I've this vexing problem with most of my floppies after I've tried inserting them into my Sony FDD. This dialog prompt will shows, "the floppy is not formatted. do u wish to format it?" What is wrong and furthermore, how come previously, I was able to use my FDD but it was not able to be open in...

I think I'm lost... you guys are gonna get one hell of a laugh out of this! I'm a computer idiot but I wanna start doing video editing of my analog video on my home PC. I'm not willing to switch to MAC though everyone is telling me to. I currently have a Dell V400 (yes, I realize this is an...

I was wondering if someone could maybe elaborate a little on the new 64 bit processors that are comming out soon and how they will most likely affect us. First I'm wondering, can software written for the 64 bit processors run on our current 32 bit ones? If not, what timelines do the big companies...

I could use all the help I can get. I can't afford to buy a new one and this is driving me nuts. Support.com says there is an upgrade but wants $$$ for it. Same with HP support. Is there anyone with an HP 8765c system out there? hp 8765c pavillion winxp 384 ram radeon 9000 graphics

See he http://www.e-insite.net/electronicnews/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA310195&stt=000&industryid=21368&industry=Memory Seems like our friends have invented point to point differential signalling for data, combined with a single-ended bus for addresses. Get ready to be held up! ...

Hello Please don't be mad at me if I should not be asking this here... If you have any knowlege about IBM PCs, such as general hardware and trouble shooting, and you like to help people... I need 2 or 3 IBM PC Moderators for my Forum. Please stop by and sign up - If nothing else stop by and say...

We need to build a new network file and print server. I don't need the fastest dual or quad processor system on the planet, just one that supports a couple GB of ECC RAM and runs reliably. I'll probably build it around a single (PIV) Xeon, though I may want to use a dual processor board for...

opteron is king for photoshop filter tests. the new Xeon w/ 1MB L3 cache is tested alongside at gamepc.com: http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=xeon3061MB&page=1 interesting 3D render scores, opty returns excellent score with maya (yay i use maya :)), not so well with max.... opty also...

Good evening! I am using the Soyo K7V Dragon Plus Mainboard, and I am getting trouble, if I try to use more than one memory bank. Every memory module of the three I got works perfectly alone, but when I try to use two of them or even all three at the same time, my pc completely hangs up, kills my...

There are two methods that I am now endeavoring. 1. Follow the direction found in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314082 2. Follow the urban legend: uninstall the IDE driver and install the generic IDE driver. In both methods, I still have specific questions to ask. For...

What, if any, performance advantages would a single Xeon 533MHz with 512KB cache have over a single PIV with 512KB cache? Assume comparable processor speeds and assume the PIV would be running on an 857P The PIV system would be running on an 875P motherboard, so that it could use ECC memory. It...

You prob won't find a bios that will support cd boot for that old of a machine. What are you trying to do..? "Name" wrote in message ... Have an Old 133 MHz PC that I need to boot from the CD-ROM drive. The BIOS number is...

h2so4 wrote: Your temps are well within the limits for your processor. Then mine are downright chilly. CPU temp of 96F and system is at a comfy 78F. I just happen to have an AC line powered 4" fan in the bottom front of my full tower case and I cut out the inner metal to match the full area...

ASUS used to use AWARD bios before the AWARD/Phonix merger. Now, they seem to switch back and forth. Along the AWARD CMOS setup, the default was always LBA. Now, it is very strange. On my A7N8X, it is LARGE when I select the Auto. On my P4PE, it is LBA when I select the Auto. LBA used to...

My desktop machine has a very strange power up problem ever since I put it together about 3 months ago. When I power the machine down and power it up again, it gives 3 or 4 very quick beeps and the power LED flashes continuosly (1 second flash frequency). The monitor is blank and there is no HD...

HP Pavilion 8765c Amd Athlon Thunderbird 900 mhz Microsoft Windows XP Version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 bios - PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0.G date: 03/27/00 (ptltd - 6040000) chipset - AMD 751 rev 37 (irongate) super i/o - VIA 686 rev 34 found at port 4h (vt82c686a) If you have a Hp solutions...

Hi everyone, I got a small problem, & was hoping anyone could help me solve it. I have an old HIS motherboard. It is a PIII 1.0Ghz system, with 128MB RAM. My RAM module has 8 chips on it. I wanted to add another 128MB, of RAM, but all the RAM modules in the market have 4 chips on them. When I put...

On 4 Aug 2003 15:33:58 -0700, (MB) wrote: Okay, my system melted down so now I am looking to replace the motherboard and CPU. I have decided to go the Athlon XP route. I have tentatively narrowed down the motherboard choices to the Chaintech 7NIL1 and Asus A7N8X (deluxe??)....

wrote in message ... I am having some trouble with random CRC and md5sum mismatches and other random errors on my PC, and I am wondering if it could be because I have 3 DIMMS, 83 MHz, 100 MHz, and 133 MHz, and the ...

I have vexing and very annoying problems that I've encountered these few days with my abt 1yr old Sony Floppy Disk Drive 1.44MB. My O/S is using Win XP Pro and AOpen AX-3SP mobo. Each time, I insert any new or copied files on my diskettes, I would experienced this dialog prompting me this; " the...