I have a Sony DVD DRU-800A and it plays CDs fine through my computer's
speakers but when I put a DVD in I get video playback but no audio. I am
incredibly confused. I have used several progams to play the DVDs with the
same results. Does anyone know what the problem could be?

Ok, so I had to reinstall XP. Now, XP doesn't recognize my DVD-RW as either a
DVD burner nor a DVD ROM drive. It only sees it as a CD-ROM drive.
What have I done to fix it?
1. Updated firmware... there is no new firmware for this drive.

Help!
My mouse will not behave!
I have an optical wireless Logitech MX 700 mouse and it has taken to
shooting off to the top left hand corner of the screen.

when startin comp i cant use my mouse   it will not work with either ps2 or
usb mouse !! how can i access my bios !!!!  did a full reinstall to nottin .
. any help apreciated thnxx

i have a question, which program will work best for me, right not im dual
booting xp and x64, but i would like to add more os's so that i can try them
out, whitch will be the easyest way to do it without a lot of fuss
thanks

Odd behavior from my computer.  Push button to start computer, goes through
the process until it gets to the "Windowsxp" screen with the multicolored
letters and the little bouncing back and forth blue progress thing and the
monitor is faded with this image and then it gets stuck ...

Will someone please advise me in detail what entries I should make to share
the same printer on both of my computers, which are linked with a Router.
I know the entries to make on the computer that is connected to the Printer
i.e. in Printers and Faxes, right click on the Printer ...

I've followed the instructions, but my WinXPsp2 machine always shows
'Default Monitor' in Device Man.
Tried upgrading the drivers for default monitor, pointing right to the
driver location, but the system tells me I already have the best available

Just wondering if anyone out there has seen this....
We sold a very large pile of computers to a big private college. The
students go digging around in the machines, removing connectors and putting
them back on, as part of PC Intro course. We're starting to see drives come

I recently upgraded my machine from 2 to 4 gb of ram. My bios sees it all
(the motherboard supports 8) and I ran Sandra lite and it saw all 4 gb but
Windows says that I have 2.75 gb installed (by going under control pannel
then system). Is this a known problem (i have SP1 ...

I hope I am in the right spot, so here goes. I just recently reformatted my
system and reinstalled Os, drivers, etc. My problem is if I go to a website
with video playing, I get funky distorted colors(purple, green, etc). It has
worked fine before, but after the reinstall, I get ...

My wife's eMachine's motherboard and/or CPU just fried on her 1+ yr
PC.  I was hoping it was the power supply but that turns out not to be
the case.  Thankfully the hard drive is fine (so this guy tells me).
We are under pressure and she needs a new PC immediately.  So that

If it is just the CPU then I can try and find a replacement or upgrade
and that would be the best!  If it's the MOBO, then obviously might as
well get a replacement eMachine for my wife.
Is it possible to tell if a MB is bad?  If the CPU is bad?

Both my burner and normal disk drives are on "Cable select"....Everythings
pluged in to the right spot.....disk is in the new burner....Nothing
happens...tried going to "My Computer"....doesn't say i have a burner...just
my normal one.....WTF!!!!!

I have 2 hard drives, on one of them WinXP and Linux on the other installed.
XP is installed on master drive. Is there any way I can get the option to
choose between these 2 operating systems when computer starts?