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Gateway Notebook wont boot
Posted on May 10th, 2006 | 3 Comments

Gateway Notebook How can I troubleshoot this Gateway notebook's motherboard? It only boots to the BIOS screen. It is not worth paying $150.00 for a mother board then it may be something else What...

maximum ram on XP
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 13 Comments

Is there a maximum Ram that we can put on a board with Windows XP Professional. I put 4 sim of 1 gig. Windows XP see only 3 but bios see 4.

External USB Hard Drive
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 2 Comments

Hi there I am thinking of purchasing a USB external hard drive. Is it possible to load an windows xp on one and move it from PC to PC. For example I could use it as my hard drive at home, then...

com port
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 0 Comments

is it possible to list com ports in xp and see which application or device is using them like you could in nt.

DVD drive + Windows XP + Media Player = no go?!?
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 13 Comments

It says I need a software or hardware decoder. WHAT?!?!? The latest media player with the latest updates for XP with a brand new DVD drive andit won't play a DVD?!? --...

MTU size
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 4 Comments

I've used ping to determine that my MTU is 1464. I understand that I can change the registry to account for this. However, which key should I change? Is...

Video locks up
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 1 Comments

Had to hard boot my computer which was not responding (but which showed my screen saver - except the screen saver was stuck). Usually when this happens, I reboot, and don't get an abort dump nor...

Test...
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 0 Comments

My messages aren't making it to the forum...just testing.

Laptop died Urgent help needed
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 6 Comments

Team, I have posted my question yesterday and the responses were helpfull, however it has not taken me to resolution. I am reposting with the hope that some one can help me. I spilled coke on my...

graphics card
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 4 Comments

Hello, can anyone tell me how I can find out what the specifications of my graphics card are? Specifications like how many MB it has, or whether it has vertex shader, and such? When I look for the...

Second hard drive master/slave
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 6 Comments

I recently installed a second hard drive as IDE2 slave with my DVD writer as IDE2 master. I have since read that it is best to keep both hard drives on the IDE1 channel. Could someone please confirm...

dimm and simm memory at once
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 4 Comments

i currently have 2x512mb ddr400 by ocz.. i went and bought 1gb of memory (2x512mb) by mushkin. however, i didn't realize that ocz are dimm and the new mushkin are simm. is it ok or not to have...

how can i use the second floppy device if the bios only have one
Posted on May 9th, 2006 | 5 Comments

how can i use the second floppy device if the bios only have one option. we must build a new mainboard in a computer we need to make spezial disk for very old cnc maschines. so we need a 5,25" foppy...

RE: AGP 8X support?
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 1 Comments

hi there just wondering if you resolved this issue as I have exactly the same problem with my system! I'm running XP Home Edition SP1. ASUS P4p800 mobo (which doesn't allow you to set the AGP rate,...

Problem with PS2 bandwidth
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 10 Comments

Hello. I have a Windows XP HE with SP2 and all updates. Some time ago i have reinstalled a system. After 2-3 moths i saw that my BIOS is out of date, so i reinstalled it too. Im a musician and i use...

C: drive of HDD almost full
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 10 Comments

Hi I have a 40 GB HD with three partition C D E loaded with windowsxp sp2 and office 2003. by the time my C drive is almost full and D E had lot of space. C 10 GB D=10 GB and E=20GB Now when I...

hard drive not found
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 2 Comments

After completley reinstalling WindowsXP on HP Pavillion 7905 desktop, any attempts to run the HP Recovery disks fails. System will tell me that hard drive cannot be found. Yet I can play cd's, and...

Cannot name a drive above letter H
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 2 Comments

I have a TravelDrive 256Mb. flash drive. It works fine in 2 other computers but on my Dell tower, WinXP, SP2, it is not seen in "My Computer" or Windows Explorer unless it is named drive H or a...

Mouse Wheel
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 1 Comments

I have a Sony VAIO using Windows XP Home. I want to assign a "double-click" to the mouse wheel click switch. I guess that the driver installed doesn't allow configuring the scroll switch to...

Error cose 1000-0141
Posted on May 8th, 2006 | 1 Comments

When I turn on my computer I receive error code 1000-0141 and am told the hard drive is not available (I have Windows XP home). I've read around this site and it sounds like the hard drive is...