Most external hard drivers won't boot an OS, I have tried it and I never got to work... Well , if you have had that thing apart before, then you...
The reason I said that was because, It would be cheaper to buy another one than have it fixed... After buying a new motherboard and what ever...
It sounds like your hard drive needs to be checked for errors, it also sounds like the boot partition might be messed up..I think the easiest way...
What kind of computer is this ? What make and model...do you have PS 2 connections ?
you will need a ps/2 keyboard, to get the usb keyboard to work, you have to go into the bios and change the settings...
Is your hard drive a SATA ???? If it is then you will need a XP disk with sata driver built on it.. Next if the XP disk doesn't auto boot, then...
Can you tell me what was it like before it started doing this ? Was there ANY power surges or lightning strike's close by.... This is not a good...
Yea ! that has a small little fan on it that can be quite noisy, You can get another card OR remove the fan Or unplug it, I would buy a 80 mm fan...
You can install ANY OS on your computer, But you might not have all the drivers working.. But that's ok, You can always get them latter... The XP...
Has this laptop ever been dropped ? I would try another hard drive to narrow that out.., you could also try installing windows Xp, to cross out an...
It could be a number of things,it also could be a stuck driver.. It is all going to come down too, trial and error..If it doesn't do this in safe...
FIRST , SCAN for a Virus... You say it doesn't do this in safe mode ? It is either a Virus or a hardware problem..
What do you have for Internet connection ? Who is your carrier ? Do you have dialup /DSL / cable or WHAT ?????
What happens in safe mode ? does it run right or does it do the same thing ? And what happen if you just go into your Bio's ?
Windows 32 bit can only measure 3.25 ram of 4 gigs..If you want to go higher then you will need to go 64 bit..
I would go with Comodo Free , It is very good and lite...
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This case might work,If your motherboard is a BTX... Also Gateway cases are BTX form......
need some screen shots of this motherboard.....I have moved a Dell Small form factor to a larger Mid case before, It should almost be the same.....
Man,,That is a weird case, I can see why it must get hot.. There is no room to breath... You can try another case, what motherboard is in it ?...
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