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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...

Thanks, thats exactly what I was lookin for. I knew there had to be something out there to describe the process. Kinda sucks though, I was lookin forward to obliterating it

Heh...I knew I couldn't have been the only one that has had problems taking these things apart. Guess I'll just have to mutilate it tomorrow. It's hideous anyways.

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...

http://www.essencompu.com/nupplysingar.asp?ID=4552 I've never heard of this company before, are their cards any good? I couldn't find any reviews or nothing but the "WinFast TwinTurbo-II Cooling System"kinda looks intriguing but loud at the same time. Thats my main concern. My case can handle...

Im guessing the pro is clocked higher or something. From what I've been reading it sounds like the 9800 pro and gffx 5900 are pretty even until AA and AF are enabled. From most of the benchmarks I've seen the 5900 smokes the radeon. I think I'll trust nVIDIA this time. I know they can't be...

http://www.fticomputer.com/cgis/detail.cgi?product=VB-PC-ATI-XR98-C3L&ses=&cat=VB Are there any substantial differences between the PRO and NON-PRO versions of the card? My GFFX 5800 is at 300.00 so I wouldn't have to pay anything. If there is a noticeable improvement between the two I'll...

Geez, I don't know which to get. It's a back and forth debate. I was going to get the powercolor Radeon 9800 PRO but then read several posts and reviews that say the 5900 outperforms the Radeon. Then I was looking at an Evga 5900 but then read that some cards were shipped with a bad bios. *sigh*...

http://www.pcpart4less.com//psi/ATI9800.asp What do you think? I'm tired of waiting and I'm sure there won't be too many differences between the geforce fx 5900 and radeon 9800.

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...

You're definitely right about the stock hsf. I bought a Thermaltake Spark 7 and the stock Intel performed a lot better. I've been running the stock hsf for awhile now. Thats whats so weird. It never idles down. When I reapplied the compound, I took the fan off and cleaned off the debris that was...

I decided to remove and re-apply the thermal compund and it was a success..sort of. It dropped my temp to 42-46 oc'd at 3.3. But now my hsf is always at a constant 55-5900RPM and now the screen on my monitor "waves" with the speed of the hsf. When it slows down to 5500 its not as noticeable or...

So at what temp should I start worrying about my cpu? I've oc'ed it a little(@3.22)with no change in temp. Should I keep going?

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?