Recent content by dprocket

simple...yet sound advice. thanks!!!!

I've got an older Dell Inspiron 3000 that has worked great for me for several years. In the past few days, the video has gone berzerk. It has the ATI Mobility (M4) 2MB video card in it. Now, all of my blacks appear as red. Also, when I login to Windows XP, the screen is mostly red, instead...

Hello all. I am getting ready to move up to a new MOBO and CPU, and will probably grab an AMD 64 chip to replace my Thoroughbread. I have picked several hard drives cheaply over the past year and have about 3 brand new unopened drives in my closet that I've been saving for a new system...

I'm having a terrible time with my home wireless network. I've got a D-link router (please spare me the cracks on D-link equipment) and a matching D-link wireless access card in my laptop. I've been battling with this thing since I installed it (I was having the same issue with my Linksys...

Surely someone else has had this same problem....anyone anyone?

Ok. I am working with my neighbor's computer. They have a Compaq presario desktop that i am retrofiting with a new Mobo, etc. Everything is upand running on a new machspeed board, with an AMD 2200 processor. The only thing that I needed to do was fit some new USB jacks to the front of the...

I'm rebuilding a neighbor's computer and have hit a snag. I am working on a Compaq Presario desktop. I ripped the guts out and have replaced it with a brand new MachSpeed Mini-ATX mobo, AMD XP 2000, and new memory. I kept the old PSU, AGP video card and 45GB hard drive. I installed...

thanks...how do I know what keys to remove?

I'm hoping someone can help me out. I volunteered to help my neighbor fix their computer. They told me that they "couldn't get online and thought they had a virus". I can fix most computers pretty easily so I told them I'd fix it no problem. I should note that it is a Compaq box running...

I'm hoping someone can give me a recommendation. My younger brother has decided that he wants to be some sort of computer animator and has been looking into schools that have this type of program. Right now, it seems like the best looking school that we've found is called Full Sail, in the...

Thanks for the reply. I've have 160GB of HD space, and a couple extra drives, so I'm not too concerned aobut the size of files at this point, however will it affect the size on the DVD? If I capture 3 hours worth of analog programming in AVI, is it reasonable to think I can still put it all on...

I would appreciate the feedback. When I captured the video, I captured it in mpg format. I don't recall seeing an option for using AVI or another format. perhaps I should use a different program. I know that Windows Movie Maker 2 will do AVI, but I always thought that relied on a Digital...

I've got a football game stored on my DVR (kind of like a Tivo). What I'm trying to do is capture this game from the dvr to burn a DVD. It has an S-Video out and also RCAs. I've got a computer with an Athlon 2500 and a 9000 All-In-Wonder Pro video card. I'm capuring the video just fine and...

Hi, I've got a freind who has a picture that shows up on his computer when the system boots, just before the OS loads up. I've seen these these before on other computers. I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to remove or change this picture. Unfortunately, i do not know the OS, but I would...

Another question. In looking at the CPU, it doesn't *look* burned. It probably doesn't matter, but I'm just curious if its supposed to look burned. I've seen some fried CPUs, but I think most of those are from processers that have been burned up from improper cooling.