danzil

please read the other post you have made. try not to make two posts,this can lead to confusion,and conflicting information, which could be more harm then good. regards danzil

how hot is this laptop getting... try resting the laptop on some videos boxes.on a table...so you have at least an inch space under the laptop. poor air circulating will shut a laptop off. make sure the video boxes DO NOT block the cpu fan. ..... have you ran anti virus scans etc. try this one http://www.trendmicro.com. post back once you have tried these. regards danzil

i believe you are getting confused between physical ram (random access memory) and hard drive memory(storage space)... if you are not downloading anything but the free space is filling up, you may have a self replicating worm. have you done anti virus scans. try this online one http://www.trendmicro.com also download ewido update it and do a complete system scan,remove all entries found,,,download it from here http://www.ewido.com. post back with your findings. regards danzil.

well at least the repair is under warrenty. it sounds to me at first glance that the memory may be the issue...be it before the power supply issue or has been effected by it..... do you receive any blue screening..... load the pc up if possible then right click my computer> click on manage>then event viewer.>system....check for any red errors.note them and post them here...... do you have another stick of ram to test... also did the engineer do an integrity test on the hard drive before installing it in your new board.. regards danzil

these games are vista compatible at the moment as far as im awware Aliens versus Predator 2 Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit) Anno 1701 Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion Armed and Dangerous Arx Fatalis Blade Runner (32-bit) Baldur's Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too) Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too) Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2 Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.) Battlefield 2142(32bit) Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower. Black and White 2 Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.) Broken Sword: The Angel of Death Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth Call of Duty & United Offensive Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.) Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit) Championship Manager 2007 Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode) Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required) Command & Conquer: Generals Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty Company of Heroes (32 bit Home Premium) No prob's. Condemned - Criminal Origins Continuum Counter-Strike 1.6 Counter-Strike Condition Zero Counter-Strike Source Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix) Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64) Darwinia Deal or No Deal Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre Deus Ex Diablo I Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut's properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition). Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly) Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support) Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support) Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4 Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if you don't install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.) Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0 Duke Nukem Manhattan Project Dungeon Keeper EA Link for EA Games Elder Scrolls: Oblivion Everquest Everquest II F.E.A.R (32-Bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode) FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium) Flight Simulator 2004 Flight Simulator X FBI: Hostage Rescue F.E.A.R FIFA 07 Football Manager 2007 Freelancer Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update) Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64 bit)) Grand Prix 4 Grand Theft Auto II Grand Theft Auto III Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Guild Wars: Factions Gun GunBound WC Half Life Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One Halo: Combat Evolved(need a patch windows tel you about it) Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884) Hitman: Blood Money Hitman: Contracts Hugo: The Evil Mirror In The Groove + Impact dancepad Jazz Jack Rabbit 2 Little Fighter 2 (32 bit) KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend Lego Star Wars II (64-bit) Max Payne 1.01 Max Payne 2 Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate, plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet. Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991) MU Online Need for Speed (32-bit) Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit Need for Speed Most Wanted Neverwinter Nights 2 NHL 06 NHL 07 Outrun 2006 Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode) Pacific Warriors Phantasy Star Universe Prey (Requires working OpenGL support) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?) Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Psychonauts Quake 2 Quake 3 Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64bit Race - The WTCC Game Ragnarok Online Rainbow Six: Lockdown Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit) RollerCoaster Tycoon [With the Loopy Landscape Add-On](Vista 32-bit) - Add the "Windows 95" compatibility mode for the file "rct.exe" - Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT and its subfolders. RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit) - Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT2 and its subfolders. RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit) Rome: Total War Savage (32-bit) Second Sight SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit) Splinter Cell Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Splinter Cell: Double Agent Star Wars Galaxies Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns Star Wars Jedi Academy (32bit) Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32bit) Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32bit) Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility Starcraft Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59) Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista still appears on the screen. Ignore it.) SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit) The Elderscrolls Oblivion (32-bit) The Sims II (32-bit) The Simpsons - Hit & Run (32-bit) Titan Quest Tomb Raider Legend (32bit) Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit) Unreal Tournament 2004 Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode) Warhammer Mark of Chaos Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit) World of Warcraft - May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on Hardware Installed) WarRock - Run with XP/SP2 Compatibility Mode (32-bit) Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista) World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required) Worms 4: Mayhem Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit) Worms World Party regards danzil

no problem at all please post back if you have anymore questions,im glad to help regards danzil

ok download ewido though it isnt av,,,its a spy/mail/adware remover.........do a scan with it......then do your defrag...and still do online virus scan. regards danzil

do you have an updated av....NOT NORTON.....download ewido from http://www.ewido.com and updat it,do a full system scan....do an online virus scan here.http://www.trendmicro.com...remove anything found on both....now do a hard drive defrag..see if it persist. regards danzil

hi alan very sorry missed that post... yes you can disable the warning beep.......but if i remeber correctly 70 degrees and you will hit problems,,,,i have none people to overclock that cpu and not hit 50 degrees....it may be advisable to replace your heatsink and fan just in case... regards danzil

hi again alan. yes you can just press the pause/break button on your keyboard....then any other button to resumer regards danzil

ok chas well i hope they are honourable enough to replace it for you. regards danzil

hi nope you do not need to connect anything to the tv...unless you want the tv to acts as the monitor.....when connecting the aerial to the pc you have in theory created a tv,,,,the tuner is obviously what picks up the signal and the monitor would be ya tv screen,.nice and simple....supposedly.lol regards danzil

hi there ok,to boot into the bios,you need to keep tapping the "delete" key (not back space) at startup,this also may be f2. then in there you will see your bios and all the settings to change...be carefull in here dont change anything you shouldnt.... tell you what can i have the make of your computer,or at least bios.... when you first turn your machine on you will see all the memory test etc on a black screen.... in there somewhere will state your bios manufacturer, There are three main BIOS manufacturers: Phoenix Technologies, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI), and Award Software. let me know which one it is then i can guide you to the correct setting to change...also is this sound coming from the motherboard speaker or the buzzer on board. have you made sure all fans spin correctly,and the inside of the pc is free of dust. i will help as much as possible. regards danzil

no problem mate regards danzil

if its a tv card you should be able to use the tv in connector,to plug in your satellite,,,,this will only receive the channel you are watching...unless it is a dvb-t card then a strong aerial is needed. regards danzil

no probelm at all regards danzil

dusty mmmmm.i would ge that sent straight back and go to a different supplier...what a joke sending you a 2nd hand dead board fo rhte price of new... get in contact with them and get it replaced. regards danzil

when you first boot the pc.is the hard drive shown in there (bios)......make sure your bios is set to boot from hard drive....just in case its trying to boot from other means... do you have another spare machine to put your hard drive into to back up your data,or see if it is at least found by windows.... disk read errors can be so many different things....make sure all cables inside are firmly in.....try a different IDE cable.also try running the pc with the hard drive connect to the IDE on its own....should be set to master....also if its still not found try changing the jumper on the hard drive to cs...(cable select).see what happens then. give them a go then post back regards danzil.

hi there everytime i have set up tv on media centre i have had to use a extremely powerfull aerial with a booster and even then the signal isnt as good as what is expected..... are you using a good aerial.....is all the drivers for the tv card install. have a look here http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/setup/default.mspx regards danzil

if the web page is written in norwgian then know you can tyoe the web site name in google,and google will try its best to translate it.. if not your language settings are wrong...go to start>control panel>regional language options.make sure htey are correct.. please also open another post for your own question,,,this is classed as hijacking and is usually frowned on... regards danzil open anew post and i will help my upmost to fix your probs,thanks luke

4 of the usb ports work why is this... is one of the ports broken,is the pins bent,,,is the white seperater block missing. can you give me as much info as possible......when did tihs all start,what was you doing before,,and what have you tried...info is the key to the answer.have you done any hardware/software changes since this was working regards danzil

mmmm.have you made sure the power switch is conected in the right positoin on the board.. try putting the board on an anti sstatic workspace.....piece of cardboard will do....plug the power supply into it...both atx and p4 power.(big power connector and yellow black 12v supply)..then just touch the power on button with a flat bladed screw driver (be very carefull please)..if it powers on then there was a short in the case somewhere,,,,, just coz the old board powers on doesnt mean the new board is dead,,,circuits will be different. do you have yet another psu to test with to make sure... right here goes how to build a pc danzils way 1)make sure no screws or motherboard stand offs are in the wrong position to your new board. 2)install i/o back panel 3)insert motherboard and fix in position(payin attention to step 1) 4)install cpu + heatsink n fan 5)install ram hard drive/cd drives. hard drives. 6)connect on board power hdd led,reset switch etc 7)connect audio header, usb header if needed 8)connect atx plus p4 12v trickle supply (yellow black 4 oin connector) 9) power on and test follow these then post back regards danzil

ok no probs.. just remember you will need another pc to access the i386 directory..or a bootable cd that shows you the hard drive files.....a linux distro will do this.... asrock are very good boards...i rate them up there with gigabyte there are only 5 boards i buy and they are my 2nd choice..great value for money.... can you gain any access to an xp cd.from a friend or colleage..we could then do arepair install thu saving your programmes and data. regards danzil

please can you give me the make of your motherboard....take the side of your case of and note the model...or downlod adia32 (google for it) and then that software will give oyu all info on your pc hardware/software....i will see i fi can give you a link to a new driver.......is this happenin gon all ports for definate...not just front ports regards danzil

that is no problem at all. im always glad to help...jsut remember http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/ if you have any other issues. im sure i will be here to help regards danzil