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Help i have a problem (decased pc)
whammoed:
open up task manager and look at the cpu time and processes...is anything eating up all the processor speed?
truz206:
i have to go to work right now so ill be back later but i just noticed something. I accidently had the HD sitting upside down, and i think that is bad for it. So i immediately turned the pc off and turned it right side up.
Is it bad to have the HD not in the correct position it was meant to be. I hope i didnt mess anything up, thats why i quicklly fixeds the situation. Maybe thats why the pc was searching for files so long. Oh well ill check it when i get back.
whammoed:
I don't think it matters...I have a usb hard drive that ends up in all sorts of positions and it is always happy. I could be wrong...
greywolf22:
--- Quote from: truz206 on August 10, 2004, 05:11:31 pm ---i have to go to work right now so ill be back later but i just noticed something. I accidently had the HD sitting upside down, and i think that is bad for it. So i immediately turned the pc off and turned it right side up.
Is it bad to have the HD not in the correct position it was meant to be. I hope i didnt mess anything up, thats why i quicklly fixeds the situation. Maybe thats why the pc was searching for files so long. Oh well ill check it when i get back.
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It doesn't matter, HD should work either way
Effayy:
--- Quote from: truz206 on August 10, 2004, 04:39:51 pm ---I took a small screw driver and connected the two pins and it powered up right into right there. Everything seems fine and xp is just checking all the new hardare as everything was disconnected. It seems as if one of the wires that was going to the mb got looses and came out of its connector, it looks to be screwed.
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Since you mentioned that after turning your PC back on, the hardware was being recognized and drivers loaded up by WinXP, I'd be tempted to speculate that your slowdown could be caused to improper (or outdated) drivers being loaded on your system.
It may seem like a pain in the rear, but make sure that you get and install the latest drivers for your system from HP. If you have a custom vidcard or anything else, make sure to download and install the proper drivers from the 3rd parties involved as well. I have a feeling that the main culprit is either the vidcard, the network card (Sounds silly, but solved a P4 running at the speed of a 486 DX2/66 here at work), or possibly a motherboard component.
Another quick thing to do is check for issues in your Device Manager (Start -- Control Panel -- System -- Hardware Tab -- Device Manager). Check for unknown devices (usually has a question mark icon beside), and warnings (Exclamation Point Icon).
At this point that's about all I can suggest. It's tough to troubleshoot issues like this without getting my own grubby paws on the system itself. :)
- FA