Recent content by henryma

I changed notepad a while ago to open into cmd prompt when trying to make batch files, and thus I accidentally made .txt files default into cmd prompt, but now when I try to change it back to Notepad it won't change. I click on the default programs part and i double click notepad and click ok...

I have two hard drives both 500 GB, #1 partitioned into C:\ and F:\, and #2 partitioned into D and E. Every so often Windows will diskcheck my #1 F:\ partition and say there are no bad sectors. However sometimes when I look at the POSTing screen my hard drive #2 with D and E does not show up at...

Thanks for the advice, I downloaded Rivatuner and forced the clockspeed lower and now it's working fine.

My computer broke down a week ago and I decided to take out working parts and put them in an older computer. My Sapphire HD4850 is a few years old now (I bought it not too long after it came out) and when only using one monitor the system runs perfectly fine and I can change resolution and...

Good thing you reminded me about Computer Management.. I swear that thing hides from me. Thank you so much, saved me from hours and hours of useless work then!

3 day bump

On my ECS VIA P4VMM2 motherboard, I put in another hard drive for storage, yet my Maxtor 80GB (it's old now) only showed up as 1.78 (around there) gigabytes, so I tried using a Maxtor ATA/133 PCI adapter, the adapter has a screen when booting the computer up and shows the HD to be around 79GB...

I'm playing .h264 files currently, but once I get a new mobo I might get a blu-ray drive. My crappy ECS motherboard has no SATA :( Would BIOSTAR P4M900M4 mATX Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813138079) be worth it? I'm wary of Biostar but I'm totally in need of some more...

When watching movies 60%-70% of the processor is being used, does that cause the choppiness? Or is it really just the old video card =\

I just put together a crappy HTPC, with leftover parts: some old ECS mobo, a 2.8GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB DDR RAM, a FX 5900XT, and an old IDE hard drive I've had lying around. Though for certain high-quality rips it looks great, at certain parts of movies it gets choppy and freezes up, what could...

alright i guess. thanks everyone for your help! specially you boomerang!

I took out the battery and put it back in, but still there's no difference. I tried to save my settings in BIOS but still it gives me the blank black screen and then I had to shut it down.

montag451 - the temp of the CPU is 43C, voltages for RAM are on auto, and CPU is 1.175V. I do see my harddrive in SATA1, and i tried only the power header and it still didnt turn on the computer. boomeraing - The first 3 answers are yes, but I only have one 8 power pin slot, and the 24 pin...

The only way to actually turn on the system for me is to flick the CMOS button and then it'l turn on. Once in a while the power button will turn on the computer but the screen won't show anything. I have really nothing plugged into the computer except the essential parts I need, plus the CD...

so after alot of experimenting, i noticed that if I flicked the cmos switch and the ram leds lit up, and if i let the cmos switch sit there for a little bit, and the ram lights suddenly flicker alot and I flick the switch back, it allows me to use the keyboard. Then I entered the BIOS and when I...