my motherboard is Intel DG31PR
sound card doesn't work if I plug in 4GB RAM. But it works if I plug in 2GB
RAM.
is this because of the memory reservation?

Hi folks...
I'm praying somone can assist me as I've been waiting to hear back from
Microsoft on this as it started (when I noticed - my daughter's computer)
when trying to run updates from Microsoft.

I recently got a new mobo and system (see specs below). I added my old
Pinnacle Systems GmbH DV 1394 (PCI firewire card, circa 2001). I
connected my Sony TRV17 MiniDV camcorder into the firewire port.
Windows XP sees the new device and correctly identifies it as a Sony

Hi to All,
I Installed Windows XP on my PC.I faced a very serious problem is that i create a folder and his clone was create very soon.any on can help me for this problem.
Thanks in prepaid.
Sudheer

Can I use my Sony Digital video camera ( sony trv-25e ) as a webcam when
attached to my PC via USB or possibley Firewire ? Must I use a capture card
or can I just plug it in via USB and expect it to be recognised by Skype or
MSN messenger for example?

I have an MP750 that has been a good printer, but I think its
reliability is becoming a problem.  I need a replacement combination
printer/copier/scanner.
I am looking for speed and reliability.

I have a Plextor PX-712A about 4 years old it plays video OK but the
sound has been getting choppy it does the same thing on audio files that
I have burned on it.  I am wondering if any one has any idea about what
is going on.  My guess is it is something to do with the Read head ...

Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK
for long time.
Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X".
If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X"

Could you recommend a 3rd party hard disk diagnostic tool?
Thanks,
Joe

I want to write a utility which allow me to read the CPU temperature. My
notebook is an old ThinkPad 600X (PIII 650 MHz) and is ACPI compliant.
I use WMI and the class MSAcpi_ThermalZoneTemperature . Please see my VBS:
strComputer = "."

I have WindowsXP
Recently I am having trouble starting up the
computer at the beginning of the day.
The night before I have to shut it down by

Hi all,Testing time for all ...am having USB which is write protected ..can't
format the same...is there any option to make USB writable ...
Kindly suggests...
Regards,

I have a Gigabyte 7VM400M - RZ motherboard and am running XP Pro. I
have changed the monitor to a BENQ 900W wide screen but it would seem
that the screen is not being detected by Plug and Play.
Only "Default Monitor" is shown and I cannot adjust the resolution to

I have a Memorex 510L DVD burner runing on XP Home, and it's now saying the
drive is "not accessibleincorrect function.     I notice that it's isted as
DVD+-RAM in Device Manager  but it's DVD-RW drive in My Computer.  Acronis
and lNTI Backup also see is a DVD RAM.

I have new Intel MotherBoard C2D 2.4 GHz Intel Processor with 2GB Ram,
but IDE 40GB seagate HDD (old 2002).  I install Windows XP SP2 in my
system when i start my PC it boots normally but after some time (10-15
min)  it get hang , it do nothing even ctrl + Alt + Del is also not