My brother unfortunately has only a phone line option for connecting to the internet.  I am waaaaay out of the loop when it
comes to phone connections and was wondering if there is a faster way to connect than using the old school 56Kbs. modems.....
thanks,
ron

This is my first time posting, so I apologize ahead of time for any
breach in netiquette.
Can anyone please help me find out what this component is? It shorted
out (water spill) on a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop motherboard. It is an

Is a cpu fan just a cpu fan or is there something specific I need to
look for?  I'm buying a new fan for my mom's computer but I've never
bought one before.  Are they all just kind of generic with the same
connectors, etc.?

I supplied a motherboard+CPU+Memory bundle to someone. The buyer has
broken the heatsink mounting clips on the CPU holder - I believe in the
process he has also damaged the CPU. I can see dents on the CPU. Is
there a way I can test the CPU before telling the customer he has

Recently, my friend (he builds computers for living), swapped Kingston RAM in my motherboard when the
computer was off. Of course he was touching the case frames to remove the static. When he turned on the
machine, the computer would not boot. ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard was ...

I am wanting to build a 64 bit AMD based system. I want to stay below
$700.00 if possible. I need to buy a case, motherboard, cpu with
heatsink/fan, video card, RAM, and a hard drive. I would also like to
have some, if all, of the following in the system.

 I wish to upgrade the ram in my Satellite, M30X-S214.  It has a Celeron
M 1.3ghz.   Crucial site recommends PC2700, Cas 2.5, DDR333 ( 2 X 256, 512
or 1024)--which is what is in it now.  Can I use PC3200, Cas 2.5, DDR400 as
a substitute & enjoy the same  performance gain offered by ...

My current computer is based on an MSI MS-6712 motherboard with an Athlon
XP2000 CPU, two sticks Kingston 256MB PC2100, GeForce 4200ti 64MB video
card, Seagate 80MB hard drive and Antec 350w PSU.  I'd like to start
upgrading it for games such as Quake IV, but I'm on a limited ...

I have a Brother HL5040 printer installed on an XP machine and shared
out.  I have another machine trying to use that shared printer, but it
cannot print to it.  When I hit print, I do not get an error message.
The job just sits in the printer's queue but it never starts the job.

hello all, I have a baffling problem with somebody's laptop that they
asked me to fix. It is an HP laptop, a somehwhat older model. When the
power is turned on, the laptop comes on for literally 1 second then
shuts off, turns itself back on for another second then shuts off, and

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I recently bought a Colorsit case to go with my TForce Motherboard and
AMD Athlon processor. After connecting it all up, the motherboard's LED
lights up, but the machine won't turn on.
Has anyone else had this problem, or does anyone have any idea what it

I found microsoft office 2003 on ebay for 167.99.  My question is if I buy this (or any microsoft program)how many PC's can I
install it on?  I need to put in on a laptop and my desktop.  Also, if I ever get a new PC or something happens where everything
crashes is it possible to ...

Hi, I was just wondering why the ECS EliteGroup
L4VXA2 motherboard is selling for so little ($15 to
$20).  This is incredibly low compared to other
motherboards.  It supports Pentium 4's and has a

Hey there,
Just trying to work out weather I would want to go for one of these two
monitors, the price difference is little (under $30) and the spec is
the same apart from the following: