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HI and merry Xmas Hopefully this problem and solution in one will save someone wasting the 4 hours it took out of my xmas :-) Problem Windows XP home, all programme and OS updates to date including IE7 recently installed and logitech webcam software version 10.4 0140. Upon reboot the welcome...

Checking if USB 2 is installed (and more to the point Enabled) http://www.usbman.com/Guides/checking_for_usb_2.htm but basically look in device manager under USB for one or more mentions of the word ENHANCED. (Complication: If you have say a USB1 motherboard and a USB2 PCI card then it gets a...

Hi Lots of good ideas already, the only missing area if you are not fixed already is: What exactly does the BIOS think is on that channel - you may be able to see this flash by during boot up (or hit pause at the right moment). Is it what you have put there! Alternatively it may be worth...

I agree that Quicktime seems to be in the middle of this mess. As far as I remember each version of QT had an installer accessible from the programmes list (not add/remove programmes) but the versions have differred and it is not a cert that the last versions uninstaller will clean up the first...

I've never managed to get a NON multicoloured LED to light up reverse polarity but I do agree that plugging it onto the wrong header could certainly cause this. However as we debate this the OP has yet to tell us if the HDD is actually active or it is just the light that is on. The Original...

I saw this once with an old but funtional zip drive installed. Removed the Zip drive and everything was normal, mind you it all worked with light always on but it's kind of annoying isn't it . . . Never delved deeper but suggest you try removing drives to the minimum of the C drive and see if...

He He He I love these "Everyone knows" vs "yes but I've actually tried it" debates. I always learn something from them too and defrag a lot less now than once I used to. (ducks) As far as the initial question is concerned first get back to basics, unplug your cameras, scanners, USB hubs...

Good advice already Firstly - I learned to ask this silly question a while back - DID IT EVER WORK set up as you have it now? Assuming it did as Kevin ADC suggests : Go to Control panel, open sounds and audio devices, click advanced and there are a lot of volume controls with BALANCE controls...

I'm late to this party but Agree with the above and add Some games manage memory poorly but XP deals with it as you describe (An improvement on crashing as in older versions) Worth a google on the game and the issue to see if you are not alone on this. You don't say how much memory you have...

Thanks for the info. I am thinking (it is cold and wet in the UK so only slowly) 1) Just because the card can support one big drive does that provide any guarantee it can support two? (Spec?) 2) Just because the MB can be fooled into accepting one large disk full of extra address space...

Do you not hear bleeps from the MB /Speaker at boot up? Do the lights on the keyboard flash?

All the above could well work. Two other thoughts: Borrow another DVD drive and see what happens now, they are quite easy to swap in/out. Do NOT register windows XP with microsoft until you have a good drive that can stay in it's place (google XP WPA for why) Follow this process with a...

Hi OK, it's a complicated issue and you've not posted a lot of raw materials. Here are a few general thoughts 1 With XPSP2 Assuming you are using a valid NTFS on both sets of drives you should have no OS problem with NTFS up to about 15TB if I recall correctly - you can actually push it...

Agree with the others. 5 years is getting towards a 'reasonable life' for a monitor but before saying goodbye : Check the connecting cable to the PC and remove/replace the connector at each end a few times to clean the pins. Open the PC case and make sure the Graphics card if you have one is...

Oh the joys of shopping . . Just to hark back to the beginning though Powersupplies are the non-sexy backbone of the system. Worth overspecifing (or asking a system builder for an upgrade) now to remove the PSU from future reliability/upgrade calculations. I'm not a sales promoter for PSU's...

Hi Working on what you have said (and please fill in the gaps) If you really totally reformatted the hard drive totally (no idea what a 'blanketed is' :-) using Fdisk or similar such that it was totally cleared and rescanned for errors (my trick using no clever external software is to boot...

chaps! 1) Un plug it NOW for goodness sake 2) Remove as many plug in peripherals/batteries, hard drives etc as possible to open the case up to the air 3) Open the lid to expose the keys 4) Place the whole thing and the removed bits in a warm place (Clothes airing cupboard ideally or On top...

I'm with SkipCox on this one. As already suggested Do check the fuse in the mains plug and any accessible in the case /PSU heeding the warnings about high voltages and UNPLUGGING IT however dead it looks and if possible leaving it overnight first!!!! As an electronics engineer you might...

The capacitors you mention are sometimes part of the high current switch-mode regulator circuit feeding the processor. They need to be of a reasonably high temperature rating (look on the existing ones for clues like 85c or more likey 105c markings). More importantly they need to have a...

11.5V without a heavy load is in my experience unusually low, unless you are relying on the bios to measure it in which case it is anyone's guess what the voltage actually is. In my experience most PSU's actually put out 12.2 - 12.6 V (thats real Voltmeter with leads volts) on the 12V line...