Hardware

Hard Drive Password Problems
Hi, My laptop has died and I have taken out the hard drive and connected it to a USB connector. Windows recognised the hard drive and it apears in Device Manager but does not map a drive or apper in the Disk Management wndow. I then remembered I had set a password for the drive. Question 1 - Is there any ... 7 Feb 2007 00:17

too many network devices?
I've got a cable modem that connects to a router. The router only has 4 ports so I've connected a 5 port switch to the router. I've also got a seperate wireless access point. What I'm finding is if the access point is connected to the switch then it doesn't work properly but does work when connected to the rout... 4 Feb 2007 10:55

Unstable Machines New Thread
I am still having the instability problem wherein I have to jiggle power connector sometimes to get my machines to boot. I re-configured my AMD machine so that right now I have: Primary Master - Seagate Barracuda 120GB ST31200026A Primary Slave - TSST CORP DVDW TS Secondary Master - WDC WD1600JB-00GVC0 Second... 2 Feb 2007 19:22

Computer not detecting RAM!!!
Hi I have an MS6714 motherboard, Intel P4, mPGA 478 pin package Intel 82845GE Graphics Memory Controller Hub I have just clipped in a DDR RAM 1024MB - this is my only chip in the system On booting up, it doesn't load windows XP Professional The first time it booted up, it gave me an lsass.exe error, but... 4 Feb 2007 08:19

Need kb for green732e
Anybody has a kb for Syntax GREEN732E laptop? ... 2 Feb 2007 14:06

Unstable Machines
I am at my wit's end with these two machines. One is a Pentium 4 2.4G on a ASUS P4B533-VM MOBO, the other an AMD Athlon 64 2.4G on a ASUS K8V SE Deluxe MOBO. Both have 640G DDR. Both use the same mouse, keyboard, and monitor through my KVM. Both are LAN'ed together via a D-Link router. Both have 400W+ PSU's. ... 2 Feb 2007 06:02

unhealthy spluttering noise at startup
Recently when I turn my PC on, I've been get an unhealthy wheezing and spluttering noise as if ithe PC is struggling to get started, a little bit like the noise a car sometimes makes when you try to start it on a cold day. After a minute or so it settles down and it doesn't seem to affect how the PC boots up. Is... 1 Feb 2007 04:42

Speedfan and undervolting and underclocking a pentium mobile cpu (toshiba satellite laptop)
A friend mentioned software called Notebook hardware monitor which he undervolted whichever processor he had. And I'd looked at speedfan(clicking configure for more useful options). the undervolting helped him and would help me 'cos it would lower the temp and thus keep fan speed down. notebook hardware monit... 31 Jan 2007 17:42

Greenish tint to monitor display
robert <error(a)news.org> wrote: Compaq 17 inch crt monitor model 171FS about 4 years old Twice in the last week the display suddenly showed a green tinge looking washed out What happens to the red bits on the screen, like the window close button in the top RH corner ? Both times it fixed itself Oth... 31 Jan 2007 23:31

Case fan installation
Hi, I've just had to replace my PSU after the last one started smoking. My new PSU only has a single fan (the last had 2) and as a result I've noticed that my PC temperatures are up. My motherboard goes up to 41C and the CPU to around 61C when in use. I have a Pentium4 2.66 So, I've decided that a case... 31 Jan 2007 10:43