When I try to start the tower the bios, represented by a horizontal bar, goes about one-quarter the way across and then stops. How can I investigate and solve the problem? Thanks Ps Other details: tower is a Dell Dimension E520, with 1GB oif RAM, Pentium D 2.8GHZ OS is Vista Home Premium, 32 bit

I have this wireless mouse and all drivers and software is up to date but how do I stop the pointer from jumping around the screen and sometimes when I am not even holding it. I have tried placing the USB end in differing places but wonder whether I am going to have to buy a new corded mouse....

Can anyone recommend fastest drive for my HP pavilion? It only has IDE right now, and I was thinking about buying a Ultra320 SCSI controller card (PCI) and a 15K rpm SCSI drive to match. Cost as around $400 for the pair. Is this an ok plan? (Use case is: I want to be able to scroll through a...

Immediately after "Post", I get very loud fan noise. The system is about a year old using a NVidia 6600GT, AMD 3700, and there is a case fan. Can someone tell me which fan is probably the culprit ??

I have a 250GB drive that makes Explorer repeatedly crash when it is plugged into the machine. Windows is completely unusable. The drive does not seem to be making any weird noises at the moment, but it was when I unplugged it, when I came home one night. It could have been a head crash? Is...

I've been Googling myself silly and can't find the answer to a relatively simple question. At least I'm pretty sure it's an easy question for SOMEBODY! I've looked to find out how you sell electricity back into the grid. Hundreds of web pages will tell you something like, "Well you fill out...

Are there any motherboard manufacturers that make some sort of BIOS interface that blind users can utilize?

One of my mobile phones is used only for incoming calls. Only a handful of people have the number and I do not know when they will call. However, when they do call it is invariably important. The number is not substitutable for the next two years as the people (except as an emergency) who might...

Hello I have just installed 2 TP-Link 1000bps TG-3269 NICs - replacing the 2 ADDON NIC1000Rv2 NICs. From the Windows 7 PC to the XP Pro PC I now get 20MB/sec, and from the XP Pro PC to the Windows 7 PC (both using Windows Explorer on the Windows 7 PC) I get 36.9 MB/sec. Both figures much better...

I have an external drive enclosure that came with a firewire which fits into any USB opening. BUT it is not beeing detected there. Is Firewire something special that needs something other than a "normal" 2.0 USB port? The external unit is on, I can feel the disk inside turning, but cannot...

A while ago there was some caution about using stick-on labels for CD's and DVD's in that they could have some effect on the data. I have some Avery labels I wish to use on some backup data DVD's. What is the latest opinion on the use of labels? Also, what is the latest opinion on using felt...

I was wondering if anybody has any Experience with Zalman coolers, I have heard nothing but good about them. I have a Vantec AeroFlow installed now and I am less then impressed with it. I was wondering if anybody had a recommendation on a Socket A(462) HSF from them. The following are the...

I just bought a second hand HP P4 1.8 to replace my mother's computer. I really love the way these companies reinvent things and make everything proprietry and different, it's just sooooo convenient. The first convenience was I had to replace the floppy drive but I can't because luckily a standard...

Tal Fuchs writes: Any idea ? Any suggestion ? An undersized power supply? If it is overloaded, it might overheat and shut down, and voltages might drop at the output as the overload develops. --

I recently acquired a Dell 2405fpw and am now looking for an *AGP* *DVI* video card to get the most out of this monster display. I very rarely play games, but (aside from business apps) watch DVDs & NTSC broadcasts. While I understand that the scaling issues involved prevent me from obtaining...

hey, i just got the dell 24" widescreen lcd monitor. I'm running it on a AIW 9800 pro in windows xp pro. the dell cd that came with it didnt help me, nor did dells tech support (i officially despise dell service) Anyways, all im looking to do is use my monitor in portrait mode, so that the...

Hi, What kind of hardware do I need if I want to connect two motherboards via their one of their ide connector ? Same question for connecting many motherboards via usb port. I found usb-to-ethernet, I found 1 usb to 1 usb direct cable, I expected usb to hub able to handle many ports and connect...

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:40:47 GMT, Mark M wrote: I use a partition copier which boots off a floppy disk before any other OS is launched. If I copy a partition from one hard drive to another, then is there any risk of data corruption if the BIOS has...

I want to upgrade my cpu to an XP2800+. I've double checked and found that I can't use my current board MSI KT3 Ultra. I want a new motherboard then, still an MSI. I figure although most of my other components aren't bang up to date, I may as well get the most advanced I can. (I have 4x AGP card,...

About a month ago I started have my 3D games (Wolfenstein Enemy Territory) start freezing up on me. Since then I've changed a bunch of hardware and it still happens! I've pretty much ruled out software problems since I've changed drivers, reinstalled games, everything! What's going on? I have...