20 Most Recent Gateway 510H Pentium 2.4 GHz, 256MB RAM, 40 GB HD, DVD/CD-RW, Mini Tower Computer (510HRB) PC Desktop - Page 2 Questions & Answers

You should notice in your cd tray a smaller cutout in the center. That is specifically for mini cds.

Since Philips has sold their name and US product lines to the junk dealer Funai, it might be available under their name now.
You could also purchase an external drive to expand your possibilities; they are on eBay for ~ $50 US. 

What exactly do you want to know? Can't make out your post.

Try to install audio codec for your system.

try to boot into safe mode by pressing F8 while booting,then on start>RUN type msconfig & select startup tab ...then uncheck the items those are not required....

avoid multitasking while burning disc, since this process requires more computer resources like Hard disk space and RAM. you can also update the firmware driver of your Disc burner from the manufacturer's website to correct the problem.
FOR HELP WITH DUAL BOOT INSTALLATION
Choose a partitionTo add Windows Vista to a system where an existing version of Windows is already installed, first make sure that you have an available partition (or unformatted disk space) separate from the partition that contains the system files for your current Windows version.
The target partition can be a separate partition on the same physical disk, or it can be on a different hard disk. If your system contains a single disk with a single partition used as drive C, you cannot create a multiboot system unless you add a new disk or use software tools to shrink the existing partition and create a new partition from the free space. (The Windows Vista Disk Management console, Diskmgmt.msc, includes this capability; to shrink partitions on a system running an older Windows version, you’ll need third-party software.) The new partition does not need to be empty; however, it should not contain system files for another Windows installation. Run Setup, choose the Custom (Advanced) option, and select the disk and partition you want to use for the new installation.
The Setup program automatically handles details of adding the newly installed operating system to the Boot Configuration Data store.
And how do you edit and configure the Boot Configuration Data store? Surprisingly, the only official tool is a command-line utility called Bcdedit. Bcdedit isn’t an interactive program; instead, you perform tasks by appending switches and parameters to the Bcdedit command line. To display the complete syntax for this tool, open an elevated Command Prompt window (using the Run as Administrator option) and enter the command Bcdedit –?
Top of page Rename entries in the boot menuFor everyday use, most Bcdedit options are esoteric and unnecessary. In fact, the only option that we remember using more than once during the entire development cycle for Windows Vista was the command to change the text for each entry in the boot menu. By default, Setup adds the generic entry “Microsoft Windows Vista” for each installation. If you set up a dual-boot system using Windows Vista Home Premium and Windows Vista Business, you’ll be unable to tell which is which, because the menu text will be the same for each. To make the menu more informative, follow these steps:



1. Start your computer and choose either entry from the boot menu. After startup completes, make a note of which installation is running.
2. Click the Start button , type cmd in the Search box, and press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER. Click Continue in the User Account Control box to open an elevated Command Prompt window.
3. Type the following command: bcdedit /set description "Menu description goes here" (substitute your own description for the placeholder text, and be sure to include the quotation marks). Press ENTER.
4. Restart your computer and note that the menu description you just entered now appears on the menu. Select the other menu option.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3, again adding a menu description to replace the generic text and distinguish this installation from the other one.
Control which drive letter your boot volume usesWhich drive letter will your clean installation of Windows Vista use? That depends on how you install it. If you currently have a working copy of any Windows version on drive C and you install a clean copy of Windows, drive letters are assigned using the following logic:
• If you begin the installation process by booting from the Windows Vista media and choose a partition other than the one containing your current copy of Windows, the new installation uses the drive letter C when you start up. The volume that contains the other Windows installation uses the next available drive letter. When you choose the previous Windows installation from the startup menu, it uses the drive letter C, and your new Windows Vista installation is assigned the next available drive letter. In this configuration, you can be certain that your current operating system is always on the C drive, but drive letters assigned to volumes you use for data may shift in unexpected ways.
• If you begin the installation process by running Setup from within your current version of Windows and use the Custom (Advanced) option to perform a clean install on a partition other than the one currently in use, the new installation uses the next available drive letter. The volumes containing each installation have the same drive letters regardless of which Windows version you select at startup.

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Have you re-installed the drivers that came on a disc with the PC? Is your wireless connection protected in any way? Have you checked that there is any bandwidth getting to your modem/router?

just try with cleaning the ram

try with remove the cmos battery if u using add on display card just remove it and use onboard one if u still not getting display then it is motherboard problem.

Run antivirus-antispyware-antiadware and

go start run then type ms config STARTUP DESABLE all just do not desable antivirus...

Then restart pc

Let me know if u got help?

you need to go to Gateway.com support and download the driver for yout network card and install it. the mouse should work if it is a basic mouse that came with the computer, or if you have a wireless mouse you will need to get the drivers and install them from the makers website.

Read user instructions. A code has been given which must be inserted to get connection on the other computer.

try reconnect the buswire of your hard disk that is found inside your CPU,its color red/ gray flat wire..then redetect your HDD to your BIOS just to make sure its working.

are u on vista ? thenlower upper filters is what u need to del in regisrty

You want an online storage service. There are lots of them with various interfaces and various pricing. Just go to www.google.com and enter 'online storage' in the search field and you'll get a long list of them to choose from.

Regards,

Dave

this means that your file is corrupted have you had a virus lately, or you might have one now what type of spyware do you have, but your program files are corrupted. please let me know more. if you have spyware run a check to detect viruses in your computer.

Since your computer not in accurate time . you should replace the battery on the mother board. " that is called 'computer CMOS battery' that is very cheap less than a $, and then replaced it.
now; after replacing the battery then switch on the maybe you'll be prompted to press F1(after F1 you should "load bios setup default" then F10) if not then , continue and change your system time later.

In this (jumps from still to still.) you should install the correct driver of you Video graphic adapter. if you have cd/DVD computer utilities, find and install the Video graphic adapter (VGA) so that the problems will be corrected.
if you have no cd/DVD utilities its pretty to know your VGA model , or if ever the video adapter is built in to the motherboard please tell so that i can search it for you to download.

cheer!

your video card may be failing. do you have a add on graphics card. If you do try your onboard card. Have you changed the Hertz setting in your display settings and also try the DPI options and change it to a higher setting. See if that works

hello,

try this,
click on start then run, type msconfig in command box,
system configuration window should show up. click on tab called startup. click disable all, then apply, then click ok, it should ask if u want to restart. please restart the computer.

what will it do? it will disable all startup applications.
if this resolves the issue, then you would know its one of the startup application causing your computer to freeze it.

also right click on bottom bar, then click task manager.
click on tab called processor.
average processor is 25-30.
in my laptop i have only 19 processor runnning.
if you have alot of processor running that definitly cause PC to slow/freeze.

hope this information help you