A friend has a Win 2k machine that starts up, runs scandisk, finds no errors, but then just as windows 2k is loading resets and starts all over again. I've told him that I reckon its a psu or overheating problem. Any other ideas ?

Sometimes my machine reboots unexpectedly maybe once or twice a day. I am at a loss to no why, could be hardware or software? I must add it reboots as if you had pressed the power button off, ie there is no warning or error message prior to reboot. Sometime it reboots immediately other times I...

My main computer seems slower than it should be. This has been the case for some time, but when I got the game Ubi for Christmas, I found it unplayable. I turn everything off and run it when my son's family is by, but I can't get responses that allow me to move smoothly at all nor do...

Was fine last night. My wife doesn't remember powering it off, as we usually don't but when I came home from work it was off. It won't start again. When you hit the power button, I can see the fan on the heatsync spin a few times and that is it. When you try again you get nothing. I replaced the...

I backup regularly with the latest Macrium. I manually delete the old backup and replace it with the new. Can this be automated by just having the new backup rolling over the old? For a bigger HDD can I ask it to roll over the oldest backup while keeping the latest ones?

I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop running WinME and have recently installed a new 40GB HDD, "Ghosted" from my old and working, but full original10GB HDD. I also have installed a German fan program that monitors temp and controls the fans. When I surf the Internet I am constantly asked at...

I have a choice between a Macron or Wintech 300 watt ATX power supply. Does anyone have any comments on either of these supplies? I don't find much seaching with Google. Thanks!

Okay peeps, here's the deal, I've got a DUAL Xeon motherboard. Now it's got a 24pin and an 8 pin power connector on the board. Now apparently there are DUAL Xeon power supplies and then just regular Xeon power supplies. My first question is, can one use the single Xeon power supply in the DUAL...

Hello, i am using an logitech optical mouse, and for some unknown (yet) reason, the mouse got crazy from time to time, jumping randomly to a corner of a screen to the other. I tried to fix the problem myself looking at the previous logs on the web. It is aparantly a rather common problem, even...

When i run Pm8 i get on a friend's disk Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary -- in PartitionMagic. (In my case: ucEndHead expected to be 254, not 44.) I know Fdisk remove this error but it also erases everything Is there any other mean to cure it ?

1. I was using a PCI Wireless D-Link on my computer. (XP) 2. It had driver compatibility problems. It kept shutting down my computer with this error: BCCode : 1000008e BCP1 : C0000005 BCP2 : BF86BD0C BCP3 : F48C4CA8 BCP4 : 00000000 OSVer : 5_1_2600 SP : 0_0 Product :...

I was playing around with a magnet on my CRT screen. Now my monitor has some dark patches. Any way to fix this?

I am working on a project, where I need some information about IT equipment to read the information stored in the magnetic strip on a plastic card. I need to be able to read the magnetic strip and use the information in an MS Access database on a Windows pc. I have asked in one store for pc...

I am working on a project, where I need some information about IT equipment to read the information stored in the magnetic strip on a plastic card. I need to be able to read the magnetic strip and use the information in an MS Access database on a Windows pc. I have asked in one store for pc...

I am working on a project, where I need some information about IT equipment to read the information stored in the magnetic strip on a plastic card. I need to be able to read the magnetic strip and use the information in an MS Access database on a Windows pc. I have asked in one store for pc...

I know where there's a 2" thick package (100-200 pages?) of NOS NCR Magnetic ledger. It is somewhat larger than 8.5x11, on somewhat heavy manilla/yellow card as expected, and has 4-5 (If I recall) magnetic ink(?) strips on the backside. These might have been used with the NCR399 and other fine...

I magnetized usb flash drive with the center of a metal candle holder which was magnetic. How do I un-magnetize my usb flash drive?

I have an elderly relative who is not computer literate and used a "Mail Station" for several years to send EMail. This is a device that allows one to send and receive EMail over the phone lines. It looks like a very small lap top but has no computer functions other than EMail. Her unit recently...

Hi Can someone tell me if it's OK to plug in a 20pin Power cable into a 24pin socket on this mainboard? http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2531&ModelName=GA-P35-DS4 I have been told i can but just want to confirm it's OK. This is my PSU which is...

One question: will a graphic card for AGP 8x work with a mainboard on AGP 4x?