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General Discussions => Spunk => Topic started by: weekapaug19 on November 07, 2005, 09:04:34 am
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actually, you were right with the PC133 and PC100 advice. The burner works great and I\'m gonna go out and try to get some new ram that hopefully will work in my machine. Thanks for the help!
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Thanks for the advice, but these music folk know ALOT about computers
I was trying to be humorous rather than critical, the dangers of neglecting to add the ;-)
Not questioning others knowledge, interested to know how it turns out for you...
have a good holiday!
peace,
bc
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bump for anybody who may have missed this who could advise
It could be that the memory you purchased is PC133 and your system was designed for PC100 so it could be a compatibility issue...if you put your old memory back in and it boots up than that is probably the issue.
But reading the rest of this it would seem entirely possible that you may have messed something else up with your recovery cd\'s.
If your old memory works than I\'d return the new stuff you bought and exchange for PC100. And then I\'d try to not rely on a music forum for your tech support issues!!!!
Good luck!
Thanks for the advice, but these music folk know ALOT about computers
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bump for anybody who may have missed this who could advise
It could be that the memory you purchased is PC133 and your system was designed for PC100 so it could be a compatibility issue...if you put your old memory back in and it boots up than that is probably the issue.
But reading the rest of this it would seem entirely possible that you may have messed something else up with your recovery cd\'s.
If your old memory works than I\'d return the new stuff you bought and exchange for PC100. And then I\'d try to not rely on a music forum for your tech support issues!!!!
Good luck!
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Not booting after added RAM is a common issue. Try putting one stick of RAM in at a time to try and determine if there is an issue with one of the sticks or slots. Are you getting anything on the screen with the new RAM in it?
As far as an fdisk prompt. Don\'t play around with that. It "reset" your computer\'s hard drive forcing a reinstall of windows and losing everything. In windows try doing a disk check to see if there are any errors on your hard drive.
What kind or error are you getting when you try to burn a cd? Memory speed should not be an issue as the new memory isn\'t really all the faster then the old stuff, there is just more of it.
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bump for anybody who may have missed this who could advise
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ok......so I ran into a few problems. The parts I ordered came in, and when I put the ram into my computer, it won\'t boot up. Anybody ever have this problem before? The cd rom drive reads cds, but I tried to burn a cd and it gives me a error on the disc (i\'m assuming that since I can\'t install the new ram, my old ram is too slow for the new burner).
Also, I tried putting in my HP support recovery cd, and when I boot up my computer with disc 1 in it tells me I have an error and brings me to "fdisk" screen, which I\'ve never heard of before. When I put in disc 3 while the computer is on and click on the "restore" file, it tells me that it can only be used with a HP computer, which I have. So I guess it\'s telling me that I don\'t have a HP computer, but I do have one. Anybody ever heard of something like this before?
Just thought I\'d ask before I pack up my new parts and send them back. thanks
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awesome...thanks
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2 of these should work according to (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820136116) crucial\'s website (http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.asp?Mfr%2BProductline=HP+-+Compaq%2BPavilion+XT+Series&mfr=HP+-+Compaq&tabid=AM&model=Pavilion+XT953&submit=Go)
I have this one linky (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827106988)
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sounds good....thanks again for the help!
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Alright, just dump all the RAM you currenly have and buy two sticks of 256. This will max you out at 512. From there you\'ll be able to install you\'re DVD drive as well... and that\'s how the story\'s told. If you have any other questions I can try to help, but my mind is limited when it comes to hardware and stuff like that.
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too much pornography,guy..
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ok, here is a webpage I found with info about my computer. The only thing I did to is was have an upgrade to 196mb ram and windows XP installed.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?dlc=en&lc=en&product=59820&dest_page=product&cc=us&docname=bph06670
now this is a different language to me. If I\'m reading this right, does this say I can upgrade to 512mb SDRAM and it will run faster.
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too much pornography,guy..
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that\'s going to depend on your motherboard, age of your machine and what type of RAM it takes. I recommend surfing the net and reseaching your computer a little. You should be able to find everything you need (as long as it\'s not a homebuilt machine... then you\'ll need to tear it apart or speak to who put it together for you)
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sounds good...thanks.
is their a way to tell if my computer can handle the upgrades? also, for installing the ram, do I keep my old ram chip in my computer and also put the new one in or do i take the old one out first?
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I would install all the above before reformating... DVD/RAM and all. This way you can back everything up on DVD\'s and it wont poke along (I\'m guessing you have 186 RAM not 196, but you may be right :shrug: )
Once everything is backed up give it a freshy and you should be good to go.
As far as RAM goes... Shove as much in as possible.
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ok, so I was looking on that website and this stuff is cheaper than I thought so I\'m thinking about updating to a dvd burner and updating my ram. I have 196? now. how much more should I put in. also, do they give directions on how to install this equipment?
if I wanted to format my hard drive and start fresh, could I install this equipment to put certain info on disc before I erase everything?
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i\'m thinkin it\'s broke...thanks for the advice!
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Sounds like a run of the mill demonic possession. Contact a Catholic priest at your first opportunity and don\'t listen to anything the cd-rom/burner orders you to do. Then trek over to newegg.com and buy yourself a new burner.
It might be a long shot but the burner might just need cleaned. If you have a cleaning cd give that a shot.
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just wondering if any of you computer folks could help me out. This weekend my cd-rom/burner just stopped reading any cd I put into it, and now it opens and closes by its self once and a while. I\'m assuming it\'s shot and I need a new one, but is their any other explanation for this?