Anyone here got an MSI DVD combo player? Model: X48-A. How does this player rate and was it worth buying? Nick

Hi all, I have a problem with booting my PC up when it hasn't been on for a while. When I press the power button it sounds like the PC is starting as normal for about 5 seconds but then dies. Pressing it again does nothing, it's only after holding it down for ages, then quickly pressing it after...

I've got a 2001 Dell system which uses a P/S 2 mouse. At one point, the right click function for the mouse (MS Intellimouse) did not work consistently - sometimes the context menu would pop right up, sometimes it would pop up after a long (say 10sec) pause, and sometimes it would never pop up. I've...

Hi there everyone. I want to buy a new PC. But I don't know which PC configuration is best for me. Can anyone tell me what is the best PC configuration? Thanks, alwin

Ok all I have a prob, my firend has an HP desktop custombuild. The other day she went toturn it on and bam, nothing. So i took it to try and troubleshoot it. When I first tried it it would boot to the blue HP logo but no further, (I don't even think it made it through the BIOS because I cannot...

Bought a new case and there is an extra (haven't seen before) 4 pin square connector comes out from the PSU. What's the purpose of this? thanks

Just like to know thanks. Want a new one, before mine kicks the bucket its close :).

Our Dell XPST450 / Win 98 1st edition suddenly won't start .... after pushing the power on button the cd lights flicker like it is gonna , the monitor LED goes from amber to green then back sleep ( amber) ,the fan runs. but nothing at all on the monitor - blank. The keyboard lights did flicker like...

Hi My mate (?) has managed to break the power socket on the side of his laptop (those circular things withe the pin in the middle). The power Cube / connector is ok (+20v Cube). The socket is directly soldered on the side of the motherboard. I have taken the thing to bits ..carefully picked the...

I purchased, about two weeks ago, a new APC Back-UPS ES 725VA. On cold and warm boots the computer does not perform the POST. The computer does not start the POST, it just sits there, the only thing that is displayed is the small Gateway logo. I have to turn off the computer and the UPS then power...

I'm about to upgrade an old pc (P3 750mhz, 512 mb ram, AGP 2x, Win XP). Aside from ususal "office work" it will frequently be used for playing MS Links 2003 (golf). I'm currently using a TNT-2 32mb card. Can I expect considerably better graphics switching to another card, despite my AGP...

howdy all..... What's the deal with hard drive sizes ??? Yesterday, I set up 2 x SEAGATE 80gig SATA hard disks on RAID with my INTEL 865 PERLL board.... After setup, I`m noticing that I`m missing 11gig out of my supposedly 160gig raid setup..... Total space available on the freshly NTFS...

hello, is there a way to test a motherboard and memory (?chips?) and banks with a voltmeter (briefly: no manual; amiBIOS (95) p54c (100 mhz) *HAD* 32 mbs ram removed and replaced a chip and wouldn't boot) currently: no post; hd light comes and stays on; cdrom and a-drive lights are NOT on; no video...

Salve a tutti, sono entrato in possesso di una scheda PCI da un amico di mio padre che pero non sa cos'è, lui dice che gliel'hanno venduta come scheda video, ma scheda video non è.. tutto al più puo sembrare una scheda acquisizione o una scheda professionale audio.. come faccio a sapere cosa ho...

Above mentioned monitor gives a nasty shock when the screen is touched... is this normal or do i have here defective goods?

Hi, Bought a new case which has 2 front USB's. However, the wires from the USB's each have 4 separate connectors not like a speaker connector that is a row of 4 connected together. The markings on each USB cable ending are as follows: -D +D VCC

Hi, Real long shot but i am after a 30gb maxtor hard drive with a working controler, the one on mine has broken (drive is still intact, i THINK). It must be a 30gb Maxtor fireball 3 with part number (next to top bar code) of nFnnnlnnn02nn where n = any number and l = any letter. but the F and...

Hi, I have started looking for a new case. I have looked at Antec and the Sonata meets my needs. At what comparable cases might I look? The requirements are, quiet easy to work in

I was just wondering by over clocking how much more performance I can get out of my athlon XP2700 333FSB. thanks

Hey Recently my computer has been acting up a bit...going slower than normal, error messages, things of the like, and I want to clean the harddrive of everything do get rid of all the crap thats on their that I dont need and won't ever use. What would be the best way to do this and keep all my...