I have a older hp pavilion 9795. The hard drive needs replaced. The casing
for the computer only opens on one side. So I can only get the screws out to
remove the original hard drive from one side.
So does anybody know how I get to the screws on the side that doesn't open?

I want to record all my incoming and outgoing phone calls.
I have an ordinary domestic Virgin Media landline and run WinXP Pro.
I need to get a modem.  Is it better to use an external modem or an
internal one (going onto a PCI slot)?

For my application, i am looking for someting like a graphic card.
It shall be connected to usb and shall generate a tv signal(composite or
s-video) No special graphic modes needed, just text mode.
I have seen taketv from sandisk, but it comes with 8gb memory(which i dont

Was wonderinig what to set that too, I set it a while back to 10 gig :O)
reason being I have piles of spare disk space so I thought "I might as
well make use of it!!"
Any I returned to the issue recently as I was a bit concerned about

I'm experiencing a problem with my computer's clock (both in the bios and in
windows xp).
The clocks just stops when the laptop is completely diconnected from the
power (with no battery).

Background: I have a shuttle pc at home, few years old, I forget the speed
but it supports hyperthreading so probably about 3.0GHz. It has an IDE
interface and does not support SATA. Since I currently use this to record
tv, it would be convenient to fit a blu-ray player into it. ...

I own an external 'firewire' box (PYRO 1394 Drive Kit/Firewire
Enclosure) which supports ATA: 3.5" and 5.25" IDE Ultra DMA/33 or 66
Hard Disk drives.
I would like to check out the 2.5" drive from my wife's laptop

I bought GigaByte GeForce 8600GT Video Card GVNX86T256H recently
due to its silentpipe tech.
Well, there is no definitely no fan noise since there is no fan.
But gigabyte seems to have used the cheapest condensers they could

I am still chasing USB problems. I gave up on my previous problem of
connecting my printer as USB2. After all it prints for me, but there's
more that I could use advice on:
I run XP SP2, up to date, I believe.

It seems like both industries operate in a vacuum.
I looked at a video card whose requirement was "a 350 W PS with 22 A
available on the +12V rail".
Most PS ratings that I checked are rated for a maximum of around 18A on the

It's interesting to see how generic CF cards
perform when tested. Many are faster than you
might think, although not blazing fast.
http://home.comcast.net/~fbui/Flash.html

So ok i understand the Concept of AGP aperture.. but is the aperture
software coded? or is it a Hardware setting like a certain chip? i.e.
my max AGP aperture is 256... can i make it go to 512 if i had a BIOS
update?

Nothing in literature with external drive, nor on
manufacturer's web site explains why the there are two ieee
1394 (firewire) ports. anyone know the purpose of having two?
--David

500G usb hdd connected to a P3 with USB 1 only is only managing to run
at 1,5M transfer rate, which is far too slow for the quantities of
data in use. USB1 should run happily at 12M, the question is how do I
get it to do so?

I am in need of a new monitor.  I've been told a flat screen monitor
is the way to go.  Could anyone advise me of a good one?  I don't want
to spend a lot of money on one.  I have no idea how much they cost,
but I was hoping to spend approximately $400. and under.