Recent content by hw45

Thank you very much dioneses10 for your answer. And yes if possible I would like to know if it was a quantum.

Got a computer with a fried power supply. So I thought it's from a power surge. But as I did backup on a different computer with that HDD (I replaced it, because it was already very weak) same smell came out of that power supply (hope it didn't affect it too much, it's a good expensive Enermax)...

When you use NTFS for your WinXP you can't boot with a Win98 bootdisk.

Maybe it's the cable. There are two kind of cables: a standard ethernet cable when you use a hub, switch or router and a crossover cable when you connect two computers directly.

How big is the HDD? You're talking of EDO RAM, so it's an older system. Probably you'll have to flash the BIOS or use so called overdrive software.

Read Chapter 7 in the manual. d/l here: http://za.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_manuals.jsp?z=41&service=ZA

That's what MS says to that case: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;812581 Did you install XP on top of another windows? If nothing else helps, i would install XP again (format and install!!! - not only install on top of the old one)

Is the HDD shown in the BIOS correctly? Sometimes a BIOS-flash do wonders too.

Have you tried to set the BIOS setup to it's defaults?

Try another power supply.

Maybe that link will help: http://www.jsifaq.com/SUBM/tip6200/rh6294.htm

Cheap Power supplies can cause a lot of strange problems. I found an interesting page: http://www.fonerbooks.com/power.htm#image

Yes, when the speaker works.

Try to disconnect everything except video card. So only motherboard, processor, ram (only one, then change the other one), video card and keyboard. When that doesn't work it could be the motherboard.

The FSB jumper is in the right position? Paste is on the heatsink? Heatsink "sit" properly on the processor? Processor fan is "strong" enough?