Thanks Doc, the only problem is the only thing thats left of my old notebook is the hard drive which I extracted with a screwdriver and hammer.

If it's the exact same model Mr E it should in theory work fine (although the newer disk might be a better spec). However even close models can have significant differences in the built-in devices.

Ian - Is there any progress with my java problem. Do you know if your tech chaps think the fix on the forum is the way forward - nothing I will hold them too but just an opinion from someone who has a clue on these things - unlike me! Or maybe delete 1.4.2 if I can and go back to 1.3.something. Obviously still without monitor :-(

Thanks
Rob

I will get them to contact you Robb,

Regards

Ian

Mr E

If you have a standard PC with enough disk space mount your laptop disk on your PC and back up the entire hard drive. You need an adaptor that you can buy here:- http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/module.asp?CartID=031130125901511&moduleno=28724

Once you have backed up the disk, fit it in the new laptop, boot from the windows instalation CD and let Windows setup repair your existing instalation.
This wil get Windows working on your new machine with all your programs and most settings intact. You will still have to download the service packs and windows updates (which takes ages).

This method does not always work so a disk backup is essential before you start.

evening all,

Houston we have a problem:-)

built a new computer over the weekend when you start it up it boots as it should do and runs superb but after about 5-6 minutes it freezes and the only thing you can do is shut it down and start it up again and bingo same thing again:-(it is running win2k pro and has the biggest heat sink and fan going plus a extra case fan so it should run cool but it has all the symptons of over heating and locking up...

has any one any ideas please it would be welcome:-)

Rick...

It could also be the graphics card overheating. If it is a heat problem then on restarting after freezing the interval will probably be shorter than on starting from cold. Otherwise I would guess a faulty memory stick. If you have more than one take them out one at a time to see if the problem goes away.

Also you can download MBM from here which will give you motherboard, CPU temps and fan speeds assuming your motherboard supports it. It will take some fiddling with though to configure it.

I aggree with the above but do not discount the possibility of a faulty motherboard.

Many thanks for the input,i think i might have cracked it:-)

after installing the OS the 1st thing i do is download zone alarm and install norton antivirus to cover the computer then i installed this united devices cancer thingy that works in background and i think that was the trouble,since then it has only crashed once in a 90 minutes so it is getting better the onboard temperature sensor says 39 degrees which i think is avarage so i understand.

will have another go later,will keep you updated and once again thanks for your help:-)

Rick...

That doesn't actually prove much since one would expect both heat-related and memory-related problems to get worse with something CPU-intensive running in the background. Best of luck with it though. 39 degrees is OK for the motherboard but more determining would be the CPU temperature and CPU fan speed if your motherboard has sensors for them.

Mega Bucks and co, the cancer thing will probably push the CPU up to 100% and this make it produce a fair bit of heat. That's should be fine and even long periods at 100% should not cause it to shutdown, if that is the cause I think you should investigate a bit more. A few pointers, did you seat the heat sink properly and use a good contact compound between the heat sink and the CPU? are the case fans OK and running in the correct direction, taking air out of the case? Is the CPU over clocked? if so you might need to push the voltages up a bit from the BIOS. Is the power supply good enough? don't underestimate this one power supplies can be a real pain.

Spaceman and co...

Many thanks for the info,found out by elimination that it was the cancer thingy that froze the computer so decided not to install.

It had all the hallmarks of over heating on checking the cpu temperature it was ok then thought what else had i done as i had only installed zonealarm and cancer thing took them off and bingo it is great:-)

Once again many thanks to you all....

Mega...

Be very careful I have run the Anti Cancer program on several computes for 2 years with no problem.

I suggest that you do a serious load check eg a major graphics transformation to check that everything is OK.

What do you recommend for converting mp3s to burn onto Cds

Jumpin,

If you use 'nero' then you can just drag and drop the MP3 onto the disk and it will do all the conversions for you...

J.

Thanks TullettJ,
Does converts them to cda files I presume?

Jumpin,

cdda, yes - i believe.

Ive personally never used the facility myself, but I have some friends who rely on it quite a lot.

J.

jumpin,

nero will allow you to convert from any one of a number of formats to cda, mpg or wma. It works a treat.


Neil

nero is very good as has burn proof so that u dont trash cds as that happens a lot with adaptec easy cd with buffer under run probs.Also with nero cd you can set max speed write etc.

thanks everyone