Recent content by heyzeus

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    Uninstall blazefind isearch toolbar

    i strongly suggest spybot search and destroy, its free and blocks thousands of programs just like that one.
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    voltage irregularites?

    i recently added everything, and have had problems ever since. when my old mobo fried out, i bought a new one +case cpu, memory and psu, from a local place, and then bought and added new graphics, sound (because the onboard failed constantly), modem, hd, and cd drives, and a fresh windows me...
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    voltage irregularites?

    aaarrrrgh! help! so i took my power supply back to the place i bought my system from, and upgraded to a better one for a little more $ minus warranty. now, the voltage monitor is still beeping warnings at me. previously it was the -12v that dropped out of current causing an alarm, now with the...
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    where to put a new fan

    i have an empty slot on my mb to hook up a chasis fan, but don't know where i would mount the thing. i already have 4 fans in there, (one in back, one in PSU, on graphics card,and cpu), but the temps are still 40-60 celsius, and i just dont like to smell the thing burning.
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    How do I back up a Hard Drive with Windows on it???

    i just used seagates diskwizard program (which can be downloaded free from seagate) to copy my windows, and have been using the copied drive ever since. of course if your drive isnt seagate i dunno if it will work.
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    voltage irregularites?

    i use the missioncontrol monitoring program on my p4 via board, and recently the voltages started to waver quite a bit, (they used to be displayed as a straight line of steady voltage, when i bought the thing 2 months ago). now they move up and down quite a bit, and temps go as high as 55 c when...
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    on the chance my audio is screwed up because i have tried so many drivers, and some may not have been uninstalled correc

    the audio was crappy before i reformatted, now the whole system is definately worse. the wrong jacks? i suppose i could try the headphone jack in the front and see if that works better...but i dont think that would be causing infinate loop problems.
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    when buying a hard drive...whats the difference?

    hey! lotsa response. thanks! yeah, i think i'll go with seagate, thats what my current one is. its four years old and has taken lots of abuse, and would still be good as new if i hadnt broken a pin off the connector.
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    on the chance my audio is screwed up because i have tried so many drivers, and some may not have been uninstalled correc

    but i have searched for support on that issue and found none. my question now is...are all the drivers in the system32 folder loaded. should drivers be in there that are no longer used?
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    on the chance my audio is screwed up because i have tried so many drivers, and some may not have been uninstalled correc

    i could use those, except they never worked, neither did any other version of via drivers i could find.
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    Problem with games!

    try setting desktop color depth to the same setting as you have configured in the game, before loading the game.
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    what ac97 audio codec can i use?

    since i have completely given up on geting my via onboard sound to work proper using via codecs, can i just use another codec? and if so, which one? this worked on my old board, when my cirrus logic codec failed to work with newer versions of direct x, i just downloaded an avance codec which...
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    when buying a hard drive...whats the difference?

    what is better, or suggested? a uata drive or a udma drive... i am just trying to get something cheap that works. my board says it supports hd with pio,bus master, and ultra dme 66/100/133, but i only got about 50$ to spend. my current drive seems to be broken.
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    help with via ac97 audio after reformat

    i bought this via p4pb400-fl board and celeron 2.4 gig processor one month ago, and the soumd on the onboard chip was pretty crappy. after reformat it is completely useless. i have tried six different drivers, and finaly a couple not even designed for via. no luck, it is total crap. would i have...
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    on the chance my audio is screwed up because i have tried so many drivers, and some may not have been uninstalled correc

    on the chance my audio is screwed up because i have tried so many drivers, and some may not have been uninstalled correctly, how exactly does this work? for example, in the windows/system32/drivers folder, are all these drivers loaded or just the ones called for? is there harm having a .dll in...