SYS: AMD ATHLON64 (SOCKET939), 3000+ CPU
128MB DDR3 PCIEXPRESS, GEFORCE 6600GT, tvout, dvi
200GB HARDDISK (8MB) 7200RPM *SILENT FLUID*
1GB RAM DDR400 (1024MB) RAM (PC3200)

I have a video card (Radeon x300) that has a DVI and a VGA connector.  I am
currently using the DVI.
Can I use that other connector (VGA) to connect another monitor to my
Windows XP PC?

Hi. I've recently been getting The Blue Screen of Death that
reports that nv4_disp.dll is the culprit. This is an NVIDIA display
driver: GeForce FX 5200. The system fails to start normally (freezes)
before it gets to the welcome screen. Using the xp Recovery Console

Hello. I have two hard drives that were working perfectly on XP. I the
took out the second hard drive because I wanted to try and fix anothe
hard drive. When I was finished I then put the original second har
drive back and now it is not recognized anywhere. Why? I may have move

Just arrived back from holiday (lovely, thanks) to find strange but tiny
artifacts all over the monitor...
They take the form of short, horizontal lines in green and red at random
places on the display. They disappear after a "refresh" of the desktop but

I'm trying to add a second hard drive to my computer, but Windows doesn't
recognize it.  The slave drive shows up fine in the BIOS and the DOS based
version of the software that came with the drive (MaxBlast from Maxtor) which
allowed me to format the drive.  But, when Windows ...

Anyone know the FDISK option of wiping out Windows?

and "lol" has meaning? Just tell me what I am doing wrong so I can fix
it, if you don't mind. Thanks for your time!

I'm using XP Home SP 1.  I have an old HP scanner.  I downloaded a
driver for it from an online site (not HP, which doesn't have it
available anymore).  How do I install the driver?  
Thanks.  

I installed an new DVD/CD writer (Pioneer DVR-109), and I cannot get autoplay
to work for music CDs and CD-ROMs (I have not yet tried a DVD).  I have
changed the registry setting to "95", but it has not helped.  My windows xp
is fully updated.  Any suggestions?

whenever i have to reboot my system the pc doesnt find my secondary
slave but if i power down then back on again it re appears. i am
running winxp pro can anyone help me? :cry:

This isn't related specifically to XP I don't think, but I'm wondering
*approx* how much power (from the wall) is typically used by an
'average' PC and monitor. By average I mean no fancy video card or
other hardware.

*bump*....

   I am looking for a Combo USB2.0 and Sata card tha takes up one slot in
the motherboard that has 4 internal sata and at least 6 USB 2.0 ports that
has no raid.
If you know any cards that have these specs please let me know.

During the normal course of things I got advised to install Windows Update
KB896423.  I am not normally concerned with doing updates BUT when starting
to install it I got the statement that said something like "backup my system
and close all programs".  Closing program is ...