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  1. J

    odd sounds during BIOS POST

    I have a Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3L motherboard with Q8200, along with a XFX 9800 GTX+ GPU. The SMPS is a Corsair TX 650 and I am using only one stick of 2GB DDR2 (800 MHz) RAM. A few days back , while playing NFS:hot pursuit 2010, my PC just hanged. I used the reset button only to find that the...
  2. W

    How to update bios through a bootable disk?

    Friends, I have an issue with an updated BIOS. ASUS M2N-VM DVI doesn't allow me to revert back to my original saying that the model name doesn't match. When contacted their support, they told me to use AFUDOS in the following way: Insert the usb flash drive with the latest bios and...
  3. Vyom

    Hard Disk Crash! Critical Situation. Need help from Experts. :(

    Its been like a month since my computer is not booting, due to the hard disk crash. (which I hope it isn't). The Problem: When I power on the computer, after BIOS, an error comes, Unknown Flash Type Boot from CD: A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart I also hear a...
  4. M

    USB Diskette on Key

    in my note book (compaq presario v 3000) one of the boot preferences is USB Diskette on Key. can somebody explain this boot option?
  5. M

    ADVAP132.dll was not found

    recently,after the boot up an error message appears. "this application failed to start because vADVAP132.dll was not found.reinstalling the same may solve the problem" my os win xp pro sp3. I have tried,sfc and reinstalling the ADVAP132.dll from a download source. I am not able boot...
  6. vaibhav23

    Cannot boot xp after installing Linux Mint

    Today I had installed Linux Mint on another drive and it is working quite well.But whenever I try to boot xp nothing happens and again the grube screen reopens:cry: Please someone provide a solution as though I am quite comfortable with linux but my father wants to use xp
  7. slashragnarok

    No display ASUS P8Z68 V PRO

    I just assembled my new system and hooked everything up. Now I don't get any display both on VGA and DVI. No boot screen nothing. :(
  8. R

    Dual Boot Problem

    I have windows XP installed on c: drive and windows 7 on e: drive. Everything was working fine but today when I restarted my computer the entry for windows 7 on boot menu has disappeared. Now I cannot log into windows 7 as there is no entry in boot menu for win 7, but I can log into windows xp...
  9. A

    Grub Legacy v/s Grub 2 - Syntax help

    Hello! I have installed Chromium OS along with my Ubuntu today following instructions at the following website. multiboot [Chromium OS builds by Hexxeh] The problem is that the author has given help regarding altering the Grub 2 menu list to be able to boot into Chromium. But I have...
  10. S

    PSU, PC fan starts halfway,stops.System doesn't boot.

    Hey guys, today morning, my PC wasn't booting up. So I opened the side to see the insides, and when I try to boot it, PSU fan, processor fan, cooling fans start halfway, rotate for a while and then again stop. This on and off pattern keeps on happening. It just doesn't boot up :(. I'm...
  11. N

    Cannot install windows from disk....NEED HELP URGENTLY!!

    Hi guys... I have a laptop with windows xp home edition (sp3) on it.... because it had a virus attack lately i tried to re-install win xp home edition (sp2) back on it. but when i got to the partition stage i found out that the down arrow key didnt work and that I could not partition it. I quit...
  12. clinton

    How do I get my WIndows 7 back??

    Hello friends,i am in a kind of complex situation rightt now....:lol::!: I had Win XP and Win 7 installed in 2 different partitions of my hard disk,which were configured by dual boot. But yesterday i reinstalled XP(did not format the other partitions.) and now my dual boot menu has vanished...
  13. D

    [SOLVED] Advanced boot option not appearing

    Hi, I have just upgraded to windows 7 last week.The problem is when I am trying to hit F8 button and get into advanced boot options.I tried holding it down instead of repeatedly pressing it too ..tried everything possible, All the time only a screen appears that give me the option to select...
  14. H

    Crash Dump Memory

    Sry guys if im posting in wrong section, im totally frustated by Crash Dump Memory Error, in this a blue screen comes which shows diff errors.Plz help ASAP coz im totally frustated coz of dis wen i boot my pc after dis error 4beeps comes n den it boot wid single beep or it continue 4 beeps sound...
  15. soumo27

    Pen drive does not boot

    I mounted an ISO of Ubuntu 11.04 on my pen drive via:- Universal USB Installer. But during startup, I am getting no option to boot from the USB. What can be the problem? I have selected the "boot from removable devices" in the BIOS' Boot devices priority as the 3rd option... :|
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