Recent content by Dingusm

Problem solved sort of... The cpu idle problem is being caused by my Zip Drive. I have emailed Iomega tech support for advice. Thanks to all who replied with advice, this has been an educational experience. It's amazing how much you can learn when dealing with a problem like this even if none...

As far as background programs go, I haven't changed anything. Indexing is disabled. Spyware and antivirus scans are negative. This thing is messing up my computer and my world! A few months ago Fred Langa had an item in his newsletter about a Microsoft Win XP update that loused up...

I know Norton Anti-Virus will let you do a scan from the CD. I'll bet the others will too. Start system with disk in CD drive. (Enable CD boot in bios if necessary)

First to flyingwolf: Virus and spyware scans did not help. No viruses are here and only a bunch of cookies detected and deleted. if it's a trojan, the 3 spyware apps I ran (spybot, adaware, and spy-sweeper) don't recognize it. To bcastner: process window in task manager shows a process simply...

Something is keeping my cpu usage at 30% whene the system is idle. I have deselected all the items in msconfig-start up and no change.System is very sluggish and broadband connection has slowed substantially. Any suggestions welcome.

Ospheral Has already solved the problem! He (she) told us he upgraded his computer but kept the same box and PS. This problem WAS happening before. Bingo!!! The power supply is failing. this is probably a cause of the high temps he reports. Power supplies are cheap these days. Buy a new one and...

Be VERY careful! Flashing the bios is a good way to kill a computer if you don't do it right. You have to get the EXACT bios code from the mobo manufacturer, and it has to be done EXACTLY as the manufacturer instructs. I've killed a couple of boards in this manner. Before resorting to something...

If you follow RougeElf's advice you will need to reload everything. As long as your going to do that, I'd strongly suggedt you buy a bigger hard drive. I've seen them at Microwarehouse.com for a hundred bucks or so for a 20 or 30 gb drive.

Have you thought about updating the bios? This is a fairly easy process on most modern mobo's. make note of your bios version. You can usually see this version number during boot up just before post starts. Go to the American Megatrends website and search for your version. Carefully follow the...