes] dialogbox. Everything (including printing) works fine before I do any Windows updates. Then I do all the windows updates (including SP2) and test again, now, the print dialogbox, takes 45 seconds (instead of about 1 second) to come up when the [print] menu item is selected, and the print job takes 45 seconds (instead of about 1 second) to begin printing after the [print] button of the print dialogbox is pressed. I have tried this same sequence over-and-over many times for the last six weeks. I always start with a newly formatted hard-drive and a fresh install of Windows XP Pro. What could be causing this? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329541
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    - no dump file!!! I'm going ape shit. XP pro SP2 all latest patches. My asus a8n-sli deluxe system with an opteron 185 isn't giving me dumps or minidumps, even though I have them configured in SYSTEM PROPERTIES/ADVANCED/SETTINGS. I've got it set for a complete dump and event view logging. Nothing. Nada. I've had the BSOD about 5 times since I rebuilt the system earlier this month, and the last three or four didn't give me anything except the blue screen information. All my paging is on the root, set for 4GB fixed with 2GB ram, so there's no reason the dump shouldn't happen, unless the hardware has gone so teats up that it can't even dump. This really sucks, as I've found the dump files to be really helpful with WinDbg to isolate offending drivers. My last crash was 0x000000F4 (0X00000003, 0x89B45240, 0x89B453B4, 0x805D11F8) I've looked up about everything I can find relating to that error. It points to hardware, that's about it. I'm about to try swapping out half my ram, or perhaps running MEM386, or whatever it's called these days. Suggestions? (Yeah, I'm already working on an UBUNTU system...) tx pc Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329535
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    - Floppy drive inoperative after disconnect OK, I had to borrow the floppy drive cable from my Win XP machine to temporarily use on a friends PC (he didn't have a cable and we wanted to do a clean install of Windows 98.) When I put the cable back into my machine (Yes, it's connected properly!), the floppy (A:) drive is not recognized. The light on the front panel doesn't blink or anything. When I go into the BIOS setup, the order has (Removable Media) as the first choice, then my C: drive second. The A: drive does not appear in Windows Explorer nor does it appear in my device manager. Power cable is connected firmly, too. This seems like such a simple problem to fix but I'm stumped. Yes, I know there is the possibility that my floppy is smoked but really, all I did was turn off my machine, unplug the data cable and after a few hours use on another machine, plugged it back into my machine. Yes, I did power up my machine while the cable was out. Could this have caused XP to turn off looking for the floppy? -- Jim H. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329532
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    - Unknown device Reloading xp on fujitsu lifebook afer a disaster and have 1 conflict remaining in device manager "ACPI\FU02B1\4&32D5oC2&0". No system disks so any help greatly appreciated.Thanks. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329525
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    - OT: Test / fix MFT corrupted hard drive Last year, I "suffered" a MFT corrupted boot drive (c:) failure. Now, I am working on recovering may data and checking the drive this past month. I have connected the old IDE drive into a USB 2.0 drive enclosure and succesffully recover several files. Now I am trying to check the drive's "health" statsu (without any success yet.) The drive is a Maxtor (now Seagate) 120GB EIDE drive but most of the Maxtor tools can not seem to be chek it out. Where could find how to check it out or how can I check it out? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329522
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    - EHD not given Drive letter but shows in Disk Management My Maxtor EHD Personal Storage 3200 is not given a drive letter and I can't access it, though it is shown as Disk 1 in Drive Management. (right clicking to allocate a drive letter not an option, it's not there). It worked finer a couple of weeks ago on an XP machine in England (I'm in France). Then I got a new Vistas PC and it wouldn't work with that, but would still work with the XP Pro machine. Now I'm here it doesn't work in either a desktop or laptop both running XP Home edition. I started to run Seagates File Recovery programme. After 24 hours it had only scanned 20%. It's unlikely to go for 5 days without needing booting as I need it for work. Disk Management is showing Disk 1 unknown 279.47 Gb Not initialised. Unallocated. How can I get to my data.? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329519
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    - Retrieving Documents and Settings data when XP/NTFS denies access. A Western Digital SATA (system)drive suddenly failed SMART and I replaced it and re-installed everything. Chkdsk attempts to fix it but always gets stuck at a certain point. When attached as another internal drive or hooked up via USB I can see and managed to retrieve everything else I needed on the drive. However, my (admin) account, within Documents and Settings, is reported as not accessible - access denied. I have a lot of pictures etc on there and was hoping there was some way I can bypass this and retrieve them. I've tried everything I can think of and believe it's a Windows XP / NTFS thing. Can I convert it to FAT and then get these files? Any help greatly appreciated, Tony Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329517
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    - HP Pavilion 524w's hang ups/lock ups. =A0 Will be much indebted if a good techie/soul could give me useful insights as to these endless hang ups/lock ups from my HP Pavilion 524w ... because I just can't function; PC is my CentCom.=A0 Believe or not, have been putting up with this crap for nearly three (3) months now.=A0 Argh!=A0 =A0 =A0 SYMPTOMS=A0 =BB The first sign of future hang ups --though these may still be hours ahead-- is that after each boot up, the mouse pointer is jerky the very first time one moves it.=A0 It jumps anywhere from 1/4" to 2" or so from its initial position (from wherever it landed after boot up) to whatever direction I'm pointing it to.=A0 Note it only does this one time initially at the beginning of the session until the next boot up.=A0 From then onwards during any given session, the mouse is as smooth as expected at all times.=A0 This behavior occurs regardless of the mouse used, either a Microsoft PS3 or a Microsoft wireless USB.=A0 =BB Freezings occur when using any software that needs to scan.=A0 The worst are antivirus online scanning but lock ups also ocurr when copying large files say, above, 50 MBs.=A0 =BB Just as successful in freezing the machine is any software that gets in the registry, such as various either online or installed cleaning utilities.=A0 Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool sure does it, for example.=A0 =BB Anything that uses ActiveX and/or web-rize bloated sites with Flash this, Schockwave that, etc., like Huffington Post or eBay, for example, can easily cause lock ups.=A0 =BB When lock ups get bad enough, sometimes there are checksum errors on boot up in which case the default BIOS configuration is reloaded.=A0 =BB After repeated and increasing crashes, the behavior of disk scanning when rebooting changes even in this semi-DOS environment.=A0 This is when running disk scanning from Start -> Run -> chkdsk c: /f -- the bootup drive on the primary master, and chkdsk e: /f --a logical drive on the same HD.=A0 First one gets the standard full 10 seconds to escape if one wants, then suddenly it starts giving me only 5 sec., then ... no option to escape no matter how much the [Esc] key is tapped on.=A0 The text allowing the user to escape is dropped altogether, gone, and repeatedly pressing the [Esc] key doesn't abort it.=A0 =BB After repeated and increasing crashes, another example of changes of behaviors is the sequencing of these check disks pass the BIOS screen and about the time Windows itself begins to load.=A0 =BB The only way out from these hang ups is to turn the machine off, patiently wait for a minute, then restart it.=A0 After repeated and increasing crashes, another example of changing processes is that the machine restarting by itself, anywhere from a couple to 10 secs, to 30 to 40 secs later than powering it off.=A0 When it happens repeatedly, the only way to stop it from restarting all alone is power it off after the lock up, then quickly unplug the power cord from the surge protector.=A0 My new power supply doesn't have an on/off button.=A0 =BB For short periods of time, PROBLEMS SEEM NON-EXISTENT (i.e., machine seemingly works regularly, even flies) after re-installing XP Pro, which I have done twice already.=A0 Soon enough, anywhere from 5 hrs to as much as 30 hrs later, freezings begin to ocurr and, from that point onwards, things get worse at an increasing rate.=A0 It is not only the frequency of lock ups, but also how bad the machine crashes.=A0 =BB ONE THING MAYBE POINTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM IS FOOLING AROUND WITH THE MEMORY MODULES though, by now, don't think it's got anything to do w/ the modules themselves.=A0 About 3 1/2 yrs ago replaced the original 256 MB single module with 2 x 1 GB modules, also PC2100 ... and this puppy took off, literally, right there and then.=A0 Modules worked fine ever since.=A0 =BB THE LAST OTHER THING MAYBE ... is fresh Win XP reinstalls.=A0 See also possible solutions below.=A0 =BB But the one telling bitty, every time around, is that jerky mouse only at the beginning of each session until, in time, hang ups begin all over again.=A0 =A0 =A0 BIT OF HARDWARE BACKGROUND=A0 =BB For reference, about a couple of months problems started, successfully changed the power supply from the original paltry 200 watts to some 350 W, may a tad more, and the heatsink/fan cooler assembly.=A0 =BB Moreover, when the lock ups first began, the original 57 GB Samsung SV0602H hard disk drive was only reading and writing at half its specs but, even then, appreciated HP putting in there.=A0 It would simply not quit, allowing more than enough time to research and get a replacement. Equally importantly, it also allowed me to save all my data intact on a logical drive on my current HD, a 115 GB Maxtor 6L120P0.=A0 Is it possible that not replacing it right away could have caused these lock ups (or spoiled something at a very low level or upstream, if you will)?=A0 Because the state of the old hard disk was so bad, at the time I blamed it all to the drive.=A0 It never occurred to me that, simultaneously, the lock ups were due to something else.=A0 =A0 =A0 POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS?/Other already tried ...=A0 The following 2 bullet points should narrow down whereabouts the problem is but I'm unable to pin it down myself since I'm no techie;=A0 =BB First, whenever re-installing Win XP anew, things go very smoothly for a a while.=A0 =BB Second, fooling around with the memory modules is another that seems to take good care of things.=A0 For a while, PC can't run any better.=A0 From about 2 1/2 months ago trying to narrow down these hang ups, lately I pulled out the modules and then put them back in place.=A0 Also tried swapping them around, or taking of one or another and leaving the other memory bank empty.=A0 Just to make sure these two (2) 1 GB PC2100 were not the problem, replaced them both with the one original HP 256 MB module.=A0 Every time I fooled around with the memory, the machine behaved as if there no problems at all, again even flies, but only holds anywhere from 5 hrs to as much as 30 hrs.=A0 All three (3) modules passed Microsoft's Windows Memory Diagnostic test tool with flying colors.=A0 In the off the wall case problesh have anything to do with memory timming specs differences, this week changed to a new pair of 1 GB PC 3200 Samsung modules.=A0 OTHER SOFTWARE;=A0 =BB Already tried Microsoft's Diagnostics and Recovery Toolset.=A0 Problem is it relies on dump files it needs for analysis ... but my system hasn't got any!=A0 This is, when the machine hang ups, it just hangs up, right there and then.=A0 Have yet to see a single blue screen of death.=A0 Wish that was on the way down so, maybe, there'd be dump archives around.=A0 =BB Independently, Dr. Watson informs me all is swimmingly well whenever I run it.=A0 =A0 Machine was working fine indeed with old software when the lock ups began.=A0 Still, in the search for solutions updated some HP and VIA software as follows (not being all inclusive here; there's a lot more I have done);=A0 =BB The old BIOS was Phoenix Technologies version AM37307 but was replaced with the package from HP and now is the AM37320 (08-01-23) Phoenix Technologies.=A0 When booting up it reads BIOS core revision V6.0, BIOS revision 3.20 08/01/2003, system BIOS supplier: Award.=A0 The update no difference at all, not an iota, as to the freezings and was sorry to run it because functionality to end users is even more constrained than the old one.=A0 For example, cannot turn off the video shadowing.=A0 =BB Installed and run a couple of times the IDE Tool VIA_IDE_MPD_V320b.zip found at;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1180&SubC= atID=3D115=A0 and apparently the same package posted at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip=A0 Not sure why they call it the VIA IDE Miniport Driver but in any event this IDE Tool allowed me to run the primary and secondary drives on the max PIO modes my hardware allows.=A0 When doing so, the drives would be listed as SCSI in the Device Manager.=A0 Other than running perceptibly slower, it made no difference again so, presently, I'm back on the max DMA modes my drives are capable of.=A0 By the way, the front side bus jumper on the motherboard is properly placed at FSB 133.=A0 =BB Installed the Retro Chipset VIA 4in1 drivers VIA_4in1_443v.zip package found at;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1070=A0 Turns out that "retro" bit on the title is no mis-name.=A0 Drivers were older than a good many already in my system!=A0 I guess it served to prove that none of the newer drives I happen to have in my system -- via Microsoft updates beginning with XP SP2, I suppose-- were causing the hang ups because ... they continued unabated.=A0 Aargh!=A0 Same package can also be downloaded at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_4in1_4.43v.zip=A0 the version recommended for my PC.=A0 There is also a newer version named mbd_via_4in1_4.55vp1.zip=A0 =BB Though my old Iomega ZIP 250 drive (still there for legacy compatibility) has been disconnected for a good many months given all these problems, I installed the VIA Latency Patch mbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip listed at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/hardware/chipset_via.html=A0 leading to actual download page at;=A0 http://www.whitebunny.net/download?file=3Dmbd_via_ide_3.20b.zip=A0 You know the drill by now.=A0 Made no difference ...=A0 =BB The last update package to be installed was the VIA Hyperion Pro Driver Package via_hyperionpro_v515a.zip downloaded from;=A0 http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=3D420&OSID=3D1&CatID=3D1070=A0 Somehow, even intuitively, it seemed to have the machine running smoothly but, all previous, ...=A0 Grrr!, short of voodoo, don't know what else to resort to, honest.=A0 =A0 =A0 MACHINE SPECS=A0 =46rom the back sticker;=A0 HP Pavillion 500=A0 HW BOM 05+1211=A0 SW BOM NA92=A0 System number: DB280A=A0 Serial # MX25026882=A0 windows XP Home Ed. (currently XP Pro SP2, build 2600)=A0 Product Key: HCTVC-2HFXF-PBQGP-FPJV3-G2G6M=A0 System Info=A0 Model: HP/Compaq Pavilion 524w=A0 Chassis Type: Desktop=A0 Processor=A0 Number Of Processors: 1=A0 Type: AMD Athlon XP 2100+=A0 Processors Bus Speed: 267 MHz=A0 Package: Socket A (AMD A/462 the same as Athlon 64?)=A0 Manufacturer Codename: Palomino=A0 Clock Speed: 1732 MHz=A0 Clock Multiplier: 13.0=A0 Front Side Bus (FSB) Speed: 267 MHz=A0 L2 Cache Size: 256 KBytes Stepping : A5=A0 Trace Width: 0.18=A0 Microcode: Not Available=A0 Instruction Sets: MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE=A0 Motherboard=A0 Motherboard reads VIA AM37=A0 HP/Compaq name: Salsa=A0 Motherboard Supplier: FIC (me: VIA Arena ... Albatron?)=A0 Motherboard Name: AM37=A0 Form Factor: uATX Processor Brand: AMD Processor Socket Type: socket-A (PGA462) ---------=A0 Chipset Name: VIA KM266, or VIA P4M266/KM266 (North Bridge: VT8375), rev. 00=A0 Chipset North Bridge: VT8375, Revision/stepping A1=A0 Chipset South Bridge: VT8235 Super I/O: ITE-IT8705F=A0 OLD BIOS manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD=A0 Bios Version : AM37307=A0 Flash BIOS Device: Xbus 2 Mbit=A0 ---------=A0 NEW, UPDATED version: AM37320 (08-01-23) Phoenix Technologies, LTD=A0 or another way to state it, apparently, when booting up;=A0 BIOS core rev. V6.0=A0 BIOS revision: 3.20 08/01/2003=A0 System BIOS Supplier: Award =A0 Memory=A0 Total RAM Installed : 2048 MB=A0 Type : DDR DIMM PC2100=A0 Used RAM Slots: 2 of 2=A0 Memory Bus Frequency: 133 MHz=A0 Memory Timings: 2.5-2-2-6=A0 Memory Speed: PC2100/PC1600=A0 Memory Sockets: 2 DIMM Maximum Memory: 2 GB Ethernet 10/100 LAN, supplier: Realtek RTL8100L Ethernet Configuration: PCI, Down IDE UDMA Modes: ATA-100/66/33=A0 Expansion Slots (AGP/PCI/Exten): AGP, 3 PCI USB Ports: 6 USB 2.0=A0 USB Front/Back Options: 2F+4B=A0 =A0 Peripherals=A0 USB Version : 2.0=A0 =A0 Graphics=A0 Model: S3 AGP S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR=A0 AGP Speed: Not Available=A0 Brand: 1509=A0 Slot: AGP=A0 GPU Core: Not Available=A0 GPU Speed: Not Available=A0 Video Ram Size: 29 MB=A0 Video Ram Type: Not Available=A0 Video Ram Speed: Not Available=A0 Driver Version: 6.14.10.25=A0 DirectX Installed: Version 9.0c=A0 Available Slot: AGP 2.0=A0 ---------=A0 Graphics Supplier: VIA=A0 Graphics Configuration: Down, In Chipset Onboard Graphics Memory: UMA 64 MB=A0 Graphics Connector (AGP): AGP 4X (1.5V only)=A0 TV-Out Device: No=A0 TV-Out Configuration: N/A=A0 Audio: AC'97 Down=A0 AC'97 CODEC Device: Realtek ALC201=A0 Audio Jacks (Mic,Line-In,Line-Out,Spkr,MIDI/Game): M,LI,LO,SO=A0 M: Microphone LI: Line In LO: Line out=A0 SO: Speaker=A0 M/G: Midi/Game=A0 ---------=A0 See more specs from HP at;=A0 http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=3Dbph07941&lc=3Den&cc=3D= us&lang=3Den&product=3D296667&dlc=3Den=A0 including picture and map from the motherboard, and more.=A0 =A0 If you kept reading this far down, bless your patience.=A0 =A0 =A0 H.=A0 =A0 Amsterdam=A0 Netherlands=A0 =A0 Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329515
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    - Movie DVD not seen. Hi, I have the following problem, when i want to play an orignal/bought movie on my Laptop nothing happends. The DVD is not seen by explorer and not by any of my DVD programs, not even by Nero or AnyDvd. The DVD plays ok in a standard DVD player... and the Laptop player/burner can read other DVD's. What's going on? protection? regio code? TIA S. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329510
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    - CD intermitent on new XP Pro install I posted a similar question several weeks ago but at that time it appeared that the issue was a faulty system disk. I have replaced the drive and reinstalled XP again for the umpteenth time and the issue is back. Details follow: I have a LiteOn CD writter (IDE 1, master) and a Memorex DVD writter (IDE 1, slave) on the computer. Both drives worked properly before I started having system disk issues. Both drives also show up as working properly in the device manager and I've "uninstalled" the LiteOn and let windows reinstall it using the MS drivers. Prior to the uninstall/reinstall it worked one or two times reading a CD for use in installing a program. I've run CDCHECK on both drives and gotten back an error 21 (not ready) for both. I suspected NIS 2008 might be an issue but I get the same results in safe mode. Any thoughts on how to get either drive working would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Zoltan Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329505
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    - Monotor won't display 16:9 (only 4:3) I have the following Video card ATI Technologies Inc. 3D RAGE IIC AGP and a BlueH H19W (16:9) monitor. The monitor only displays as a 4:3. There are black vertical lines to the left and right of the screen. The driver I have installed is a Microsoft 5.1.2535.0 for the video card, and the driver that came with the monitor. I cannot locate a driver for the video card on any web site to see if that rectifies the problem. I don't know if it would. Note I can only manage to set the screen resolution to a maximum of 1024 by 768. Anything higher and I get a message saying input signal out of range Don't know if this is relevant. Can you provide me with assistance. Thanks in advance. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329488
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    - FLASH DRIVE FREEZES MY PC I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine. This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? NO SILLY ANSWERS PLEASE Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329487
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    - PLEASE Help. HARDDRIVE GONE. Hey everyone -- trying not to panic here. I have windows XP. I have 2 harddrives -- the C drive, which is the original drive that came with my computer, and the F drive, a 250 gig internal drive I installed a while back. I turned on my computer today and the F drive is gone. It's not showing up in explorer, in disk manager, and any files I try to find on it are gone. This drive had everything on it...I have no clue why it's not showing up. I restarted my computer 3 times. I don't know what else to do. Thank you so much. -Jordan Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329454
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    - "USB Device Not Recognized" in USB2 ports but is recognized on USB1 I bought a new USB2 PCI card and am having some problems using it. I've plugged it in alright and I'm able to successfully plug in a USB optical mouse into each external USB port on the PCI card and it works in each and every one of them. Same thing with a 128MB USB stick. Both of these also work in the USB1 ports I have on the front of the computer. The problem I'm experiencing occurs when I try to plug a USB HDD enclosure into the USB2 ports. It works just fine in the USB1 ones (the computer reacts much as it would when a USB stick is inserted into it). When I plug it into the USB2 ports, I get the following error: ---------------------------- USB Device Not Recognized One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click this message. I click on it and get a useless "Try reconnecting the device. If Windows still does not recognize it, replace the device." ---------------------------- My question is... why? Why would something be recognized by USB1 ports but not by USB2 ports added by a PCI card? I'm running Windows XP SP2. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329452
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    - Graphics Card problem I've just bought and installed a new graphics card (XFX GeForce 5200). I got it from Dell, so it's a 'good' card (not a dodgy second-hand one !). I recognise it's not the 'best and latest' card available, but it is new and it should work (someone on here told me to dump it and just get a newer card - but you don't need a Ferrari necessarily to get from A to B !). I'm running XP SP2, plenty of RAM etc, no other problems. I want to attach a second monitor to my PC - an new flat panel LCD TV screen which says it can be used as a PC monitor. The TV monitor is in a room next to my office - I want to run a cable from my PC to the TV monitor so I can watch DVDs, and other stuff I've downloaded in that room. I therefore need to be able to run both monitors AT THE SAME TIME in 'clone' mode. I found out that many graphics cards have two ports (DVI and VGA) but will only support one or the other, not both at once. My new card claims it will support two together. I've connected everything, downloaded latest driver from website, set up 'clone' mode etc. Problem - the TV monitor shows all the startup screens exactly as on my PC monitor when I'm booting up, but as soon as Windows startup is finished I just get 'no signal'. I've tried changing screen resolutions - no joy. I've sent emails off to XFX and to LG (the TV manufacturer) but I guess I won't get a reply till next week because of Easter. I've spent 3 days so far fiddling with it - driving me nuts.........can any of you clever guys suggest anything please ? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329447
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    - Graphics Card problem I've just bought and installed a new graphics card (XFX GeForce 5200). I got it from Dell, so it's a 'good' card (not a dodgy second-hand one !). I recognise it's not the 'best and newest' graphics card on the marketplace - but that doesn't mean it doesn't work of course. (someone on here suggested it was ancient and I should just replace it with a top-of-the-range card. Hey - you don't need a Ferrari to get from A to B !!) So.....I want to attach a second monitor to my PC - an new flat panel LCD TV screen which says it can be used as a PC monitor. The TV monitor is in a room next to my office - I want to run a cable from my PC to the TV monitor so I can watch DVDs, and other stuff I've downloaded in that room. I therefore need to be able to run both monitors AT THE SAME TIME in 'clone' mode. I found out that many graphics cards have two ports (DVI and VGA) but will only support one or the other at one time, not both at once. My new card claims it will support two together. I've connected everything, downloaded latest driver from website, set up 'clone' mode etc. Problem - the TV monitor shows all the startup screens exactly as on my PC monitor when I'm booting up, but as soon as Windows startup is finished I just get 'no signal'. I've tried changing screen resolutions - no joy. I've sent emails off to XFX and to LG (the TV manufacturer) but I guess I won't get a reply till next week because of Easter. I've spent 3 days so far fiddling with it - driving me nuts.........can any of you clever guys suggest anything please ? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329445
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    - Flash drive freezes my computer I just bought a flash drive for my WinXP SP2 Home edition. As soon as I inserted it, my computer froze and locked up. I've tried it in all my additional USB ports and it remains the same. Even if I insert it prior to boot up, Windows stops and freezes. My webcam works fine and the memory stick light comes on, but the `New Hardware Detected' indicator doesn't even show. I don't have anything else taking up USB ports other than my webcam. I've tried it in other computers, not my own, and it worked fine. This seems to be a mystery, which nobody seems to have an answer for????? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329443
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    - Hard drive confusion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Guys - I'm kinda confused about something. I have a 320gb SATA drive but when = I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE. Is it suppose to be this way? = See pic in the link. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg Thanks, Wy ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Guys=20 -</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm = kinda confused=20 about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the = BIOS it=20 shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic = in the=20 link.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg">h= ttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg</A></FONT><= /SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2><BR></DIV></FONT></SPAN> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Wy</FONT></SPAN></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C88B51.E7073440-- Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329431
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    - Hard confusion This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Guys - I'm kinda confused about something. I have a 320gb SATA drive but when = I look in the BIOS it shows up as IDE. Is it suppose to be this way? = See pic in the link. http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg Thanks, Wy ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT>=20 <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Guys=20 -</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm = kinda confused=20 about something.  I have a 320gb SATA drive but when I look in the = BIOS it=20 shows up as IDE.  Is it suppose to be this way?  See pic = in the=20 link.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg">h= ttp://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c192/smileychgo/100_0290.jpg</A><BR></FO= NT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Thanks,</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D453210404-20032008><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>Wy</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0060_01C88B51.A8AAB230-- Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329430
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    - Pentium 2 upgrade to AMD Athlon 3000 processor (Socket 754) I have one Dell Precision 410 (Pentium 2 @ 400MHz) (http:// support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/deqkmt/specs.htm) I want to install this http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=221373&&source=14&doy=21m3 in the casing. Is it possible to do the upgrade? 3000 Athlon Processor and Motherboard Bundle * AMD Athlon(tm) 3000 processor * Socket 754 processor * ECS GS7610 motherboard * Includes heatsink and fan * Onboard integrated graphics supporting up to 128MB * AMD64 Hypertransport technology * Supports dual-channel DDR 266/333/400 up to 2GB * 6-channel audio * 10/100 LAN for for ultra-fast networking and broadband * Expansion slots: 1 x PCI-E X 16, 2 x PCI slots * 2 x SATA ports, RAID 0 and RAID 1 * 2x IDE port for 4 x Ultra DMA133 devices * 4 x USB 2.0 ports I have 2 Hard drives both IDE & one DVD. Would it fit into the casing. I can buy a new memory for this. Just thinking any way I can upgrade this. At the moment I use this for windows server 2003 for my test/ learning purposes. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329425
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    - Printers keep going offline for no reason All 4 of the printers in our offline on the network keep going offline. Sometimes if we delete all items in the queue and recycle the power they come back online. It is a completely random occurrence, I have checked the network cables, I can ping the printers, but sometimes they bring themselves back online, other times they don't! They are all different brands or models but it happens to any of them. Three are over five years old and never had this problem until recently. What else can I check? Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329424
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    - Anyone got any ideas how to troubleshoot a STOP 0x1000007e code I am getting daily (sometimes 2 or 3 times daily) random reboots on my system and it is getting really frustrating. I used DUMPCHK.EXE to expand the minidump file produced but can't work out how to stop the problem. I have reproduced the output below. The things I have tried so far are: * Looked up the STOP code on MSKB and there are two entries both related to resuming from hibernation. I do not use hibernation so that can't be the problem. * The output below suggests that the sound system may be involved in the problem as KMIXER, DRMKAUD, SPLITTER and DMUSIC are all part of the MS Kernel for the audio system. I have uninstalled all my audio drivers and reinstalled from scratch - they are Audigy ZS2 Platinum Pro drivers. I also have a Hauppauge TV tuner installed which has audio drivers. Finally I have SoundTaxi which converts ausdio files (but uses some driver technology to do its job). * Unlocker is part of a utility that allows files in use to be unlocked when required (it is a user action so no automated unlocking of files). I have uninstalled this and left it off my system for a while but it didn't make any difference so I have now reinstalled it as i find it very useful. * I have uninstalled and reinstalled all my motherboard and graphics card drivers. * I have removed a second USB disc drive (mentioned in another thread) and that has removed the probelms with drive page errors appearing in my system logs. * I have run stress tests on my system which worked flawlessly for hours at a time (I used nVidia's system stability test and while it was running I used 4 different AV packages to play DVDs, Video and multiple audio files, surfed the internet, scanned, printed images etc) * I have run DOS based utilites to test memory and other onboard hardwear - no problems were shown up. Note apart from the SaveDump entry and other entires during recovery from the STOP condition there are no other errors appearing my system logs. All my hardware/software seems to work normally and 95% of the time I can do anything I want with the system without problems. Any help would be really appreciated TIA Carol Haynes DumpChk output follows: ----- 32 bit Kernel Mini Dump Analysis DUMP_HEADER32: MajorVersion 0000000f MinorVersion 00000a28 DirectoryTableBase 0b410020 PfnDataBase 82000000 PsLoadedModuleList 8055c700 PsActiveProcessHead 80562818 MachineImageType 0000014c NumberProcessors 00000002 BugCheckCode 1000007e BugCheckParameter1 c0000005 BugCheckParameter2 b92a9a1a BugCheckParameter3 bad0f528 BugCheckParameter4 bad0f224 PaeEnabled 00000001 KdDebuggerDataBlock 8054c2e0 MiniDumpFields 00000dff TRIAGE_DUMP32: ServicePackBuild 00000200 SizeOfDump 00010000 ValidOffset 0000fffc ContextOffset 00000320 ExceptionOffset 000007d0 MmOffset 00001068 UnloadedDriversOffset 000010a0 PrcbOffset 00001878 ProcessOffset 000024c8 ThreadOffset 00002728 CallStackOffset 00002980 SizeOfCallStack 00000a74 DriverListOffset 00003688 DriverCount 000000b6 StringPoolOffset 00006c90 StringPoolSize 000019b0 BrokenDriverOffset 00000000 TriageOptions 00000141 TopOfStack bad0f58c DebuggerDataOffset 000033f8 DebuggerDataSize 00000290 DataBlocksOffset 00008640 DataBlocksCount 00000006 Windows XP Kernel Version 2600 (Service Pack 2) MP (2 procs) Free x86 compatible Kernel base = 0x804d7000 PsLoadedModuleList = 0x8055c700 Debug session time: Fri Mar 21 15:13:23 2008 System Uptime: 0 days 5:49:26 start end module name 804d7000 806e2000 nt Checksum: 001FB950 Timestamp: Wed Feb 28 09:15:54 2007 (45E5484A) Unloaded modules: a90d6000 a9101000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a90d6000 a9101000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bac60000 bac66000 UnlockerDriv Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a91a1000 a91cc000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a92e1000 a930c000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) a934c000 a9352000 UnlockerDriv Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) ad71f000 ad74a000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b066c000 b0697000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b06bf000 b06ea000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b25ce000 b25f9000 kmixer.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) baf3b000 baf3c000 drmkaud.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b2699000 b26bc000 aec.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) ba0f5000 ba102000 DMusic.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b2f5f000 b2f6d000 swmidi.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bae24000 bae26000 splitter.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) baae8000 baaf1000 processr.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b91c7000 b91cb000 kbdhid.sys Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) bac08000 bac0d000 Cdaudio.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) b91cb000 b91ce000 Sfloppy.SYS Timestamp: unavailable (00000000) Finished dump check Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329417
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    - PC shuts down authomatically. My PC stopped working some time ago. I have been trying ever since to reinstall Win XP (SP2). It starts but does not finish loading the files then the PC shuts down. What then is the problem and how can I fix it. Note that I didn't get virus before the problem started . Thank you. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329408
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    - Wireless Keyboard Mouse Combo not recognized when booting up Hi, I thought plug-n-play meant just that, but I am having some issues. I have Windows XP Pro, Office 2003 and I have a Compaq computer but it has some updated hardware I have added so it's only partly Compaq today LOL I had installed a Sabrent PCI USB 2.0 card and a hub. I got this new MS Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard/Mouse 7000 combo. I installed the drivers the first time and the keyboard showed up in Keyboard and mouse showed up in Mouse in the Device Manager. But anytime I reboot or start up the computer it says to connect a kekyboard and restart. Today I decided maybe it was something wrong with my OS so I reinstalled windows on the C: Drive. This time when I reinstalled the Wireless drivers I noticed it also placed something in the HID list. I have been reading different sites and understand I might have to change something in the BIOS, but I have no clue how to get there and what to change and what to change it to. I do not understand why I even have to go to the BIOS if this is supposed to be plug-n-play. But alas, maybe this is what I have to do? I went to F10 thinking this was it, but I guess not? Do I need to go to F1 when I start up? And what exactly am I looking for/setting in there? The only way I can start/restart is by having the PS2 kb and mouse on here unfortunately which totally defeats the reason for getting the wireless combo. I am exhausted, I have been spending countless hours on this project for a week inbetween everything else! I was on Tech Rep. but they only said my USB was pulling too much power and not able to run the combo but after MUCH work-INCL. reinstalling Win and all the updates and programs...I know this is BS. I just hope someone can be straight forward and help me navigate and change things rather than talking circles or telling me totally wrong information...I am worn out! lol Thanks in advance :-) Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329407
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    - COMPUTER SHUTS DOWN My PC stopped working some time ago. I have been trying ever since to reinstall Win XP (SP2). It starts but does not finish loading the files then the PC shuts down. What then is the problem and how can I fix it. Note that I didn't get virus before the problem started . Thank you. Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329406
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    - DVD Hi we had to reformat my son's pc. we reloaded everything and all is well except he can't play any DVD's. Error message about not having a decoder. J Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329405
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    - recovery files we are using files from shared folder on the network in our company. Sometimes any file does been deleted by users. But we could not recovery this file. How can we recover? Is there any options or settings? Or this is a bug? NOTE: XP pro Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329404
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    - hardwarespec error checking local disk c or d or e ( properties/ tool/ check now ) hardwarespec8@gmail.com or see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329396
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    - hardwarespec error checking local disk c or d or e ( properties/ tool/ check now ) hardwarespec8@gmail.com or see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329395
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329394
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329393
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    - hardwarespec Next generation hardware and spec see www.hardwarespec.we.bs Tag: Testing Memoty Tag: 329392

I think that my laptop has a memory problem. Is there any way to test
that with the utilities or what ever is included in XP Pro SP2?
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Re: Testing Memoty by David

David
Wed Mar 26 08:34:45 PDT 2008

Go to http://www.memtest.org/

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>I think that my laptop has a memory problem. Is there any way to test that
>with the utilities or what ever is included in XP Pro SP2?
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> Rick
> Fargo, ND
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> W 096°48'279"
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Re: Testing Memoty by JS

JS
Wed Mar 26 10:12:11 PDT 2008

Try running Memtest86+, this runs from a boot disk or CD and should
eliminate or
confirm if your ram memory is bad.

Let it run for as long as you can, 2,4,6,8 or more hours, if no errors by
then your ram is OK.
See: http://www.memtest.org/

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"Rick" <fsholbrook@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I think that my laptop has a memory problem. Is there any way to test that
>with the utilities or what ever is included in XP Pro SP2?
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> Rick
> Fargo, ND
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> W 096°48'279"
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> Remember the USS Liberty
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Re: Testing Memoty by ANONYMOUS

ANONYMOUS
Wed Mar 26 12:42:27 PDT 2008

Try this:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

Or this direct without any info:

http://oca.microsoft.com/en/mtinst.exe

Rick wrote:

> I think that my laptop has a memory problem. Is there any way to test
> that with the utilities or what ever is included in XP Pro SP2?

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Re: Testing Memoty by Rick

Rick
Wed Mar 26 13:18:49 PDT 2008

David B. wrote:
> Go to http://www.memtest.org/
>
Thanks to all who replied, sorry my spelling was not good--memory should
not be hard to spell. :)

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Rick
Fargo, ND
N 46°53'251"
W 096°48'279"

Remember the USS Liberty
http://www.ussliberty.org/

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