I have a e-machina computer and the dvd drive is LIte-on DVDRW SOHW-1633s.
A few days ago ,my dvd drive can not read cd/dvd or burn cd/dvd. My question
to the group is some thing wrong with the driver of xp

Any idea what can cause this problem?

Hello, I need to defrag the HD on my laptop.  I have almost no free space
left.(it will have plenty when defragged) What is the best method? Thanks.

On / off switch broken
The on / off switch quit working.  Power cable in known good power outlet.
Plug the power cable in and the green light on the outside of the Power
Supply comes on.

Hey. I'm receiving problems with a newly installed GeForce 7600GT. According
to the manufacterer there is a known issue between the card and XP, but they
give a dead link to resolve the issue. Is anyone aware of how to fix the
issue or knows a website that would explain the ...

i NEED HELP!!!  MY SPEAKERS WON'T WORK.  WOULD BE GREAT IF SOMEONE
TRUSTWORTHY WOULD REMOTELLY CHECK OUT MY DRIVER OR WHATEVER IS WRONG.  i'M
PRETTY NEW COMPUTER USER BUT WOULD APPRECATE THE HLEP.  DON'T WON'T TO WAIT
FOR HOURS WITH DELL CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THE PHONE. I KNOW YOU ...

i have an evo n600c notebook pc. its is over 7 years old. serveral hardware
components including the otherboard have somehow died and yet i have managed
to bring them back to life....lucky me. now the backlight on the lcd is not
working right. does anyone know how to fix that?

Does a 64 bit processor require a 64 bit O/S?
I have just bought an AMD 64 bit CPU,  motherboard and sATA drive with the
intention of transferring my current IDE drive (32 bit O/S) onto the new
sATAdrive.

I have just installed a new motherboard, new ram, new PCI-E card.
Everything works great.  My boot is a 80 gig maxtor IDE and my slave
is a 250Gig SATA drive.  Now, my last computer had the same setup and
my sata drive was recognized perfectly, this time - ASUS motherboard,

I installed a 160GB USB hard drive on my system and when it is on, my system slows to a c-r-a-w-l.  And usually when I plug in a USB memory stick everything slows down dramatically.  Internet page loads, etc.
I am running Windows XP SP2 on an Intel Pentium III 501Mhz, 640RAM ...

A few days ago, I purchased a PNY 8800GTS graphics card. I installed
it in the normal way; Removed nvidia display drivers, inserted the
card, installed the new 158.19 forceware drivers for the 8800 series.
The thing is, ever since I installed the card, my computer no longer

How To Solder?  The pins are bent.  Data Cable Motherboard Connector.  Can
it be replaced?  Or removed and resortered?
I removed and reconnected the DATA cable from the Motherboard to the 2
DVD-RW drives.

How much RAM chips are enough?
It takes a lot of RAM memory to run FTW ( Family Tree for Windows ). And for
online searches. Or to export or merge your FTW files.
I bought 2, one for a former resident of SBP and one for me.

I'm queen of the land of stupids - i popped off the "E" on my sony vaio
laptop and can't fix it. Local guys tell me to find a replacement
keyboard but can't find my model number online. Model # is VGN-FS920.
There's a new FS980 coming out but not yet in stores. Can't find

Im new to this tech forum stuff so please bare with me.  I recently
purchased an external enclosure that allows an eSATA connection, and
USB II along with a Western Digital 250 GB hard drive.  My system
stats. are: AMD 64 X2 dual core 3800, 2gigs of OCZ platinum ram, Abit