My motherboard ( supermicro x5dal-g) has wake on lan which normally works fine. However if power is removed ( ie I shutdown normally, unplug it, then plug it back in ), the machine does not wake up. Has anybody had a problem with this ( or got it to work)? I suspect that it is not a problem with...

Is there any software out there that can detect CPU heat and turn machine off when heat is excessive? Thanks Jethro

I don't think I have asked this before. But I wonder - has anyone out there EVER gotten a UMAX ASTRA 6450 Firewire scanner to work under WXP? Thanx Jethro

can any1 tell me if this modem has fax on it plz http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/product_detail.asp?stype=5&productcode=2110-3010&group=MRIM&pgroup=MOD&ref_site=kelkoo

Hey all, I understand most of the basics about hardware, like DIMMs and FSB, and HD/RPM, caches, etc. and this is dangerous, especially when I decide to build my own computers, lol. Anyways, here's my tale and questions. I decided about six months ago to "upgrade" my computer. I thought I was...

I am in need of a new monitor. I've been told a flat screen monitor is the way to go. Could anyone advise me of a good one? I don't want to spend a lot of money on one. I have no idea how much they cost, but I was hoping to spend approximately $400. and under. Thank you all in advicance.

I have an older system that has a CD-R drive in which I can play a video clip just fine. However I want to make it work using 'autoplay' feature. That is, I want the disk to activate my video player software (MS Media Player) automatically. I have found no way yet to do that. It is not a choice...

I have a two year old laptop with a video card problem. It doesn't display reds, either on the LCD screen or an external monitor. I have tried cleaning the contacts, still no luck. It is out of warranty and the price of parts is pretty high, so I've decided to buy a new laptop. But I would like to...

One of the company PC is located in the warehouse area, and that place is very dusty. So dusty that a lot of grime have built up in the heatsink + cooling fan, and the CPU temperature is rising as a result. In the process of cleaning the PC, I disassembled the cooling fan + heatsink assembly from...

Hi thanks for your time. I'm searching in stores and on EBay for an IDE cable that can fit my needs. The distance problem mentioned in the subject is not related from the motherboard connector to the slave connector, but from the slave connector to the master connector. The standard distance...

I had a tough time removing my GlobalWin heatsink from my AMD 1.0 GHz CPU last night, and when I finally got it off, I noticed that the raised square in the middle of the CPU (what actually comes in contact with the heatsink) was damaged a bit. One edge of that raised square had a lot of stuff...

A family member just ordered a Dell. Another family member told them that Dell makes good computers, but have issues when it comes to swapping or adding hardware. He went on to indicate that it is so limited that you have to order the hardware through Dell in order to get something that will...

On 4 Nov 2004 19:46:49 GMT, ThePsyko wrote: booted up my laptop.. no mouse.. hmmm... checked the connections & rebooted.. no mouse.. wtf? swapped mice & rebooted.. no mouse.. went into 'add new hardware' - wouldn't find the damn mouse... BOOM! That was...

I recently installed an old Maxtor 7120AT into my AMD 2800+ machine running Win XP. The machine correctly identifies the Maxtor drive as a slave, and mounts it on the file system as drive F:. The control panel reports this device as a "Maxtor 7120 AT". When I open the F drive in Windows, the...

I'm trying to deal with small Torx screws on a drive case. They're about T8, maybe T7. Tough to tell cause the screws are 'pre-stripped.' In other words, there's not much edge for a Torx driver to grip them. They almost look like rounded allen-head screws. I'm trying to figure out how to deal...

Hi, My daughter is going off to university in September and will need a laptop. I did some research, and was all set to buy her a Dell Inspiron 6400, but then I read a newspaper article about laptop batteries that have caught fire because the owner forgot to turn off the laptop. Dell was...

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200412/200412300018.html tinyURL goodness http://tinyurl.com/6erao Samsung have anouced a zero dead pixel policy. This is very good news, I was thinking of getting an lcd soon but I might wait a few months to see waht effect this has on other lcd

I have a PC with Asus P4R800-V Deluxe MoBo, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.53GHz, currently PC2700 512MB RAM, Dell 19" LCD 1905FP. Problem: My current PC is slow when I switch windows and slow to launch programs. I must admit that I have a lot of background processes running, but I want to run those....

Pardon if this sounds like an elementary question, but looking at boards like this http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/techspec.php?categories=1&model=79 It mentions Serial ATA RAID. I'm a bit fuzzy on exactly what RAID is, will a board like this accomodate IDE drives - for example a typical 7200...

Hi all, I am getting a new computer :O) However I am not to sure how to transfer my old system onto the new system. My old system is W98 the new one will be windowsXP. The first problem I would like to address is how to connect to the internet with the new system (so I can ask for more help!!) I...