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I just had to respond. Quoting Praetor. Been awhile since I used the older OS's but isnt it F8 Actually the F5 takes you directly to safe mode, the F8 function gives you the boot menu where you can choose Safe Mode, Normal Mode and I think Command Prompt only. But yeah your sure...

First things first. Are you getting any POST beeps. One would indicate normal operation and no errors . more beeps would indicate a problem. Secondly, when you turn the computer on does it stay on. with exception to the video. or does it stay on for 5-10 sec then power off. If it...

It is possible but very unlikely. Worst case I would say it would be the processor that is fried. Have you tried resetting the BIOS. and double check those jumper settings for Clear CMOS. Also did you try removing non essential devices. The only time that I have seen this...

I would remove all non essential devices. DVD-RW /DVDROm and if your ram is in 2 512MB sticks i would remove one of them as well. just to rule out possibility of it being a low power problem. Also check out this site. http://takaman.jp/D/?english it has a Power calculator.

Did you use arctic silver when you put the processor on the MB. I had similar problems a while back when A processor had overheated due to a defective heatsink/fan. The box would power up for a 1-2 sec then die. also since you received the MB back did you verify the CLEAR CMOS jumper was...

Reserve an IRQ in bios if your MB will let you. Then boot into safe mode. Go to device manager and set the video card to use that IRQ. reboot to ensure the video is still working. This should work. i have rearranged IRQ's in WinXP in safemode before but you cant alter them in normal mode...

as an alternative you can always install a usb PCI card, granted if you have a pci slot available. then you can use an optical usb mouse. I wouldn't worry much about the mouse port because until you get into windows the mouse is simply put useless. and OF course before going to drastic...

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I would have to agree with [tab] on this one. Older computers bios did not recognize hard drives larger than 2gig. Also what operating system do you currently have. If you are running windows 95 Release A using the old FAT table instead of the FAT32 you will see similar problems because...

OK. WAIT. Am i missing something or did you say that you removed the hdd and still no video. Either way. if you are not getting a video signal on the monitor when you hit the power button you have far more problems then a simple hdd. When you hit the power button do you hear a single...

it initially sounds like your Hard Drive is failing. First Thing, Boot into SAFE MODE (start tapping the F5 key when you turn your computer on and it should direct it into safe mode) going into SAFE MODE will eleminate most Startup items) which could cause the next bit to lockup and...

You said this box has onboard sound/video. First thing, Did you disable the onboard sound in bios. if not i would look there first because windows will still allocate an IRQ to it even if you dont use it.

Please refer to the following link and go to the FAQ section. http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/basics/activation/ Quote How many installations can be made with one product license? Has this changed with the introduction of Product Activation? Section of the FAQ. " Re-installation and...

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You are getting a virus similar to the blaster virus that kills the RPC protocal. When the RPC process is killed windows automatically gives you the timer. If you will do what I said earlier to set the RPC to restart when it fails this will allow you to fix the issue by installing a AV...

My suggestion is to get a legal copy of xp... as painful as it sounds. How many partitions did you have on your hdd? it sounds like the 1.99GB would be used as the O/S partition. and the rest of the space is on a second partition. If you still have problems with the space issue post...

Turning on your firewall will not stop the RPC from crashing I dont think? Go to start>settings> control panel> administrative tools> from there go into services. Scroll down the list until you find RPC (Remote Procedure Call) right click on it and click properties. Go to the...

well to answer your question. your best bet is to purchase a cable/dsl router. From your post you are saying i get the impression you want to share out your dsl connection. Simply go drop about 50 bucks give or take a few on a cable/dsl router and you are done. if your other...

Try doing this. Unplug the power from the back of your computer. hold power button in for 30sec to 1 min. disconnect all third party devices.. printer,scanner,webcam.etc..... then reconnect your power cable then try. what you are seeing is the Compaq bios splash screen. Try this...

Changing CPU for different processes In Windows xp it is possible to change which cpu is used. That is if you have dual CPU's... Press CTRL+ALT+DEL, and then click Task Manager. Click the Processes tab. Right-click process, and then click Set Affinity. Click to clear either CPU0 or CPU1...