alt.comp.hardware - Week 12, 2005

shrinking screen

Skeleton Man - 19 Mar 2005 9:37 PM - 6 messages

Hi all, I have an old samsung syncmaster 750s monitor, and every time I turn it off, the horizontal width defaults back to a particular size.. (nomatter what I set it to, as soon as I turn it off and back on, it goes back to the default).. ...

Processor upgrade?

Newfdog - 19 Mar 2005 5:32 PM - 4 messages

Hi all..... can anyone tell me if the Aopen AP53 motherboard will accept a Pentium 200MHz MMX processor? thanks Newfdog ...

Gettting into BIOS?

geezer - 19 Mar 2005 10:22 AM - 13 messages

I have an inherited emachines and I cannot get very far in the bootup. Is it necessary to have a floppy drive or for that matter a hard drive or cd drive connected just to get into the BIOS? Should I be able to ...

Thinkpad 600 and PC133 memory

DudeMan - 19 Mar 2005 1:57 AM - 4 messages

I have a IBM Thinkpad 600 and was wondering if anybody has tried to put in PC133 memory. I believe that it originally came with PC66. I have heard of people using PC100 with success, but heard nothing about PC133. ...

ATI X200 integrated video

Zotin Khuma - 18 Mar 2005 7:34 PM - 5 messages

I'll be grateful for any information about what the ATI X200 integrated video is like, as incorporated in the MSI RS480M2-IL ? I don't expect it to be high-end, but which popular GPU will be its approximate equivalent ? ...

Speeding up 5 y.o. gateway Athlon 1100

Dan - 18 Mar 2005 5:37 PM - 14 messages

I have a 5 year old Gateway athlon 1100 I would like to get a few more years out of. Has socket A (462) K7T PRO (MS-6330) ver 2.1 ATX VA mobo with a VIA KT133 chipset & 200mhz fsb (max 266). PC has 786 meg of ...

Please HELP quick! My HD is dying on me

Jimmy Neutron - 18 Mar 2005 4:32 PM - 9 messages

Here's the deal: myd hd started making screeching noises this morning. It will boot only to windows 2000 safe command mode prompt. From there I can access all HD and files look OK. whew! ....but Unfortunately I can't load Explorer and safe mode has no network support. I'd ...

shortcuts keyboard

Rune Haarberg - 18 Mar 2005 3:26 PM - 6 messages

have a multimedia keyboard where the shortcuts to among mail, open my disc etc doesnt work. any clues ...

Question on Chaintech 7VJL5 ?

geezer - 18 Mar 2005 12:43 PM - 12 messages

The MOBO has three DDR slots. The manual says that memory must be loaded in pairs (and shows two of three 2-slot combos), Is this really true? Or can two be inserted in any combo? And also, will ...

Can SATA be run from IDE motherboard?

Emlyn - 18 Mar 2005 11:52 AM - 10 messages

Just wondering if there's such a thing as an adaptor for a SATA hdd which will allow it to be run from an IDE only motherboard? I need a new hdd and want to get a SATA hdd, but I don't want to change my ...

Initial Boot Display ?

geezer - 18 Mar 2005 11:34 AM - 2 messages

I was given an old emachines computer. When I start the boot, I get a HP welcome. Is there any way to kill this? And from whence does it originate? The MOBO? TX ...

RAM diagnostics failed at same addr on diff sticks!?!

Teffy - 18 Mar 2005 6:34 AM - 6 messages

My trusty dell dimension 4100 has recently been restarting without a blue screen of death or any other warning. So, I used my dell diagnostics diskette which boots to DOS. The RAM test failed at address 000004E0. I have two RAM sticks, so I swapped them and ran the diagnostics again. ...

Hi Guys. First Time Poster

jefferey862 - 17 Mar 2005 10:57 PM - 2 messages

Hi guys. First time poster long time reader. Just wanted to say "Hi" ;) On a side note my Hubby is REAL excited about this new IPO stock GRDX. They just started trading this one like 2 days ago. It's already almost ...

BUSlink external drive & XP - HELP

agalland2 - 17 Mar 2005 10:25 PM - 3 messages

I just bought a Compaq Presario and for some reason it will not recognize my BUSlin 80g USB 2.0 external drive (CO-80-U2FE). I have most of my software and documents on it. The computer keeps telling me "USB device not ...

Help with BIOS (?)

pgx - 17 Mar 2005 6:19 PM - 5 messages

I am working long-distance on a machine I built. ABit AN7 AMD +2600 Seagate 80G SATA WD 160G PATA Win2K Computer originally built with just the SATA drive as boot. The 160G drive was added later (by someone else) but the machine booted ...

External drive

Steeeeam - 17 Mar 2005 6:06 PM - 3 messages

'lo all... I'm after a USB2 external drive, preferably between 30-100gb. I've seen some that don't require a mains power supply, but get their juice from the USB port and that would be ideal for me. ...

CD only reads music or recordable cd's

ew.history - 17 Mar 2005 4:31 PM - 6 messages

My Yamaha CRW-F1E cdrw does not recognize regular data cd's. It will play music cd's just fine, and it can write just fine. Is there a difference in the way music cd's are read vs. the way data cd's are ...

Re: Don't let the asshole spy ware and ad ware users win!

John Doe - 17 Mar 2005 2:04 PM - 8 messages

Crossposted off topic Spam, the original post (and its header information) already removed from the archives. ...

miserable Aldi Medion 19" TFT monitor!

Arno6420 - 17 Mar 2005 10:58 AM - 2 messages

Hello. Yesterday I bought the Aldi Medion 19" TFT monitor (MD30219 PH) for 299 euro. I never saw such a miserable monitor! - There is a red stip on the screen. - Above and lower sides are much lighter then the middle of the screen. ...

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My new XP 3200+ is running at 1900

Sooty - 16 Mar 2005 9:48 PM - 4 messages

Hi I took out an XP2200 and put in a 3200+ It initilay ran at 1.1Ghz but moving a mboard jumper from 100/133 setting to 166/200 it bumped it up to 1.9Ghz It is running so I should be grateful.... There are BIOS settings but I ...

Dell LIVE 5.1 faulty???

testor - 16 Mar 2005 8:26 PM - 3 messages

Why cant i put my Dell 5.1 LIVE card into a NON DELL PC?? This sound scrawny.. but got it from a friend who had fried his mobo but when i try to find it.. it says that it cant detect any card whatsoever.. ...

Graphics card alarm

S.Boardman - 16 Mar 2005 8:03 PM - 3 messages

Hello. I have Radeon 9800 Pro card in a MSI KT3 Ultra mobo (Athlon XP2500 Barton, 1Gb Corsair PC3200 RAM, 2xWD 80Gb HDD RAID1, Antec 430W PSU). When I started the PC up just now, I got the alarm regarding the power cable ...

Don't trust TDK or Maplins !!!

Ripped Off - 16 Mar 2005 3:39 PM - 7 messages

I bought a few boxes of blank TDK discs. They were cheap, well 80% the usual price, in the "special offers section" of a Maplins Electronics store. What a waste of my money! Most unuseable, about 5% could be (but at ...

All computer Hardware needs

peter225 - 16 Mar 2005 2:20 PM - 5 messages

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USB1.1 to USB2.0

John.N. - 16 Mar 2005 10:34 AM - 12 messages

NG, I want to upgrade my USB1.1 to USB2.0, but my existing is 'onboard' my Dell M/C and does not allow me to add a new USB card. Is there a an adapter ...

How to Undervolt a Fan Inside a Small Device?

jaykchan - 16 Mar 2005 4:18 AM - 45 messages

I would like to know the way to reduce the speed of a fan inside a small device in order to cut down the noise from the fan. If I understand this correctly, I am supposed to do this by undervolting the ...

new system....HELP!!!!

R0n - 15 Mar 2005 10:30 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I’m trying to put together a system. I have everything hooked up. But I can’t install an OS. When I try to install WinXp it goes through the bue screen set up where it loads a bunch of drivers and dll’s, but after then I get ...

Unusual hard drive noises

Dan - 15 Mar 2005 10:00 PM - 4 messages

I have a 5 year old gateway athlon 1100. PC now has 2 hdd's, the original western digital 40 gig drive & a 2nd western digital 120 gig drive which I added about 18 months ago. PC is dual boot, running win2k ...

PC 3200 Memory Question

Breck Fontaine - 15 Mar 2005 9:09 PM - 3 messages

Hello, I have a Biostar M7NCD motherboard. It has 2 memory slots with 256 megs PC2700. I just bought 1 stick 512 Megs PC2700 from NewEgg and they sent me PC3200 instead (not to happy). Should I send it back or ...

Building a File Server

pooua - 15 Mar 2005 8:36 PM - 4 messages

Every year, I create about 10 thousand still photographs and several hours of miniDV movies. I would like to store all of this information on a server in my home. I do not have any plans to make my server ...

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Daryl - 15 Mar 2005 7:46 PM - 2 messages

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ThunderStorm - 15 Mar 2005 7:25 PM - 2 messages

# Processor: 1.6 GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor # System Bus Speed: 533 MHz # Number of Processors: 1 # RAM: 512 MB # RAM Type: DDR SDRAM # Max RAM: 1 GB # L2 Cache: 2 MB ...

Is my monitor dying?

yerk5 - 15 Mar 2005 6:16 PM - 3 messages

What does anyone make of this monitor issue? I don't have the make and model handy. I'm at work now. But it's just a standard CRT monitor. It has been working perfectly for about 2-3 years and suddenly started this issue. Like many monitors, the ...

Gigabyte GA-8I875Ultra northbridge fan

Glitch - 15 Mar 2005 4:37 PM - 2 messages

The northbridge fan on my 8I875Ultra started making a buzzing sound about 2 months ago.Thus I've been instructed by a few friends to replace it with a new one. The best solution I could find was the passive Zalman northbridge ...

Hard drive or motherboard? Strange boot problems...

NuQ - 15 Mar 2005 4:28 PM - 5 messages

A friend got a Western Digital 250 GB IDE hard drive a few months ago. I installed the new drive, installed XP Pro and a few other pieces of software for him. About a week later the PC wouldn't boot. It would just hang right ...

Motherboard & Chipset

+q - 15 Mar 2005 1:53 PM - 2 messages

I am looking to upgrade , what do you think is the best middle of the road ( and price range ) motherboard chipset and cpu from last year (2004) ? I am hoping to get a good deal on the older but still good stuff . ...

Motherboard died need replacement help.

ChrisR - 15 Mar 2005 11:40 AM - 5 messages

My Abit KX7-333R motherboard (1.4Ghz processor 3 sticks of PC2100 RAM) just died and I want a replacement of similar spec. that I can just swap components from the old to new, anyone any recommendations? Thanks, ChrisR. ...

Problem trying to find RAM for motherboard

Daniel - 15 Mar 2005 7:13 AM - 4 messages

I'm trying to upgrade the RAM for a friend of mine but am having trouble finding what RAM will be supported & what wont be. They've currently got an MSI 128MB DDR 2100 in it. The system is an Intel Celeron 1.7GHz CPU. I ...

Firewire Question

Newfdog - 15 Mar 2005 2:13 AM - 3 messages

Just installed a firewire card in the computer. Here's the problem..... if I use "safely remove hardware" , which I assume you have to do before removing hardware, and then reconnect the device, I have to reboot to get the device recognized. Is this normal, I didn't think so, am I ...

Sandra Pro Question...

Uncle Vinnie - 14 Mar 2005 9:29 PM - 3 messages

Can anyone tell me where to look on my system for the registration or ID number for Sandra Pro? I want to upgrade my harddrive, I have all of my installation programs, reg numbers, etc, except for this one. It's not under Help/About... which is ...

DVD vanishing

Luca - 14 Mar 2005 5:32 PM - 3 messages

Greetings to everybody I've got a problem with my DVD. When I insert a CD it doesn't autorun although I've verified all the options (included those of the registry). It work rarely. If I restart my computer it vanish, it come into view olny if I ...

Boot problem

Rudy Kazuti - 14 Mar 2005 4:01 PM - 3 messages

Have an Athlon 1.2gig. Been running about 4 or 5 years now. When I try to boot, it fails. After about 3 or 4 tries the BIOS screen pops up and says the computer failed boot because the CPU frequency is wrong. I leave it ...

Asus notebooks display colors

uplbet - 14 Mar 2005 1:04 PM - 13 messages

I plan purchasing an Asus notebook Centrino 15" or 15.4", series and model not yet decided. The follwing issue regards the display color support quantification. Here is the display color support values reported by Asus on their Italian site: ...

Power supply problem?? Need input, bad!

DemoDisk - 14 Mar 2005 9:11 AM - 6 messages

This is about the Old Homebuild that boots and runs normally -- but you have to wait 8 - 10 MINUTES first. A few good people offered advice and I followed it, but no luck yet. The thing is, NOTHING happens with this Celeron 400 homebuild for many ...

Power supply problem? Need input, bad!

DemoDisk - 14 Mar 2005 9:05 AM - 2 messages

This is about the Old Homebuild that boots and runs normally -- but you have to wait 8 - 10 MINUTES first. A few good people offered advice and I followed it, but no luck yet. The thing is, NOTHING happens with this Celeron 400 homebuild for many ...

Power supply failed? Will not boot - but nearly does!

Nigel Andrews - 14 Mar 2005 6:28 AM - 4 messages

My PC, that normally stays on for days at a time,.auto shut down last night and now will not start. When I press the 'push to start' button I get nothing but as I release the button the fans briefly jump and the speakers click. ...

Recommendation, Gigabit switches

Lars - 14 Mar 2005 5:59 AM - 5 messages

Hello, I am in the market for a good managed gigabit switch with about 24 10/100/1000Base-T ports, preferably at a good price point. Reliability and performance are key. Recommendations of good brands, models (or reviews, etc.), anyone ? ...

want bios upgrade for PT-730AB

Gary Roach - 14 Mar 2005 1:49 AM - 3 messages

i'm having trouble getting a sound card to be detected on old P1 - thought a bios upgrade might help. i can't seem to find an upgrade for it though. the info for the current bios is: (2A5XPCA) PT-730AB ver1.0b ...

HD problem??

Olav Rekve - 14 Mar 2005 12:27 AM - 3 messages

Bought Twin WD 250 GB hd but both only show 232 GB available slot total??? WTF??? ...

windows 98 doesn't see pnp sound card

Gary Roach - 13 Mar 2005 11:42 PM - 2 messages

i'm trying to get an old P1 machine to see a sound blaster card. the card works and it's detected in other machines. the machine in question is running windows 95. when i plugged it in and booted up i expected that it ...

Best brand of DVD+R/+RW

Daniel - 13 Mar 2005 9:21 PM - 10 messages

I'm getting a new DVD burner (LiteOn, duel layer) in my new system I'm building (haven't ordered parts yet, just been researching). My question is, what is the best brands of DVD+ media? I've had good luck with ...

Why does SATA create RAID and SCSI entries in Device Manager?

Bobby - 13 Mar 2005 6:39 PM - 4 messages

I installed a SATA hard disk recently and Device Manager now reports a RAID driver (I don't have a RAID drive) and a SCSI driver (I don't have a SCSI drive). I thought SATA was ATA 150 so what's this SCSI stuff? And what had RAID to ...

Which Motherboard to buy

Mojo - 13 Mar 2005 4:13 PM - 9 messages

I want to put together a new computer system that will be used primarily for light to medium gaming and office type applications, and surfing. What motherboard should I be looking at? I need stability over speed. What processor? I am leaning towards AMD 64 family. ...

Shelf life of data on HDs

nobody - 13 Mar 2005 2:36 PM - 3 messages

How does the average failure rate of data on hard disks that are stored off the computer compare with 1) HD's that are kept powered up/spinning 2) Burned CDs ? I am asking since have several of the older (5400rpm, 20-40GB) HDs around that I wouldn't mind using as long ...

Mistubishi monitor manual

PsychoWood - 13 Mar 2005 2:34 PM - 10 messages

Hello, can someone help me? I'm looking for the manual of the monitor Mistubishi EUM-2951A. Contact me by email (remove ANTISPAM). Thanks in advance. ...

Memory Query

Keith - 13 Mar 2005 1:02 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I have just set up an elderly PC with a MyComp VP3-586B-W877 motherboard running an AMD K2 450mhz. Old, I know, but it does all that is required. The PC originally had one 128mb SDRAM module which was in the first of three ...

SATA Disk writes too slow

GuilleFC - 13 Mar 2005 9:39 AM - 16 messages

This is my first post here so please forgive me if this is not the right place for my question and please lead me to the right direction. I've installed a Serial ATA disk (Maxtor 7Y250M0) in my computer and ...

DVD Burning

David K - 13 Mar 2005 8:16 AM - 5 messages

Hi, sorry if this question has been asked before. I want to buy a second hand laptop, around 700mhz PIII with 256meg ram 15g HHD, and a DVD rom. My question is, if I add an external DVD burner, can I burn a DVD straight ...

image to big for screen, how 2 resize???

don ward - 13 Mar 2005 12:08 AM - 3 messages

Im running win 98se and one of my programs after a system crash the window image is to big for the screen. I cant get to the right bottom corner to resize it... now what do i do ??? how do i resize an image that i cant get to the corner of ??? ...