Hi, i have two laptops one is new and one is old. The old laptop is a gateway solo 5300 and the new one is an hp, sorry i dont know the model number. Anyway, teh gateway has been plugged in at all times, and now the battery meter is very unreliable as is the charge. My question is if i use a...

I'm upgrading my motherboard only but would like to avoid reformatting and reinstalling the OS and software. Rumor has it that I can remove everything in Device Manager (on current board); shutdown; install new motherboard; boot-up; and Windows XP (Home) will take care of the reinstallation of the...

Hi all, I am having trouble with a Goldtouch USB keyboard and a Belkin 2-port USB KVM switch. Basically,in my office I have a Windows XP box and a Red Hat Linux 7.3 box, and I want to use the switch so I can have my keyboard hooked up to both computers (along with the monitor and mouse). ...

I want to buy a projection TV for my basement that fits my budget. I found this one cheap http://www.amphotoworld.com/product.asp?id=benpb6100rb&l=Froogle. It has really good features. I was wondering if there is some kind of catch that I am missing.

I have a newly installed Windows 98 system on my computer . I tried to use the windows media player (to play mp3, or wav) and it played too fast. I downloaded the most recent media player (wmp9) and it also is playing too fast. I suspect it is a problem with the audio card??? Any suggestions???

Apologies if this isn't the right newsgroup to post to - I couldn't find an exact relevant one to post in. LCD TV's - I want to buy one. Small question, and an obvious one: can I use an LCD TV with my PC? Do you normally have to install special drivers when you have a widescreen TV? Any...

In order to recieve your free Ipod, you must go to http://www.freeiPods.com/default.aspx?referer=7669912, and sign up for one of the offers. I signed up for the video professor, but you can sign up for any of them and then imeadiately cancel(or if you want the service dont cancel). Once you get...

Hello I have just built myself a new system using an ASUS P4S8X (533FSB) M/B but when I try to power up the M/B starts beeping at me. It's a high pitched beep followed by a lower pitched beep in an endless loop. What does this mean? In the M/B manual it says such a beep may mean that no DRAM is...

Hallo, es würde mich interessieren, ob es jemand geschafft hat, das Inspiron 8500 Notebook via CPUFSB zu übertakten. Mir fehlt noch die Angabe über die Richtige PLL. Aber vielleicht ist es ja gar nicht möglich das Notebook mit CPUFSB zu übertakten, sondern mit einem anderen Tool? Martin

Hi, i have some avi files which i want to burn onto a dvd as dvd files. Does anyone know of a coverter which will do this for me. Please give me program names or links to such converters. Hey I tried using Premier but it says my processor does not support the 'sse instruction set'. What does this...

Hello, This is a dell gx270. It's a great computer for gaming, working, and internet surfing. The computer is also very good because it's so small, and easy to fit in small places, and it take up very little room. I am selling it because I don't really use it enough anymore. This is new technology...

I was planning on getting a external hard drive. But I was woundering what would be better a usb 2.0 or a firewire drive. thanks erik

Hi, I just had one of my hard drives go bad. From a failed test of software it seems that I have such a large number of bad sectors that the software stopped the scan. So I need to send it to a data recovery center! The cheapest I saw was for around $500. I really dont have that much money but...

Hello. I have a powersupply q-tec dualfan gold 400W that that shuts down completely randomly. When I try to turn on the computer it doesnt start, then I have to disconnect the powercord and connect it again and voila! the pc turns on when pressing the on button on the atx tower. I bought it...

Hello I have just built myself a new system using an ASUS P4S8X (533FSB) M/B but when I try to power up the M/B starts beeping at me. It's a high pitched beep followed by a lower pitched beep in an endless loop. What does this mean? In the M/B manual it says such a beep may mean that no DRAM is...

Just built my new box and its running ridiculously slow. just over 2mins to boot to the login prompt then a further 1min 20 to get to the desktop, its a new install of xp pro. The spec is as follows, a couple things, it has dumped after a bugcheck a couple times, last time i had this it was due to...

I attempted to upgrade the BIOS on my Toshiba Satellite 2590 laptop after formatting C drive. Apparently there was some problem. Now I just get the Toshiba logo and cannot access the BIOS on startup or reinstall Windows from the boot disk, although command com loads. The initial problem was that...

Please read this whole thing, for the best understanding, and please, please help! I had an Abit KT7 / Thunderbird 1.1Ghz system with an SBLive! 5.1 card, for a few years. When I decided to upgrade, I was having frequent 'rebooting' or 'freezing' problems with that machine, and decided to build a...

Scott Simontis wrote: (shoshe) wrote in message ... hi to all .. i wanna upgrade my system from a 1.3 Duron to Athlon XP 2500 . how much performance increase should i get if i go for that upgrade also im...

I have a problem with my computer. When I first got my computer I noticed that something were loose inside it. I opened the cabinet and found out that the fan where not attached to the motherboard. I called the dealer and he said just attach it and all should be good. Well, I belived him. After a...