Recent content by TheTMan

hi i have a very strange network prob when i install sp2(xp pro). Internet explorer does not work at all. It opens ok but i get a page cannot be displayed error message. I am using NTL cable broadband, the strangest aspect of this is that i have an ip address but i cannot ping anythin including...

hi just thought id update this in case anyone else has same prob. Purchased another AGP graphics card and pc would boot but very patchy graphic display. Had already formatted HDD at this point tried to reload O/S. This kinda worked but always failed at video driver install, and O/S hung.Put in...

Hi, does anyone no where i would be able to get/buy cd roms or audio content, that recaps the course material, as i do a lot of driving and would like to put this time to good use. thanks in advance. T.

hello i ve noticed that in some builds of xp i can install netbeui the usual way- network properties - install - protocol - netbeui. and this is fine, but some builds do not have netbeui as an option. I there somje way that i can install this?? thanks in advance m

hello there been a while since i posted on this topci cos it was driving me nuts but heres some updates. to recap the situation, pc wasnt booting at all nothing on the screen as if the monitor wasnt working but iknow that it was a good monitor. no beeps at boot time, nothing, couldnt get into...

hello all thanks for your patience, heres the deal. still unable to get into bios. Tried to boot with just cpu motherboard and vga card. First time i tried this i got to the Pac bell screen then 1 beep then the begining of a bios startup screen as mentioned before. As stated previously there was...

garebo, sorry i didnt make myself clear, as yet i ahve been unable to get into the bios. I was merely pointing out that i was pressing the f (function keys) and not the f key followed by a 2 or 3. I have yet to try the last ffew suggestions but i will update as soon as i havve done this. once...

garebo, cheers for input, yes it was f2 as you stipulate itman, maingeek, ill try tthis over weekend, of to work again, i'll let you know the outcome thanks again for all the help T

hello, locted two jumpers near the cmos chip, one with three prongs and one with four prongs. So tried the three pronged one. When i placed jumper ofver pins 2 and 3, the pc would not boot at all. ther was no power to anything. replaced jumper onto pins 1 and 2 and rebooted this is the furthest...

hello gaerbo, sorry for time to reply, been working. I am unable to get into the bios due to the original problem. IE. when i boot, 9 times out of ten, literally nothing happens. Nothing on monitor its as if its sleeping, but i know that monitor is fine and it has an independent power source...

Garebo, Millenium Edition. not sure the difference slot 1 and others, not got the greatest hardwarre knowledge. cheers

no manual for mobo, and dont know what make and model, not obvious, must be written on the back. its an old packard bell imedio, i waas trying to see cpu but cant get heat sink off to see. by resetting the cmos, i think you mean either to take the battery out or the cmos chip out and then...

thanks for input folks,tried booting with no ram, got a bunch of beeps, does that mean it cant be the motherboard???? tried both slots of ram in dimm slot 0, and the original problem persistts. What i have noticed though is that occasionally i start to get the begining of a boot that appears on...

hi i am runnig Millenium edition on a pc pc and it wont boot. there is no beep on boot up,which there was previously and literally nothing displayed on the monitor, its as if its off. It is not off however and i have tested it ok with another pc. There is power to the hard drive and the cpu fan...

bcastner, thanks, one or two things i didnt know there. cheers T