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New PC doesn't like Win98 When I graduated to XPpro, circa 2002?, I found that my flatbed scanner wouldn't work. My solution was to make a small Win98 partition on my 2nd hard drive and select to boot from that one when I wanted to use my scanner. Sometimes if got cranky and some guru advised me to changed the <vcache> section of system.ini... 13 Jul 2008 12:02
Alternatives to MemTest I downloaded the latest memtest, created a boot floppy, and restarted my machine. Memtest said some memory is over 4 gigs and will not be tested, and to press 'C' to continuer, any other key to exit. At that point, it was frozen, no response. Anything else to use/try? --g ... 12 Jul 2008 13:34
Ram Compatability ASUS Mobo Hi Guys, would appreciate some advice on Ram Compatability for ths ASAS Mainboard M3A32-MVP-Deluxe-WiFi AM2+ Skt. What I purchased before finding out if it was compatatble was the following Ram: DDR2-1066 Corsair 4GB-Kit[TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF G] Dominator series(2xXMS2 2GB) PC-8500 RAM, 2x240-pin DIMMs, Non ECC, ... 10 Jul 2008 06:11
need help with a strange problem Matt wrote: About 3 weeks ago he started smelling a strange chemical ammonia type odor in his computer room it is definitely coming out of this tower. I've never smelled that in a computer -- but here's an article that mentions it http://www.computerpoweruser.com/articles/archive/C0405/24c05/24c05.p... 14 Jul 2008 13:41
Windows update breaks zone alarm http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/pressReleases/2008/LossOfInternetAccessIssue.html *sigh* -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor and literally save someone's life: http://www.ab... 10 Jul 2008 11:19
Stack overflow recently every picture shown on google has a X in the box. And when I go to view google maps all I get is a lot of X's with no picture. Then I get a pop up sccreen that says, 'stack overflow at line:0." I click the x or click ok nothing happens the message just stays there. Can anyone help me retain pictures when w... 9 Jul 2008 14:44
Alternative to Everest I have a new MB, a gigabyte, and wanted to look at the temps of the cores, etc. However, the home edition of Everest does not work. I searched around and found others having the same issue with newer boards. The solution is to use the latest and greatest edition of Everest, full blown edition, but they want ... 10 Jul 2008 14:26
No Sound: Help me please! http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.intel/browse_thread/thread/507f8bfdab91c70c?hl=en# ... 11 Jul 2008 15:05
HDD drive light on permanently and IDE drives not seen Using Win XP Home SP2. Everything has been running fine for a few yeart. Doing nothing special (just selecting the start menu), the PC locked up totally with the HDD light on permanently. I waited for an hour before deciding that it was totally locked. Ctrl/Alt/Del would not work either. The HDD did not sound... 9 Jul 2008 21:56
favorite case features On recommendation from someone here I think, years ago I bought an Antec 3700. .... lower front intake fan sucking air into the case through a filter and blowing the air over the hard drive rack, there is an open area on the underside that can be covered with packaging tape if necessary forcing the intake ... 9 Jul 2008 10:36 |