I've just purchased an Acer AL2032W LCD monitor. This is a 20" widescreen monitor who's native resolution is 1680x1050.\ I've tried updating my ATI drivers to the latest. Installed Acers monitor INF files. Even installed powerstrip, but I cannot get Windows XP Pro SP2 to choose the native...

I went into Bios to reset the boot and there was no option of HD for me to choose from. So what do I do now. It was working and then my daughter got onto it and said it just stopped. How do I retrieve the HD back in order to make it my boot choice? But before all this mess started I had Window...

I have just bought a very cheap computer for a family member. It comes with an Intel 82845G gaphics card built into the motherboard. However, I have an old Voodoo 3 2000 AGP card lying around... is it worth putting this in? Am I right in thinking that the Intel graphics controller will use system...

Hi, My PC, homebuilt with ASUS A7N8X V2.0 Deluxe MB, has two builtin network ports. One is 3Com 3C920B-EMB and the other is NVIDIA nForce MCP. Is therea reason for having different types and does it affect usage? No problems, just curious. Thanks,

I am currently searching for the Intel LT430TX motherboard driver. Intel don't support it anymore and it can not be downloaded. Is there anywhere else I can download it, as I desperately need it.

I installed a 40Gb Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 hard disk on an old PC. I couldn't format it to 40Gb due to restrictions with the (old) motherboard. I was able to format it to 10Gb. Since then, I have fitted the drive to a different PC, but can't format it to 40Gb as the BIOS 'sees' it as a 10Gb...

I am running Windows XP Pro. My original setup was: Primary Master: 200 GB Magnetic Data Technologies (C:) Primary Slave: 120 GB Western Digital hard drive in a removeable caddy (E:) Secondary Master: Memorex DVD Burner (D:) Secondary Slave: Pioneer DVD Burner (F:) The 200 GB Magnetic Data...

I just installed a PCI DVR board http://store.yahoo.com/123securityproducts/fa4ch30ca.html that states in the setup guide that it requires an "Intel 845 GVFN Board/Biostar" but I have D845GBV. The system does not detect this device and I am trying to debug installation. Tech support is not...

No driver disks. Even on the Maxtor website, there's only drivers for Windows 98. -- jjo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jjo's Profile: http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/member.phtml?userid=862 View this thread:...

Hi, I recently acquired an older Gateway machine that uses the Intel 815 chipset. It has motherboard-integrated graphics. For better performance I've fitted a separate AGP video card. Recently I found out about a thing Intel call a Graphics Performance Accelerator (GPA). As far as I can tell it a...

A pretty funny email. -- Ron October 13th, 2005 Gadget Freak: Robots for Work and Play PC World Contrib. Ed. Dan Tynan I'm not a demanding person. All I ask from life is a happy home,

I recently purchased a Kinsington trackball (http://www.clubic.com/photo/00111749.jpg), but there's no driver for Windows XP x64. I'd like to use the 4 buttons around the ball, especially the top-left and top-right. I'd like to map the following events this way: - On click on top-left button:...

Maybe someone can give me an idea of what is going on here. I've got a laptop HP Pavilion ZE5170. Had a bad HDD and so I bought a new drive and installed Windows XP. When I turn the laptop on it sits at a black screen with a curscor line blinking on a black screen for a good 2 minutes. That...

Here's the story: I have pc that I sold to my next-door neighbour to cut it short it annoyingly keeps breaking down. The most recent and annoying thing its doing now is not displaying anything on screen at all but apparently running fine behind the blank screen (no post beeps). I tested the...

Hello all, I want to buy a 200 Gb hard drive to put on my girlfriend's computer. Someone on this NG told me that according to the RAM speed my MOBO supports (ddr PC2100), my mobo's BIOS probably doesn't support drives larger than 137 Gb ones. My MOBO is a Gigabyte GA-7VM400M. How can i check if...

I am presently installing a second HD (Maxtor 120gb). I had planned to format it using Windows disk management. The instructions shows preference to use the MaxBlast4 software for formatting. I just don't like to install software like this unless it is really worth it. Am I missing anything...

Hi, I've just been re-jigging some kit and installing a Seagate HD. This particular Gateway machine has a tool-less arrangement for fitting hard disks which conflicts with the rubber jacket on the Seagate disk. It kind of rucks up as you slide it in. Currently I've taken the jacket off and it...

Does anyone know of a PCMCIA card that houses a KVM? The idea is to have laptop's keyboard, video, and mouse act as a console via a KVM built into a PC card, which would have PS2 & HD15 connections for the rack server. We have techs who visit various computer server rooms, and thay'd like the...

Hello everyone, need to tap into collective wisdom of the group planning for building my next PC. Actually, planning a PC is already a step up for me in itself. I normally just slap together parts bought at the local computer fair ;-) Anyways, seriously speaking, I want to do it right this time,...

Hello all...I'm having a problem. Well, sort of. I used to have a GeForce 2 MX video card, with an s-video output, which was a standard 4-pin jack with which I could use standard s-video cables or adapters. Recently I bought a new card, a GeForce 6600 GT, which also has an s-video output, but...