PRESARIO S5100 CPU 100% Usuage.  Hardware or software issue?
What would you test or change ?
Which Utility will show what is causing the CPU Usage to lock up at 100% ??
Performance locks into 100 %

I've been having an issue with my computer randomly freezing, then
quickly showing the BSOD before restarting.  I ran MemTest86+ and both
sticks of my ram (tested individually) came up bad.  I borrowed a
friend's computer and ran the same MemTest86+, and both sticks came up

I need to replace my bad socket 478 motherboard with a new 775.  Will
the heatsink used to cool my p4 3.2 cpu work on the socket T (775)
board?

I would like to remotely capture the hardware characteristics of all the
computers of my network (Processor type, amount RAM, Windows version, etc).
How can I accomplish that?
Thanks a lot.

Can Win XP use all four CPUs in a INTEL Quad?
Regards
Hessberg

Can it be done? Is there software out there that can repair a bad sector on a
hard drive.
I did a backup recently and it reported there was a bad sector so, I am
curious as to whether there is software  out there that can fix such a

Good morning,
I need that Windows recognize my DVD writer as such as DVD reader (I need to
disable possibility to burn everything).
I tried to use windows drivers for DVD standard but I haven't fortune...

One of my PCs recognizes, but does not install, my recently purchased
Western Digital 750 gig Caviar SATA external drive coupled with USB in
a Bytecc box.  I understand that USB devices are PnP and are designed
to do just that. plug and play.

Seems the rom's only want to read Dvds, and nothing else or at least thats
what it shows in My Computer.
I can put an audio cd in which it will say is a blank cd but open up media
player and play it just fine or even put a game cd in and manually start it

I had to replace the crashed HD on my Dell Inspiron 8200.
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original CD that came with the laptop. Then (after setting up the
network and accounts) I installed SP2 and all Win patches, all

I have 2 DVD drives and both have stopped playing certain DVDs, mainly retail
ones but also some DVD games.  I have no problem with CDs and most Copied
DVDs.  I have tried updating the firmware.  I have all the codecs I need and
i'm using power DVD.  I have tried a full system ...

My DVD drive has been going on the fritz recently and I can't figure
out what's up.  First of all, XP (SP2) reports it as a CD Drive
instead of a DVD drive.  And It won't play any content - I've tried
both a DVD movie and a CD game (both of which used to work on this

Last year I suffered a MFT coruption / crash on my boot drive C:  I
replaced the drive and been working fine since.  Now, I would like to
retreive the data for that old drive.  I finally got an external hard
drive enclosure (http://www.acomdata.com/hdp/

The young golfer from Wales believes "Discipline is definitely learned
and gets better with practice."
Doctors and scientists said that breaking the four-minute mile was
impossible, that one would die in the attempt. Thus, when I got up

After I installed SP3, my monitor won't comes up, even the pc boots, the
monitor stays black. I have to disconnect and reconnect the monitor (with the
pc on), then i get the monitor up. I rolled back SP3, but still have the same
problem. I put a new video card with VDI cable, ...