Recent content by sammy g

i'll give it a try tonight. thx. any other suggestions before I go home??

I'm trying to install a fresh copy of XP on a self built box. When I run the setup it formats the drive, copies the files from the CD, but upon reboot it goes to a black screen instead of into the installation screen. The monitor is receiving a signal (the little light is green instead of...

I'll have him try the repair utilities tonight. Hopefully that works. I haven't ruled out a faulty IDE cable, but will have him give that a shot as well. thanks for you help.

and by suggestions I mean to fix the HDD's boot sector...He doesn't have another HDD to throw in there and data preservation doesn't matter.

I had my friend try the install with all of the cards taken out of the system, but it had the same result. I think it might be a problem with the boot sector of the hard drive because everything runs smoothly until it gets to a point where it needs to access HDD info. In this case after copy...

I could send him a stick of ram to use, I don't think he has another video card to use, but I could prolly send one out to him. I'm 99% sure that the onboard sound is off, but I might just tell him to take out the card and enable the onboard as if I remember correctly the superquad is a pain in...

Hey guys..I have a friend that is attempting to install windows XP on his computer with a freshly formatted hard drive but there are some issues. After it formats the drive and loads the install files it resets but goes to a completely black screen. It doesn't kick into the install screen like...

Hey guys..I have a friend that is attempting to install windows XP on his computer with a freshly formatted hard drive but there are some issues. After it formats the drive and loads the install files it resets but goes to a completely black screen. It doesn't kick into the install screen like...

I just came back from walmart in Norwalk, CT and they had a bunch of Soundblaster Live 5.1 X-Gamers and Mp3+ for $50 on clearance. These were retail packages and they seemed to have a decent amount of them. Don't know if this is a local thing or not. Either way this is little more than what...

wow...if that's it I'm gonna kick myself. My only excuse could be that it was 2a.m. and I was tired...yeah that's it....

Just installed my new Iwill KK266-R Mobo and when I boot up it says "Floppy Error(40)" It seems as if the floppy's not connected, but I know it is and the power light is on as well. This floppy drive was working in another computer 15 minutes before...any help'd be appreciated. sam

I got in on this deal. You can make it even better with the $25 off $100 coupon. $90 for a 12x DVD drive and a retail SB Live 5.1 is a pretty good deal imo

oops..

even tho your 12x may seem slow compared to the 24x keep in mind that it's only slightly over 3 minutes slower. If you can't spare an extra 3 minutes then you are one busy mofo....

hurry up....the drawing is @ 12:00A.M. tonight (June 21st)