Summary: Hi, after many years of poor performance with optical drives(both dvd and cd burners) I have concluded it's my computer that is screwed, not the drive...
Summary: Dexter, it's not easy to give advice because troubleshooting a laptop is not as simple as troubleshooting a desktop. You need a little knowledge in b...
Summary: Hello. Currently, I have the HDD drive (with jumper set to Master) connected directly to IDE port 1 w/o any other device on it. I also have the DVD-RW...
Summary: On my new ASUS A7N266-VM motherboard when first installed right out of the box failed to find any devices on the secondary IDE channel. The same devi...
Summary: I am having a problem hooking up my 2nd hard drive. I really don't know a lot about the insides of the computer, but i'm trying to learn. I have all...
Summary: Recently i reinstalled my XP and when i tried to install the Motherboard softwares i installed BIOS -related software and i clicked on flash button...
Summary: My computer has been unstable lately, it's used and sh1tty. But i want to surf, does the following message mean i need to flash the bios? AMLI: ACPI ...
Summary: OK, I have a real good problem. This is for the more experienced members. I have a hard drive and controller from an XT-Clone (1987). The Controller ...
Summary: Hi all, I have been spending the last 6 hours upgrading my system but now I am stuck with no idea on how to solve my problem. I have recently bought a...
Summary: Hi, I hope you can help me. I have two existing 40Gb IDE HDDs, set as the 'masters' on IDE channels 1 and 2. The drive on channel 1 is my bootable dri...
Summary: My name is Thomas and I have a problem. I am planning on buying a new DVD drive So I opened up my computer to see if it could allow the expansion. I ...
Summary: Something is wrong with my system and I am not sure how to best test each hardware item to determine the broken culprit. Problem: system starts up b...
Summary: I am having problems getting anything working on IDE 1, and/or getting my CD-ROM Drive to work at all on IDE. Anything I put on IDE 1 gets a "Failure ...
Summary: Drive Rocket can show you a chart of how much of a speed increase you can expect if you install the product. If you have a compatible IDE drive, chang...
Summary: Your motherboard has two IDE connectors: IDE1: Primary IDE IDE2: Secondary IDE Connected to each IDE is a cable with three connectors: Blue: IDE conne...
Summary: My Gateway home computer runs Win 982e and acts as the server for my home ethernet network. It's old and running out of hard drive space and I can't a...
Summary: Hi, i have a ECS Socket A K7S5A board...i want to update the board drivers. I went to www.ecs.com.tw to get the files. The problem is on the website...
Summary: sorry to bother but i got a bios virus,and i tried to flash my bios with an update,which i download from internet,well,since i've flashed bios my comp...
Summary: "Sony Vaioo model VGN-FE11H" This site gets posts mostly from people in the US, UK, and Canada, probably in that order. I'm in Canada myself. It would...
Summary: Can a bad power supply damage a motherboard or a components attached to the mobo? I am building my first system. I know I can test the psu by just plu...
Summary: Hello everyone, I have got a problem created by myself. I made power on password for my laptop and now i want to remove it but dont know how to do it ...
Summary: i think this will answer my problem from my previous post.. can you slave a scsi to an ide? can you do the other way around? if i have 2 HD and a CDRO...
Summary: Hi all, hope someone can help with this! I've got a homebuilt system with the following spec: Asus P4P800X-S, P4 3GHz, 2x512 RAM, Maxtor 120Gb IDE (OS...