alt.comp.hardware - Week 7, 2005

problem with my mouse

grig - 12 Feb 2005 11:28 PM - 2 messages

My cordless mouse is behaving unusually, the cursor jumps/hangs.I have an asus p4p800 deluxe motherboard,with p4-2.8GHz,512 ddr,kit mouse/keyboard logitech optical& wireless, and I have a very unusual problem:when i put a disk in the cd-rw unit or when computer starts,my cursor mouse jump,hangs,work bad.I instaled os,new drivers for all device,anyting but nothing.please advise -- grig ...

Best Athlon MoBo for Full Sized Tower with Temperature Sensor and Case

Thomas Collins Jr - 12 Feb 2005 9:53 PM - 10 messages

I'm in the planning stages of buying parts to build a Athlon 64 computer. Only dealing with x86 & Celeron up to this point need some advise and opinions on the best parts (reliable) to buy. What I'm looking for is not bleeding edge technology but a fast ...

Router-modem for ADSL

Zotin Khuma - 12 Feb 2005 6:34 PM - 2 messages

At long last, my ISP - the only one in my state - is going to start providing ADSL broadband. I've been offered a DSL-Warehouse DSLW 906E router for the equivalent of US$35, and I'll be grateful if you could answer a few ...

Need Acer Power Supply

Hawkdriver - 12 Feb 2005 4:48 PM - 4 messages

I am looking for a 200w power supply for an Acer aspire 1280. The original unit is a Tiger Power AI-2200. No luck on ebay. Any thoughts? BKSpain Fayetteville, NC ...

S-Video, TV-Out, etc.

R.K. McSwain - 12 Feb 2005 4:42 PM - 5 messages

I have a nVidia GeForce4 MX4000 64MB, with what is called "TvOut". Question 1: What purpose does the "S-Video" port in the card serve? Is this for *sending* video from the computer to an external DVD or VHS recorder for example? ...

beweging registreren op PC

Wim - 12 Feb 2005 3:29 PM - 7 messages

Hallo, Bestaat er iets om bewegingen te registeren dat werkt met bijv. radiogolven zoals een draadloze muis. Concreet vb.: je hangt een zendertje aan een fiets en die registreert als je ergens aan een controlepunt passeert. Deze passage wordt geregisteerd op een ...

PC goes off while running ?

devilshell - 12 Feb 2005 9:50 AM - 4 messages

Hello, there is a "little" problem with the PC of a friend of mine. She turns the computer on. Then she turns the moniotr on, and the PC goes off! If she first turns on the monitor and then the PC, it goes well, BUT: ...

Windows XP and access problems

Joe Black - 12 Feb 2005 6:22 AM - 5 messages

Hi 3 Computer son an IP network. All part of the same domain. All using windows XP with SP2. Problem: Only one of the PC's is able to access all the machines on the network. When the other PC's try to access each other or this PC they get an ...

Upgrade memory on ECS K7S5A mobo?

Marcus - 12 Feb 2005 6:10 AM - 18 messages

I see what appears to be a very good deal for 512MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory CL3. I was thinking of getting 2 sticks for my ECS K7S5A motherboard. It is an older board (about 3 years). The specs say it ...

ABit VA-20 and AMD Sempron 2400+

Chris Bunney - 12 Feb 2005 2:08 AM - 5 messages

Hi, A little advice would be appreciated. I have just build a system with an ABit VA-20 motherboard, AMD Sempron 2400+ Processor and DDR400 RAM. The problem is, the BIOS reports that the CPU FSB is running at 133MHz and the ...

Logitech MX-1000 mouse problems?

kr0 - 12 Feb 2005 12:00 AM - 4 messages

So have any of you had issues with the Logitech MX-1000 mouse pointer being all jerky? Apparently a lot of people have had issues with this. So many so, that if you check out [link] ...

Cheap(ish) 300gB Seagate SATA Drive

John McGaw - 11 Feb 2005 9:59 PM - 11 messages

Just stumbled across this and it looks to be a good price for a good drive. Outpost.com has Seagate 300gB SATA ST3300831AS-RK retail box drives on sale for $169.99 after a $40 rebate. I've not seen this sort ...

ASUS A7S8X-MX front audio connectors

Emlyn - 11 Feb 2005 5:53 PM - 2 messages

I've got a Tsunami Capricorn case and the above mentioned mobo. The guide that comes with the case doesn't state the correct colours on the front audio and mic cables. There are four cables (Black, Green, ...

Which TFT for movies and games?

Yaro - 11 Feb 2005 5:17 PM - 5 messages

Are there any good 19" TFT's that can be used for this purpose? I've heard something about Viewsonic working with 12ms delay, LG L1915S and CTX F973L with 12ms as well. I'm just wandering if this 12 ms delay wasn't achieved by drop of quality at the same time. ...

keyboard locks up when computer is idle

ChairShot - 11 Feb 2005 4:17 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I've got some type of IBM machine that I picked up used at a computer show. The tower is fairly tall. It was a pretty expensive machine back in the late 90s. I have some problems with it. If the computer ...

Damage?

Rudy Kazuti - 11 Feb 2005 3:54 PM - 8 messages

If a CPU goes bad is it possible for it to damage the mobo in any way? Rudy ...

software for finding hardware bottlenecks ...

Giovanni Azua - 11 Feb 2005 2:21 PM - 6 messages

Hello all, I just received a new Dell Precision which is supposed to be extremelly powerful but then scores very badly using PassMark PerformanceTest. Is there any software that would tell me something like e.g. "The very cheap memory chip #3 installed on your ...

HD Temperature issues?

jtsnow - 11 Feb 2005 6:32 AM - 3 messages

I put a WD1200 7200rpm in a USB external case in a home office and I would like to leave it on 24/7 to backup up 4 PCs over LAN. (If I have to remember to turn it on each day, I wont get consistent backups) ...

Socket 7 mobo without a mouse port... seeks a way to utilize mice.

newbietuesday - 11 Feb 2005 3:32 AM - 8 messages

I have a socket 7 mobo with no PS/2 mouse port. It is a K6BV3+/66 to be precise. It has a large style keyboard port, but no mouse port. It has some headers which ***I assume*** were connected to some piece of hardware ...

replacing hardware reactivation of Win XP

Rob - 10 Feb 2005 11:56 PM - 4 messages

I have a Dell computer that is 2 years old running Win XP. When I first got it I took out the network card added a TV tuner and a USB wireless network adapter. In the last 3 months I have but in a DVD burner, replacing a CD ...

Extending use of Windows 98

darkrats - 10 Feb 2005 8:27 PM - 7 messages

Is it still possible to buy, or put together, a top of the line system that will be able to run the original Windows 98? Seems like the latest chips from Intel only support 98SE and above, and even newer chips will only ...

is my monitor on last legs..?

toedipper - 10 Feb 2005 8:07 PM - 2 messages

Hello, I have a 3 year old Proview 19" CRT Monitor. Now and then down the left and right side of the image I get a rippling effect. The funny thing is that it is worse when the screen display contains a lot ...

Windows xp sometimes hangs on startup

Shiva - 10 Feb 2005 7:28 PM - 4 messages

Hi, Windows XP SP2 sometimes hangs on startup. It always occurs when the windows logo is being displayed. The progress bar of the logo stops moving and the small red light of the harddrive is burning constantly. After pressing the reset button, windows usually starts up, though a message ...

dell dimension 4400 freezing

T.B. - 10 Feb 2005 6:33 PM - 5 messages

i've got a Dell desktop running XP Pro and all of a sudden yesterday, it just started randomly freezing up. I can't Ctrl Alt Delete out of it either. In order to get out of the freeze, I have to unplug the tower and ...

UPS and Microfilter

fdsjksdk - 10 Feb 2005 5:25 PM - 4 messages

I just got 625VA UPS from Belkin and was wondering whether to keep it connected to the mains at all times? Is it better to disconnect when I'm not using my equipment? Also, this model has a surge protector for modems/telephones/faxes. I ...

upgrading BIOS

King of Red Lions - 10 Feb 2005 4:16 PM - 4 messages

Hi, I have an old motherboard, ms6159 which is not compatible with my harddrive. I heard from someone that I could upgrade the bios without even removing the case from my computer. Could someone please tell me how this is done? Many thanks! ...

Ghosting Question

Wayne Morgan - 10 Feb 2005 2:47 PM - 6 messages

I bought a new laptop hard drive. I pulled the old drive from the laptop and connected it to a USB/IDE connector to my desktop computer. I then used Norton Ghost to make an image of the drive. Once this was done, I connected ...

Unreliable - diskettes or FDDs ?

Zotin Khuma - 10 Feb 2005 2:22 PM - 4 messages

I think anyone who works regularly with or on computers will have noticed how unreliable modern floppy diskettes have become. But I've begun to wonder if it's the drives and not the diskettes that are responsible. For many people, ...

Beware Of Shopping At WWW.LACC.COM!!!!

Manny Ortega - 10 Feb 2005 1:01 AM - 2 messages

I ordered a Plextor PX-712ASW EIDE DVD+/-RW Rewriter Drive. They called me the next day saying all they had in stock was a Black Face Plate drive. I said I did not care about the color, just the drive. ...

Pentium 4 or AMD Althon ?

Kevin Lam - 9 Feb 2005 9:39 PM - 5 messages

Dear all, I know this is a often asked question, but this is more than what it says on the title. I have got two mini multimedia pc in mind (MSI MEGA PC 180 and MSI MEGA PC 865) If I were to buy the 180, which is competible with Althons, then I ...

Simple Hardware Clock question

50295 - 9 Feb 2005 5:11 PM - 2 messages

Ok, so I just read that the clock synchronizes other hardware components of a computer szystem; meaning that, because the processor is faster than the RAM for instance, or the hard-disk, the next CPU instruction is delayed till the next clock tick, in order to ensure ...

How can you tell if you have USB 1.0 or 2.0?

Q - 9 Feb 2005 3:33 PM - 11 messages

How can you tell if you have USB 1.0 or 2.0? ...

Memory question

Muskett - 9 Feb 2005 3:09 AM - 4 messages

have a Dell that takes PC133 RAM. If I put PC2100 RAM in there, is it backwards compatible? Will it run at 133? ...

Computer about to be thrown out of the window

Trent SC - 6 Feb 2005 8:58 PM - 11 messages

Bloody computers! My colleague has mongrel PC with the following spec: ECS P61WT-A+ board with a Celeron 766, 384MB RAM, onboard Intel i810 graphics, 10GB HDD and running Windows 98se. The BIOS is Award Modular v 6.00 PG; P61WT-A+ Ver. 1.0h 11/08/1999. Do you need any more information? ...