
Windows Hardware

jeff*
Well, I just formatted my system and set everything up. . here's my current rig AthlonXP 2100 Asrock K7VM2 Geforce2MX AGP + Voodoo3 PCI 60gb maxtor (partitioned in 5gb + 55gb = both NTFS) 256 DDR WinXP Pro SP1 And now that I'm trying to install my usb stuff, I'm having a few problems.

old driver buildup-how2clean?
pr0iv2
i have had 2k installed for quite some time now and have gone through several motherboards, videocards, soundcards etc there is a crapload of old drivers that are still in my windows dir and some even still load but wont work.

nt 4 Drivers for Nvidia Geforce4 Go 4200 64Mb???
weymont
I'm desperatly looking to get a better resolution (VGA driver=800x600). I got an Nvidia Geforce4 Go 4200 64Mb with an 8500 Inspiron. I now have to use Windows NT 4. . . I tried few drivers from here and there, but all gave me the blue screen.

Athlon 64
ViolentGreen
I pulled this article off of the nforcershq forum. I have to say that it looks pretty good but not as good as I expected. The 1MB L2 cache blew me away but it starts at only 1. 6Ghz. The only areas that it excelled over canterwood was in compression and gaming.

Hardrive failure (recovery ?)
Arin
A harddrive on my mothers computer failed. Basically she told me that when she came back from stand by the computer said the same message I see every time I boot. A disk error occured. Press ctrl+alt+del).

Installing a printer with Print Spooler on manual in 2k
videobruce
I tried adding a printer (first one) with Print Spooler in the manual setting under Services and I received a 'not enough resourses' message. Then I tried installing it in add/remove hardware and I got a 'RPC service' error message (I don't remember the exact wording.

ATI Radeon 9500 Boot-up Problems
jwl812
I am helping a friend install a new ATI Radeon 9500 Pro into his rather older PC - a 750mhz AMD Athlon. This PC has an MSI K7 Pro Motherboard and 512mb ram and a 2x AGP slot and a 300watt power supply.

Acer 620U Scanner inf file with Windows 2000.Missing
mike ch
The. inf file is missing from driver downloads for Acer 620U scanner, its being used with windows 2000. Where can I find this ;(.

I have problem with INNO3D tornado tnt2 pro
chipman
I have problem drivers in winXp is not function, when i whanna see a divx film my computer freze and restart. please help me what problem i have???? Hanz.

Matshita Dvd-Ram
Bennyk
What tpye of dvd discs do i need to buy and also what is a good program to write to dvd. Thanks.

160GB hard drive format prob. in 2k
Ranulf
Recently picked up a Maxtor 160GB drive but 2k only sees 131GB on install since Im using a service pack 2 disk. I've upgraded to SP3 now so is there a way I can get my lost 30gb or so recognized? Or am I going to have to figure out how to burn a new 2k install disc with sp3 streamlined in? TIA.

CPU Temp.
Arthro Enas
This might be a stupid question to a lot of people I don't OC my system and I am sick of noise so I disable all the case fans, the fans that are running are the CPU fan, the 2 fans on the PSU. That's all.

Fluzzy/Pixely compressed video playback with 9800 Pro?
Kofoed
Does any one out there get Fluzzy/Pixely compressed video playback with their 9800 Pro. I do and its starting to annoy me. I'm using the latest drivers and bios and am at a lost to whats causeing it.

Kt400 Or Geforce Chipset?
cazzman
Hi, as the subject states. I was thinking kt400 specifically ga-7va or g-a7vaxp motherboards. but i heard you cant go the athlon 2800+ or the 3000+ even though there website says you can. anyone know anything about this.

Logitech Cordless Elite
ViolentGreen
I heard a lot of good things about this wireless keyboard/mouse set so when CompUSA had it on sale for $50 I went for it. Maybe its just me or the fact that i havn't downloaded the latest drivers but it seems like crap.

A7V8X Speakers configuration problems
Cue
Hi all, I've set up the mobo so as to support 4 speakers through Soundman (the software program that comes with the drivers) but still when I use winamp to listen to a mp3, there is only output from the 2 front ones.

Force a perminant paper size with Epson printer utils
Curley_Boy
I have an Epson C70 Plus printer and I want to force the default settings to always use an A4 paper size (currently it keeps defaulting to letter size and i have to resize it in the printer settings each time I want to print).

The moment - ATI or Nvidia?
jdulmage
I've been researching this for a while now, so I don't really need any technical information on this, just some thoughts from various mature, professional tech users. I'm used to the ati sucks and nvidia sucks and I just can't stand it and need a real response on this from users with the experience.

voodoo2 sli in win2k not working
pr0iv2
voodoo2 sli in win2k not working thats pretty much it. i have a whole bunch of beta drivers for it. the most i got to work was quake2 in 3dfx 60 some fps but the models where not visible, just shadows and walls quake3 gets 5 fps at start up screen and i think crashes when i run the game, either it crashed or it was ...

RE
gilgamesh
Perhaps not. . . I asked for an intelligent response and I get a one line by a person who thinks I'm an idiot. Thanks, Mr. Smarta$$.