Hi, all. I've used Ghost for years to back up my system after getting it dialed in. That was with IDE, though. I just got a system with SATA (ASUS M4A79 mainboard) - first time I've needed a RAID controller driver for a home PC install. And I didn't even get a floppy drive installed in the case....

Hi, I've got a Compaq Presario 2100 - The CPU is at 55 Degrees Celcius when idling. Is this a normal temperature? The CPU is a Mobile AMD Athlon XP2800+ (AMD Athlon XP-M) The heatsink and fan have been cleaned using compressed air (without opening the laptop casing).

Hi, I would like to know how the above CPU perform with Vista x64, I am considering upgrading my Athlonx64 6400 to this CPU and also I'd like to know about the following motherboard : ASUS M4A79 -- Thank you in advance

I bought a new ViewSonic VA2226w monitor and text on the screen appears more blurry than on my conventional aspect ratio ViewSonic monitor. Is this because the 1680 x 1050 widescreen aspect ratio?

How can I install drivers for my VGA card if the card is not listed in Device Manager at all. There's no driver there, no exclamation mark, nothing. It's not there in safe mode and it makes no difference if I boot up in VGA mode. I can't install drivers without an entry in device manager and if...

Hello, does anyboby have a copy of the installation cd for the QDI Advance 5/133 motherboard? I can't find the file on the QDI site and the online forum doesn't work. Tnx! PinHead

Hi! I have an LG P100 laptop whose screen is touch. Installed XP, all drivers and software from LG site, but still no touch. Accessing the control panel got there the application to calibrate the touch but does not work. Someone has already passed the same? What to do? Thank you.

I saw that the QDI site doesn't exist anymore. Sorry, I saw that the site is up again (yesterday it was unreachable). Nevertheless I can't find any link to the driver for this MB. And the online forum doesn't work. Tnx!

I am buying a new drive from the Hitachi 7K320 line...very nice drives. The line offers 80.120.160.250.320. All drives through 160gb are one platter. The rest are two platters. I was settled on the the 160 as the highest density on one platter. Since it is for my laptop it goes without saying...

Linksys hub model: EFAH05W ver 3 Background: I purchased this device to use as a "hub out" device while using a network analyzer. However, I note that, after a short time, the LED activity indicates that traffic isn't going to all ports. Question: Is this device a "true" hub or one of the devices...

Do you know a site where to buy a keyboard for laptop Acer Travelmate ? Ale

Hi all and sorry for duplicated message in italian too. I have changed laptop hd (Acer Travelmate 8006 lmi) buying Seagate Momentus 5400 rpm 160GB Installing Windows XP SP1, it was recognized as 130GB hd, so I made upgrade to SP3, updating all drivers, but hd size remained the same. I tried...

Typical issue of many Acer laptop (this is the second, before I had an Aspite, same problem) ... it often overheats most of all during big installations and often there is a switch off. What do you think I should do ? Do I have to open it and clean the fan ?Do I try some support to put under...

Ho cambiato hd al portatile (Acer Travelmate 8006 lmi), prendendo un Seagate Momentus 5400rpm da 160GB. All'installazione di Windows XP (SP1) è stato riconosciuto come 130GB, ho quindi fatto upgrade a sp3, aggiornato tutti i driver, ma la capacità non è cambiata. Ho provato a creare anche una...

I have a Lexmark Optra S1855 that has started giving a Fuser error. Can someone give me a hint as to the possible causes. I'm reasonably mechanical and electrically inclined. As luck would have it, when I went to get the error number, the thing worked, however, I think that it was 523 Fuser...

I recently had a HD die on a Dell dimensions 4300. I replaced & after about 3 months, the new one suffered the same fate. As I install the latest replacement, is there any type of testing or diagnostic software that might tell me if there is an underlying problem that is causing the HD...

Does the Hauppauge 1250 card, and other similar cards, draw heavily on the CPU? The problem I have experieinced, is that when my CPU gets pegged to 100 pct (usually when downloading a pdf file), it will eventually overheat and cause a power shut-off. Thanks

Hello, Does anyone here have a cardbus RS232 ("COM port") controller? I am wondering if the controller acts like a PCI card RS232 controller (has an IRQ and works with all software) or a USB RS232 controller (no IRQ, works trough driver trough Windows and doesn't work with some programs)? Thanks...

I must be doing something wrong - or I have not done something that I need to do. I bought a new ASUS M3A78-CM motherboard that has several SATA slots on it. Rather than use my existing IDE hard drive, I wanted to try SATA - so I bought a SEAGATE hard drive. I brought the system up with my old...

Norton is reporting that my system is infected and indicates that it must be manually removed. They further provide a removal tool file. All provided instructions however are very hard to follow. Any practical advice on removing this infection will be greatly appreciated & thanks ! ....