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Thank you so much Dave,
I think I am getting to the end of this. Unfortunately, the verdict so far is PS and Motherboard are both dead. Even this is quite fun with you guys helps, I am about to wrap it up. I am going to shop for a smaller size PC and if the HD(ATA) is still good mostly likely it won't fit in the newer PC's case. Anyway I can still use it(eg externally?) . Appreciate you guys helps.
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Unless you buy a case for a miniITX board (square, only as long as the backplate connectors with a single PCI slot), any case you get will have space for 3.5" drives. The switch from parallel to serial interface did not change the physical size at all.
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I recently purchased an HP DV-8000t laptop, nice box and am thiking about installing Vista on it,which led me to the thought, why don't I just add a new HD, Vista on one, XP on the other (just in case....) HP web site indicates you can clearly do this with this model, but they are very vague about what/how. They suggest calling some 800 number for a "bracket" and a disk.
When I asked do I have to buy this disk from them they said no, but make sure you get a 4200 RPM disk. so the question is this:
Do you think there is a real good reason for this or can I get a 5400, or 7200 for a whole lot less someplace else other than HP.
The second question would be what is this "bracket" they mention? and would it also be easier/cheaper to get someplace else?
Thanks
Mike
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just a guess, but the bracket's probably used to secure the drive in the laptop. If you're not planning to switch regularly you can probably un/rescrew it every time. If switching regularly the bracket would probably make things easier. IF you can boot off of usb/firewire that would probably be a cheaper option. Id suggest trying to remove your existing disk to see what the bracket is actually involved in doing. I also have a very hard time believing the notebook won't talk to 5400/7200 RPM drives.
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Hi,
I need some help here. I have a Compaq Pasario running celeron with XP professional. I was away for 5 days and my PC has been in stanby mode. After I came back, my PC does not responde to any actions - keystrokes,reboot,unplug.
The screen is out and the light is in orange. It does not take key strokes. The light on the pc itself is blinking green, I press and hold the power button(cold boot) and it still does not do any thing. I unplug the power cable wait for hours until the blinking green light goes away and plug the cable back again, the green light comes back and still nothing happens,
Anyone can give me some help what seems to be happening and how can I do about it?
Thanks,
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Well, it sounds like you have three choices. You have either a bad processor, motherboard, or power supply.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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I doubt it's a bad processor, because that wouldn't hold a charge big enough to keep the computer running. It could be the motherboard, though.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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Well, his description of the problem amounted to "turn it on and nothing happens". After doing this crap for over 21 years, I can tell you that a bad power supply, bad BIOS, bad motherboard, AND a bad CPU are the possibilities.
BTW, putting a suspected bad power supply into a known good PC is a bad idea. If the power supply blew the motherboard, you'll just potentially end up blowing another motherboard.
Testing the voltages comming off the power supply is the best option, but in the absense of a voltage meter, replacing the power supply with a known good power supply is the next best option.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: BTW, putting a suspected bad power supply into a known good PC is a bad idea. If the power supply blew the motherboard, you'll just potentially end up blowing another motherboard.
Good point, I never thought of that.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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You're both wrong - It's obviously the internally adjustable throwout deframulation transistor.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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I covered that!!  It's on the bloody motherboard! But since I know nothing of his surface-mount soldering skills, I didn't want to walk him through replacing it. He could do more harm than good, especially if he gets the streams crossed! Oh God - then what??
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Are the drives spinning? When you unplug your pc, is there anything connected to your computer (through USB) that gets power?
If you can unplug your pc, and the running light is still on, then that would have to be the power supply.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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The drives were not spinning. It feel like all the input devices are disable. When I unplug it, it still has keyborad,mouse and phone set plugged in. The green light gets dimmer and dimmer and goes off after an hour or so. I think this is probably the feature to pretect power out but might turn out screw it up for me.
Thanks for the replies, any other thoguths are greatly appreciated,
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Well, it sounds like you should try replacing your power supply. But before you do, I would suggest taking your old one out and testing it in another computer (if you can). This way you can make sure it is the power supply, and not something else.
Trinity: Neo... nobody has ever done this before.
Neo: That's why it's going to work.
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STOP!! Before you follow Matrix's advice about putting a suspected bad power supply into a good machine...
Think about it. If the voltages and levels comming out of a PS are bad, what are the chances that they could blow anything you plug that PS into?? Pretty good...
You NEVER put a suspected bad PS into a known good machine. You always replace a suspected bad PS with a known good PS and see what happens. If the PS is bad, you won't blow a good motherboard. If the motherboard, or something else, is bad, the good PS will protect itself from an overload and shut itself off.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Thanks,
I will get a good PS and see how it goes. just to get my knowledge a bit more on this. The reset button seems to connect to the motherboard, when it is pressed and hold, a signal is sent to the motherboard to resstart the system. Am I right? If I am right,this could explain there is a possibility that the motherboard is bad. But the DVD button is not working as well, the DVD looks like was connected to PS directly, does it lead to that most likely is the PS?
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mhp130 wrote: The reset button seems to connect to the motherboard, when it is pressed and hold, a signal is sent to the motherboard to resstart the system.
More or less. Both the reset and power buttons are soft switches whose functions are controlled via the mobo. If the mobo isn't properly starting the PSU up that could be the problem. You can "jump start" an ATX PSU by using a paperclip to short the green wire to one of the black ones (this is what the mobo does in response to your pressing the power button). If all your drives spin up normally and will open the PSU is probably innocent.
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Alright, I change to a PS I know is good and "jump start" it The CD lights up and responds. It does not open up so it's not quite working nornally. The old PS does not do that so I guess the old PS is bad. Glad to have this at lease one step forward. But....
With the new good PS, the system is still dead. much like before. can you suggest what to do next?
Thanks
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Diconnect power to all the drives and everything else, except the motherboard. Power it up. If still nothing happens, then you've probably got a bad motherboard too.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Try placing the boot a little more to the left (or right) of the computer. Maybe it's too close to respond to it. Check the boot's antenna. If you have a heel-mounted antenna, that might be the problem.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001
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Hello I need soft (program)
I must change my Serial numbers in my hard drive
PLZ who can help me .
Plz give me spoofer or program.
PLz help me.
I must change serial numbers hard drive
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If your talking about the drives hardware serial number, you can't change it. Well, not without writing your own IDE driver for Windows anyway.
Sorry, we're not going to help you fool a copy proection scheme. It's the only reason I can think of that you would want to do this.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Hi 
i am using Modem D-Link GLB 502T at my home. It works fine for first 2 to 3 hrs but after that it starts disconnecting for every 10 to 20 min.
i also spoke to service center they replied to switched off for certain peroid for every 2 hrs 
Is it the solution ? Can't we have some Good solution for it or is there any modem thats work fine continuesly
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Most BIOS allow the automatic power-on time to be set to a particular day and time. However, this is very inflexible as it requires manual intervention to make changes. Some PVR programs have the facility to power on the system at variable times, so I feel that there MUST be a way for a program to access these registers dynamically. Does anyone have any details, or alternatively, point me in the right direction for more information. Thanks in advance for any suggestions !
Doug
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