I just put together a new computer and the case has front panel audio. I can't figure out how to connect it. I don't want to mess something up. Here is what I have: From my case: Blue wire = L-out green wire = R-out yellow wire = GND orange wire = mic in L

Hi all Pc will re-boot (sometimes)a couple of times from cold whilst POSTing and soemtimes whiles in Windows it will just crash out. If a CD is in the tray it will be ok. Tried removing CD/DVD-Rom drive off their own secondary channel and just putting a CD-RW on with the HD primary channel. Tried...

Hi all, I have both a Memorex 24x cd-rw drive & a Pioneer 11D dvd/rw drive, I find both units very stable indeed, infact the older Memorex drive is the best cd burner that I have ever owned. What I have found(with both these drives & previous ones) is that when a cd is inserted to either drive, the...

Hi there, I'm running Windows 2000 Pro sp4 on a celeron 1100s with plenty of ram and HDD space. I cannot get windows to recognize my new dvd burner. Its a Samsung SH -W162C I'm not wildly computer literate so any help will be welcome. Cheers Stephen

hi, i've a problem with my usb philips speakers dss350 they don't work with my new pc! they are connected to an asus a8n-e motherboard with 10 usb2 ports (chip nforce4ultra) os is win xp pro sp2 and it say: "device cannot start (code 10)" there is no specific driver by philips have anyone a...

Hi Group, I'm sorry for the cross-post, but the original post was to microsoft.public.hardware, which does not exist any more. Besides that, alt.iomega is pathetically small. Above that, I'm not sure if this problem is hardware or software related. Kaaiman wrote: Hello,

i need help im looking into buying a new pc because my old one (emachines t1840) wont turn on. it gets to the windows screen and turns off. i wanted to know if anyone can helf me either fix my old pc's problem or how i can get the files from the non-working pc to a new one.

Hi, I bought a pcmcia card with 4 usb, but I have this problem: On my Celeron 650mhz notebook with windows xp, I plugged it, windows recognized it and it works well. On my pentium 150mhz MMX notebook that does not have any usb port (it's a Siemens Scenic mobile 700) with windows ME, I plugged it,...

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:25:53 -0600, "curious" wrote: I'm thinking about getting a DVD writer for my parents' computer, but I need to know if it will even work in it. They have an Asus P5A mobo with an AMD K6-3 450 MHz cpu, and it's running Win98se. It's running a Plextor...

Appologies if this not a correct group to ask this question. I have just purchased a ccheap new E-Sytem Desk-top PC. The suppliers specification for the the PC quotes the CPU as a "AMD Athlon 3000+". However, windows XP quotes the Processor as "Mobile AMD Athlon(tm)XP-M Processor 3000+". Should I...

On my Presario running XP, I removed my boot HD and the data HD. Then, I used the manufacturer's CD to set up some additional HDs that I plan to use alternately in a NexStar-3 USB2 HD enclosure. I set them as master and set up each one separately using the master IDE connector. This appeared to...

Okay, when I bought this computer I could play dvd's on it. it has been broken for a couple of times and windows xp reinstalled a couple of times as well but sindse then, the dvd's don't play anymore. and I am really dumb with computers. can someone please explain, this is the message I get:

I just installed a new NEC ND-3550A DVD/R DL drive and noticed something strange while I was playing a DVD. The lights on both the DVD and the hard drive flash constantly and both seem to be in sync (not exactly however). The way the hard drive is being used, it will burn out much quicker than...

Hello, I have here an Nvidia Geforce 6600GT 256MB agp 8x.. And i have an motherboard 4x slot.. My question was: Will it work / fit yes or no.. and the speed of the card is 1ghz.. will it split in 2 if i put it in the slot yes or no..

HI, this is my first post here because I Guess this is a hardware problem indeed and the only sollution I can think of is splicing. I'll cut to the chase... I've been fidling with the end of my monitor vga cable for a while now because there was dammage and the only way to get the colors right...

:crybaby: does anyone know how can i find drivers for CS8819a2-105 YX-RWc01-B i want to use it in my win 98. i cannot search it anywhere on the web. can anyone help me? :crybaby:

Can anyone figure out the difference between http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80726-1 and http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80726-R? One is $481, the other is $458! They both seem to be the X2 4400+, but one has a link to where you can get a...

I have a custom built HP computer that is a few years old. I have a NVIDIA 5200 fx graphics card. It is getting outdated and doesn't quite have to power to play new games that are coming out(Elder scrolls IV:Oblivion) I would like to just buy a new graphics card(GeForce 7800GT) but the problem is...

I contacted Seagate about why my drive only had a 4 year instead of 5 year warranty. They said it was because the warranty starts from the day the drives are shipped out to the retailers. Is this pretty much an industry standard? It seems that the customer is being misled about the actual...

I have been looking at a Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 and the product is shown to use the SATA 2.5 rev. specification. I am looking for an SATA II drive with NCQ that will work with my nForce4 motherboard that supports SATA II and NCQ. This is the drive I am talking...