Hi: I have two maxtor atlas IV 10K 36GB 68pin on the adaptec 39320R SCSI controller and when i bootup it does not see either of the drive. my system conformation is: Iwill dp533 dual xeon motherboard 2 x 2.4 GHZ xeon processors PNY QuadroFX 1000 4x 512MB kingston hypex pc2700

I have a maxtor ATA133 80GB hard drive, I have not attempted to fdisk/format it yet. I have a slightly old slot 1 pIII motherboard. I also have installed a maxtor (really is a Promise brand) ATA133 pci slot card because the motherboard only supports ATA33. I plan to multiboot a few different...

Is there any reason why I shouldn't mount a hard drive (Maxtor 40 gb 7200 rpm) upside down? By doing so I'd be able to separate the two hd's I now have installed and achieve better cooling. There are mounting brackets that extend below the case's hard drive holder and the the only way the hd can be...

So my roommate just bout the components for a new system. Little did we know, the 2 behemoth 120G maxtors we selected were both Serial ATA, something of which I was relatively unaware up until now. The motherboard has SATA slots and all, but when he tries to boot from the XP CD intending to...

As the subject line goes, can you buy thermal pads to go between a CPU and heat sink on their own? I've only ever seen them when they've come along with a heat sink (pre-attached to the heat sink). Ari -- Are you registered as a bone marrow donor? You regenerate what you

I am stumped. After a crash I installed a new Maxtor 160 gig drive in a PC with a Soyo KT 333 Dragon Ultra Platinum. Previously this machine had a 120 gig C: drive and an 80 gig secondary drive:. After installing the 160 with XP Pro, as the only drive on the primary channel, it does not see the...

A few weeks ago my Radeon 7000 started acting all funky. First it started crashing out of 3D games. I thought it was the game so I tried to reinstall but then I noticed that even outside the games the screen is lighter than normal sometimes. When I click around the Display settings it will...

Is it possible to have IDE hard drives and SCSI (with SCSI controller) hard drives working simultaneously on the same system? Thanks, Regards, Teixeira

Aol does it all!!!....repairs via the net or CD rom,,,....just saw the commercial on TV. lookin for a link but so far I cant find one....man o man I had a good chuckle

I need to take my PC (a notebook won't do) on the road for a couple of months and I can't lug around my regular monitor. So I need to buy a small, cheap flat screen. I don't need the best by any means--I just need one that won't fail and that will work with my system: Radeon 7500 AIW, AMD XP...

The Power Supply went out on my 350 MMX P2 which is in an ATX Case (Power supply has one large plug to MotherBoard - hence ATX Case and Power Supply). I have an AT Case with an AT Power Supply (two smaller plugs) that I painted up with Flames on it (yes, I'm a Computer Dork whom builds Cars). I...

Hi guys, I'm planning on building an AMD Athlon XP2800+ or 3000+ and have been out of touch with motherboards for a bit now. I'm currently running an Athlon T'bird 1.4ghz on an Abit KG7-Raid and have loved this board, so would feel comfortable running another Abit. I have also heard a huge amount...

I've been trying to sell a Celeron 500MHz system for a long time (for more than $100, thanks Ebay :-)) and there have been no takers. It has a good sized hard-drive, RAM, CD, etc. but I think the "500MHz" is scaring everyone away. I have a ECS socket A mobo lying around. Should I dish out...

Anyone ever get it to work in XP? I removed Lycoris on two computer, reformatted the partition and tried to get rid of grub with fxmbr but then the C drive was unbootable. I tried all the commands listed by none worked so I had to reformt C and totally reinstall. I've often used format /mbr before...

I have a maxtor ATA133 80GB hard drive, I have not attempted to fdisk/format it yet. I have a slightly old slot 1 pIII motherboard. I also have installed a maxtor (really is a Promise brand) ATA133 pci slot card because the motherboard only supports ATA33. I plan to multiboot a few different...

Hi I am about to build a new PC and put my old one into my son's room. They both will be running Win XP. What I want to be able to do is have them share one internet connection. The main PC downstairs will have a USB Broadband Modem and both PC's have network connections on the motherboards I...

I just saw this silent pc case and it has fans on the bottom of the case. So the air blows up fromt he bottom, i dont mean onthe front i MEAn onthe bottom laied flat. Of course their are holes in the bottom so the coolest air gets blown into the pc. Not sure how it cools, but 2 120mm low rpm...

I have an ATX computer case with just one front panel switch. It operates as a reset stitch when the system is up (you hold it 5 seconds until the system resets). The power supply is new and it has a master power switch. My new ATX motherboard has two connectors RST and PW_BN, but I have only...

Hi, My new system will be arriving shortly and although this question is a little on the generic side I'm sure some will have suggestions that I hadn't thought of. Basically, I'm polling to see which softwares people use to secure the ship and keep it running smoothly. So far, it seems that the...

Hi All, I've building a new system and I'm gonna go for an SATA (seagate barracuda drive). Will i need some kind of power adapter for it to run from a standard ATX 300Watt PSU? Cheers, John Talbott