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CDR-DVD ROM doesn't see 'burned' discs
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I was infected with w32.Jeffo or a varient there of. I believe this has created some problems with my plug and play system. My CDR-DVD ROM will no longer recognize discs that I previously burned. It...

A Guide to PCI Express
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Discussion about PCI Express at Ars Technica. I'm thinking to upgrade my graphics card so this article is right up my alley and anyone else who needs help in this...

Drivers ???
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Anyone tried the latest release of Vista. It's Beta 2 but I cant get it to recognise the driver for my modem, Keeps giving me an Ikernal error. R

CD-ROM causes reboot
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

My CD-ROM drive just started causing problems with my computer. Any disc I run in it causes the system to reboot. I can't play games or even access the Windows XP disc. I've never had a problem...

No-Go Vaio and Maxtor external USB HDD
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I bought a Maxtor 250GB USB drive, thinking USB drives were "quick and easy" to install. I got "unrecognized USB device" and finally got it recognized as a "mass storage device" - even got it to...

partition
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a 80 gig HD and it has 2 partitions, one is 10 gig and the other is 70, I had to install my OS on the 10 gig partition, how can i remove the 80 gig partition and make my HD just one with no...

log on problem in windows xp
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

when turning on the computer it would load up with the log on to windows. What happens if I don't remember my user name and passowrd? Cannot go anywhere from here.

Microsoft Wireless Notebook Laser Mouse 6000
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

I found an interesting bug with this the Notebook Laser Mouse 6000. It seems that on Dell XPS M170 highest end notebooks when the mouse is installed and operating, the screen saver will never start....

Cannot play media files after connecting usb 2.0 device
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 0 Comments

Hi everyone I have just purchased an usb 2.0 pci board, it works well, but after connecting ANY usb 2.0 device I cant play any audio/video files anymore... it just appears to be loading the file, but...

Belkin USB 2.0 PCI card problem
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Just fitted a new card to increase the number of ports on my PC but it has disabled the four ports I already have. I've tried the other spare PCI slots but all have the same result. I'm running XP...

Lexmark printer doesn't print right
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I recently wanted to print something with my printer, but when I tried the colors were all wrong. When I wanted black all I get is gray with many streaks, and the only color ink there was were yellow...

Can a router be used as a switch
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I have an ISP connection to one router(A) which connected to a swtich. My room got an ethernet port from the switch. Now in my room, I want to connect to 3 computer and want to use my room printer...

monitor will not turn on
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Just install a high speed usb card and every thing was working fine last night. . .today the monitor does not turn on automatically when i boot the computer. . have to turn it on manually. . .not a...

dvd rom
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I have 2 dvd rom in pc. One is a burner setup as master Hardware profile shows both drives but drives not available to access Driver prompt gives error 39. When attempt to update driver,...

video cards/ ethernet problem
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 2 Comments

i want to have dual monitors so i installed a new video card. i could not find one with 2 vga ports so i bought two (i didnt think you could run motherboard and video card toegether??? it did work...

2 hard drives have disappeared
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 14 Comments

I have 2 hard disk drives connected to a Promise Ultra IDE card. Two days ago I started getting errors and when I looked in My Computer neither drive shows up. They are both present in Device...

sata on xp pro
Posted on January 15th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Is it possable to install only one sata drive as my main drive if so what type of raid 0,1 ?? new to all this sata stuff hope some one can help

I cant get Windows XP to recognize my old NTFS hard drive
Posted on January 14th, 2006 | 7 Comments

I recently built a new pc running win xp pro with an ASUS A8N SLI prem Motherboard and two SATA hard drives. I connected the old hard drive, which I know works, to the IDE conn on the MB and have it...

Two modems problem
Posted on January 14th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have two modems on my XP - SP2 PC (Celeron 1.7Ghz), - Creative Blaster Modem PCI (XP identify this as V92 Soft modem) - Zoltrix Modem FM5687 PCI (XP identify this as V90 Soft modem) i search on...

wireless keyboard and mouse not rsponding
Posted on January 14th, 2006 | 5 Comments

Hi All, I just installed a microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse, but they seem to be working erratically, forcing me to reboot the system every time, no such problem with the wired keyboard, I...