Recent content by TOOLBoy

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    Need some system help - CDRW no longer found.

    Maybe it is a problem with my startup config? Here is the Autoexec.bat: @PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\OFFICE;%PATH% C:\ESSAUDIO.COM -BLASTER @ECHO OFF SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\NETWOR~1\VIRUSS~1\40~1.XX\scan.exe c:\ @IF ERRORLEVEL 1 PAUSE PATH...
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    Need some system help - CDRW no longer found.

    Here is the Autoexec.bat: @PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\OFFICE;%PATH% C:\ESSAUDIO.COM -BLASTER @ECHO OFF SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 c:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\NETWOR~1\VIRUSS~1\40~1.XX\scan.exe c:\ @IF ERRORLEVEL 1 PAUSE PATH...
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    Need some system help - CDRW no longer found.

    Weird... under Device Manager there are NO IDE controllers that show. I'm going to restart and see what I find in the BIOS. I'll be back.
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    Need some system help - CDRW no longer found.

    This is on my mom's computer. She has a Compaq Presario that she mainly uses for business bookkeeping purposes. It's a Celeron 333mhz, so not the newest. She has had the same Windows 98 SE install for two and a half years and it's starting to eat itself. I was going to help her get all of her...
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    Need some system help - CDRW no longer found.

    This is on my mom's computer. She has a Compaq Presario that she mainly uses for business bookkeeping purposes. It's a Celeron 333mhz, so not the newest. She has had the same Windows 98 SE install for two and a half years and it's starting to eat itself. I was going to help her get all of her...
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    I can't figure out what my duplex should be!

    I am on Road Runner cable service here in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. We have a few different computers going into a Netgear hub here in my house, but they are not networked together. Basically, last night I tried to call and talk to the nitwit that answered the phone at the Road Runner...
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    My Lexmark Z53 no longer feeds paper through!

    I have a Lexmark Z53 and the damn thing no longer feeds paper through it, but it thinks it is and acts like it is printing. Anybody know WTF can be wrong with this? Anything AT ALL! Thanks! TB
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    Best fan for a Vantec CCK-6035D?

    I have a Vantec CCK-6035D, and it has a 60mm Black Label on it, and it's TOO DARN LOUD!!! I have ordered a new case along with 4 Vantec Stealth case fans to go for as quiet of a setup as I can with my current financial situation. What 60mm fan can I put on the CCK-6035D heatsink that will...
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    When should I upgrade my GeForce 2 Ultra?

    Hey... Should I upgrade my GF2 Ultra? I loved my GF3 Ti 200, but it fried this morning (it's screwed, I voided my warranty and such so ... yeah). I miss the beautiful anisotropy. Anyways, should I just throw down and get a GF3 Ti 500? Should I wait for the GF4 Ti4600? How much of a speed /...
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    Looking for advice on new monitor.

    My dad has one and I dont think it looks very good at all, and I don't think it has the Graphics/Video Mode button on it either... Actually he has the 955DF
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    Looking for advice on new monitor.

    Hey all, I currently have a Dell manufactured 17" Trinitron monitor and I like it alot, but I have been looking at 19"-21" for gaming. Does anyone have any particular model they would reccomend or brands? Like KDS? The local store carries alot of KDS stuff and I'm wondering if they are any...