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Ok ..I switched the ram to the other slot and made sure it was seated correctly..it booted up. Now if it is a problem with the ram slot, does this pose a problem in the future? Now ..in my search for answers I came up with more questions. I noticed on the ECS website that my motherboard has...

I was listening to music. When the music ended I asssumed I had come to the end of playlist. Since monitor had shut down I attempted to access desktop but the monitor remained on standby. I restarted my pc and got a single long post but with a hint of a change in beep toward end. The floppy...

Thanks. When I skimmed the option to turn off the hdd's I did not see an option for individual drives. I'll take a closer look. The initial format for the OS was on a brand new drive. I made four partitions and am only now getting to the other 3. Actually I did one already but I don't...

I did a search but could not come up with anything. First off, after the initial partitioning I only formatted the OS drive. Now I am going to format the other partitions and get a couple of options for quick format and enable compression. What are the benefits of checking or not checking...

Thank you very much

sku is 333628 But thanks...i just googled and it is indeed fmi. However ...it still does not seem to be the manufacturer.. :( The search continues

I'm trying to forward a port but am not sure what to do. It's interface is not similar to two other router brands I have used(speedstream,linksys). I went to pointforward.com but don't know who makes compusa's router. This is a pic of the router...

I reallyappreciateyour insight Navid, Thanks. I've come across a couple of articles concerning partitioning. While I'd like to at some point have an advanced setup such as yours for the time being I will probably go with 3 or 4 partitions. 10G for the OS and 3 or so for to keep any defragging...

What is standard partitioning of a 160g harddrive?

I saw a couple of articles including http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=63. It seems to me, I should stick with NTFS since it is XP's native file system. I don't know that I use my pc in a way that not using fat32 would impact me. My only question would be regarding the other...

Thanks...I should have stated more carefully that I would like to do a fresh install of xp. Alright then...I think I just want to use the 40g drive primarily as storage. Can I assume that as a storage device it does not need to be formatted? I've read that reformatting on a regular...

So here is the thing. I want to add a new harddrive(160). Meanwhile I want to format my old drive(40). While I'm at it I am taking the opportunity to upgrade to xp from 98se. I've never done any of this but I have been reading over how-to articles. I have a general idea of how to do each...

What are some of the pitfalls to avoid for a first timer?

I wonder if Amazon has recently made their customer service number harder to find. Last year I had a problem with a gift certificate and do not remember having any problem finding the number. I can see if they have an effecient online customer service system how they would want to phase out...