Recent content by SonofAdam

onedtent -- following your suggestion; however, "New and Open...Shortcuts" has a red X indicating 'Not Available'. I then looked at the Installation Options on my original retail CD and the "New and Open...Shortcuts" also has a red X there also. I was looking for this to possibly speed up the...

I am running Office Home & Student 2007 in Vista. I seem to be missing a feature called the Office Startup Assistant. I looked at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=826318 "Frequently asked questions about the Office Startup Assistant in the 2007 Office suites and in Office 2003" for more...

The power supply fan on my five year old HP Pavilion 760n failed some time back and the psu ran without any fan cooling for an indeterminate period, possibly as long as a year. It so happened that I have bought a totally new computer this year, so did not replace the old psu or fan. Once I...

Possibly indirectly related: a number of web sites and forums report that a 32 bit operating system cannot usefully use 4GB of RAM. Some reports are that anything over 2GB are wasted, but other reports say that something closer to 3GB can be useful. In my own case, I have 2GB of RAM and a core2...

I appreciate the various advice from you all, especially the electric shock warning. I will probably not attempt to replace the power supply or fan, as I don't have that kind of skill. I will be replacing the whole desktop very soon. This is a very helpful group, thanks!

This is very interesting...I did your 'toothpick assist' test. I was able to move the fan blade with the toothpick, but it was not at all free-wheeling. After several nudges with the toothpick, it began turning slowly on its own, and after continued nudging, is now spinning at what seems like...

Computer: HP Pavilion 760n desktop; five years old Power Supply: HiPro I have just noticed that the fan on this power supply is not running, but do not know how long this has been the case. The area around the grill is warm to the touch but not ‘hot’. The computer is running normally, no...

The offending discs played fine in a separate computer yesterday. So..maybe I have a flaky, but not defunct CDRW in my computer that works unless the discs are also flaky? I am in business for now, will post again if more info. John

For reasons I don't understand, I inserted one of the offending discs into my CDROM just to try it again, and it read fine, and I was able to transfer the files to my hard drive...had tried multiple times previously, but now it works...not aware of having done anything to fix the problem...I...

To make a long story concise: my CDROM drive works fine with most discs (music, data, programs); however, two data discs recorded by someone else will not work. The discs have Word and Excel files. Things that happen (or don't) after inserting either of these discs are: -the drive appears to...

Trying to polish off this thread... garebo suggests I try format c: after fdisk. Result is "Invalid media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable. Format terminated". I also tried format d: and format e: with the messages "Invalid drive specification". I have tried using the...

Hi guys. I am in process of obtaining another Quantum hard drive, since the two I have not yet responded to our ministrations. Actually (and this is a bit funny), I have bid on a package of three, yes 3!, Quantum Fireball TM 3.8GB drives in a package on Ebay. The total price was about what I...

garebo -- sorry this thread has turned into a marathon, but I do appreciate your willingness to look at it occasionally. garebo asks: "How many mb was original drive and what is the size of the new drive, which, if i remember correctly, is used also." Both the original and the new...

Hello. I had a chance to do a bit more investigating. What I am working with now is what I have termed the "old" hard drive, the one that is corrupted. Trying to see if it can be coaxed to life. To repeat the problem: The computer is a five year old Sony with a Maxtor Quantum...

Hi y'all. Appreciate the recent advice. I see two things you are suggesting: 1. Try replacing the ribbon cable. 2. Flashing the BIOS. I have hesitated before trying these options, mainly because it has seemed that the present BIOS and ribbon cable have properly recognized the...