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is this normal?

three
lately i've been noticing slow downs on my d: drive and i checked the ide properties and noticed this: Device 0 : UDMA5 Device 1: PIO mode I have a Maxtor 15gig on Master and IBM 40gig on Slave for IDE 1.
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CDRW weirdness

Alien
Looks like I've developed another hardware prob, suddenly out of the blue. I have a Lite-On LTR-12101B CDRW, which AFAIK is supposed to use UDMA/33. Now all of a sudden it's on PIO mode, & my CPU useage goes to 100% when I do anything with the drive, whether burning a CD, or just transferring data from CD to HDD.
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Live! Keeps losing 4 speaker setting

CyberGenX
I have a SB Live! Value. 4 Speakers + subwoofer Driver 3509. 2. 0. 0 11-2-2001 After a couple hours of idle time only 2 speakers work out of the 4 (not including the subwoofer, it works). I have to manually set it to 2 speakers and then back to 4 again for it to work.
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Drivers keep going missing

Avalanche
A friend of mine bought a new case for his computer and after he transfered all his hardware into the new case, both his sound card and his video card don't work correctly. His sound card now loses its driverson every reboot and his video card will install the drivers and display 2D just fine, but will not display ...
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SupraExpress 56e Pro keeps disappearing!

markp888
Strange problem - hope someone can help! Using Win2k Pro service pack 2. Successfully installed my Diamond SupraExpress 56e Pro external modem using latest Diamond drivers from their official website.
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Pioneer DVD-105S on XP causing BSOD?

SamDipiazza
I am having trouble with my Pioneer DVD-105S drive on Windows XP. When copying a large amount of data from a CD-ROM (as in installing a large software application) XP will BSOD after a time. I dual boot to Win98; no problem there.
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AOpen AW744 Pro Soundcard

felix
Evening, I was wondering if anyone has opinions (Good/Bad/Ugly) about the AOpen AW744 Pro soundcard with optical out. I want one as the AWE 64 doesn't cut it now that I want 3D sounds. Thanks, F. .
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SB Live 5.1 and XP

Space Cowboy
well,im having a small problem. . i built a new pc for my uncle specs: Windows XP Pro P4 1. 8 sock 478 Soyo P4I Dragon Mobo 512 pc-2100 DDr ram SB Live 5. 1 yatta yatta yatta the problem is,i installed the whole shooting match from the cd that came with the card,insalled the patch thats out for multi users on XP,an ...
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Does ECS K75SA support Duron 1.2 GHZ

shassouneh
Dear All, I was just wondering if Any of youmight now if this board supports the Duron 1. 2GHZ processor at a 200MHZ FSB. Note that the documentation says Duron 650~950, but since the documentation is old and might not be updated, I was hoping the processor I just ordered for it should work.
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small nforce systems?

ConQueso
Anyone know if/when a company might make a toaster sized computer based on the nforce chipset? Something that would look like this on the outside, but have nforce on the inside? If not, anyone know of really small case available that'll fit a micro ATX motherboard and 300W power supply? I'm looking to build a small ...
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Audigy Weirdness

Alien
I got my Audigy about a week ago. Installed it & everything worked fine - well, ok, so I had the same MP3 skipping thing in Winamp that a lot of ppl have, but as that wasn't the main thing I intended to use it for I figured what the hell, someone's bound to release a fix or work-around sooner or later.
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Deleting Hardware Profile

miku
Hi Guys, My motherboards ECS K7S5A was burned due to a power supply issue and I got a new mb Asus A7S333. I thought I would have to re-install windows but to my suprise. NO! Windows XP just booted fine and on boot, it installed the new devices/resources of the motherboard! Anyways, now I want to delete all that was ...
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Epson Scanner 1250 Perfection Photo

Miriano
Someone know why the drivers of Epson Perfection 1250 photo Scanner USB locks in 2000/XP O. S. ? The Epson Assistance say to me that probably it locks because the USB drivers are not standard or because there is the AC in USB port.
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Miro DC10 drivers for XP

Miriano
Someone know where I can find the Miro DC10 (not plus) drivers for Windows 2000 or XP? (better xp) Thankz Please, if you want to reply:
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1800 AGAIN - Sorry

dilligaf1701
Thanks to those who posted in a previous thread. I managed to sort ouy my badly behaved 1800 chip by buying a new motherboard (due to budgest restraints it was the cheapest I could get - a Gigabyte 7ZXE)- but it doesn't lock up anymore.
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Question about printing forms

PinkPanther
Hello, I was wondering if there is any type of paper form with a carbon copy backing that can be used on a laser printer. I assume that no such thing exists for inkjets, since all they do is spray ink on the sheet, but since lasers use heat, I thought maybe there was someway to get the text to transfer to a second ...
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How to kill phantom PCI card?

Ron_Jeremy
Win2K keeps on finding new hardware when I start/restart my machine. I have no clue what it's looking for. In Device Manager there is a yellow exclamation mark next to: Other devices >PCI device The only cards in my machine are video (which is AGP anyway), & my Adaptec 39160 SCSI adapter.
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Future Intel Chipsets?

pmistry
When is Intel going to release a chipset that supports DDR333/DDR400? I was looking forward to the 845E but it doesn't support DDR33 and the 845G only supports it unofficially. Damn Intel, I really liked that new Asus P4B533-E motherboard, but its slow without 333MHz DDR, and I am hesistant to jump on the SiS bandw ...
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Fan positioning for proper cooling

Nebuchadnezzar
Regarding case fans I have 4 - I need to know what the optimal placement for these case fans are - I would think the 2 in the back should be blowing out, and the 2 in the front should be taking in cool air.
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New Computer Burn-In

Nebuchadnezzar
OK I have just about acquired all the parts for my wife's new computer and I'm wondering what the program these days is that you can run to sort of burn-in the computer and make sure all the parts you selected are in good working order.
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