I am running xp pro, fully updated. i have a LG dvd writer and a Lite-on dvd
writer fitted. the lite-on is connected as the secondary master and dma is
set to 'on'
I find on the Lite-On website that a firmware version is available.

I built the PC myself, yet it does not boot.  When I press the Power
On switch, the fans turn on for about a second, then they turn off
automatically.  I checked the standoffs.  I remove the motherboard
from the case.  I disconnected all drives, and the video card.  I

I would like to connect an external monitor to an Acer
Aspire 1690 notebook. It is not going well.
I only have a bootup picture to the point where XP has the progress bar with
the black screen. After that it goes to sleep, the external monitor, I mean.

I did a repair install and upgraded to SP3 but have noticed the system is
now only using one core of a dual core processor.
Device manager shows two processors, Everest shows both but a performance
test shows

Sometime My PC doesn't keep date and time. Not when there's no main on the
power supply, not when it's running, only when it's just off for a few
minutes.
The battery have been switched, checked, etc., the problem seems to be

Would http://www.ebuyer.com/product/138682
fit onto a http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=K10N78hSLI-WiFi
...not sure what all this "SLI" is all about ?
TIA

Hello, I have had three computers hooked to one printer. The softwar
was installed on just one computer. I have lost the connection of m
computer to the printer. These have been hooked to a HP 3050 printe
for about two years. I have know installed the printer software to m

I was attempting to combined two partitions and during that process I
converted my C:\ from basic to dynamic...then formatted it like a genius. Now
my comp is completely wiped, I have all the disks that came with my Dell
Laptop, but does anyone know if I'll be able to recoup ...

When I connect a device to any of my USB 2.0 ports on my computer, I get a
message that says "This device can perform faster if you connect it to a
Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port". What can I do to fix this problem?
In Device Manager, I do see a Standard Enhanced USB host.

I addressed this question to the "general" group and someone suggested that I
turn the question to the hardware group.
I recently installed new memory in an old (2000) HP.  It had Win ME on it
when I bought it and I changed to XP Professional, but did not have efficient

I posted the following under "plug and play with usb" and received an answer
from RJK but I was then unable to access the group to reply so have signed on
with another email address.
"If you can "see" your camera in Windows Explorer, (indicating that a drive

...AMD Cool'n'Quiet XP driver, and DRAM "Auto" vs. Manual
timing questions ? :-)
....deep breath, <whooshing noise as Richard inhales>, ....please bear with
me !

I have an issue with my USB external disk drives.  I'm running Windows XP SP
3 for starters.  I have two external disk drives attached to my computer (one
WD 250GB and one WD 500GB).  The problem occurs when I do a backup to the
500GB external drive.  The back up gets to around ...

I'm looking at a customer's Packard Bell XP machine where the CPU fan revs
high soon after start-up, and stays that way. In BIOS, the PC reports that
the CPU fan is working OK. Nothing is reported about the system fan, except
that it is running at 0 revs. This isn't true; you can ...

I recently lost my media Centre PC.  I still have the remote keyboard and
infrared receiver.  How can I make this work on an XP professional PC which
is not running Microsoft media Centre edition?
Thanks in advance for your response.