Hi, I'm about to buy a 80gb 7200rpm harddrive, either a Maxtor, seagate or WD, 2mb or 8mb cache, I was thinking of getting a removable harddrive rack for it, but then I got to thinking that these...

Guys, I have a P4-2.2 512mb XP Pro laptop. I was running fine, until XP hung one day, i rebooted and could not get it going, so (knowing that my bios battery was dygin, decided to reset the default...

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Spec1/1328812.html Anyone got any opinions about this modem? I suppose the key attraction is that it's USB host powered, so no power supply or serial cable to...

"H Hornblower" <me@my.net> wrote in message news:1b0ifvcmi6btoj6nmqfj3hgumclj8ori0j@4ax.com... priority order (the wording may differ in different BIOSes). Even DOS can then boot from the SATA drive.

How do people feel about this new line of 17" laptops that are coming out? Frist Apple, now Toshiba: http://news.com.com/2100-1044_3-1022593.html Too big? Too heavy? Or finally a reasonable...

"Simon Harris" <too_much@spam_makes_you_fat.com> wrote in message news:1056874982.339014@ananke.eclipse.net.uk... raising it to 75hz. If that doesnn't work try lowering the resolution one step. I...

I am planning to upgrade a Pentium II 400 computer. I want to install a new motherboard, Celeron 2.0 with 400 FSB, and PC-2100 memory. The current powersupply does not have the extra power plug for...

Hi! I have a Toshiba Sattelite 2800-201, bought 2 - 3 years ago. I has a Celeron 650Mhz and it came with 64 MB Ram, but has now 192Mb. How do I find out what kind of motherbord it has? I want to...

Can 184-pin PC1066 rimms be used in motherboards based on Intels D850GB chipset? I know that they are designed for PC600/800 rimms. But I was wondering if they would allow the PC1066 to run at...

When plugging in a fan to the Rear Chassis Fan connector, and trying to access the "Hardware Monitoring" section in the BIOS, it results in a freeze. If I switch off the PC, unplug the fan, then go...

Hi Bud, The fellow with the plane will meet us Monday about 1:00 PM at Gurnee Mills, about how long to get there from your place? Thanks, Happy 4th, Bill K

Hi all.. Just made myself a new computer P4 2.4Ghz with 256mb ddr ram and the installation of w2k went very well. Problems arose when i disconnected the cd-rom that was used to install the o/s....

This is not my week when it comes to computers! Argh! Anyway, my old ECS mobo crapped out for the second time, so I said, screw this, I'm going with Asus. I bought an Asus A7V8X-X and a stick of...

The bios can always be restored to its original settings and changes can always be undone so the bios is a safe place unless you try to flash it then there can be disasters, but for routine changes...

To do this you would have to modify the case which is a big bother, but I believe there is a special Newsgroup on modified cases so there are experts out there. You might go there an ask their...

Il Mon, 09 Jun 2003 18:20:21 +0100, doggy <doggy@doo.invalid> ha scritto: Hi, try to go to www.recoverybios.com

Can anyone tell me out of his experience if it is worth using arctic silver thermal paste on a boxed intel Pentium4 cpu ?

Hi! When I bought my laptop (Toshiba) two and a half years ago, it had a 6GB hardisk which could be heard all the time while it (the hardisk) was on. I then replaced it with a 20GB hardisk, an IBM I...

Fred wrote: Spend about $250 and get a fast AMD chip/board/DDR ram setup. The old P4's weren't very good performers, a newer P4 (the good ones) won't fit and for games an AMD works great. A 4600Ti...

I'm thinking about getting a MB with SATA. But I heard they currently run just as fast the EIDE connections. So when the supposedly faster, next generation SATA is available, will I be able to take...