I currently have 1 gig of SDR PC133 memory. Will I experience a significant speed increase if I go to 1 gig of DDR 433 memory? How would I know if my motherboard can support it? I know very little about memory, so please excuse what may be an obvious question to everyone out there.

I was reading somewhere that I should change the maxfilecache and minfilecache settings in my system.ini since I am using 2 gigs of RAM. Can anyone tell me what the right settings are? -- 73! de Andy KC2SSB http://shorecogs.tripod.com AIM: shorecogs

First off, I want to appologize for my apparent lack of basic knowledge in this field, but I am delving into it for the first time... I will soon have a lap top, which I will wireless network with my cable modem/desktop computer. My question is this: Will I be able to access programs that are on...

Hi, I have just purchased an Asus A7N8X-X motherboard and 160Gb Seagate Barracuda 7000.7 Plus 8Mb Cache HDD. However, despite the BIOS stating that the drive is 160Gb, Windows XP Pro will only acknowledge it as being 127Gb. I initially did a fresh install on the new hard drive, and when it...

Hello, Has anyone had experience with using a PCI video card on a S2882? I've installed a video card in my S2882 and disabled the onboard video (via jumper), but nothing comes out on the monitor when I boot up. Here is a summary of the problem: 1. I disable the onboard video through the...

My old computer has just died (about 2yrs old) but the hard disk is still ok with all my data on. I have bought a new computer but would like to copy data from my old hard drive across to the new one. If I buy one of these external USB drives where you install a 3.5" hard drive could I just plug...

Hi, I have just got my 3.5" external hard drive case and installed a HDD. I have removed it from my old computer ready to transfer the data to the new computer when it arrives I thought I would test it with my laptop (has XP) The external drive is partitioned and I can access all the data on the...

Hello, Here is a good product to recommend to all. It is an external case for notebook harddisk. I have tried it with my 30GB harddisk and now using it daily. It is a better option if you are now considering expensive USB memory cards or sticks. I guess it is also good for travelers, especially...

I have set up a mirror on 2x160Gb SATA drives from a Promise 376 onboard RAID controller on my motherboard. It is extremely slow, so I've been considering purchasing a Highpoint 1540 raid controller card. Will the Highpoint accept the two drives that were configured with the Promise, or am I going...

Hmmmm.... My Pc died a death!!! Syptoms: There have been several stages I've got to. First pc would shut itself down after about 10 secs. Not an overheating problem, Heatsink is cool to the touch.

Hello, I really need your help to get this running. I have a ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard and would like to remove the old IDE 80 Gb drive. Instead, I'd like to install the Hitachi 160 Gb SATA drive I just bought. So far, so good. I removed the old hd and put the new one in. After connecting the...

Hi, I recently built a system for my cousin. The system consists of an AMD 2400+, ECS K7S5A Pro motherboard, 512 PC2100 DDR memory, and a PNY Geforce FX 5200 128 mb DDR. After no less then two weeks of using the system my cousin called my and stated the computer would not boot up. This was so...

First off, if this isn't the best newsgroup for this, please point me to a better one. I might be able to lay hands on an NEC Z1 for nothing or next to it. I love the (all-in-one, flat panel) form factor; I use mostly Macs (direct flames to avocacy groups, please) and only occasionally need...

To All Cognoscenti, Greetings! After I inserted my backup drive (Maxtor 6Y160PO, residing in a removable rack) into the computer and started it up, the machine did an automatic diskcheck and found no error. When I checked HD HeartBeat, it had a yellow warning on the backup drive. Under the SMART...

To All Cognoscenti, Greetings! After I inserted my backup drive (Maxtor 6Y160PO, residing in a removable rack) into the computer and started it up, the machine did an automatic diskcheck and found no error. When I checked HD HeartBeat, it had a yellow warning on the backup drive. Under the SMART...

Hello, I have an ASUS P4R800-V Deluxe motherboard with integrated ATI Radeon 9100 IGP graphics. I have just purchased a 22" Cibox C2202 widescreen monitor, and I am using Windows XP Professional SP2. I have updated the driver to version 6.14.10.6430.

I am currently searching for the Intel LT430TX motherboard driver. Intel don't support it anymore and it can not be downloaded. Is there anywhere else I can download it, as I desperately need it.

Hey there, first time poster here. The other night, I noticed after a reboot that my CPU temperature was running in the upper 60s, where it was normally mid-30s. I was already concerned about not having enough cooling in my computer and planning to get more, so that was the straw that broke the...

Don't have a fix for you, but I have the same problem. Dunno if you've already figured this out, but if not, here's a workaround to try: Put the install disk in a drive that your BIOS can access. On boot, it will give the familiar "press any key to boot from CD..." ignore this message, and it...

Hi, I'm looking to buy a wireless mouse and keyboard to go with my system. Trouble is I've owned a wireless mouse before and whilst fine for office type applications, the reaction time is far to slow for games. This product was brought some time ago so I'm things have improved since then.