I have posted this trouble before, but I have to ask again. If you guys had a machine (XP) with three hard drives and one DVD drive, all IDE, that once a week or so quit processing by simply hanging up, requiring re-boot, what would you do? My solution is always the same - reseat the IDE cables...

I have inherited an Epson 3000 Stylus printer in pristine condition. It does not want to print in color, just black and white. Though the installation disk is specified as only for Window NT and before, I did find XP drivers that enable it to be recognized by my XP SP3. It connects via LPT1. I...

I have a 1TB external hard drive (USB) and it has been working sans problems. Now suddenly this morning, when I booted up cold, Chkdsk wants to do its thing on it. That's okay, but Chkdsk hung at stage 4 (checking file data) at 0%. I re-booted, and XP came up properly. Windows Explorer shows the...

I have a DELL Dimension 4600 Desktop without any setup disk for installing drivers, In particular I need the internet connection, video, and audio driver(s). The connectors are on-board (part of mobo), I have tried to google for a download for these drivers, but, alas, I can't find anything...

I am looking for a user manual for the Acer 950cx notebook. I can't find one anywhere - no surprise as the computer is rather old. Anyone tell me where I can go to download what I need? Thanks Duke

I have a HP M8530F PAVILLION MEDIA CENTER that will not boot up. This system apparently was sold as a package with VISTA (groan!). I do not have the recovery disk(s) that came with it. I have tried to install a fresh XP and VISTA on it, but neither installation will work. The installs fail...

I have a Phenom X4 Quad 9550 CPU (?AM2 socket?). I am looking for a suggestion as to the best motherboard to buy for it. It is currently on a ridiculous M2N78-LA motherboard that I want to replace with one that has a IDE (PATA) capability as well as SATA. It needs to accept XP or Windows 7 (not...

Reference my prior posts. In my search for a M2N78-LA replacement I came up with a Biostar TA780GM2+ on Amazon. I almost jumped on it, but now I am not so sure it will suit my need. I certainly am confused. It says the dimensions are 3X10X13, but it says it is a 'MATX'. The length and width of...

Anyone know where I might download the manual for motherboard M2N78-LA free? Or is that asking too much? Love Duke

I have a ASUS P4B533-VM mobo that is facing me with a problem I have not had before. The Northbridge controller has a heat sink held tightly ontop of it with 4 very tense springees that clip onto 4 loops sticking up from the mobo. Two of the 4 loops have pulled out of the mobo enabling the heat...

I have a ASUS P4B533-VM mobo that is facing me with a problem I have not had before. The Northbridge controller has a heat sink held tightly ontop of it with 4 very tense springees that clip onto 4 loops sticking up from the mobo. Two of the 4 loops have pulled out of the mobo enabling the heat...

I am confused. I need someone to explain how to interpret the USB assignments I find in Device Manager. To begin with, I have six USB ports, all in the rear of the tower, Four are on-board to the MOBO, two are wire-connected to a MOBO header. With nothing connected to USB, this is what I see in...

What is a good motherboard that has 2 IDE headers (for four PATA drives) and uses DDR2 memory? Thanks Duke

I am having trouble with a new system I have created. It freezes during boot at the XP setup window pretty much the first time I power up each morning. When I re-power up it boots to desktop just fine. It's almost like it is having trouble cold-starting. The system has three hard drives, one...

I bought a new bare-bones system some two months ago, and have blown two new 400W PSU's now. I think I need to go for a stronger PSU. I notice my M3A78-CM motherboard has a larger so-called 4PX20 connection plus another separate 4P square connection. I pulled one of my old PSU's out of the close...

I am considering a Belkin Flip DVI-D KVM Switch. I have a HD monitor which probably is single-link since it is over a year old, but the Belkin is said to be double-link. I'm wondering if the switch will connect up all right with my monitor, or if there are any other problems. I also see a few...

I have a 4-port IOGEAR DVI KVM switch, It works fine with two machines that have DVI connections. I have a third machine that does not have that connection - just a RGB VGA connection. In order to use that machine with this KVM, I bought a DVI to VGA adapter. The result is no raster on my HD...

I want to convert some of my old choice LPs to MP3's, and thence to CD/DVD disk. I have a working turntable with what looks to be RCA output. I have removed it from my Home Theater setup, and, so, I now do not have a receiver or amp for the turntable. It appears that I cannot simply connect this...

I have a MACHSPEED K8M800-8237 with AMD Athlon 64, 2.2 GHz CPU. It has Phoenix Award BIOS V6, I think. It has two bootable HDDs. I want to boot to each separately. I have done this on another machine by using F8 during boot, and then selecting the HDD from which I want to boot. It works fine. Now...

My neighbor's Compaq Presario 2140US laptop suddenly will not boot up or light the screen. With his HP 75W AC adapter connected to wall 110V, the laptop will not boot up. After many hours of charging, it still will not boot up. Since I have read that this laptop has a history of not working if...