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  1. VMPhilosophy

    Can you help me with RAM names?

    good luck finding pc66 ram unless you look online. try Kingston memory or Crucial "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  2. VMPhilosophy

    Norton's AV, "windows is now shutting down"

    it may be trying to scan the floppy drive on shutdown and hanging when it finds no media "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  3. VMPhilosophy

    Western Digital HDD gone noisy...

    wester digital do have a very high failure rate as of late, the store where i work stopped selling them because of this. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  4. VMPhilosophy

    Power problems

    disconnect or remove all non vital components, all you need to get video is Motherboard, Processor, Videocard, Power Supply and Ram. then power try to power it up. also if that does not work re-assemble it out side the case, the motherboard could be shorting due to contact with the case...
  5. VMPhilosophy

    Keep losing battery power while unit is turned off.

    it sounds like a motherboard issue "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  6. VMPhilosophy

    Deleting a printer in Win XP

    make sure that there is not a print job pending from this machine. other wise it wont let you remove it if has a print job cached. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  7. VMPhilosophy

    NEWBE TO NETWORKING

    there are usb to lan adapters, they work great! "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  8. VMPhilosophy

    Makefile error- Totally new to Linux

    it sounds like the make file is corrupted. you may want to try downloading the file(s) again from another source and try it again. Or you missing something that make file needs. look at the read me files and check your dependancies "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land...
  9. VMPhilosophy

    Video Card HELP!

    it depends,in the bios, there may be an option to disable onboard video. that is usually if the video is onboard and the system has an open agp slot. if it only has pci slots chances are you may be out of luck. what kind of computer is it. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when...
  10. VMPhilosophy

    HOW DO I INSTALL LINUX!!

    it is true, i learned by trial and error. for some people that does not always work. some people need to be pointed in the right direction. i wasnt taking a shot at you edemiere, you do make a good point. ;) "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the...
  11. VMPhilosophy

    HOW DO I INSTALL LINUX!!

    People always replying RTFM is one of the reasons newbies stop trying learn linux and other non MS operating systems. we should try to be a little more supportive of those who seek answers we may have already discovered ourselves, knowledge is a resource, share the wealth. phpdude is in the...
  12. VMPhilosophy

    Intel Centrino M chips

    er... so i forgot to say, yes the new centrino chips are faster and use consume less power which means more battery life "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  13. VMPhilosophy

    Intel Centrino M chips

    the centrino processor may be marked at a slower megahertz but actually perform alot alot like the 2+GHZ processors because they have 1MB of cache on the processor, the reason that they dont mark them faster is because the dont want to Rip the AMD marking scheme. the core clock of a 1.2 centrino...
  14. VMPhilosophy

    reinstalled windows &can't change screen area/color res

    not unless you download a program that can correctly identify your chipset (i forgot the name of the program) "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  15. VMPhilosophy

    Re-installed Windows '98 and can't set up modem.

    I would disable plug and play, and find the correct drivers manufacturer. Sometimes windows generic drivers dont work right. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  16. VMPhilosophy

    ICS with a Wireless Router

    Whoa, the customer wants to share a dialup connection over a wireless connection? its not going to be worth it, its going to be waaaayyy to slow. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" -...
  17. VMPhilosophy

    Can't view some web sites - HELP

    what Browser are you using and what version? with IE you have to have 128- cipher strength to beable to log on to secure websites. also if you happen to have any firewall software running in the background (like norton internet security) that can cause some websites to be inaccessable...
  18. VMPhilosophy

    Boot Record problem w/ Win XP Pro, won't start.

    it seems like your drive is getting worse, it may be caused by a defective drive. Or a virus could have destroyed everthing. "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  19. VMPhilosophy

    Operating System not found........

    the hard drive may be the culperate "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock
  20. VMPhilosophy

    Best hard drive for graphics???

    BEWARE OF IBM AND WESTERN DIGITAL DRIVES!! "Did you ever wish a circle was a square, so when land sharks start circling the boarders you can just cut them off at the corners?" - Aesop Rock

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