My nephew's computer died. I would like to replace the mobo with a mid grade replacement. I will be using XP. I would just order one of these, but they are out of stock. Something along these lines. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103872 Suggestions? -- O'Neil to...

I have a computer that doesn't boot. I have reset the cmos. Every time it tries to boot I have to hit f1. It then tries to boot. The Windows screen will come up with the progress bar. About mid way through it just reboots. If I press f5 it will display the screen that lets you pick safe...

I see a lot of VGA cables being sold on Newegg that do not have all 15 pins. It looks like Pin 9 is missing. Wikipedia says that Pin 9 is KEY/PWR (+5V). I don't know what that means. Does it make any difference whether you have all 15 pins or not?

Anybody tried using a software emulator like VMware to run Linux under Windows? I'm installing it now, and wonder if you can "surf the net" with an emulator without having to tweak your internet modem. RL

Apparently they improved on the XP password reset disc. Now, with Windows 7, you can create a small file (initially on a USB stick) that can then be stored anywhere. Further, unlike in XP, once you have this file created, no matter how often you change the password you no longer have to create a...

I'm guessing that booting off a DVD is very slow. Are there any other options for a read-only boot drive? Thanks.

I am interested in purchasing a 64 gb Kingston Solid State hard drive and installing it on my Windows 7 PC as the C drive which I believe would allow the system to boot up considerably faster. Has anyone done this? If so, what steps were used to make the installation? best, Aaron

Hi, I have done a clean install of the OS Win XP Home, on a laptop I only had to install one driver for the video and it worked fine but now I need help to find the driver or application that controlls the keyboard like the "Fn" key as it dosnt work at the moment - ide like to be able to operate...

Anybody else experience that? It appears to be working correctly, but the cool blue light doesn't shine anymore.

My main reason for upgrading is to have around a 24" HD monitor to play 1080p files. My nephew wants my old computer. This will be the first time ever that I have no spare parts I want to use. Take something off the shelf seems like a good way to go. Anyone have any suggestions on how to spend...

When I put together my computer a year ago, I had no idea I'd want to edit home video recordings.... but now that my wife is teaching our Border Collie how to herd sheep, I find myself with hours of footage that I need to edit and organize into reasonable videos. I'm thinking my present box is...

I plan to assemble a PC for a friend. This is to replace the sick one I posted about recently (it will stay on my bench for a while where I will try for a little while longer to prod into submission.) This new PC will be mostly used for general email/web browsing/CD and DVD burning, and he...

On Apr 4, 11:26*am, Fitz wrote: I'm upgrading my wife's computer - motherboard, processor, memory, and video card. OS is Windows 7 Pro 64. Old motherboard is ASUS M3A with DDR2, processor was dual core going to quad with DDR3 memory. Video card was GeForce 9800 going to ...

I've been experimenting trying to understand what is wrong with my DVD writer tray eject mechanism. After installing a software that would automate trying to eject 5 times before it quits trying, I was able to 'calculate' that it sometimes took 10-20 consecutive tries until/but it would...

Last night, I tried connecting the LED to a Aten powered USB hub. Result: Absolutely no AM interference whatsoever! So... this is solution 2. -- @[email protected] Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux...

I'm trying to troubleshoot a sick Windows PC (reboots randomly or bluescreens with DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL errors.) I may have more questions to ask about that later, but for now, I've run Memtest86+ twice now for about 4 passes of it's default tests each time, about 2.5 hours each time....

Man-wai Chang wrote: Last night, I tried connecting the LED to a Aten powered USB hub. Result: Absolutely no AM interference whatsoever! So... this is solution 2. Learn to reply to your existing thread to keep all posts together. You started a NEW and disconnected there here. Tough,...

OK, here are the 'more questions' I warned you about... System: This is a home-built PC I assembled in 2006. It's been working fairly well until lately. Biostar P4M800-M7A motherboard Intel Pentium D 840 CPU 1GB RAM Ultra 500w V-Series PSU Seagate 160 GB HDD

...like this one, so I could just buy without having to make one. It's a barely pressurized FILTERED anti-lint box with bottom up assisted-convection cooling. Quiet too. http://www.trixtar.org/tinkerings click the box

After a storm the computer said something like........disk read error hit ctrl alt del. I removed that drive and have an extra drive that is blank. With the blank drive in it reports NTLDR missing. When I tried to boot with XP in the DVD I get NTLDR missing. I took the XP disk and put it in...