Desktops - November 2006

My HD kind of beeps in a particular sequence
This is my impression -
beep...beep...beep...shhhh....beep...beep....beep...shhh
The beeping is not a real beep, it is just the sound of the HD working but amplified. When this happens the red light showing HD activity stays on continually. This happens when I open certain programs like Mozilla Thunderbird, etc... It happens for about 5mins at a time, and only when I open certain programs, or try to do certain things. When this happens, the whole computer freezes sort of. It may be a bad motor in the HD because it is fairly old but it boots up fine.

What if anything can I do the solve this problem, perhaps even just temporarily? Is there some kind of diagnostics I can run to see what the problem is?

If there is any other information needed please do tell...

2006-11-11 13:13:31 · 6 answers · asked by Aazim S 2

Will start to load windows me and before done loading just shuts down when she tries to start it again does the same thing no error message just shuts down. Is a dell computer running windows me.

2006-11-11 11:44:43 · 11 answers · asked by goodone959012000 2

And someone please tell me how to get them back?

2006-11-11 11:36:10 · 4 answers · asked by For sure 4

is the amd X2 dual core 4200 faster than the 3.4 intel hyper threading.?

2006-11-11 09:33:01 · 3 answers · asked by Mi 3

I have a lot of used cd roms that are not re-writable. The information on them is outdated and I want to dispose of them. Is there a way to erase them? I don't want to put them in the trash because of personal information on them. So how can I dispose of them? Thanks for help.

2006-11-11 09:22:49 · 5 answers · asked by bluebayou778 1

which one is better?

2006-11-11 09:22:12 · 6 answers · asked by repplaaayyyy 2

I have a hp pavilion 9686c, and I am trying to install win xp on it, but it keeps on poping a erro mesg up say bios update needed to run win xp. Can someone tell me how to find a update and how to updat bois after it is found? Please!!!!

2006-11-11 09:07:49 · 8 answers · asked by triftynickel 1

And why the hell did I ever buy a Dell, and you don't want to know what else.

2006-11-11 08:36:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

Im looking into buying a new pc, i need it for movies and the usual internet stuff, no gaming. Which pc do you recomend along the 500 to 700$$ range, a less expensive would be nice... Which brands are great and which ones should I stay away from?? This is what i've liked so far...........

Gateway Desktop with AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Processor 3800+ 1G Ram and 250G HD=$579.99........................

Compaq Presario Desktop with AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3800+ 1GRam + 250G HD =$524.99..................

Hewlett-Packard - Pavilion 4600+ AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor 2G Ram 250GB=$734.99...............

Any suggestions??

2006-11-11 08:33:39 · 6 answers · asked by ll_Zodiaco.Piton_ll 3

could someone please direct me on how to do a desk cleanup and on how would I be able to view what is in my hard drive D. It is full but I don't know what is in it. Thanking you in advance.

2006-11-11 08:13:24 · 8 answers · asked by mary r 2

2006-11-11 07:49:45 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

im assembling an old cpu but it has no hardisk, how to start to make this cpu works?

2006-11-11 06:55:53 · 2 answers · asked by rsborromeo 2

language should be simple and lucid.it should include pc upgradation,installation,BIOS,processors.d boards etc

2006-11-11 05:53:11 · 9 answers · asked by deb 1

I'm trying to buy 1 GB of Ram for my Sony Vaio compter, and I need to know what stats I need to know about my computer so that I can make an educated buy. Please help

2006-11-11 05:22:19 · 9 answers · asked by ayla_2114 3

I have a Compaq i bought in 2004 for 1200 and right now compared to the 800 ones at best buy it sucks so bad i get 8 fps on command and conquer on low settings.I am looking for a good gaming PC my budget is 2000.Could you recommend the parts for one i want to do it myself.

2006-11-11 05:07:05 · 1 answers · asked by Edson 2

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2006-11-11 03:32:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-11 01:28:44 · 8 answers · asked by PEGGY W 1

I have an intergreted Nvidia 6100 card in my E-machines W3115 system. It came with 512 MB of DDR PC 4200 RAM and 128 MB shared video. I had the original driver it came with (83.11 or something like that). Since then I've upgraded the memory to 2 GB and the driver to (93.71) and now when I go into the adaptor settings for the card it says I have 512 MB of video. The funny thing is I'm still using 1.87 GB of memory (256 MB shared). Is there something wrong with that or do I actually have 512 MB of video memory while only using 256 MB shared?

2006-11-11 01:25:37 · 6 answers · asked by David S 1

common file opens its blank it just appeared yesterday

2006-11-11 01:21:46 · 5 answers · asked by allymac 3

this is the error message i'm geeting. mine is a intel based processor and mother board please give me the solution

2006-11-11 01:02:54 · 2 answers · asked by ln 1

I want to upgrade my celeron to a pentium, but i don't know which processors my mobo can support. any one know of the processors that are compatible with the b110?

2006-11-11 00:41:46 · 2 answers · asked by Mike-Q 5

this system is 2.5 years old and is a dell diminsion 2400

2006-11-11 00:37:00 · 2 answers · asked by phillip b 2

As visible through the "My Computer/ Properties" and as visble through the POST ?

2006-11-11 00:10:08 · 2 answers · asked by KovoorChathoth 1

2006-11-11 00:07:28 · 4 answers · asked by Vonnie 1

2006-11-10 23:42:13 · 7 answers · asked by Cliff Andrew 1

my harddrive is running at 28c(82f) is that a good temp. for it to run at? there is another one about 1" under it. the hdd is a segate UDMA 66. so is it a good temp. and if it at a safe temp.?

2006-11-10 19:44:36 · 4 answers · asked by U can't B like me 5

2006-11-10 19:07:25 · 2 answers · asked by Felixby M 1

I noticed after 3 years of daily use, my computer's hard drive is getting louding when accessing files. It does not always make noise, but most of the time it does. Should I worry about losing that drive soon, or is that normal for aging hard drives?

2006-11-10 18:10:37 · 9 answers · asked by Jay S 5

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