http://www.d-a-l.com/help/ en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:28:45 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.d-a-l.com/help/images/styles/dal/misc/rss.jpg http://www.d-a-l.com/help/ http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67175-out-range-message.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:59:58 GMT I suddenly got a message on my screen that says "out of range" at which time the computer shut down and now continuously reboots.
I have made no setting changes for weeks and the system has been running fine.
Because this message has Asus on it I assume that it is coming from my monitor.
My system is an AMD 6000 dual core running on a Gigabyte motherboard with 4g of ddr2 ram and running twin SLI Gigabyte 7200gs video cards.
Operating system is Vista ultimate.
Monitor is an Asus 22 inch LCD about two years old.
Any ideas on how I can fix this problem will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers ]]> General Hardware Issues geoffos http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67175-out-range-message.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67172-1tb-hd-no-longer-recognised.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:11 GMT I have one of these 'life proof' Lacie Rugged XL hard disks. It is new and has only sat on my desk. It has been fine up till when I restarted my xp computer the other day, whereupon it stopped being recognised at all by usb, not in device manager or even BIOS. It is completely accessible on other computers. ]]> General Hardware Issues laurieirvine http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67172-1tb-hd-no-longer-recognised.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67171-hardware-software-problem.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:06 GMT SYSTEM: DELL PRECISION 410 MT INTEL P-II WORK STATION (MINI TOWER) OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS XP HOME VERSION 2002 WITH SERVICE PACK 2 CLOCK SPEED: 400MHz INTERNALLY 100MHz EXTERNALLY RAM: 256MB ECC SDRAM - SYSTEM CHIPSET INTEL 440BX AGPset AUDIO CONTROLLER: 16 BIT PLUG AND PLAY CRYSTAL 3D... SYSTEM: DELL PRECISION 410 MT INTEL P-II WORK STATION (MINI TOWER)
OPERATING SYSTEM: WINDOWS XP HOME VERSION 2002 WITH SERVICE PACK 2
CLOCK SPEED: 400MHz INTERNALLY 100MHz EXTERNALLY
RAM: 256MB ECC SDRAM - SYSTEM CHIPSET INTEL 440BX AGPset
AUDIO CONTROLLER: 16 BIT PLUG AND PLAY CRYSTAL 3D CS4237B
PRIMARY SCSI CONTROLLER: ADAPTEC ACI-7890 ULTRA2/WIDE LVD
SECONDARY SCSI CONTROLLER: ADAPTEC ACI-7880 INTERNAL ULTRA/NARROW EXTERNAL ULTRA/WIDE
DRIVES: A: 3 1/2" 1.44MB - C:10GB SCSI - D: 5 NEC CD-ROM

PROBLEM: SYSTEM FREEZES UP MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
WHEN IT FROZEN THE ONLY THING THAT FUNCTIONS IS THE RESET BUTTON.
WHEN NOT FROZED IT WILL LOAD SOFTWARE, RUN SOFTWARE, AND ALLOWS REMOVAL OF SOFTWARE.

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN RUN TO ATTEMPT TO CLEAR PROBLEM:
DISK CLEANUP - DISK DEFRAG. - REGISTRY REPAIR - AND A NUMBER OF DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS - PC WIZARD, QA WIN32, CHECK IT PRO, ECT.

NOT A CLUE.... DON'T KNOW IF IT IS HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE RELATED ???
THIS SYSTEM IS ON A CLOSED NETWORK WITH NO MODEM INSTALLED.

ANY SUGGESTIONS ANY ONE???? ]]> General Hardware Issues COMPUTER BILL http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67171-hardware-software-problem.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67166-external-hd-no-longer-recognized.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:10:50 GMT Hello, I have Western Digital 500Gb My Book external hard drive that I purchased about 4 years ago. It has worked fine until now. My PC (XP Pro OS) would always display it as MyBook (D:). The other day I turned on my PC and the drive would not be accesable. It now shows up as just Local Drive... Hello,

I have Western Digital 500Gb My Book external hard drive that I purchased about 4 years ago. It has worked fine until now. My PC (XP Pro OS) would always display it as MyBook (D:). The other day I turned on my PC and the drive would not be accesable. It now shows up as just Local Drive (E:). If I right click to view the properties it displays that it has about 187Gb used space and close to 500Gb total capacity space. So it knows that something is one the drive. But when I click on the drive to open it, I see nothing.

I have tried this on my PC at home and work with the same issue. When I run a Nortan scan on the drive it strangely on scans 4 files and finds no viruses.

Any idea why this is happening? How can I access my data again?

Any help is appreciated. ]]> General Hardware Issues quemadiscos http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67166-external-hd-no-longer-recognized.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67153-mp3-player-wont-load.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:19:12 GMT hey, i was wondering why my pc wont let me load my mp3 player, even though it reckognises it.? hey, i was wondering why my pc wont let me load my mp3 player, even though it reckognises it.? ]]> General Hardware Issues shazzlou http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67153-mp3-player-wont-load.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67151-cloning-harddrive-issues.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:48:31 GMT Hey guys, So I have two hard drives, one that was in my laptop and one that i am going to put in. I have a ceasing that allows me to put in two drives at once (and after a long process of getting the new drives to recognized), I have both in the device hooked up to my desktop. So I have three... Hey guys,

So I have two hard drives, one that was in my laptop and one that i am going to put in. I have a ceasing that allows me to put in two drives at once (and after a long process of getting the new drives to recognized), I have both in the device hooked up to my desktop. So I have three main questions:

Firstly, is there a way to simply copy over the files, since my computer sees them both as different externals.

Secondly, I have a duel boot on the other drive with windows 7 and ubuntu, will they both load up correctly? or will it be missing files, sadly Im missing the original disks and up grade keys for the vista install, and all I have is the ubuntu disk.

Lastly, the reason I am changing the hard drive is partly for speed (from a 5400 to a 7200), but also becuase several tests have told me that I had about 17,000 bad sectors on the drive. are the files going to be corrupt or missing?


thanks for your help, you guys are always really helpful

Sincerely,

Vetre ]]> General Hardware Issues Vetre http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67151-cloning-harddrive-issues.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67134-will-not-post-please-check.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:44:28 GMT It keeps telling me to check signal cable on the monitor screen and I cannot even see a post come up but I do hear the hard drive working. This make no since and I have trouble shooted everything and every part in this PC. All parts are getting power and the monitor has been tested on 4 other... It keeps telling me to check signal cable on the monitor screen and I cannot even see a post come up but I do hear the hard drive working. This make no since and I have trouble shooted everything and every part in this PC. All parts are getting power and the monitor has been tested on 4 other PC's. Every part in this PC is brand new I even replaced the Monitor cable it's self along with all the cables in the PC and I don’t even get any error beeps.

New parts

9800 GT 512 DDR Video card
ASUS Motherboard factory repaired 4 days old
CPU new
4 gigs Ram new
Mother board
500 Watt PSU
CPU fan
2 HD's with system installed SATA
DVD new
Windows XP Pro new install ]]> General Hardware Issues Glennmc7 http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67134-will-not-post-please-check.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67124-harddrive.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:23:46 GMT can any help me with my HD i know what the problem is but don't know how to fix it PROBLEM Is - when i turn on my machine it takes about 2 1/2 minutes to POST when it normally take about 30 sec, its the HD spin up time can you tell me how to fix it ]]> General Hardware Issues dingchris http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67124-harddrive.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67122-windows-freezes-upon-starting-xfx.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:43:54 GMT My windows won't boot after installing XFX GF 6200 256MB DDR2 TV DVI (G) PV-T44A-WANG. It freezes the instant after the windows xp loading bar with the pointer and half the screen with sometime yellow or blue rectangular box.

I am having Gigabyte VM800PMC(BIOS ver. F4) with Intel E2140 1.6Ghz with 2*1 GB kingston DDR2.

The system runs fine without the graphic card. Do i need to change something bios to run it? I have selected Init Display First as [onboard AGP] and VGA share memory size as [64M] . I didnt find any other option in bios other than these two that related to Graphics.

Till now I've been using the onboard graphics and have installed all the latest drivers downloaded from the Gigabyte/VIA website.

I was running this graphic card on my other PC with asus motherboard and was/is running fine.

I am guessing this is either a wrong BIOS configuration or driver problem. Can anyone guide me please? ]]> General Hardware Issues stirredo http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67122-windows-freezes-upon-starting-xfx.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67109-wdc-hdd-operating-pio-mode.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:49:54 GMT sir, i dd buy an pci sata card and wdc cavier green wd5000aads 500gb sata hdd yesterday but when i setup my pci card and attach my hdd my pc(hard disk senital ) shows that my wdc hdd is operating at pio mode but in the device manager both primary and secondary channel show that currently... sir,

i dd buy an pci sata card and wdc cavier green wd5000aads 500gb sata hdd yesterday but when i setup my pci card and attach my hdd my pc(hard disk senital ) shows that my wdc hdd is operating at pio mode but in the device manager both primary and secondary channel show that currently operating at dma mode but the reading speed is very low of my wdc hdd i.e 3mb/sec and writing speed is ok i.e 17mb/sec i have tried alot to get this hdd working on udma mode but still no luck . so guys plz help to overcome this problem guys i forget to mention one thing that i also have seagate 160 gb sata hdd when i attach this to controller its works fine as it should be i.e 14mb/sec read speed and 14mb/sec write . ]]> General Hardware Issues urshobhit http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67109-wdc-hdd-operating-pio-mode.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67089-hdd-not-able-format.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:50:42 GMT Sata HDD on desktop stopped working, and replaced with Seagate Baracuda.
The HDD which I took out had jumpers set for master. I didn't set the new one with the jumpers as the Seagate site says that SATA doesn't need them.
I attempted to run Vista install, but had a problem part the way through and had to switch off desktop, and since then any machine I try can't see the HDD properly.
In the machine I want to install it in ...
The BIOS sees the HDD as a Third master.
Tried Seagate tools - DOS version on floppy and it saw the HDD, but won't format, and all tests fail or not available.
Tried it as an external HDD in Win7, and XP ...
Seen in Device Manager, but no access.
I can see it in Disk Management, but format fails.
Tried Partition Magic in XP, but shows as bad, and won't allow a format.
Any ideas how I can get this fixed.
Thanks ]]> General Hardware Issues rannoch http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67089-hdd-not-able-format.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67082-pc-wont-start.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:33:19 GMT I first started having problems when I tried to add a memory stick to my pc and when i started my computer the screen did not turn on. If i turn it off and on it would sometimes start. I had the drive diskette drive 0 seek failure and after googling that I replaced the battery on my motherboard and... I first started having problems when I tried to add a memory stick to my pc and when i started my computer the screen did not turn on. If i turn it off and on it would sometimes start. I had the drive diskette drive 0 seek failure and after googling that I replaced the battery on my motherboard and then took out starting a floppy (which i dont have) under the set up as directed which stopped the error message.
But my computer still only occasionsly turns on even after I took the extra memory out. It will always sound like its turning on but usually the monitor doesnt sense it and when my computer does happen to boot, I can only go in through safe mode. And when I do get in through safe mode it is only a matter of minutes before my computer freezes and ctrl+alt+dlt does nothing and I have to turn my computer off.
I have windows xp and a dell dimension 8300.
I am hoping I just have to change something in the setup (f2) when it first turns on as some of the settings reset when I changed the battery in the motherboard, otherwise I have no clue why my computer is acting up. I have system restored, checked for viruses, loose cables, etc. ]]> General Hardware Issues dbrewster http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67082-pc-wont-start.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67080-updating-pc.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:42:36 GMT I am currently using a 2000 Compaq PC still going well but slow, now is the time for me to update. I just want to buy a box as I have a good 19" flat screen monitor. What is the minimum I should go for. I am not a gamer but use it for surfing the net, running a small business on ebay, using microsoft office and money. Storing pictures, music for my ipod. What is the minimum spec I should look for. What about a refurbished machine from PC World etc. Any good ideas would be appreciated. Thanks a lot ]]> General Hardware Issues Tibs47 http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67080-updating-pc.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67073-pc-random-shut-downs.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:11:16 GMT To the people who can help me,

My computer has an unexplainable major problem. But before I tell you what it is I will give you it's details:
1.Its an Acer Aspire 5720
2.OS: Windows Vista Home Premium
3.Intel Core 2 Duo 1.50 Ghz Processor.
4.1 Gb RAM
5.120 Gb Hard Drive
6.252 Mb Graphics Card (Media Accelerator)

I hope some of this information will be able to help you out. Well, this is the problem. I am not able to run the laptop for more than 10 minutes without it shutting down randomly. However, the more I turn it on, the quicker it shuts itself down. In effect, there is no warning message or any information given by the computer to state why it keeps randomly shutting down. It just shuts itself down randomly without my request. I am not able to scan it in time without it turning off. Now, there is no other options to stop it from shutting itself down. I have ran BIOS mode and it still shuts itself down while in the middle of it running without my request. I have no possible explanation for this apparent occurrence. There has been no logical lead up to this happening. It just happened randomly one day and now it keeps doing it. I am wondering if I would be able to fix it via reformat. I have had the laptop for over 2 years now. I would seriously like some help with this if you can and through your jobs give me all the possible options I can have to resolve this issue. I am still being educated at school and would like to keep this laptop for university. If there is any way you can help me out here it would be greatly appreciated.

From Jack Oddy, School Student ]]> General Hardware Issues Jack Oddy http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67073-pc-random-shut-downs.html http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67061-cpu-fan-replacement.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:24:08 GMT I have a Compaq Presario 5320US that I am working on for a friend of mine, and one of the issues with it is the CPU Heatsink\Fan.This is not a standard part, and though I have done multiple searches online to try to figure out somewhere I can get the stock replacement part, I have had no luck. Can... I have a Compaq Presario 5320US that I am working on for a friend of mine, and one of the issues with it is the CPU Heatsink\Fan.This is not a standard part, and though I have done multiple searches online to try to figure out somewhere I can get the stock replacement part, I have had no luck. Can anyone tell me where I can find this Heatsink\Fan?? Ordering online is probably my best option, but I will check out any outlet stores in the vicinity of Chicago (60617) also.

Thanks for any help! ]]> General Hardware Issues chicago429 http://www.d-a-l.com/help/general-hardware-issues/67061-cpu-fan-replacement.html