If you changed a setting in the BIOS/startup settings, you will need to clear the CMOS. You can look up how to do it in the motherboard...
Your graphics drivers appear to be "jammed" (from my first post). Here is the sticky from the Hardware forum:...
Hi Paul, I would expect "changed" just means that. Maybe they were changed by Windows Updates. Microsoft files cannot be forged. You can find...
If it connects wirelessly to a router (it is not a wireless modem), you should be able use a cable between the laptop and the router, that will...
Maybe there is no reference to graphics related programs in your Startup list of msconfig, this computer I am using has three. If you are using...
If you are installing the new modem, be careful to remove the drivers and software for the old modem first. Look around for a phone line power...
Safe Mode, At startup you will see a "splash screen" or black and white DOS type screens before Windows starts loading. Just before Windows...
If you cannot work in Safe Mode, there will be serious problems with Windows. If you get to a blank/black screen every time, it would appear that...
Rereading, Beeping from the M/B speaker indicates a (serious?) hardware problem. Since you can run Windows, up to a point, my first guess would be...
Notepad is a simple program, I think you will have even less success with that. Try Word. I find Word or Writer are the only word processors that...
Uninstalling the graphics controller program will be very important. The graphics are "Via/S3G UniChrome IGP" (unless a different card has been...
No, that's fine. Don't touch the modem if it does not appear to be part of the problem. From my dealings with Creative cards, it could be...
It seems related to the internet connection. Modem drivers maybe. Another main factor in internet connection is the firewall. Check that two...
Were you able to work in Safe Mode? Did you see "safe mode" in the four corners, but then you were not able to get to the desktop in Safe Mode?...
Interesting. If I may point out one or two things. Question: How can identical machines be different? I would say different BIOS versions may...
I expect that the problem is not so much in the graphics drivers, as in the graphics software. My method would be to boot into Safe Mode. Go to...
Hi, The squad may have replaced the motherboard with a different model and it is still running on the old drivers. Did they leave a drivers disk...
Hi MIR11, If it seemed to "drop out" when you added the modem card, there may be a resource conflict. Look in Device Manager for any problems...
Hi MIR11, Were you able to copy and paste? I copy/pasted some of the posts in this thread and it stretched out over 3 pages because of the double...
Ahh, finally :) Out of curiosity, if you go to Control Panel -> Modems, what is the listing/description of the modem now? (Another place to...
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