Is the Network card listed under network adapters in the device manager. It could be the PCI thingy...
Maybe there's something I'm missing, but how can he check the BIOS settings if there is no output to his display?? Try removing the RAM, Hard...
Hi again! Sorry to keep asking so many questions but I've searched high and low for answers and not found things. 1) Compiz Fusion. I have it...
Problem solved! I updated Mandriva to the latest desktop kernel, then install the latest version of the graphics card drivers (fxgrl or...
The old one doesn't normally get used in my laptop, but I thought I'd try it to see if stuff starts working again. I've installed the ATi...
I'd wait for someone else's input before you go ahead and order a new CPU!! XP & Vista 32bit can access 4gb of RAM, although it shows up as...
Well the website says it supports that chip in all versions of the BIOS, so it probably does. I don't know what experience you've had with BIOS...
How does the keyboard connect to your PC? What sort of lag are we talking about? A second? A few seconds?
You could take the side of you case off and have a look at this image: http://www.viaarena.com/images/articles/pcie%20002.jpg
It looks nice, but a touch screen keyboard really doesn't appeal to me. I like to know that I've pressed only one key, whereas with a touch screen...
Hmm well what would you know, I solved it myself!! I ran 'top' and got a list of processes, realised that one related to do with aMSN was using...
Yeah I saw that too earlier, he seemed to recover quickly after ducking behind the desk :D
So you may have seen my other thread about my PC running a bit warm. I noticed recently that my laptop has it's fans on full a lot more than it...
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I dug out the old RAM that was in the laptop when I bought it (1 x 512mb). All the same problems still occour, the latest kernel won't boot,...
Thanks AT you were correct, I installed the latest Kernel using gurpmi, and Mandriva now recognises all my RAM. Still got a couple of small...
Nope no luck with that! My BIOS doesn't have that option (it's a really simple BIOS). I tried resetting everything to default with no luck!...
Well I thought it might be a faulty stick of RAM, but Mandriva will boot on either on it's own, just to confuse matters. The sticks are currently...
There may be a switch that you are accidentally pressing somewhere on your laptop. Mine has one at the front which I catch quite a lot.
I don't know the details as to why it's better, I'll leave that upto someone else, but when it comes to nVidia cards, a general rule is: 8800 -...
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