alt.comp.hardware - Week 10, 2005

Total Failure

Nik Diablo - 5 Mar 2005 11:18 PM - 8 messages

Hi I suddenly had a "mouse freeze" on me. The whole PC locked up and I rebooted, to Nothing! I have a 8m old p4 3.2 with 512MB Ram, Win Xp Home SP2, 200MB MAXTOR (Yes Maxtor..I know what you're thinking) Hard Drive that has been making a ...

Boot Failure

jbmic - 5 Mar 2005 9:24 PM - 7 messages

No problems till now. After copying file to CDR, computer wouldn't recognize disk in that drive, but would see file in DVD ROM Drive. Attempted re-booting to clear problem, now power to fans but no beeps, no ...

DVI - any real difference?

Bobby - 5 Mar 2005 8:46 PM - 13 messages

I am about to purchase a TFT monitor to replace my 19" CRT. I have an ATI 9600 Pro graphics card in my PC which has 15 pin D-sub and DVI outputs. How important is it to buy a display with DVI input? Does it make any real ...

Slow External Firewire Harddrives

z_q-g.-u - 5 Mar 2005 8:44 PM - 4 messages

Running W2K. Can copy files to my external harddrives (new high speed IDE drives), both USB 2.0 and Firewire 1394a, at approximately 1 GB per min. This seems very slow to me, and does not begin to approach the ...

Processor without cooler?

Princess Morgiah - 5 Mar 2005 8:26 PM - 19 messages

Hi, I have a Pentium III-500Mhz from which the processor cooler has started to make a lot of noise. I was wondering if it would be possible to keep the machine running without the cooler. Can anybody tell me whether or not this is possible? The machine has a ...

PC shuts down on it's own

Rockjock - 5 Mar 2005 7:44 PM - 2 messages

I have an AMD 2,6ghz 1 gig ram 2 x 120gb IBM set as master, 200gb maxtor set as slave LG DVD-RW GSA-4120 400w power supply MSI motherboard System was working fine, detached the 200gb hard drive, to take it with me on vacation...now when i try to reattach it system boots up..then powers off on it's own. ...

Prophet 4000Xt 3D Problems

Nik Diablo - 5 Mar 2005 7:39 PM - 2 messages

Hi I've got a problem with a card a mate gave me. I can't seem to get any 3D from it. I'm running a P3 800mhz with 512MB RAM and a Hercules 3D Prophet 4000XT PCi 64MB card. When I run DXdiag (V.9c) and do the Direct 3D test, ...

Should I fix or recycle this Monitor?

Rich Barry - 5 Mar 2005 7:35 PM - 3 messages

I have a five year old LG Studioworks 995E that started acting up ( shutting off by itself and going dark for a few minutes at a time ) and now finally the upper half of the screen is gone. Wondering if ...

a little help please

dark.kitty - 5 Mar 2005 6:51 PM - 3 messages

i am trying to get a new computer as cheaply as possible and our local fox news channel said this was a very legal offer so i thought i would give it a try. sorry for the "spamming", i am just trying to get the ...

Computer freezes

pgx@pgrahams.com - 5 Mar 2005 6:33 PM - 5 messages

Abit AN7 AMD Barton +2600 512 M Memory Win2K Pro SP4 and all updates SATA 80G ATA 160G System freezes randomly. It may freeze soon after boot, it may run for days. It seems more likely to freeze under stress (scandisk, etc). ...

Netgear ME102 Wireless AP

Chris Kilian - 5 Mar 2005 7:00 AM - 2 messages

Ok got a new development on this matter, I have managed to get the drivers installed and got it working for a few minutes, then got told by the device that it needed a new firmware which the supplier kindly supplied when I ...

New Power Supply has a hot smell to it.

Jim Propert - 5 Mar 2005 6:05 AM - 10 messages

Hi Everybody, I have recently built a new computer. I installed along with it a 420watt Enermax Power supply. It's great, but I have one complaint about it. ...

DVD Writer -- Disc 'Lags' In Win Explorer

Alex - 5 Mar 2005 2:04 AM - 6 messages

Hello, After burning a DVD, I’m experiencing considerable lag when I attempt to view/explore the disc in Windows Explorer. Though I haven’t been burning DVDs for very long, I’ve never had this problem before (then again, I’ve ...

Swap file usage

HC - 4 Mar 2005 10:18 PM - 7 messages

Dunno if this is *quite* the right newsgroup, but this seems like something people here would know. I'm going to add a new hard drive to my system. It will be a 7200RPM PATA 133 drive with an 8MB buffer. My current drive is a 7200RPM PATA 100 drive ...

BIOS problem

Gert Baars - 4 Mar 2005 8:43 PM - 4 messages

Hello, My PC has functioned without problems for years. What is the problem since a couple of months is that sometimes it has problems with booting up. I get errors like incorrect hardware setting for the VGA card, or exceptions, or a message ...

wave device for modem

King of Red Lions - 4 Mar 2005 7:49 PM - 3 messages

Hi, I have Windows ME installed and have an Intel 536EP modem which has installed properly. The problem is that I can't seem to find and installation/driver for "wave device for voice modem". I have searched ...

Installing ATX power supply

Damned - 4 Mar 2005 6:57 PM - 3 messages

I have bought an ATX power supply for my Pentium II.I have dual AT/ATX connectors.I currently use At power supply.I don`t have a start button for the ATX supply.What do i have to do to make it start?I can`t start my computer...cause i don`t have a button. -- Damned ...

Difference betw. 2MB and 8MB buffer for backup HD

jack - 4 Mar 2005 2:42 PM - 6 messages

I know, I know... about 6 MB. I was looking at a USB HD enclosure to try to deal with a separate HD problem, and found that CompUSA has a deal on a Hitachi Deskstar 7k250 160 GB HD, with a free enclosure, for $60 (after rebates). Now, this ...

ATA, EIDE, UDMA - I dont get it

MajBach1 - 4 Mar 2005 2:21 PM - 5 messages

HI, all. I cannot figure this one out. I have: DFI MxBoard w/ Agp, 4xPCI 2xASI and 2xIDE-currently 80 pin cables. Also, 466 Celereon, 80 GB WD Caviar 7200 and 40 GB WD Caviar 7200 HDDs, LG DVD-8160B, LG CD/CDRW-8481.Current ...

frequent freezes, nothing helps

horseface - 4 Mar 2005 11:15 AM - 9 messages

Hi everybody. I have a three year old comp which gave me problems from day one. Initially it had trouble playing DVD's (random reset once or twice during play), but after installing Win2000 the problems went away. I still sometimes got a ...

5" brackets for HD

Kev - 3 Mar 2005 8:22 PM - 4 messages

Has anyone had experience with one of those 5 inch hard drive bays, that goes under the CD for example, that have fans in the front? If there already is a reasonably sufficient fan in the front already, would the ...

Maxtor Debate

Pete - 3 Mar 2005 4:29 PM - 23 messages

I've had a Maxtor hard disk for several years now, and it's working perfectly. It's not loud, it's fast, and I'm happy so far. Anyone else?? =Pete ...

Laptop Emergency Disc.

PVR - 3 Mar 2005 1:16 PM - 5 messages

I have a new laptop. Have just installed a backup software. This suggests to create an "Emergency Recovery Disc." This disc is 3.5" and contains some DOS, some utilities and a driver for the CD, etc. Using this disc I can boot ...

USB 2 Strangeness

Rock - 3 Mar 2005 9:34 AM - 2 messages

Hi, The Laser external Hard drive now has another drive in it in case it was the problem but the same things is still happening. I plug it into another of 4 USB ports I have which are supposed to be ...

Hard Drive as slave keeps system from booting

jack - 2 Mar 2005 11:49 PM - 7 messages

Have a Western Digital that stopped booting. It hangs at the Windows XP spash screen, with the scroll bar running beneath it. When trying to boot to safe mode, it hangs as it's loading .sys files from the drivers folder (last one listed is amdagp.sys). I can see it in the ...

Will the Socket 775 be able to use Dual Processors?

Olav Rekve - 2 Mar 2005 6:08 PM - 4 messages

Dual Core Processor + LGA 775(the PCI Exprexx 925 X chipset =Match?? or is this a bogus rumor ...

possible connecting a PCI 32-bit card into a PCI-X slot ???

Giovanni Azua - 2 Mar 2005 4:49 PM - 4 messages

Hello all, Just want to make sure before pushing my really delicate MOBO ... TIA, Best Regards, Giovanni ...

Maxtor hard drives fail too soon.

John Corliss - 2 Mar 2005 1:59 PM - 46 messages

Most people depend greatly on their hard drive(s) to be (a) reliable and safe media for storing those files. Well, if you have a Maxtor hard drive and tend to not back up your stuff, you might want to think about ...

win xp pro reboots itself??

mikeylbl - 2 Mar 2005 12:40 PM - 7 messages

I am running Win XP Pro. Since installation my system always reboots itself and blue screens with physical memory dumps. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to fix this without reinstalling the OS? I have win xp pri with sp2 ...

Power light blinking yellow

detimes2 - 2 Mar 2005 12:16 PM - 2 messages

I have a desktop that seems to have no power or partial power. WHen pressed, the power light blinks yellow, the fan doesn't turn on, nothing except for the blinking. I tried replacing the video card, a ...

bit scared....

Rex Mundi - 2 Mar 2005 12:16 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, I have just brought pretty much a new system which includes: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. Antec Truepower 480w PSU 1gb Coursair Value Select Ram 9600XT Radeon I wired it all up last night, went to switch it on and the PSU blew ...

A S-Video connection fried both my laptop and TV! Help needed!

dupuis_gabriel@yahoo.ca - 2 Mar 2005 10:17 AM - 3 messages

Hello, Recently, I had a big power surge problem involving both my brand new laptop and my less than two years old TV. Two total looses. My main concern is that I don't really understand what happened and, thereof, can't see a way to prevent it in the future. ...

Just curious

cat herder - 2 Mar 2005 9:47 AM - 6 messages

When will modern computers be as good at video as the Amigas were 10 years ago? ...

ATI R520

Clob - 2 Mar 2005 5:54 AM - 2 messages

ITS COMING IN MAY!!! WOOT WOOT! Just do a google search... Im looking forward to this. ...

BIOS issue

Bacchus - 2 Mar 2005 5:35 AM - 5 messages

Hi, I am trying to configure my buddies hard drive to read 30gig as it is only reading 1.9gigs with WIn 98SE. I did the correct fdisk and enabled large drive support but still the same old thing. ...

New system crashing. : (

OM - 2 Mar 2005 12:30 AM - 21 messages

I've got a fresh installation of XP, and randomly (without doing anything) it will crash. I have a brand new system with all new parts: - Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe. - SATA hard drive. - Kingston memory. - Seagate hard drive. - AMD 3200 Athlon Barton CPU ...

Rebooting Problems!

GoodyTech - 1 Mar 2005 9:01 PM - 10 messages

Hi my computer freezes everytime i reboot it. I usually end up rebooting my computer at least 2-3 times before it works. My only conclusion to this is that my computer is overheating. I can definitely say that it feels hot, but i'm not sure what would be hot ...

Power Supply

a2o - 1 Mar 2005 8:18 PM - 6 messages

Hello, I have 2 computers currently: Computer 1 500 watt power supply 20 pin 3.4ghz P4 Abit duramax Motherboard 1 gig of 533 RAM 120gig Sata Drive 80 gig IDE Drive NEC 16x DVD burner Computer 2 400 watt power supply ...

[OT] Seek 'usage timer' utility to stop Net addiction!

Franklin - 1 Mar 2005 8:17 PM - 18 messages

This is off-topic. ------ There are plenty of timer utilities. But I am looking for a timer which counts only while the PC's keyboard is in use. Then the timer might sound an alarm when it reaches a preset duration ...

Netgear ME102 Wireless AP

CK - 1 Mar 2005 3:46 PM - 8 messages

Anyone got one of these at all. Bought one butmy wireless card cant see it at all. Netgear reckon you need to install the USB drivers then configure it but they dont work. Any ideas ...

How to set Level 2 cache for 1mb and 2mb CPU's!

Chris - 1 Mar 2005 2:47 PM - 4 messages

in your start bar go to RUN type in REGEDIT then navigate to Memory management as described below, double click the entry and change the DWORD value to suit your CPU. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE => SYSTEM => CurrentControlSet => Control => Session ...

how to slipstream RAID/SATA drivers into WinXP boot cd?

nikko - 1 Mar 2005 6:55 AM - 3 messages

I'm about to install 2 SATA drives that I intend to run in a RAID array. I don't have a floppy drive, so I've been following the instructions in this how-to article about slipstreaming SATA/RAID drivers into my Windows XP boot ...

Video card

jasperdogg - 1 Mar 2005 4:51 AM - 4 messages

I recently purchased a radeon 128mb graphics card for my desktop pc. I thought i had a slot for it but apparently my micron mellenia(old) has an integrated video card(8mb i think) so i don't think i'll be able to use ...

bootup error winxp pro help

mikeylbl - 1 Mar 2005 3:03 AM - 3 messages

windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\system You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original set up cdrom select R at the first screen. I just formatted my system.. ...

To buy tigerdirect or not to buy tigerdirect?

Olav Rekve - 1 Mar 2005 1:06 AM - 26 messages

Hey folks I found this awesome PC offer for 2500 included S&H and GST/PST and well i wonder if i should buy from tigerdirect or from Dell? The problem is if i buy from Dell i get so much less than i do from ...

What's the *most recommended* way to backup an image of a system?

OM - 28 Feb 2005 10:48 PM - 6 messages

Can someone recommend the *best* way of backing up a system? [link] [link] need the .net framework, else it would not work. Installed .net framework: still would not wokr. [link] ...

What to look for in a case?

Bobby - 28 Feb 2005 10:31 PM - 8 messages

My wife has threatened to eject the family PC from the living room. So I've offered to improve its appearance by buying a new case and a new (TFT) monitor. She has agreed a stay of execution. So can anyone recommend a nice looking box for the living room? And, is ...

Urgent: My MOBO is dead

janicekoh - 28 Feb 2005 4:23 PM - 3 messages

I am running on OS: Windows XP Pro service Pack 2 SATA RAID 0: 2 X 80GB (Seagate) on board RAID controller: Sil3112 (Silicon Image) Motherboard (mobo) GA-8KNXP Socket 478 Intel 875P chipset My motherboard (mobo) is dead. Problems ...

Find Out What Causes IRQ Conflict, Sticky Mouse, and Stuttering Video

jaykchan - 28 Feb 2005 3:15 PM - 12 messages

I am having some problems in my PC after I have recently added some USB devices to my PC: - Sometimes when I reboot the PC, I see a blue screen and saying something about IRQ something. I believe this means I have a IRQ ...

Is it OK to have an AGP graphics card AND a PCI one?

OM - 28 Feb 2005 9:34 AM - 7 messages

Can someone tell me: is it OK to have an AGP graphics card AND a PCI one? I want to have 3 monitors. Will this arrangement cause any problems? Thanks. OM ...

Trouble with PCI graphics card.

OM - 28 Feb 2005 9:29 AM - 4 messages

I'm having problems with a PCI graphics card. I've put together a new PC with everything new apart from a PCI graphics card. The card is: Hightech ATI Radeon 9200SE 64MB PCI TV-Out DVI Retail Box (link to manufacturer website: ...

anybody who want to answer this!!!!!!

jeffrey - 28 Feb 2005 3:08 AM - 5 messages

I just to know what is all about the hacker!. I think i could have an answer which is not related to this but i hope that someone who will send me what i want to be. And also a virus code even a simple one. ...

NTFS - external drive

Kev - 28 Feb 2005 12:50 AM - 7 messages

Hi everyone, Using NTFS on a large external drive seems a given these days (the parts for my first will be here soon). I do use NTFS for one partition on my internal drive and have access control set up. Works like a charm. But I ...

Power supply voltages

Kevin Kilzer - 28 Feb 2005 12:50 AM - 7 messages

I am having trouble with the TV tuner in my new PC. The symptom is that after a few seconds or minutes the entire machine crashes with a hardware error, and requires a reset to reboot. According to speedfan, these are the voltages: ...

478 vs 775 sockets

master - 28 Feb 2005 12:15 AM - 6 messages

I'm building a new computer with a Celeron 2.66 GHz. I'm deciding between the 478 and 775 chipsets. What are the advantages/disadvantages of each considering they are about the same price these days. The motherboard I will be using is either the Asus P4P800-SE or ...

Need suggestions - Looking to deploy system on "small" server

epicwinter - 28 Feb 2005 12:15 AM - 5 messages

I am in the midst of deploying a software system that has a lightweight server component. In a lot of the facilities we are deploying it are not local and we are restricted from outside network access to the ...

hard drive question

Bacchus - 27 Feb 2005 10:37 PM - 2 messages

hi, I just installed a 30gig hard drive in my buddies old Pentium PC Compaq Presario. The problem is, it will not read the 30 gigs. It is still stuck on 1.9gigs which was the size of the original hard drive. This is an old PC ...

Can I Install a DVD/rw and a CD/rw in the same computer ???

Thomas Collins Jr - 27 Feb 2005 9:32 PM - 6 messages

I just install a new PX-716A into my computer replacing my Plextor Combo CD/RW drive. What I would like to know, would there be any problems if I installed both drives off of the same EIDE line, DVD/rw ...

New PCI E system

Olav Rekve - 27 Feb 2005 8:46 PM - 3 messages

Max 3000 Canadian Dollars Need at least 3.2 ghz processor over 250 gb hd 2 gb ram a good graphic card with PCI E ...

GF4 MX 4000

Amiman - 27 Feb 2005 8:41 PM - 2 messages

I'm familiar with the old GF4 MX400 series but cannot find any benchmark or comparative data regarding the MX 4000. How does it compare with, say, the GF4 MX440 ? I'll appreciate any info provided. ...

BIOS flash for Sempron on M7NCG-400

Zotin Khuma - 27 Feb 2005 7:48 PM - 3 messages

For some reason I am temporarily unable to enter the Biostar website, but I need to know if they have a BIOS update for their M7NCG-400 motherboard so that it will properly recognize a Sempron. A friend's Athlon XP 2000+ died and as I can't get an ...

SATA problem

Bobby - 27 Feb 2005 11:17 AM - 12 messages

I am trying to install a new SATA hard drive into my system. It's a Maxtor 250Gb, SATA drive. Model 6B25OSO. I currently have a Maxtor 120Gb, PATA drive (as my master boot drive) along with three other IDE drives (two CD/DVD and an LS120 drive). ...

wierd power-on problem

teo - 27 Feb 2005 4:14 AM - 6 messages

Greetings! Has anyone ever heard of this happening?... My friend has a new PC built by some small company that builds and repairs computers. The PC is experiencing the following bizarre behavior: It indavertantly turns on from a power-off state. Sometimes ...

how to disable IRQ sharing !

ipskhurana - 27 Feb 2005 2:27 AM - 3 messages

hi i have P3 Asus Cubx MB, how should i disable IRQ sharing in it? It supports ACPI, but i want to disable IRQ sharing. I am using W2K Proff. pls suggest. Inder India ...