Recent content by JChamp

Hey gang, I'm getting the dreaded blue screen more frequently of late and I am unsure as to what may be the cause. One clue is that the cpu seems to lag (i.e. hourglass icon and freezing) moments before the BSOD appears. I'm also getting varying messages from the blue screen. I ran a memory...

If 64mb is being utilized, shouldn't it read that it has about 700mb (i.e. 512 + 256 - 64)? Just curious.

Hi folks, I just installed some memory in a friend's laptop but Windows XP doesn't seem to be picking up on the new amount. Funny thing is, this problem was there before -- I'll explain. He has a compaq laptop with a celeron processor (not sure of the speed, but I can find out). He purchased...

Hi all, Was wondering if anybody else here has experienced the same problem. My joystick checks out ok and works on other games, but for some reason I can't get Lego Star Wars to detect it. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Thank you Flash, you're spot on and right now I'm feeling really stupid! I just ordered an adapter from Newegg so I should be sitting pretty in about 48 hours. Thanks to everyone that replied and I hope I didn't waste too much of your time!

Looks like I can't repair the connection -- that option is not highlighted when I right click. I'm looking to connect to the same connection my laptop uses. We have a wireless connection through a cable modem downstairs. Any other suggestions?

Thanks for the response, guys. Drivers are installed. Tall dude, could you explain what you mean when you say repair? Sorry about the ignorance, but I'm still learning here :D

Hi all, Just built a new rig and I can't connect through my mobo's onboard lan port. Adapter is listed under my device manager but my network remains unplugged. I've got a laptop with a ethernet card set up right next to it that works fine. Here's the specs. Asus A8N5X, socket 939 nforce 4...

Thanks, John, Zoso ;)

That's look great! Better than what I have -- best of luck to you.

Hi folks, I'm finally updating my cpu and was wondering if anyone could provide some input as to whether the power supply I currently have will do the trick. I'm not a big gamer so what I had/have is nothing too fancy. Oh, yeah, and I don't plan on overclocking just yet ;) Specs are as...

OK, here's a curveball. I had a licensed copy of 2000 on my desktop, then I upgraded to a licensed copy of XP. Then I bought an older laptop, and I put the licensed copy of 2000 on it. So, when you upgrade, does that allow you to reuse the old operating system on another computer? What...

Thanks guys, OK, I knew that it was the soundcard driver, but it is not separate - my mobo has it onboard. I've already tried to update the latest drivers. Questions: How do I isolate the soundcard if it is built into the mobo? Does this mean my mobo is incompatable in some way?

Hi all, My computer is crashing with the blue screen, and I was wondering if anyone could make sense of the following stop information that I'm receiving: ***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xC0000005, 0xF942B2CF, 0xF824757C, 0x00000000) *** vinyl97.sys - Address F942B2CF base at F9424000, DateStamp...

"Is that at idle, or under load?" Not sure. The cpu is up and running (running word, firefox, etc.). Would that constitute a significant load? I've never flashed a bios, but I thought that I read somewhere that updating a bios could improve performance or amend a problem. Sorry about my...