Hello, Recently I added a second harddisk to my computer(in total one cd-rw, one dvd-rom, two hds) everything seemed ok. But today suddely the cd-roms don't work anymore. I tried to remove cd-roms and new hd., then reinstalled them, but still the cd-roms don't work. When I boot my computer, the...

Hello, Recently I added a second harddisk to my computer(in total one CD-RW, one DVD-ROM, two HDs) everything seemed ok. But today suddely the CD-ROMs don't work anymore. I've already tried the following: 1. Remove the new HD, but the cd-roms still don't work. 2. Remove the new HD, two cd-roms,...

Help ! I think my harddrive made by IBM is cursed ! There are files disappearing and re-appearing and sometimes entirely new files will appear and I really think this HD is haunted. What can I do ? I fear to open my computer ...

I am ressurrecting an EPOX EP-3VBA+ motherboard and I need to hook up USB 3 and 4. The manual for the motherboard doesn't identify the pin config on the board and they aren't labelled. Can anyone help? Al Trust me, I'm a chemist...

Compaq Presario 12XL401 / Win ME used to freeze up at random intervals. I decided to make a system restore with the factory CD but all I got then was "Error #29" and after that there's "missing operating system" on the hdd. I tried to fdisk/format the hdd but the hdd would only format up to a...

If anyone has one of these, i would be extremely grateful if you would sell it to me, I need a second one for a dual screen display, please get in touch! Thanks, Alec

I bought a new Asus 9500 GT video card to replace an aging no-name 6800. I installed it and its drivers, no problems whatsoever. Then I went to plug something in the USB expansion bay above it, it popped out of the tool-free case (grr) and shorted out the new card. I rebooted the system; it no...

Matrox Mystique 2mb PCI graphics card with 4 specially enhanced versions of the following games to make full use of the card features. Mechwarrior 2 Destruction Derby Scorched Planet Monster Trucks

Cannot access either CD-RW or CD-DVD drives unless disc is first inserted and then system re-booted. Floppy Drive returns message "Not accessible - Incorrect Function". Anybody got any ideas please? System is AMD 2600+, 512MB, 2 Hard Drives, Floppy, CD-RW, and CD-DVD running Win XP Pro.

Hi. Can anyone help me to find a power connector for Dell Inspiron 5150? It is 3 contact round in section socket (2 contacts are on the both sides of the cylinder and 1 pin is in the center). In Dell service center they told me that I have to change the motherboard but it is too expensive. All...

Hello Everyone, I have a somewhat complicated situation and would greatly appreciate advice. I have two computers I need to back up. The first one is a laptop with a 60 Gb hard drive, which is split evenly between Linux (RedHat 9.0) and Win2000 (FAT32 file system). The second is a desktop with a...

I would like to find a pedal that I can use to provide an on-off input to an application. This is for a demo, and I need a small pedal, kind of similar to a button. I found a lot of these big cheesy 2-pedal input devices for car racing games, but nothing else. Does any of you know of off-the-shelf...

Can someone help me out here? I'm trying to replace an old computer that is acting as a server. The software that the network is running requires a dongle on the parallel port of the server. I do not have any drivers for the dongle; however, everything is currently functioning correctly so if the...

Does anyone have a simple solution for me here? I'm trying to upgrade a computer that is running software that requires the use of a dongle on the parallel port. When attempting to move the dongle over to a faster computer, the software fails to recognize the presence of the dongle. The software...

I've got the x6dae-g2 mobo, trying to install windows XP Pro (original release) onto it, and the install goes fine (as long as I disable ACPI in the bios), but the chipset drivers do not install correctly, and no PCI device can be recognized by the system. The actual error in the system device list...

i've just built a comp and i've tried to install win2000 but when it comes to the stage of formatting the hdd the comp restarts. Tried install a few times but the same thing keeps happening if someone could help it would be much appreciated. cheers

Hello! i have a laptop from the almost unknown "iterno" corporation. i would like to upgrade my ram from 64Mb to 265 Mb (SO-Dimm). doing so, i can only access 152Mb. i suppose this is a bios problem and therefore would like to make an bios update. the problem is that i can't find anything about...

I have Windows 98SE installed on a AMD Athlon XP 2100+ on a 10GB partition, 512MBs DDR333 (with the 512MB hotfix installed) and all the updates... I am having problems with the computer Crashing all the time. Oh yeah I also have the following OSes installed as well: 1. Red Hat Fedora Core2 Test3 2....

Hi, I recently bought a new graphic card - aopen GeForce FX 5200 128 MB. The installation went fine, but as you can see - I hope you can - on the jpg (cfr. enclosed link), boxes, lines tend to fade out as it were. There is some kind of a light shade to the right. I didn't have this problem with my...

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