Story: My friend wanted to install a new hard disk because the previous one has a permanent error indicated by S.M.A.R.T. message. 1 He installed the new HD in an USB external disk fixture, partitionned with GParted, 2 he installed the new disk as secondary master and ran a ghost program to...

Would someone explain what is Cisco's 'VPN' client? I know someone who used that as well as PC Anywhere to log onto their company computer. Our company is working on internet access to the company computer, but without the VPN software. I appreciate your help- I know this is a hardware NG, but I...

I was given a "new" computer that has the floppy drive in the primary IDE slot and the DVD and CD drives in the secondary IDE slot. My current machine is IDE and for now I want to put my hard drive in the newer machine until I get a SATA drive. Can I just put the current hard drive in the...

I need a pointer to a fairly simple description of how ink jet printers work (specifically the inking process). It seems to me that every time the printer starts up, it would seem that an application ink is sprayed on the printing mechanism. For very low-volume printing (e.g. a home user that...

I will be upgrading soon after the looming price cuts take effect and have some questions. I currently have a Barton core 2800 with a gig of DDR PC3200 Ram. I am wanting to do a nice upgrade as cheaply as possible with an emphasis on the items that will actually make a significant difference to...

Hello, I just put a Biostar M7NCD Ultra into a "generic" (Acer type, but not Acer) case. It appears as though everything is plugged in properly, but... When I go to power the machine on, it does, initially, but very briefly; then it powers off and lets off this constant beep code, that goes...

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I have a new Dell Vostro A860. I need to get a projector for classroom use. What do I need to know to select a projector that's compatible ?

I wasn't expecting the damn cpu to come out with the heatsink. The cpu retention arm was still secure afterward. http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3320/1000362t.jpg http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/97/1000363yr.jpg http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9982/1000364g.jpg That old grease was like...

Pete wrote: Continuing from my "Is This Broken" post I have another question for you folks :) Quick recap: Was sold a so called "new" SFF barebones but on adding the CPU & Memory found the board, CPU, case fans etc.. did not function. I'm still waiting for a retest of the CPU and...

god damn i didnt think there would be this much crap to think up when planning a 64 build, tis my first real one with PCI-E and what not anyhow looking at an AMD 3200+ 64 (90nm) socket 939 processor and a Gigabyte K8NF-9 just checked gigabyte website and a list of supported processors brings up...

I want to set up my laptop for wireless. It would be great to have the printer located at the router. I have no other computer. Is there a good, reasonable, 802.11g combo wireless router and printserver? Reviews of the only one I found (SMC) are really bad.

Hi, Recently I rebooted my computer having installed some Windows Updates. When my computer came back up, the screen had moved itself slightly to the left. Naturally, my first instinct was to correct this using the monitor options however, I have found that 2 of the butons are not working (they...

Can anyone tell me what class lasers are used in CD-AU, CD-RW, DVD, laser scanners, laser speed guns, wafer construction? It's for a school project. L8s

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Hi All, My Dad's having problems with his PC, which I think are being caused by the PSU, but am not 100% sure. Basically the machine will run for a short while (10-15 minutes tops) and will then cut out, not allowing it to be powered back on until the line cord is removed from the machine and...

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There are three AMD A10-5800K Socket FM2 CPUs((APU) being marketed, one of which (the third, below) is said to handle Windows XP, and the others (the first and second, below) apparently will NOT The first two may in fact be the same model CPU, but I don't know. I can find no way through Google...

looks like you have either formatted the drive or your drive isnt detecting as its trying to boot over a network when that comes up on screen. "Mateusz Tumidajewicz" wrote in message ... Hi I have a problem with my Hard drive. When i...