Recent content by jonhiker

There are two ways to remove a BIOS password/reset the BIOS: 1) remove the BIOS battery for 5-15 minutes(as stated before) 2) check in the Motherboard manual. There is sometimes a jumper setting to do the same thing. This should clear the password. You'll also have to reset the other settings...

Your HDD is on the way out. Back up the important data and get a new drive. OR, get a new drive, install it as the master, format, and load the OS. Make this one the slave, then copy to the new drive all of the important data. Format old drive, remove, and make it a paperweight, boat ancor, etc. :)

To add to this..... I like to think of defragging as "reorganizing the file cabinet". It will make it easier & faster to find something. That's what defragging does. Your time frames seem a little excessive. I would follow edemiere'stimetable. Defrag the servers once every week or...

For a "crappy fileserver", i would suggest 2K or Unix/Linux.

If you don't have the manual to show the porper jumper for shorting the bios, the safest thing is to remove the battery. Keep it out for about 30 seconds, replace, turn on machine. You should lose the password settings. You have to go back into the BIOS and reset date/time, and any defaults.

W2K will require 2GB of free space on your HDD. Get your drivers together. I would first go to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131303 to see if your hdwe is on the HCL for W2K. If it all is, then I would recommend Fdisk and format and do a clean install, not use an...

Try this link to see if it has the driver you need. http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/companies/812.htm Have you checked the cables, plugged it into a different IDE slot, etc? Is it seen in the BIOS and not Device Manager? Or, not seen at all? Can you put the device in another machine and it works?

edfair has a good answer, the 2nd machine may not like a HDD that already has an OS installed. Try a different cable and check your pin orientations(been there, done that). I would format the HDD to remove the OS, then try it in the 2nd machine. If it reads it then, try loading the OS.

What size is the power supply? You need a 350W to handle all of that. What's your MOBO? Can it handle the PIV(good suggestion, wileya)? Check that out, first.

Try one and see what happens. If it doesn't work, then just burn them at 16X until they're gone. Besides, the top speed is only obtained right at the center of the disk.

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PSU won't cause blue screen. is your memory 1-256 stick or 2-128's? try different RAM. also, copy down what you get on your BSOD and go to www.microsoft.com and the knowledge base, and type in the statement to get an explanation or two and some problem solving tips. You could also post the...

what is your burning software? is the CD burner newly installed? try going to the website for the software and making sure that the brand is supported and check for any patches.

Sounds like a defective drive. Unplug it and then see if XP boots normally. If it does, bad drive.

I would send it back to Dell. There is some problem that you could be chasing your tail trying to fix. It's under warranty, take advantage of the warrenty.