This may be a hardware or software problem. I have an older computer that locks up (looses internet connection) when streaming music or video from the internet. CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE, 800 MHz (6 x 133) Motherboard Name Tyan S1854(-A) Trinity 400 (6 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM) Motherboard Chipset...

I have a 500Gig WD h/d and a NextStar 3 usb enclosure and a problem *I can only format when the drive is attached as an IDE device. I then attach it to the usb and and works great...I copy files into it then after I turn the computer off and hte usb drive off *I then turn the computer aon and...

I have a self built computer that has been running fine for about four years or more. I plugged a USB flashdrive in and it locked up. I waited for a half an hour to see what would happen and had to use the power button to shut down. When I rebooted there was no video at all. No bios boot info or...

With a reasonably fast computer - something like an AMD Phenom X4 920 - how much difference in performance can be expected by switching between DDR2 800 and 1066, all other things remaining the same? A couple of fps in gaming and a few % in rendering movie files? Not even that or more than that?

Not sure if this can be done, easily. My client had some older Sony computer running Windows ME. I went to upgrade it with some parts I had laying around, some more recent motherboards, more memory, DVD drive, etc. I am using the same case because it fits where he wants to put it. Anyhow, the...

Assuming a tower case, which is going to keep all the hardware cooler, the case open on both sides or a sealed case with a pusher on one end and a big puller on the other? Thanks for all input.

Hi all , This is the problem since I installed fresh copy of windows xp sp2 . Everytime at my taskbar the removable disk drive icon is shown . While I click it it shows all hard drives c: d: e : f: and DVD drive f: , This problem did not exist with my previous xp. It has not given any ...

Hi there, I operate a GTX 260, Q9550, EVGA 780i, 4 GB Ram, 1000 Watt PSU. I got my cuilt my pc in sept 2008, and had no prblems till feb. 2009, but the past 2 months. I have been having problems... When I play games such Left 4 Dead, and Call of Duty 4...my computer freezes, as in my computer...

I have an HP laptop with XP. I used to use an external monitor but it started saying "no signal" and stopped working. After Office 2007 ran some diagnostics (probably unrelated) when I rebooted the computer the external monitor started working and mirrored the laptop screen, apparently working...

Boas ! Tenho 1 pc ligado a net com 1 box da Vodafone, tenho-o ligado a 1 router e nesse router tambem liga uma camera ip. Pretendo a partir do exterior, usando dyndns aceder a camera. Tentei tudo e nao consigo, consigo pingar o dyndns mas nao chegar a camera. IP PC: 192.168.0.1 Ip camera:...

ive just aquired a enmic nmc-8tax+ motherboard with cpu and ram, only problem is i cant find a manual for it. anybody got a book for one of these or at least a diagram that i can get a copy of. thanx for any help

Howdy, I have a Dell desktop system (XP Pro) that has started to have an odd display problem: When dark characters appear against light backgrounds, certain letters have an orange "halo." The characters with the halo are always vertically oriented, so, for example the string OOOOOOOO would look...

Toshiba 3.2GB 2.5" drive. In my Dell CPI 266MHz. the drive is not recognized at all. In my Dell CPI 366MHz. I get a screen asking for a drive password. In my desktop, I can format the drive, load an OS and it boots fine. Also works fine on a USB/IDE converter. I run atapwd.exe from the desktop. ...

I heard that if you buy a new computer that doesn't come with a restore CD, you can make your own. Anyone know what tools will do this?

I've got this WD 500 gb Firewire external My Book drive I've been using to store mostly video files for a big video project. It doesn't have an on/off switch, it powers up when power is first applied, goes dormant after a period of inactivity and restarts when you try to access it. It's worked...

Why do LCD monitors typically look so much better than laptop screens?

Guys, I have a DL585 which has Opteron 850 Processors. Having tried to run 64bit VMs on it, I now find out there are different revisions and I need a "Revision E" or higher processor. It would appear I have Revision CG processors. So I should upgrade if i want 64bit vms...

Daggit, I can't seem to find the correct group for this. So, I will throw it in hardware and see what happens. I am looking to find a the least expensive netbook that is capable of running Nuance's Dragon NaturallySpeaking. I have seen this knocked around a bit, but noone giving a definitive...

Hi, I would like to use a pressure sensor to measure the level of water in a water tank. Being a cheapskate I was going to use the oil pressure sender from a car but I calculated that for 1m of water I would only get 1.4psi (0.1bar). Does anyone know where I might find a cheap pressure sensor...

Being a bit behind the times... I am only now getting around to building a machine with DDR2 RAM (parts should be here Monday) I have 4 gigs of DDR2 6400 coming. Then today, I got a repair job for a 1 or 2 year old Dell machine that badly needs a memory upgrade...it only came with 256 megs...