I am experiencing difficulty attempting to install a second HDD to a
'I/O Flex Ultra ATA/133 Dual Channel PCI RAID Controller' card which is
installed on a 'D945PVSLKR Intel Socket 775 ATX'  motherboard running
WinXP Home. My optical drive(s) are using the only IDE controller of ...

Hi all, can someone tell me how to activate my CD/DVD player?  Recently, I've
inserted a CD and my drive doesn't even register on MY COMPUTER.  Is there a
way to check to see if my CD drive is activated?

I have built a new machine (MB Intel D975XBX 1351 BIOS, HDs, CD/DVD, PS...)
and thought I would move the old WinXP Pro OS HD from the old machine to the
new one as added storage and I could copy My Docs to new Sata drives.  Both
machines running WinXP Pro.  However, when I plug ...

  If you needed to spec out a 550 watt (or some such)
ATX-SSI power supply that had to last at least
eight (8)  years, which one would you spec out?
Must be long lived and very high quality.

All,
I've installed a new 500gb drive in my PC (it's not a new C: drive -
just needed more space) and XP is giving me fits.  Here's what I've
done:

my issue:  i think the optical technology is nice IF you have a good
enough mousing surface, but while travelling you may not always have a
decent surface to work with.  sure i could drag around a special mouse
pad, but then what do i do when the pad gets damaged or bent up in my

For some reason my CD-ROM drive has no problem reading data CDs, but if
I insert an audio CD in the drive after I've used a data CD, Windows
doesn't recognize that I've changed CDs.  I'm using Windows XP
Professional Service Pack 2.  I have an Acer 52x CD-ROM drive and all

I open my computer and i have a D drive, but when i want to play a CD or burn
a CD it wont work.  I think that I need to reinstall the software for this
piece of hardware, but when I put in the disc it will not read it.  Do i need
to uninstall the drive, and if I do, how do i ...

Hi;
I can use some friendly advice if possible;
I've never updated the chipset drivers on my Asus P4C800-e deluxe mobo and
to get things up to date as of now I need to do so.

probably pretty simple. Before a re-install of XP home, I could move my
mouse wheel from left to right, and the browser page would scroll from
left to right. How can I make it do this again? Intellimouse optical
wireless 2.0

I recently had a new PC built for me - AMD Athlon 64 3800+ with ASUS
motherboard. I installed Windows XP Pro with SP2.
Since then I have had numerous instances of the PC just powering off
suddenly, even when I am not using the machine, sometimes in the midle

I am under the impression that problem occured when I got a all in wonder
install last year.  I have 3 USB slots and a few others (i.e. memory stick,
etc) but only 1 has been working since.  In the past, I would see them listed
under "my computer", but now they don't.  I am ...

Is there any way in XP that I can tell from the software,
device manager, driver or similar whether a particular
device is currently being addressed in USB 2.0 mode?
Thanks, David

I have had this hideous problem for weeks.  The CPU spends much of its time
above 50% and frequently peaks out bogging everything down.
Running Process Explorer, nearly all usage is within "Deferred Procedure
Calls" and "Hardware Interrupts."

Unit is only being found as a CD player.  Can use no dvd functions.
Firmware won't install from Pioneer - says device not found.  Windows will
not install it properly.  Any help?
Thanks