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It says geeks and nerds unite.......
Maybe I should offer my services for small problem tech support here....... I'll do what I can for small stuff if anyone wants..... |
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yes, you are needed
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself.
Where do I start??? |
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adj4u
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Thu 07/31/08 02:40 PM
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself. Where do I start??? right click my computer click properties click tools top option error check ....check now ....check both boxes can not check now do you wanna run next start up (check yes) then restart computer (will take some time for this and if it does not work ..... go to device manager and see if the card is working and what kind it is then type in the card in google followed by drivers and down load the drivers and follow instructions given good luck |
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I bought and old windows 98 for 10cents. Everything is ok--except it is soooooooooo , sooooooooo slow. Can you help?
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself. Where do I start??? OK....what operating system is there on it???? Windows what?????? And.....is there a sound card in it???? and no sound???? or is the plugs for the sound underneath the plugs for the keyboard and mouse?? |
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I bought and old windows 98 for 10cents. Everything is ok--except it is soooooooooo , sooooooooo slow. Can you help? W98 computer???? go to the "computer" icon and right click..on that menu left click properties and see what speed and memory you have |
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself. Where do I start??? right click my computer click properties click tools top option error check ....check now ....check both boxes can not check now do you wanna run next start up (check yes) then restart computer (will take some time for this and if it does not work ..... go to device manager and see if the card is working and what kind it is then type in the card in google followed by drivers and down load the drivers and follow instructions given good luck 
I'm on about my 5th cold one right now so   In a bit we'll see what happens.
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sorry, its a Compaq presario--with windows 98
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself. Where do I start??? right click my computer click properties click tools top option error check ....check now ....check both boxes can not check now do you wanna run next start up (check yes) then restart computer (will take some time for this and if it does not work ..... go to device manager and see if the card is working and what kind it is then type in the card in google followed by drivers and down load the drivers and follow instructions given good luck
I'm on about my 5th cold one right now so In a bit we'll see what happens.
I'm fixin to join ya!!!!! This procedure is only for windows 2000, windows XP and XP pro. Any NT based OS.....It's called CHKDSK..(check disk) and will attempt to fix any hard disk errors you might have. Just in the same menu screen is Defragmentation also. I suggest you to run that after you do the CHKDSK procedure. Both thinks might take a long time depending on the size of your hard drive. |
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I got a used Dell from my boss and its about 3 years old but there is absolutely nothing on it. I mean it is a 75 gig hard drive with 60.8% free space. It has no sound and I don't know what to do 1st in order to fix it. Can't afford at this time to put it in the shop and have something done that I could do myself. Where do I start??? OK....what operating system is there on it???? Windows what?????? And.....is there a sound card in it???? and no sound???? or is the plugs for the sound underneath the plugs for the keyboard and mouse?? He's a rich guy that fell into a bottle of vodka, now he's in rehab. Don't know if I'll ever see him again 
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sorry, its a Compaq presario--with windows 98
You can start out with the CHKDSK procedure that the other guy said. It will see if you have hard disk errors. Your icon or start menu will just say "my computer" though..... There are other things to do to speed that one up though and I'll chack back tomorrow on your progress if you want..... |
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Its got XP and yes the plugs are directly beneath the keyboard and mouse plugs. I have no idea if there is a soundcard in it, and my boss is indisposed.
He's a rich guy that fell into a bottle of vodka, now he's in rehab. Don't know if I'll ever see him again
Your sound is built onto the motherboard it could be deactivated in the BIOS if this was a business machine. There are several ways to get into the bios depending on the type of computer. It could be F1, or F2, or the DELETE key during bootup depending on the computer. Go in there and look under the periphials catagory and see if you have an item called onboard sound, or AC '97 sound or something like that. If it's disabled, go ahead and change that to enabled and that should get windows to recognize your sound option at the next bootup..... |
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thanks.
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gonna call it a night folks.......I'll be on here tomorrow though.......
see ya then...... |
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Thanks guys!!!
I'll follow you alls directions as soon as I'm not drinkin.
I'll post in here later and let you know what happened. |
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Good morning ya'll.....another day.....another 10 cents.
How'd all the computer work go last night?????? |
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I have a dell laptop. Everytime I start it the screen starts out ok but in a few seconds it shrinks down to a small screen. I have to go in to properties,settings and change the screen resolution up click ok and then change it back and then its fine. I don't have a clue what else to do.
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the computer i have is a hand built one. Windows XP and i use it as a gaming computer.
recently it has been restarting and giving me a Disc Boot Error when it loads again, but not all the time. I know it could be the Wires going from the Motherboard>CDrom>HD or the harddrive and Motherboard themselves. is there anything else i should try? i hear a beep whenever i restart it and i get the feeling it might be a bios error. any help is appreciated. |
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My left touch pad button on my laptop is not working. Is there away to fix it with out having to replace it? It is an HP Pavilion dv6000 running Vista.
And please do not tell me how much the OS sucks, I already know that.
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