I've built a new computer that I will mainly use as a fileserver and don't need any fast graphics. When I insert my Diamond Stealth S3 968 with 2Mb VRAM (from 1995!) in a PCI slot and turn the computer on, the display remains in stand-by mode. The card works in my older computer. When I try with a...

Hi, A while ago I bought a Maxtor HD, 20 GB. No matter what I tried I couldn't get more as 10 GB out of it. When I asked Maxtor they replied: "Some OEMs (eg. Compaq, Dell, etc.) have the option to change the capacity of drives to suit their particular needs. If an OEM has sold you this drive as...

If you install 1066 Rdram in an 800 MB would the Ram work? if not what would happen??? -- *********************End Transmission******************************** Send all complaints, requests and/or thanks to ICQ #34907449 Website - http://www.lordsoth.net (?Not Sure yet?)

Hi, I just wondered if anyone has any experience of fitting an ATI all-in-wonder 9600 to one of these MEGA 651 pc units.( Due to absence of a TV out ) Three things that concern me are : 1) Physical size ( will it fit ?) 2) Heat 3) Noise

I've just installed a 20GB HDD as a primary slave to my 4GB Primary Master. It is registered in CMOS and my Windows 98 Device Manager also sees the drive. Problem is there is no drive letter assigned and the box where the drive letter is shown is grayed out). Explorer ignores the drive...

Hi, we have just one computer here. My father sometimes wants to use it when I'm using it. If I got a second crt monitor and keyboard, would I be able to just plug it in and let him use it at the same time I was using it? I mean could 2 people work on separate things at the same time without the...

I'm about to tackle my first homebuilt and would appreciate some recommendations. Beyond the usual email, networking, etc., this is a machine that will get heavy photoshop/image processing use. Typical files are 100+ megs. Occassionally my kids will use it for games, but that's rare. One mobo...

hi there, my current case has one 80mm fan (below the PSU) blowing air out of the case (plus the regulars: one cpu fan and one exhaust fan on the back of the psu). i've not added an intake fan in the front/bottom as there's no opening in my case for any airflow, so a fan there would be totally...

I've got EP-8K7A+ mobo with on-board AC97 sound chip, running Windows 98SE. It looks like I might have lost the chip. I see the exclamation sign in the Device Manager(no sound of course). I tried to uninstall the drivers, disable the chip, enable the chip and install the drivers again but it didn't...

My thesis, which will sound nutty, is the following: The use of my Vantec Fan Controller to turn down the speed of my two intake 80mm case fans causes my floppy drive to fail. I will defend this below but now for the setup, pathology, and history. Setup: I recently installed a Vantec Silver...

Hi, I am in the process of buying a Samsung ML-1710 laser printer and am looking to buy a USB cable. I have seen for example at Officedepot the "Belkin" brand for around $25 which I understand is the Rolls Royce of usb cables, but I am wondering if I could just as easily get a cheap one to do the...

Hi trying to fix a problem for a friend. They have an account with freeserve,when you open outlook express 6 it attempts to check for mail before a connection has been made, with the result that an error message comes up. Once a connection has been established they can click send/recieve and there...

I got an ECS P4S5A/DX+ I wonder if anyone knows something about its track record to help me out. It's of no use buying a CPU, a Case, etc and find out it not up to par. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi! I have switched an active ide Seagate 10GB hdd from another system (home use). On that system it has Nvidia 32mb ram video card, I have forgotten to removed it. So when I have connected it to the other system, the booting process will halt immediately after the "detecting hardware at the...

I installed a ASUS A7V8X mobo and 512 megs PC2700 Ram, AMD XP 2400 CPU, ATI 8X video card. Turned system on and fans work, lights light up but no sound nor video. I changed out the power supply to a new Antec 400 Watt job and got same resuults. I have changed to three different video cards (they're...

Hi: I am looking for a thermal design guide for the PR200 processor. Does this processor require at least a heatsink (AND fan) or can it be operated without it without any damage? Tia, Jakob Doelling -- To Unix or not to Unix. That is the question whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer slings...

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 09:50:06 -0400, Boki pondered exceedingly, then took quill in hand and carefully composed... | My PC has currently: | | 1 hard drive on IDE1 - cable select | 1 dvd drive on IDE2 - cable select | | I have just bought a CD-RW and want to know how I should hook it up. On what |...

I'm hoping some of you might be able to help. I've run into a problem that I've never seen before and can't seem to solve. I have a BD7II board with 512mb of RAM, 2.6GHz CPU, Matrox G-450, IBM 30GB drive for my C: drive and a IBM 40GB drive for backups. I just did a fresh install and want to image...

Hi all Bought my fave hardware magazine the other day and discovered something which I thought others might want to know about ( just in case ). A lot of people these days are running processors with a fast L2 cache, normally 512kb - Northwood or Bartons for example. Did you kow that if you are...

Hi, I'm just putting together a new PC and I'm coming across something of a problem. When I power the system up, having turned on the main PSU at the back of the PC, I get the startup information, listing memory etc. but after a few seconds the video signal goes and the monitor pops up "no RGB...