HP Compaq laptop Windows Vista 32 bit This computer had many problems including the 'Serial number not found' message on boot. I reset it back to factory condition and all is well apart from the continued message on boot about the missing serial number. The serial number is missing in the BIOS...

Hi all, I'm looking for a short pass through cable for my HP laptop so that when I trip over the cable the power cable easily disconnects from the pass through rather than have the laptop fall off the table smashing into the floor and ... tripping me up ... and perhaps breaking my wrists while...

Hi all, This is a follow up to my earlier post about 'Sony Vaio .. fails to boot" .. perhaps I should have replied to my thread but, some of you experts out there might have ignored my less interesting subject which had been replied to already. So as the subject line of this thread says, this...

Hi all, I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 (dv6910ea) with a noisy fan. Sounds like is might fail sometime soon, so I need to find a replacement before that happens. The Manual gives me three Spare part numbers: 450933-001 - Equipped with discrete graphics subsystem memory and 8.1...

Hi all, I need replacement graphics card but I'm having trouble deciding which kind it is, in fact I've lost track of the different kinds available. This card is marked Gigabyte GV-NX62LTC256T What am I looking for?

Windows 7 home premium 32 bit Display adapter: ATI Radeon HD 4550 I've connected my usual CRT monitor in order to fix a few problems on this computer but I can't access safe mode as I get the message 'Out of range - H: 75.0K V: 59.9' 75.0K is flashing in red 59.9 is blue.

Hi all, This laptop key all of a sudden does not work. All I get is a loud beep. I should say this key has no plastic button and also no nipple, so I am pressing the contact directly, but it was working fine in this condition. What had I changed? I was making some changes to the hard disk...

Hi, I need to connect a 2.5 hard drive from a Toshiba laptop but I can't figure out which connection it has. It's not IDE like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/TRIXES-HARD-DRIVE-CADDY-ENCLOSURE/dp/B002UZRRXG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362746037&sr=8-1 It's not SATA like this:...

In a very large house with three separate electrical wiring systems, what is the best way to extend the WIFI? As I discovered today The disjointed wiring system means I can't use the power line connectors which sends the signal through the power cables. I have not had very good experience with...

Hi all, I was trying to replace a power jack on an inspiron 1501 laptop. An operation I have avoided for some time due to the possible outcome being the catastrophic destruction of the motherboard or components thereof. I removed the motherboard , but could not melt the solder sufficiently to...

can any1 tell me if this site is telling me the truth about the modem having fax capabilities http://www.hardwareoptions.com/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=HO&Product_Code=FA8007&Category_Code=ADSL i have been told on a newsgroup that adsl modem do not as a rule support fax transmissions

can any1 tell me if this modem has fax on it plz http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode=2110-3010&group=MRIM&pgroup=MOD&ref_site=kelkoo

is 20-25ms a bad response time for games??

i am considering buying a dsl router with modem intergrated, i just want to know whether all of them are complatible with all isp, as i am considering moving isp soon and dont wont to shell out to buy another 1

what hardware do i need to start file and print sharing network i got a pc with an ethernet card which is connected to a dsl router with four hubs, and a laptop with internal ethernet, mac miniport bridge and iee1394 adapter i can send files to laptop via desktop but not vice versa. it keeps...

i have a 512k line adsl i want to upgrade to 1Mb line, my isp are saying that i need to be within 3.5km line distance as oppose to actual distance are they winding me up or what??

Please do not purchase any dlink items as they really suck in tech support 1 they take ages to answer phone 2 they dont know what they are doing 3 they say they will email you what you need to do, they never do 4 they pretend to not understand what you are saying, by saying this is a bad line...

X-No-Archive: yes Just upgraded my processor from a P4 1.7 - P4 3.06ghz. The problem is Windows 98 SE always locks up at the same point at the start. I established that the system is stable by putting windows XP on an external hard drive and running PRIME95 & MEMTEST. Both ran fine for hours...

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Hello, I want to be able to access a Serial Port on my Linux machine from my Win XP (as the XP has no Serial Ports.) Is there anyway to tunnel a Serial Port over a network (like TCP/IP) ? In other words have virtual Serial over LAN? Thanks very much for any help.