The PCG-Z505R is a nice notebook although slow (PII 266) and with now considered a tiny 6.4GB HD. I appreciate this laptop because it is so light and has such bright screen that I would love to keep it provided I can upgrade the HD that is fast running out of space. Believe or not, I could not...
My overseas brother asked my help. He got an apparently dead Hard Disk or at least a drive that is not working. He needs to recover data from that drive. I admit I do not know much about data recovery except that there are some outfits that specialize in the field. Please help me understand...
I have an old but excellent SONY VAIO notebook PCG-Z505R - PII 366 (in spite of awful service and support from SONY). However its HD is only 6GB. I am thinking a 40 or 60 GB drive in replacement. I found some for around 99-119 bucks (Toshiba 4200rpm). 1. Any thought on the subject? 2. How...
1. I lost the dongle that connects to the network adapter and hence could no longer access the internet and get my email. I spent literally several hours trying to find it and SONY customer support is unbelievably bad and I could not get anywhere with them. It is only a dongle for haven sake...
:(What are my replacement options? Could I for instance replace with a CDRW? Are they any source for buying them? Are they any place for reliable used replacement? ANy help and assistance on this issue is much appreciated. Thanks.
:(What are my replacement options? Could I for instance replace with a CDRW? Are they any source for buying them? Are they any place for reliable used replacement? ANy help and assistance on this issue is much appreciated. Thanks.
Sometimes while browsing (IE 6.0 version) I get boxes and triangles and other graphic forms instead of letters. I am baffled by this annoying problem. Any help is appreciated. Thanks:o
System is an Athlon based system with 128MB and AK72 Acer motherboard, several hard disks and the now infamous CDROM/DVD 220E. For starter, it never loads at the first run when turning machine on. Needs always a second boost via reset button. Secondly, now when I instruct for "Shut Down", it...
I am planning a new venture and would like to have an intranet . I used to have HOTOFFICE and it was great and FREE. Do you have any to recommend, free or almost? Your attention and response are appreciated.:)
Krex is offering as special a 12X DVD Delta player for 39 bucks. Never heard of Delta. Is it any good or how does it compare with DVD deals we are seeing these days. I am mounting a new computer on a tight budget and this may be good. Any thoughts?
I am in the process of putting together a c'puter. I have started to assemble the pieces.
1. MB is MSI BXMaster, supposedly could go to 152? Mhz
2. A slot one CPU Intel 667EB
3. 128MB PC133 RAM
4. A Maxtor 5400 rpm UDMA33 and an IBM 7200rpm either AT66 or AT100
5. Contemplating to get a Matrox...
They use to make them for ISA. Compaq and Solaris? I am trying to save a PCI slot and that is my justification for looking for a good combo card. Any guidance, comments, recommendations most welcome and appreciated. Thanks.
They use to make them for ISA. Compaq and Solaris? I am trying to save a PCI slot and that is my justification for looking for a good combo card. Any guidance, comments, recommendations most welcome and appreciated. Thanks.
I am putting together a new machine and before I install a lot of applications, I would love to get a beta copy of Windows XP and try it out. Possible? Where and how?
I am trying to put together another PC that would be based on a MSI Bxmaster with a BX chipset that is a 100+FSB and a Pentium II 350 from a previous unit and 256MB RAM PC133. Could it work? What would be the best set up? Thanks for your contribution. Keep the flame alive!
I need to replace a Supermicro P6SLS. I had on it a PII 350 and all the other stuff like HD, CDROM, etc...
When searching what is the best replacement board I could get and be able to use the parts I already have, I got confused. What is the best INTEL chipset for me? BX? While the PII is SLOT...
I just bought an AK72 based system that has 64mb ram, an ATI expert 32MB Graphics card, audio on board, 2 HD, one SONY DVFD 220E, an Intel 10/100 LAN card...Enlight ...300W PS.
When we turn on the machine, it start to load the bios and goes almost immediately to a blank screen with only a...
I am expecting a new barebone without HD or OS. I have two other computers working on WIN98SE. What do I need to do to get the OS going because the WIN98SE I have is the upgrade version. I heard that is some ways to do so, without having the full version. But how? Any assistance...
System board is a Supermicro P6SLS, 32MB, PII 300,I was trying to add a new HD to my kids computer and upon a reboot, even before installing the HD, I got the following message:
Checking NVRAM
USB Device: keyboard Mouse Hub Floppy unknown
Wait...
Unlock keyboard
Press F! to resume
But nothing I...
The lowest price I found thru pricewatch is 90 and above. Thru CNET, it was 99 and above. Anyone has a better deal to suggest or is that with HP everyone has to sing about the same song! Any help is much appreciated, especially that I need this printer for tax season because it works with DOS...
Now I have a custom PII 350 with 10.1gb IBM 7200, Toshiba SCSI CDROM, Sony DVD 5X with Hollywood Plus, Abit BH6 with latest bios and 256MB RAM.
Plan to
1. Add an IBM 10.1 GB 7200rpm (what should I use to format it well)
2. Replace the Toshiba with a Yamaha CDRW 8824 SCSI internal with...
Now I have a custom PII 350 with 10.1gb IBM 7200, Toshiba SCSI CDROM, Sony DVD 5X with Hollywood Plus, Abit BH6 with latest bios and 256MB RAM.
Plan to
1. Add an IBM 10.1 GB 7200rpm (what should I use to format it well)
2. Replace the Toshiba with a Yamaha CDRW 8824 SCSI internal with...
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