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K.P.Kannan8-Apr-07 19:45

K.P.Kannan

8-Apr-07 19:45

System Configuration:

ASUS Motherboard-VN Series
512 MB DDR RAM
Athlon 1.8 GHZ processor

When I switch on the system(CPU), I hear a booting sound, and after sometimes of working or after showing the POST screen, the monitor turns red(Means it loses its connection to CPU). After that even if I switch on, only Mouse(Optical) light is seen. Mother board light is on at that time and also both the fans(Processor & CPU) are running in the MotherBoard. It happened 15 days before and I just cleaned up the motherboard and it has been working for the past 15 days(could be incidental). I just cleaned up the motherboard and that went in vain. I request someone to help me in this scenario.

overheating

tantoun5-Apr-07 4:57

tantoun

5-Apr-07 4:57

i have a problem of overheating in my pc.
After 5 min the pc will turn off.(for the first time)
can anybody help me?

etretyertyery

Re: overheating

MatrixCoder5-Apr-07 5:27

MatrixCoder

5-Apr-07 5:27

tantoun wrote:
i have a problem of overheating in my pc.

Are your fans running or old?

tantoun wrote:
After 5 min the pc will turn off.(for the first time)

That isn't necessarily an overheating problem, it could be a bad power supply or motherboard. Try checking your computer's temperature with SpeedFan and see if it is really overheating.

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Re: overheating

keencomputer14-Apr-07 9:35

keencomputer

14-Apr-07 9:35

The easiest will be try to put some case fans from local hardware shop.
Also take a look at the CPU Fan that may be clogged use to dust.
Try cleaning the fans with Air dust cleaner of just vacuume cleaner with blowing nozzle.

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How can I Get my Port ID

Omotayo4-Apr-07 3:30

Omotayo

4-Apr-07 3:30

Hi, Pls can someone help on how i can get my Serial Port ID?

thanks

bablo

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Re: How can I Get my Port ID [modified]

joon _vh.4-Apr-07 4:34

joon _vh.

4-Apr-07 4:34

ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from WIN32_SerialPort");
foreach(ManagementObject Port in searcher.Get())
{
    // use the Port object to get the values you need...
    Console.Write(Port.GetPropertyValue("Name"));
}

you need a using and a reference to System.Management.

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RAM Issue

Programm3r4-Apr-07 2:22

Programm3r

4-Apr-07 2:22

Hi all,

I have a problem with my RAM. I have a motherboard (ChainTech Zenith 250 K8) that has three RAM slots, so I put 512Mb in the first and last slot(third) and 1Gb in the second slot, but when I turn on my PC, it doesn't want ot start up??

Can anyone please help me ??

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Re: RAM Issue

Sachin Pimpale4-Apr-07 3:38

Sachin Pimpale

4-Apr-07 3:38

i think there is no Problem with RAM
u have to check first that is motherboard capable for more than 1GB RAM

also plz tell that when u start PC does it give Beeeeeeeeeep (any sound) Continiously

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Re: RAM Issue

Luc Pattyn12-Apr-07 13:14

Luc Pattyn

12-Apr-07 13:14

Hi,

I would not recommend the order (512+1024+512) of your memory DIMMs.
I think some boards dont support this.

Try 1024+512+512

If that does not work, test the DIMMs individually, then the slots individually.

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Re: RAM Issue

rahul_pache12-Apr-07 14:49

rahul_pache

12-Apr-07 14:49

Hey call your system administrator.....

Just kidding..

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Suggestions for PC Interfacing projects.

Eng. Noora3-Apr-07 20:53

Eng. Noora

3-Apr-07 20:53

Hi all,
I need some suggestions & ideas for PC Interfacing projects such as controlling something via PC & using sensors or heating something via USB, ... etc.

So any creative ideas?!!

Waiting for your replies. Smile | :)

Regards,

Re: Suggestions for PC Interfacing projects.

joon _vh.4-Apr-07 4:39

joon _vh.

4-Apr-07 4:39

Hmmm
this is actually a really fun idea.
You could make a bazillion different games, and I can give you some game ideas cause I have plenty of those (not saying they're any good).
Some things that spring to my mind

- count people/cars passing by in a street with a camera
- create an alarm/logger that works on sound recording (or pressure measurements)
- put a bunch of heat sensors in a room and calculate a person/objects movement by these measurements
- create an application that moves your mouse button as you move your finger in front of the camera, and clicks when you yell "CLICK"

hey this is fun. Does your company ask you to do this, and if they do, can I work there too? :p

If you want, I could come up with a thousand more, but then you'll have to specify what you're capabilities are (webcam, microphone, fingerprint reader, retinal scan, heat sensor, pressure sensor,...) and if it should be practical or fun Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

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Re: Suggestions for PC Interfacing projects.

Eng. Noora4-Apr-07 4:48

Eng. Noora

4-Apr-07 4:48

WOOOOOOOOOW.. Wink | ;)

Really nice & creative ideas but I'm not sure that I can do this..
I'm doing this as a project for one of the courses that I'm taking (i.e. I am a student).
My capabilities are (webcam, microphone, or I can buy anything needed for that) and it should be practical && fun Cool | :cool:

Waiting to hear from you Smile | :)

Regards,

Re: Suggestions for PC Interfacing projects.

joon _vh.4-Apr-07 4:53

joon _vh.

4-Apr-07 4:53

I think starting off with a sound recorder or something would be the easiest way. I'm not sure how to do this myself, but I can't think it to be very hard to process sound and f.e. check if it's over a certain volume, and then you can f.e. create an alarm on your laptop Smile | :)

I write code in C# and I (and everybody else in the C# section) can help you with that portion. If I find the time, I'll check it out.

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Re: Suggestions for PC Interfacing projects.

BC18217-Apr-07 11:24

BC182

17-Apr-07 11:24

Dear Noora,

I would suggest interfacing to the graphic LCD:

something like... http://www.crystalfontz.com/products/index-grph.html

Maybe making a small game like PONG using the mouse

networking problem

rituparn1-Apr-07 11:12

rituparn

1-Apr-07 11:12

one of my cust is using IBM globle intranet , prerequsit is that he should be conneted with internet to use this intranet , cust is able to use intranet sites but not able to connect with yahoo or google ???
he is getting valid ip add provided by IBM server , subnet mask is 255.255.0.0
wats went wronge , can it be an issue with ISP ??
or is there any network computer settings which i m missing ??

rituparn Confused | :confused:

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Upgrading my ram

Muammar©30-Mar-07 22:24

Muammar©

30-Mar-07 22:24

Hello everyone, can you please tell me why my laptop (IBM T41) gets stuck when I installed 1GB DD-RAM PC-2700.. when the current built-in RAM is 512??

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Re: Upgrading my ram

Cmania30-Mar-07 22:45

Cmania

30-Mar-07 22:45

Well you better check whether your system supports DDR or not and second make a hardware check each time you boot it by disabling Rapid BIOS or somewhat like that.
hope it helps.

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Re: Upgrading my ram

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30-Mar-07 22:55

Thank you, I'll see what I can do, thank you Cmania Rose | [Rose]

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Re: Upgrading my ram

Keshav V. Kamat23-Apr-07 16:44

Keshav V. Kamat

23-Apr-07 16:44

Hi,

Well RAM is sometimes a problem. U need to check first whether the RAM is the older SD one or the DDR which are now common in the market.

Assuming that it is DDR, it should be checked whether it is DDR1 or DDR2. DDR2 wont work if your original RAM (512) was of the first version.
Moreover, some RAMs dont work if the difference in the frequencies at which they work is different.

So check for the frequencies as well.
Enjoy

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Network

scorp_scorp29-Mar-07 0:55

scorp_scorp

29-Mar-07 0:55

Hello , i want to connect my network (lan), office network, 25 pc, through a switch, i want to connect to the internet, do i need a Router?

please emphasise.
thanks in advance.

scorpion.

Re: Network

MatrixCoder29-Mar-07 5:10

MatrixCoder

29-Mar-07 5:10

Yes, you need a router.

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internet enable disable using registry in windows xp

RehanAkhter27-Mar-07 22:56

RehanAkhter

27-Mar-07 22:56

How I can enable and disable internet using MFC or win32 api programmatically or I can use any registry settings for that? I am accessing internet using NIC.
Any help....

Re: internet enable disable using registry in windows xp

code-frog29-Mar-07 5:18

code-frog

29-Mar-07 5:18

This the place in your registry to munge with your NIC settings. Put in false information for the default gateway to cripple the internet, put in false settings for Subnet Mask to cripple the LAN put in false settings for IP address to cripple everything. I don't know if this will work without restarting.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces

What I would instead do is Google "enable dhcp command line Windows XP" and you will see how you can invoke commands from the shell/command line to enable disable the network connection or you can search on NETSH.

There are more ways to do this than there are airports in the world so this shouldn't be too hard if you search well on Google.

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system restart after every 5 to 6 min

Sachin Pimpale27-Mar-07 1:41

Sachin Pimpale

27-Mar-07 1:41

hi all
m using
Processor: AMD 64 (3400+)
M/B: ASUS
RAM:Sympronix 1GB DDR2
HDD: SATA 160GB
when i start PC it works well for some minute the after 5 - 6 min. it get restart then it continiously restarting after every 5 min

plz plz help me
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