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    a sound driver not working

    Open your volume control window. Most of the time there is a little speaker icon in your task bar. Double click on it and see if the Mic input is muted or if the slider is all the way down. If the icon is not in the task bar, open Control Panel, then Sound and Audio Devices, then click on...
  2. Wxguesser

    Suddenly shutdown

    I would check to see if your CPU cooling is working correctly. It sounds like a possible overheat problem. If there isn't sufficient cooling, some mobo's will shut the sytem down to protect it. If this isn't it, try a memory test. www.memtest.org has a free memory diagnostic that does some...
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    Flashing my BIOS

    Drive overlays are not complicated. All they are is a way of tricking your BIOS into thinking the drive is smaller than it is. If you bought you drive new, the install software came with the drive and it is just a simple matter to install the drive overlay. In fact, it's much simpler that...
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    reoccurring PC problem - locking up frequently

    One other thing you may want to look at. Is your CPU fan still spinning? I had a 'puter do the same things as Sans is describing and upon closer inspection, the CPU was overheating due to a dead CPU fan. You mentioned new RAM. Did you replace all your RAM or just supplement what you already...
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    Pops and Static through Speakers on Sound System on PC

    If it was a ground problem, you would hear a steady 60Hz hum. Also, if power related, wiggling the power cord to your speakers would make it come and go causing the crackle and pop but that should be fairly easy to isolate. Another suspect would be the brick power supply (if you have one) to...
  6. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    Final update. Called Zuke, the company that made the computer and they suggested an IDE controller card. Now why didn't I think of that? Got one and tried it with no joy. Every time I put a blank disk in the drive, the whole system locked up. No keyboard response, no mouse, nothing. I even...
  7. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    I think I am going to go ahead and replace the mobo. I have quite a few irreplaceable files on the primary drive and I don't want to slick it and start over. As an alternative, I may just use the secondary drive to reinstall Windows and just use it for the OS. It's a small 10GB HD and it should...
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    CD Burner won't burn

    Latest in the ongoing saga, Tried putting a hard drive on the secondary IDE channel. At first, all indications were that all was normal. I was able to open, read, and write to the drive. However, when I reinstalled it onto the primary IDE channel, all the data on it was corrupted. The extended...
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    CD Burner won't burn

    Old Optowrite burner works just fine in the other PC. New Maddog works just fine on same IDE channel as hard drive. Now what?? I'll try a google search or something while I wait for an answer. TIA Jim W.
  10. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    Latest update, Tried new IDE cable, again, no joy. Tried the old burner in other PC. Seems to be working just fine. I am formatting a CD-RW and it seems to be working as it hasn't ejected the disk with some kind of error and it's been going now for over 19 minutes. Before it would spit it out...
  11. Wxguesser

    Wont start - black screen no beeps

    As memory can also cause this problem, try reseating the memory modules as well. If still no joy, I would guess the mobo is toast. Jim W.
  12. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    Here's an update. I took the burner apart and the lens looks clean. I blew it off anyway (no touchee) and put it all back together, no joy. I then scrounged an old Memorex 2x burner and tried that. It seemed to work but when I went to play back the burned cd, no data was on it but the tracks...
  13. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    I was thinking along those same lines. The media worked before. I have used Verbatim for years with no problems. Could be the dirty lens thing although the drive seems to read everything just fine. Maybe the write head (if there is such a thing in a burner) is dirty or it is clean enough to...
  14. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    An update. I uninstalled Roxio Easy CD creator 5 and installed Nero Burning ROM 5 and still the CD burner won't burn correctly. It destroys the CD. Cakewalk's Pyro 2003 does the same thing. I also obtained Roxio's Easy Media Creator 7 and it does the same thing version 5 did. The CD goes into...
  15. Wxguesser

    Microsoft releases (Giant Antispyware) Beta

    I like the Giant product a lot. It picks up things that Adaware and Spy Bot just plain miss. I just hope MS doesn't do their usual when they buy out a company. They will destroy it if they do. If they keep the Giant team together, they will actually have something good that will stay good. If...
  16. Wxguesser

    CD Burner won't burn

    I have an Optprite CW 5202 Cd burner that worked flawlessly up until about 3 weeks ago. Now if I try to burn a CD using Roxio Easy CD Creator 5 it will go into write mode but hangs when writing the TOC. The CD becomes a coaster, and I have to do a hard restart to get the thing to stop spinning...
  17. Wxguesser

    DUPLICATE WINDOWS XP

    If they are in different directories or hard drives, delete the directories that you are not using. Be careful and determine the correct boot directory or you will render your computer unbootable until you can direct the boot process to the other directory. If you have duplicate files in the...
  18. Wxguesser

    xp reload// how do I download all the updates without getting new spy

    Such as??? As far as I know, which may not be much, SP2 closes more holes than it may open. Please let us know what security holes it opens up. Jim W.
  19. Wxguesser

    ISIS Toolbar remnants

    OOPS!! Me and my stupid fingers. I meant to say IBIS not ISIS Toolbar. Jim W.
  20. Wxguesser

    xp reload// how do I download all the updates without getting new spy

    If you are concerned with being infested with malware during IE use, quit using IE and use a different browser. Mozilla and Firefox are both free and don't use ActiveX and limit JavaScript. www.mozilla.com. Their site is safe and you can then browse to other web sites and download any other...

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