BIOS Beep Code and How to Solve the Problem

BIOS is short of Basic Input/output System designed to be the first time run by PC when powered on. The initial function of BIOSS is to identify, test, and initialize hardware on the PC suck as Video card display, CD/DVD ROM, hard disk, memory and other hardware on the computer.

When the Computer powered on, the computer will have a single beep (some computer BIOS may beep twice) and it will continue to start normally but if any problem on the hardware the computer will either not beep or will generate a beep code. The beep code tells the user the source of the problem of computer.

At this time there are several BIOS types and most often used are AMI BIOS, AWARD, IBM and PHOENIX. The error code on the BIOS be marked with long or short beep or combination them. With “Rizone Beep Viewer” you can easily know the problem on the computer hardware by listen the beep on the BIOS. Rizone Beep Viewer is freeware and it also compatible software. You can download the software here

Computer Fist Aid If You Listen the Beep Error Code on the BIOS

1. IF error appear after added new hardware remove that hardware to make sure is not the causing the issues. If after removing the hardware and your computer work your computer not compatible with the ne hardware.
2. Remove the Disk, CD/DVD, floppy and USB device (if any) from the motherboard and then reboot your computer, if you not hear a beep error re-connect each device one at a time boot your computer again. It’s to determine the device and/or cable that causing the issue.
3. Make sure all fans on the computer run properly. If a fan has failed your computer could be overheating. The failed fan can cause the computer not to boot.
4. Remove all card such as video card, LAN card, sound card or other and put one card at a time until you determine what card a causing the issue.
5. If the fourth methods above does not work check the power supply or/and motherboard.

If after doing all above methods the error still appear, maybe you have a faulty motherboard, PSU, or/and RAM you must replace the components or take your computer to computer service station

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Adding Tab features on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2003, 2007 and 2010

Tab feature is useful if you often open many files on Microsoft excel, PowerPoint and Word program. By adding tab on Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint you can open all files on single windows. With Office Tab add-ins you add tab feature on Microsoft office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2010 easily and the software available only for 32-bit version.

Office Tab will help you to manage your Work documents, Excel workbooks and PowerPoint presentations with more efficiency. But unfortunately this software is not free but you can try full version of the Office Tab for 30 days. IF you need full version of the software you can purchase the software or search the crack on the internet.

Microsoft Office 2007 with Office Tab installed

How to use Office Tab software

1. Download OfficeTab add-ins on following link: http://www.extendoffice.com/en/download/office-tab.html
2. Install the software after download completed. Open OfficeTab center to change the setting of tab such as color style position and other and click apply to change the setting. Done
   
3. After everything is finished you can view Tab feature if opening Microsoft office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007 and Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

OfficeTab work on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 32 bit version only.

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How to Create Email Subscriptions for Your Blog

Yesterday I received a question from Mohit “How do I create an email subscription in my blog“. If you are an expert in blogging maybe it is not a problem but if you are a beginner might be asking the same question.

Actually there are several free service can be used to create free email newsletter in your blog. The most frequently used by the blogger is FeedBlitz and Feedburner. On this tutorial I’m using Feedburner to create free email newsletter because it’s provide easy to use interface and this service has owned by Google.

You can create Free Email Subscriptions for your Blog like email Subscriptions in this blog. In this blog I have modified appearance of the script using CSS.

Are you ready to create free email Subscriptions for your blog? Follow these steps

Steps 1^st: Open feedburner.com and create an account here. If you already have a Google account you can use it to login into Feedburner.

Steps 2^nd: Add your blog or feed to feed burner. Then click next.

Steps 3^rd: Select Feed type you entered, RSS or ATOM. Select one then click next

Steps 4^th: Give your feed its title and Feedburner address. Then click next

Steps 5^th: The Feedbuner for your blog is now alive. Scroll down your mouse, you can view the “Skip directly to feed management” link near next button. Click the link

Steps 6^th: Click the “publicize” tab then click “email subscriptions”. Click “activate” button to activate email subscription for Feedburner. After activated it you can view the “email subscription script”. Copy and paste the script in your blog. You can paste it in the sidebar, bottom of content, etc. done

How to make Feedburner automatic publish your blog to twitter, read this tutorial: Automatic Publish Blog on Twitter Using Feedburner

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How to Add Non-Standard Font to Your Blog or Website

How to Add Non-Standard Font to Your Blog or Website:

The standard font on a website usually Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, Times, serif and Tahoma. But if you need your blog design look better you can use non standard font to your blog.

Can you add a non-standard fonts on our blog? Yes, you can add non-standard font like the “Kaffeesatz” font to your blog or your website. Only Kaffeesatz font can be added? No, you can add any non-standard font to your blog. There are two easy methods to add non-standard font to a website, using “Google web fonts” and using “font kit” from fontsquirrel.

A. Add Non Standard Font Using Google web fonts

1. Open Google web fonts page here: http://www.google.com/webfonts
2. Select the font you want then click “Use this font” tab in the next page.
3. Follow the instruction/tutorial that found in the page to add the font to your website.

B. Add Non Standard Font Using Font Kits from FontSquirrel

1. Open the fontsquirrel page here:http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface
2. Click on “Get Kit” link to download the font kits.
3. Extract the file after download finished. You’ll see “demo.html” and “stylesheet.css” in the extracted folder
4. View source code the both file to explaion how to embed the font into your blog/website

From the both methods above I recommended using Google web font because easy to implement and safe. This article is to answer the question from Steve Johnson “How to add non-standard font to a blog

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Now Google Translate with New Features and Interface

Google translate now having new interface. Besides the new interface Google also add new features to make user faster translating using their translation tool. As you know Google translate now support for 57 different languages in the word. This tool can translate words, sentences and webpage.

When I try this new Google translation tool, this tool can translate and loading faster that old version. The new features what I like is now I can change translation rule easily because now Google adding a small button to change translation rule instantly.

What new feature on Google translate

1. New Look n feel interface to make translating on Google Translate even easier.
2. Change translation rule easily. You can click new small button between “from” and “To” translation to change translation rule easily.
3. This new version can load and translate more faster that old version

Maybe the above list is not all new Google translate features. But when I tested this new translate I see the new features listed above. Want to try this translation tool open here: http://translate.google.com

If you Google translate lover might you are interested with google translate clien here: TranslateClient – Free Google Translate Client

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