I want to connect to the internet with my internal modem, but internet explorer (the windows '95 version) says the modem is being used by another...

puritan_2076@yahoo.com

05-22-2007 11:32 AM
Arno Wagner

Hi, I'm looking for advice on upgrading a scientific instument computer (GC/MS). The instrument uses three ISA (AT) PC controller boards....

d.086@hotmail.com

05-22-2007 07:14 AM
Frantisek.Rysanek@post.cz

i am trying out a used Microsoft Trackball Explorer, which ive read many positive reviews about. previously ive used a logitech thumb- trackball for...

spacemarine@mailinator.com

05-21-2007 01:00 PM
spacemarine@mailinator.com

Hello (Sorry for the x-posting, but since it could be either the motherboard, the sound driver, or some setting in W2003...) I've done the...

Gilles Ganault

05-19-2007 08:08 AM
Gilles Ganault

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22stuck+printer+pins%22 Don't you call them "pins" ? You know: 'a 9 pin' dot matrix printer ? I only print once...

news@absamail.co.za

05-15-2007 08:52 AM
M.I.5¾

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc Scott en Aztlán <scottenaztlan (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote: As far as I know, they do not have a name. However they...

Arno Wagner

05-14-2007 10:54 AM
don't look

I converted an old IBM model M to USB with a hub inside (I want only one wire on my desktop). It turns out that the keyboard sucks a lot of power. ...

Mark Healey

05-11-2007 04:35 AM
M.I.5¾

Dear everyone, where I work, a colleague of mine's got a ThinkPad R51 1829-R6G. A while ago he's paid a visit, complaining about the sluggishness of...

Frantisek.Rysanek@post.cz

05-11-2007 03:01 AM
Frantisek.Rysanek@post.cz

gfretwell (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote: Thanks, but what, pray tell, is a memory burn?

Dejola

05-08-2007 05:52 PM
Arno Wagner

Hi All, I'm planning on buying an AIO ink jet printer but wanted to get some opinions, if possible. I cant spend more than $350. I'm looking...

Daniel G.

05-08-2007 12:31 AM
paulmd@efn.org

I finally got ahold of an old IBM Model M. When I connected it to a PS/2- USB converter and plugged it in it worked fine, but when I boot with...

Mark Healey

05-07-2007 11:04 AM
Mark Healey

I'm thinking of buyong a Saitek cyborg wireless joystick, but I'm already using a logitech wireless keyboard/mouse/media remote combo. Does anybody...

Mark.Maiolani@googlemail.com

05-04-2007 07:59 AM
Mark.Maiolani@googlemail.com

I have a client that uses used PC's for point-of-sale terminals. They currently use IBM Netvista 6649's (P3 1Ghz) boxes. They have stood up well...

Scott Coffey

04-24-2007 09:44 AM
Scott Coffey

Hi folks. I have decided to get a nice mechanical keyboard, and have set my eyes in a gold contact G80-3000 from Cherry. Unfortunately, I live in a...

eduardoegr@gmail.com

04-23-2007 07:54 PM
Arno Wagner

I have an ABIT KD7A processor, and CMOS does not seem to hold its charge very well. Each time I reboot, I need to reset dates, etc. I discovered...

W. Watson

04-22-2007 08:25 PM
Arno Wagner

Picture here: http://www.kuntigi.net/misc/usb-serial.jpg There is no model or brand ID except for the CE approval logo Thanks for tips /geir

Geir Holmavatn

04-22-2007 01:52 AM
MasterBlaster

I have a POS DEll Inspiron 2400. It is about three years old. Its a long story but I can't afford to upgrade. The integrated video is the Intel...

Nate

04-21-2007 10:24 PM
Arno Wagner

I want to replace my note-book's 700MB IDE with a bigger IDE, but it's got no floppy, so I guess I'll have to clone the existing IDE onto the...

news@absamail.co.za

04-21-2007 11:06 AM
ray

I have a cheapo RF wireless keyboard for which I am trying to determine the key matrix. I have figured out which pins of the circuit board go to the...

Mark Healey

04-14-2007 11:17 PM
Mark Healey

I've had a lot of ALPS Slider keyboards, I've always liked them for the clickyness. People sing the praises of the IBM Bucking spring for the same...

Mark Healey

04-11-2007 09:17 PM
Mark Healey

i just got a model m recently from a garage sale and it looked as if it had been sitting in a snowbank or something so i bought it for 50 cents....

matthew

04-09-2007 01:52 PM
tholen@antispam.ham

Hi, I bought a piece of junk pc, but it was only $25 for a celeron 2.66 ghz with dvd burner, 512mb ram, card reader for every known card 120gb hard...

Chris

04-03-2007 11:34 AM
DRS

Does anyone have complete information about speeding up an Aptiva 2158-240? It's running at 350mHz. According to one...

Dave from MI

03-27-2007 07:59 PM
Dave from MI

Someone is willing to send me his old Compaq Presario 3000 - model 3045US laptop but there are some reasons why he isn't using it anymore. I won't go...

Allan Adler

03-26-2007 10:11 PM
Allan Adler

Recently I bought a power device for measuring the real power needed by a computer. I put this measuring device just between the computers power...

Jason Stacy

03-22-2007 07:47 AM
M.I.5¾

I have had THREE (3) Antec power supplies fail in the last 9 months. The first failure was August 2006, and was a PS that came with an Antec Sonata...

Jim Garrison

03-22-2007 05:01 AM
Gary

I have this gizmo which allows me to plug a 3.5" ATAPI H/D into it, connect a power unit (supplied) and plug it all into a USB 2.0 port. On booting...

gnowotny@gmail.com

03-17-2007 12:18 PM
Pen

Hello I flashed the Bios of a PCI card (an Adaptec 2940U2W adapter), and now, when the PC start, it display the PCI card Bios banner and does...

Gilles Vollant

03-14-2007 10:20 AM
Arno Wagner

Greetings. I'm poised to regress my Dell Inspiron's system BIOS, back two (published) levels. My question is this: =3F Assuming I utilize the...

Crazy Horse

03-09-2007 06:30 AM
Crazy Horse

Hi I have a Pc 1 ghz, 640 megs ram, Win XP, and a graphic card; ATI All-in-Wonder 128 (32 Meg) Rage Theater Video, with video input and TV tuner,...

Gaetan Mailloux

03-08-2007 07:22 PM
Gaetan Mailloux

Previously Jerry Peters <jerry (AT) example (DOT) invalid> wrote: Not really. They are unlikely to cause reboots. Hangs are a real possibility...

clarkbt36@optonline.net

02-28-2007 09:24 AM
M.I.5¾

On 31 jan, 23:25, Arno Wagner <m... (AT) privacy (DOT) net> wrote: Delete, Esc, F11 and combinations with Ctrl and Alt :)

ml2mst

02-23-2007 07:04 AM
Don Phillipson

I have an old Focus FK 9000 keyboard. It's super clickey, has no windows keys, 12 programmable keys, and the numeric keypad can be switched to be...

Mark Healey

02-22-2007 09:41 AM
Arno Wagner

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc gfretwell (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote: The cycling effect could well be an interaction between mainboard and PSU. Of...

Jim Garrison

02-12-2007 11:34 AM
Jim Garrison

Whenever I depress any key on my keyboard, I get a loud beep and nothing else. This is true for every key -- character, shift, Caps Lock, etc. It...

szwanger@fragment.com

02-05-2007 01:48 AM
Arno Wagner

i have intel 915 gev motherboard and when i on power switch fan starts and light flashes of hdd and after few seconds it stop flashing hdd light my...

gonu

01-16-2007 01:32 PM
Jeremy Boden

Since the OLPC project has chosen other than the ARM CPU -- something like "goede?" -- I'm guessing that that's also a low powered CPU. Are power...

no-top-post

01-12-2007 06:36 PM
Linuxiac

Previously gfretwell (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote: There is one other viable option: Strong disk encryption an the key either in the users mind or on a...

Krish

01-11-2007 01:47 PM
Jeremy Boden

Hi, A few of our Dell Latitude notebooks take almost 'forever' to boot. There are no viruses or adware involved (have tested with different...

Geir Holmavatn

01-09-2007 09:06 AM
Chris Hill

I have a Dell PC with 2 x 256MB dual channel memory. I need more memory and eventually I want to put 2 x 1GB, which is the maximum it'll take, but at...

cartes

01-05-2007 09:50 PM
Arno Wagner

<gfretwell (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote Check the spec of the power supply before you try starting it when it is *not* connected to a system. Many...

Bill Anderson

01-05-2007 10:31 AM
Dave

An old Maxtor external mass storage device that I've used since 2002 now has a flashing LED as soon as power is applied, whether or not the USB cable...

Haines Brown

12-30-2006 09:49 AM
Arno Wagner

What to do when a computer starts making noise. See: http://www.computercraft.com/docs/computernoise.shtml

www.GETNJ.com

12-19-2006 12:52 PM
www.GETNJ.com

I am getting a new computer. I need to know what drive(S) to get if I want to burn and read both a dvd and cdrom.I have heard of combo drives but do...

barb

12-17-2006 08:30 AM
Jeremy Boden

I have a Dell XPS desktop with mirrored SATA drives in the BIOS. If one drive fails how will I know? TIA, Dan

Dan

12-16-2006 08:48 PM
Dan

On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 02:42 -0800, Harvested.From.Usenet (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote: -- Jeremy Boden

Jeremy Boden

12-16-2006 08:17 AM
Jeremy Boden

Hello, I had someone take an 80GB drive, accidently put the jumper to the "cap"/size limiting setting. He reverted the jumper settings but now the...

ecto

12-13-2006 10:39 PM
Arno Wagner

I have a lot of 5 1/4" floppy disks I would like to copy to CD-R. These are mostly Quickbasic and PDS 7.1 libraries and source code and such,...

Jim

12-12-2006 07:04 AM
M.I.5¾

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:57:22 -0500, Tony Hill <hilla_nospam_20 (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> put finger to keyboard and composed: <snip> And there's the...

Chris

12-10-2006 10:02 PM
Mark Conrad

Over the Thanksgiving holiday, someone gave me a Linksys etherfast Cable/DSL Router. I'm not interested in going online with it. I do want to explore...

Allan Adler

12-01-2006 09:21 AM
Arno Wagner