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heatsink for socket 7
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 8 Comments

I know, a sockt 7 is an old beats, but the fans on my old 400mhz is getting past it day. do anyone in the U.K know where I can get a heatsink for a socket 7 chip from, mail oder? I know a few...

Re: cutting psu wires
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 2 Comments

"Softly Softly Catchy Monkey" <munkeh@speed-mail.co.uk> wrote in message news:3f22f4c5@news.greennet.net... You can cut them as long as you use a good set of wire cutters but you would be really...

Re: 80G formatting
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

80gb formats as 76.3gb. It's the old 1.44mb = 1mb thing. Cari www.coribright.com "chris" <chrisosostow@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3F2331A1.CE9073DE@hotmail.com...

Windows server video capture hardware/software
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi! Can anyone suggest some video capture hardware and software that will allow TV capturing on a Windows Server (2000 or 2003) when there is no user logged into the computer? I'm trying to build a...

Re: 80G formatting
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

"chris" <chrisosostow@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3F2331A1.CE9073DE@hotmail.com... Did you contact the manufacturer?

hard drive size reporting
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Hi all, Problem with my hard drive which is currently reported as 25GB when it should be 80GB. My computer originally had a partioned HD so Im guessing that I simply can't 'see' the other partions....

AM radio noise
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 27 Comments

I've had this problem awhile but it seemed to be getting worse. My computer pretty much wipes out my AM radio (FM unaffected). All the wall sockets in my room are on the same circuit so I'm out of...

video BIOS
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 3 Comments

How would I, if I neede/wanted to, update the video bios on an old card? Can it be done? Flashing firmware? Is there a video firmware site? TIA Newt

New Power Supply Problem (w/picture link)
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 5 Comments

Sorry left off the pic link... http://www.mcgwire.com/300ATX.jpg Just bought a new PSU for my AMD K-7 950. I posted here about it a bit ago. Well, I opened it up and looked at it. The fan is...

Stealth 911-Mobile-PS/2 keyboard
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Need info on this keyboard and how to access Function keys F11-F36

DOS Sounddriver für Crystal CS 4280
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi folks, I have an old HP Vectra V8i PC with a Crystal CS 4280 soundcard onbaord - does anybody know where to get a DOS driver for this chipset? I found a Windows 9x driver - but that's...

Re: 80G formatting
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 1 Comments

That's normal. I've got a IBM 40gig drive that Partition Magic shows 7.8meg as unallocated. Can't explain why -- maybe somebody else can. But it shouldn't show up with a drive letter assigned to it,...

Re: Computer switches off
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 6 Comments

"Bobby" <bobby@europe.com> wrote in message news:bftmu8$cfv$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk... I'm assuming this is a fairly recent PC and is of the ATX type. The switch operates by momentarily closing a...

how to use CD-RW as a harddisc ?
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Hi, quick question, which program / driver do I need to install to be able to use my CD-RW as a harddisc ? thanks, Marcel

Re: Computer switches off
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

It's just a clone rcm - but I'll have a play with the switch and see what happens. "rcm" <rcm711@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:0yBUa.553360$Vi5.13955840@news1.calgary.shaw.ca...

Weird System Behaviour
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

My home system (AMD K6 500) is behaving wierdly. It freezes either while loading win98 or a minute after. It cant be a software problem becuase many times it just doesn't start (no beep, no display)...

Re: 80G formatting
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 0 Comments

chris wrote: Use the manufacturers format software. -- Stacey

Help: PC does not see hard drive
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 4 Comments

I fear the worse with this. My PC has will not boot up. First it did not see the hard drive, the following day it saw it and ran scandisk. Surface scan then started running and it found 4 bad...

War Driving with a Macintosh PowerBook
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I just bought a new 17" PowerBook G4. So far I'm really happy with it except for one piece: the built-in WiFi card. It simply doesn't get good reception. I can't even detect my wireless router...

CD-ROM problem
Posted on July 27th, 2003 | 2 Comments

My CD-ROM drive has not been recognizing disks lately. Are there any setting I can check to make sure I didn't accidentally change anything? Could it be something as simple as a needing cleaning? ...