I had my Toshiba running a good drive formatted with Windows98 SE on a 40MB ram installed, it normally has 8MB internal. I set it up on a CD version of the 410 with it's SVGA graphics at 16bits, then...

I hate to bump old threads, but this aside I was suprised to find, the Dell C series laptops and 4000 Inspirons I gather, use the mobile version i440BX/ZX chip set for North/Southgates and Penium3...

I only recently read that Intel changed attributes of the Pentium 3 three times or so during it's life. I entered the real laptop realm only this year with Dell's 5 year old C600 on up series, and...

I would say avoid the 9250 unless you are not big into gaming, it is not intended to boost game performance much, I went with the 9200 as it is supported under some games and it was said to be faster...

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I am pretty much a Windows guy from the get-go. I bought SUSE Novell Linux however, I had trouble installing from the start and never quite figured out the issue as it seems overtly technical...

I thought I had read that the new OS as I imagine this speculation concerns, would be a more tolerating and open environment, after what I have read on Intel and Microsoft collaborating in the past...

I recently got a couple Dell LS Latitudes to learn about and of course, use. I'm a bit of a tinkerer, and I'm finding with Dell's direct approach, these are somewhat easy to assemble and even...

The PC in question is a circa 97/98 Micron Millennia, I have decided with that one to upgrade with Win98 I got from the Goodwill. I've actually updated to Windows 98 on a Toshiba laptop 410CDT model...

I have some recent problems with my own memory or other events like my car breaking down that sellers or others I'm doing transactions with seem to ignore, I leave room for life getting in the way of...

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Lately my research has shown the mobo in the Touch sys. PC is a Gigabyte model GA-6BXC, and at rev 1.7, it is unable to support higher coppermine FC PGA CPUs that would go to 755 or so... My 800...

I stand corrected, though little is mentioned of this in the stores when you're browsing. I would have suspecting, like using SATA vs PATA, you'd just have higher speeds inherent. It's always wise,...

I got a freebie ISA card with adapters for what I thought were floppy drives, but it appears an IDE cable fit on it. There are 3 adapter sockets, one appearing for Floppy labeled SONY. The others;...

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By all means, AGP 8x is quickly being outmodded by PCI Express. I wouldn't be too sure on your question, but I would bet that they are. Some are speculating that PCI express, though not out long,...

I'm not currently using Ethernet, but I did get an odd looking card that is PCI rather then ISA as some of the old hardware I came upon recently.
Each time I use Google or AOL's search I get the...

Well, I used the link I got when I emailed the company...it's dead. Now what the heck do I do? This card is STILL on the market too. I think I'll consult techs here as well and may wind up trying to...

If I am installing a newly setup old PC, using hardware from a dead mobo, as an actual example...where's the easiest/quickest way to find a driver to mate the drive and hardware? I've found this is...

I've been parting out a few retired PCs. My first PC I've commented on a number of times, is 5 years old with 370 socket Celeron and needed an upgrade. I came into a couple Slot 1 mobo PCs recently...

Depends on if you want next-gen support, if you don't need it, there's no reason to jump at Vista right away, but the big press appears to be improvements to it's Internet Explorer, arrising from the...

I discarded a dead T2482 powersupply....too bad I didn't see this before...It's gone now, but it was sitting at work for a laugh a couple of weeks in a row! I bought a replacement for $30, the full...

What I was told (here in MN, CompUSA tech) was it is a sure-fire way to tell if your board may be fatally wounded, and to me that translates into too much cost to troubleshoot and repair vs. buying a...

Well, I noted with XP running, which is very useful but slipped my mind...in Device Manager, the 2001 dated drivers that XP uses listed the proper ATI mobo integrated chipset for graphics as 264VT2...

One method I find may be supported is an Auto mode for the monitor itself, if you wish to stick with your resolution of source. On my Mitsubishi and Samsung, if the image goes off the sides, etc, I...

Look thru all available device drivers in the Device Manager's list...if not there, try a restore disk or a Google search for it. I have my monitor supported, it came up as Plug and Play generic one,...

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I was quite happy to pick up a Samsung 17" 730b SyncMaster at the pawn shop for $159! I found it in all the PC shops, still on the shelf of new gear for at least a $100 more!!
I am dismayed to...

I am going to build my next full PC for PCI Express, and hopefully, God willing, 64bit CPU as well, a dual core would be even better. I read the single core CPU may be a thing of the past as well. To...

My Pavilion is doing that right now, it was caused by trying the assorted device drivers for the display adapter... I reckoned I had Intel based chips and the drivers are causing odd results.... so...

The eMachine T2482 does the same thing, the Standby monitor LED stays on, if the video from the PC is getting out, it should automatically 'wake' the monitor. To test the mobo-try like I was advised,...

I inherited a Touch Systems PC with Win98 running on it and a slot 1 CPU, I hope to upgrade that to a 370 socket/Slot 1 adapter so I can ramp up the power... the local shop has slot one P3s as well,...

I am setting up a PC for my sister to use... I took an old HDD and restored it in my own eMachine, then swapped it to a HP Pavilion 8250... the problem is, it won't go beyond the basic VGA PCI...

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I wanted to renew the tech issue of the eMachine A-socket AMD 2400+ T2482.
If you look at these on eBay alone, then do a search, you find they all suffer from the same issues, the ones that...

Been awhile but to update, I moved a Compaq Deskpro PC into the smaller eMachine T2482 case....works great, even pairing up the front connections which I imagine halt alot of branded case swaps. I...

I recently inherited a newer eMachine that basically looks to me like the victim of a virus that disabled the HDD and caused damage to the main system board as well as powersupply. It is a T2482 and...

I Googled my own threads, here. At the time I bought Dazzle's DPM, I was on my first computer, dating around 2000, so ME was pre installed on just about all new PCs at that time. I was also able to...

I have two IBM indenticle 425C PS/NOTE laptops. I know these are as old as time in the fast paced computer world, but was hoping they may handle JPG files for viewing on floppies. I had wanted to use...

The card comes without drivers, though I did request info from the website at Micro Innovations, the same people putting out affordable optical mice at Walmart... though not Compaq branded. They...

The DeskPro looks VERY similar to my eTower 700, and I would even assume the Mobo could mount in the eMachine's cabinet to save space. It sports 4 PCI slots versus eMachines' 3. The fact it's 5 to 6...

Most people found this true as well with Dazzle/Pinnacle's Digital Photo Maker USB capture devices as well... no XP driver from Pinnacle who bought up Dazzle and left consumers basically in a...

One of the first new copies I bought of XP Home is an Upgrade version, if you went with that and restoration of ME, that should work as well to give you one that has the needed additions...but since...

I'd say, considering the eMachine came with ME and works fine, changing the BIOS might affect that adversely. For the Compaq, I've already loaded my HDD, Windows XP and a used Hitachi/Apple...

MAPS is short for Microsofts' Action Pack Subscription, I read something about ten installs before a deactivation or one is required, anyway, I booted it up to see what it was exactly. If you recall...