I have gotten a code 41 for my Sony DVD RW DW G120A CDROM.  This just
happened two days ago when everything was working fine with it.
I have tried going into the register and deleting the values, then
uninstalling the device and then using the feature to look for new hardware.  

I have been trying to download voice files from a Philips 9850 dictation unit
by way of USB connection (according to the instructions that came with the
machine), and I always get a message that says I have an unknown device and
that it must be malfunctioning (it's not).  I ...

I recently upgraded from an 80 gb drive to a 160 gb drive using the Maxtor
Maxblast 4.0 software.  This software does a hardware copy of boot sectors
and all data to the replacement drive.
98% of everything works ok so far

For about 6 months or so the time between power up and the bios prompt seems
to have been getting longer and longer and now is about 45 seconds.
This happens with both power on and a restart.
The screen is black for about 45 seconds, then a quick flash screen "IBM

Is it possible to add a video card to a laptop in the pcimia slot and add 2
monitors to the 2 outputs on the laptop(on the back and on the card)and have
only 1 desktop display covering both monitors?  I've never tried this so I'm
at a loss as to how to do this if its possible.

I've got a new pc (Athlon64 x2 5200, Mainboard ASUS Crosshair nforce 590
SLI, 4x1GB ram, pcie GeForce 7900, and a pcie Promise 8350 raid controller).
I realized using Process Explorer that IRQs consume constantly 40% of the
CPU time.

My machine when booting up hangs(freezes) during the scrolling process of XP
loading and shuts down.  I do not see a BSOD.  I was able to boot into safe
mode and check the event viewer.  The errors I saw said according to the
Help and Support window that I need to replace the IDE ...

On a Dell P-IV 2.4 GH, only when using my preferred video drivers, I
get the "blue screen ...", at the exact point of final shut-off when
the screen should be going black, etc. An easy push of the power
button instantly clears it, and I have no problem with this EXCEPT the

In my case recently to see the effect of changes
I did change
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in one of service as follows

all of a sudden the year on the workstation goes to 1970.
if you change the year to 2007 and hit apply it goes right back to
1970.
I have repllaced the CMOS battery and made sure the date in the BIOS is

A few days ago, I added a and old slow disk drive to my XP PC, for backups.
Since then I noticed that my PC is slower, and I can hear that old drive
crunching.  Is it my imagination?  Is XP now using this drive for things?
Thanks.

I have 512 MB DDR SDRAM, two 256 MB bars. I am going to buy
a 512 MB bar.  Can I mix the three?
TIA!!

I made a small mistake (really stupid one) but I removed the partition
for my Maxtor Basic Personal storage 3200.
Does anyone know of some software that will recover the (1) partiton
table and (2) files on the drive?

I bought a LifeCam NX-6000 and windows can not find appropriate drives to
this camera (very strange since both are Microsoft).
I have contacted Microsoft Support and it was recommended to “reinstall
windows” which you know that takes a lot of time to do.

It's been a while since I've tried to use it.  It is connected via
firewirea.  It comes up in the Device Manager but I don't see it in Windows
Explorer.
The following drives are all internal on my machine