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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 06:36 PM |
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computer probs
hey
got a new computer and its causing me hassels it hasnt been booted up before so i had the hassel of doing that and in the process after creating a DOS
partion it wouldnt let me format it came up with this message Required parameter missing
and when a:/cdrom is typed in it comes up with CDR101: not ready reading drive E abort retry fail?
and when i type in a:/fdisk know it comes up with No fixed disks present?
anyone got any clues?
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 07:58 PM |
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Hi Rhys,
If fdisk claims there is no HD then there is prolly no HD. Does the HD show up on the initial boot up screen? Check the orientation of the signal
cable - the red stripe goes to pin 1, both ends.
Disconnect the CD ROM drive so that it is out of the equasion and see if fdisk can locate the HD, you may have both set to master or slave - if they
are both on the same cable, that is.
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 08:02 PM |
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hey
they are on the same bus cable the cdrom is on slave and HD i think is one master i will try unpluggin the cdrom and see what happens thanks dude
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 08:09 PM |
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hey
unplugged the bus cable out of the cdrom still no go same message
going into the narddrive there is the power supply and the bus cable only is there meant to be anything else?
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 08:09 PM |
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All (well, most anyway) new hard drives are set to 'cable select' so it's possible that both the HD & CD are argueing about
priorities. Good luck!
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 08:15 PM |
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No, there is only the signal cable and power supply. The pin 1 of the HD is nearest the power supply connection, on the mainboard you may/ may not be
able to discern where the pin 1 is. Normally there is a keyway on the cable itself which makes it very hard to plug in incorrectly.
If you access the BIOS on boot-up there should be the option to auto detect hard drives, if the HD can't be found in this manner, and connections
are OK it may well be a faulty HD.
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 08:40 PM |
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thanks for your help bugdriver much appreciated!
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| posted on November 12th, 2002 at 10:34 PM |
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You need to get into your BIOS settings and change the Hard Drive detection to AUTO. On most computers this is a matter of pressing the DEL key on
your keyboard. Also make sure that the jumper settings on your Hard Drive are set to master not cable select. The CD-Rom jumper should be slave. You
will find the jumpers near the ribbon cables. For you to be able to use your CD-ROM from a boot disk you need to have a Windows 98 Bootdisk as these
have CD-ROM drivers as Windows 95 Bootdisks don't.
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| posted on November 13th, 2002 at 07:35 PM |
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hey michael
got it all sorted (dads friend done it for us) it runs well!!! does anyone know who the tv cards work? got one thats all? can u buy the cable for it
in longer strips as the one we got is only bout 1 metre long?
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| posted on November 15th, 2002 at 08:50 PM |
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You can buy the cable any length you like from Tandys or Dick Smiths stores. As for the tuner you need software for that to work
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| posted on November 16th, 2002 at 07:02 AM |
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hey
thanks michael wondering u we couldnt tune it!
having problems know with the sound card etc cant get it to work and also the little beeper that beeps if you make a mistake in DOS or sumthing aint
workin?
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| posted on November 16th, 2002 at 01:22 PM |
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does anyone know where i can get the software from? |
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 12:13 AM |
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It usually comes with the tuner card, but if you have KaZa lite someone might have one for you to download
You will need to know the TV Tuner manufacturer to download the correct driver for a start otherwise it will not work properly. then you can do a
search @ http://www.google.com for some software.
[Edited on 16-11-2002 by haugmichael]
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 01:05 AM |
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Check to see if the MUTE has note been activated. Click on the sound icon on the system tray or goto Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Sounds.
With the beeping sounds did you remove your graphics card from the computer before you installed the TV Tuner ?? If you didn't then these are in
conflict with each other and hence the beeping sounds.
[Edited on 16-11-2002 by haugmichael]
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 09:12 AM |
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hey
we bought the computer from a mob in sydney and wouldnt have a clue what brand or how it was put together! i will have to ring them and talk to them i
think! as far as i know its a geforce 4400 video card.??? didnt see any mute things in the sounds
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 03:55 PM |
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2 places you will find the brand of card.
1 in device manager Right ckick mouse on My Computer Left click on Properties then on Device manager.
or
2 take the cover off the computer and look on the card itself.
If you didn't find a MUTE button in the sound manager you should see a small icon on your system tray near the clock double click on it and you
should get volume control the MUTE will be there
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 06:22 PM |
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hey
there is a device in sound video and audio part which i think is the problem i cant install its driver its called "microsoft kernel system
renderer"??????????
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| posted on November 17th, 2002 at 11:43 PM |
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Now we are getting somewhere.
"microsoft kernel system renderer" is part of the information put on your computer during a device driver installation usually a graphics or
sound driver.
Do you just have an ordinary graphics card installed on your computer or is it the TV Tuner ?????
No matter which it is I would say that the driver is corrupted and needs to be reinstalled. Goto
http://www.driversguide.com
and do a search for the driver you need.
But before you go to that site you really need to identify your graphics card as to download the correct driver.
[Edited on 17-11-2002 by haugmichael]
[Edited on 17-11-2002 by haugmichael]
[Edited on 18-11-2002 by haugmichael]
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| posted on November 18th, 2002 at 12:28 PM |
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Hi Rhys,
Microsoft kernel system renderer could also be a part of direct X. Re-load it off the GForce driver CD. or download it from Microsoft.
Cheers,
Barry...
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| posted on November 18th, 2002 at 05:07 PM |
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thanks guys am looking into it know
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| posted on November 19th, 2002 at 06:13 AM |
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hey
i looked at the video card etc this morning and it reads:
GEFORCE2 64 bit 64MB SDR W/TV-OUT
that doesnt mean much to me anyone?
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| posted on November 19th, 2002 at 08:08 AM |
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Manufacturer is GeForce
64 bit technology
uses 64 MB RAM
able to use as TV
If you didn't get the driver on CD where you got the computer from you should be able to download it from
http://www.driversguide.com
Once you enter the site click on driver search then type in GeForce in the search area then look for the driver that matches GEFORCE2 64 bit 64MB SDR
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| posted on November 19th, 2002 at 01:48 PM |
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Chipset is GeForce 2
64 bit technology
has 64 MB of SD RAM
has a composite video plug in the back (like a yellow RCA plug) that allows you to plug an RCA video lead to your TV or Video and use the TV as a
computer monitor. Really good if you have a big TV and like playing computer games!
Basic translation : Good video card to run games on!
...one question Rhys - What type of TV card did you buy? 'cause the TV out function on this card only allows you to view the computer stuff on a
TV.
-Barry.
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| posted on November 19th, 2002 at 02:50 PM |
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wouldnt have a clue what sort of Tv card it is it is part of the video card?
i do have the motherboard CD which i installed but one component didnt install off it not sure what? and it starts up everytime i start the computer?
and comes up with setup.exe failed?
michael can i get your phone number off you to run through with it with you?? that would be easier?
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| posted on November 19th, 2002 at 10:58 PM |
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I have sent you an e-mail with your rerquest. When you ring be near your computer.
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| posted on November 20th, 2002 at 12:24 AM |
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this is the car I have..its manufactured by Nvidia just check out there extensive website and get the latest drivers although XP should be able to run
this car just fine out the box. If your trying to grab cable chanels with this though you will need an appropriate program and colour filter. |
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| posted on November 20th, 2002 at 06:38 AM |
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hey thanks but i will still ring!
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p.s. what software do u need to tune the tv card? |
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| posted on November 20th, 2002 at 10:44 AM |
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try http://deinterlace.sourceforge.net/downloads.htm
or
http://mikecrash.wz.cz/atv2000/atv2000.htm |
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