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Sorry guys, my fingers just kept typing and didn't let the brain know what they were doing! LOL! The CPU is a 3.2 GHz P4. Steve McLean Co-owner & Director of Tech. Svcs. Geek Bros. Computers Chandler & Yuma, AZ USA

Hey guys, thanks for the replies! Yeah, I should've included the fact that I had indeed tried it with the mofo oops, I mean mobo out of the case. Agreed about ECS. Their name is not synonymous with quality! The thing that pisses me off with them is that, like it or not they own a good sized...

Forgive me Gurus for I have sinned. It's been quite a while since my last post and for this transgression, I am most remorseful! :>D I have a problem with a system I'm building that has me baffled. When the ATX12V1 is connected, the system will not power-up. When I disconnect it, the system...

Well, after rinsing the platters thoroughly with distilled water then allowing to dry for a couple of days, the drive appears to be toast. On some boot attempts, it's seen in the BIOS, but on most it's not. And although BIOS sees something attached to that channel, it has no idea what it is...

Thanks to everyone for their input and suggestions. After deciding I really had nothing to lose, I pulled the top off the drive to reveal what you see in the picture below. The white spots are deposits left behind after the water eveporated. Since I can't touch tthe platter to "scrub" them...

Greetings Gurus, Yesterday, a customer brought in her desktop which she had just retrieved from the bottom of her swimming pool. (Fight between her and her husband, yada, yada.......) I made no promises and told her to expect the worst, but that I'd do everything I could to try and salvage it...

Thank you so much for the great info. Got it working and life is good!! Steve Steve McLean Co-owner & Director of Tech. Svcs. Geek Bros. Computers Chandler & Yuma, AZ USA

Greetings Gurus, Is it possible to prevent XP from detecting and/or configuring a device when it is plugged in to a usb port? I have Motorola Phone Tools which interfaces with my cell phone. In order for the program to work correctly, it needs to be able to mount the phone and have full access...

Attention smah: In the immortal words of Bruce Springsteen, "You're the Goods!" Worked like a champ. Thanks. Steve McLean Co-owner & Director of Tech. Svcs. Geek Bros. Computers Chandler & Yuma, AZ USA

This is an interesting situation. I have 3 PC's networked in my home. All are Win98 SE boxes and 1 is dual-boot XP PRO. The problem is as follows. 1 of the systems will not load the Classmates.com site. When I attempt to access the site with the system in question, I receive the default IE error...

Greetings bcastner, I realize this is off-topic, but... I've read and applied your advice many, many times in the past and for all your help and generosity to this site and the people who frequent it, I thank you. That said... The thread below is something I think you will find to be worth...

>>Does anyone else get weird facial contortions from their significant other when you try to explain why you had a dream about a thread? Or is that just me..<< My God, there are others like me! (Reaches for another tissue to wipe the tears of joy.) [cry]Now if only I could somehow eliminate the...

Thanks to all! Everything is working perfectly now and best of all, NO MORE RE-DIRECTS AND POP-UPS!!! Thanks again, Steve McLean Co-owner & Director of Tech. Svcs. Geek Bros. Computers Chandler & Yuma, AZ USA

Log reposted as advised after following the steps posted by bcastner. Thanks for the help folks! Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 3:25:41 PM, on 12/23/03 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes...

Thanks in Advance, Steve Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 11:43:08 AM, on 12/21/03 Platform: Windows 98 SE (Win9x 4.10.2222A) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP1 (6.00.2800.1106) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE...