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When I try to shut down, it just keeps restarting. Any one know what might be causing this? The only way I can shut down is to hold the button for 4 seconds. Not thru the Start menu process. xyz

I recently reinstalled XP and generally it is working well for all functions. Now it seems to hang when I shut down. At one point it took a minute and forty seconds. Shouldn't it be faster than this? I have also noticed that my room lights are dimming occasionally. Could a power issue with...

Is there any site that has free software for video conferencing. I have just tried messenger but the picture is too small and there is no firewall. Is there any software that allows a full screen picture and the security of a firewall or a direct connection. Thank-you in advance for any...

Which is faster? After reading many articles, it seems like the Western Digital hard drive is faster. I thought ATA 133 would be faster than ATA 100. Does Western Digital make ATA 133 with 8MB buffer? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Can the BIOS settings for "Video Memory Cache Mode" be set to USWC for the Radeon 8500LE. I have an ASUS board P4S533. Does this setting make a difference? If so, what other settings should I be looking at? Thank-you in advance.

Can the BIOS settings for "Video Memory Cache Mode" be set to USWC for the Radeon 8500LE. I have an ASUS board P4S533. Does this setting make a difference? If so, what other settings should I be looking at? Thank-you in advance.

My computer is working well but I do have one concern. During booting up (when the Windows XP screen is up with the blue line going back and forth) the screen stalls for 2 seconds and the computer makes a staticy noise. The keyboard also lights up (Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock). What do...

I don't have a manual for my motherboard. I know it has an onboard sound card. I installed a SoundBlaster Pro 16 PCI sound card on it. I did the following to disable the onboard sound. First I put a jumper on the motherboard where it says AEN1 on the second and third pin. Then I went into...

I don't have a manual for my motherboard. I know it has an onboard sound card. I installed a SoundBlaster Pro 16 PCI sound card on it. I did the following to disable the onboard sound. First I put a jumper on the motherboard where it says AEN1 on the second and third pin. Then I went into...

I just built a brand new system using the ASUS P4S533 motherboard and a Intel P4 1.7 chip. Every time I start the computer I get an error message saying "Hardware Monitor found an error. Enter Power setup menu for details." I don't know what could be wrong. Here are my settings in BIOS for...