If you are running XP or 2K.... Set the PC to boot off of the AGP card, and when in Windows, set the PCI card to the primary in the display properties dialog. Good idea, unfortunately as soon as windows boots up win2k), the monitor switches itself off - maybe its loading the wrong drivers -...

Is there a piece of software (hopefully freeware too!) that can calculate the system's current power usage in watts, etc? I know some programs tell you what the current voltages are, etc, but I'm more after a power usage monitor that can show you if your system is on the cusp of draining more power...

I've just added an IBM Deskstar 60GB 7200RPM drive that worked fine under win 98 to my win 2k system. It gives my a STOP message, when I remove the drive I can boot fine. I've hooked it up as a slave (pure data, no os on it) - the jumpers and the IDE cables are fine. I know the drive is fine since...

I'm finding that my DVD drive is very stuttery and basically useless - I'm wondering if its been set up properly. The CD-ROM drive is master, but the IDE cable goes into the DVD drive first (ie is closest to the motherboard IDE controller). If the CD drive is master, is it going to the cd drive...

The only operating system related crashes I get these days in Win 2K are the very rare interrupt request not less or equal blue screen of death. Looking at the list of my hardware interrupt request numbers I have IRQ Nos 0,1,4,6,7,8,9,10,12,13,14 and 15 in use. However, IRQ 7 is being...

I've just found a wire that seems to be an old joystick type of connection on the one end and a 3.5" stereo jack on the other. Answers on the back of a postcard please!

A computer installed wth windows me is booted with a windows 98 cd. The cd offers three option: 1) start computer with cd support 2) .... without cd support 3) ... I chose option 1 and after a while I am presented with .... is Drive E

where I find application for enter bios-setup in panasonic notebook?

As some of you may be aware (and is not really relevant to this post), my motherboard is unable to work at the FSB of 133 that it should be able to. Running at 100Mhz causes no problems whatsoever. My hardware store just advised me to set the CPU host frequency (the equivalent of FSB in my AMIBIOS...

I've just got my new motherboard which claims to have 4xUSB2.0 ports. However, using the SiSoftware 2004 utility to examine my motherboard (Mainboard Information category in the software), I apparently have 4 USB controllers - only one of which is for USB2.0: USB Controllers 1-3 Model : VIA...

My new computer came delivered today. Good - but bad. The supposed 1.4Ghz AMD Duron has come up under SiSoftware Sandra utility as 1.05Ghz and under Windows 2000 Professional system information screen: x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1 AuthenticAMD ~1048 Mhz. However searching for the information...

As I may need to get a new PSU, can anyone explain what: "input range: 115V/220V switchable"; "50hz AC input" and "frequency 50-60Hz" refer to exactly? Could anyone advise me on whether a 300W PSU would be adequate for a machine that has 2 cd drives, floppy, 1 HD, tv card, usb lan card, modem,...

My old machine constantly gets a Windows protection error. (Win 98SE). No new hardware has been added or removed. No software has been added or removed. It isn't on a network and doesn't have internet access. I cannot boot properly into Windows anymore. Is this hardware related? Or putting it...

Creative Blaster 4 MX420 PCI (64mb) works fine....

Issue solved. Alien Zord emailed me with the following, if anyone else experiences the same problem: "The 3rd yellow wire is tachogenerator. It enables some software to monitor the fan speed. Its not needed otherwise." Thus just put the connection where the previous black and red wires went, and...

So what the hell can I do? I saw a cool gadget that takes an s-video in and then allows you to play out via two or three scarts. Its possible and is a lot cheaper than a new graphics card.

Hi, I am looking to buy a USB 2.0 enclosure. I am not sure if different brands have different USB controllers which would affect the speed, or if there are other factors that would determine the quality of an enclosure. What should I look for? Please give me some advice. Thanks in advance. Clayton

Problem is, once the pc is plugged in, it stays on and will not shut off. While in addition, it does not load windows, it just seems like its stuck in the power light is only on mode. It gives power to the cd drive, but even when switching the power cords from the cd to the harddrive it still has...

Hi, I want to set up dual monitors on my system and am not sure if I need a new graphicas card or not. I currently have NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 LE. It has a 15 pin VGA and DVI TV Out. I am currently using the 15 pn vga for one monitor, but am not sure if I can plug a second in to the TV...