Hardware

Eject and re-detect a usb drive without unplugging it
I needed this too for testing a launcher on my USB flash drive. As I used an old computer without front USB ports and I was too lazy to stand up each time and replug the memory stick I searched for a solution in web. All solutions I found need the Microsoft command line tool DevCon, which is not very straight forward t... 20 Jan 2009 10:34

Bios update
Hi all, Am I on the correct group ! I wish to update my original bios for ECS K7S5A. The boot up screen info in lower left corner is >> ECS 62-0206-001131-00101111-040201 SIS735 K7S5A. I run Win XP Pro OS. I beleive the Megatrends date is 2001. Are there trust worthy sites out there,where I can update a... 18 Jan 2009 11:27

Power Went out now I have A Runtime Error
First I had a cordbg.exe error I unplugged my external hard drive , plugged it back in . Now i have a Common Language Runtime Debugging Service Error . Process id=0x13c ( 316 ) thread id=0x230 (516 ), I think the first numbers are 0x13c . I have had the external hard drive now for years but since the power went... 3 Jan 2009 19:02

audio controller
some body tell me where to find these drivers...pliz i just reformated my computer and installed windows xp, like the most posts i've read, i am also having an yellow question mark next to the multimedia audio controller and video controller (VGA compatible) My Device instance id is PCI\VEN_1039&DE... 29 Dec 2008 09:51

Why don't camera reviews cover the data connection to the PC?
On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:11:16 -0800, John Navas wrote: The best flash drive diagnostic I know of is H2TestW: <http://sosfakeflash.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/h2testw-14-gold-standard-in-detecting-usb-counterfeit-drives/> Interesting. Once again, John, you gave expert advice where many fell flat! I ran the ChipG... 28 Dec 2008 12:10

USB Controller list in Device Manager
Hello all.... I have an older (2003) custom built computer with XP Home SP3 that's been having problems with the six USB ports and Windows not finding drivers for plugged in devices. Under USB controllers in the Device Manager, with nothing plugged into the ports, there are multiple listings for the USB con... 18 Dec 2008 17:21

CPU test Error
Each time I try to run any of the test I receive this message ... Exception in DisplayRunMap. runMap: Thank you! ... 8 Sep 2008 10:09

Blue Screen 0x0000007A
I own a laptop now for just under three years, just recently I got a spate of BSOD errors, referring to atapi.sys. Following this error, I got an HDD error saying the device was not found. I went on to do a System Restore, and for awhile the BSOD errors stopped! But now they're back... I was hoping that by doing a... 9 Jul 2008 11:39

RAM compatible?
Does anyone have any suggestions on whether following RAMs are compatible to each other? Therefore, I can install both on the same computer. My current PC is using following RAM, and I would like to add addition one. NT256T64UH4A0FY-37B 256MB 1R X 16 PC2-4200U-444-10-C1 The following RAM is shown as below, d... 1 Jun 2008 18:26

LiveCam 3000 issue
Hello NG! My live cam 3000 seems not to be working. I like to install software but it's telling me it's installed. I deleted the device from the hardware manger, but still it's still being the same. Steve ... 2 Apr 2008 07:06