Hi group
I use computers since a very long time, well before Internet was part
of our life.  However I never flashed a BIOS in a modern PC computer
although I have programmed hundreds of chips.like ROMs, CPUs and so

In all of my audio capture programs, my sound cards ( I installed a
new one thinking this was the problem) show up but no sound is
recognized. This has been driving me crazy for three days. I would
appriciate help from anyone.

I'm developing a simple OS and i would like to have a dedicated machine
for testing purposes so i was wondering if someone has an old 386/486
laptop that they don't want anymore. A senior at my faculty advised me
to ask it here so i hope that someone can help me :)

I have a seagate 120GB IDE drive and a WD 250GB SATA drive.  I want to
boot from the SATA drive, but the system keeps trying to boot from the
IDE drive.
Looking at the BIOS, it says the SATA drive is "IDE 4" (but it is

You've decided to buy a laptop, but don't really know how to go about
it.
I get asked time and again how to buy a laptop. Sometimes it's for a
student, other times for an adult who just wants the freedom to roam

I have a DeskPro EN MOBO with a 24 pin power connector. This is not wired as
a standard ATX.  Does anyone have the pin-out information so I can rewire a
standard ATX?
Thank you.

I have also posted this question on the OCWorkbench website too, so will
update everyone here if I get any help there.
I have just upgraded from Athlon 2400+ on a Soltek board to Core 2 Duo e6400
on an Asrock 4CoreDual-VSTA PT880 Ultra board. I want to update the BIOS on

Has anyone any experience with flashing the firmware on a Belkin
OmniView KVM from a Windows 2000 system? I've installed the Win2K patch,
connected it up, run the flash utility...and it's buggered. Dead as a
Python parrot.

I am thinking of buying a printer Epson Stylus D78 or D88. I have found
lots and lots of information on Google but would like to here some
personal experiences.
Anyone ?

Hi, I would like to replace the 120 GB drive in my Linkstation with a
500 GB.  Is this possible?  Can I just replace the drive and try
booting? Will I need to do anything for the Linkstation system to
recognize extra capacity?

I want to replace the Intel stock fan on my 478 Pentium 4, because I need to
overclock heavily.  Is heat sink compound needed, recommended?  Thank you.
Talal Itani

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight on this
matter.
Lately and progressively getting worse, my computer would completely
freeze.  There is no crash, there is no response.  It happens at

Just picked up a couple sticks of DDR500 (PC4000) memory (not DDR2) and I
was wondering how to best figure out how fast it will run, as well as what
settings the EPROM will default to.
Current system is an Asus P4C800E Deluxe with a 2.6Ghz Northwood P4 running

Whenever my laptop moves I get the following message: Vibration has been
detected in the PC the hard disk drive head is temporarily moved to a safe
position
I can check the box of Don't show me this message  but why do I get it in

I would like to protect my PC against power problems.  My power supply is an
Antec and I have a surge protector before the power supply.   Should I place
a UPS battery backup?  Are they other technologies on the market?  I use my
PC for business and I am trying to find ways to ...