This is probably not the best NG to raise this question, but the people here seem to be quite helpful. The PC under discussion is pulling on five years old, but has been working fine otherwise. When I booted up a few days ago, Win98 (not SE) wouldn't detect the CD-Rom anymore. Removed the hardware...

hey, i have 2x 256mb PC3200 DDR sticks on my a7n8x mobo, with 1 spare ram slot. i`m thinking of upgrading upto 1gb ram (add a pc3200 512mb stick) what type of memory organization am i looking at? will the mobo use the dual channel sticks first for speed, and if/when it runs out of ram, it will...

hey all, this is an new post continuing from 'optical mouse dpi problems'. it's been sugested that i use PS2 witha refresh rate changer, problem is i cant find one for winXP. tried a win95/98 version of ps2rate with no luck, for obvious reasons. also, i`m using a MS mouse, not a logitech mouse...

I have one Maxtor slim (one plate) disk.The size is 40 GB.He become unstable and I lose my all my data.Bios see the disk just fine.But any system(windows or Unix) do not see him.I try to repair it from dos with pqmagic,fdisk/mbr,Unix fips etc.But the error is still there.Neither one OS ( windows or...

The OEM version of Norton's Ghost 2003 came with my motherboard. I had a pretty good time trying to make it work with Windows XP so I thought I'd post my adventures to help some other poor soul. I first read the instructions that came on my CD. Although informative, they didn't explain how to use...

I have a computer with an Antec power supply and a Gigabyte GA-&VTXH AMD motherboard. When I press the on button the fans power comes on for a second and then dies. If I press the button again I get no response. If I unplug the power supply and wait until the LED on the mother board goes out and...

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Being fed up with the horrible customer/tech support VIA provides - in the form of _private_ forums that do not get saved on Google (so that prospective customers can research) and that are full of _unanswered_ problems - I am making sure now this farse gets on record. Before deciding on a...

Greetings, I have a P3 1GHz processor in an Abit BX133 motherboard. I recently put it in a new case. I was monitoring the temperature and wondered what an acceptable temperature range was for the PIII when its operating ? I observed in the bios that it was running at about 60 degrees C. Is that...

Their site says: "Dual EIDE ports support Ultra DMA 100MB/s of Burst data transfer rate, supports UDMA Mode 5, PIO Mode 4 and ATA/100" See: http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/E7505/X5DAL-TG2.htm Does this mean two sets of master/slave or one? I'm thinking only one set...

I am working on a friends computer with the Intel D850 MB Does anyone know what key I hit at startup to get into the bios? Thanks in advance J. Thinkpad

Hi; I live in a very rural area, and can only connect to the internet via modem. The connection here rarely ever goes over 28,800 (I have no other noise on the lines). Can anyone tell me what kind of modem is better: a ISA or a PCI? And, does anyone know how to tell if a modem is a

I just got done building my first computer...yippy!!! I have a RAID 0, and want to pull files off my old hard drives. When I hook them up using the old ribbon cable, it either hangs up after the BIOS check, or considers it the MASTER (and boots up with the Windows from my old drive), even when...

Well, not particular for computer discussions, but I've found an interesting page at http://www.robotics.4t.com

Does anyone know what the thread sizes are for the small brass PC motherboard standoffs? I need to know both the outer thread size that screws to the PC case and the inner thread size that is used for the screws that hold the motherboard. Thanks in advance! Gene

I've installed many hard drives without any problems. I was walking a friend through installing a 2nd hard drive over the IM. She bought a 200gb drive that only seems to be formatting with fat32 as 131gb. She is choosing the max partition size. She is using Win Me. It's been so long since...

How about a Mid-Tower case with some sort of filtering for dust? Need room for 4) CD ROMs. ts

Hi, I just have a couple of quick newbie like questions... This is my first case (Antec PLUSVIEW1000AMG) with a fan in the side, should it be intake our exhaust? And secondly, I have 5 total 80mm fans (2 in back, 2 in front and the one in the side) should I hook as many as possible to the...

"Chuck" wrote in message ... I'm looking to make a computer that will use desktop components, in a portable format. Most of the components won't be a problem at all. An all-in-one motherboard removes the need for using the...

Hiya, Ok probably a crazy idea but I was thinking of making my own case. Has anyone got any tips of making there own cases? Where can I get materials in the UK? How can I accuratly house the hard disks etc... I have a lot of designs, but need some advice!