Recent content by SkipCox

I'd like to add my 2¢ here and agree with rclarke250 in recommending the CX600. It's a real bargain right now too. The Dynex: I wouldn't even consider running one. Here's a review... http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/557 The label on the Dynex should look like this...

Yeah, but not much job satisfaction in repairing junk. Figure the machine will be lucky to make the 300 mile ride back to San Diego. Skip

The 4 caps (6.3v 820µF) I replaced on the M2N78-LA did the trick. So now that hunk of crap could work for 2 minutes or 2 years provided I don't screw up putting it back together. I have as much faith in this machine as the reappearance of 75¢ gas... Skip

I'm replacing 4 caps on the same motherboard from an a6720y as we speak. These things have a long history of bad caps and a working motherboard commands premium prices. This thing would boot into BIOS but go no further. It would also not boot any live CD. All diagnostic testing passed with no...

I still have some 16bit wired and wireless stuff. Just keep looking on ebay and sites that deal with older parts. When you find that stuff it'll probably be pretty cheap...try to stock up. Skip

I had one just quit after about 6 months. One day it was perfect; next day it was dead. A friend bought one lthat was DOA. It happens. Skip

goombawaho didm't mean the pc manufacturer cd; he meant the hdd manufacturer like WD, Maxtor, etc. Skip

Same ongoing problems as in this CN post? http://www.computing.net/answers/hardware/win2k-bsod-stopc0000263/66707.html Skip

What goombawaho said; replace the drive. Skip

Here's a link to nVidia forums... http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showforum=33 An announcement, sticky, and a slew of posts. Seems like the panic is about the same as Japan invading Manchuria in 1931. Skip

These drivers are actually killing video cards. http://starcraft.incgamers.com/blog/comments/nvidia-19675-drivers-starcraft-ii-beta-rip-pc-graphic-cards http://www.incgamers.com/News/21293/nvidia-19675-kills-video-cards Skip

goombawaho speaks the truth. Each machine that does this could have a different reason such as malware, insufficient memory causing constant access to the swapfile, too many bloatware programs running on startup; the list is nearly endless. "Other than the LED constantly running, have you...

Like Phil said, we'll need the exact model number of the machine. Dell makes it pretty easy with a "Service Tag Number", a Gateway will require the "serial number", IBM/Lenovo wants a "type number", others will require the exact model number of the motherboard. Then we can help... Skip

A shot in the dark. I've only used it once to recover an Office 2000 SBE cd and it worked that one time. Skip

48Mb is a problem for W2K to run well. My oc'd 200MMX's run 192, 256, and 384Mb. Puppy Linux is the only decent choice I've found for a linux distro on any of 'em. DSL runs fine but just doesn't do much. Anyway, good luck recovering the 9x drivers off that cd. Let us know if you get away...