Hello I have a NEC DVD+ RW ND-3530A, and Windows XP SP2, recently I
have had a problem with the drive, when I attempt to make a DVD about
85% of the time it fails and gives an error stating that the disk can
not be written to. However when I attempt to burn a CD there is never a

I have a Maxtor 300Gb USB 2.0 harddrive and when I did a benchmark (with FreshDevise), it gave med this speed:
Write 1.1 Mb/s,
Read 60.5Mb/s speed.
I also know that the spec for USB2.0 480Mbps, but not really sure how to read different benchmark speed I get!?

A WinXP HE box, riddled with malware, keeps restarting.
I’ve run McAfee CLAV to clean out the malware, defrag to defrag the badly
fragmented files (which occupy 30/40GB), and chkdsk (/f from a reboot) to
check for and fix any file errors.

I just installed XP Pro on my Compaq Presario.  Now the onboard sound does
not work at all.  I went to HP and downloaded the latest driver for the
Realtek sound and I just get an error message the the UAA HD bus driver is
not installed and that I can get it from microsoft...well, ...

i have an acer 1360 laptop which according to the specs has 4 USB 2.0 ports.
Recently I installed SISSandra software to get a hardware report.  The
report I got said that the system has 3 1.1 controllers and 1 USB 2.0
controller.  Does this mean only one of the ports on the panel ...

I have two jump sticks that quit working and can't figure out whats going on.
They both work fine in other machines.
When first pluged in the ballon pops up and goes away.
I check device manager and it see's them.

dose anyone know if there are any new nvidia video cards coming out, the
8xxx series??? thankx

Hi when I plug in my Razr V3 cell phone to my pc, I get the "Power Surge on
Hub port" message and the USB ports shut down till I unplug the phone.
However, I was able to bypass this error and get my USB phone to work when a
computer guru let me borrow this special USB cable that ...

I HAVE A IBM THINKPAD R50e WITH ONLY A NUMERIC KEYPAD ON THE NORMAL LETTERS
FOR INSTANCE 1 ON J, 2 ON K ETC. I DO A LOT OF NUMBER WORK AND USUALLY PLUG
IN A USB NUMERIC KEYPAD. ON MY PREVIOUS COMPUTER THIS WORKED FINE, IN OTHER
WORDS I WOULD PRESS NUMLOCK AND ONLY THE NUMERIC ...

All,
Maybe it's from FAQ, but nevertheless...
When we install Windows XP from scratch on some machine and the installation
requires some drivers to be installed using F6 the OS wants me to insert the

I have just upgraded from 2 to 4 GB RAM in XP Pro. Now it reports 3½ GB + 64
Kb (3648 MB) as total memory. Both in BIOS, My Computer properties, Process
Explorer etc.
Is this normal, due to hardware issues with the ram or motherboard?

I have two monitors hooked up to my laptop dock, and I can switch the
display to show the dual monitor view.  I also know that in windowsxp,
you can have up to 10 monitors working at one time with the necessary
video cards.  What I'm trying to do is have the dual display up, but

I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY USB PORTS.  WHEN I TRY TO
CONNECT  MEMORY STICK IT WILL GIVE ME A RECOGNITION SOUND BUT I CAN'T FIND IT
ANYWHERE.  WHEN I PLUG IN MY DVD BURNER IT SHOWS UP IN DEVICE MANAGER AS USB
MASS STORAGE WITH A YELLOW EXCLAMATION POINT NEXT TO ...

For the past several weeks I've been experiencing at least daily computer
lockups, where I have no choice but to push the Reset button. (WinXP sp2)
I've tried running at least 2 different RAM chip test programs that launch
at bootup from floppies. Even these freeze up at some point ...

I have 2 HDD one is the one that runs my OS and the other one i use for
storage. I dont know how exactly it happen but i clicked on My Computer and
my E:/ drive was gone. I tried to get to it by using explorer and typing the
path directly to it. I have used this storage device ...