I have an ATX computer case with just one front panel switch. It operates as a reset stitch when the system is up (you hold it 5 seconds until the system resets). The power supply is new and it has a master power switch. My new ATX motherboard has two connectors RST and PW_BN, but I have only...

Hi, Anyone know how to get a IDE drive that's been in a PS2 or XBox back to use in a PC? The one I've got won't set a partition using FDISK even after using DBAN on it. Thanks Al Reeve

Hello, I'm looking to rig up something similar to a PC based tivo for radio. Ideally what I want is a way to Set my PC and/ or laptop to record talk radio shows or sports telecasts at specified times. Is there away to do this? What I'm invisioning is some sort of AM / FM tuner device that...

I just purchased a Maxtor OneTouch external drive. According to the package, the USB cable that came with it is supposedly "USB 2.0 certified". Currently, I have the drive connected to a USB cable that was already plugged into my PC. I didn't think that there would be a distinction between...

Hi, Tiger Direct has decent looking deals on either of these, but I haven't heard anything as to experiences with these brands. Just wondering if anyone can offer any opinions or reviews? Thanks a lot in advance.

My hard drive has started making a very faint humming noise when it spins. Kind of like an insect you would hear outdoors, if that makes sense, not a loud grinding noise. Is this something to worry about? Is this a pre-cursor to something serious?

Confused when I see LCD TV's advertised with VGA or DVI adapters on them. Does this mean it can function as a computer monitor or would the picture on a LCD TV be of much less lower quality then a product labeled LCD MONITOR? Thanks.

How big of a power supply is usually sufficient for a standard business PC. Is 300W sufficient. Motherboard, 2 CD drives, 1 or 2 hard drives, video card, maybe 1 or 2 extra add on cards. I see some power supplies around 600W, why would someone need something like that? Server with 8 hard...

Purchasing all my components. Have a motherboard that required DDR2 533. Listed the memory modules and the only real difference I see in specs is that they show different CAS Latency 3,4 or 5. Which is better (smile!)....

As long as you are not installing a PCI-Express Video card is it ok to plug in a 20pin powersupply into a 24 pin motherboard. If I ever would upgrade the onboard video to a PCI-Express card then I take it you need to get an approved Power Supply with the 24pin connector? Is my...

Has anyone used some of the newer motherboards with both SATA and UltraDMA drive connectors. How does the BIOS determine boot order of the hard-drives? Can you specify if you want it to boot from the first SATA drive or the first UltraDMA drive in the BIOS?

If one has a hard drive installed in an older system attached to a PCI Host Adapter with drivers installed for a specific operating system. Then moves that hard drive to a more modern PC with a newer motherboard that can recognize the drive should it still work without having to reinstall...

Putting together a system with spare components laying around on an Asus P2B-D board. In the manual it states you have to set the jumpers a certain way depending on the Internal speed of your processor. If you have dual processors do they have to be of an idential Mhz. Can I put a Pentium II 350...

Have a working system and I pluged in tested ECC memory into it and then Norton Antivirus came up with error messages when checking incoming emails for viruses. Does it make sense that Norton Antivirus would have a problem with ECC memory?

Does all memory in a system have to be ECC or Non-ECC? Is that correct or can not mix and match?

Have a Biostar M6TZF motherboard that is supposed to handle up to 256meg of memory. It works fine with 128meg of memory but when I put in a second piece for a total of 256meg I see problems even though the memory tests out ok in Diagnostics and in the BIOS. The problems are noticed when...

Have a PC which when you go into the BIOS to detect hard drives it gives you choices of LBA, Normal or Large? Having some problems when the operating system is installing to the drive, missing some files and thought maybe the hard drive is set wrong?? I have a Fujitsu 10gig, MPE3102AT, and when...

Having problems with a Dell laptop, 5000e, will not boot, not even to BIOS. I did get it to BIOS and DOS boot 1 time and system looked ok, even ran Diagnoistics and someone told me the Hard Drive maybe bad which is causing the problem. However others tell me removing the hard drive I should...

Just purchased 2 256meg sticks of memory on eBay and only 1 of them works in my PC. Once piece has 16 chips (8 on each side), the other has only 8 chips (8 on 1 side only). The one with 16 chips works on my PC. Does this make sense or could the other piece be bad? How does this relate to memory...

Have 2 questions about connecting wires from the Enlight case to my motherboard. 1. The case has one fan at the rear of the case but there are 3 places on the ASUS motherboard to connect it to. Which one would be best, does it matter? - PWR_FAN1 - CHA_FAN2 - CHA_FAN1