....continuing saga from a previous post. I found the piece of hardware I need to use an ADC monitor with a DVI connector. However what about drivers? Should I just be able to pick plug and play or...

I am thinking of building a new system based on the Tyan K8WE motherboard, and I need some help! Does anyone have a Tyan K8WE motherboard with dual core CPUs? If so, does the bios see both CPUs in...

This is an older monitor I picked up at a yard sale, a Samsung 900 19 inch CRT. Worked great for the first couple of years, then I noticed the color would shift from a yellow tint to a bluish tint...

Ok, over the weekend I upgraded from a Intel 815e chipset motherboard with a P3 to a VIA PT880 chipset with a Celeron D. I am now in the world of DDR, quad pumping, timing ratios, etc. I know this is...

Hi, Can I use a 400Mhz ddr ram memory on a 300mhz bus motherboard? I have an Asus A7S8X-MX motherboard (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socketa/a7s8x-mx/overview.htm) that accepts 333Mhz Ram memory....

Can anyone tell me why my P4 machine won't go into standby mode on it's own? - I have no screen saver set - Monitor is set to go blank after three minutes, and works fine. - Harddrive is not set to...

Hello there, I build up a spare computer from parts laying around and have a question about plugging in the GIGABYTE 8IDX motherboard to the chasis cables. Below the link to the manual screenshot of...

Hi, I am refurbishing a PC for a friend - the case is a standard ATX (Mid)Tower. I want to install three SCSI HD drives internally - the three external drive bays are otherwise...

I have dual CRT monitors but the 2nd VGA monitor connected from the DVI output of the GFX card has much better colour quality than the 1st VGA monitor. Both monitors are same manufacturer, model and...

I have ADSL and wish to install 56K dial up modem back up. I have been told by the PC Manufacturer Medion that 56K dial up is incompatible with ADSL and won't work - is this correct? I have tried...

If you've got a multimeter you can test to see if the power adapter is putting out what it should. If not you might be able to find a compatible adapter at radio shack (same voltage, amperage, and...

anis Wrote: :( it shutdown again a few mins after i posted above, though i flash my bios again to newest one same as the one i flashed in previous pos and my pc has ben running for 3 days. is this...

Trying to set up a 56K dial up connection as back up. My modem gets an engaged tone after dialling. When I dial the same number I get an answer from a computer/modem etc. The same thing happens...

Hey I hope someone can help me with this, because I've had it for a long time now, and as you can imagine, it's really bothersome. Right, on to the problem. A while ago, I bought an external hard...

What's the difference? Thanks, Cody

Could a router with a usb print server be used for other usb functions ? On some routers such as the SMC Barricade BR14U Router there is a built in USB print server. Since this is a standard USB...

I have the router and cable modem in my room. I am connected wirelessly. Everything is working okay. My wife's machine is connected to the router in my room via Ethernet. She cannot connect to the...

Hi guys. A couple of questions on overclocking... If you had to pick an AMD64 processor to overclock, which one would you take, and why? I thought an AMD64 939-pin 3000+ Venice core might...

Can someone tell me all about the Winbond W83627THF (ISA 290h) sensor on my MSI 865GVM2-LS (MS-7037). In particular, Everest appears to get the assignment of the CPU and MB backwards. I would...

Hi, I've got a seagate 80 gb drive that shows a capacity of only 76317 megabytes when booting (74.53 Gbytes thrugh disk/drive manager) but if I go to the device manager / Silicon Image / Drive info...