Recent content by mongoloido

Thanks for the tip. I'm sure I'd have totally skipped past that option.

The Drive and the PSU never even occured to me, but that sure seems logical. The Benq ran fine for almost 6 months before this stuff started happening. On the other hand, I think I did make the mistake of getting a cheap PSU for that computer a couple of years ago. Thank you so much. I'll jump...

I'm not even sure if this is a hardware/software/bios/etc problem. I recently built my first computer and gave my old one to my brother (he better smooch my behind for years for that one :)). Anyway, the old computer is having troubles booting from time to time. I'll start (or restart) the...

Thanks guys. Looks like I should go the recovery route and see where that takes me. The format/install sounds like a last option for me.

Here's the situation: - I've recently built my first computer (very cool experience. still not very smart, but learning more every day). - For that computer, I have purchased and installed XP pro with service pack 2. - My old computer is still very serviceable, so I'd like to clean it...

The only problem I have had so far has been that nvidia firewall. I don't blame DFI for it though, seems all kinds of nForce boards are having troubles with it. I just uninstalled the nvidia one and threw my own firewall on. I'll gladly jump back to the nvidia one when they get it fixed though.

i flashed and loaded the optimized 310 bios too... maybe i should just try loading it again...

at startup. i turn on the computer, it flashes the little lanparty logo, scrolls some text down the screen, then says to either press F1 to continue or press Del to enter bios.

total newb question here (built my first computer this weekend)... How do I get the computer to stop waiting for me to press F1 to continue at startup? I know it should be very simple, but I'm not very smart on this stuff yet. I just want to turn on the computer, make coffee, and have it ready...

apparently, it's something that doesn't really get used, but who knows. with it only using 1500k of memory, i'm not willing to find out if it's important or not. BTW: Here's a good link for the running processes: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm it's for some...

Woot! Thanks a million, man. I was up late, and then tossing and turning all night over that one. I knew it was something simple, but couldn't figure out what. I eventually learned that no matter how many times I went into device manager, there never appeared a "click me to make your problem go...

I think a freshly installed XP has 20ish processes that run. Looks like you have Firefox, iTuneshelper, iPodService, soundman, filezilla, and realsched. Messing with any of the others seems like bad mojo to me. ipodservice: if you have an ipod, keep it just the way it is. if you just have...

wild. i didn't realise you could use the same wonid at the same time as long as you were on different servers. i have no need to ever use that information, but it's always nice to learn something new.... now if only i could find the right way to set up those darn turrets in the prison sequence...

I'm far from bright for this forum, but I always run through the basics of virus scan, spyware scan, hijackthis, defrag (while giving myself a headache tracking down everything from the hijackthis log :)). You've probably done all that if you're talking hardware, but I thought I'd mention it...

Hello all. Been reading the main anandtech reviews for a month now to figure out what parts to get for building my first computer. Seems only fitting to come here for my first big goof. :) In my haste to get the new computer up and running, I totally forgot to plug all the wires into my...