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BIOS by Sean
The version I have in this Vaio is PhoenixBIOS 4.0 release 6.0.2. I understand that the new Vaios that are being sold now do not come with the bootable cds as there is a hidden partition. Has anyone used the software Phoenix offers, in particular, Firstware Recover Pro. Thanks
March 5th 05 08:27 AM
by Sean Go to last post
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200GB hard drive is read as 131GB by richard
in the bios it says 200GB, but when installing the operating system..it only show an unpartitioned space of 131GB. can anyone suggest why it would do this? it is set up as primary slave rite now.
January 7th 06 12:36 PM
by Jonny Go to last post
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Bad Checksum (Rom) Error by Paul
I'm running a Toshiba S1800-400 LapTop, running ME. Suddenly it's starting to play up with windows freezing producing either: - OE 017F BFF8E64B or OE 0167 BFF9A0F BSOD's Now it's refusing to boot past the safemode startup - if I check start windows normally, it just comes back to the...
March 3rd 05 05:21 PM
by Mart Go to last post
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Trouble Installing My Web Cam by Krystal
I'm having trouble installing my Creative Web Cam. I'm not sure where the problem actually begins, but when I plug it into the computer, The window that pops up automatically (I think it has to do with Plug and Play) is titled "Update hardware information database" and then it shows the bar that...
June 22nd 04 11:51 AM
by Richard G. Harper Go to last post
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Is this hard drive dying? by Hawkins
Neighbour complains that she can no longer load her Scrabble CD. I manage to get it to start via the Run box but it will not start from its normal shortcut and other CDs cannot be read. I started to do some long overdue housekeeping and when I got Scandisk it would start, recycle many times but...
September 26th 06 10:33 PM
by Mart Go to last post
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PC Locks up by Frankie
My PC locks up after being idle for about 3 or 4 hrs and the mouse freezes, the only way I can get it out of this state is it off and back on, it reboots just fine but this reboot does not solve the lock up problem.......I am running Windows ME platform......Help
May 6th 04 12:16 PM
by Jack E Martinelli Go to last post
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win me not displaying all of my ram by Bob K
I don't believe he will come back. He seems a bit sensitive to criticism. Noel's written response made perfect sense to Noel, and to us who know him through this board, but Mr. Need Help didn't 'hear' the tongue-in-cheek way Noel made his point. He was not angry, from my reading, but...
May 7th 04 08:57 AM
by Rick T Go to last post
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Installing a DVD burner by John
I have purchased a DVD burner which states that it requires Windows2000 or XP, has anyone installed a burner on windows ME and is there anything I need to do like to upgrade to 2000 or XP? thanks, John
July 1st 04 10:50 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Win Me, PCI Error on startup!! by Paul
Hi, i installed a pcmcia card for a wireless adapter in an open pci slot. (last open slot). When i go to restart windows, it gives an error # 0021-98:PCI error. Then it gives you options to continue by hitting the F1 key and it will boot the rest as normal and the device does work after that. Very...
April 18th 06 12:57 PM
by Paul Go to last post
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pcmcia adapter cannot find free I/O range code 12 by Goffyt
Help! I have a toshiba satellite 171ocds running ME.I have just loaded a PCMCIA digitus 10/100 fast ethernet 32 bit ethernet adapter and it has loaded ok and the computer can see it, however when going though system/device manager/ "realtek RTL8139/810x family pci fast ethernet NIC" properties it...
March 1st 05 10:17 AM
by Goffyt Go to last post
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DVD-ROM and CD-RW drives do not read CD-RW disks by Bianca
I have had this computer for nearly 4 years, and have not experienced this problem until recently. I have not installed any new programs that could have created this problem - it just stopped working one day. Last I checked, my computer is virus and spyware free. I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RX380DS,...
March 8th 05 03:38 PM
by Jack E Martinelli Go to last post
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Monitor Problem by KenP
Hi, I hope you are having a great day. My eMachine hard drive failed so I purchased new one and reloade system from restore CD. Everything came up without problem; however, when I switched back to the eMachine monitor, or any other monitor than the one on the system when I restored the operating...
April 20th 05 02:14 AM
by Mike M Go to last post
6 2,308
Unable to install USB PCI card by Pat
I tried installing a SIIG USB2 PCI card in my relatives Gateway PC running Windows ME. After installing the card in the PC and during the boot process an error message is displayed saying something like "unable to start cmdinst...". After "OKing" out of that, the system then detects new hardware...
December 6th 05 01:55 AM
by Mart Go to last post
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Hardware Problems by Pat
I have upgraded my computer to: P4 2.8E GHZ 512 MB ram P4P800 Asus Motherboard Geforce 2 MX400 (From old computer) DVD & Cd Burner (From old computer) Maxtor 40Gb 2Mb cache 7200 RPM 100ATA (From old computer) IBM 12 Gb 2mb cache 7200 RPM 66ATA (From old computer) O/S Win ME
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May 23rd 04 08:42 AM
by Robert Creasey Go to last post
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Spanish keyboard by tedtheshed
Hey guys, recently bought myself a Spanish keyboard as I do a lot of my work in English and French and is much easier to have a Spanish layout keyboard than to type in codes all the time for foreign characters. I've found however that not all of the keys function properly, for example my '@' key...
October 4th 05 07:56 PM
by tedtheshed Go to last post
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Startup registry errors by Paul
I keep getting registry errors on a new installation of ME. I've tried fixing the registry, formatting and Fdisking but the problem persists. Any ideas?
March 10th 05 09:39 AM
by Noel Paton Go to last post
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Cd rom drive seems to act strange... by kaistyle2
I do not know what is wrong with my cd/dvd rom drive on my computer,but I just want to know if I am able to fix it. I have a Hp XV976 (bought direct from the store) and it has been running well for five years now. But the cd/dvd rom drive is acting up. Sometimes it will work fine and the computer...
June 8th 06 06:21 AM
by Cari \(MS-MVP\) Go to last post
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Reformatting Hard Drive by Colin Brittain
Hello I am just bought a second user computer and the original owner seems to have removed a number of programs and files. The resulting drive is fragmented and although it has been defragged I would like to reformat the hard drive so that I can effectively install what software and files I...
February 26th 05 12:44 PM
by Noel Paton Go to last post
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February 1st 06 03:56 PM
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AGP Card is it faulty? by Phil
I recently installed a wireless card in my IBM Netvista (2271) PC all went well. About ten days latter the machine starts up but no signal to the monitor. After about an hour or so the system appears to have re-booted and the monitor comes into life? So I took out the wireless card and...
November 27th 05 07:50 AM
by Galen Go to last post
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