alt.comp.hardware - Week 9, 2005

Any experience with the long kvm cables

vm - 26 Feb 2005 9:05 PM - 4 messages

I have an Avocent Switchview 4 port kvm. I see the kvm cable lengths of up to 50 feet. I am using the 6 feet cables right now, but would like to move the computers to the next room for some peace and quiet. Will I ...

opinion on this deal

bigriff - 26 Feb 2005 6:15 PM - 3 messages

Is this a decent price/ system? [link] ...

Fastest 2x1GB PC3200 dual-channel DDR kit?

Cuzman - 26 Feb 2005 2:36 PM - 5 messages

I'm planning to get a 2x 1GB dual-channel DDR kit. I was looking at Corsair kits that offer 3-4-4-8 timings, but then I came across the PDC2G3200LLK kit from PDP Systems which seems to offer timings of 2-3-2-5 @ PC3200. ...

Ghost question.

dave - 26 Feb 2005 10:15 AM - 7 messages

Hello. I got some probs with my old hd Seagate Sata 120 gig. I have a new hd WD 160 gig. Using ghost 9.0 i used the tool "upgrade your hard drive" copy the contents from the 120 to 160 gig drive all wel for now. Now the problem i ...

Best way to copy HD?

Bobby - 26 Feb 2005 9:06 AM - 7 messages

I have purchased a new HD - and now facing the usual problem about copying everything onto my new drive. I want to copy my PATA 120GB drive (with two partitions) to a new SATA 250Mb drive (I also want to create two partitions on this drive). SATA drives are ...

questions about RAID

Nikko - 26 Feb 2005 1:25 AM - 4 messages

I'd like to set up RAID on my system. I've never done it before and have some questions, so I'm looking for help. I'm not sure what RAID level this is called, but I'd like to set it up so that one drive is a mirror image of ...

Best cable/sat tuner

Skeleton Man - 26 Feb 2005 1:05 AM - 3 messages

Hi all, I'm looking for the best pci satteliete decoder that will also work with cable.. I currently have cable and plan to split the signal so I can view it on my PC too, but I may switch to satteliete in the near future so I need a card that ...

External USB DRIVE

Sonia - 25 Feb 2005 11:47 PM - 2 messages

Hey guys, Quick question, I just picked up a new external drive (200GB) that connects to my computer via USB 2.0. I ran it on my laptop and it works fine (win XP). Then I tried on my desktop and no luck. ...

Failing DVD player.

Patrick D. Rockwell - 25 Feb 2005 10:00 PM - 15 messages

I have an internal DVD player in my laptop which lately only plays DVD's. Yesterday, I WAS able to get my Windows install CD to boot up, but now it won't run, except every now and then. The day before I had to ...

160GB Disk and oldish MOBO

Captain Blammo - 25 Feb 2005 9:33 PM - 7 messages

I have an Asus A7V333 with onboard RAID, and was wondering if anyone knew of any issues it might have with a 160GB hard disk, which I'm about to buy. Thanks for any info or pointers! Ewan ...

HP smart chip ink cartridges

kr0 - 25 Feb 2005 7:01 PM - 4 messages

Well isn't this interesting. Apparently Hewlett Packard has been accused of using a type of smart chip technology in their ink cartridges that causes the cartridges to read as empty before the ink is actually out. I found this ...

Advice on upgrading HD in an old dell

Apollo - 25 Feb 2005 5:24 PM - 8 messages

Hi there, I have been offered an old dell optiplex, P3 600MHz slot 1 with a small HD, 2GB from memory, maybe slightly bigger. I'm after some advice on fitting a larger HD, to use as a media server. The service tag is; IYA1T, shipped 7/4/2000, but I just ...

HTPC

Veritech - 25 Feb 2005 5:21 PM - 3 messages

Couple of questions, 1) are there any HTPC news groups 2) any one got any "useful" ideas for the below spare parts 1ghz celeron 370pin(coppermine it think) asus tuwe(matx, 3 pci, no agp, 810 chipset i think) 256 mb sdram pc 100(128 x2) ...

Asus or Abit MB

bobb - 25 Feb 2005 5:21 PM - 4 messages

I am building a new machine and have to decide between a Asus A8V-E Deluxe or a Abit AX8. Both use K8T890 chip set and have PCI Express. The price is the same. Any suggestions? ...

How can I use a KVM for 2 or more monitors?

OM - 25 Feb 2005 3:51 PM - 4 messages

Can someone tell me how I can use a KVM for 2 or more monitors? I have 3... but am a bit frustrated that I can't have 2 (or more) machines running at the same time and being able to switch in between ...

water cooling better?

Christo - 25 Feb 2005 3:22 PM - 2 messages

been looking at [link] anyone say if it is any good and cools A64's good? and if it is better than say a fan/hs cooling system? would just like to know before i go buying one ...

Is this board a good alternative to the PC?

Renato - 25 Feb 2005 12:09 PM - 2 messages

Hi, I have seen the board described in this link. [link] I think that its a good solution to realize an embedded system with VGA output, in that cases where, to use the PC, is not convenient. ...

My hard drive (not my computer) is beeping.

HC - 25 Feb 2005 5:29 AM - 3 messages

I have a beautiful little Western Digital 120GB drive here. It just came back from the editor's and now will not spin up. When it gets power, it beeps twice, waits a few seconds, beeps twice, etc. The model number is ...

Blue screen when trying to install XP.

OM - 25 Feb 2005 3:09 AM - 9 messages

I've got brand new parts for everything: quality Asus SATA motherboard, SATA hard disk, Kingston memory. I'm trying to boot up and istall XP. It loads up... And somewhere along the line, I get the bluescreen. I think I'm right in saying that it crashes when leaving the DOS mode ...

Safe Storage

Veritech - 25 Feb 2005 12:16 AM - 3 messages

Been reading the stories about data loss over at engadget [link] Got my story there too if your real interested, anywho made me think, 1) what is the average HDD failure rate nowadays ...

Despirately WTB: keyboard w/optical trackball @ thumb level (like old Dell XPi laptops)

see.my.sig.4.addr - 24 Feb 2005 11:18 PM - 2 messages

I've been looking for this FOREVER and nobody seems to care these days that those damn touchpads are total crap. I don't know anybody that likes them, yet that's all you can get on laptops, or even built into external ...

Unusual Power Supply Failure

MF - 24 Feb 2005 9:11 PM - 10 messages

POP, ZZZZZZT, SPARK and a tiny puff of smoke out the back of the PS and it was gone. It's a Sparkle, ATX, 250 Watt, a bit over 6 years old. Circumstances: kill switch turned off, hard drive being replaced. I've done ...

Good Scanner For Photos?

Gary Brown - 24 Feb 2005 5:59 PM - 6 messages

Hi, Searching for a good flatbed scanner for archiving our family photos has proven to be difficult. I have the resolution issue understood but there is a more nebulous issue of optics. How do I select good optics? ...

What problems to look for when reducing fan speed ?

Micko - 24 Feb 2005 5:57 PM - 3 messages

I have a PII computer and used mainly for email ,Internet etc and occasionally audio and graphic work. Purchased a new (cheap) PSU recently and also added an inline resistor cable to the (50mm)CPU fan so that it will spin more slowly but still ...

Good Mobo+CPU package for gaming/video editing under 200.

Ohm - 24 Feb 2005 5:56 PM - 10 messages

Hi, Any expert advise for buying a good MOBO+CPU bundle under $200 to play games, Play DVD, and Video Edititing/ Buring home DVDs from VHS cam corders etc. I prefer to get a good AGP8X or PCI Express Video card and a 5.1 Audio ...

Req: help with a comp problem

AT - 24 Feb 2005 2:02 PM - 6 messages

I have an EMachines T3265 running Windows XP Home, and I can only run programs through the task manager. My desktop icons, menu bar, start menu etc... don't load...only the wallpaper does. I have already recovered using the CD's back to factory original, which worked for about an hour, but went ...

Pentium 4 processor 533 FSB on motherboard 400 FSB?

elmunyon - 24 Feb 2005 11:21 AM - 2 messages

Hi, I just got an intel pentium 4 processor 2.4 Ghz 533 MHz FSB, but my motherboard supports up to 400 MHz FSB. does anyone of you know if I can plug it considering a downgrading of FSB to 400 MHz in the processor, or ...

ram???

mario - 24 Feb 2005 11:16 AM - 2 messages

my MB supports pc100? if I use 256mb pc133 it only sees around 155? can I fix this? ...

Bus speed question

Mat G - 24 Feb 2005 11:05 AM - 4 messages

We have a server running Windows 2000 Terminal Server with dual 1GHz processors and a 133MHz bus speed. We have almost 2GB of memory in it. It's getting slow with the number of users on it. Our boss is obsessed with bus speeds. A new server has a front side ...

Memory Problem

elziko - 24 Feb 2005 9:47 AM - 3 messages

I bought some new memory 1Gb PC3200 made by Matrix a week ago and my computer has suddenly crashed and will now refuse to boot (BSODs). It crashed at the precise moment I deleted a coded in WinXP so I thought it ...

How would you burn up a laptop with no evidence of sabotage

Brooks - 24 Feb 2005 7:33 AM - 13 messages

Im not saying it is right, but lets say you had bought one of those expensive warranties from a retailer. Now two years later you wanted to cook you machine and get a new one. Is it possible, and how would ...

Save me from this ST31720A

David White - 24 Feb 2005 6:04 AM - 4 messages

I have a Seagate ST31720A. I've formatted it for FAT16 and put bootable DOS on it, but when I try to boot it it says "Dynamic Drive Overlay v 7.11" and wants me to insert a floppy disk. I've tried Seagate DiscWizard to set up ...

Dual DVI-D AGP video cards?

DevilsPGD - 24 Feb 2005 2:38 AM - 4 messages

Are there any AGP video cards which support dual DVI out and are reasonably priced (sub-$200 range)? I spent a little while looking and couldn't find anything, but I'm hoping a smarter brain then mine knows of some options. ...

CD Rom for BEFSX41

oldgrey - 23 Feb 2005 11:46 PM - 8 messages

Can someone please upload the CD ROM to allow installation of the Linksys Router BEFSX41. TIA ...

CD Burner Problem

Jamie - 23 Feb 2005 9:08 PM - 9 messages

I have a 52x32x52 LG CD-RW, it will detect in the bios and in my computer it opens and closes fine but does not detect the CD. What could be the cause of this? ...

Sony Triniton pincushin problem

helmut - 23 Feb 2005 8:22 PM - 2 messages

I have a pincushion problem with my Sony 500ps monitor. I had a power surge and when I rebooted I have pronounced pincushion and can only correct it by adjusting to "0" in the adjustments, and I still have some ...

How to Keep a Noisy LinkSys Gigabit Switch Quiet?

jaykchan - 23 Feb 2005 6:51 PM - 31 messages

I need to find a way to keep a LinkSys Gigabit switch (EG008W) quiet. can hear the noise even I have closed the door of the equipment closet. This sounds like noise from a noisy fan. If this is the case, I may be ...

video installation catastrophic failure

Albert - 23 Feb 2005 6:31 PM - 3 messages

Hello I have built many computer systems and have encountered a lot of problems but this one has me. I have googled it and search the web but can't find a single bit of information on it. I am seting up a abit K7V motherboard with a 9200 gigbyte video card. XP ...

Is There a Hyperthreading Expert in the House?

Si - 23 Feb 2005 5:58 PM - 3 messages

I recently installed a new processor without reinstalling the OS and have run into the following problem. If I enable Hyperthreading in the BIOS my PC will reboot after about 30 minutes if left idle and almost immediately if put under stress. If I disable hyperthreading my PC runs fine. Would I have ...

Clone SCSI drive to ATA?

Matt - 23 Feb 2005 2:15 PM - 12 messages

Hi, I have a Dell Pentium 3 PC that I'm thinking about upgrading. I found a website that builds barebones machines, and I'd like to use my existing SCSI hard drive. The problem is, all of the motherboards ...

Where to buy components in Florida

Marc Koper - 23 Feb 2005 1:36 PM - 4 messages

I will be visting my aunt in Florida in May. I want to surprise her with a new build system. Who can tell me where (cheap) retails are located in the area of Palm Beach/Boynton Beach where I can buy stuff like MB's, CPU, Cases, HD ...

Ram

Rudy Kazuti - 23 Feb 2005 11:58 AM - 6 messages

I'm using 2 sticks of corsair PC 3200/400/512meg @ 2.5V. I have a stick of Kingston, same speed/size but 2.6V. If I put the Kingston in what will the 2.5V set up do. Just slow the 2.6V ram down a little? Or would I be better ...

Actiontec

Pawel_Elektromeks-Ignacow - 23 Feb 2005 8:12 AM - 2 messages

I'm looking for drivers to Fast Ethernet PC Card 10/100 (PCMCIA) "FastNet Plus" produced by ActionTec. If somebody knows where I can find it please send me an e-mail. Thx. tklep***@elektromeks-ignacow.pl ...

Canadian online stores

Skeleton Man - 23 Feb 2005 5:38 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, Just wondering if someone can reccomend Canadian equivlents of newegg, etc, or US sites that will ship to Canada.. Regards, Chris ...

A recent epidemic of hangs?

Matt - 23 Feb 2005 5:16 AM - 21 messages

Has anybody noticed lately an unusual number of people in these groups reporting system problems described variously as hanging, locking up, freezing up, going dead, etc.? In the last month or two ... ...

low-cost PCI-X motherboard?

Artie Ziff - 23 Feb 2005 3:39 AM - 7 messages

Hello, I am looking for the least-cost x86 motherboard with a PCI-X (133MHz) slot. Would anyone happen to know of MB manufacturer that I should check out? I have found PCI-X on a few relatively high-end motherboards requiring ...

bios loads, cpu is there, mem checks and... nothing

Facun Chamut - 23 Feb 2005 3:00 AM - 4 messages

I am troubleshooting a friend's computer and something weird happens. The computer starts, discovers the processor, checks the memory and... nothing. Doesn't go pass the startup screen, and does not let me enter the bios setup. The computer is an old Shuttle SV24. There is absolutely nothing ...

trendware tw100-bvr204 router

oldgrey - 23 Feb 2005 2:08 AM - 2 messages

Does anyone have any experience with this router? Please post comments experiences. How does it compare to Linksys BEFSX41? Thanks ...

issues

Bacchus - 22 Feb 2005 11:52 PM - 4 messages

I posted about this problem before. HP Pavillion 550 PC powers up but nothing happens. Nothing on the monitor except for the power saver countdown and then blackness. Tried another monitor, same thing. no power to the keyboard hard-drive is non existent. Tried another new drive and the same thing. ...

agp forms

Walrace - 22 Feb 2005 9:15 PM - 3 messages

I'm looking for an explanation of the different AGP formats around. I'm not interested in the inner workings, just the practical aspects: what cards can be inserted in what slots, are there incompatibilities. I've googled and found some introductions on AGP but not much on the form ...

USB external enclosure, max size

Kev - 22 Feb 2005 7:05 PM - 8 messages

Hi A question about the maximum HD size a USB enclosure can handle, other than what it says itself (say 200): I dont think my MB can handle a drive larger than 137GB. Im still waiting for a response from the manufacturer since there is no data for this model ...

PCI-Express PSU

Christo - 22 Feb 2005 5:45 PM - 2 messages

this is really getting on my nerves Do all PSU's have the 6 pin connectors required for PCI-Express Graphics Cards? I have a Thermaltake W0010 480W PSU and it doesnt seem to have one do PCI Graphics cards actually need this to function fully? ...

Computer goes into slow mode. occasionally?

grazuncle - 22 Feb 2005 4:09 PM - 11 messages

Hi I put a system together for my pal.... it has been going well except for occasional slowness i.e. click on a menu and wait... a couple of seconds and up it pops.. no obvious reason. He then decided to try video editing on it.. ...

Extreme problems with JumpDrive, Lexar

ChairShot - 22 Feb 2005 3:47 PM - 4 messages

Hello! This message was submitted to the alt.comp.hardware newsgroup on February 22, 2005. I purchased a JumpDrive Secure from Lexar last month. I have found this to be the lowest quality USB drive I have ever used. Data has ...

Good looking, well designed desktop?

Iain Cheyne - 22 Feb 2005 2:57 PM - 9 messages

An elderly neighbour has asked me to advise her on buying a desktop computer. Looks are important to her. Money is not a big problem. She initially wanted a laptop, but I have persuaded her that desktops are more comfortable. ...

Hard Drive Orientation

Newfdog - 22 Feb 2005 1:43 PM - 9 messages

Hi all.. I just purchased an external harddrive case and installed a 200G harddrive in it. When placed in its stand the case puts the harddrive on its side which got me to wondering, is there a preferred orientation for harddrives wrt to longevity or does it not matter? ...

Can't WOL from remote pc anymore

Drone - 22 Feb 2005 10:36 AM - 3 messages

Hi all I have a small network at home, containing 2 computers. One of them is on 24/7 because it receives data from a weather station all day. The other one is a regular desktop pc for normal use. ...

i845 on RedHat 8.0

Dennis Peere - 22 Feb 2005 8:36 AM - 3 messages

Dear All, I'm having problems getting an onboard i845 VGA to work @ 1024 x 768 in RedHat 8.0 => It only wants to work @ 800 x 600 Upgrading to e newer version of RedHat/Fedora is not an option for me :-( ...

Worth upgrading my HD?

Bobby - 22 Feb 2005 8:21 AM - 9 messages

I'm currently running a 120Gb, Maxtor PATA 133 hard drive with a 8Mb buffer and I was considering upgrading to a new SATA Diamond Max 10, 250Gb HD with 16Mb buffer. Will I notice any performance difference or are the improvements so subtle ...

Problems with my ATI-drivers for my Hercules Graphical card

Charles van Doornewaard - 22 Feb 2005 6:52 AM - 3 messages

Recently, I re-installed Windows XP on a new hard disk, followed by the drivers for my Hercules Graphical Card. This card uses an ATI-Radeon Chip (9500 series). I also installed all updates for Windows XP available up until now. ...

LCD Question

el Diablo - 22 Feb 2005 1:02 AM - 6 messages

I'm in the process of looking for an LCD monitor to buy for my home PC. I've decided on a 19" and I'm not sure what one of the specifications that is advertised is. What I would like to ask about is the "Contrast Ratio". I see them listed as ...

CPU, RAM and Motherboard grim...

Kevin Lam - 21 Feb 2005 10:04 PM - 4 messages

Hi all, I hope someone could help me with this... I have a motherboard which officially supports upto althon 3000+ but has a overclock function which could push the FBS to 200Mhz. Because of that overclock function, I bought a 3200+ to give it a ...

Hard Drive external

jojo - 21 Feb 2005 9:11 PM - 6 messages

If I pull the hard drive from my Compaq Presario (windows 98) and put it in an external hard drive case, will my Dell laptop (windows xp pro sp2) be able to read the info and run the programs on ...

Cable ISP info wanted...

Bob Alexander - 21 Feb 2005 6:33 PM - 2 messages

I have a wireless setup for my interent in my home. The internet comes from my local cable provider. Is the wireless broadcasting the cable tv signal, also? Is there such a device that can capture that signal and ...

Adding HDD,s

+q - 21 Feb 2005 3:46 AM - 7 messages

Hi , I have a PIII computer and I run 3 hard drives plus a DVD burner . My question is can I somehow add another HDD ? there are only 2 IDE sockets , and I have two drives on each cable , plus the BIOS only has 4 options ...

What's the difference with motherboards?

OM - 21 Feb 2005 2:35 AM - 6 messages

I'm confused with the array of motherboards available. What's the difference between a £20 one and a £100+ one? OK... I'd expect the more expensive one to have better capabilites. But the thing is... there seem to be a million different motherboards ...

how to clean insertion pins?

Lullaby - 21 Feb 2005 2:17 AM - 8 messages

Hi, after 5 hours trying to fight a BSOD I realized that the only problem was that the pins of my graphic card were dusty/oxidized. Now my hardware question: what is the proper way to clean the insertion pins ...

Will low level formatting rescue a clunking hard disk?

OM - 20 Feb 2005 11:59 PM - 8 messages

Will low level formatting rescue a clunking hard disk? In replies to previous posts I've been told that when clunking comes, this normally means your hard drive's gone, time to give up and buy a new one! Well... having wasted several days of my life trying to fix my PC... ...

Few RAID0 Questions

Christo - 20 Feb 2005 11:38 PM - 7 messages

been posting here like a mad man lately just thinking if i was to get two Western Digital Raptor Hard drives (10000rpm) both 74 GB drives slapped them on a RAID0 (im a raid newbie never used it, i just read a ...

Computer sometimes doesn't turn on

Shiva - 20 Feb 2005 11:04 PM - 13 messages

Hi, After installing a new telephone modem I wasn't able to start the computer after pressing the on/off button. Nothing happened, as if there was no power. I pressed the power cable firmly and some other cables too. Suddenly the ...

Power supplies

jc - 20 Feb 2005 9:03 PM - 14 messages

Does anyone know of a half decent inexpensive power supply. I know there is Powmax which isn't that great. Despite the 2 year guarantee Any other ideas. Thanks in advance ...

[OT] shaving devices

BOOGIEMAN - 20 Feb 2005 8:56 PM - 5 messages

It's not computer hardware, but I don't know on which group to ask. I'm having doubts what shaving device to buy. This are my shortlisted ones : panasonic es518a ...

90nm work on all 939 boards

Christo - 20 Feb 2005 8:44 PM - 7 messages

god damn i didnt think there would be this much crap to think up when planning a 64 build, tis my first real one with PCI-E and what not anyhow looking at an AMD 3200+ 64 (90nm) socket 939 processor and a Gigabyte K8NF-9 ...

SOYO S (sigma) drive

Miss Perspicacia Tick - 20 Feb 2005 8:22 PM - 2 messages

The above came with an old DRAGON board. The board is long since dead, but the drive (for those who aren't familiar with it, it's a CF/SM reader and has 2 2.0 ports) was never used as I didn't have a digital camera at the ...

Hey sorry I wont mention ANY DEALS whatsoever any sales or prices

John@Smith.com - 20 Feb 2005 7:42 PM - 2 messages

I thought some people werent aware of some deals that are usually quickly gone in the US but it does come off like spam so Ill leave it to the deal websites. Nothing will be mentioned by me again, ...

on speed - any good or not?

Geezer - 20 Feb 2005 7:28 PM - 18 messages

Theres a lot of very seductive ads in the uk press at the moment for onspeed. Does anyone use it or have any evidence that it works? ...

All this new hardware..Q?

Christo - 20 Feb 2005 6:16 PM - 2 messages

i asked a while back about PCI-Express I'v not had the chance to look into building a PCI-E system, built a few AGP systems and its been straight forward plug the card in get everything set up, power on and its cool, the VGA card ...

HD 40Gb for notebook

MrpcTheKing - 20 Feb 2005 5:14 PM - 4 messages

This is the link: [link] Thank u. ...

For people in the US Compusa is having a pretty good sale today

John@Smith.com - 20 Feb 2005 4:01 PM - 11 messages

They have a 6 hour sale starting at 8 am and the usual week long one. I think some people are camping out for the systems they have in their ads some Amd 64 system for 699 or 599. I think it may be that ...

One semi bad pixel on my LCD - it strange

John@Smith.com - 20 Feb 2005 2:26 PM - 6 messages

Its not noticeable with a white page. It must turn white. With other colors its also not noticeable. But with a black page instead of black this one pixel about 3 inches from the left side 6 inches from the top of my 19" VIewsonic LCD is ...

SATA converter?

OM - 20 Feb 2005 1:48 PM - 5 messages

I've seen a few SATA converters. Are these worth buying? I'm still abit confused as to what they're for!? See the follwing links: [link] ...

40 pin cables and 80 pin cables on hard drives

senn - 20 Feb 2005 12:09 PM - 17 messages

I have a question. I recently went to visit a pc repair shop. I was there about a job but thats a different story. I was told something about cables and drives. I cant remember exactly. but along these lines. ...

KVM switch reccomendation

Darrell - 20 Feb 2005 12:00 PM - 10 messages

I need a kvm switch and cable setup for two computers. I don't wish to spend a great deal, but I do want something that is reliable with no "gotcha's". TIA ...

POST failure on ASUS P4S8X-X

Conrad W. Paul - 20 Feb 2005 11:05 AM - 3 messages

My system: Power Supply: Okia 420ATX Mainboard : ASUS P4S8X-X CPU : Pentium 4 2.66 GHz/533FSB (SL6EH) Memory : Samsung 2x512MB PC3200 ...

SATA fails to format in Win2000

Henrik Johannisson - 20 Feb 2005 10:54 AM - 4 messages

Hi all, just bought a Maxtor DiamondMax Plus10 200GB SATA but I can not get it to work in Windows 2000 in my system. My computer system conatins the following: MB : ABIT KT7-RAID HDD : one (1) 20GB HDD, three (3) 200GB HDD, one (1) CDROM ...

Samsung V25 memory upgrade

Bobby - 20 Feb 2005 10:39 AM - 4 messages

I want to upgrade the memory on my wife's laptop (Samsung V25) from 256Mb to 512Mb. I think that it uses SODIMM 133, non-parity memory? Is that correct? Is that simply "laptop 133 memory"? Do I need to buy Samsung memory or will generic ...

motherboard help

carol pritt - 20 Feb 2005 5:19 AM - 2 messages

could someone tell me where i can find a upgrade site and info for a trigem imperial motherboard 1.07 it is a celeron 2.20 GH e-machine processor wmt478/nwb intel 1500mhz using 2200mhz -00000f27bfebfbff. many thanks i am ...

Why can't I play newer DVDs?

nooobody - 20 Feb 2005 2:43 AM - 8 messages

I have trouble playing some newer movies on DVD on my computer. My O/S is Windows 2000 with the latest updates, and I am using Power DVD. I have tried an LG drive and also a Sony, and have the same problem ...

Monitor doesnt power up

justin - 20 Feb 2005 2:38 AM - 2 messages

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