I have a Client's Dell computer.which refuses to recognise a slave hard disk
drive on either chain.  My hardware chap says he has seen several similar
problems with Dell computers and claimed that Dell computer cripple their
computers in CMOS so that it meets the specification of ...

My understanding of IDE configuration is that you must have (assuming four
IDE devices) one jumpered to 'master' and one jumpered to 'slave' on each
chain.
Presumably you can have any number of IDE devices (?all 4) jumpered to

Has anyone else had or heard of problems with new Sony VAIO desktops and SATA
drives?  It is going into the infinite reboot cycle.  It gets to the Loading
Windows... and then restarts, on and on, forever, ad nasuem.  When I've
encountered the problem on other computers, its been ...

I can no longer copy anything to my DVD and CDRW burners using windows.  They
have always worked fine.  I can copy things using nero.  When I try to use
windows I get a message saying decive "D" or "E" is inaccessible.  I right
clicked each drive to enable the recording feature ...

Simple problem really,
My Dell Inspiron 6000 has a built in cd-rom drive, as do many other laptops.
Mine simply refuses to open. I press the button, the green light flashes, but
nothing happens. Nothing is in there now, so it is not jammed as far as I am

I would like to swap out the ancient 500Mhz Intel based motherboard, replace
it with an AMD Athlon 64 based motherboard, boot up Windows XP and allow it
to re-configure all of the motherboard plug-and-play devices during the
first boot.

Connected new external hard disk drive (Samsung 60Gb) by USB but neither my
midi system nor lap-top recognise it - first reaction was that they know
something's there but say it won't work: now no reaction at all. Maybe
connected with problems with memory sticks of various makes ...

most of the keyboard keys are working now as I removed the damaged ones,, but
some dont like the return key and the full stop, and the question mark, I'm
using the comma instead of the full stop my apologies,,, Have you any
suggestions that might help me fix this problem,, I went ...

Does anyone have a suggestion.....had one dell computer that ran Windows 2000
professional.....got blue screen of death...no disc.  At Christmas someone
gave me another dell CPU  works alot better but I can not get the CD-ROM slot
to open.....before I open the old computer and ...

Fan runs as if possessed.  CPU is not hot.  Blowing cool air.  Will spray
next week and remove all dust to see if that will remedy the situation.  If I
shut down, the fan will stop but once booted, it goes non stop like a 747 off
a runway.  

I have made a very stupid "mouse functionality" hardware device update
selection and now find myself unable to use my desktop as my mouse pointer
won't move; so i can't select anything on my computer.
Specifically, i did the following:

I'm looking for PCI / PCIe / PCIx memory disk drive. It's card with memory,
but it's visible for PC like HDD. I just want to use it as very fast drive
for swap file. currently I have installed maximum memory at my PC, and I
can't add more :(

i'm working with a computer that boots to a blue windows screen but won't go
any further (into the desktop).  I want to use a logged boot but I'm not
sure where the log for the boot will be placed.
Can someone tell me where to find the boot log file?

WHEN I START MY COMPUTER I SHOW BAD CMOS SETTINGS AND I CORRECT THEM
AND AND SAVE BIOS CONFIGURATIONS AND START THE COMPUTER .THE COMPUTER
STARTS CORRECTLY .BUT AFTER FEW HOURS WHEN I AGAIN POWER ON THE PC IT
AGAIN SHOWS BAD CMOS SETTINGS. WHY?

I`ve purchased a new 80 Gb. Hard Drive and a new XP Home Edition
operating system for my HP e-pc 42 computer. I would like to learn the
instalation process.  
Thanks BudNik   e-mail me at (budnik-r-we@hotmail.com)