Hello! A friend of mine bought a digital photo camera, only to discover that her computer didn't have any USB ports to plug it into :-) Additionally, the OS on her box was Win95. It's an old PC based on Acorp 6LX87 motherboard. So I got a cheap USB card based on ALi chip (sorry, can't remember...

Hello everyone, I am researching a gaming card, again. Looking at a site that does comparisons http://www.pcvsconsole.com/features/video/ The clock and bandwith vary on each card. Comparing a 9800 pro and 9800 xt, one does not see much difference in the clock speed and bandwith, yet prices are...

Hello. I am beginning to suspect that my a Pentium 3 Socket 370 motherboard on an old computer of mine might be starting to conk out on me. For example, it can not detect certain hard disks on the Primary IDE channel, but can detect them on the Secondary channel. Can anyone recommend any...

Hello, Does anyone reading this have Zyxel Prestige 334? I need help with the power adapter: the adapter of my Zyxel prestige got lost :( and to use an alternative adapter I need to know polarity of the connector on the back of the device. No, it's not stated on the device labeling or on the...

I'm Assembling a list of fax numbers, for a small business project of info im sending out. Im anticipating the list to grow up to 100 phone numbers. (90% or more will be local numbers so long-distance isnt much concern) I'm hoping to be able find the best method to take the text and...

I'm about to purchase the following for both work and play: Antec Sonata Piano Quiet 380W case Asus A8V-E Deluxe K8T890 AMD 64 3800+ Venice 1Gb RAM Corsair XMS DDR400/PC3200 (2x 512Mb) ATi Radeon X800 256Mb DDR PCI-E (Connect 3D) Western Digital Caviar SE 250Gb SATAII NEC ND-3540A Dual Layer...

Would moving to a P5P800 with a 775 3.0ghz, be much of an improvement over a P4C-800 with a 478 2.8 cpu? Isn't this just Northwoods vs Prescott? Is peformance better?? TIA

I have an Asrock (budget Asus) K7VT4A Pro ATX motherboard with three empty spaces where it seems that fuses would normally go. They're all at the rear, near the I/O ports. At locations F1 and F2 I measure 5V across their solder pads, while at location F2 I measure 0V between them (each solder pad...

my laptop can run for 6 months continuously... with no battery recharge http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/laptop.jpg of course it's not terribly portable :)

Just wondering what the value of this card would be... It's a 128meg AGP Radeon 9800 Pro. It has the R360 cord and has been flashed with a 9800XT BIOS. Thx!

Hi dudes I bought a new combo drive for my Dell Dimension 2400 but I don't know how to get the old drive out! The opening at the front of the case looks slightly narrower than the face of the drive, and there's no way it'll fit out the back because there's only about 2 inches between the drive and...

Isn't the 12V connector what attaches with molux to the Motherboard? If = that is the case then why have two? Here is an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Enermax-Whisper-II-EG656-VE-FMA-PCI-E-535W-ATX-PS= U_W0QQitemZ6786780488QQcategoryZ42021QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem --=20 George...

Have this drive and it's failed. When i turn on the switch at the back i can hear the drive spin up (without touching the button at the front of the drive!) When trying to turn on the unit using the onetouch switch at the front, nothing. I took the unit apart (voiding the warranty (i know...

Hi all, I am a newbie of computer hardware and have bought ASUS P4S800-MX motherboard. The case is a 2 years old computer case and I haven't put any memory on the board yet. After I finished connecting the Reset, Power and HDD LED's, I can not swith on my computer and there are no LED on at all....

Hi. I just purchased 512MB of new memory today - OCZ DUAL DDR PC-3200 Performance Series Rev. 3 Dual Channel, 512MB, PC400. I installed it on my Dell Dimension 4600 (which already had 512M of RAM Dual Channel). Here is the report on my computer BEFORE installing the...

Hi all It seems to me that if you're bothered by PC noise you get a pretty raw deal in today's market. You either have to get a very weak mini-ITX system or pay the earth for something exotic like the Hush ATX. On the other hand, you could buy a bunch of noise reduction stuff from Nexus and...

JAD wrote: couple of thoughts, heat - the cpu cooler is plugged with dust or is not working I was thinking something similar: CPU heatsink off-centre on the die. I've seen this with both AMD and Intel chips. Got some systems this way from people throwing them out because they were 'broken'....

Not sure if this is the correct forum or not. HP Pavillion ZE4500 Laptop AMD 2800 512 Ram 40 Gig HD When I boot up I get a red X security alert that Norton Ativirus is not running. When the bootup is complete the message disappears from

Hello. When testing my brand new maxtor diamondmax 10 drive (300 GB, 7200 RPM, 16 MB, PATA) with maxtor's powermax utility I get the following error: http://www.ibbu.nl/~nsprakel/maxtor.jpg I already swapped the drive for another one (maxtor told me to get the drive replaced) and it yielded the...

I have a Plextor PlexWriter PX-W2410TU 24/10/40U USB 2.0 CD-RW external drive that works fine but since it is only a CD-RW unit and not a DVD-RW it is of little use to me anymore. The case is very well built and sturdy. I wondered if I could remove the Plextor CDR drive and replace it with...