I have a Dell Optiplex GX240 running Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4,512MB of Ram,40G hard drive and an external 200GBHDD. A 250W power supply. The unit has 3 built-in USB 1.1 ports and I added a USB 2.0 PCI Card for the external. I presently have an USB hub port hooked up to one of the USB 1.1 ports, which leaves the other 2 free. On the USB hub port I have an old HPScanjet 3300 scanner, an Intel Webcam and my Sony Cybershot camera. On the USB 2.0 PCI Card I have only my maxtor 200GB external. I am recently getting a balloon red x alert in my system tray that reads "Power surge on hub port" (A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port)and what to do to solve the problem. When I click the message to solve the problem I see a question mark which I then highlight and hit reset.I follow the instructions to reset and it reappears.
I just did a reinstall of my friends E-Machine and when I try to install the printer (hp PSC 2410 xi photosmart all in one) I get this message when I go to plug in the USB cable to the computer from the printer. In the task bar I get this message: "Power surge on hub port. A USB device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port".
Got message Power surge on USB hub. Unplugged everything then plugged back in. Mouse (usb) and keyboard (PS/2) no longer work. When I try and power up PC nothing happens that is fans are working but no hard drive activity screen remains black. how I access PC or how can I recover whats on Hard drive?
I was on my computer yesterday when there was a power surge. My operating system is windows XP. Since this happened my computer won't restart properly, I get this message: NTLDR is missing press ctrl + alt + del to restart I have done some research to figure out.
Or at least I think so, there was a whopper of a lightning storm and then Windows wouldn't start up the next morning. I've been trying to trouble shoot and am at a standstill close to the answer.
It will start in safe mode I cannot restore it using the disc I disabled several things in device manager and that didn't help I tried the repair from disc as well, doesn't work I finally reformatted - still doesn't work.
I'm not sure how to explain this but I had left my computer on when I went out of town for awhile. When I got home the computer was in standby mode and I could not get out of it so I tried to reboot the computer. It would not turn on so I checked the fan on the power supply and noticed it wasn't working so I replaced the power supply and started the computer. When it was booting up all I got was a blinking light. So I shut it down and installed my hard drive (thinking that was the culprit) into another computer that the same hard drive use to be in and it wouldnt recognize it. I checked the jumpers and the cable and all was correct.
My computer was on and we had some bad thunder storms and lost power briefly. I now have a blue screen saying I have an "Unmountable Boot Error" and that I should reboot the computer in Safe Mode. When I try this I can get to a menu where I select Safe Mode but after that it takes me right back to the blue sreen with the "Unmountable Boot Error" message.I know I could probably use the restore CD but I'd rather not lose all the data on my computer.
My PC starts up fine, BIOS all OK. Then I get the message about Windows failing to load because of possible power surge or hardware problems or something, and a choice between loading Windows normally, loading the last known working setup, or the three variations on loading safe mode.
My neighborhood had a transformer blow and knocked out the power out within like 2 blocks and ironically im within that and when it happened my computer shut off and wouldnt turn back on anymore. (Prior to this happening every time i turned my computer on it gave me a windows message before loading saying something like "Alert, your power supply is low .. something something" im not sure if that has anything to do with it but yea..) now when i press my power button it flashes like its going to turn on but doesnt just stays off.
On my Windows XP tablet, if I put an MP3 player into a USB port, does it charge the battery even when the pc is completely shut off? I don't like to leave it plugged in to charge when I am using the pc since it keeps bonging (making a darn noise) every few seconds.
I was on-line several nigths ago, when the we suffered a power failure. Since then, everytime I try to use the modem(covenant 56k), I get a message indicating the port is in use by another program, and the dial-up attempt is aborted. I have re-installed the device-drivers for the modem and the port(COM1 -modem acutally is uses COM3), but still get the same results.
I have a compaq armada 1500c laptop running win 2000. My computer was running fine on the battery, when it started to run down I plugged in my power cord, the computer turned off now it will not run at all on the battery, but it seems to charge the bat.
Desktop Manager allows you to switch between multiple desktops creating more elbow room for those who like to stay organized while pushing the max thread limit.1. First grab XP PowerToys from microsoft.com Once installed right click then check: task bar > toolbars > Desktop ManagerYou may now view up to four new desktops. I prefer not to have "Shared Desktops" on as it reminds me more of linux (and is cleaner).Now you may hide the buttons etc. and use Windows key + 1-4 to switch between desktops and Windows key + v to preview.
I'm running WinXP pro and have lost all the reguler power schemes from the power options propreties window. Also I'm unable to Save a new scheme.I beleive the schemes where deleted from the power properties window by right clicking and selecting delete. They used to be there anyway Unknown is listed above Turn off monitor-Turn off hard disks-System standby-System hibernates and everything is greyed out. They are still listed in the registry but with no value set.How do I go about getting the schemes back?
My PC has old configuration, the Max Power Supply can be only up to 350W. You know that every parts of the PC, either external or internal hardware will consume power. What I would like to know is that, what would happen to my PC if the total power consumption exceeds the MAXIMUM VALUE of the power supply unit.
I have not changed any settings yet i am trying to download some music and all of a sudden it wont download because I dont have a tcp port available.How does this happen when i have already downloaded 100s of songs and in the next breath.I can't.
I got an app that send e-mail alerts. Unfortunately my ISP only allows SMTP traffic on port 587. This app only uses the standard port 22.Is there anyway in XP for me to remap outbound port 22 to port 587? I found the firewall port settings but it will let you enter new ports and redirect them I believe but it won't let you edit any of the standard port settings.This is a tough one. I doubt there will be many, if any replies with a solution. But worth a shot.
I just installed a nexxtech 7 port 2.0 usb hub,and now when I use my printer up pops this"You must add a hi speed usb host controller to this p.c. to obtain max. speed." Can someone simplify what is necessary here. My cordless mouse,netmate link and printer are all that runs off of this usb hub. WXP/pro/sp2 800 mhz.
I got and DOS program that need to print to to network printer. the only way to acces that printer is by IP adress. So, is there a way to redirect an LTP port to an IP printer ?
The USB port on my Laptop has been broken by accident and I would like to know whether it is possible to replace it somehow, by myself. If not, could you please suggest me how it would be possible to have a USB port on my laptop.
I recently installed windows Xp and SP2. But now when I plug a device into a USB port I don't get the pop up saying "detected new hardware". Also the new device (I pluged in a flash memory drive) doesn't show up when I open "my computer". I think the ports are working cause when I pluged in my iPod and then went into the BIOS the iPOd was listed as an option on the Boot configuration.
I have a USB controller for some of my games, and I don't know how but after a while problems started to occur, and my controller would no long work properly so every time I booted up my PC I had to unplug it and plug it back into another port, and it would work. Now My controller doesn't work with any of the ports except 1, so now when I boot up the PC in order to use the controller I have to unplug and replug it into the usb port.
I pluged in usb hub into computer, and everything was fine until 2 days ago. suddenly i get message that usb could preform better if pluged into USB 2.0 port.i tried everything and nothing happened. i tested usb hard drive plugged into hub, and it was very slow. when i pluged usb hard into computer it was normal.then i was mad and destroyed the hub. i bought new one. and same thing.
I wanted to enable the USB ports in the machine. I have gone through a lot of sites which says how to enable the USB ports by making changes in the registry and all, but all for vain.
