I have a USB 2.0 256 MEG thumbdrive and I can't find the WIN98 drivers for it. Will it even work with WIN98? Mark

Has anyone successfully upgraded a G6-400 to WinXP either Home or Professional? If yes, were there any significant problems in the conversion? Thanks, Tom

I use the serial port on the back of my Gateway 700 for transferring data into some weather software. It has worked fine for months, with no porblems. Last night I tried to download data and I get an error mewssage saying com port 1 will not open. What could be causing this? Winkdows XP

Hi team I've successfully installed my new hard drive and upgraded to XP (Gateway 866 P-III PC). All is working quite happily except that I can no longer hear the sound from the modem when it is dialling. The modem works fine to send/receive a fax and also to connect to my ISP as my...

I'm trying to decide between the Dell 5100 and the Gateway M350S. The Dell 5100 has very similar specs as the Gateway M350S and the price for both is the same. My wife and I will be using it for home use. Internet, email, and some minor digital editing with be the primary uses so I think either...

Can anyone tell me how I can send more than 1 page at a time with a fax. I have to scan the image that I'm going to fax onto my computer, then add it in the fax attachement, but can not figure out how to put more than 1 page into the same fax. Thanks, Carol

I would like to replace the power supply in my Performance 1400 with either a 350 or 400 watt unit, any suggestions as to brands that will fit the case. Thanks

Can anyone explain how to load a Lexmark x-75 printer. We have followed the directions, but it loads the printer as a Image Device, instead of a printer. We have deleted it out of the Image Device and reloaded it several times with no success. This printer is a scanner & printer all in one, but we...

Anyone here own a Gateway Plasma TV? Our family briefly considered getting one for Christmas, but were put off by the short life span of these machines. Here is a article from cnet.com: -Shorter Life: Compared to other television technologies, Plasma TVs do generally have a shorter life span,...

I just purchased a Maxtor One-Touch 250GB External Hard Drive. The plan is to back up the hard drives of two WinXP Pro machines and three Win98 systems onto it. Three questions: 1. Is it possible to partition the Maxtor drive with the NTFS format on the first partition (approx 100GB) and then...

Someone has to have encountered this. My wife has a desktop GW2k with a Flex case -- a low profile case having only USD connectors, i.e., no printer, mouse, or keyboard ports. This machine was inteneded to use only USB peripherals. I am trying to install a new hard drive in this machine, so no...

I got an E-3400 mid tower PIII 933. I loaded Win98 and everything seemed fine but now when I boot up it goes through the bootup sequence and then shows the Win98 Logo. When it reaches the desktop it shows the green background but there are no icons. The mouse does nothing except move around the...

I am trying to install WinXP-Pro in a dual-boot configuration with Win98SE and cannot get past the file copying segment. Has anyone been able to perform the conversion and any idea what problem am I looking at? The system is a Gateway G6-400 with a Powerleap PL-iP3/T cpu upgrade, 256mb of memory,...

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Anybody know if Sony's DVRrw Model DRU-510a will run under W98FE on a G6-400 PII w/128ram. Sony's lit on net says "98SE/2000/WP compatible". I tried to verify through Sony if that excludes 98FE OS's, and he said 'daaaa...I don know'. Hope someone can confirm compatibility or not. TIA

Internal Gateway HPNA /V.90 Modem Combo Card. I am not sure when it happened, as it doesn't get much use. It may have been disabled so Cox could install my cable modem. Or I might have lost access during a full system restore. I only need it active again so I can install some software for...

I have sold an old es400 Gateway computer with 98se and 192 ram 10 gig harddrive. I formatted the computer and now I'm finding that the backup disk I made didn't have the driver for the modem,monitor, and soundcard.I found the driver for the monitor(EV500) but I can't get it to change...

I finally went ahead since they lowered the price $500. Looking to have some email contact with current XL owners for a few questions. How were your first experiences with this machine? Bob bob at ae1m dot com *********************************************

I have a G6-266 running Windows98SE with a PD440FX motherboard. It came with 32MB of RAM, but I upgraded some time ago to 64MB total (4x16MB SIMMS)with no problems. I recently ordered 2x64MB SIMMS (after making sure it met the specs for my system: EDO, non-parity, 72 pin, 60ns DRAM). When I...

Well all, I had intended to add some rdram to this machine, however, the ram I purchased does not have a cutout in the center. I put the machine back together, and the pc won't boot any more. No beep codes, no bios meesages on the monitor, no diskette activity, nothing. Any hints before I carry...