Hello all: I was wondering if anyone can help me out with a problem i am having. I have a Memorex CDRW/DVD 6424-4 drive and I keep getting errors when I try to burn something. Here is the error I get with Nero. Memorex CDRW/DVD 6424-4 Invalid write state

Hello, I have a rather new computer with Win XP Home. I quite often get IRQI_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL or something liek that. I was told to look in the device manager from a website and when I view Recources by Type and click on the IRQ tab I find that mu USB and Video Card are both using 16. I...

Does anyone know the difference between the 005686-xx modems? I see v.92 upgrades for 00568602 and 00568603 (USR5686B & USR5686C) I have a 00568600... which according to USR is the 5686 model for US/Canada, no revision. To me, I would assume that it should be upgradable... ( and I don't see why...

What cases have USB, Sound and 1394 ports on its front panel other than Antec Sonata?

Can someone please help me - I've been having computer problems now for over a day and still haven't received help (let alone a response) from this newsgroup. My old motherboard died and so I bought a new one, the A7V8X-X, to replace it. While I was at it I had to buy DDR-RAM, and I replaced...

Having tried to install some software which put my XP home system into a continuous reboot, I managed to uninstall it in safe mode but my system/device manager window is now showing a problem with SCSI and RAID controllers. Any advice on how this may have happened and suggestions on how to fix it...

What are the advantages of having an external (USB) TV tuner instead of internal tuner card (PCI). -- WebWalker PGP Key ID : 0xB3F1A279

I've been wanting to buy a DVD burner for some time now and been wondering what to buy. I've gathered info about what the differences are between the + and - format but I've also been told contradicting info by salesman about what they do and ultimately which way to go. I want a DVD burner mainly...

Most quiet fan for XP2400+ ?? TIA C

"Nico" wrote in message ... Hi, Does anybody know why this streamer 'eats' tapes? I have added a new disk which was quite close to the tape streamer so I thought this might have been the reason. After moving the disk...

Hi just picked ones of these up from local store, can anyone tell me if I need any special drivers or files as it came with no OS or drivers. I am probably going to put Windows 2000 Pro onto it. Any where to get latest BIOS etc ? cheers all --

Thanks for all the helpful posts! Once I *CALLED* Antec, found the PS was still under warranty so simply exchanged it. Problem solved!

AMD Athlon 858 256 Ram running W2K Pro/SP3. I have a primary hard drive/slave, CD-DVD, floppy, internal IOMEGA zip drive, and a CD-RW recently installed. Everything was fine until I had the internal CD-RW professionally installed and since then Device Manager shows exclamation marks on IDE...

Or their external counterparts. What media do you use? I have been misled by the company I purchased mine from as the discs (Datawrite DVD-RW and Memorex DVD-R) apparently are not compatible and, it would seem, the only discs that are cost £5+ apiece. One of the main reasons I bought a DVD burner...

"D F Bonnett" wrote in message ... I have Samsung 955DF monitor and a 16 meg AGP video card. Everything was working fine. All of a sudden, there are light gray bands across the screen. Also, the print, especially the fine...

Hello, I am looking for information on what the pins on a standard IDE 3.5" floppy disk drive do. That is, I know that pin 20 is "Step Pulse", pin 22 is "Write Data", pin 8 is "Index", etc., but I cannot find information on what the pin's functions are. I need the information so I can build a...

Hi all, I recently purchased the Altec Lansing 251 Speaker System and have come across a problem. The front right speaker (*with the controls on it) emits no sound whatsoever. I have gone through my internal PC settings (START SETTINGS CONTROL PANEL SOUNDS) to make sure all settings are in...

Cyde Weys wrote: Thanks in advance for the help. In the mean time I'll try the recovery disks and see if I have any luck with them. No-go. Those are setup disks to install Windows on a computer without a bootable CD-ROM drive. What do I use for my situation? --

Or is it a way to use cheap low powered psus instead of one high powered psu? REPLY: Tight-arse cheapskate get a paper-round.

I've recently installed directX9 onto a friends pc in order to play a new game that we've just bought, however I understand that I also need to ensure that the drivers for my graphics card & sound card are also directX9 compliant! I've tried searching the manufacturers site & many other download...