This is an update of my post of 19 may 2004 with the subject: "Antec Truepower 550 EPS -- question". Today I bought the Antec. Being an EPS type power supply it has a 24 pin power connector instead of the normal 20 pin type. My motherboard is a "common" Asus P4C800 Deluxe with an even more...

Specs: ECS Pt800ce-a motherboard w/ VIA chipset 1024 + 256 MB DDR400 RAM 60GB hard drive P4 3.0 GHz processor Adaptec Firewire Card Firewire Device: Presonus Firepod 24bit/96khz recording interface

Thinkpad T60p has three USB ports which should be 2.0 but in the device manager (and functionally) they are 1.0. I did a clean install on a formatted disk using drivers from Lenovo and Intell - Windows 2000

My friend was having problems with her computer, Gateway P3 500 W98SE. Very slow, hurky jerky mouse, weird problems. I'm pretty knowledgeable so I gave it a try. Removed all kinds of spyware and finally got BOTH the CD reader and writer to be VISIBLE. The writer disappeared a year ago. They were...

Can anyone suggest a brand and model number for a DVD burner? is copying hard to do?

Hello, I have installed linux in my 250 GB WD, and I have Windows XP in the other one. I wanted to move some files from linux to windows and I downloaded explore2fs. But it doesn't find anything, and when I try to access the disk from windows it says that it must be formated. If I do that will it...

Hello, I have installed linux in my 250 GB WD, and I have Windows XP in the other one. I wanted to move some files from linux to windows and I downloaded explore2fs. But it doesn't find anything, and when I try to access the disk from windows it says that it must be formated. If I do that will it...

Hello, I have purchased a WesternDigital SATA II 250 GB hard drive and I have installed it in my MSI - 865 PE Neo2-P Motherboard. I plugged in the cable in the SATA device and connect a power supply in the HDD. I thought that "that's all" and it would work but nothing happens. Windows neither...

hi, The WLan LED of my router (DLink 524 Airplus G) is blinking all the time even when all my PC's and labtops are logged off. Does that mean that unauthorised people are accessing my network? Could some of my neighbours be connecting into my system without me realizing it? OR

Hi, I have bought a Chieftec CEB 35i enclosure and put a 3.5" 160 gig HDD in it. It works fine with my labtop, but my desktop loses the connection (USB 2.0) whenever I try to copy files to it. Both computers are running Windows Vista Premium so I dont understand. The only difference I can see is...

hi, I've bought an external enclosure for my 160 Gb harddisk. It doesn't have a fan, but it is built in such a way that air flow through the enclosure. Is that enough? Should I be worried about overheating? Does a bigger HDD generate more heat than a smaller one? or

Hi, Does the Mac operating system know how to read the NTFS file format? OR

HI, Some USB cables have got a cylinder shaped "thing" on it. What is the use of it and can cables with it be interchanged with cables that haven't got it? OR

Hi, OS: Windows Vista. I am struggling with the installation of CanoScan N67OU. It used to run splendidly under Windows XP. It is on the list of Vista compatible hardware so I thought it would be a piece of cake to make it run under Vista. I downloaded and installed Vista driver and software...

hi, Anybody out there who knows if above device is compatible with Windows Vista? Do I need a new driver or will the the media kit (a usb hub) run under the XP driver ? Have been googling the internet for Vista drivers but with no success. OR

Hi, Bought a new HDD Enclosure for running an extra HDD off the USB port. User guide recommends HDD to be set up as master. I am just wondering. Would cable select work too. OR

hi, Anyone knows if there is a vista driver for Canon S630. Have been surfing the Internet for a while but can't find any? OR

Is vista compatible with hardware that used to run under xp SP3? OR

What I would like to know is whether vista is compatible with hardware that used to run under XP professional SP3. I mean printers, scanners and USB hubs. OR

HI, Mobo has been on and off for the last couple of weeks. (occationally harddrive is not detected at start up) Someone suggested this might be due to bad capasitators. How does one gauge the "capasity" of capasitors? Multimeter? OR