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I donno. Now that I think about it Plank, Im not 100% sure my system speakers gave me ANY beep before this problem. I vaguely remember wondering why she didnt beep when I was putting her together, but she worked fine so I forgot about it. (And yes, Im sure I have the system speakers connected...

Yes the CPU and power supply fans work. The CDRoms lights light up. OK clearing the CMOS will be my first try (as well as reseating all connections). Is there some other indication that would tell me the if CMOS battery is dead????

I dont have any cards in her. She has onboard video and sound. :-(

What is firewire? Is it similar to USB connected hardware? I assume a firewire hard drive is much faster than a regular hard drive. Hows the compatibility?

PART 1 I normally keep my machine running 24/7 - with a day or 2 off every few weeks. I went on vacation earlier this month and had it off for a week. When I went to turn it back on, nothing showed on the monitor. I figured the monitor was having "issues", so I unplugged it and plugged...

YES!!!!!! Thank you.

I HAVE SUCCESS!!!! First thing I tried was to switch my CMOS to boot to the CDROM. Eureka!!!! Not a single problem after. Will someone pleeeease tell me why Microsoft doesnt make the "switch the CMOS to CDROM first" information more prominent????? Thank you everyone!!! (the fun is...

OK OK OK Check this out. With my other snail machine (133mhz - 56K modem), I found what I stopped looking for. Microsoft does give a description on how to boot fm MSDOS. Its here --> http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307848 I tried this method but it says to...

OK, so I guess when they say its a full install, it is a full install but in a way, done like an upgrade (since you NEED to have an operating system already there). 1 question WHYYYY????? Full install should mean fm a BLANK disk, not one with an operating system already on it. Or is it because...

I have a Quantum 10G HD. Its formatted and has an active boot partition. I also have hooked up as a slave, my Maxtor (thats having registry "issues" and wont boot as a master). When I boot up to a DOS prompt and go to the CDROM and type setup, it says that the program cant be run in...

Did you go into the BIOS and tell it to redetect all HDD's and make sure that they are what you have plugged in? I also know that Maxtor has "issues" when you use the hard drives software to format and partition it. Try and use the Maxtor disks software to restore the MBR. Just...

I have a Maxtor HDD that was formatted with the Maxtor software which makes it so that all I can see is a virtual drive when I get to a DOS prompt. It said I had a problem with my MSDOS.SYS file which I was able to fix by having it hooked up as a slave with another drive. Now it says my...

I have AT&T Broadband as my internet provider. I have 3 computers Id like to hook up to my connection. I know I can get a router to share the connection. But Id also like to get a cable modem to reduce my monthly internet bill. Is there such a thing (yet) that is a cable modem as well as a...

I held CTRL down with the boot disk and again without the boot disk. I still ended up in the same place. Does it matter if I hold it down the whole time she boots or only at a particular point? Good thought - Ill try disabling SMART. Now so far as choosing the SafeMode Command...

OK Heres the deal. I made the startup disk using the system. I also downloaded the WinME boot disk fm www.bootdisk.com (thank you grygst76 :-) They have the same files but I figured -why not, it might have had a damaged file. I used the new boot disk but the same thing happened. I DID use...

OK......when I boot fm my start up disk that I made with WinME, I get 4 options. 1. help 2. start with CDRom support 3. start without CDRom support 4. Minimal boot. Help is no help. Starting with minimal boot I get my A prompt. At that point when I type cd c: it says invalid drive...

Maybe Im not understanding you. When I switch fm my A:\ drive to my C:\ (cd c:), the C:\ drive IS my RAM drive not my actual C: files.

I cant see any of my real C: drives files because Im in a virtual ram drive when I boot with my boot disk.

Hello I have WindowsME. My daughter was using the internet and registering for a game site. The machine froze. When it reboot, I got (and still get) a longggg beep and it says INVALID SETTING IN MSDOS.SYS file:(then lots of very strange characters). This same line repeats, Id say 30+ times...