Windows Vista Forum / Hardware Troubleshooting / Vista Newsgroups

Blue screen during sleep mode

chipper229 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:39:35 GMT

When the computer is in sleep mode for many hours or overnight, I wake it up to find that that it has rebooted and logging in produces a dialogue box telling me it had an unexpected shutdown. 90% of the time when this happens, the "check for solution" produces nothing. But occassionally it offers two possible solutions: Disable Receive Window Auto-tuning, and disable your ethernet network adaptor. I have not tried either because it would make more sense if I got that recommendation very time. Here are the error details. They are always the same whether I get the recommendation or not.

Problem signature:

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen

OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.1

Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:

BCCode: 9f

BCP1: 0000000000000003

BCP2: FFFFFA8006547060

BCP3: FFFFFA8008C00050

BCP4: FFFFFA8007794C60

OS Version: 6_0_6002

Service Pack: 2_0

Product: 256_1

Files that help describe the problem:

C:\Windows\Minidump\Mini092609-01.dmp

C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-39761815-0.sysdata.xml

C:\Users\Joe\AppData\Local\Temp\WERA697.tmp.version.txt

Thought I would get some advice from you experts before tinkering with the "maybe" solutions. The computer arrived in August with Vista Ultimate 64 installed by Dell. I have the Win 7 Ultimate upgrade coming, but want to be problem free before I upgrade.

Any help appreciated. Hope I included all necessary info. Thanks

Vista KSOD installing IDE HDD

ntluser — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:02:11 GMT

Hello,

Help please? I am trying to install my old IDE HDD in my new Vista PC which is SATA. There is no IDE on the motherboard, so I am using an ITE IT-8212 PCI IDE card.

Here's the story so far...

Hit the power button to turn the PC off. Installed the new PCI card. Plugged in the IDE HDD. Switched on the PC. It happened to hibernate rather than restore, and came back resuming windows rather than booting fresh. There were no problems at this stage. It detected the new card. It installed the appropriate driver (itide). It attached the drive to a spare drive letter and asked me what I wanted to do with the new device, import pictures or explore. Sounds good! Unfortunately all is not good. After a real shutdown it won't boot with any IDE HDDs connected to the new card. It boots fine with the card installed, just not if you connect anything. I've been through the BIOS and everything looks ok to me.

Bog standard Vista PC, SATA HDD running in AHCI mode set as the boot device.

Anyone with any info or suggestions much appreciated.
NTL User

CDDVDW TS-L632H ATA Device - error code 10

Lnegron — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:44:21 GMT

I bought a Toshiba A205 laptop with Vista pre-loaded and everything was fine up until now. My DVD drive is not working now. I went into Control Panel and hit the Device Manager Icon to see if the device is at all is recognized. What I noticed was a yellow triangle with an exclamation point inside of it. The message stated that "This device can not start - error code 10."

I searched throughout the Internet to find the quick fix,but it seems every commercial website wants to sell you some type of fix em up software.

To note, I'm not a windows SA or pretend to be one. Can someone help me understand how to fix this? And where (link) to find the device driver if I have to reload it? BTW - I went to Toshiba's website and I could not find it anywhere.

I'm sure it's a easy fix for you windows gurus.

Your thoughts? Thanks in advance....

Larry

Volume Control Capacitive Strip not working

murmac — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:38:00 GMT

Hi all; the volume touch controls (above keyboard) stopped responding;
any ideas greatly appreciated

Logical Drive to Primary Partition in Vista?

alg0r1thm — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:14:19 GMT

I would like to know how to change a Logical Drive to a Primary Partition in Vista. I have 2 HDD's so I don't need to shrink any of my HDD's to make a virtual drive.

Optiarrc dvd burner not working ?

silverclaws — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:54:17 GMT

My Optiarc AD-7530B dvd burner isn't working, it plays music no problem, but I cannot burn any files onto discs. Now, I thought it was my discs, them being cheapish supermarket brand discs, so I have replaced them with Verbatim DVD+R, the lightscribe variety, due to the fact that it said extra sensitivity. So, I come to burn a disc, using windows media player. The burn facility in the media player said the disc was completed, yet checking that disc via computer, the disc just made loads of clucking noises, I suspect stopping and starting as if hunting. Whilst this is happening, I can do nothing with the DVD tab, like check properties etc, the thing appears to have frozen, as I get the hour glass symbol and a disc symbol after which I get the report there is no disc in the drive, and it is the format window that comes up. Now, I requested 'play', not format, and physically there is a disc in the drive, but the pc is not recognising it, after it has been doing something with it. Has anyone any ideas what could possibly be wrong and how to cure this?

Now, I have just downloaded and unstalled SP1, I was brave, as the last time I did that, it completely stuffed up my pc, so I removed it, vowing never to go back. But the issues I had last time I didn't get this time, but the system is awful slow, both in startup and net running, and I am using Opera 9

System details : Intel Core Duo T2300 1.66 ghz, 2GB ram, 34 gb free of 66gb hdd windows experience base score of 3.1. Optiarc driver 6.0.6001.18000.windows basic 32 bit on HP 530 notebook. I was trying to burn 860mb onto a 4.7gb Verbatim lightscribe DVD+R

For Sale Brand New Hitachi CMP4211u Plasma ..................$850

shoprite — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:23:51 GMT

We ares hoprite Electronics Ltd exporters of machadised electronics gadgets
such as mobile phones,laptops ,ipods tv ,camera and Pioneer Audio Equipment
other machadised electronics.We sell both locally and internationally.
We offer shipping service Worldwide at affordable rate.
We ship Internationally! All items provided by us are Brand New, Boxed and
with Full Warranty.
We offer a 1 Year Return Policy for defective items from the date of arrival
(DOA) at your location.
We offer prompt shipping from OUR Warehouse,Typically the product will
arrive within 2/3 Days Via Either Fedex/Ups or private Courier SevicesNOTE:
Shipping Charges are Base On Destination,So when Placing Order with Us
Kindly Include your Location Such as State and Zipcode.

Contact Us for more information by E-mail!!!

Company Name:::shoprite Electronics Ltd
Address :::::::66 Wilbury Way
Hitchin
City::::::::::Hertfordshire
Zip Code::::::SG4 0TP
Country:::::::United Kingdom
Registered Number::::01973147

Contact Person:::mattew john

E-mail:-( shopriteelectronicsltd@gmail.com )
Msn:-(maxwhite2008@hotmail.com)

Apple I-Phone 3g 16gb.....$300usd
Apple I-Phone 3g 8gb.....$300usd
Apple I-phone 16gb........$250usd
Apple I-Phone 4gb.........$150usd
Apple I-Phone 8gb.........$200usd

NOKIA PHONES...
Nokia N95 8GB....$300 usd
Nokia N95..........$250usd
Nokia 8800 sirocco(NEW MODEL)..$300usd
Nokia N93i for..... $220usd
Nokia N76 for..... $270usd
Nokia N75 for..... $260usd
Nokia N93 for.....$250 usd
Nokia E90 for.....$270 usd
Nokia E61 for.....$190 usd
Nokia 9500........$240USD
Nokia N92 for ....$210 usd
Nokia N91 for.....$200 usd
Nokia N80 for.....$200usd
Nokia N71 for..... $180usd
Nokia N70 for.... .$170usd
Nokia 5500 for.....$160usd

SONY ERICSSON PHONES....
Sony ericsson w850i for.. $230usd
Sony ericcson p990i for.... $250usd
sony ericsson p910i for...$170usd
Sony ericsson W950 for... $190usd
Sony ericsson w900i for... $180usd
Sony Ericsson W880 for...$230usd
Sony Ericsson K550iM for...$200usd
Sony Ericsson Experia X1...$300

I-MATE PHONES
i-mate JASJAM for $300usd
i-mate JASJAR for $250usd
i-mate k-JAM for $220usd
i-mate JAQ4 for $320usd
i-mate JAQ3 for $260usd
i-mate PDAL for $240usd
i-mate Ultimate 9150 for $400usd
i-mate Ultimate 8150 for $360usd
i-mate Ultimate 7150 for $340usd
i-mate Ultimate 6150 for $310usd
i-mate Ultimate 5150 for $280usd

ETEN M500 for .....$180usd
ETEN M550 for .....$200usd
ETEN M600 for .....$220usd
ETEN G500 for .....$220usd
ETEN G550+ for ....$240usd
ETEN M600+ for ....$270usd
ETEN glofiish M700 $400usd
ETEN glofiish X500 $340usd

SAMSUNG PHONES.
Samsung E830 for .....$250usd
Samsung i600 for .....$220usd
Samsung E898 for .....$270usd
Samsung U700for ......$185usd
S amsung P110 for....$230usd
Samsung E840 for .....$270usd
Samsung F520 for .....$240usd
Samsung X830....for $220 us
samsung serene for ....$200usd

SIDE KICKS PHONES..
Sick kick i for...$140usd
Side kick 2 for.. $200USD
Side kick 3 for.. $320USD

BLACK BERRY......
blackberry 7130e ....$220usd
blackberry 7100g ....$210usd
blackberry 7100i ....$200usd
blackberry 8700c ....$200usd
blackberry 8700r ....$200usd
blackberry 7130g ....$210usd
blackberry 7100t ....$200usd
blackberry 7230 .....$210usd
blackberry 7290 .....$210usd
blackberry 8700f ....$230usd

MOTOROLA PHONES....
Motorola rokr e1 for... $170usd
Motorola v3x for ......$170usd
Motorola slvr l7 for... $190usd
Motorola q for ....$150usd
Motorola v8 for .....$190usd
Motorola v600 for ...$100usd
Motorola v3C for ...$160usd

PALM TREO PHONES...
PDA's PHONES?
HP IPaq Pocket PC H4150 ......... $240
Asus MyPal A716 ................. $235
HP IPaq Pocket PC H4350 ......... $240
Toshiba Pocket PC E405 .......... $200
Sony Clie PEG-TH55 .............. $220
Toshiba Pocket PC E800 .......... $250
PalmOne Zire 72.................. $200
PalmOne Tungsten E .............. $170
PalmOne Tungsten C .............. $220
PalmOne Zire 31 ................. $150
palm Treo 650.....................$280

Treo 750v(No athena) for .....$240usd

Treo 680 for .....$250usd
Treo 700wx for .....$170usd
Treo 650 for .$150usd
Treo 700w for .....$180usd

HTC PHONES
HTC Advantage X7500 .......$400usd
HTC P4350 for............. $350usd
HTC S710 for ..............$300usd
HTC TyTN for ..............$280usd
HTC P3300 for .............$250usd
HTC S620 for ..............$230usd

GAMES !!!!!!!!!!!
Play station 3 .......... $250usd
Playstation 2........$180usd
Playstation 1.........$150usd

IPODS..

Apple 512 MB iPod Shuffle MP3 Player......95 USD
Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Blue M936LL/A.......120 USD
Apple 2 GB iPod Nano......................100 USD
Apple 4 GB iPod Nano......................100 USD
Apple 30 GB iPod Vidoe...................200 USD
Apple 60 GB iPod Vidoe...................270 USD
Apple IP-Phones 80GB For ..$300usd
Apple IP-Phones 40GB For ..$230usd
Apple 6 GB ipod mini green ....$110.00

SONY PSP GAMES
Sony PSP Tony Hawk's Underground 2 Remix ValuePack $200usd
Sony PSP Limited Edition(White) 20 Games+Car Kit Etc $250usd
Sony PSP Super Pack" - 5 Games With ExtraAccessories$190usd
Spider Man Movie, UMD Sampler $160usd $200usd
Sony PSP Limited Edition Ceramic White$160usd
Sony PSP - 3 Games, Spider Man Movie $270usd
Sony PSP Super Value Pack w/2 Game $160usd
Sony PSP Value Pack- 1 Racing Game $160usd

XBOX GAMES
Xbox 360 Core System ............$220usd
Xbox 360 Prenium pack ...........$240usd
Xbox 360 Platinum Bundle Console.$260usd
Xbox 360 Platinum System cost....$230usd
Xbox 360 System Bundle.......... $210usd
Xbox 360 Core System Bundle......$220usd
Xbox 360 Core Bundle............ $200usd
Xbox 360 Live Bundle............ $200usd
Xbox 360 ........................$350usd

Nintendo Wii.....................$200

CAMCORDERS..& CAMERAS....
Canon EOS-1DS Mark II, 17.2 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera......$900
Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 8.2 Megapixel; Interchangeable Lens Professional SLR;
Digital Camera.......$800
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, 8.2 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera.....$600
Nikon D2X, 12.4 Megapixel, Digital SLR Camera .................$700
Canon EOS-5D (Body Only), 12.8 Megapixel, SLR, Digital Camera ...$800
Nikon D1X, (Refurbished) 5.47 Megapixel SLR Digital
Camera.......$800
Nikon D2Hs, 4.1 Megapixel, High Speed, SLR Digital Camera .......$700
Canon EOS-20DA, 8.2 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera.................$700
Canon EOS-20D, 8.2 Megapixel SLR Digital Camera w/ 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Autofocus Lens Kit, ............$700
Pentax ist D Digital SLR Camera Body 6.1 Megapixel with 16-45mm f4 ED Zoom
Lens ....$600
Panasonic PT-D7700U DLP Projector SXGA 7000 ANSI Lumens ....... $500
NEC GT6000L 5100 ANSI Lumens SXGA Polysilicon LCD Projector .....$700

Sim2 HT300 E-LINK DarkChip3 Projector ...........................$700
Mitsubishi XD2000U, 3500 ANSI Lumen Projector....................$500
Sony VPL-FX51 XGA 5200 ANSI Lumens Video Projector ..............$600
BenQ PE8720 DLP WXGA Home Theater Projector .....................$500
ASK Proxima C460, 3500 Lumens LCD Video Projector ...............$500
Optoma H79, HD DarkChip3 DLP Digital Cinema Projector ...........$600
InFocus LP860, 3500 Lumens Multimedia Projector .................$700
Sanyo PLV-WF10 4000 ANSI Lumens LCD Video Projector .............$700

TELEVISION SETS...
LCD TV PLASMA
Philips 42PF7320A/37 Plasma TV ...........$600
Philips 42PF9630A/37 Plasma HDTV .........$700
Philips 50PF7320A/37 Plasma HDTV..........$720
Philips 50PF9630A/37 Plasma HDTV .........$550
Philips 50PF9830A/37 Plasma HDTV..........$800

Samsung HPP3761 Plasma TV ................$610
Samsung PPM42M5S Plasma Display ..........$505
Samsung SPP4251 Plasma TV ................$700
Samsung PPM42M5H Plasma Display ..........$550
Samsung HPR4252 Plasma ...................$680
Samsung HPR4262 Plasma TV ................$450
Samsung HPR4272 Plasma ...................$560
Samsung PPM50M5H Plasma Display ..........$870
Samsung HPR5052 Plasma ...................$670
Samsung HPR5072 Plasma ...................$780
Samsung HPP5581 Plasma TV ................$780
Samsung PPM63H3Q Plasma Display ..........$700
Samsung HPR6372 Plasma ...................$820

Hitachi CMP4211u Plasma ..................$850
Hitachi CMP4212u Plasma ..................$350
Hitachi 42HDF52 Plasma HDTV ..............$400
Hitachi 42HDT52 Plasma TV ................$440
Hitachi 55HDS52 Plasma HDTV ..............$480
Hitachi 55HDT52 Plasma TV ................$650
Hitachi CMP-55HDM71 Plasma ...............$420

AOC Envision A42W64 Plasma ...............$400

Maxent MX-42VM7 Plasma EDTV ..............$370
Maxent MX-50X2 Plasma ....................$300

NEC 42VP5 Plasma TV ......................$400
NEC 42VM5HA Plasma TV ....................$470
NEC 42VR5HA Plasma - Silver ..............$300
NEC PX-42XM3A Plasma Display .............$500
NEC PX-42XM4A Plasma Display .............$450
NEC PX-42XR4A Plasma Display .............$550
NEC PX-50XM5A Plasma Display .............$570
NEC PX-50XR5A Plasma Display .............$500
NEC PX-61XM3A Plasma Display .............$600
NEC PX-61XM4A Plasma Display .............$750
NEC PX-61XR4A Plasma Display .............$700
NEC PX-84VP5A Plasma Display .............$690
NEC PX-84VM5A Plasma Display .............$650

Pioneer pdp-424mv plasma TV ..............$800
Pioneer pdp-42a3hd plasma TV .............$720
Pioneer pdp-434cmx plasma tv..............$880
Pioneer pdp-43a5hd plasma tv..............$800
Pioneer pdp-4360hd plasma TV .............$700
Pioneer pdp-504cmx plasma tv..............$800
Pioneer pdp-505cmx plasma TV .............$670
Pioneer pdp-5060hd plasma tv..............$890

LAPTOPS...........
Toshiba Tecra 8200 (laptop)
850MHz Notebook with WiFi for onfiltered.....$400usd
Dell Latitude C400 (laptop) .................$550usd
Ultra Lightweight 866MHz for onfiltered......$490usd
ThinkPad T42 2373 - Pentium M 735 1.7 GHz....$430usd
RAM 512 MB - HD 40 GB - CD...................$590usd
ABS Mayhem G3 notebook Athlon................$500usd
64 3200+ 512MB 60GB/7200 CDRW/DVD 15.4.......$490usd
Windows XP Home$800usd
AVERATEC 3150P - Athlon XP-M 1.33............$500usd
GHz - 12.1? TFT..............................$600usd
Toshiba Tecra M4-S435 (laptop)...............$1350usd
Acer TravelMate C314XMi Tablet PC............$1300usd

Dell Inspiron 700m ===$1020usd
Dell Inspiron 700M for Home (Pentium M 1.70GHz, 512MB, 40GB)...$1100usd
Dell Inspiron 2200 for Home (Celeron 1.50

Hz, 256MB, 40GB).....$1000usd

Alienware Area-51 5300 - P4 530J 3 GHz.......$590usd
Alienware DHS 5 (Athlon 64 1.8 GHz)..........$1590usd
Alienware Aurora ALX SLI.....................$2100usd

SONY VAIO A217S? 100GB? 512MB RAM? XP HOME ..$400usd
SONY VAIO B1VP? 40GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP PRO...$430usd
SONY VAIO T370P/L? 60GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP....$330usd
SONY VAIO A215Z 60GB HD? 512MB RAM? Xp.......$550usd
SONY VAIO A397XP? 80GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.....$400usd
SONY VAIO B100B08 60GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.....$350usd
SONY VAIO B100B08 60GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.....$500usd
SONY VAIO FS295VP 80GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.....$450usd
SONY VAIO FS215Z 100GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.....$450usd
SONY VAIO A417M 80GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP.......$550usd
SONY VAIO B1VP? 40GB HD? 512MB RAM? XP PRO...$340usd
SONY VAIO T370P/L? 60GB HD? 512MB RAM? ......$500usd
SONY VAIO LAPTOP? VGN-A117S..................$400usd

All our product are well packed and sealed for security reasons,
and models of mobile phones.All electronics and mobile phones comes in its
original sealed box direct from the factory.
All electronics and mobile phones price are negotiable if buying in bulk
quantity.
Hope to hear from you as soon as possible with your private phone number for
easy communication Delivery Time:
We deliver the products been purchased directly to your doorstep within 2
business working days.
Contact Us for more information by E-mail!!!

E-mail:-( shopriteelectronicsltd@gmail.com )
Msn:-(maxwhite2008@hotmail.com)

Regards
Sales Manager

VISTA on boot ignores all optical drives

charliko — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:45:07 GMT

I am wondering if my BIOS would keep the boot up from recognizing the optical drives and allowing the optical drive to boot up. Needless to say, installing anything gets tough with this problem. I am hoping someone will have some ideas...I want to install unbuntu as a dual boot with VISTA.

Thanks in advance,

Charlie

Any chance my monitor will work with Vista?

pdsnickles — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:13:53 GMT

I have a Dell 1901FP Flat Panel Color Monitor.

I just bought a new HP computer using Vista Premium 64bit but am debating whether or not to keep it now that I see so many issues with 64bit Vista.

I went to the Driver Download page at Dell for my monitor and it has a driver listed for download for XP but none for Vista. I guess that means they have no driver for Vista so it won't work, right? So there's NO WAY I can make the thing work with Vista 64bit right?

I need to know before I unpack the new computer because if my monitor is yet another thing that won't work with Vista (I already have a list of software that won't) then I may take the dang thing back and buy a new XP computer if I can find one somewhere.

I have spent the past 2 days looking at lists of software and hardware that may or may not work with Vista Premium, and it's going to cost me hundreds of dollars to replace all this stuff... and if I have to get a new monitor, well there's another $200-300 or so. Is it really worth it to add Vista or should I take this computer back before I take it out of the box and buy a new computer with XP and a lot of RAM so everything I have will keep working?

mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card issue

JaronDaWiz — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:57:26 GMT

i need some help. i'm trying to upgrade from vista home basic to vista ultimate. the only problem is when i ran the vista upgrade advisor, everything including windows aero compatibility checked out fine except for my mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card. i've been on several different sites that said my mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card was compatible and that there wouldn't be any problems if i were to upgrade from vista home basic to vista ultimate. so why is the upgrade advisor saying my mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card won't work on vista, escpecially when it's already working on vista home basic? the reason i mentioned that is because the upgrade advisor said my mobile intel(r) 4 series express chipset family graphics card won't work on vista at all. yet like i said, it's already running on vista home basic.

unable to use printer on vistas guest account

baspursfan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:23:26 GMT

vista does not allow printer use on the guest account

Newer Dell DVD-Drive problems

Fmandan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:12:57 GMT

I know I could contact Dell about this, but I've had several problems with Vista since I bought this computer, so I thought I'd search for a simple fix first.

PROBLEM:

After a few months of working properly, my DVD player reads a disc (green status bar moves across) then I get a message to "Insert Disc" and my drive reopens. This problem happens consistently. Again it worked fine for a few months and now I'm having this problem.

Vista problem? DVD-Rom Problem? Anyone?

Thanks, Dan

RE: External backup device

bughaters — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:39:00 GMT

I have a 320GB external harddrive by SimpleTech. I want to use it specifically for backup purposes. How do I continue a regular monthly backup and not worry about exceeding the 320GB capacity. Is it a good idea to leave it plugged in and schedule a monthly backup schedule. As of right now I used it once successfully but I unplugged it until I do another backup. Bottomline, what is the recommended use of external harddrives for backup purposes?

DVD Drive: Successful burn, but no data, still blank disc

rohith — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:27:04 GMT

Hello Friends,

I am on windows vista, my dvd writer is a TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L632N ATA Device. I tried to burn disc using this and its telling successful burn by using windows default burner.

And after that i re inserted my disc and and tried to view the contents, but its blank disc and again asking for format the blank disc. Earlier i have formatted the disc by clicking 'Show formatting options' and choose 'Mastered'. Because before this i have tried with Live File System disc and got a message like 'Windows cant format the disc'. And thus i tried this method.

I have tried with nero8 then. There also shows that burn success ful to my disc. And happily i re inserted the dvd and shows blank disc.

I have tried these steps for different manufacturers dvd and again badly the same result. And Then i have checked my status of updates of my drive and its shows me that its up to date.

The result is have lost my some dvd's but didnt gave my data.

I have write some months ago by using this. And that was successful.

Can any one help me out for this??

audio problems

Pavilionator — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:25:15 GMT

hi, i have a hp pavilion dv4, when i listen to music on it, it makes a crackling noise. it's not the whole song, it just randomly does it. if anybody knows how to fix it please help me.

Please help with Compatability of Motherboard

beachin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:43:39 GMT

HI, I am hoping that someone can help me. I bought this laptop back in Feb. of 2007 and purchased the extended warranty but it wasn't through Gateway and they there in tech support want to spend more time dealing with that then just giving me a yes or no.

I just started a new business and I am really broke and my Laptop died. It has water damage and needs a new motherboard says the ext. warranty company that wants $500 to fix it. I found a motherboard for around $80 bucks on a Gateway MP8708. It is part number DAPA6AMB6D5. My components on my computer are this:
Specifications
Part Number: 4006172RUMA Motherboard w/943GML and 1394 (FRU)
Feature Description
Processor • Supported: Intel® Yonah/Merom Dual-Core, Single Core & Celeron®-M CPUs
• Package: Socket 479 pin, uFCPGA
• FSB: 533/667MHz
Core Logic • North Bridge: Intel® 945GM/943GML
• South Bridge: Intel® 82801GBM
System Memory • Base: 0 MB Down
• Socket: Two 200-pin SO-DIMM sockets, both user accessible
• Type: DDR-II 533/667 MHz
• Channel: Dual-channel
• Maximum: 2 GB
Graphics • Controller: 950GMA
• Bus: Integrated in notebook
• Memory Options: 64 MB (default)
• Display Interface: 1-CH LVDS
• TV-Out: S-video
• Brightness Control: PWM, 8-Levels
Communications • Modem: Si3080 w/MoM or MoM DC
• Networking: Intel® Ekron 10/100 82562GZ
• Integrated Wireless: Mini-PCI Type III B
Storage • Hard drive: SATA I/F, Direct Connect to MB
• Optical drive: PATA I/F, Direct Connect to MB
Key Asics • Audio: SigmaTel 9250
• KBC: NS 97541L
• ExpressCard: Integrated in notebook
• Memory reader: TI PCI-8412
• AC adapter: 65 W
Ports Summary • Four - USB 2.0
• One - CRT
• One - S-video
• One - ExpressCard
• One - IEEE 1394
• One - Memory reader
• One - Microphone jack
• One - Headphone jack
• One - RJ-11
• One - RJ-45
• One - DC input
Internal Connectors • Keyboard: KB matrix connected to keyboard controller (KBC) via motherboard
• Touchpad: Connected to KBC via PS/2 Port
• Power Button: Input to KBC
Security • BIOS: POST password, HDD password
• Theft recovery: Support for CompuTrace BIOS Persistence Module
BIOS Specifications • ACPI 2.0, WFM 2.0, SMBIOS 2.3, USB floppy disk drive boot support Phoenix Core SP2 or later
• PXE Boot, WoLOM (Wake-on LAN on Motherboard)

This is the info on the components from Gateways site on the MP8708

Components list for

Batteries and AC Adapters
arrow2527741R - 65-Watt 2-Prong AC Adapter and Power Cord Assembly (CRU/EURP)
arrow6501016R - 2-Prong Power Cord (CRU/EURP)
arrow6501050 - 8-Cell Lithium Ion Battery (CRU/EURP)
arrow6501051 - 8-Cell Lithium Ion Battery (CRU/EURP)
arrow6501052 - 8-Cell Lithium Ion Battery (CRU/EURP)

Chassis Parts
arrow2522780R - M2.5x9.0L-I(BNI)(NYLOK) (CRU/EURP)
arrow8010361R - Left Hinge (FRU)

Hard Drives
arrow2527768R - 160-GB 5400-RPM SATA Hard Drive Assembly (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527769R - 160-GB 5400-RPM SATA Hard Drive Assembly (CRU/EURP)

Keyboards
arrow8011381R - US Keyboard (CRU/EURP)

LCD Display Panel
arrow2527770R - 17.1-inch WXGA TFT Display Panel Assembly (1440x900) (Platinum) (FRU)

Memory
arrow2527649R - 1024 MB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Assembly (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527650R - 1024 MB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Assembly - (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527752R - 1024 MB 533 MHz DDR2 SDRAM Assembly (CRU/EURP)

Motherboard
arrow4006145R - UMA Motherboard w/945GM and 1394 (FRU)

Network
arrow6003022R - Integrated 802.11a/b/g Wireless Networking (FRU)

Optical Drives or DVD Decoder Cards
arrow2527760R - 8X Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer Assembly (Platinum) (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527762R - 8X Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer Assembly (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527763R - 8X Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer Assembly (CRU/EURP)
arrow2527764R - 8X Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer Assembly (CRU/EURP)

Processor
arrow4506332R - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2.00 GHz 667 MHz 4MB L2) (FRU)
arrowQNESL9SF - Intel Core2 Duo Mobile Processor T7200 (FRU)

I would really appreciate some help, this is an ebay item and won't be around forever and I have been looking for about 2 months very hard!

Samsung Omnia i900 16gb========$250usd

eledealer001 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:23:52 GMT

Samsung Omnia i900 16gb========$250usd
Detailed Specifications:
Specifications
Modes HSDPA 2100mhz, GSM 850 / 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Weight 127 g
Dimensions 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
Form Factor Candy Bar
Internal Antenna
Battery Life Talk: 6 hours (360 minutes)
Standby: 500 hours (20 days)
Blackberry Connectivity No
Battery Type LiPolymer
1440 mAh
Display Type: LCD (Color TFT/TFD) Touch Screen
Colors: 265K
Size: 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2 Inches
Platform / OS N/A
Memory 8GB / 16GB (built-in, flash shared memory)
microSD car slot
624MHz Marvell Processor, 128MB RAM / 256MB ROM
Phone Book Yes

Features
Alarm Yes
Bluetooth Yes, 2.0 with A2DP
Camera 5 Megapixel with Flash
Calculator Yes
Calendar Yes
E-Mail Client Yes
Expansion Card Card Type: microSD
Games Yes
GPS Yes
High-Speed Data Technology: EDGE , HSDPA (2100mhz)
Infrared (IR) No
Integrated PDA No
Java (J2ME) Version: MIDP 2.0
MMS Yes
MP3/AAC/MPEG4 Player Yes
Multiple Numbers per Name Yes
PC Sync Yes
Picture ID Yes
Polyphonic Ringtones Chords: 64
Predictive Text Entry Technology: T9
Push-To-Talk No
Ringer ID Yes
Ringer Profiles Yes
Speaker Phone Type: Full-Duplex
Streaming Multimedia Yes
Text Messaging 2-Way: Yes
plus IM
To-Do List Yes
USB Yes
Vibrate Yes
Voice Memo Yes
Wi-Fi Yes, 802.11b/g
Wireless Internet
supports WAP 1.2.1, WAP 2.0, cHTML, SVG Tiny 1.1

Email: eledealer@gmail.com
Email: eledealer007@gmail.com
Email: eledealer001@yahoo.com

vista memory upgrade

bandahanson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:55:52 GMT

I have never had a problem like this before. I purchased an hp laptop for my wife with vista installed. After several months she told me how slow it was so I decided to upgrade to two gig. I purchased crucial memory and installed. Since then it has been nothing short of a nightmare. The machine will suddenly stop booting, then it will magically boot again then it will stop. It is not the hard drive because when this happens if I pop my XP boot disk it still will not boot. I discussed this with crucial and they sent me a new upgrade kit. It worked for a couple of days and now I am right back where I started. Is there something that needs to be done to vista or am I totally in the wrong forum. Forgive me if that is the case.

Need help with ATT USB 881 Sierra Wireless

Ghost Hunter — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:42:06 GMT

When I plug in the Wireless USB device into the USB port, Everything locks up. Works great with XP. ATT&T has no answer. Any help would be appreciated. This is on a NEW HP Desktop computer. Everything else works fine

Thanks:

external modem error 692

salehi.com — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:36:30 GMT

I have an external modem "decloop WLL" and i connected it to serial port of my pc. i add a standard modem 28800 bps driver in win vista, but when i want to connect to the internet i give error 692. i dont know whats wrong. i use same procedure in windows xp pro and i successfully connected to internet without any error.

can any one help me?

ask me if you need more details.

sorry for my bad english!!

vista is horribly slow today after cleaning my cpu fan.

abudahim — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:24:22 GMT

hi
today i cleaned my cpu fan (wish i didn't) , after i put everything in its place, i run my machine and it started slowly.
also the games that was running fine now it runs very slow and i can't play it.
my base score is the same (4.3). i dont know what is wrong ?
any ideas ?
thank you

i forgot to tell you that my processor is pentuim 4. and my VGA is nvidia 8800 GTS.
and downloaded the latest drivers but nothing changed.

Hit and Miss with DVD Drives in Vista

SwiftImmortal_1 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:45:25 GMT

I have a Lite-On DVD burner that's about 2 years old. For a while now whenever I put any type of disc in it (CD, CD-R, DVD, DVD-R, etc.), Vista treats it as though it were blank. In the drive properties it shows that there is information on the disc, but when I try to access it, it comes up with "prepare this blank disc." I've done a firmware update that I got from the Lite-On website that was supposed to fix the issue, but no luck. I also have a Pioneer USB DVD drive that works perfectly on any other system I use it on, but it gives me the same crap. Sometimes when I'm persistent enough, I can eject the disc enough times that it will eventually let me explore the drive and get to the information off of the disc. It's the same way with two different drives with two different interfaces, so it's gotta be a Vista problem, right?

What can I do?

UPDATE: I've found that if I insert a disc, then kill and restart the explorer.exe process, the disc will usually read. I have no idea why that works, but it does.

Trouble w/ DVD & CD drives

PorPorMe — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:13:37 GMT

Ever since I installed Vista I've had CD problems. I have reinstalled a couple of times with the same problem.I have a Sony DVD-RW & a Sony CD-RW.The Cd is a slave to the DVD. The Cd has become worthless, it won't read or write.It is recognized but it can't recognize a disk.I've tried swapping different burners and Cd-Roms and it stays the same. I've un-installed the drivers and rebooted to reinstall-no joy.The DVD-RW works to a degree. It will read & write DVD's but gets problematic with data disks. (I have a lot of zip files on cd) It will start to read and copy to HDD but will quickly degrade in copy speed to a point that it no longer reads the disk.
Any ideas?

Win32K.SYS and MEMORY MANAGEMENT BSODS

RyanD878 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:42:16 GMT

Hi all. This is becoming very irritating. Right now the two most common blue screens I keep getting are MEMORY MANAGEMENT and WIN32K.SYS. They randomly happen...... sometime when installing a new program or even just doing a vista windows update. It is getting VERY irritating all I want to do is have my computer work right. I recently had to reinstall my Vista Home Premium and other than the fact that I had a bad virus before I reinstalled everything worked just fine. Now all of a sudden, after the reinstall, nothing works right and it keeps blue screening. I have a new video card so I know thats not the issue, and ran the vista memory diagnostics program and my RAM passed with no errors so its not my RAM. Another symptom I have is like when I come out of sleep mode and the mouse wont work. Any help please.

Blue Screen problems

RyanD878 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:09:30 GMT

Hi all. This is becoming very irritating. Right now the two most common blue screens I keep getting are MEMORY MANAGEMENT and WIN32K.SYS. They randomly happen...... sometime when installing a new program or even just doing a vista windows update. It is getting VERY irritating all I want to do is have my computer work right. I recently had to reinstall my Vista Home Premium and other than the fact that I had a bad virus before i reinstalled everything worked just fine. Now all of a sudden, after the reinstall, nothing works right and it keeps blue screening. I have a new video card so I know thats not the issue, and ran the vista memory diagnostics program and my RAM passed with no errors so its not my RAM. Another symptom I have is like when I come out of sleep mode and the mouse wont work. Any help please.