i have a 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 on an external box
IcyBox IB-351UE FireWire/USB. I use it by FireWire on
WinXP with a mobile Asus L3000D.
After a lot of "Delayed Write Failed" error, it became seen by win as

Would it be OK to install both SATA and IDE on the same motherboard?

I'm considering upping my memory on my pc. I currently have a couple of
256Mb cards in and looking at putting a minimum of a 1Gb card in.
Current cards are pc2100 256-DDR 266Mhz; can I replace with a different
Mhz rating, say 333 if the motherboard supports it?

I have an Easy IDE USB to IDE connector so I can read two of my old hard
drives.
After installation, Device manager tells me the USB component and the Drive
are functioning normally, but no drive appers in My Computer.

I just noticed after a long, long time that the PC Health BIOS display for
my Biostar M7VIG motherboard reports 0v for the -5v rail.  The system works
just fine so I decided to look into it a little bit.  I discovered the power
connector on supply does not have a wire on pin 18 ( ...

I pulled out a 3 year old pc from my closet to see if I could get it to work
again, it's a really nice pc.
Model: Sony Vaio PCV W30. It's like a slim desktop pc, sleek,
keyboard/speakers are integrated.

this another because the other one might not have been precise i reformated
my computer then i installed my game and everything else and when i went to
play it it said yourvideo card does not support the hardware reservation.
before i had reformatted it it had worked along with ...

I recently had to have the mother board and processor replaced because they
somehow got fried.  What they mean by fried is a question they never
answered.  Before they replaced them the computer's 'H' hard drive was fat
32; when I got the computer back, 'C' drive was still the ...

printer not listed in device manager.  The Stylus C86 just quit printing.
It only printer the Windows LOGO in Properties | Test Page
Both Epson Printers are listed in Control Panel | Printers
Only one is listed in Device Manager

How can I lock a hard drive? I have a external hard drive and i would like to
place a password on it. How can i do that?

I've added a 2nd hard drive (Hitachi deskstar 160gb) to my system (XP sp2).
I want it purely as space to store (mostly) video - so I set the jumpers to
SLAVE.
Fitted in easily, it shows up in device manager and Belarc and Everest and

Have ordered a new motherboard, CPU, video card, RAM , and a new sound card,
Will I have to  get a new copy of windows

How do you know what kind of HD to get?  And how much GB you need?  I have *)
GB so what is the amount  I should get?  I have read different reviews on HD
but am still unsure of what would be best. Thanks,

Hi, trying to load an Epson DX6050 on to an XP home  comp
getting a class installer error, how do i get round this
i have try'd restore to an eariler date but no luck so far
any ideas???

My brother took my computer to his friends house and rebotted the whole
computer. My sound was working perfectly before and now I can't hear anything
from my speakers or headphones. When I went to check Volume Control it game
me a message saying: