Hardware

Explain USB info in Device Manager ????
Paul wrote: Is there any way to FORCE the computer to use the usb 2.0 enhanced host controller? I've got a Fry's Great Quality ZX-5360 laptop. Has the VIA REV 5 OR LATER USB UNIVERSAL HOST CONTROLLER I don't have the recovery disks. Fry's can't support it. ECS can't support it. VIA drivers don't help. I'v... 8 Sep 2009 11:23

Frequency, Bus speed, rated FSB ...cpu-ram memory ?
information Type CPU / Microprocessor Family Intel Pentium M Processor number ? 755 Part number RJ80536GC0412M Processor markings RJ80536 2000/2M Frequency (MHz) 2000 Processor speed in LFM mode (MHz) 600 Bus speed (MHz) ? 400 Clock multiplier ? 20 Package type 479-ball Micro-FCBGA Architecture / Mic... 11 Dec 2008 01:06

What is this Event Viewer error?
Vista Home Premium Event Viewer ID 59 "Disk 8 will not be used because it is a redundant path for disk 9." Have recently 'lost' a drive on my Netgear SC101 NAS. In troubleshooting, I get this error every time I try to attach the drive. I could find nothing on MS web site and almost nothing on Google. How do I t... 28 Aug 2008 19:19

wireless headsets
Lately Ive been getting tired of always snagging the wire from my headset. Anyone use a wireless headset/mic that could be recommended? I game for long periods sometimes, so comfort is a +plus. ... 7 May 2008 02:43

The Tornado - file transfer data cable
Thanks Robert. I couldn't find the original article but there is some mention of something at the website http://www.maximumpc.com/article/watchdog_january_2008 I will further investigate this before buying. "Tornado Gets Sucked In By Windows Vista The Tornado whips through large file transfers - u... 6 May 2008 23:24

DVR-K17A firmware?
Hi all. Just picked up a Toshiba L40 Vistaboxen with one of these drives. It writes but fails at a random point on a TDK CDR. I've tried several of these and they worked fine on my old laptop. Does anyone know if Pioneer will be releasing a firmware update for these drives? They are pretty new but the compatib... 13 Apr 2008 17:33

Help unlocking hard drive
I have a Seagate ST3500630A hard drive (1/2Tb) purchased less than a week ago on ebuyer. And the summary is I've managed to lock it whilst building an Xbox Media Centre. And I can't unlock it. I have the password from the Xbox's eeprom but that's not working - neither is xboxscene, the master password set by the lo... 1 Feb 2008 19:14

RAID 5 reading performance
I have a Dell PowerEdge 2400 with a PERC 2/Si RAID controller onboard (Adaptec 7890 + Intel i960(a)100mhz + 64 mb RAM). I want RAID 5, as RAID 0 with 6 disks is a sure way to loose data and RAID 1 wastes too much space. My problem is that reading performance isn't very good. I get roughly 32 mb/s from the RAID which ... 25 Nov 2007 05:40

56k modem + Windows Vista
Hi All Simple question that I haven't found an answer to yet. I'm trying to find a simple 56k modem that has a Windows Vista driver. Every modem I've found so far only states Win98/SE/2000/ME/XP. Would the XP driver work, or is there a real Vista modem driver out there somewhere? TIA ... 30 Jun 2007 09:45

How to open CANNON BC20 Printer ?
Can anybody please tell me how to open the plastic case of my CANNON BJ20 printer ? Its jamming while printing & I need to get at its innards. The case seems to just clip the top & bottom half's together ...I have prized these open as much as I can & removed the 3 screws from the bottom, but there is some catc... 6 Apr 2007 13:55