To All Cognoscenti, Greetings!
When running Norton Ghost, the opening screen displays the following for
both HDDs: "S.M.A.R.T. capability disabled." Should I be concerned? If so,
how can I enable S.M.A.R.T. capability in Windows XP Prof?

I am going to buy a new server for my compny but I am undecided on what
RAID setup to order.
Currently we have 3 disks in a raid 5 array, the salesman suggests 4
disks in 2 raid 1 arrays (one disk for OS + 1 disk for database) which

my friend have qdi advance 9, and the hard drive is deat.
until A how much gig I can put for the hard drive, i don't wan do bios
update.
thank you

When you switch the monitor on by the power switch it makes a crackling or
( like a static ) sound,
this is normal, but what I would like to know is, when you exit a program,
windows explorer,

Who makes a good brand, and how do you judge what you need?

I am looking for an 80x80x15 cooling fan that has the most CFM possible.
All I could find where manufacturer's Web site, not resellers.
Thanks in advance!

Then I need to look for a PCIE board that offers 4-5 slots for add-ons.
Never seem to find boards with more than that.  I've always liked the ASUS
MOBO's, but will look at others.  Not looking for a mega dollar board, but
it would be nice if it would have onboard sound (I will ...

I'm wondering if anyone could help me! I'm not very familiar with hardware.
My portable computer just died on me and I bought a desktop computer to replace it. I have two PCMCIA cards that I would like to keep using: wireless adapter and Firewire so I'm looking to buy a PCI to ...

I wanted to followup an old previous post about a problem with two Soyo
SY-6BA+100 boards, as the problem seems to be specific to these boards.
The original problem was lockups in Windows, while running with a bus
speed of 133 MHz (which is advertised for this board).  Reducing the

Can you recommend a voice modem or telephony board and more, more
additional software?
Internal? External? Manufacturers? Programs? Every little bit helps.
Jim

Need recommendations on 2.1 PC speakers.
TIA
dotcom

  My CPU is located a distance from my workstation and I need to
manufacture extensions for my JFP1 and JFP2 cables, specifically for
the HDD LED and Power LED.  I have the pinouts figured out but I need
to know what type of LEDs (voltage, mA, mcd?) I should be shopping for.

Is it possible to repair a hard disk DIY under some circumstances?
I have some old hard disks that I'd like to stick on a similarly old
computer. One failed suddenly -- BIOS & O/S did not detect it without
warning -- everything was working fine up to that point. Another had a

i have never done any audio/video recording until
just a few days ago...
if i play an .avi there is a lag of at least 1 second between
audio and video.

I'm not into home-building but hope someone here can advise me on this
please. My MESH Athlon 1800 PC has a CPU fan and it badly needs
replacing. It's a common 3-pin 12V, 60mm type. Its depth (which BTW I
never see specified) is about 12mm. That's considerably thinner than