Hello Since I have upgraded my computer to Athlon 2000 XP / Soltek 75FRN2-L i noticed a problem with my CD-RW. My WinXP Pro boot time (and shut down) is about 5-6 min !!! When i disconnect it, everything is just fine. I've tried every configuration with jumpers and cables. Every time i try to do...

I am having some hard drive issues. Let me explain. I have two different physical hard drives labeled C, and D. I have been having some problems so I decided to reformat and reinstall windows. It (windows) is running from C, but since the D drive is smaller and would run XP more effieciently, I...

A couple of month ago my Toshiba 5005-S504 laptop started acting up on burning cd's. I have a DVD/CD-RW drive installed in the box. Since I was configuring the system a lot then, I wanted to get a fresh installation going, which I started today. I run the ghost cd and reinstalled XP Home and all...

I recently purchased an XFX Mach 4 Ultra motherboard along with an Athlon processor. I added a stick of 512 DDR RAM that is compatible. I transplanted many parts from my old motherboard/case. This includes CD/RW drive, CD-ROM drive, hard drive, and video card. The video card is an older Voodoo...

Hi, I helping my friend setup his office of about 10 users. They use office apps, and want Exchange on the server. As well as a backup of all there data. So I was thinking Win 2003 Small Business and Roaming profiles. I put together this system but not sure if it is a good configuration? CPU...

Could someone recommend a fast full duplex onboard sound chip, or a motherboard with such a chip? I hope to find something with reasonably good audio quality but don't expect too much. The focus is speed, so I can do pseudo-realtime processing. The software I'm going to use is W2k, WDM drivers,...

Ich habe seit etwa 2 Wochen einen NEC 2500 A DVD-Brenner in meinem PC eingebaut. Leider bekomme ich bei einem Geschwindigkeitstest unter Nero mitgeteilt, dass ich nur 2fach brennen kann, da die Datenquelle zu langsam ist. Hier erstmal die wichtigsten Angaben: Mainboard: ASUS A7N8X-E Delux (U-DMA...

I want to have a slightly odd network set-up. I'm trying to research the possibilities. I'd like to have a set-up like this narrowband connection 1 modem 1 wireless link

Actiontec Actionlink Home Networking for 6 Computers I have for sale 6 NETWORKING CARDS. 5 HAVE NEVER BEEN USED AND ONE I PULLED OUT OF A SYSTEM I SOLD. ALL ARE IN WORKING CONDITION. SOFTWARE, manual in 3 boxes AND GAMES INCLUDED Asking $10.00 plus shipping. Will ship outside the US with Paypal...

I am in desperate need of help on this one. My hard drive worked just fine until I moved home and plugged my computer back in. When I did windows would no longer load. I then took out the hard drive and made it a slave to another computer that worked fine. When I did this the second computer...

Windows XP Pro is not recognizing my hard drive when booting. The bios can see the drive and if I use the recovery console, I get a clean run with chkdsk. I've done a format and clean install of XP but to no success. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

does anybody know of any good deals on gaming computers? i want 2.4ghz+, 512 mb ram, ati 9200+ video, any sound (5.1 at least), a 80 or 120 gb hd (or if you could find a 160+ gig for not much more). that's pretty much it.

I have just built a new system comprising ASUS k8vse motherboard A seagate barrucuda 160 GB ATA hard drive AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 3.5' Floppy and CD Rom All seems OK and I can see the HDD on the Bios set up but when installing WINDOWS XP and after hitting F6 to install the ATA drivers from a floppy.

Please, HELP with any ideas! After I've changed "power" configuration for my small home network I've got a problem with my Windows (XP) computer which has Intel PRO/100 VE ethernet on motherboard. Now it's plugged to the UPS (as well as my server) therefore, after Windows shutdown MB still has...

Hi, I've got a Sony Vaio laptop with a wireless PCMCIA network card. When I travel the card sticks out the side and is in danger of breaking. The card is just used on my home wireless network so I don't need it installed on the road. The CPU has XP Home running on it. Is there a unplug/eject device...

I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on which is the better board out of the three (Abit NF7-S v2.0, Asus A7N8X-E or Gigabyte 7N400 Pro2)? The Abit board is more in my budget but I hear that Abit has terrible failure rates with Gigabyte being the most reliable. But the more I read, the more...

I am building a computer to take to college (go Jackets!) and I have been trying to research this topic, but cannot make up my mind. It is better to take the leap and go with the as of yet largely unsupport AMD 64, or try the new 800/1000 FSB Prescotts that Intel has coming out. I'm not trying to...

http://www.x-micro.com/wlan-usb.htm anyone have any experience with this adapter? particularly with linux? thanks, http://www.geocities.com/cjavacjava/

If you have any idea about a good website to learn the working of DSL/ADSL, then please tell me, I need it urgently. Thanks and regards, nitesh

Can someone tell me why my computer is making a loud buzzing noise. It has been doing this for a few days now and I can't figure it out. Is something dying on it. thanks for any responses.