Absolutely poistive Chiles4. I have a Point of View 6800GT 256mb DDR3 TV/DVI. Core = 350mhz The TNT card does not use its own lead from the...
OK - well that sounds fatal and like no amount or rubbing will mend it :( I will have to buy a new card, would like to get a PCI-e card for...
Thanks again. I have no other pc to try it in at the momenty, but will try to clean the connectors, finding any unused alcohol around here may...
Hello again, I have managed to locate the culprit. It is the graphics card. I found an old pc in the cupboard and it had a TNT card in it...
Many thanks for the good suggestions - I have my replies below: Dust - PC is cleaned reasonably often. I have used an air spray to clean the fan...
Hi all. My PC has been working like a dream for a couple of years and I regularly defrag, set retsore points, remove malware etc etc. The other...
well I am not sure that the old PC did boot up, I know he had a lot pf problems with it -that prompted the new purchase. Can't see a lot of...
ok - I have no tried the FAT32 drive in my pc in place of my non system storage drive (also IDE) and Windows cant even find it as master and I get...
Thanks guys. The disk is small - about 20 gigs and shows fine in Disk Management except under "file system" it is blank? It says it is healthy...
I just built a new PC for a friend using Xp Pro. I installed it using NTFS and then added his old hard drive as it has many files he wants. I...
hello again, It seems the disk has either become corrupt, if that's possible, or is damaged. I can see no scratches and it's clean though!?...
thanks for the tip on memtest - I will get the latest version and attempt your other tool, but because I can't boot to XP yet I might have trouble...
Initial memtest84+ v1.51 shows that memory is fine. I will leave it running for some time and report back tomorrow.
Thanks Bill. Gunna try some mem tests - I have a memtest disk somewhere and will try your suggestion. Will be VERY upset if the modules are...
I am installing Xp Pro as I have a new set up. Not used the disk for a long time as I have luckily had no need to re-install for time. Anyway,...
ok tried everything - sending the bundle back to store for testing. Look fgorward to their response.
Thanks for the tips guys. I did connect the extra 4-pin cable and all of the components are compatible, in fact they come as a bundle. I...
now tried a different power supply and tried with each of the RAM sticks removed one at a time - same result. Also removed gfx card and tried to...
Just to update - I have now tried a different hard drive, IDE this time (other is SATA) and still no post. The gfx card fan also comes on, but...
Hi all, I just build a new PC for a friend with a MSI k9vgm-v motherboard. When I switch on the fans (case and cpu) all come on but nothing...
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