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Is your cpu running hot?

Turns out overclocking the graphics card was the problem (Gf32Ti)u can see the pincushioning effect every time u raise the core or memory speed - but, O/C the CPU only has a minimal pincushioning affect on the display.

Thanks accessdabbler, pincushioning was the word i was looking for. I sent a description of the problem to Creative who make the card (Nvidia dont give support directly) and they sent the following reply which effectively tells me to rebuild the machine, but i include it for...er, interest...

Obviously the floppy is getting power, so before you replace it check the connection. The most common error is connecting the ide cable to the floppy the wrong way round.Make sure that the thin red stripe on the side of the ide cable going into the floppy is on the side of the power connection...

Hi all I have come across an interesting problem in my work as a tech.On 3 separate occasions (with different systems)upon installing nvidia detonator drivers the display gets 'hourglassed' (the opposite of barreling(?)) whereby the sides of the display curve in at the middle about 1 cm from...

It may be obvious but no one has mentioned that you NEED to have Explorer running, else... no windows

Hi All Does anyone know anything about the cd 'Windows 98 starts here'? Somehow the application 'Microsoft Press' (on the CD) actually allows you to make wp documents, with the extension .wpa Has any1 heard of this program or possibly this extension? I have the CD and cannot make it do...

Thanks, did both steps (and made a shortcut to the restore executable on desktop) - all's well.

Hi All, I disabled System Restore (by unticking the box in 'File System' ,'Troubleshooting' and rebooting) to get rid of a virus in the backup files, and now , even when I tick the 'Enable system restore' box and reboot, System Restore does not appear under 'System Tools'? Any thoughts ... Ta

Hi Is it possible to backup the email .dbx files to cd-r and reinstall them , according to MS knowledge base it is not. To wit: SYMPTOMS When you attempt to import messages into Microsoft Outlook Express, you may receive the following error message: No messages can be found in this folder or...