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I have a TDK Velocd 40/12/48x It will only read retail cds & Burnt cd's with wave formats only. It will not read burnt cd's with mp3's or data formats. has anyone encountered this & how can i fix it? James

I have an older pc w/ amd k 2- 6 500 mhz. Not a bit of thermal compound on it. It takes 4 or 5 restarts for it to run, and not to happily. Could this be the problem? Also at $8 bucks a tube I was wondering if there …

Hi all, a friend of mine has had a new Dell for about 4months and for the 2nd time now it simply wont start up absolutely nothing happens wen she presses the button. I hate it when it happens because i feel kinda helpless as to what-to-do ive tried unplugging …

The CD drawer wonr eject and tese a cd stuck inside

I've Just reformatted my computer, loaded the internet and Norton anti-virus on to it, but after i ran all the live updates and scanned everything i restarted it and now my mouse wont work. Its a new mouse, brought it the other day. This was my second attempt at reformatting …

hi there I have this keyboards that I got to clean for someone.I opened them and cleaned all the keys but apon closing them they no longer works even after rebooting countless times.What could have happened, are they dead or what? They are compaq's keyboards. I'm one confused guy.

hi my system; 1.0 ghz p3, 256sdr(100), (msi) nv gf4 mx440 i know i have a poooor system and somewhat obsolete graphic card(but this card did all what i write below) played hl2, far cry pretty nice on med settings. played doom3 on low settings everything off(obviously) with choppy performance. …

I have a imac 9.2 want to network it can i use any ethernet hub, or does it have to be for a mac.

A few days ago i heard about Overclocking, i've understood that it makes your CPU etc. run faster. But that this might overheat the chip and reduce its lifetime. Other than this i don't anything about it, i've heard that it can be dangerous if you don't know what your …

HEY GUYS i ordered a 9600 xt from ebay and it arrived. problem is , it might be a 9200...can you guys check this out and see. [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...me=STRK:MEWN:IT[/url] the box says radeon series and it has 64/128/256 mb ddr2 now the back is wierd... it has 2 halfs: first have …

Ok, I am sure the topic seems strange to you, but it's exactly what it should be. Here is my sitiation. I am currently visiting my girlfriend in Japan for 3 months. While I am here I brought my home PC (desktop) with me to keep me busy. Seeing as …

I com computer literate to a point, i built my PC. I just updated my videocard. I bought ATI Radeon 9600 XT. My Current computer specs are: P4 2.4 Ghz 768 Mb of Ram 80 Gb HD Asus P4PE I have an AGP slot that is 1x/4x compatible I bought …

i want to upgrade my graphics card from ATI,Rage 8mb to any thing. please help i have os x 10.38 on my power book

I have an annoying problem with application hangs. I'm running xp sp2 AMD Duron 1.33 ghz.,km-266 8735 chipset, 40 gig hard drive and 512 DDR mem. The problem is most noticable on music and video playback but all programs stop momentarily and then restart from that point with no loss …

1. I don't have any special concern, but I was just wondering if my system/computer is overheated? 2.Is there any way of checking this out? 3.And what is the recommended temperatur for a regular system. I don't have any additional cooling/fans, only the ones that came with the system as …

Hi everyone; I am soon to do a complete upgrade on my computer system except my monitor which is a 19" NOKIA 46XPro that I'm happy with. My question, is it worth to switch to one of the new serial ATA HDD's now. I hear that the present transfer rates …

Has anyone tried the pc analyzers being sold. There are many for sale at ebay for $5 to $10 dollars. They claim to check your mother board for errors. It plugs into your pci or asi slots and displays codes as it checks your board. I haven't bought one but …

This computer I am building must be cost effective. We don't need a lot of bells and whistles. The person I am building it for needs to use it for internet research, microsoft office and other minor tasks. It is not going to be overclocked and won't be used for …

Hi Last week I installed a new 40GB Seagate hard disk and 2 X 256MB RAM on my laptop but a few days ago I accidently knocked the laptop very very slightly on the table then the screen went black :sad: !! I turned off then restarted and got this …

I have an Agere PCI modem in my HP AMD. I have XP, DOS, and 98 installed in 3 partitions on my HD. My modem works great in XP but won't work on 98. I downloaded the correct driver for my Agere (98 type) and everything looks good. My hardware …

Hey, im looking at buyings a new dvd burner, but I also want it to burn cd's as well. Can someone tell me if this one [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-151-054&depa=1[/url] burns cd's? I think it does but I just want to make sure. Also, is there anything im leaving out, like compatability issues, …

As of the past two months I cannot get my TiBook to go for 2 days without it crashing. I'm not sure if crashing is the appropriate word but the computer will either freeze and need a restart or I will go to turn it on and in both instances …

In chooser Adobeps doesn't show up. Search on Sherlock and it doesn't find it . So I gess the file is gone . Is there a way to get it back?

All of a sudden none of my firewire accessories are available.The system profile has nothing at all. Any ideas what has happened how I amend it?

Hiya, late last year I built my own custom system which is based around an AMD 64 running at 3500+ with an artic cooling fan, an A8V deluxe wireless edition MB, 1GB of RAM, 6800GT graphics, Thermaltake case & PSU etc, which has not been overclocked. This system has worked …

Help! I've had probs with my sound card - it plays very very very quietly (can only hear with ear pressed up right to speaker!) even though everythin is turned up to maximum. I had AWE32, swapped with SB Live from another PC - still not working. Swapped graphics card …

I've got a desktop computer that I bought in Spain that won't startup over here in the states. If it makes any difference, it's running W98 (spanish version) and it's an older pentium, don't remember and can't tell cause it won't start up. The problem's got to be in the …

ok...so my last mobo & chip & audio card took a dump.... so i bought all new gear. 2.8 intel & mobo, 200gig hd, 1gig memory & audio card is coming. here is my problems.... 1. the new hd is sata...the old one is ata.... and when i try to …

-msi k8t neo -amd 1.8 athlon 64 -windows xp sp2 -logitech cordless mouse and KB I'm an idiot, I know. It's my first time building a computer, and wanted to do some exploring. So everything is fine for a couple weeks, so i decide to be a genius and adjust …

I just bought a Panasonic KX-FPG-376 Phone/Fax. When I try to fax 5 pages it takes all 5 through at once and there is nothing in the book on why or what to adjust. Help Thank You

I just bought a new drive & USB enclosure for backup and main music/photo directory. All formatted and recognized (able to copy files to it, etc) and have set the drive as a slave by the jumper setting so basically it's seen as an additional HDD. I'd like to have …

The hard drive on my Presario R3000 crashed last night, and I'm trying to get a handle on how screwed I am. Compaq's sending me a new drive, but I'm going to try to recover what I can, first. The error when booting is PXE-E61, and it says to check …

I have KFC monitor with speakers built in, which doesn't seem to work. I opened my monitor and tried to figure out wheither speakers are dead for real or there's some other problem. !!!As I suspected - speakers work!!! (when elcticity from weak battery was applied directly to the wires …

Ive been having problems with my cd burner since i got my computer a little while ago. When i start a burn it seems to be doing fine, then the buffer overrun goes to 99% and just sits there. Ive updated all the ASPI drivers, and even replaced the burner. …

well i had this idea! :idea: and it was to see if i could hook my laptop to a tower and run that computer of my laptop's screen.. keyboard.. and such if i chose to. i have a idm t22 laptop... its good but the graphic card blows... :rolleyes: but …

I need more storage space for my digital video collection and I am trying to figure out the best option. I currently have two hard drives. One is dedicated to Windows and my applications. The other is dedicated to my digital collection and is full. I could try to add …

Hello. I have Windows XP and all of a sudden, recently, if I turn off my computer irregularly and turn it back on, it says Windows had a bad turn-off, but when I tell it to start in ANY mode, it restarts and I have no idea what's going on. …

Is RAM and DIMM the same thing?

Hey all, im lookin out 4 a good computer for a friend and i want to select the right company. Normally i would build a computer myself choosing the best possible components, completely customizing the system, but this time around it cant be that way, it must be bought from …

Hi I hope all you wonderful people out there can help me I have just built my computer and it has two SATA drives fitted. I installed an O/S and the system has been running fine for the last two days. However this morning I turned it on and received …

I have a Micro ATX form mother board, however I think I need a PSU specially designed for matx. Is this true?

I am thinking about getting a DVD ROM. Could you tell me what "Dual Layer technology" is and whether I need special discs for it? __----------------_______________----------------_________-------- Micro Advantage 16x Dual Format DVD+/-R/RW Drive 16x DVD writer supports both + and - standard format Backup your data, share films, record music …

This morning I was unable to get my speakers to make any sound. I already checked all my audio settings on Windows XP. Power is getting to the speakers. When I put a CD into my drive it does not play. My iTunes library also will not play. I have …

Hi all, i have got this selection of components together for a new computer, using components i havent gone 4 before (im not a very experienced self builder) what do ppl think? have i made a selection that sumwhere might be incompatible? is it a good selection any suggestions would …

Does anybody know if a 3DFX Voodoo 5 AGP 64mb Graphics card is compatible with Windows XP ?? Any help much appreciated Thanks Rob

I would like to install two hard drives. One is a 200gb maxtor and the other a 160gb seagate. What would be the best way to do this? thanks.

Anybody who knows how to do this, i would appreciate some help? I bought a Thermaltake Heatsink P4 Spark 3+ and I got the heatsink on the chip and it fits and all.....its just that the clips on the side ,are they suppose to snap in or just stay hooked …

Can anyone tell me if the CPU I just bought is compatible with my computer? I have a Compaq Presario S6000NX with an Intel Celeron CPU running at 2.7 GHz. I just bought an Intel Pentium4 Processor (2.8GHz)with Hyper-Threading technology. Of course, both of these CPU's have the same socket …

I am probably getting the asus a8v deluxe. I am not really a gamer or anything like that. I am not planning on overclocking. This is an amd64 939 board. I don't want the greatest memory ever created. I just want something that will work with my board.

does anyone know if you can set up a moto t720 so when you flip it open it doesn't answer the incoming call my caller id screen broke and i want to be able to see who is calling