I've been working to sort out a video issue on a Sony laptop. On startup, the screen presents vertical multi-colored lines on one half of the screen briefly before going black. Also there is a light halo around the edge of the screen that sort of gives a tunnel vision effect. It fades to...

Hello, I am an electronics instructor (read as NOT an engineer) attempting to create an interface that uses the forgotten floppy drive B connector. My circuit would attach to the floppy drive controller and pretend to be a floppy drive with a floppy disk in it. The "floppy disk" would contain...

I'm new to overclocking the P4C on i865 chipset boards using dual pack modules, so please bear with me on this memory testing question (especially if my question sounds stupid). I've put together a P4-2.4C system and it's running fine with a pair of 512Mb Mushkin Level II PC3500 modules (bought as...

lynx wrote: G'day all. I'm hoping that someone can shed some light regarding noise with a Seagate drive. I have just purchased a ST3250820AS 250gb SATA drive. (info he- http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,761,00.html ) This drive is supposed to...

Ok I was wondering what the difference is between RAM that is labeled DUal channel DDR, versous "normal" DDR? I am wondering because I ahve dual and am running it that way, but it works as single units as well. So is this "dual" Ram a hype or what?

Hi all, I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 (dv6910ea) with a noisy fan. Sounds like is might fail sometime soon, so I need to find a replacement before that happens. The Manual gives me three Spare part numbers: 450933-001 - Equipped with discrete graphics subsystem memory and 8.1...

lorraine wrote: Okay, this is probably a not often asked question here. What kind of classes/school do you go to for computer repair and the like? The only classes I've ever seen offered were for learning how to program, etc. Just curious... Try asking on alt.computer. I know there...

I have just put together a system with... Asus P4P800-SE motherboard P4 2.8Ghz, Northwood, 512k L2 Cache, 800Mhz FSB 2 x 256MB (so dual channel) DDR400 RAM Gigabyte Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB Windows XP Home OEM I have run Passmark Performance Test version 4.0 more than once, and although most tests...

how's this one http://www.cybermarket.co.uk/ishop/923/shopscr5841.html should I look for a particular make? or to avoid a particular make ? there's one here i'm looking at, currently on ebay. It's...

Hello, I went through related messages in this group, but couldn't find the answer yet. Any help is very welcome! Here's my problem: I have a VIA® Apollo Pro133 chipset (mobo model 693-686A), with following characteristics mentioned in the manual: • A total of three 168-pin DIMM sockets (3.3V...

http://tinyurl.com/vh02 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;250747 This is a common problem, also discussed he http://tinyurl.com/2vxrx I just built a new machine and had this problem until I installed my Photosuite, which added the Jpeg option. (I now haave only BMP and...

Anybody know where I can get the raw materials to build my own 19" rack? I need a special configuration to integrate with another type of chassis. Is this kind of manuifactured material even manufactured in America anymore? -- %= Clinton Gallagher NET csgallagher AT...

Hi I have troubles with Nero 5.5.6.4 and writing Multisession Cd. I insert on my CD-Writer/Rewriter a Cd-r 80 Min (700Mb) as Target and a Cd-Rw on my Dvd-Rom as Source (The Cd-rw contains about 500 Mb of Data). I open Nero and I select Make Multisession Cd : i follow carefully the help on line...

Hey guys, I'm upgrading my system and I was thinking I'd go the overclocking route this time. As such, I'm looking for moderately-priced components that have a good capacity to get faster as well as good cooling solutions. Here's what I'm looking at so far (with NewEgg links): 500W power supply...

Not sure if this is the appropriate group for this, but my newsfeed doesn't cary any peripheral or keyboard groups, so this is where i post.... I just got a logitech corded elite kbd the other day, great keyboard. But i personally prefer to have my fkeys act like fkeys and not do the...

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What effect does a wireless mouse have on computer audio and wireless connections?

Hi. I've just built a new machine and have created a stripe set therein using a Promise FastTrak 100 TX2 controller and 2 Western Digital WD800JB hard Drives. Now, I opted to use the PCI IDE controller as I thought it may be slightly safer than the onboard one inasmuch as I could always move...

http://members.localnet.com/~eddie180/Misc/Mini031508-01.dmp I built a computer for a relative that has an occasional blue screen and memory dump. I changed out the video card and RAM about a year ago. She still had an occasional blue screen. I then changed out the power supply. The PC worked...