Hardware

PCI card dimension
I have what seems to me to be a very basic question, but over an hour of Google searching has failed to find any reasonable answer. The question is simply this: What are the actual dimensions of standard PCI cards? And of so-called "half-height" cards? Although Wikipedia gives the dimensions of the official s... 17 Jan 2007 12:28

APC support for software download - amazing
This is not a compliment for APC skills as a software company. The web site https://www.apcc.com/tools/download/ is amzingly BAD. My experience in chronologial order. 1. Purchased 750VA UPS, inclusing version 1.5 PowerChute Personal Edition S/W 2. Went to this site after registering my UPS and giving the co... 17 Jan 2007 19:15

Volume control does not adjust and stay where selected
When I want to adjust the volume control on this new notebook, it always slides back to the top, maximum. Wave, SW Sync and CD Audio I can adjust and it stays, but not the overall Volume Control. Any ideas? It is using windowsXP, Dual Core, 1 GB Memory Model V6137US ... 17 Jan 2007 14:02

Increase partition size on RAID mirrored disk volume
Hello! Was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I've come across recently. I had a working RAID system running 1 set of mirrored disks however both the disks have recently died. Thankfully the drives died a few months apart, and I was able to connect replacement disks and the mirroring continued. ... 19 Jan 2007 07:15

High-Pitched Whine
"Grant Baxter" <grant(a)baxterfamily.org> wrote in message news:uscqq29uvp7b598ffm3hqf4roopd95se71(a)4ax.com... I recently put together an el-cheapo computer to play with Linux. It is making a high-pitched sound that I just can't track down. The whine changes tone when the monitor is being scrolled. I've tried ... 18 Jan 2007 17:46

Trying to retrieve data from broken 2.5" HDD
My gf's old old laptop hard drive has recently started to fail - it can't be booted from and sometimes makes a slight clicking noise. I've tried booting the laptop into various rescue CDs (knoppix 5, sysresccd.org) and they can each see the partition, correctly, as NTFS (it was a Win2K system) but can't mount it, s... 17 Jan 2007 14:02

iaxe guitar usb help
I'm suddenly having a very similar problem. I've had the guitar since christmas and installed it on a desktop and laptop succesfully. I'm away this holiday weekend and plug it into my laptop, but it started installing new drivers as if it hadn't been plugged in before. I haven't had the chance to plug it into my to... 14 Jan 2007 18:22

In trouble with HD 2,5'' Toshiba mk8025gas
My notebook (HP, WinXP Home) had trouble with HD (Toshiba mk8025gas), and, at last, usually it didn't start at first shot. I leave details (you will find them at the end of post). I was unsuccessful in making a complete backup of the data, and I have had to replace the HD. Now I would like to recover data. ... 21 Jan 2007 13:47

Upgrade Compaq 0664h Motherboard
Hello Everyone! I want to upgrade my daughter's PC with a more powerful processor. At the moment we have a PIII 600MHz Coppermine on a Compaq 0664h motherboard. I tried to find info in the web but I failed. It would be great to get some hints where to find informatino or which processor could fit. Thanks... 18 Jan 2007 13:34

Drivers for LCD Wide Screen
I bought an ACER AL2223WD LCD monitor about a month ago. The screen measures 18.5"W X 12"H. Thus its so-called 'aspect ratio' is 1.54:1, I'm thinking. Someone told me it really is 1.6:1. My system has a RADEON 9250 AGP Video Card. I have downloaded current drivers. I am using WXP PRO SP2. I received no softwar... 11 Jan 2007 09:53