I tried to upgrade my system from Windows 98 to XP professional. Everything went smoothy except that under xp my internal combo drive does not work. XP recognizes the drive and I can get a directory listing of any cd or dvd; however, when I actually try to access any data file on the cd (or dvd) I...

Hi, pc supports these types of memory modules and they are all almost equally priced. What is the catch here (in terms of performance). 128MB Sdram PC133 4bit 128MB Sdram PC133 8bit 128MB Sdram PC133 double sided 16bit. Is more (bits) better or less (bits) better ?

About 2 months ago, my computer started requiring 'practice boots' before it would boot up. I'd have to turn it on and off and on and off several times before I would see anything on the screen. I Recently upgraded from a SoyoKT333 Dragon Ultra to a SoyoKT400 Dragon Ultra because I thought it was...

Ok... so i work on my computer, its brand new... P4 2.8GHz 800MHz 1MB cache 1GB of 3200 ATI Radeon 9600 128MB MSI 865P Neo 800 Edition Soundblaster 5.1 Soundcard 120GB HDD by WD 7200RPM 8MB Running XP Home* , and when i play a video at full screen for a little bit, it shuts down and the case is...

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I was trying to install two different wireless cards on my Dell Inspiron using Linux Mandrake 10(not at the same time; I just wanted to see which worked better). Then, the lights indicating traffic died on one card. Linux no longer recognized it. I inserted the other. Same result. I connected the...

I have several 64MB sticks of memory and would like to combine 2-4 sticks to one memory bay. I have seen a card that you can combine memory cards to one memory bank, but I have lost the link. Does anyone know were I can find these cards to combine two to four PC100/PC133 64MB SDRAM.

Hi, in the past I bought an Apple iPod, 2nd Generation, with a 20 GB harddisk drive. Unfortunately now I've got a CD collection with much more than 20 GB - still growing. So I tried to tune up the iPod with a 40 GB harddisk - until now without any success. During my trials I've got the (maybe...

Hi, I am looking to buy a new PC, I have a Gateway P3 866 at the moment and I have always had Intel processors, I am now looking at two Pc's with identical spec apart from the processor, one has the Intel® Pentium 4 3.4GHz HT and the other has the AMD Athlon 64 3400 Processor. Can anyone give me...

I'd really appreciate some help with this, as it's driving me nuts. I have a Shuttle 35N Ultra MB with Realtek ALC650 6 channel on-board. I bought Logitech Z-640 speakers, and I can't get any sound out of the center *or* rear speakers. I know the speakers are fine, since I hooked the rear into...

Hello! I'm looking for a test on current laser printers which can handle DIN-A3 leaves (roughly 60 x 42 cm). Other features don't matter for the test. I'd apreciate your help. :-) Regards Martin W.

Hi all, My CD writer is an YAMAHA CRW3200E IDE. I can read audio cds or write cd but I can t read data cds. Under Linux, when I try to mount I have the following error "no medium found". I have also the same error under Win2K. 2 months ago I could did this. I didn t change anything in the hardware...

I have: AMD Athlon XP 2400+ MSI KT4V with AMI BIOS ATI HIS Excalibur Radeon 9200 128MB Memory: 512MB Two harddrives: 40GB Segate and 80GB WD on one cable LiteOn CD-ReWriter on another cable. For few days my computere behaves streang. Sometimes (especialy when CUP usage i higher) computer crashs...

Hi, My Acer 800 lci laptop has suddenly started showing a very garbled display on bootup so that nothing on the screen can be read correctly. All of the characters and graphics on the screen are "pixelated" (if that is even a word ) and cannot be recognized at all. Even in Windows there are...

I've just purchased the following components: - Asus P4C800 Deluxe Motherboard - Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz Prescott Processor - 512 MB DDR400 ECC Ram (as one 512 MB stick), made completely by Infineon (no on 3rd) - 200 GB Seagate Barracuda S-ATA Harddisc - Sapphire Radeon x800 Pro 256 MB...

I am desperately seeking help! All of a sudden, my hard drives are write-protected. I have 2 hard drives, divided into 5 partitions, and all of them are read-only. Using Windows Explorer I have looked at the properties of several directories and the "Read Only" box is checked. I have unchecked...

This is a point of interest that I thought would be interesting to post. The described problem can be very frustrating, and sometimes very difficult to resolve. Many users would first start by uninstalling and reinstalling their software, when the software is not at fault. A very frustrating...

Hi, I have recently joined the comp.hardware newsgroup. I'm very impressed with the level of discussion in this group. As background, we are a specialty consulting firm, and an institutional investor client of ours is analyzing the disk sputtering equipment business. We write to learn if you...

Hello my HP has only 64MB of ram in it. Anyone know if this is on the motherboard? What kind (and how many) of RAM chips do I need to buy? I'd like to upgrade to at least 256MB

Hi all, I was hoping you guys on this forum could help me out. I've been trying to do a low-level Format on a Seagate drive using SeaTools to 524 bytes/sector Format. I understand PCs operating on Windows have 512 Format. When I Format to 524, I try to create partitions on Win2K but it does not...