Hardware Questions


Memory upgrade not registering
I have just upgraded the memory on my Abit AH6 motherboard from 64mb (2x32mb) to 256mb (2x128mb). When I start up the BIOS is only registering 128mb MY Computer-System Properties – General registers 128 mb and my System Information only shows 64mb. I believe this may be something to do with the BIOS but I [...]

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2005  8:12 AM
Desktops, Hardware, Tech support
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Windows 2000 Server – Unable to display user selection dialog
W2K Server, SP4, SQL2000, Altiris, Access database Try to add users to share permission or security, see message “unable to display user selection dialog. The specified module could not be found.” Doesn’t matter what drive, what folder, etc. I am able to remove users, but not add.

Answer Question   |  January 20, 2005  11:12 AM
Hardware, Servers
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COM ports
I am installing a brainmaster eeg device onto a compaq nx9030 laptop. the brainmaster unit uses a serial connector, and the laptop only has usb. i am using a cables unlimited adapter. The brainmaster device cannot recieve information from the laptop but it can connect to com port 3. the problem is none of the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 16, 2005  10:19 AM
DataCenter, Development, Hardware, Networking
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Print server
I’m looking for a usb 2.0 print server that will support a multifunction printer (Epson CX6400). Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2005  9:13 PM
DataCenter, Desktops, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard Application Server, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Servers, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
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SOS! communicating to the network
I’m in a bad bind here. My VP of the company just got a new system, and for some strange reason when he is communicating to our file server, his communication just delays. For example, when attempting to browse into folders, it appears that he is getting a 2-5 second delay. When working off his [...]

Answer Question   |  January 16, 2005  9:29 AM
Hardware, Help Desk, Networking, Tech support
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FTP from PC Server to AS/400
I am sending a CSV file to the AS/400 and I am losing leading blanks from my columns. Is there any keyword that I have to use to prevent this? The method of transfer is STRTCPFTP RMTSYS(*INTNETADR) INTNETADR(&PSIPADR) using the following source script: get transfer/itmfile.csv translib/itmfile (replace

Answer Question   |  January 6, 2005  12:52 PM
Hardware
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iSeries Graphical System Debugger
Hello! Can anyone help me with iSeries Graphical System Debugger? I did install Graphical Debugger according to iSeries News (September 2004 issue) article “Introduction to the iSeries Graphical System Debugger” by Vadim Berestetsky and Cary Bates with no problems. When I start debugger (with java -cp tes.jar;jt400.jar;jhall.jar utilities.DebugMgr command in command prompt on my workstation) [...]

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2005  10:59 AM
AS/400, Hardware, Help Desk, i5, iSeries, OS/400, PC/Windows Connectivity, Servers, Tech support
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telnet router
hi all, i have a cisco 3661 router.when i telnet the router from win NT machine which itself is a DNS there is a problm .when i telnet using ip address it does so but when i telnet using the name assigned to it doesnot.i can see the name of the router when i run [...]

Answer Question   |  January 10, 2005  11:17 PM
Active Directory, Bind, Cabling, DataCenter, DHCP, Dial-up networking, DNS, Hardware, Hubs, Network Interface Cards, Network management software, Networking, Networking Equipment, Networking services, Routers, Security, Security management, Switches, Tech support
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Win2k sp4-2
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) from sp3 to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers [...]

Answer Question   |  January 7, 2005  6:42 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
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Win2k sp4
I upgraded my hp vectra machine(running w2k) to service pack 4, now it is behaving erraticaly. It reboots it self, produce blue screen of death very often. Before the sp4 it was not behaving this way, though it was hanging for a while when restarting windows or at login. I update all drivers that had [...]

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2005  6:41 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Intel PC hardware, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Tech support, Third-party services, Windows 2000 desktop
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Power Meter and Processor overheating
I am facing a strange problem with my win 2000 server pc(256mb RAM, P4, 40gb hdd) as it automatically restarts when I start the computer. Yesterday it completely shut down before showing me the desktop and when I pressed the power button the initial screen came up showing message “the processor stopped working due to [...]

Answer Question   |  November 16, 2010  6:56 AM
DataCenter, Desktop management applications, Desktops, FAT and NTFS, Hardware, Help Desk, Implementation, Installation, Intel, Intel PC hardware, IT architecture, IT Governance, LANDesk, Power management, Security, Servers, Systems management software, Tech support, Windows, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 2000 Server, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows on Intel
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No bootup with W2k – after “Verifying DMI pool data”
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2004  5:45 AM
Backup & recovery, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Storage products and equipment, Tech support, Windows client administration and maintenance
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Windows media audio codec
Hi, Sometimes in some programs(for example Training CD’s) there is no sound from my sound card!!!!!!!I try this program on another computer and it has sound!!!!!!! In control panel->sound->audio codec->properties there are some compression driver for sound for example “Windows media audio codec” ,other computer has it but my computer doesn’t, how can I add [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2005  4:49 AM
DataCenter, Desktops, Development, ERP, Hardware, Intel PC hardware, Operating system platforms, Tech support, Windows 2000 desktop
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Windows 2000 won’t give LKGC option
I had a working Win 2k OS running smoothly on Drive C, with a small D partition. I tried Norton 2004 Ghost and backed up Drive D to a CD. Ghost created a bootable CD with the proper backup file to restore D. I booted with the CD and restored Drive D as a test [...]

Answer Question   |  December 29, 2004  4:05 AM
Backup & recovery, DataCenter, Hardware, Servers, Storage
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Microsoft Office Reset Tool
I am looking to find a way to Restore Office97/Outlook 2000/Win2000 and Office XP/Outlook 2003/WinXP setting to the original state. I need it in a fashion that an instructor can walk into the training room and be able to run on their own.

Answer Question   |  December 27, 2004  10:29 AM
Desktops, Development, Hardware, Lifecycle development, Windows 2000 desktop, Windows 95/98, Windows client administration and maintenance, Windows XP
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Unformatting computer.
I need to know if any of you know how to unformat a harddrive. I compressed my harddrive to save space. Then i had a software problem and my desktop wouldn’t boot up. Since my partitions were compressed i couldn’t do a successful system recovery. The computer is a HP Pavillion 513w. They don’t send [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2005  8:02 AM
DataCenter, Hardware, Help Desk, Tech support, Third-party services, Vendor support
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how DNS works
hello everybody, can you tell me ,how DNS works? i know the theorotical aspects that it is a large database distributed on a no. of servers etc. but i don’t know how practically it is implemented,what softwares are used to implement it and how can i access it ,if i have it implemented.i have heard [...]

Answer Question   |  December 22, 2004  10:54 PM
Active Directory, Backup & recovery, Bind, DHCP, DNS, Hardware, Installation, Intel servers, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Networking services, Servers, Storage, Tech support, Toubleshooting, Unix, Unix Servers
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AS400 and Mysql
Hello, Does anyone know if it is possible to update a MySql database from an as/400 ? Thanks for your help

Answer Question   |  December 20, 2004  4:32 AM
AS/400, Hardware
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Upgrade to Oracle/Intel: Go Linux vs Windows
We are planning upgrade our main database cluster (rs6000/aix) to Oracle on Intel, research done give a lot of papers from dell, hp, intel that about roi of moving out of risc/unix but there is no clear evidence about performance issues between LINUX and Windows Server as the selected OS. Do you have info about [...]

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2012  12:58 PM
CIO, Hardware, Linux, Oracle, Oracle 9i, Windows
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