I have a D845WN Intel Board. I am going to install a Sound Blaster Audigy LS. What is the steps, and is there anything I have to do to disable the onboard sound.

Anyone recently purchase a new computer with a DVD writer from gateway and received blank DVD r/rw disk with the system? Just wanted to know, I received my system and it had no blank disk, the last system I purchase from them had two blank CD-R and one RW blank disk. Just wondering if they still...

Any recommendations? I currently have: IBM-DTLA-307030 (30.74 GB) on a Gateway 4000676. I want a 120 GB drive and I am looking at Western Digital, Maxtor and Seagate. any help is appreciated.

Recently purchased a used Gateway Solo VE 9300 CX with 15.7" screen. I already owned another 9300 with only a 15" screen. The 15.7" screen appears significantly dimmer than the 15" screen. "White" appears muddy with a distinct shift towards red on the 15.7". The power setting dimmer works on the...

I wounder if the group could once again help me with this one. I had to reinstall XP. Now the Windows Log On box has reappeared. I do not wish to have to log on and don't have a password set to guard the entry. It's years since I got rid of this Log On box and I've forgotten how to do it....

I've a Gateway EV700. Not too long ago I started having a bit of a problem with the monitor, I thought it was something interfering with the signal as I'd get intermittent bouncy lines at the bottom. Now sometimes the taskbar at the bottom will thin out and get condensed. One day while dusting my...

I have a Gateway 7200 server with 2 PIII 450's, 2 IBM hot swap drives and a Cheetah 34g hard drive on a SCSI system running NT 4.0. We don't need this as a server any longer and I would like to upgrade to XP Pro so we could use the computer for general use. What's is the best way to do this? Can...

If these get wet is there any hope of repair? -- Pam Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet. "Last night fear knocked on my door, faith answered and no one was there"

I have been given a 10Gig hard drive and want to use it as a slave to my 2Gig (Master) drive. The problem is that I am using Win98SE and have a pretty old BIOS. (My processor is a Pentium 200MHz). I've been told that there is a limitation on the size of slave I can have. Some have said 2Gig...

I am trying to help a friend who has suffered a hard drive failure. We want to restore her PC but she can't find the original install disks and Gateway's tech support site is almost totally useless. The PC was purchased in Australia and the serial numbers aren't valid on the Gateway site. I need...

A friend has the 505 laptop with built in wireless NIC. The wireless connection to the router seems less stable than my 400SP with 'external' (wireless PCcard adapter) antenna. Is this a common problem with built-in wireless systems? -- A & L Support your local PJ

X-No-archive: yes Would it be possible to remove the memory from my old Packard Bell and install it in my Gateway?

No... Now try and get your money back. -- Rocket "u j b" wrote in message ... Just received a Gateway Handbook I won off ebay and it arrived with the bios password protected, so I need to know if I can pull a jumper

Just purchase this system, anyone out there have this system with the Nero 6.0 software if so does it have the full version of Nero or a strip down version and can you upgrade for free at Nero website? Also is the modem that comes with this system voice capable or just data/fax. PS, I have the...

Im trying to install Win98SE on this system for my daughter but I dont have an install floppy for Win98SE. Im trying to get into the BIOS to set the CDROM to be the first boot device but the BIOS is passworded. How can I clear the BIOS password from this computer? I tried removing the battery...

I have a 4 year old Winbook XL3 laptop that I need to replace, and am researching options. My needs a A. high quality display for working with digital images (my primary passion - see link to my site below) B. minimizing size and weight without too much harm to A C. longer battery life...

My monitor is forever 'cutting' out on me. The screen just goes blank 'for no apparent reason'. I took it to a friend's and tried it on his PC.....same result! I can hear a relay (or something) near the monitor's switch clicking when the picture comes and goes. Also, if I loosen the connection...

my "gateway performance 550" is 20 miles away right now. I know there are three RAM slots, one of which is occupied now, with 256 mb in it. I need to 'max out' the ram, but _numerous_ RAM dealer sites say it 'maxes' at 386 mb...plus, the gatway site is no help-it wants to 'scan my system' (and...

Helpful friends - Here's a problem with my Gateway Performance 450, 4.5 years old. For the last two days, the dial-up connection to my ISP dials up and connects after I select shutdown, and also immediately upon bootup. When shutting down, it gets about halfway through the modem training and...

We still run a PII-300 LX board with original Win95B. I want to plug some more modern USB-1 devices and thinking of upgrading to Win98SE. Will this allow "regular" USB usage or is there a hardware issue given the age of the board? -- A & L Support your local PJ