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THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Fear Not

Hi folks; I was having an intermittant problem with the cdrom of my ibm390e which I used primarily for spec. ed kids during therapy, and it's now clear there's a problem with the rom. I bought a cdrom/floppy combo replacement but can't figure out how to crack the case open to get to it. The...

Brian, I tried your suggestion and it did indeed read the CD's directory. I do hope this irons-out the problem as you predict...but since it seems the problem is in Windows, is this what I'll have to do from now on as the problem presents, or is there a real fix to something like this? Thank you...

Thanks Brian, I'll give that a try. Fear Not

It won't run any CD. No matter what I put in the drive, it doesn't register in My Computer, and when I click on it anyway it just spits up the same message: Device not ready Retry or Quit. Fear Not

When I'm in My computer, windows doesn't show a particular cd is in there(like the icon of Sponge Bob, ect...) just the typical icon (of a cd) is present. I also went to Start-Run-D:\ and it said it "ready reading" wasn't happening. I blew it out with compressed air and also used a CD...

Hi Jon, Thanks so much for your interest. To answer your questions: 1. I uninstalled the game through add/remove programs, and selected ALL files, even shared ones (I think that was a mistake, too) The game asked me to install DirectX. I don't know if that matters. I even checked the trash for...

Hi folks, I'm not quite sure what happend to my IBM 390E P2 300mhz win98 laptop today, but I sure do need some expert help. I use this personal laptop during therapy with special ed. children, predominately autistic, because it tends to capture their attention. This is what happened when I...

I attempted to install an optical mouse in the USB port of an IBM ThinkPad 390E I recently aquired (I had to install the OS). The mouse installation process was fraught with error messages of certain missing files, and resulted in a total non-function status of the serial mouse I had, and the...

Thank you for your interest and help; I truly appreciate it, but my sister has thrown the baby out with the bath water and bought a new machine all toghther, since she got hers in late 97 anyway. Thank you again and again! Fear Not

Hi, G0AOZ When I plug an independent telephone into the jack in the wall, it behaves normally. And all other telephones work. The socket fingers are good and straight, and the jack is midway up the wall so it's been safe from dirt and water. The computer has been restarted 4x by start menu, and...

I'm not sure what's happened. I installed a surge protector on my sisters computer, including phone line. I checked for connectivity, and was able to get on line. I closed the program, but the line was not, and will not fully disconnect. I've restarted the computer several times, but the problem...

I am indeed out of timeline for my service. I purchased my machine in June of 2000 with support for 2 years (I apololgize for the confusing reference between the free year of ISP and the 2 year ser. contract). Are there any solid references for debugging the hard drive that anyone might...

Thank you for the info, Spyderix. I'll have to check back about my service timeframe, but one rep. told be my contract was for a year (this after trying to log onto web support as usual and my machine was no longer recognized). I'll look into it. For now, I appreciate your and Loaded Mind's...

Hello, LoadedMind and thank you for responding. I have a Dell Dimension 4100 series w/Pent.III @ 933 MHz 256 MB SDRAM @133MHz 40 GB Ultra ATA HD @7200 RPM Video card (I hope this is correct) 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics Card came with. However, I had to download a driver compatable...

Hi folks, I hate ME!(I wish this were an issue of self-esteem, but it ain't). I've had to reformat 3 times already (with brand tech support), and am now on my own because my support contract has expired, and 4-5 charged hours total on the phone to get it done isn't an option. Can someone suggest...

You're right, ME stinks and I'm planning to dump it after struggling with it's nonsense for 1.5 years now. Thank you all for the OS recommendations. Can someone point me to an information source that would guide me thoroughly through the reformatting process, including debugging the hard drive...

Hi! Scandisk is OK, and thank you. Fear Not

Hi! I can't find a reference specific to this error (and the one after that) anywhere...perhaps someone can help. When using windows 98 on the office computer, I get this after defragmenting: "DEFRAG has caused an invalid page fault in module KERNEL32.DLL at 015f:bff9dba7" This is...

Hi, Smitee and TheOldMan I tried to do as you (Smitee) instructed, but was not successful. I got some drawn-out message after typing/entering the command, that the command "...refers to a location that is unavailable...it could be on a hard drive in this computer...check to make sure the...