I've got Maxtor 541DX 5400 U ATA 100, and SOYO SY6BA+IV motherboard. When I put my HD in IDE 33 slot I can boot my windows, but when I switch to IDE that is suporting ATA66 everything stops when 'Verifying DMI Pool Data' appears. I find some solutions on MAXTOR home page but it didn't help. Anyone...

I have a question regarding the connection of the two USB ports on my Lian Li case to the Gigabyte 8KNXP motherboard. The motherboard manual calls for placement of pins….9 pins for each of two Front USB connectors. From what I can tell each of the USB connectors gets pins labeled power, power,...

XP Modem SBCglobal dial-up software (4 eliminations) already replaced the modem. problem still exist. uninstalled and re-installed the SBC global software. problem still exist. uninstalled SBC dial-up software and installed AOL. same problem. I am confused. tried it over a friends house. same...

My friend recently gave me his Monsoon MM-702 flat panel speaker system and the only thing about it is that it doesn't have a power cord. I thought this would be ok because it says 12 VAC and atleast I thought that meant 12v AC. I have 2 12v AC adapters at home but noone of them will fit it because...

Just something to put in your "bag 'o tricks"... ALWAYS check that little slide switch on your power supply !!! (unless you have one of those "universal voltage" units) I should have spotted it right away; but I was complacent and frustrated at the same time. I'd been snagging and scrounging new...

I upgraded a computer, replacing the MB/Processor/RAM and HD. The motherboard is a Biostar M7NCD (non Pro version). The instruction manual leaves a lot to be desired. The problem I am having is two-fold. First, the computer will not go into sleep mode (WinXP w/SP1). It momentarily shuts down, then...

I want to put together a bargin ATX system that needs only a basic CPU and a minimum of moving parts. Can someone recommend a current CPU and a no-fan heatsink for it ? I'm willing to downspeed the clock to make the system run cooler. I guess I'm shopping for an AMD-based system but if there's a...

Issue 1: If anyone can give me some assistance with a recently occurring nuisance. Ever since I installed my Leadtek winfast Tv2000 XP Dlx card I've been having problems with Netscape 7.0 not closing. Oh I can close the browser or Netscape mail, but usually have to do the ctl-alt-dlt trick...

Sometimes the bios does not see the CDU and the Memory. It goes right past without displaying any info about them.

I have a Silicon Image UltraATA 133 PCI controller card. It has one WD 40gig HD installed as master in first connector. Works fine. I installed a second HD as master in the second connector. The controller sees it during the bootup period. It has been formatted as FAT32. Windows Device manager...

Hi, I wonder if anyone can give me some advice. I built the following spec PC for a friend: XP2400+ 512 DDR Ram Asus Motherboard Galaxy Zeus FX 5200 350W Power Supply case 40 GB and 10 GB hard drives DVD Writer and CD Re-writer

Hi All How easy is it to copy a vcr tape to vcd (or other format I can play in a dvd player)? My graphics card, Asus V8200 GF3 has a 7 pin CCD/Camcorder/Tuner/TV Box input. I also have a S-Video to composite cable. to convert this to a single RCA input. The Mobo, (EPOX 8KTA3+ ) has a line in for...

Here's the short version: all i get is led flash on keyboard and the cpu fan spins, no video .. ECS P4ITA mobo circa 2001 & Intel P4 1.7 G cpu pulled all components. Reassembled with memory (two 128's)and two dummys, video card, hard drive, mouse, keyboard, and a floppy drive. Same, no...

I just bought a new system for my cousin (no gaming) with AMD Athlon 2500+ Barton on A7V8X-X, 512 DDR. It came running at 1.4..GHz and WinXP Home (pre-installed) ran fine. I immediately downloaded a bunch of WinXP updates, added an anti-virus, etc., and authenticated the WinXP Home over the net. ...

Thinking of buying the APC 350U Cdn, which is rated as: Output Output power capacity 350 VA Output power capacity 200 Watts Nominal output voltage 120 V Output Connections (3)NEMA 5-15R

Just after memory test, the IDE disks detection froze before I had the access to the setup. I turned the computer Off then On & rebooted 4 or 5 times, noway. I turned it off again, pulled & pushed on the flat cables without any success afterwards. Then, after I toggled the PSU switch, removed the...

Just after memory test, the IDE disks detection froze before I had the access to the setup. I turned the computer Off then On & rebooted 4 or 5 times, noway. I turned it off again, pulled & pushed on the flat cables without any success afterwards. Then, after I toggled the PSU switch, removed the...

This is on a PII Gateway2000 w/WIn2k. It boots ok to the point where it's just about to ask for user/pw when very quicky an error message of some kind flashes at the top of the screen and the pc reboots, and does it again and again almost like a loop it keeps rebooting itself. I can't read the...

I thought from my prior post that I had fan connections all figured out, but as I take a closer look, I do not. My Lian Li case has 5 fans of which 2 go to a fan speed control switch. The Gigabyte 8KNXP motherboard has 2 spots for fans to be plugged into it, but the connectors are of the 3 pin...

hey do the window side panels come with LED slots, for fitment of LED's? tim