when I put 4gb flash drive in computer win xp home it says found usb mass
storage device and then looks for driver it apears to find usbstor,creates a
restore point then tells me software not passed windows logo test. I tell it
to continue then get CANNOT INSTALL THIS HARDWARE ...

I just got a 2nd hand 6 yo PC,PIII 800 133 (Coppermine-FC PGA).So I took a
heatsink off the CPU and found out that there's
old solid white burnt grease on a die,heatsink bottom and CPU body.What
should I do,how I can remove that off the CPU die?

Hi Guys, I am posting this in the hope someone can give me a bit of
advice regarding my system. It has been running fine since i reformated
   6 months ago, then all of a sudden it has become really slow to
startup and to open any application, i am thinking it might be virtual

I had a customer call and asked me what he should do with the COA sticker on
the back of the case if he purchased a new larger PC Case.  I would be
swapping all his original components to the new case, but I have never had to
do this before so any help would be appreciated.

I am building a new AMD box and need help__I don't have any PCI Express
cards, and looking at the list of ASUS boards, I can only find 1 board with
4 PCI slots__ASUS M2V,  which is enough for me and at a price of A$79 it
seems a bit cheap__please can anyone help with something ...

I have been able to burn CD-Rs on my laptop in the past but recently my
itunes and other burning applications have not recognized blank discs I have
put in the drive. When I press the burn button in itunes it says please enter
a blank disc, even when one is already in there.  ...

Hi all, I have a desperate problem with my XP Professional system not booting.
Background info:  Win XP Pro SP2 (all latest updates) installed on a 300GB
SATA drive, file system is NTFS.  When trying to boot it shows the 'bad
shutdown occurred' screen.  If I try 'Start Normally' ...

I have a new AMD 4.2 Dual with three SATA II drives from different
companies.
Anyway, running XP Pro with all the latest updates and have tried Cacheman
and O&O cache to see if I could get a bit more throughput from the drives.

When I try to use the repair selection from right clicking the wireless
adapter, it says something like
"Unable to proceed with the repair, because following action is not able to
execute.

Dear Seniors,
I have a problem in my dynamic drive as it is not readable in my xp-pro
pc after i had transferred it to my pc with xp-home. During the process,
I did convert the drive to basic but without formatting. Realising that

I have a Western Digital 120GB hard drive.  When I boot my computer it
makes a clicking sound but the computer does not recognize the hard
drive.  If the motor or other mechanical parts of the hard drive are
bad will that cause the computer to not recognize it?  I know if the

Heat during the summer in the Southern California area I live in is a concern.
Even though I have an older computer system it still puts out a great deal of
heat. The questions I have are: What is the most cost effective way of
minimizing the heat an older computer puts out?  And do ...

When I turn off the computer every evening it
stops, but then starts up again all by
itself.
It has been doing this for about a week now.

I need some advice... I was trying to plug in one of those LED USB lights
that looks like a flexible cable that is supposed to plug into the USB jack
and after plugging it in, I smelt a strange smell from the back of my
computer and unplugged it real quick.  Now I can not get ...

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE TO FIND WHICH TYPE OF CARD CONNECTION I HAVE, FOR
EXAMPLE: AGP, PCI-X, OR PCI.