Hardware

Laptop freezes when using two PCMCIA cards
Hello group! I have an old Asus F7400 laptop with a PII processor running Windows XP SP2. The laptop has two PCMCIA adapters (Texas Instruments PCI-1220 CardBus Controller). One of them is being used for a long time with a network card (Xircom CardBus Ethernet II 10/100) without any problems. For the other ... 5 Dec 2006 11:35

Wireless mouse with longest battery life?
My system is a year-and-a-half-old Dell Dimension 8400 running WinXP, with a Dell wireless keyboard and mouse, and is left on 24 hours a day. Unfortunately the mouse, which requires two AA batteries, uses up batteries very fast, so I'd like to replace the mouse with a more efficient one (but keep my current Dell wi... 1 Dec 2006 14:54

problems with dvd burner
i have a nec 3520 DVD burner running in external usb2 case with xpsp2 laptop recently it stopped burning dvd and only burns cd attached is a log of failed burning any ideas would be most appreciated C & A 1A21-0009-9130-2288-9230-1860 Windows XP 5.1 IA32 WinAspi: - ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files... 20 Nov 2006 03:19

Stereo channels inverted
A fewe days ago my system decided to reverse the stereo channels of my sound card. Now the right sound on the left and viceversa. Provisionally, I have inverted the speakers, but with headphones this solution is inapplicable. My soundcard is a soundblaster live 5.1, and i have no software installed, simply ... 19 Nov 2006 17:56

Should RAM timings have to be set manually?
Hello, I bought a pair of Kingston HyperX RAM sticks, and tried to use them today; these ones: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144114 Unfortunately, instead of the 2-3-2-6 timings they are sold at, they come up (auto) on the board (Epox 9NDA3I) as 2.5-3-3-8 timings. Attempting to set ... 29 Nov 2006 14:34

New computer not booting at all
I just built my first machine with parts I ordered through newegg. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ CPU, Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe mobo, 2 GB of G-Skill DDR2 800 MHz, Soundblaster Audigy2, one Western Digital Raptor 10k RPM 36 GB SATA, one Western Digital Caviar 320 GB SATA, a Lite-On DVD burner, and a brand spanking new XFX GeFor... 15 Nov 2006 11:27

pt-6vax2 information about mb
Anybody have a soft copy of this manual or where I can get it? What I need is what type of memory this thing takes! Thanks in advance ... 15 Nov 2006 07:46

terastation pro internal power supply replacement.
Hi aragorn, I am facing the same problem as you did. have tried all possible methods: contacting the customer service : U.K & IRELAND guys tell to contact USA & USA guys tell to contact U.K. I have been going in a circle for last 25 days. Have been in e-mail contact with the USA guys, they r trying to be ... 14 Nov 2006 04:38

Maximum ethernet distance
The distance most quoted for standard multi-twisted pair Cat cable is 100 meters. I assume this is worst-case. How much can this be streached? Does it degrade in effective speed, or does it just fail after a certain length? Will it fall back to 10 Mbps? I'd like to run about 650 ft, outdoors, rural, with so... 12 Nov 2006 20:35

Maxtor question
Does anyone own one of these? http://www.maxtorsolutions.com/en/catalog/MSS_Plus/ I'm thinking about buying one, but really would love to know if you can use the darn thing without any proprietary software - for example - can I just map a drive in windows to the hard drive without using the software that co... 22 Nov 2006 22:15