Hello, I currently have this hard disk in my laptop: ---------Fujitsu-Siemens 2,5" 60 GB-------- 4200 rpm Data buffer size 2048 KB Seek time (track to track) 1.5 typ. milliseconds Seek time (average) 12 typ. milliseconds (read/write) Seek time (full track) 22 typ....

I notice sometimes when I view a window containing scanned text that it is usually so faint that I cannot read the text. Yet when I print the text and/or the window containing the text, the printed result is fine and very readable. I have played a little with contrast and brightness settings...

Pollywell machine with Leadtek K7NCR18D PRO2 MB. 2500 Athalon XP SATA HD It been down for almost a week because of no power from Hurricane Katrina. Machine was on a surge protector. Got power back today. When I switch on the machine I get single long beeps every 5 seconds. That's all. No Bios...

Apologies if it's a daft layman question but can you fit a Micro ATX form factor motherboard in a ATX form factor case?

Computers are networked. I have shared the folder on the PC I want tocopy to. From my computer I go to Workgroups and can see the folder that I shared. When I try to copy photos from my PC to the folder that I shared on my wife's PC I get a message that the file may be in use or the disk may be...

I think I may have made an error formatting my SATA drive so now it wont work. Can I use Fdisk to help or is that not approproate. Thanks Dave

I'm having some trouble with a new PC I just got/built. I intend on using it as my primary DVD player, but with the audio problems I've had lately, I'm debating that choice... When I play ordinary audio, MP3s, shoutcast, or even Windows sounds, everything sounds great. As soon as I play...

i don't know how these prongs got unplugged.. but i'm stuck here.. i get no connection with my monitor (almost as if it wasn't plugged in to the mb) and i can't turn the computer off through the switch on the front. i understand that these prongs are for power.. but i don't know which ones go in...

I'm in the process of putting together a P3 cpu with a 440BX chipset MB. The manual gives an option for a the System ROM (Flash EPROM), 5V or 12V. Which setting should be selected? The manual does not suggest either one. Any thoughts on the matter would certainly be appreciated. ed.

I bought a brand new Asus V9400-X/TD/128 video card for my computer (has a SoYo 7VCA-E motherboard from 2001 with a P3 1 ghz). It's an 8x but my AGP slot is 4x, which most of the time isn't an issue. I stuck the card in its slot, made sure it was in securely, etc. and then turned on the computer....

Hi. I've just cooked the (3.3V???) voltage regulator on my motherboard. I'm trying to find a replacement for it, it's an Infinity LX83838. I was wondering if anyone here has a clue as to what exactly it is, and it's pin-outs. Since my processor, RAM, and cards all survived it going up in smoke,...

Hello I have an old pc AMD K6 II, and I want boot the system from a scsi disk. It runs well with a IDE disk, but not with a scsi disk (4 Gb). The motherboard BIOS allows to boot from a scsi device, it recognize the scsi card, install the scsi bios, mount de disk, but after this procedures the...

Does anyone have any experience with these controllers? If so, please comment.

Is it common for the cable on PC speakers to cause the PC to close down randomly if it is old or damaged? I noticed my PC shutting down at random, and if I move the speaker's cable with my hand intentionally just slightly (with the power cable inserted into it of course) that it makes a slight buzz...

I need to fry my laptop to Warrenty the item(i know...shame on me, but save the flaming for someone else) i'm interested on how to go abouts doing this, maybe some how I can apply a voltage overload, or is there another way that I can pull this off without having to open up the laptop and drill a...

When I try to copy a DVD (using legal versions of Any DVD and DVD clone) my computer crashes after about 8 Paul0% of the project is complete. When I remove the WD raptor disc from the housing and straighten out the SATA cable, no problem is experienced. I use a pentium 4, 512 MB memory, 80 GB HD...

I'm not sure if this is the right subject area to put this question but it might as well could be, could anyone help me out with some ideas as to why my computer randomly resets in the middle of the night? (Other then "It gets scared from the dark" that is) The resets don't occur every night. And...

I've just built a system that includes the following: Abit NF8 http://tinyurl.com/8vs7w AMD Sempron 2600+ 1x 512MB Crucial Ballistix ATI Radeon 9700 Pro AIW 200GB Seagate 7200.8 SATA ST3200826AS (...plus DVD, CDRW, FDD & case fans) For some reason this setup won't work with the following two...

To all Cognoscenti, Greetings! Does anyone have any experience with GigaByte GA-7N400-L Motherboards? Are they reliable or troublesome? Any comments would be appreciated. Andy

One of my clients has a 21" flat panel APPLE monitor. It has a single DVI connection (no power connection). Would he be able to use this monitor on Windows systems, assuming the Windows PC also has a DVI connection? This is the first monitor I've seen that draws it's power through the DVI cable....