Recent content by WernerB

I did an easy transfer from xp to 7 and this icon appeared, there was no such icon on my xp front page. There was, once upon a time a file by that name that the icon is a shortcut to, but that file was deleted before the easy transfer took place. In other words, the file no longer exist in xp...

I have an orphaned Icon on my front page that refuses to go away. It is a shortcut to a file that no longer exists, so it can't be moved , deleted or hidden because it needs that file. The computer here runs Win7 pro and Win xp on a dual boot set-up and that stupid Icon somehow appeared...

Thanks, mechBgone. I found an easy solution. I installed the HDD in my external USB enclosure, where I was able to format the drive without any complaints from the operating system. Then I wiped the drive with 'Eraser' without problems. WernerB

Here is my problem: I have installed a new harddrive and I have cloned all the information and the operating system from my old drive and everything is working fine. I want to get rid of the old drive and dlete and overwrite it for privacy reasons. I have software that will accomplish that...

I also received the replacement cable directly from Scepter two days a go and it works fine. It looks identical to the defective cable, but this one works fine, no problems. So the bad cable I received originaly was apparently an isolated incident. Peter, as you might have guessed from my...

Well, the cable from New Egg arrived on Friday, 1/19 via ups 3 day service and it works flawlessly. I disected the defective cable and found that when they put the heatshrink over those ferrite sleeves, (those fat lumps at each cable end) they partially melted the cable at on end. I t was not...

For once, customer service really seems to have worked. I may wind up with two replacement cables. After some initial hesitation, New Egg appearantly thought better of it and has already shipped a replacement cable. In the meantime, I complained to Sceptre and they informed me they are...

How does it "turn out to be a bad DVI cable?" Probably poorly assembled, the bandwidth required is in the Gigabyte range and it does not take much to screw the whole thing up. wb

Thank you all for your suggestions, it turned out to be a baaad DVI cable. Now, I will have to fight with New Egg / Scepter to get it replaced. Wish me luck, wb

Thank you all for your suggestions. It turned out to be a baaad DVI cable. Now, I have to fight with New Egg / Sceptre to get it replaced. Wish me luck, wb

I have already done that, unfortunately, it made no difference. Thanks anyway, wb

Thanks, I will give that a try, I have a DVI cable from my Samsung 171T monitor, which I have just retired for the 22" Sceptre. wb

That is one solution that is pretty obvious, but I don't have spare monitors and video cards laying around. Thanks anyway, wb

Thanks for you suggestion, I will do that, wb

I have a Sapphire AGP X1300 256M that has VGA and DVI outputs. It is rated at 1680 x 1050 60 Hz. The monitor is Scepter X22WG LCD which has a native resolution of 1680 x 1050, 60 Hz also and DVI and VGA inputs as well. As long as I use VGA, everything works nomally, but DVI has major...