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CONTINUES LONG BEEP

Problem related to Bank Zero Memory, loose contact, Bad memory slot, RAM problem

SOLUTION: Clean the RAM and Slot using a clean paper.

ONE LONG AND TWO SHORT BEEP

Problem related to Display card, Loose contact, Bad slot.

SOLUTION: Clean the Display card and Reassemble it.

NO BEEP SOUND

Problem related to Power supply. Check the SMPS and AC supply Outlet, UPS.

HOW TO CHECK SMPS CLICK HERE

NO DISPLAY

CASE 1

Dust in RAM

Open the cabinet cover. Remove the RAM from the slot. Clean RAM and Slot with clean paper and Refit it.

CASE 2

If you set your Display Resolution very high, and the display resolution doesn’t match your monitor .So the monitor light Blinks and no display. Go to Safe mode (Press F8 or F5 after the POST) and take display properties and set the resolution to a normal level and restart machine.

Right click desktop and take Properties-settings. In the screen resolution move the slider to a medium resolution.(1024x768).

CASE 3

Problem of monitor

Check the monitor is powering ON

Check the monitor Contrast and Brightness

CASE 4

Check the BIOS Battery

NOT BOOTING OR DISK ERROR

CASE 1

Loose contact

Open the cabinet cover and refit the hard disk data cable and power cable.

CASE 2

BIOS problem

Enter BIOS (restart machine and press Del key).

Make sure Hard Disk is displayed in the Information window. (Master or slave for IDE Hard disk SATA1, 2, 3…for SATA Hard Disk)

Change the first booting device to Hard Disk. (See booting section or advanced section)

Change the power cable with another one from Smps.

Check the BIOS Battery.

CASE 3

If the above cases are ok and systems boot for a while and Restarts the problem is related to OS. So Reinstall your Operating System

HOW TO REINSTALL OPERATING SYSTEM CLICK HERE

To Share a folder or drive

Shared folder is used to share folder or drive in a network.

Right click the folder or drive that want to share and select Properties

Select the Sharing tab

Click “I understood the security risks but I want to share files without running the wizard click here”

Select just enable file sharing

Click OK

Tick Share this folder on network

Give the desired shared name

If you want to give permission to other users in the network to make changes in the folder

Tick Allow network user to change my files.

Apply – OK

A hand symbol is appeared in the folder or drive when the folder or drive is shared.

To see the Shared folder or drive

Open the My network places in the Desktop.

To remove Shared folder or drive

Remove the Tick from Share this folder on network

Apply – OK

Hand symbol is disappeared from the folder or drive

CHECKING CONNECTIVITY

Connectivity is checked by using PING command

See the Example

Two systems System 1 and System 2

System 1 IP address is 192.168.10.10

System 2 IP address is 192.168.10.11

Check connection from system 1 to system 2

Open command prompt (Start-run type cmd Enter)

Eg: Ping 192.168.10.11

Check the data received and send is not zero

Check connection from system 2 to system 1

Open command prompt (Start-run type cmd Enter)

Eg: Ping 192.168.10.10

Check the data received and send is not zero

NECESSARY THINGS FOR REINSTALLING WINDOWS XP

WINDOWS XP BOOTABLE CD

SERIAL KEY OF WINDOWS XP

DRIVER CD OF YOUR MOTHER BOARD OR DRIVER SETUPS

REINSTALLING WINDOWS XP

Enter BIOS setup (continuously pressing Del key)

Go to Advanced BIOS Features OR Boot Sequence and change First Boot to CD ROM

Save and Exit (F 10)

Note : The keys may vary according to different BIOS

Insert the CD and Restart (Alt+Ctrl+Del)

(1) A message appears “Press any key to boot from cd” Then press any key

Wait for Setup to copy the necessary files

(2) Press ENTER  to setup Windows

(3) Press F8 to accept licensing agreement

A message appears windows already exists

      (4) Press ESC to install a fresh copy of windows

      (5) Select the partition (c) and ENTER

      (6) Press C to continue

      (7) Select Format the partition using FAT file system

      (8) Press F to continue

      (9) Press ENTER to continue Formatting

            Wait setup to Format the Drive

            Wait setup to copy files

     (10) ENTER to Restart

        *     Don’t press any key until the windows logo appears

              Wait for setup to Install devices

     (11) If your language is not English click Customize to set language. If yes click Next

     (12) Give a name in the place of Name and Organization name click Next

     (13) Give the Product key click Next

     (14)  If you want to change the computer name give the name

     (15) If you want to give an Administrative password give it Otherwise leave it.

             If your modem is detected automatically Modem Dialing Information    window appears.

     (16) Give your Country name and Area code click Next

     (17) Check the Date and Time is correct if not correct it

     (18) If your Network card is detected automatically the Networking Setting window appears

     (19) Select Typical setting and click Next

     (20) Select Work group and click Next

             Wait for Installing Start menu items, Registering components, Saving settings

     (21) Restarts Automatically

*     Don’t press any key until the windows logo appears

(22) XP Setting Window appears Click Next

(23) If you want to Turn ON Auto updates select and click Next

(24) Checking Internet Connection window appears click Skip

(25) If you are using GENUINE XP select Yes I’d like to register and click Next

(26) Click FINISH

         Remove the CD

(27) Right click Desktop and select properties – Desktop- click Customize desktop button. Check the icons you want. Click ok-apply-ok

(28) Restart and enter BIOS give first boot as Hard disc.

(29) Install the Drivers that are not taken Automatically.

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