This is becoming a serious and frequent problem so i hope someone can
help.
We have a computer that we bought from a computer show in boston and
the manufacturer did not leave us with easy support. Here is the

So I've been reading up on RAM limitation issues with a 32 bit OS
install.
Found out after I installed 4 1GB DDR400 sticks in my mobo and XP (32
bit) with SP2 and all updates only shows 3.25.  I have an Athlon64 CPU

i have a disc drive that is supposed to be able to use 8.5 gig discs to
record when required but it seems only to recognise 4.7 or cd

I occasionally plug my USB flash drive into a computer at a cybercafe,
and notice that the metal parts of the flash drive give me a shock (a
small, low voltage shock but a shock nevertheless.)
At other cybercafes, I don't have this problem. Just at some.

I had an IDE Samsung 80GB HDD in an external USB2 enclosure, but the
enclosure stopped working so I put installed it internally. In Windows
(XP) it showed it as only 31.5GB, and I marked the partition active in
the disk manangement MMC built in to windows (right click on My

I hope I'm in the right group for this problem...
I have an external hard disc, placed in an icy box... never had any
problems, all my backups are on the drive...
But yesterday, when I plugged the external hard disc in, the power went

I've been using MS wireless mouse (Notebook 3000) with no problem.  But
after I installed the latest security definition (on 8/5/2006), my mouse
acted erratically for a bit then stopped working entirely.  Device Manager
says there is no problem, and USB recognizes the device ...

I can not get Windows Xp to recognise the 1394 interface on my Asus K8N4-E
motherboard, it does not show in device manager. It is enabled in the BIOS
(flashed to latest version).
I have tried XP SP1 & SP2.

i have recently been given a mp3 player which I am having a problem with.
the previous owner did not have the problem as I have seen it plugged into
their computer with no problem.
When i plug the usb in I do not get the screen up that asks me what I want

Can I upgrade this in steps or do I really need a new motherboard and
CPU at the same time? In other words, are there any new motherboards
that will accept my CPU and let me upgrade to something better in the
future?

I have a Sony desktop computer.  It overheats often.  While I'm using
the computer, the fan suddenly spins up and the computer crashes.  This
happens very often.
I have three fans in the computer: CPU, power supply, and rear case

I recently had a computer crash. Before it crashed it would shut itself down
and I would have to either unplug at back of computer of flip power switch on
surge protector before computer would come back on. I have subsuquently
replaced mother board and power supply and slaved out ...

Hey everyone,
I am building a system for a buddy of mine, he will be playing a lot of
games, and doing light office work on it.  I haven't built anything in about
1.5 years and I know with all the current tech., everything has to match ,

after i restart my computer, i have to reinstall the sound. why?
and after reinstalling also,some sounds like exclamation, error, etc
does not come, but instead a beep comes from the cpu.
is it a problem with the chip, its of c-media.

I am running windows xp pro sp2 on a dell dimension 8250 PC. Recently, I
bought a dell usb optical mouse. I am a random problem. windows is randomly
does not recognize it when i boot or re-boot. When it happens, i have to
unplug my pc to resolve it. It does not happen in safe ...