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instead of rolling back the drivers i would of tried to update the drivers first, not sure though but thats what i would of tried first. have you updated the bios? i think you may also have to do this. also although it appears to work does it show up a "?" in device manager?
dude_se
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Posted: 2005-12-29 12:42:26
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Everything seems as it should in device manager, maybe i should updated the bios (having never done in before) but updated the bios always seems a bit risky. If i mucked up the bios updated is it just a case of changing a jumper to sort it?
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Posted: 2005-12-29 16:02:21
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i got RAM problems tooo
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=112305
details are in there!
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Posted: 2005-12-29 18:06:31
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well im no expert in changing the bios and i have never modded anything inside my pc, just the settings which helped me detect a hdd on my old pc. i havent heard of or had any really bad situations with the bios so you can try and see what happens but be careful. if you are just changing the settings then there is a load default setting which may be handy. my computer can also search for the best proformance setings.
@cent, along with the others i would of said it was spyware.... due to the fact you have 512mb ram and thats a lot. if they havent told you already and you dont have them then download: spybot s & d, adaware, avg, hijack this is also good but be careful. if its notthese things then the ram is failing.
dude_se
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Posted: 2005-12-30 13:46:14
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Hi, I know your a pc guy rather then a mac person so thought id ask you about a sony laptop I have. The problem is:
1) The machine has a strange fault.Sometimes it will power up and work perfectly for sometime(1 maybe 2 hours +)then it will blue screen & continue to cycle the blue screen at the "loading XP" screen.Intermittanly it will also not startup from cold.The Sony Vaio Logo is on screen but it will not continue and load the OS.It had a 60GB Drive which was also faulty but I have replaced this with a 40GB(Largest size I had)Software rebuilt from Sony Rebuild CD. - any idea on whats wrong? My guess is its either overheating, or the hd may have a fault as it wasnt a new hd used
The " C " & "Delete " keys are broken.They are both on the keyboard and working but are a bit wobbly.- do you know a way to make them a bit more secure or is it just one of those things i have to live with?
cheers Luke
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Posted: 2006-01-04 09:57:52
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On 2005-12-29 11:15:01, joebmc wrote:
I recently updated the gfx cards drivers (radeon 9800pro) but now during the post I get an “unknown flash type” message before it boots into widows.
As it still boots into windows I guess this isn’t much of a problem but would rather the message didn’t come up at all.
Other than rolling back the drivers anyone know how to resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance
Problem seems to be fixed now, I reinstalled the card. Also seems to have fixed the problem with the pc running slow at certain times
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Posted: 2006-01-04 13:19:22
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On 2006-01-04 09:57:52, lukebonathan wrote:
Hi, I know your a pc guy rather then a mac person so thought id ask you about a sony laptop I have. The problem is:
1) The machine has a strange fault.Sometimes it will power up and work perfectly for sometime(1 maybe 2 hours +)then it will blue screen & continue to cycle the blue screen at the "loading XP" screen.Intermittanly it will also not startup from cold.The Sony Vaio Logo is on screen but it will not continue and load the OS.It had a 60GB Drive which was also faulty but I have replaced this with a 40GB(Largest size I had)Software rebuilt from Sony Rebuild CD. - any idea on whats wrong? My guess is its either overheating, or the hd may have a fault as it wasnt a new hd used
The " C " & "Delete " keys are broken.They are both on the keyboard and working but are a bit wobbly.- do you know a way to make them a bit more secure or is it just one of those things i have to live with?
cheers Luke
i would re install xp. totally format the hdd and start again. your hdd may also have bad sectors which i am no expert on but sometimes they can be fixed through a format but if more serious then the hdd is fooked. sounds to me like the hdds gone but try a re install first. you can also check if the computer is overheating by downloading a free program on google. theres a few around. as for your keys on your keyboard i dont know what you could do but i would live with them because glue is not really an option and nothing else would make it work like normal.
dude_se
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Posted: 2006-01-04 13:27:57
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Hi, got a little update now it seems to crash at start up just after the sony symbol and when loading xp, im goign to try another hd and see what happens.
Also one time it crashed everything went off screen but the mouse and ntohign responded the mouse would move, but couldnt do much else apart from switch on/off leds by doing things like witching off wi-fi etc
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Posted: 2006-01-04 23:42:59
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well I have just tried a diffenrt hd but that didnt seem to make much difference, so I decided to run a ram test and think I found whats up, acording to the tester only 30% of the ram works. Normally id just buy a new chip but as sony are amazing and way to expensive they decided it would be a good idea to join 512mb of ram into the motherboard, which means it cannot be removed etc.
Are there anyprograms I can run to fix the ram or it it just a lost cause?
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Posted: 2006-01-05 09:54:18
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lost cause imo.
i have just installed xp on a 200mhz, 32mb ram 10 yr old pc.
was my only option and seems quite fast for opening the standard windows programs. i will keep it till i figure out how to put windows 95 or 98 back on as i am having probs doing this.
dude_se
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Posted: 2006-01-05 21:08:08
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