i was trying to net work my 2 home pc together. My sons' pc had win98 and i was able to start and instal linksys in it. but i still wasn't able to make the internet connection. Then I said to myself, self let me just upgraded to win wx. so i did. the pc came up fine. the the next day when i...

Ok, so here's the problemm In changing a cpu fan we inadvertantly removed his processor and turned the computer on. We replaced the processor and now the system hangs at the first page where a person can see a listing of his primary disk, secondary disk, processor, etc. It sees his processor and...

Hi everyone, I saw that in the past some people have posted questions and comments in this group regarding the "NMI: Parity Check error" that seems to occur in PC-based OSs. I experienced the error a couple of years ago myself, and wrote an article about it for my...

i just installed a dvd player into my computer.. sometimes the sound is working and sometimes it isnt.. i could be in the middle of a movie and it just stops.. could i simply have loosened my sound card when i opened up the casing.. ???? also at one point i rebooted and it found new hardware.. my...

I've bought a new motherboard ( Asrock k7s8x with AMD processor) and videocard ( Nvidia GeForce4 mx 440-8x ) and put them in my old computersystem. The monitor only shows: " no inputsignal " when the computer is switched on. Do I need to install the motherboard before it will work. Or could it be...

IK HEB EEN 3COM ROUTER TYPE 3CRWE554G72 + EEN LAPTOP MET 3COM OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS 11G PC CARD TYPE 3CRWE154G72 HET PROBLEEM IS DAT IK EEN AFSTAND VAN CA. 150 METER MOET OVERBRUGGEN. DIT IS EEN VRIJE RUIMTE ALLEEN WAT BOMEN HIER EN DAAR. VOLGENS DE VERKOPER ZOU DIT KUNNEN TOT 300 MTR. ECHTER...

Hi ! I have a Athlon 1.2G, 256Mg Ram on Windows ME. I used a compressed gas duster to clean all internal parts of my computer (fans, motherboard, cd-rom, etc..). Since that event, I've got problem to boot on my computer. When the computer is cold, it boot and freeze 10 sec. after. The...

Hi! I just hate to throw anything out un;ess there's no possible hope of salvage; except perhaps, for use a coaster. I have one ZIP Disk 250 that absolutley cannot be accessed. I tried PC RECOVERY, ONTRACK UTILITIES, POWER DESK FORMAT, DOS FORMAT, IOMEGA FORMAT, etc, etc. I don't mind the loss...

While installing new RAM in the DDR2 slot on a Biostar MYVIG motherboard it appears that I didn't press it in far enough and there was a short ciruit. In any case, I can see evidence of a spark on the slot and the computer won't boot any more. Now I'd like to determine what exactly is fried and...

Hi Guys I've got a Nvidia PCI 64mb jobby sitting on a all-in-one asus mobo jobby. Windows has detected the nvidia, and I used the download drivers. I then went into the bios, and disabled the internal video, and selected use the video pci version. Windows 2000 (sp4 & f knows how many patches)...

Hi all, Having an annoying problem gettting my Canon s520 to work in windows 95. A friend came around and formatted the hard drive, installed the printer, and it worked great. Now, its not working?! I've downloaded the newest drivers from the Canon website to no avail. No detailed message...

I want to buy a laptop pc for two very specific purposes: 1 - I would like to transfer home movies to dvd (so need a firewire port, large-ish hard disk and a DVD writer). 2 - I want to make music, mostly fairly conventional sampling & recording of live music but I would like to be able to use...

I have a Cisco Aironet 350 Series Wireless PCMCIA card. I would like to copy the flash on this card including the MAC address and be able to install this flash onto another card. Does anyone know of software I can use to do this? Thanks for your help.

I am short of money. please donate any old laptop which can be used for text application.

I have a dell notebook and it's firewire port shares IRQ 11 with: IRQ 11 Dell C840 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2482 OK IRQ 11 Intel(R) 82801CA/CAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2487 OK IRQ 11 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)...

Hey guys, I need some help! (seriously) The Story: "For christmas, someone got me a set of digital binoculars. You take a picture, plug them into USB, load it onto your comp, do whatever you want. You also have to install a driver that comes with them. I (me) plugged in the CD that came with...

Hi eveybody! IBM L190P (19 inch LCD monitor) Does anybody have any experience with this monitor or any other IBM LCD's. I can get one for $545 Should I buy at this price or is there something better in that price range?

Please, can somebody help me with the bios code for my old laptop. I cant remeber it and I cant find my user´s manual. Have tried F1, F7, Ctrl+Alt+Esc, etc etc but no luck. Please answer me on my e-mail. Thanks in advance. Anders

i've just built a comp and i've tried to install win2000 but when it comes to the stage of formatting the hdd the comp restarts. Tried install a few times but the same thing keeps happening if someone could help it would be much appreciated. cheers

Hi: I want to burn DVD type 2 European format for my relatives in Europe. Problem is I don't know where to obtain software. Is a patch available for Nero burning or easy CD creator to burn type 2 format DVD files? Thanks, FRED