In the past I've done lots of embedded flash programming at work, so decided to have a muck about with the flash BIOS in an old Pentium II I've...

Alfie Noakes

04-27-2007 04:08 AM
Alfie Noakes

I've got a 16-bit ISA card (part of a specialty piece of data acquisition equipment) that I know works in several different mainstream...

PC Guy

03-05-2007 07:03 PM
PC Guy

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

12-16-2006 10:31 PM
barb

Hi all, I need some help with a problem I'm having with my daughter's IBM PC. The specs are: IBM Desktop' 300 PL 6862 U8U Pentium III Running Windows...

Larry Gamache

10-09-2006 12:22 AM
Larry Gamache

Are you having to fiddle around with the DC Plug to get tour laptop to boot up only to make a sudden move and it powers off? Laptop on your knee,...

admin@truestate.com

09-22-2006 10:34 AM
admin@truestate.com

Parting Out My APTIVA 2159-S90 Hi! I'm parting out my APTIVA computer. It is machine type 2159 and model type S90. I have circuit cards,...

DARY

09-02-2006 01:19 PM
DARY

The IBM Personal Computer's 25th Anniversary In 1981, IBM's 5150 took the business world by storm and moved the PC into the mainstream. Lincoln...

Ablang

09-02-2006 01:02 AM
Ablang

I have an old Dell Dimension 8100 that I'm trying to suck a little more life out of. I'm considering upgrading the graphics card to a GeForce 6200....

GreyOoze

08-15-2006 08:39 PM
GreyOoze

I had 2 PATA drives and disconnected my slave and installed a SATA drive. I mirrored my HD with XXCLONE and checked the option to make the new...

Eddie G

06-30-2006 07:41 PM
Bill Turlock

I am buying a laptop that has a vga out port. I travel a lot and wish to use it as a portable dvd player to plug into tv's in motels on the road. I...

MarkW

05-08-2006 03:27 AM
MarkW

Have you opened the box and made sure there are no airflow obstructions near the power supply, video card, etc. - have you made sure that the CPU...

Texas Yankee

04-21-2006 09:24 AM
Texas Yankee

Hi First post I have a presario model 8ZSXE2 mobo 07D0h. I need a bigger power supply 400 watts it came with 220watt. it looks like standard ATX....

modocdave

02-13-2006 08:33 PM
modocdave

I have just had an older dead motherboard replaced with one of the above. I had to reload WindowXP but am having boot problems related to USB. I...

dukeofearl

02-13-2006 03:21 PM
dukeofearl

i have a old compaq uwave motherboard spinoff from the fic az11when i install my agp card i get a blank screen after running everest and...

Trick

01-30-2006 03:15 PM
Trick

I have my sons computer which is basically unusable at this point. I see a program clz running in the task window which I assume is part of the...

Dave the Wave

01-25-2006 11:56 PM
Dave the Wave

My second machine is an IBM netvista with a celeron 667. It runs fine, but I would like to put in a P3 933. The Documentation lists this as an...

Tom D

01-15-2006 01:15 PM
Tom D

I'm not looking for one. I need some advice. I have a device in my computer that lets me turn on the computer via remote control. See:...

Adam

01-10-2006 01:11 AM
Adam

I've been trying to solve this for years and the computer dealers I've asked haven't been able to help. How can I set my computer up so that it is...

Freedom Deanna

12-15-2005 10:54 PM
Curious George

Anybody know which battery this particular motherboard should use? The manual doesn't specify. If not THIS MB, are there general batteries which...

Apropos

11-03-2005 09:08 PM
Apropos

Hey, I've an Creative Audigy ZS Gamer which supports 5.1/6.1/7.1 playback, and I now own some Creating P7800 7.1 speakers to go along with it....

Shinnokxz

09-28-2005 04:40 PM
Shinnokxz

I am unable to boot a new K7VM3 motherboard that I am installing in an e-machines H2482 computer case. I am using an Athlon XP 2400 CPU and 512-meg...

Tom Hill

09-25-2005 06:25 AM
Tom Hill

I have a prototype board that I am trying to interface to a laptop (running Windows XP) via a 16-bit PCMCIA interface. The maximum data rate that...

Edward L. Hepler

09-23-2005 08:53 PM
Some Guy

I just put together a new PC. It is in an Antec P180 case and has a ASUS SLI-Premium motherboard. As well, I have a 550W Antec Power Supply, BFG...

Mark W

09-12-2005 02:26 PM
Mark W

I'm currently looking for a metal or plastic 3.5" or 5.25" Drive Enclosure that is bare - no USB or FireWire logic inside. I need to be able to fit...

Henry

08-05-2005 09:34 PM
Henry

I keep getting exception 0E's in vxd --- A quick search of usenet (or even a long search) results in hundreds of posts about this "vxd ---" error,...

fred

07-24-2005 09:57 AM
fred

I'm running a PC with a SATA drive and an IDE drive. The SATA drive, which boots the machine, is running Win XP. But Windows doesn't see the IDE...

Hiawatha Bray

07-08-2005 08:06 AM
Cyberbear

Hy ng, my thinkpad T21 can't boot from USB, even after the update to the last bios version (1.16). Do you think I can resove this problem? Thank...

Luca Lau

07-06-2005 05:00 AM
Luca Lau

Hi -- I have two Pentium III machines on Intel 810-based motherboards (one is Intel's, one is Biostar's) exhibiting this behavior. All PCs here...

Charles Lavin

06-28-2005 08:28 PM
Charles Lavin

HI -- I'm trying to install Windows XP on an old NetVista PC for a project I'm working on. But I cannot get the CD-ROM drive to work. The BIOS...

Charles Lavin

06-28-2005 08:26 PM
Charles Lavin

Intel specs some chips as "478 pin PPGA" and for others it adds "FC-PGA2". What's the difference between the 2 package types? For example, this...

Some Guy

06-28-2005 01:10 PM
kony

John Doe wrote: No. First, optical drives are always fully enclosed all the way around. Second, air will flow though the holes in the bezel in...

No One

06-28-2005 12:37 AM
forumposter32

I have a 3-4 year old Intel El Paso motherboard w/82845 chipset. It has 2 front mounted USB 1.1 ports. I traced the cable to the connector on...

Joel

06-01-2005 05:17 AM
Miss Perspicacia Tick

Anyone know the keystroke to access the BIOS on a NetVista PC? (I can't read the model number on the case, sorry.) I have tried everything I can...

noneyabusiness

05-29-2005 12:44 AM
darkrats

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Zvi Netiv <support (AT) replace_with_domain (DOT) com> wrote: That is untrue. Well designed surge protection...

Bryon Lape

05-11-2005 11:59 AM
Arno Wagner

I am using a Microsoft wireless optical mouse. Its around 6 mouths old. It uses two AA batteries. The battery uses are quite fast. So I switch to...

Adam Jacobs

05-01-2005 09:47 AM
Adam Jacobs

I have a Thinkpad A30, I have loaded WIN XP Pro but there is no hibernation feature in the POWER settings. There is Hibernation in the BIOS...

jm7

04-19-2005 11:36 PM
jm7

I've salvaged 3 HDD's from a failed server (running WIndows server 2003). All were fine immediately before the server failed (no diagnosed reason for...

ITM

04-18-2005 09:31 AM
Jason Gurtz

Hi, I've a NetVista IBM pc (1 GHZ, 128MO), it has a problem (i don't know what because someone gives it to me ), I decided to format and re-installe...

e-Pieces

04-09-2005 06:04 PM
Folkert Rienstra

Thanks for all the suggestions. I'll try them first chance I get. "NuTCrAcKeR" <nutcracker (AT) internationalhacker (DOT) org> wrote

Hiawatha Bray

04-07-2005 02:40 AM
Horst Franke

Coming across this more frequently lately, Gateways about 2-3 years old having booting issues after having been turned off all nite. Heading...

Rich Pierson

03-30-2005 04:50 PM
Rich Pierson

We have an IBM T21 Thinkpad running Windows XP Professional which seems to be overheating. On startup, the CPU fan runs for a few seconds and then...

Willow Griffiths-Scott

03-16-2005 04:40 PM
Willow Griffiths-Scott

Hi, all I tried to upgrade the firmware on my CD-RW drive (an LG GCC-4520B) and something went wrong. The drive seems to be invisible to the BIOS...

rick cameron

02-26-2005 02:58 PM
Trinity

I want to upgrade my Compaq EVO D510 SFF from a 1.7 GHz P4 to a Celeron or a faster P4 2.4 GHz. My guess is that yes I could pop in a 2.4 and I'd...

Michael T Butler

01-25-2005 10:25 PM
Michael T Butler

A young friend of mine with Windows XP has 160 songs in an iTunes library, and wants to send me a list of them, i.e., title/artist. I myself use a...

fan

01-22-2005 08:16 PM
Glenn Shaw

A friend of mine asked me to try figure out what was wrong with their 2 year old Dell Dimension 4550 computer running Windows XP Home Edition. Over...

Gary Kaucher

01-20-2005 05:54 PM
Gary Kaucher

So I was handed this e-machines pc http://www.emachines.com/support/support_info.html?prodName=C1641 and asked to fix it for a friend of a friend. ...

hupjack

01-16-2005 09:27 AM
doS

I've had this proble sporadically and don't know how I've fixed it but its not stopping so far tonight. When I hit the case power switch I see the...

David Miller

01-06-2005 11:11 PM
David Miller

Don't know if I'm speaking for anyone at all here; maybe you all are professionals or very proficient hobbyists. If you are, can you suggest a GOOD...

mutefan@yahoo.com

12-28-2004 02:24 PM
Cyclops

Hello Guys I have just replaced a 2-port Linksys KVM switch with a Zonet 4-port KVM switch (part # KVM3004) so that I can control 3 computers using...

John

12-20-2004 05:44 PM
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