20 Most Recent IBM Thinkcentre 8185 PC Desktop Questions & Answers

if you still have the manufactures recovery partition on your system use that it will reset your pc and drivers to the day of purchase

whats the error you are getting

Try going into the Bios or System Setup and see if there are some settings for System Security or Asset ID Antenna. It sounds like something is set in the Bios. Turn the computer off, then turn it back on and watch the screen for which key it says to hit to get into the Bios or System Setup. Hit the key when you see the message or it will not work and you will have to reboot and try again.

check if the cable from the cd rom connected to your ibm pc if its ok , also check the master, slave configuration pins into the back of your cdrom. make sure that theres no conflict between the hard disk and the cdrom. Your cd rom may probably cannot be detected. make sure that it is working first. then install the hard disk. The hard disk must be in primary master and the cd rom must be in primary slave. then try booting it to your cd rom. also, try checking if your windows xp setup disk is bootable, it means that it can boot from cd rom. PM me if you have other experiences after doing what i adviced. Thank You.. heres my email. [email protected]

Is it a raid drive? If so you need to format it correctly. If not, check the bios setup and insure your uefi or ahci and legacy options are correct. Check the sata operation should be usb. Check that the boot sequence is in order. Give me more information and I'll help you

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it should do.

in video settings turn mirror image off (or turn monitor upside down)joking on last bit although it will work

easiest way is re install your operating system,or use another computer to find the boot manager for your hard drive.put it on a floppy disk.press f8 as you start your thinkcenter ,select floppy as first boot device.restart with floppy in the drive,

write down the model number of the adapter go online and search for the driver may take a while but you should find a site offering the driver for free.if it is a fixed adapter the motherboard disc should have the required driver on it.hope this helps

Get a 500 watt unit and make sure it fits in the allotted space. And if the graphics card needs a special power cord connected to it make sure that the PS has it.

I think you need to borrow someone else's computer to write the information to the blank floppy. Good luck. Paul

The best way to troubleshoot is to find another keyboard and test it. Then you would know if its your keyboard having a problem or the desktop/computer

Is that a laptop or a desktop? If it is a desktop, that would depend on your keyboard where the printscreen button would be located, if it is a laptop, can you please put the full model of the laptop?

pick f1 to change bios to set to usb permanently. press f12 to select usb boot on one-off occasion. make sure a usb has not been left in when powered off.

it's usually in control panel > power options 20.December.2014

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