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I'm trying to put my old Pioneer DVR-A05 in my Dad's computer but it won't read blank DVD-R'/RW's. When you click on it in My Computer it just says 0.00 for free space and switches from DVD-RW drive to CD drive. I had this problem while I had it and found out that the Windows update...

I'm trying to swap out the components from my old Hewlett Packard 8565C into another case but I can't figure out how to take out the drive racks. These things are built like tanks. Does anyone know of any places that show how to take apart these damned things? Any help would be appreciated.

I was trying to see if RAID would make a difference on my new wd (160gb 7200 2mb) hdd . After building an array and trying to boot it gave me a blue screen and restarted my computer. I went back to IDE mode and tried to install the RAID drivers through control panel but spaced out and...

Has anyone gotten decent speed out of this card? I want a little more power from it but don't know if it's worth it. Also, does anyone know of any good HDD benchmarking or test programs?

I'm putting together a comp for my friend and he has an AMD Thunderbird 1.33 266FSB CPU w/1X256 PC133 ram. His motherboard fried and I'm looking for a cheap motherboard that supports this CPU, PC133, has an AGP slot and preferably has onboard sound. Can anyone help me out on finding a cheap one...

Okay, time for the 5800 Ultra to go. I'm definitely getting a new video card. It's a great card but the noise is getting to me finally. I'm interested in either 128MB versions of either the Geforce FX 5900 or the Radeon 9800. I've been looking for comparisons but could only find them for the...

I decided to go with the P4C800 DLX(So far it's been excellent)and I read somewhere that theres some kind of tweak to get 533FSB CPU's to run the ram at 400. Since the bastards at Intel decided to release the 800FSB CPU's 2 1/2 months after i got my 533 3.06 I probably won't upgrade for awhile...

I'm thinking about getting a new Canterwood mobo but I keep hearing mixed reviews about all of them. Suggestions? My price range is $170.00-180.00 and I plan on picking up another 512 stick of Corsair XMS3200C2 so I suppose $270-290 with the ram and mobo. And thanks for the advice on the Y...

I want to sleeve my PSU and all my other miscellaneous wires but I've tried and tried unsuccessfully to get the molex wires out. Has anyone else done this before that can give me some advice?

I have the clear acrylic case and I just bought a pctoys dual cathode light. It came with a switch and it'd be nice to install but I've never modded a case so I'm not sure if it's safe or not. I'm sure someone else has installed the same switch so could anyone give me some advice?

I constantly listen to music and movies through my home theater yet play games and crap through my computer. Is there anyway I can have both hooked up so I don't have to keep switching the audio jack? I have an Audigy MP3+.

I'm looking to upgrade my PSU and would like to hear some advice before I do. Currently I'm running 1 CDRW, 1 DVDRW, 1 floppy, 2 hard drives, 4 80MM fans(case can take one more, I want 5 altogether)and a geforce FX ultra. What would be my best bet for performance/value and total watts? Are name...

I'm not satisfied with my Soyo P4PX400 dragon lite mobo and am looking for a more stable, solid one to replace it. Can anyone give me some suggestions so I can start shopping? I need a mobo that supports Socket 478-DDR400-AGP8X(Not too important)-3.06 CPU-ATA 133 transfer rate or raid...

I finally got my P4 to boot and it works fine(sorta)but now it seems to be "lagging". I tried to benchmark it with 3dmark2001SE and it averaged around 17FPS on low detail on the first test. I know my geforce fx is more than enough video card, so what could be the problems? I have all the latest...

I am interested in a IBM Ultrastar Piranha 36Z15 and am wondering what kind of adapter, controller card, etc...I would need to do it as I have never messed with SCSI drives before. Any help would be appreciated, thanks

I just put my P4 3.06 in a new motherboard and it seems as if everything is working, but when i get to the WinXP logo during the startup it just goes in slow motion and then flashes a blue screen and restarts itself. The screen is too fast for me to read so i have no idea what it's saying. XP...

Hi all, I recently bought a P4 3.06 cpu with a Gigabyte P4 Titan 667 motherboard. After everything was put in and ready to boot, I started the comp and no screen will show. Everything on the motherboard starts up, but I don't get any kind of screen whatsoever. The monitor just says "check...