Guys,
Sorry for the length on this inquiry.  I hope the detail helps steer someone
in a direction that pins down the problem I'm having.  Just recently my
LiteOn DVD+/-RW drive (SHW-160P6S, latest firmware) has been tripping out.

Hi, I'm about to get an Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
board with a 6000 AM2 CPU.
But I know nothing about graphics cards..
I mainly use my pc for photo editing (the only computer game I play is

My last homebuild was an Asus SK8V MB, an AMD Athlon 64 FX53 CPU and an
Nvidea Geforce 6800 ultra 256mb . My system is at the end of its upgrade
path. Where do I go from here?  What MB, CPU, Graphics Card and  Power
supply combintion should I go with now? Im a gamer and am fond ...

It's been years since I have added sticks of RAM to a PC so here
goes...
I have 2 sticks of DDR SDRAM PC3200 (512meg each) and then one memory
bank spare...

todays world is the computer world. Every where the coputer is
imporatant work everywhere. what do you think ? without computer can
we live ?

I am getting a strange noise from inside the box when I change "pages"
ie: go from one poster to another in this or any other news group,
when I play a game, etc. The noise is a grunting kinda labouring moan.
Very short and stops when I have done whatever I am doing. I cannot

[This is a sort of follow up to an earlier thread: http://tinyurl.com/2hcbxv
]
I've got a Philips SPC 520NC web cam, that only supports a real video
resolution of 640 x 480 (docs: http://www.p4c.philips.com/files/s/spc525nc_00/spc525nc_00_dfu_eng.pdf

I have Acronis True Image Home v. 10 build 4942, running it on a four
year old Pentium IV running Windows XP Pro SP2.  There are two
internal EIDE HDs and two USB HDs.
Up to now, I've been using Norton Ghost to restore my "C" drive with

I realize that the motherboard battery strength affects the Windows XP
clock time but even while constantly on and in Windows mode,   after a
few minutes the clock is off by several seconds if not more.  If the
PC is always on, shouldnt' the  motherboard be getting it's power from

I have a friends computer.  The system settings report 64M ram and it
says AMD duron from Compaq
How fast is that?  It has ME on it.  Will it run XP?
Here's What You Need to Use Windows XP Professional

1 month or so back, I registered with inbox.com because I read that they
have sophisticated challenge-response systems in place to stop spam.  80% of
what I get each day is spam, and I'm sick of it, so this sounded like a
potential replacement for my Unix based pine shell, which ...

I am trying to get a Presario to work.  It came from a friend.
When I try to boot the machine, it will display the Compaq splash
screen then go black and show a cursor at the top left indefinitely.
The floppy light also runs continuously.

i am going to run 3D Studio MAX,  should  i go for a  Two dual core CPU   or
Quad core CPU  ?
i will have 8MB RAM.   Many thanks for your advice in advance

hi.. i purchased compaq v2000 laptop last year, the display works on
in a angle if i keep it straight it gets blurred. i had been to the
service centre n told about dis problem to the engg, he bought a diff
display n checked it even that display works in angle only. the engg

Building a gamepad. Need some help.
This might sound weird but I need some help into putting together a
dirrectinal pad. I have hotwired one of those flexiable keyboards and
have the wires all hooked up and they work for W-A-S-D, but I need