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Random hard-drive non detection on cold boot - bad power supply?!
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hello, My AMD 2400 XP+ system has an 80G Maxtor (primary IDE) and 30G (secondary IDE w/Linux only). I'm getting random freezes at the point where the bios detects IDE drives. I'll hear a weak...

dg 814 mr 814
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Anyone know if my dg 814 and mr 814 i got of ebay will work together so i connect by wireless for my laptop it says my mr 814 needs a adsl modem with a rj45 port which is basically what dg814...

BBC Reports on Free Ipods...
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi there, You probably looked at the subject heading for this post, then nodded your head knowingly...another scam. But no, for what seems to be the first time on the internet you can actually get...

Random Resets
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 3 Comments

I'm not sure if this is the right subject area to put this questio but it might as well could be, could anyone help me out with som ideas as to why my computer randomly resets in the middle of...

HD periodical something read
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, my HD periodical something read or write. How cann I identification which programm kommunicate whit my HD? Thanks. Fero

two USB slave:Interface
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I want to transfer data stream from one USB slave chip to another USB slave chip(single direction). Shall I interface a hub chip between them? Or can I interface them without a hub chip? May you...

Random heat related slowdown
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Ever since I bought my PC it has randomly slowed down after what seems a completely random time period, usually from 1 minute up to half an hour. There is no excessive reading of the hard drive or...

How to get into BIOS?
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 5 Comments

I have rebooted (Win XP on a Toshiba laptop) hit F8 to take me to a screen of selections (Start in safe mode, troubleshooting mode, etc.) all of which, when selected, just start XP in the appropriate...

Magnetic Card Reader
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I am working on a project, where I need some information about IT equipment to read the information stored in the magnetic strip on a plastic card. I need to be able to read the magnetic strip and...

collegamento ad internet con portatile
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Salve, ho acquistato un portatile e volevo collegarlo da casa mia usando la stessa connessione remota a Wind (vecchio contratto) che utilizzo col pc da tavolo. Ho provato così a configurarlo con la...

Pomoc!!!!!!!
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Sto je bolje uzeti: HDD: HDD MAXTOR 120 GB, UDMA 133, 7.200 o/min., 8 MB cache HDD SEAGATE Barracuda 7200.7 120 GB, UDMA 100, 7.200 o/min., 8 MB cache HDD WD Caviar 120 GB, UDMA 100, 7.200 o/min.,...

Viewsonic vx924 problems
Posted on August 26th, 2005 | 0 Comments

I have been running my vx924 for about a week with no problems. Now the monitor will not set its resolution to 1280x1024. I was running it at this resolution for this first week. I have tried it...

To Micheal C.
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Sorry about not replying to your post directly; something is screwed up in my Outlook Express and bombs any attempt I make to "reply" to posts. The deal is that I've tried all three of the USB 2.0...

New website
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

Hi all just a blatant plug for a new website called Know Now... Hoping to cover a lot of computing topics so if you are interested in computing which by being here I guess you are :), and want to...

RAM Utilization
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 7 Comments

If you have 1 GB of RAM with a 3.2 GHz P4 Prescott CPU, how do you get WinXP Pro to use as much of that memory as possible? For example are there tweaks which will increase the disk cache sizes, and...

posting 20050825
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

"McGill students' priorities are so different from those at American schools ," he says. "There are good athletic teams at McGill, but it's not such a bi g deal. Intramural sports are a huge thing,...

need replacement power supply
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

The power supply in my computer has died. It is a no-name 450W light-weight piece of junk. I need to buy a replacement but don't think I need all that power. Maybe someone can help me...

Promise vs HighPoint RAID PATA Controllers
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Does anyone have any experience with these controllers? If so, please comment.

Re: Re: New external hard drive not recognized
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

"Captin" wrote: XP Pro, I’m tring to install Sevice Packs (apparently the fix is in Service Pack 1) but am having some difficulty. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

New external hard drive not recognized
Posted on August 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have been using an 80gb external w/no problem, just got a 320gb and it works fine, however, each time I log off and then back on, the drive does not appear on ’My Computer". I unplu and plug back...