Recent content by dataswitch

Turns out I had a pretty old IDE cable. So I went and grabbed an 80 pin IDE cable and it is smooth sailing.

I just bought this LG drive at Best Buy. I plug it into my computer, and it is recognized. However, when I put a DVD in, it won't read it. For CD's, it can read their title but nothing else. At first I thought it was the drive so I exchanged it for a new one but it is doing the exact same thing...

Lately, my computer has been freezing a lot while I'm on it. I'll be doing simple things like navigating folders or just surfing online. It will freeze for about 15-20 seconds and then usually come back to normal. I've pulled up the Task Manager to look at the Performance tab, and the CPU...

When trying to flash the bios on my motherboard using AWDFLASH.exe, I got the following error: BIO Image File Check Sum Error You can't update this image file! Check to see if FDD & HDD error occurred Please Download Again Your Source File I know it's not the source file, as I've...

My friend's computer seems to have some sort of spyware/virus in it that prevents it from connecting to secure servers that use things like SSL. Whenever you try to login to a secure server, it will just say "Page not found". I know it isn't the internet connection because any other page will...

Yea, I checked the bios, but I wasn't able to find anything. I'm using a Dell with the phoenix bios. Do you think they would restrict things like that?

On my laptop, I just have integrate graphics. It's an Intel 82852/82855. I was wondering if there was a way to use some of my RAM to make my graphics a little better.

Right now, I am recieving my internet from a wireless lan at an apartment complex. Unfortunately, I am on the outer edge of the range of the router and get poor reception and many disconnects. I am thinking about getting a wireless repeater to extend the range. My only question is, do I need to...

Nevermind, I figured it out. I had to go into Tracking and change the clock level. It is fixed now.

I just got a new moniter. It is a Gateway FPD1830 LCD. For some reason, different parts of the screen are blurry, while others are very crisp. I am using a Radeon 9500 graphics card and have just updated my catalyst drivers. Does anyone know what could be causing this bluriness?

Does anyone have any experience with any of the Fujitsu E8000? They seem to be pretty good to me, but I was wondering if there have been common problems with them. Or does anyone know of another laptop that has the same power and such but is cheaper? EDIT: Here's a link to it...

When I try to play a .avi file, I can hear the sound but there is no video. How can I fix this?

So if it said it uses port 5190, what would the port range be?

I seem to be having problems with my Linksys Wireless Router (BEFW11S4 Wireless-B). The thing I have trouble with is connecting with AOL Instant Messenger. Most of the time, I will try to logon, and it will get to "Starting Services" but it will just sit there for a while. Then it will go back...