I am trying to ressurect an old PC which has the above mobo, a Cyrix PR200(?) CPU, and 80M RAM. It runs Win95b but there is a problem when you check sytem_propertiesdevice_manager and then click on the 'other devices' (yellow question mark). Here listed is the PCI bridge and a PCI USB. Both say...

Hello, I own two old Ram-Cards called "Simmsaver/32". The card combines two EDO-Ram-modules to one. At the cards are 4 DIP-switches to set the correct speed of the modules (60,70,80ns). But I don't know the settings for these switches. Any hints? Markus (please excuse my bad english)

Sal Amie wrote: I have this old graphics card which I am trying to identify. It is labelled Sept 1999. This should help: http://www.ati.com/support/identify/IdentifyGraphProduct.html Regards,

I installed Windows XP on a computer system that already had Windows Me installed. Windows XP created a dual boot automatically. However, my copy of Windows Me is on a different hard drive than my copy of Windows XP, and I don't usually have both hard drives operational in my computer at the same...

I looked up the info for my motherboard, a SOYO SY-V6BE+ and it says it only takes PC100 RAM (even the online manual says this). Does this mean it won't run PC133 RAM, and can I mix 133 & 100 RAM on this board? Who has experience doing this on their boards?

Never really thought of it but maybe you should wear a dust mask when working on them. Some people have been brininging me their old systems this week after I worked on a neighbors system to help him upgrade. All these people have these decrepit systems that show signs of rust and can you imagine...

My purpose is to record curtain radio programs that I like. So are there any AM/FM radio tuner cards?

Hello, I am trying to clean install WinXP Pro on an older 1.1 gig, 512 MB, 2 Hard drives. Windows formatted the drive fine and started to run the setup program. However, when it gets ready to start the actual install it goes to a dos screen and says that NTLDR is missing. Press any key to start...

Hi I have recently bought an external usb2 hard drive which is NTFS formatted. In order to use in Windows 98 it requires a driver install from CD which is fine. My question is this - if I am working with a computer that won't boot into win98 and therefore I need to boot it into safe mode, how can...

Hello everyone, I've been working hard to fix my computer, and I really need some help from all you experts out there. I fried my sound card once, so I replaced it. Now when I put my case back on (AT), the computer reboots. I have replaced the power supply, put in new RAM, sound card, various...

Hi all..took off my stock intel fan and heatsink (3.0 cpu), went with a Zalman-CNPS7000A-AlCu. I used the thermal paste provided with the zalman unit. My temps are a little higher now. Idle is 44, 37, 38. 44 in cpu zone. Fan at around 2400rpm. Under load after running some games my cpu zone...

hi all, dunno if you guys can help with this or not, but here goes anyway. start up my comp, it runs really slowly, there are no apps running and if i "ctrl alt del" it shows that explorer .exe is running at 92%. its quite a new install, (about a week) and ive only installed my...

I've been running my computer in this generic beige case, and I've just about had enough of it. I'm plagued with overheating problems, and now I basically have to keep the skins off to keep my temperature in acceptable ranges. As such, I'm in the market for a new case. Any suggestions? Here's...

The office I work in is a static nightmare. Everything you touch: ZAP! I'm pretty certain it's responsible for one PC's mobo going out. But anti-static floor/chair mats are so expensive! Is there an alternative to floor mats? Like, a carpet spray or humidifyer or something? If anti-static mats...

Recently my computer has become extremely unstable. I have unplugged nearly everything since I figured it was my power supply that was/is causing problems. Its the kind of error where it says your computer had an error and is being shutdown to prevent any damage to your system blah blah...

Hi, I have a couple of questions on the PCI-X and PCI Express, and would appreciate it if some one could help. Most 1U servers let people install up to 2 PCI cards. For some reason, we need to install 3 PCI cards in a 1U server, which normaly is very hard. Since we just need 1 HDD, so we have...

I have DSL access. I have two computers need to have access to the Internet. They are networked with a hub right now. Do I need another piece of hardware to get both systems online? Thanks.

Hi, I just tried to update my Mitac 6120N notebook with the latest bios ver. 1.11 I typed the command miflash ***.bin /u Now the laptop is dead. Is there any way to recover the bios?

Dave wrote: Is there a chart which shows approximately when the different models of Duron and Athlon processors were released? I can't find anything like this on the AMD site. Umm yeah its on the site under the specific CPU. under Product information, on the left there is "Processor...

Hello everybody, I've got a problem with a harddisk. It's a 20 GB Seagate harddisk. After a mega computer crash (power supply defect), it didn't work again. It won't be recognized by the BIOS during the startup proces and you hear a regular click everytime. There is some data on it which I would...