Hardware

Optical Drive Peculiarity
Can anyone suggest why this is happening. With a friend we recently built a PC which has a Gigabyte Mobo with 4 SATA connections, 1 IDE and 4GB of RAM. Two optical drives from his previous PC were installed on the IDE connection. One was a CD-RW and the other was a DVD-RW. The DVD-RW drive would not rec... 16 Feb 2010 23:58

Booting from SSD
I have a HD with 2 partitions: C for system (XP Pro) and programs, and D for data. I installed an 80 GB Intel SSD and copied the partition C to the SSD using Acronis. Checked the SSD partition and all files from the C disk are present. Went to bios and changed boot priority from C to SSD. When I reboot however,... 13 Feb 2010 19:23

What after virus removal?
"Mardor" <Mardor.5b6ca0e(a)computerbanter.com> wrote in message news:Mardor.5b6ca0e(a)computerbanter.com... I have over thousands of virus on my pc according to the Spybot-search and destroy after scanning but it won't fix the problems. I've also used norton but my free trial is over.I've used 4 anti-virus ... 11 Feb 2010 03:54

Laptop Power Connector Not Connecting Properly
My HP Paviliion DV6700 laptop is doing the same thing. I purchased my laptop less than two years ago brand new for around $800. I have searched and searched online to try and figure out what os wrong with my laptop and I have found tons on websites that suggest that its the socket adapter connector. These are awful wi... 20 Feb 2010 01:26

ATI Radeon 4850 vs 5770 & 4850 vs 5850
Am 07.02.2010 12:00, schrieb Man-wai Chang to The Door (24000bps): FYI. 4850 vs 5850 http://www.overclock.net/ati/629010-3dmark-results-4850-vs-5850-56k.html 4850 vs 5770 http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1734791 Thanks, I'm looking for a new ATI card right now.. ... 7 Feb 2010 17:34

[fw] ATI Radeon 4850 vs 5770 & 4850 vs 5850
FYI. 4850 vs 5850 http://www.overclock.net/ati/629010-3dmark-results-4850-vs-5850-56k.html 4850 vs 5770 http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1734791 -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10... 7 Feb 2010 06:28

Vadem (more info)
I posted about a month ago concerning a Vadem I was given http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadem_Clio IIRC It was Kony who suggested me trying a CF card but I could not get it to read. Well I found an old one that I could not bear to throw away...8 megs now I can transfer data to and from the device... ... 12 Feb 2010 06:32

How to run PC sound to 5.1 receiver that has only 2 RCA inputs
I am trying to find a way to hook up my PC's audio outputs to my 5.1 receiver. The receiver (RCA RV-9978) works great, but it only has 2 RCA inputs, one for left and one for right. My motherboard (Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L) uses a Realtek ALC888 with 8-channel outputs, 1x S/PDIF optical, and 1x S/PDIF coax. I looke... 6 Feb 2010 21:48

Shutdown !
Dell Dimension (P-IV) running Windows XP won't shutdown, but has to be done manually. Not exactly a showstopper, but a real pain in the A. in any case. Informed comments, etc. most welcomed & thanks! ... ... 13 Feb 2010 21:36

How move XP Pro hard drive to new PC
I want to upgrade to a new PC and put my old XP in the new machine. (Later I'll install Win 7.) This is what I have now: XP Pro Volume Licence, AMD Duron processor and VIA SV266A chipset. The hard drive is IDE. First I'll copy the XP partition to a new SATA drive but what do I do after that? ... 8 Feb 2010 15:37