Hi group
I have a Maxtor 250GB USB 2.0 external hard drive attached to my laptop -
everything was performing fine up until a few days ago, then XP began
starting the 'Found New Hardware' (removable storage) wizard every time I

Just added a new asus p5p800/p4-520 cpu.  Computer makes it through POST
fine and recognizes HDDs and CD-RW, DVD-RW, but restarts itself when it
should be loading/starting win xp...?  I am trying to avoid re-installing
xp.  Anyone have an answer? After BIOS POST, screen displays ...

does anyone know how to overclock a processor?
i would like to know how.

Added a 2 port parallel card ( Skymaster) to a dual boot system running 98se
& XP Pro on two hard drives (C & D)
I installed the drivers in 98 after the system picked up the ports (LPT2 &
LPT3) then installed the printer on LPT2. Printed from the printer ok.

DVI to Component adaptor advice needed for a Media Centre PC.
Ive got a Nvidia 6600 Gt Video card. And i want to connect it to my TV
but the Tv only has componate connections no DVI.
Anyway if i connect it like this would i get the same picture as if i

I am running a program which gets signals from a GPS thru a com port.
But when I start it it reports that the com1 is in use by some other
program.
I am not aware of any program using the port, sohow can I see which

I need to replace my wireless mouse, and I'm looking for a product
that works well and reliably, preferably without costing a fortune.
What do other users recommend?
My email address is LLM041103 at earthlink dot net.

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Quick question. I put a DVD inot my PC and get a great picture bu
there is no sound.
All the usual sound fine-radio, system, web and so on

Does Windows XP SP2 support hard drive power saving on hardware level or by
partition level? I want to know that if I have a hd in a computer without
any partitions that Windows recognizes, will Windows spin it down according
to the power saving settings?

hi!, i can't capture video from my camcorder "sony digital 8 ". i got this
message on the screen "an unknown error has occured", 2nd message "the video
device is currently in use . close any other application that is using the
device and try again. the funny thing is that i ...

I recently switched to Roadrunner (cable modem) and upgraded from
Win98 to XP. I purchased a USB 2.0 pci card to upgrade to get the most
(speed) from Roadrunner and when I plugged in the card and restarted
the computer, my monitor(AGP card)  will not work @ all. I went into

I've posed this problem on the XP "basics" NG. Thought it might be more
appropriate here. About a week ago I began using a new 17" LCD monitor and
the picture was great right out of the box. I just hooked it up and all was
fine. This morning I bootup and everything changed. It ...

i am using intel d845gvsr motherboard.when i updated the bios  from intel's
site,my usb is not being detected.how can i rectify it.pls help me

I have lost 4 monitors since 2000. all of them brand new.is this due
to some hardware problems?i have an old p3 800 ati (all in wonder
Radeon )64 MB.I use 800*600 res at 75hz.I can not spot any specific
reason for monitors going bad. is it due to some power problems? how

i recently purchased an MSI nvidia geforce fx 5900xt 128mb graphics card, and
my drivers are somewhat old and i need new ones to play games properly.
my current drivers are at 6.1.7.7, these work fine, but when i update my
drivers to more up to date ones ( the 71.89 driver and ...