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Sure thing. PCMCIA 802.11g $10 PCI Desktop 802.11g $10 [link...

Diode (for you non electrical engineer people like me). A diode is a electric switch that only allows current to go one way. The 'hack' would take a diode (I suggest digikey [online store] or radio shack), which has one input and two outputs pins, which would 'split' the positive wire coming...

All of the motherboard capasitors look okay (I assume by 'crowned/leaking/split' you mean 'damanged in any way'). Something new to note: recently during a game the video card crashed (the computer did a VPU result). I am kind of suspecious of the video card (I defently remember the problem...

I know compaqs has a program that comes with that allows you to change the touchpad settings (such as detecting when a hand is resting on it, and more basic stuff like sensitivity). I would think that Sony has a simular program. Maybe there is something that came on a 'driver' CD that isn't...

Its a 450 watt, pretty cheap though. I tested a 350watt high quality one some time ago, though it doesn't seem to make a difference. Disconnecting almost every thing (expect motherboard, one hard drive, and video card) doesn't help the problem.

Buying a wireless network isn't overally expensive, just perhaps time consuming. For example, I recently setup a friend's network for 1x PCMCIA 802.11g for $10 1x PCI 802.11g for $10 1x Router 802.11g for $9 (After mail in rebates. Typically every Sunday local big name stores will offer...

During the early POST stage (Award BIOS post code 49 [Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64k page.]) the speaker makes a grinding like sound (I am 100% sure its not a hard drive or any physical device). During this it will often crash and restart the boot process...

I have never seen a speaker mounted on the motherboard before. Its quite possible that only the I would keep an eye out for any more problems. I am sure that this would qualify for a mb replacement/repair if its still under warrenty (though it may be difficult to convince the company)

I might try to update the BIOS (check the manufactures website). If the first init setting is set to AGP (I'm assuming you have a agp card) then my guess is that the Graphics card is dead.

Both Mandrake, SuSE, Fedora (red hat), and Lycoris are, in my opinion, the easiest free linuxes. Lycoris is probually the easiest out all of these, though the other three are probually more powerful

Your best bet would be to try a USB keyboard. Phyisically replacing a port on a mb would be near impossible, even for the designer.

Put in the Windows XP cd, and run (start->run) msconfig Extract File Using msconfig: Put your installation cd in. If you don't have a TEMP folder in the root of C: drive, create one. Now pull up msconfig. Now hit "Expand File". Place the file you wish to restore in the first box. Now here's...

I would guss upper left, but it would be better to check the website. I have never had a hd break due to a misplaced jumper (for the record the jumper should be vertical, never had a horiztonal jumper on a hd), so you could try just guess and check until it works (once again better to check the...

This is really odd issue. I have just built a new computer (everything is new). On the desktop, the tooltips in the corner seem very fuzzy/fainted (It could be everything in the corner, I can't tell very well). When a window is maximized, everything seems clear. I have a ati 9800pro 128mb...

1. The speaker won't beep unless its plugged in, and the mb pins for it should be right with the other pins for switches/leds. 2. There are two things that can handle a power button. The first is the BIOS. The BIOS will typically turn a computer off if the power button is pressed and held...

Occording to http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315266 0xC000009A, or STATUS_INSUFFICIENT_RESOURCES: lack of nonpaged pool resources. 0xC000009C, or STATUS_DEVICE_DATA_ERROR: bad blocks on the hard disk. 0xC000009D, or STATUS_DEVICE_NOT_CONNECTED: bad cabling, non-termination, or the...

I just built a new compter, but I have been having a very odd problem. The PS/2 Ports seem to suddenly stop working, though the computer continues to work (I can turn it off by pressing the power button, and windows starts the shutdown procedure). They always both turn off at the same time, and...

I also recommend pricewatch.com, they do not directly sell parts, but have records of a lot of online companies and can sort the parts by prices.

The celeron in the compaq was one of the orginal celerons. When Intel made the celeron line, it needed a cheap processor fast to keep AMD from completly dominating the lower end cpu line (the k6-2 was cheaper than the p2, and almost same with performance). So Intel took the p3, stripped it's...

New update: (exciting stuff, I know). Windows has been running for 12+ hours w/o crashing! (New record for XP anyway). Looks like I have to be getting a new 80 pin cable.