Hello, Should it be safe to run a notebook as a home internet server, switched on permanently? Or shall it fail in a while, with problems such as hardware dammages, data loss or other bad surprises? I have a notebook that felt and was partially broken (no more display) and I was wandering if it...

Every two or three weeks I repair a PC. When I repair a pc I unhook my PC monitor and use it for the other machine. I often need a file from the internet to fix the PC and often move the monitor cord back and forth. Would a KVM switch make sense or would I spend more time in set up ? Thanks

Recently while upgrading some hardware on my computer my CD ROM drive ate my copy of XP. I still have the little envelope it came in with the COA. My question is how can I get another copy to replace it. Is it possible to get one without forking over the bucks. Also can it be downloaded...

i installed a cd burner and the device manager says it is working porperly put when i try it use all i get is a device not working error. help. erik

I have a switch which supports VLANs, both port-based and 802.1Q frame tagging. I have not yet experimented with 802.1Q, so far I've only been using port-based VLANs. I have a situation where I'd like one PC to participate in two VLANs, but I'd rather not run more then one ethernet cable (mainly...

I have a Compaq Presario 5000, with the original mother board that came with it. Also, I just got a brand new Seagate 40 GB Barracuda ATA HD. So, I don't know if my problem is the HD or the mother board Since I was having problems getting the computer to boot (problem that originated with a nasty...

Hi all, My modem 56kbps was not working. So I got it replaced from my dealer. I was geting a download speed arround 40 kbps before the new modem was installed. But now I am getting the maximum of 24kbps when ever I connect to the net. I use a dialup connection to connect from my land phone. Can...

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my desktop computer was accidentally switched off, and when i rebooted, the cd romm drive was corrupted. i downloaded reboot floppies from the microsoft website, but when i rebooted with the floppies and installed it from the floppies, it damaged the orginial version of XP. now i cannot boot up...

my old hard drive for IBM A20M model 2628 22U thinkpad laptop sometimes is recognized by the bios, sometimes not. i bought a new hard drive, and same prolem. Aslo i can't seem to load Windows XP onto the new HD? any suggestions please?

Hi, I have a us robotics 22mbs wireless network. My usrobotics 2216 pci wireless adapter causes win xp to crash, a blue screen appears. Does anybody know if this is normal and what I can do to repair this? Thanks in advance, Patrick

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to extract the model number of a router by accessing the router. I can extract the firmware but that is no a unique parameter and different models of routers at times have the same firmwave version. Or is there any unique parameter which can help me identify...

I have a nec labtop display ,that I would like to hook up to a portable dvdplayer for viewing on a larger screen, is any way this can be done . If so can you point me the way .where i can find some info on this.. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AND HAVE A GOOD DAY..

Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me where i can buy NAND flash memory chips. I am interested in samsung ones, but any other NAND chip can be helpfull. I can see them on samsung website but dont know how i can buy small quantities of them. thanks

My computer does the damndest thing; it will reboot randomly, but never when I'm around. It'll do it sometimes when I'm out but mostly when I'm asleep, but I've never seen it happen. I'll wake up and see it rebooted and try to figure out why but everything seems to be fine. The CPU temp is around...

Hello all, A pal of mine recently brought a dell inspiron laptop back to Ireland from USA. She can't play eurpoean (region 2) dvd's on it. It will only play american(region 1) dvd's. Anyone know how to fix this?

Just a simple question, what is the speed for the 3200, Windows XP is reporting mine to work at 2.19GHz BTW. I do not overclock CPUs, I just want to know if it's normal, because I was under the inpression that it would closer to 2.8GHz -- Thank you in Advance

I would like to know which are the best motherboards?

Hi, i have some avi files which i want to burn onto a dvd as dvd files. Does anyone know of a coverter which will do this for me. Please give me program names or links to such converters. Thanks to all

Hi, I used to have my DVD drive on drive D: and CD-RW on E:. I have swapped them over in the BIOS, and the jumpers on the back of the drives but they still appear the same way round in XP Pro. Anyone know how to change them around? Thanks