Hardware

Service program is not active."
Hello, When I try to run my Intel Desktop Utilities I get this error message "Service program is not active." Anyone know what is going on? I have a Intel D975XBX mobo, Intel Pentium D 940, 2 GB PC 5300 RAM, ATI 1600 Pro. My OS is Windows XP pro SP2. When I first got it running the Desktop Utilities ran fine then ... 25 Jul 2006 17:14

Tiger Direct
Be aware that the customers' "Product Reviews" at Tigerdirect.com are a fraud; if you submit a negative review, they don't post it. I have purhased 3 bad items from them, but had not posted any reviews. 1) If you want to copy your VHS movies to your computer, do not buy the ATI All In Wonder 2006; it assumes th... 25 Jul 2006 17:14

Three monitor DVI setup: Two SLI PCI-E cards or single Matrox Quad card?
Which would be better? Two GeForce7 SLI PCI-E cards that support Dual DVI or this Matrox PCI-E card that supports Four DVI outputs: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/corp/financial/products/qidlp.cfm Each monitor will run at 1600x1200 No gaming on this workstation, but MPEG2 decoding most of the time (Digital ... 29 Jul 2006 07:46

DDR2 Ram Question
What would be the appropriate speed Ram for a X2 3800 or X2 4600? Can you use 533 or 800? If so is there much difference? What has changed from the Socket A days? It seems like you used to have to get ram of a speed to match your CPU or if you did not you would either be really overclocking your Ram or underclo... 21 Jul 2006 04:13

what's wrong with Intel core duo T2050 and T2250 ?
Hi, While looking for a laptop, I come across some models that have an Intel core duo T2050 or T2250 processor. Strange thing is that there's not any reference to these processors on the Intel website. They only talk about T2300, T2400, T2500 etc. The search functionality gives "no results". And they're not ... 20 Jul 2006 19:50

Change drive letters?
How can I change driveletters of harddrives? Windows XP Pro. ... 20 Jul 2006 02:23

Processor selection
I have an abit vt7 motherboard that says it supports pentium 4's 478 pin i would like to purchase either this Intel Pentium 4 3.0E Prescott 800MHz FSB Socket 478 Processor Model RK80546PG0801M - OEM for $107.98 or Intel Pentium 4 2.8A Prescott 533MHz FSB Socket 478 Processor Model BX80546PE2800E - Retail fo... 17 Jul 2006 22:49

duplicate a hard drive
What is the easiest way to duplicate a hard drive? The duplicate won't be exactly the same size, but I want it to boot the same and have the same filesystem. ... 15 Jul 2006 14:58

Corrupt Disk
I reported a problem I was having with corrupt ntfs volume with my hard drives. I thought I had cured the problem by cleaning the Registry. That stopped the problem of Windows running CHKDSK at reboot (a problem that is allegedly tied to bad HP scanner software). But then one of the disks went BSOD every time I res... 17 Jul 2006 10:26

Turn my PC off?
This question isn't strictly hardware related, but I'm not sure where else to ask it. How often should I turn off my computer? Lately I've just been leaving it on all the time. I once saw a figure that an ordinary incandescent uses up the same amount of energy in one minute of continuous use as being turned o... 12 Jul 2006 19:33