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Pr, Pb/AV Output, Y -- what are they ??
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 3 Comments

Hi :) I've just bought a new Gigabyte 6600GT card. There's a TV-Out breakout box that has 4 female connections on it. One's a 4-pin S-Video output. Fine, I know what that is. However, there are 3...

NVIDIA Graphics Card problem
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have a nvidia Geforce4 mx420 graphics card which I could enable secondry desktop/extended desktop on. However. when I updated the driver, the PC no longer gives me the option on extended desktop...

CD Drive
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi. I was wondering if anyone could help me. My write-able CD drive on my laptop has been not "fine" for a while, it reads music and CD-ROMs fine but it has stopped recognising the drive as a...

Tv-Out Problem
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

i have a problem with my tv-out i have ATI Radeon 9800 pro and i bought a new tv-out cable. i connect them and start my TV and then my PC and the computer doesn't detect the tv i have only sound and...

Serial ata PCI card, that XP can find while installing with no extra driver?
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 8 Comments

I am looking for a serial ata pci card that does not need you to insert a driver disk while you are installing XP. Does such a card exists? Where ? Thanks -- -- HOPE -- Desire and expectation...

My Ctrl Key
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I'm not sure if this is a hardware or a software issue, so please forgive the cross-post. For a decade now, I have loathed the arbitrary assignment of Caps Lock to the position next to my left...

Help!!
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

Hello! I have a strange problem. I am trying to install win2000 or winXP to a system having ( Pentium II processor at 400 Mhz , A brand new 80 GB HD with 8MB buffer , 256 MB SDRAM etc) The system...

USB Devices Stopped Working after Disconnect
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have a Compaq Armada laptop running XP SP2 which I use with its mobile expansion unit (the floppy and CD drives, and a USB port.) Yesterday I disconnected the MEU without properly stopping the...

New Hard Drive buzzing
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 2 Comments

i was wondering anyone could assist me with my hard drive issue?? basically i have a western digital slave drive (second drive) install on my custom made machine, running WinXP Pro SP2. the WDHD is...

Identical CD Drives
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I recently installed SP2 and my system no longer sees one of my CD drives. While digging around I noticed that windows can't load it's drivers because my other CD drive is identical to this one. How...

driver problems
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

my computer will not read my cd-rom drive and keeps saying code 39 is missing or corrupt can anyone help me?

Bluetooth radio issue
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

5 days ago I had a working Bluetooth dongle for my Logitech keyboard. I have since reformatted and reinstalled winXPsp2 and the sp2 Bluetooth stack that once supported my device no longer...

Problem printing on USB Parallel port
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

I have a USB 2.0 docking station connected to my notebook running Windows XP Professional and am trying to print to a parallel printer connected through the dock. It will print the first time I try...

no sound with Win XP, via ac'97 audio controller (wdm), and GA-7VKML mobo
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

got a chum with a problem. Has a TIME (UK) PC - Time are nbow bust so there is no warranty/helpdesk etc etc etc. Several problems recently encountered and allegedly resolved BUT latest is there is...

PCI Network Card Installation after Upgrading from ME to XP
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 19 Comments

I've recently upgraded from ME to XP Home successfully. I've now installed a Belkin Wireless G PCI Network card into a spare slot in my desktop. Unfortunately, the driver for the card would not...

webcam issue xp
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 0 Comments

i just bought a pcl-w310 webcam which is xp compatible according to the package. i cant get it to work. it lights up from the usb port but the driver wont install. help

Intel 536ep based modem problem in Win2k/WinXP
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 1 Comments

Hi, All ! My application records voice from telephone line using Intel 536ep based modem in voice mode. The modem is "controllerless", it has DSP and analog front end chip. OS - Win2k/WinXP. I've...

computer won't boot up
Posted on October 25th, 2005 | 4 Comments

I have a problem when first pressing the power button on the tower. The computer will start up(all the lights come on and the fans start turning) but then it just won't begin the boot process, the...

I NEED HELP BEFORE I THROW COMP.OUT THE WINDOW!!!!
Posted on October 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments

ok, heres the deal.....it started about a week ago, I was playing this online game and all of a sudden, out of no where my computer restarts. i had been playing the game for like 2 weeks at that...

Microphone won't work
Posted on October 24th, 2005 | 2 Comments

I have this unresolved microphone problem that I can't fix. When I go to Control Panel/Sounds and Audio Device/Voice/Testing sound Hardware. I get this error message. An error occurred during...