My DVD RW drive makes clicking noises when it trys to read a cd.  Sometimes
it works, sometimes it doesn't. My computer is pretty new too!!  What could
be the problem???

I bought a used Umax 2000U for use on a Windows XP Pro computer.  The
scanner didn't come with the drivers, so I downloaded the following
files vs355su.exe and 2xxx_XP_upd.exe and found the instructions posted
by others on usenet on how to install the drivers and updater.  The

I have a DVDROM (E) and a DVDRW (F). The E drive will automatically start my
player, but inserting a DVD in the F drive only brings up a folder view. If I
start the player first, it will play. How do I get the F drive to
automatically start the player?

I have a drive that Windows reports as having a bad block. I'd like to
retrieve off it whatever I can.
Is there any software utility for pulling off as much data as possible?
All the utilities I've found seem to be primarily for retrieving deleted

My wife knew that my Microsoft cordless optical mouse was just about dead
came back the other day with a new Belkin wireless keyboard & wireless
optical mouse.  I just plugged the transmitter into my USB2 port & both were
immediately recognized.

What are the diffrences between Windows Xp media center 2004 and 2005?
Can i use a Media center extender with Mce 2004?
Is it worth itb to upgrade my Hewlett Packard Media Center m370n Desktop
Computer with Mce 2004 to mce 2005?

I have been doing a complete reinstall of XP Pro & have had a few problems.
There are 2 problems at the moment so I have put them into 2 emails.  This
is being sent on another machine.
I have a second hard disk drive which is in a separate caddie & normally

update will not load into my presario 2500, laptop, which now has recently
loaded xp upgrade pack , modem seems plagued with disconnects. When on line
everything runs very slow? To start system I had to rollback to a older modem
driver. any ideas? Is the chipset bad?

I was wondering if anyone knew where I might find a driver that would
get this card to work under XP. I'm not sure but I think the drivers
were only for 95 /98 even if I could find them. Thanks in Advance - CES

Does it matter if my CD-ROM is plugged into IDE1 or IDE2 or IDE3?  For some
reason i can only detect my hard drives in BIOS CMOS Setup Utility and as
long as they are plugged in IDE1.  But if they are plugged into IDE2 or IDE3
they arent detected in CMOS Setup Utility.  Now the ...

My Intel processor has 533 FSB, so naturally I have 2 sticks of DDR 333 ram
installed.
My mobo says in order to install DDR400, I must have 800 FSB. I would like
to install DDR400 and mix it with the DDR 333 I already have.

Abhilash Tibrewal Wrote:

I have a single hard drive connected to my NF7-Sv2.0 Abit Motherboard with
Serielle converter on SATA1.  I installed the SATA driver when installing XP
and XP seems to recognize my drive.
I was wondering if there would be any benefit or if it would be even

Hello I Seem To be having a strang problem .. I have had 1 512kingston hyper
thread ram in my computer. I just installed another. I put another of the
exact RAM card in right next to the one i had in there/ I went through all
the proper procedures as far as i know..unplug the ...

When you look at changers on the Xp Compatability List you find only tape
units and and expensive external CD library tower type devices. I have two
internal changers that worked under W98 but are not on the Xp list and
obviously are not supported as thay show up as single drives ...