I'm building a new system and will install a SATA HDD, on a new mobo.
Can I also install my old IDE drive as a slave so I can transfer files
from it before uninstalling the IDE drive.
thanks, phil

I've met a house-builder who would be interested in having houses wired for
networking pre-completion.  I have the tools (or can acquire what i don't
already have), and i have experience with cat5e / cat6 wiring etc (and can
learn what else there is), but i'm not sure what would be ...

I have two identical 512Mb chips configured for Dual Channel Mode on a
SOYO SY-P4I865PE Plus Dragon 2 mainboard that I've been using for about a
year.  I now have another 512Mb chip and was wondering if I'd be better
off leaving the computer at 1Gig in Dual Channel, or up the memory ...

I am getting a strange error whenever I boot up winxp sp2
that says:
Error initialising PCI express Nic bridge
Nic failure

Hello all,
I've just upgraded my mob, CPU, PSU, and ram--plugged everything in
and it powers on, posts, but crashes/reboots before loading os
(winxp). Constant loop of rebooting.

I recommended a card reader from NewEgg to two novice friends.   The
add indicated they came with a cable but they didn't now I'm trying to
get them a cable.  I found this cable but the connecters are different
one the two ends.  Why is that and is the cable reversable?  That is

Hey everyone,
I have a friend who a long-haul trucker and he wants to get a DVD burner for
his home-based computer. What brand of DVD burner would be a good one to
get?  He wants to use it for all the usual things like data back-up, etc.

Last used computer a week ago no problems, now I try to start &
all of a sudden I can't see any image on the screen and the power
seems to be going to the fans etc.  
I confirmed by swaping out, (One by One) from an identical twin

Can someone tell me where the old alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt has gone?
I.e. the comp building group, not the pc assembly group?

Who sells the silver conductive pens used to repair or modify printed
circuit board traces?  I was hoping NewEgg sold them, but no such luck.
Can someone recommend a particular brand or type that's works well for them,
and a source to order one?

Hi all. I have a one year old system I assembled myself using an ASUS
P4C-800E Deluxe and a P4 3.0Ghz processor. Today, while doing other things,
I noticed the screen go black. Figured it was the power save. When I moved
the mouse to use the computer the screen didn't come back up. ...

I have a Sony PCGA-CD51. It is an external CD Rom drive meant to be
used with Sony Vaio PCG-N505 series notebooks which come installed
with windows 98. It connects via a type 2 PC card slot.  I opened the
housing of the drive and installed a toshiba DVD ROM drive. The unit

Been looking at kvm switchs on newegg.com. Is it possible to have 2 pcs
on a kvm switch, each with their own monitor but 1 keyboard, 1 mouse for
both? I wanted to use the second pc to play with linux, XP pro and some
other stuff. It'd be easier to access help on web, pdfs with 2 ...

Do you have to use stand offs and mount screws on every point of a
motherboard or can you skip a couple? I'm trying to reuse a case and it
seems the wife has tossed my spare parts.

Ok I'm trying my first Intel build and I'm running into a strange problem...
I'm using an Intel D955XBK mobo and I have the primary HD on SATA0 and two
other drives on SATA 1 & 2. I don't want to run raid and I have the drives
set in the BIOS as IDE. The system drives comes up ...