Esc, F2 and F12 are a far cry different from F1. Thought you didn't know what you were talking about, but who am I to argue? Ice said it best: ;)
Not so sure that those prompts will get you into your Bios but who am I to argue - if you are sure, then thats the final word. Try another...
Ditto on the mattman's response - its certainly worth trying to test if you can get it recognized. ;)
Thanks for the wisdom - had no idea re: fused power cords. Seen a lot of in-line DC fusing but didn't have a clue. Some Dell's and some HP's...
Try to auto-detect your HDD in the BIOS and see if this gets you back to a readable state. Check and/or replace your CMOS battery. This might just...
Forget going to the store to "pick some up" - go to www.crucial.com and work your way through their memory configurator then buy the correct...
Too dumb here to figure out how to vote for all. Home machines - me: 2500+ XP Barton at 3200+ 2500+ XP Barton 2400+ XP Thoroughbred 1900+ XP...
Just when one thinks they've heard it all - I've never seen or heard of a fused power cord - please enlighten me. What fuse is blowing? Whats...
If you were running 98, this would definately be a potential bottleneck and its still worth checking out, however, this isn't the same beast it...
Would agree - software, possibly AV, and/or correct drivers are logical things to check. But you may have said something very telling when you "...
HP used a lot of mother-daughter cards for sound and modem. Be careful and take a very close look at the hardware. If its a stand alone network...
Martin: Certainly wasn't trying to sound "snooty" re: "much ado about nothing ". Just trying to calm you down and lighten the concern factor....
Martin: You are making much ado about nothing if this is an XP machine. You really didn't even have to worry about the drivers, but could have...
Martin: I wouldn't advise re-installing just for the networking - you can add all that you need back into that machines network configuration...
Sidebar off topic Martin: might have said that ? but I have no problem removing NAV, LU & Live Reg, all corresponding registry entries, shared...
I have great confidence in you my friend. You'll get there, just wish I could be of more help. I think Dennis L was implying that DLink might...
Newt: Thanks for the netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt tip. I've pretty much been a Linksys loyalist and am in full understanding of what you...
There has to be a reset button on that router which will restore factory settings. Then go online and read the manual, it will give you...
Like I said, "enough to be dangerous" - the address I gave works with Linksys and a few others, but obviously it was wrong for your DLink. And,...
I know just enough to be dangerous but I believe that your Router has a standard address of 192.168.1.1. You should be able to access a menu from...
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