20 Most Recent E-Machines (T2958) PC Desktop - Page 7 Questions & Answers

I suppose if memory card is inserted your computer restarts, this usually happens if there is short in the memory card slot.

I can speculate on a lot of things but the error message (specifically) gives me a place to start that might be in your interest.
Otherwise just reformat and start over (painful). Also...fyi...a lot of "emachines" have problems. I have replaced motherboards at the ratio of 5 to 1 and I fix machines as a part time exercise. Hope this helps....Tango.

look at the screen as soon as the computer boots up. see if there is a function key that says "system restore" .If there is no recovery partition , you are going to have to order a set of disk from emachines. Or use a licensed copy of xp and manually download and install the drivers.

the wireless card installed to your computer is working..as you said you can view all wireless networks...your computer is good too...the only issue is you cant connect to the wireless router...

turn off and unplug the power cable of the Modem
turn off and unplug the power cable the router

wait for 30 seconds
plug in and turn on the modem, wait for all the light turn to solid green ( no blinking lights )

then power on the router

if you saw the wireless icon light turn solid...

go to your computer...right click the wireless icon...select repair

if this doesnt work....reset your internet router by press and hold the reset button behind the router near the power plug (atleast 15 sec)

then connect your PC..the wireless network dont have the WEP key anymore because of the reset..you can reconfigure and put back the WEP key when you get connected.

Dear asksforhelp,

As u have told that u have change the power cord then the second thing u can try that check the SMPS is it working or not to check this u have to know that where is the SMPS where u pluged in the power cord in the cpu that thing is SMPS check wether the SMPS fan moving or not if no then u have to replace the SMPS if it is working then u have check wether the mother Board get the power supply or not check the 12 pin power connector insert it in mother Board if still it not working then it is definatly problem with u r Mother Board. So it is better for u that to go for New One.

All you need to do is insert the discs and follow the instructions. Though restoring this way adds a lot of un-needed additional software. I prefer to get a real copy of windows and do a fresh install. let me know if you need further assistance.
Thank you,
Lee

Do a reset: Turn the computer and monitor off. Unplug the monitor video cable from the computer and unplug the monitor power cord from the wall outlet. Let it sit for 5 or 10 minutes. Plug everything back in, turn on the monitor, then start the computer. Sometimes that will work.
If you still have the same problem, try to borrow a known to be good monitor from somebody. If it works, then you know your monitor is bad.
It's also possible that your video circuitry is bad. If the monitor plugs straight into the motherboard (onboard video), then you'll need to purchase a video card and install it. Disable the onboard video first.

1. Place your Windows CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your CD is bootable – as it should be - and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)
2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will be “Press any key to boot from cd”
3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now
5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it.
6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair.

It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”
Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.
7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes.
8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically – you will see a progress bar stating “Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds”
9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.
10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.
11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.
12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove or change your password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you’ve made your changes close the windows, exit the command box and continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).
13. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your new password (or without a password if you chose not to use one or if you chose not to be asked for a password). Your programs and personalized settings should remain intact.

check the disk for marks

Courtesy of Gateway here is your driver for the network card:

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?ref=step&st=browse&platform=10022&model=11417&os=10406&type=10095

Now here is where it gets tricky. I'm not sure what wireless network card you have there but on that page is a section that says other available downloadsm click on where it says "click here to view these results". There will be drivers for different network cards. I believe it will be the first one in the list, the broadcom one, if not then try any of the other wireless card drivers. Hope this helps you and sorry for the delay.

Insert the recovery cd that came with the unit and run repair.

Unscrew the screw that holds the little piece of aluminum blocking the slot on the inside of the case.
Hope that I can be of help

If you use PCI sound card, you can try to change another PCI slot. Delete sound card in device manager. Scan device to see if system can find the sound card.

take any of vista disk(any copy)
boot with cd in repair option get restore click.

nope..that's not an issue...is the power button showing a solid color, if applicable?

Reboot in safe mode and run your virus scanner or restore to previous date

call me craxy, but you may need to replace your power supply, and if its not that, it is a stuck or broken fan on your graphix card or your cpu.

  If the system was bumped while the hard drive was reading data the their is a good chance that the Hard Drive is no longer any good. Just my thoughts as I have had far far more problems with hard drives that all of the other computer parts combined.

You need to find out what mother board you have and look up the connections for the led's as most boards are different. Let me know if you need any help.

Do you mean that the icons look very large and colours are a bit harsh? if so it could be that the screen resolution is set to low.

Try this...


Right click on the desktop, and choose 'properties' from the list

a new dialog box will appear called 'display properties'

along the top is a series of tabs, the last one is called 'settings'

click on this and you will then see details of your screen resoulution.

Halfway is a slide bar called screen resoultion
for example..

less -------|------- more

move the slider untill the numbers change to 1024 by 768 pixels

to the right is another box called colour quality - change this to 'highest (32bit)

click apply

click ok

the screen will briefly go black then you will see the desktop, you will get a confirmation box asking along the lines of 'do you wish to keep these settings' click yes to this

have a play with the desktop, open some windows and see if they are now fully visable to you without having to scroll.

You can go back and change your resoultion anytime you want, by following the above. But take note, some monitors will not display all the resoultions in the list, you will get a message to say if it is or not. Just play with the settings untill your happy.

Hope this helps
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