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canuckiwi It doesn't sond like the PSU pulling the computer down so try starting up on a basic hardware configuration, i.e. disconnect all peripherals including your case fan and all internal drives accept your hard drive so all you have to start up on is the power supply, mother board, cpu...

the dell also has mutipal desktops http://www.johnwallage.com Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key..."

Your laptop has a monitor out on the back. So you do have 2 of them. the tft and the monitor out http://www.johnwallage.com Phone answering machine message - "...If you want to buy marijuana, press the hash key..."

When you pull the tray out and look in you will see on the left some push in switches. Get a can of compressed air and good blast. This is a known fault on the HP4250. John

I was attending a warranty call today with a similar problem. The customer had bought a 17” TFT monitor and the pc Hung on post. For some reason the monitor was feeding back to the computer. As for the overheating problem, talk to the shop you got the computer from and tell them that because of...

Peter. I think I have a PSU that you can have. email me at "john at johnwallage dot com" and we'll talk. John http://www.johnwallage.com Two rights do not make a wrong. They make an airplane."

Pete I ha the same problem with a 9600. PRAM battrie low and left unplugged for a few weeks. John http://www.johnwallage.com Two rights do not make a wrong. They make an airplane."

PeteWeedon Are you in the UK? If so I have loads of old mac ram and I'm sure we could arange a beer-ram exchange. email me dad200uk2000@hotmail.com John http://www.dad200uk2000.tk

I use Aare AVI to VCD DVD SVCD MPEG Converter Pro v.4.0 John http://www.dad200uk2000.tk

Go to http://www.microsoft.com/downloads and download the 3.5" flopy XP install disks, you'll need 6 disks. Open the install program and it will copy the srartup infomation on to the 3.5" disks. Now try starting up on those. Hope that helps. John

Are you using Epson ink or "shops own" ink? some cheap inks can damage the epson heads. The only way to fix this is to replace the heads. I have come across this prob alot in London and in some cases it's cheaper to buy a new printer than replace the print heads (labour intensive...

Jusenkyo I had a client with the same problem. Check that the heatsink on the Radeon 9800 Pro is touching the the chip. If not the AGP card will run fine for about 15 to 20 mins then overload causing the game that you are running to crash. If this is so excange it for another one. Hope this...

It's most likely to be the power supply. If you have annother one or could borrow one to try it that will soon tell you if it is the PSU or the MB. John

There is a few ways to stop this. 1/ Replase the metal shelf with a wooden one. 2/ Spray an antistatic solution on the carpet short term). 3/ Replace the carpet with an antistatic carpet. (the best and long term solution) That should solve the problem. John

Is your anti virus set to check your hard disk at a certain time?