Is it just me in So(uthern) CA, USA? Or is happening to everywhere else? Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world." --E. O....

Hello! Earlier today, I was doing stuff in Debian like upgrading my Kernel (2.6.18 with an updated package) and rebooted. The computer never rebooted and it just got stuck (I think after shutdown -r now told it to reboot -- shutdown seems to have completed). Hitting the reset button didn't do...

Hello. I came home last night into my hot room (~80F degrees), turned the old Windows XP Pro SP3 desktop computer on, paid one of my monthly paper...

Hello. My old Antec P180 ATX case's plastic tabs for the 6/six front fascia (3/three on each side) are down to one/1 now. Is there a way to fix them or do I need to buy a new ATX case? :( Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "The eyeless ant asked God, 'Give me eye-lashes.'"...

I was wondering, what is the best way to go about testing a newly built computer. I want to ideally have a burn-in suite that can also provide diagnostics. Something like SiSoft Sandra is ideal. However, is it possible to create an automated package on say a bootable CD-ROM to do this? Or what are...

Hello, I'm looking for a small AT computer chassis. All that's going inside is a baby AT motherboard (with onboard video), a PCI sound card, a hard drive, and a power supply. If I could find a _really_ small case, I might even switch to a USB sound card, if that would allow everything else to...

http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=501&MenuID=21&LanID=0 I want it now!!

My friend wants me to build her a sempron system using this motherboard and sempron 2200+ retail. I figured "sure why not got my amd 64 system online in minutes this should ne easy right?" nope wrong. I powered it up and the onboard video was coming up fine. It said the usual CMOS settings need to...

I just got a liteon drive from walmart I wanted/needed a second drive just to have well it worked for 5 seconds and now it loads up fine but nothign is detected when I put a CD or DVD in it (its a lite on DVD-ROM) Well I will just go buy a CDRW 52x or something to supplement my DVD-/+RW or maybe...

They here yet? They were saying around this time last year and so far nutin :( Anyone got any links or news? I've been looking cant even find any old stories. Anthony

Okay I think it time for a new power suppy and my antec 400w isnt getting me enough amps for my 12 v how about this one: http://www.antec.com/us/productDetails.php?ProdID=20330 if not got a better recomondation? That one gives 28amps more then enough for my 2 hard drives 1 dvd-rw (wanna put my...

Hi, I want to buy a new P4 800mhz FSB motherboard but cant decide between the Abit IC7 (canterwood) or IS7 (springdale). I thought the Canterwood was a better chipset but I have seen really good reviews of the IS7. Can anyone give any reccomendations? And is the G version superior to the E version...

Hello, I am a first time pc builder, so please be gentle ! I have installed an Intel P4 3.4GHz with stock heatsink and fan into an ABIT AA8 Duramax motherboard (775) IIt seems to be running hot, but I cant find any reference that gives me an estimate of the range I should expect. I have it...

Does anyone have a spare heatsink retention bracket for a p4 1.7 ghz 478 pin cpu as mine has snapped a hook. I live in the UK and I will be willing to pay all costs.

Replacing old mb with a new Asus p4sp- mx. Problem is it does not say on the wires from the power switch what is what so I don`t know exactly what wire to put on what pin. There are 6 wires black, red, blue, white, yellow and green. It is a micro atx case and doe not have a reset switch. ...

Can i put memory that is non parity into a mb that needs non ecc or is it the same ?

Can only get my home network to work if I turn off my zonealarm firewall. Have only two pc`s connected by ethernet cable, any suggestions please?

I am going to network 2 pc`s together to share files , a printer and my internet connection. I know how to link them up with a cable but was wondering what exactly I would need for a wireless network. Do I need 2 wireless cards, 1 for each pc or do I just need 1 wireless card and a router. ...

I have a MSI k7n2g series motherboard with 32 mb onboard graphics. I want to upgrade to another graphics card but I don`t know if it is best to get a dedicated 3d card or 2d/3d card. Also would I have to disable the onboard graphics in anyway ?

Is there any easy way to upgrade to windows 98 se from windows 98. My sister needs it to connect to bt broadband and money is a bit tight.