Recent content by LiQuid STATus

Hmm, try changing the boot order in your BIOS to hard drive first. Make sure there are now discs in the CD-ROM drive or in the floppy drive. If that doesn't work, the hard drive might have failed. Try swapping out the hard drive.

So you've tried re-installing Windows? It doesn't sound like it would be a hardware issue since its saying a file is corrupted. I would try formatting the entire drive and re-installing a fresh version of Windows XP SP2.

How old is the CD-ROM drive? It is not rare for an optical drive to start failing after a year or so. Have you tried putting it into another computer and seeing if the problem persists? If not, have you tried putting in a different CD-ROM drive into your computer to see if the problem persists?

Are they internal or external? Are the jumpers set properly? Try updating Windows to SP2, see if that works.

Do any fans spin? Does the machine even POST? Try swapping out the power supply first of all. This sounds like a classic case of a failing power supply. If the power supply swap doesn't solve the problem, it could very well be the motherboard.

Ever since you reformatted your computer, did you re-install and update all the drivers for you video card, sound card, and any other device? When you re-install Windows, it doesn't install them automatically. So Windows will use intergrated video to display until you install the drivers for the...

No, not at all. It is intergrated wireless that originally came with the latop. In the Device Manager, all that shows up under "Network Connections" is the LAN port.

I've been doing some repairs on an Acer Aspire latop. Its a relatively new laptop (2005 I believe), and the customer formatted the hard drive so he could give it to someone else. The problem is, it has built in wireless, but after the reformat, there is no wireless. It doesn't show up in the...

No, a graphics card is an actual piece of hardware. Its an expansion card that plugs into your motherboard via PCI/AGP/PCI-e slot. Video Cards run from 80 to anywhere near 1,100 dollars.

No doubt.

Are you running the driver setup from the CD? Or using Windows to install the drivers?

What i'm saying is, the card is complete Plug and Play, so once you plug the card in, you will get a display out of it without drivers. You'll be able to boot into Windows and install the drivers for the video card (which came on the CD boxed with the card). Disabling the onboard video in the...

Before you even put in the video card, uninstall the drivers for the intergrated video first. Go in Control Panel and uninstall the drivers,, turn the computer off, and then insert the video card. You might have to go into the BIOS and disable the onboard video. Sometimes the BIOS won't let you...

No problem man.

No problem man.