
Windows Hardware

david_eyres
Hi I need a serial number for Xp Professional that will work with service pack 2, can anybody help? email me at eyredj@worksopcollege. notts. sch. uk.

Parity error
woolly
I am reciving the following error: an error was detected on device\Device\Harddisk2\DR2 during paging operation. I also have another that I do not understand. A parity error was detected on \Device\Scsi\adpu160m.

I need specifications for the nforce chipset
Powerfighter
HEY guys this is not a problem i just got this new nvidia nforce chipset. And i want its specifications so that i can check its perfomance. can you please tell me a website or any related information about.

Canon Multipass L90
Beholding
Hi All I have a Subj but I can't install it on Windows 2000 or XP. Please help to find drivers on it. .

No center speaker sound with SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 and 5.1 speakers
jscott
I recently upgraded my OS from Windows ME to Windows XP Pro, and replaced my old sound card with a SoundBlaster Live! 5. 1 card (not digital) and Creative Inspire T5400 5. 1 speaker set. The XP drivers I used are the ones that came on the Creative CD (which is dated late 2003 but the XP drivers on the Creative down ...

Abit BE6-II and Geforce 4 mx4000 Problem
driver2
I have an old abit be6-2 motherboard (p3-550,512sdram) and i wanted to beef up the graphics, so i went out to buy a cheap gfx card. I decided upon a fx5200 (agp 8x $99 AUS). Took it home and it didn't work! im guessing it something to do with the be6 being agp 1x,2x (maybe 4x?)and 3.

External enclosure VS External HD
HawkBoy
Hi, I'm beginning to run out of disk space on my laptop and am considering getting an external drive. I would still run apps off of my laptop HD, but would use the external space for keeping videos, pictures, and hopefully as cache for file-sharing, etc.

Advice Needed: Celeron or Pentium IV
randallhb
Hello to All: I want to buy several PCs for a new project and I need advice on what CPU to choose, Celeron or Pentium IV. The PCs will be used mostly to run client/server applications with Oracle Forms and Reports (most of the code is in stored procedures in the Oracle database), and also Microsoft Office 2003, wit ...

Untitled thread
AnjieAllen
We have installed a Panasonic KX-P2135 Dot Matrix Printer on a new XP system. We just used the XP drivers for this and it prints fine. The only complication is that we use this printer to print an 8 1/2 X 7 continuous feed pre-printed invoice.

Dell Dimension 8200 system board manual?
MelmacD
I'm about to add a 4-port USB 2 hub (yes I flashed my bios already), plus my original 40G harddrive in is failing, so I want to get my hands on a mother board manual quick before I intervene. I believe the board is: ACPI\PNPOC01\1, Microsoft ACPI-compliant.

Boot XP without monitor?
acileli
was hoping someone here might know something about this cuz I sure as hell dont. I want to build a rackmount PC that will be used as a sound source for live music performance. It's going to be hooked up to an Apple laptop that will serve as the interface for the performer, and I don't want to confuse the issue with ...

Just read a review of PCI-Express video cards vs. top AGP8x ones...
jmmijo
@APK, as to question: Yes, they are available. I just built a graphics workstation for a client based on a Dual-Xeon(Nacona) by Supermicro. It had everything you'd want in a higher end board: (8)Eight DDR2 DIMM slots, a PCI Express x16 graphics slot, a PCI Express x4 auxilary slot, a single PCI 2.

System shutdown during gaming, I think due to RADEON 9800PRO 128M...need help...
Stryke3333
I recently bought a new system, as seen below: CPU AMD|3200/400 ATHLON XP MB nForce2|5P1A4D NF7-S V2 ABIT ATX VGA ATIOEM|RADEON 9800PRO 128M 2X DDR 512MB|DDR400 CL3 PC3200 RTL HD 120GB|SEAGAT ST3120026AS SATA DVD+/-RW LITEON SOHW-812S BLACK Problem is as follows, everytime i run a game.

"Optimize for quick removal" option for hard disk,
HELLBRINGER
When I go into the device manager, select my extra 20GB WD drive (both my HDs are in removable carriers, can be quickly removed and added) and want to optimize for quick removal, the option is not available.

External Hard Drives
dizarludba
Hi Recently , all my hard drives already full ( Total of 160Gb ) and I am interested to buy an external hard drives since all my internal bay slots for hard drives already full , and the raids also used in full capacity.

inaccessable boot device (software raid)
dnatrance
I have a Dell 1600SC Pentium 4 server with a lsi logic scsi card and 2 36 gig harddrives. I have the harddrives set in a software raid set to mirroring. Now the problem Every couple of weeks the server blue screens with inaccessable boot device.

Can't shutdown, restart, log off
hariyadi_s
Can't shutdown, restart, log off win2000 any solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Another Unmountable_boot_volume
hmm
I got this error randomly after restarting and I've read a bit on it, but I still have a slight problem. I can't get to Bios, and therefore can't go to the recovery console. Whenever I reboot it instantly goes to a screen saying something to the measure of Windows didn't start properly, and gives a few options like ...

Magic the Gathering
Letsdodadance
I nedd desperate help! I nedd to build a deck with many Ice Age cards. I anyone has suggestions, plese put in this topic!.

My inexperience surfaces it's ugly head yet again....
Malaris
I used to see if my PC will be able to run Half-Life 2. What is 'Architecture' and how do I find out what mine is? Thanx in Advance.