Hardware

Master/Slave designation
"Paul" wrote: If the DVD-RW is at the end of the cable, it is master. If the third hard drive is in the middle of the cable, it is slave. Or, if the DVD-RW is on the end of the cable, you set it to Master and set the hard drive to Slave. It doesn't matter whether the device at the end of the IDE... 7 Apr 2006 14:15

leaky capacitors
I just picked up a free P-III mobo. It seems to work OK...but I found two capacitors with the dreaded leakage on top. I could replace them without too much trouble...but is it worth it? -- http://www.plazaearth.com/philo/whitecat.txt ... 8 Apr 2006 21:16

Why HP is so stupid?
Hi, We bought two HP laserjet 1022. It seems that no printer server in the world is compatible with them,only those sold by HP itself, They´re three times more expensive than other brands. Does Hp think that it will sell more print servers because this. We have to buy more eighteen printers for te company,and... 6 Apr 2006 15:55

where is drive C???
Hi I install and new sata hard drive and used mfg. software to copy files from my old ide drive to the sata drive now I have no "c:" dive. have a. D E cdrom F dvd g,h,i,j, are my memory card reader K is my old C drive. Why no C drive?? Thank you ... 10 Apr 2006 02:45

D: Drive Disappeared
For no apparent reason, I lost the D: drive in Win2K. It shows up on the BIOS POST, so I know it's there. The IDE channel is present in Device Manager. Devide Manager also reports that the physical drive is present and working properly. It just does not show up in Win2K. What is going on and what do I need to do ... 13 Apr 2006 10:28

Front Panel Audio...PLease HELP
I just put together a new computer and the case has front panel audio. I can't figure out how to connect it. I don't want to mess something up. Here is what I have: From my case: Blue wire = L-out green wire = R-out yellow wire = GND orange wire = mic in L red wire = mic in R brown wire = GND The pins o... 2 Apr 2006 17:49

ISA - PCI Conversion
Hi. Anybody did that? Convert a ISA Hardware to PCI? I am trying to convert a board i did a few years ago, and uses boot rom. Im using PLX PCI-9030 ic. Does anybody know where i can find application notes for this? Thanks in advance Pedro. ... 3 Apr 2006 13:41

CS8819a2-105 YX-RWc01-B
:crybaby: does anyone know how can i find drivers for CS8819a2-105 YX-RWc01-B i want to use it in my win 98. i cannot search it anywhere on the web. can anyone help me? :crybaby: ... 31 Mar 2006 23:59

SATA2 Problem?
I've got a new PC, Once in a while (about every 5-15 minutes) my system freeze for a 4-5 seconds period... When I inspect the System Event Log, I got the following entries everytime that the problem occur: The device, \Device\Scsi\m52881, did not respond within the timeout period. followed by that warning: ... 30 Mar 2006 09:13

Splicing monitor cables...
HI, this is my first post here because I Guess this is a hardware problem indeed and the only sollution I can think of is splicing. I'll cut to the chase... I've been fidling with the end of my monitor vga cable for a while now because there was dammage and the only way to get the colors right was to move the cabl... 31 Mar 2006 23:59