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If you can still find them, Advent makes two nice sets, one for $80 retail with a small (8"?) woofer, and a $120 set with a larger (12"?) woofer. Not sure what you can get them for on-line, but they might be cheaper that way. I heard them at Fry's and A-B'd them against the $500 Bose...

Better make sure you've connected the ground socket on the three-prong adapter to a good earth ground. There should be an eyelet hanging below the adapter. Remove the screw holding the cover plate on and reinsert it through the eyelet, then back into the receptacle. If you have an digital AC...

I haven't had the power calibration error, but after two years of being powered up 24/7, my HP 7200 took a similar dump. Not sure if being powered up continuously killed it, or it was just it's time to go, but I didn't bother pricing parts. When you can buy a similar machine for $100, there's...

Check one more link I just added to my post above. It's a $400 (yikes!) accessory DVD-ROM for many Toshiba laptops, but not specifically yours, even though the support bulletin for it applies to your model. I don't know...! I do know that Ram is upgradeable to 160 Mb by a 128 mb module. You...

Try this link to get to Toshiba of Canada's parts listings and blow-up diagrams. Look it up as 2060cds, which is an identical unit without pre-installed software. Oops, nevermind, there's no mention of a DVD here. But: Here's a support bulletin mentioning DVD. So it must be possible, but...

Have you mapped any network drives that are no longer available? I just reproduced this behavior by mapping a network drive, then disconnecting the network cables. Subsequently when I start up explorer, it chokes trying to access the network device, then continues on after timing out (about 8...

Milehigh, What you will need on your dial-up server depends on what you plan to do with it. One of the simplest things to try is to make files available for File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This will allow you or other authorized users to copy files from, and optionally to, your server. Go to...

Chuy, This is a stick-my-head-on-a-chopping-block type of answer, but I will bet there will be no problem with those capacitors. If you are placing another heat sink extremely near them, there is a chance they will short to ground through the bare spots. Your best bet is to make sure there is...

Thanks for the input. I've ruled out dish/satellite ISP's because of the requirement for telephone unlinks which make the use of NAT expensive if not impossible. If I have to pay for the high speed connectivity, I would like to dump my second phone line to save costs. I'm not in business at...

I live out in the tules where we have no DSL and no cable TV. I'm trying to set up a dial-up server to host network address translation for my home network, and I want the fastest possible connection without paying the outrageous sum the phone company wants for ISDN. So I got myself a Diamond...

Zoinks, How old is this Ricoh drive? My HP 7200 began with these kinds of problems about a year ago, just after successfully surviving the warranty period (naturally). Initially, I could get it back by disassembling and cleaning out the dust; presumably the dust cut the laser intensity...

Zogg, A Gb in address space or in memory is 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1,073,741,824!!!! You're last posting had a calculation for Mb, not Gb! Refigure using this number. 1,073,741,824 x 19 = 20,401,094,656 My bet is Windows98 shows this drive's capacity as 19.3Gb, or thereabouts. My 7200 rpm...