I want to install a second hard drive on a computer that is running WindowsXP, the second hard drive has windows 2000 on it and is taken out of an older computer. I don't want to run windows 2000 on the new computer, all I want is to be able to access the files which are on the old hard drive. What...

Hi, I am using Intel 386EXTC which is an embedded processor. I am using a Flash and a SRAM with it. I will be making some assembly language programs. My question is, this processor allows 6 chip selects. My question is, do I need to specify in BIOS which CS I am connecting to which devics? Thanks

Hi, I am using Intel 386EXTC which is an embedded processor. I am using a Flash and a SRAM with it. I will be making some assembly language programs. My question is, this processor allows 6 chip selects. My question is, do I need to specify in BIOS which CS I am connecting to which devics? Thanks

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If you have either of these magazines (2600 or Blacklisted 411), I would be interested in any issues that you have so please send an email to the address above!

Hello all I am contemplating buying a cheap pc and the cheapest I have found here in the UK is the HP a409 (base station only) sold by Comet. The url for details is here http://www.comet.co.uk/comet/html/cache/180114.html. Does anyone know whether this is an ok machine? It's a 2.6ghz celeron. ...

Hi, Im having problem with my new video card.. everytime I play games like C&C Generals / Rise of Nation.. it hangs and I have to reboot my system... with normal application no problem. =( I replace my old v-card (ati 9200 - 128MB) with MSI 5700LE - 256MB and after replacing it the problem...

Hello all, I have recently aquired a ATI Fire GL4 video card that I'd like to integrate into a new system. The video card came out of an IBM Intellistation 6868-25U Workstation. Basically what I am trying to do is build this new system around this video card so I can do some 3D graphics and...

All of a sudden my windows xp with an Asus MB Pap800 deluxe and a Asus V9520/TD GeForce FX5200 comes up with 4 bits and cannot be changed. I never had such ything in many years of computing. What can I do?

My CDrom and DVD-RW have disappeared from My Computer and don't work. When I check on the hardware properties - it says " Windows cannot start this hardware device because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19)" . What am I supposed to do in the registry...

I'd like to buy a 512MB pen drive but I don't know which one to choose. I found many brands, known and unknown, but I can't say which one has the best quality/price ratio. Here are some of them: Lexar, Kingstone, Seitec. Is there anyone who knows that pen drives or some expert that can help

When I plug an svideo cord on one end to the computer and the other to a (working) tv input, the image is very dark and it keeps moving, like when a VCR used to have the tracking wrong. In nView and in TVtool I cant find any settings to change that might help this. Can anybody here provide me with...

I have a HP pavillion 511n and I need to buy a new internal hardrive. The current hard drive has very little space left so I want to buy a new one before I run out of space. I have one additional expansion bay that I can place the new hard drive in. Can someone please tell me what to look for when...

I have built custom desktop PC before and I'm looking into doing the same for a laptop for my wife. However, I've heard that proprietary laptop components (especially the cases and screens) can be troublesome -- if not impossible -- to find and install. If this is the case, we'll just look at...

Hello, I'm trying to do something that is pretty uncommon - host a website through my DSL connection. The reason I can't use a regular web host like most people is that my site is based around a database that reflects up to the minute information as I'm working. The database software runs as a cgi...

Hi, My modem is not working. I tried to reinstall the OS. Now it is asking for file : E100BNT5.SYS I do not have the intel CD. Is there a place I can get the file. Another file needed is : abvpn2km.inf Thanks

I need a layout of the compaq ij600 because I don't know where the stepping motor goes again. TIA.

Hi. When I first switch my PC on after it's been off for say, a day, it'll start booting, get to a random point, maybe just having finished the BIOS 'POST', or maybe halfway through loading windows, or maybe having just got into windows and running scandisk, when it'll freeze completely, and...

Howdy, I have recently gotten broadband cable service with comcast. I have four pc's I need to get online and every config I use doesn't work. I've tried using a Router and a hub, neither worked. When I hook a single computer directly to the modem everything works fine, even a single computer to...

I have reciently got myself a AMD 2700 with a ASUS A7V8X-X mobo. I have a small fan on my processor. Although I have not checked any of the temps reported I am in the market for a better cooling unit. I am unsure really of what to buy and was hoping someone would have a recommendation on what they...