what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)?

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    - OT: old AGP 4x graphics card expert please :-) ....Can anyone reccommend an AGP card for an old Packard Bell ixtreme 6052 with a http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_UC1&ppn=P851008201 motherboard in it that appears to have a 4x AGP slot, ...and only a 280w psu ? I've been looking at Nvidia 6200 's, 350mhz core clock AGP cards, (8x but is backwards compatible I think). Does anyone know if there's a decnet card with a 400mhz GPU on it that won't suck too much power ? Using http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine ...Antecs' power psu calculator, selecting a card above 6200 and the power requirements drops !! any tips appreciated, regards, Richard Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331181
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    - Problems with graphics card driver I've got a Gigabyte motherboard with on-board VIA graphics and a Haans.G wide screen monitor. No CD that came with the motherboard though. After downloading the graphics driver from manufacturers website I was able to change the resolution to what I want which is 1280x786pix. After rebooting the computer graphics card driver goes back to generic driver and in device manager I've got a yellow exclamation mark next to the graphics card. I was struggling with the problem for a while also downloading the driver straight from VIA. No luck. Finally fed up with all this situation I bought an AGP graphics card from NVidia, installed the drivers and eventually set the monitor to required settings. All was fine till I rebooted the computer. Guess what... I'm back with generic driver and in device manager I've got a yellow exclamation mark next to the graphics card where it says NVidia .... I attempted one last try updating the BIOS. Didn't help. I run out of ideas. Any suggestions are most welcome. yaro Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331161
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    - Safely Remove Hardware icon doesn't appear When I use a USB thumb drive in one machine, a laptop, running WinXP I don't get the icon to Safely Remove Hardware. It doesn't matter which thumb drive I use, and I get the message for these thumb drives on other machines. I am not hiding inactive icons. The thumb drive contents show up in explorer. How can I get this to reappear, or is there another method I can use to stop the process? It's using USB 1.0 on the laptop. Thanks Mich Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331157
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    - External hard drive crash Hi, I have a firewire/USB2 external combo drive, which is my main backup drive for my laptop. Tonight it was working fine as normal and then it just went dead. I have tried both the USB and firewire connections on two different computers. The computer recognises the device after plugging it in and swtiching it on and then My Computer window freezes and the disk drive makes a rythmical clicking sound that I haven't heard before. Please don't tell me there's no way to recover the files. Half of them are backed up on another external drive but I hadn't quite finished this secondary bacup process. Any suggestions as to what may be causing this and any solutions?? Thanks. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331149
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    - Can an ISP disable modem configuration? Have a Versatek ver170p modem. It works fine. I bought it from my ISP last year when I signed up with them for high speed internet service. According to the instructions that came with the modem (and on Versatek's website) I should be able to configure the modem by entering http://192.168.1.1 in a browser, but when I do this in Internet Explorer I get "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". In Firefox it shows "The connection has timed out". When I "ping" it, everything is okay. Have tried this with my firewall off, same thing. I've never been able to get into the configuration menu of the modem, when I first got the modem I tried and couldn't but didn't worry about it because the modem worked. Yesterday thought I'd try again to get to the configuration menu but got the same thing that I got last year. I know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I don't intend to fool around with any of the configuration settings, but it bugs me that I can't get to the configuration settings. I'm presuming that my ISP configured the modem to whatever configuration it needed to connect to them, but could they also have configured it so that trying to configure it through a browser and http://192.168.1.1 wouldn't work, to prevent anyone from changing the settings? Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331148
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    - All In Wonder 9600 series Automatic Update.... Microsoft Update and Windows Update for Windows XP Home SP2 are including a high priority automatic update for the "All In Wonder 9600 series" ATI Graphics Cards. The AGP model of the card will not work with this update and may destroy it! A complete system reinstall will not fix this issue. The update states a release date of October 2007. If you have one of these cards you will most likely never be able to watch TV on you PC anymore as a result of this update. It does something internally to the ATI board making it think its an "ATI All In Wonder 9600 Radon" which is a different display card. A $189 card destroyed, thanks to a bug in Microsoft's code. If there is anyone else with this problem?????? post on this thread! To disable this update and continue to use Automatic Updates, go to the update site with IE 6 or 7. Select CUSTOM. Find the update and select the text, de-select the install checkbox and select the Hide option directly under the description. The most stable release for the drivers are available from the http://ati.amd.com Support Team. You need to contact ATI support by submitting a support request. They will tell you which version to download since the most recent update from March 2008 fails, only after the Microsoft/Windows update. If the ATI update that the support team gives you still fails, you need to contact Microsoft's support and speak to a 2nd or 3rd tier technician! Unfortunately the Microsoft support website will try to refer you to the PC manufacturers website/support. They won't be able to help you and recovery CD's that they get you to purchase won't fix the destroyed Card. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331144
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    - Sound Card Enabled but not started Alas the time came to reformat my wife's computer, too many things did not work as they were suppose to, so I gathered together all of the system discs and backed it up, then I popped in a new harddrive to give her more space. Everything went well until she came home and tried to listen to an email audio note. No sound. I have tried everything I can think of to resolve this problem. I have reinstalled the card many times from the system disc, the Acer site and the SC company site, and have no where else to go. Please read this completely and help me if you can. Here is the information from msinfo32 on the sound device.MS XP Pro SP2 Name Conexant AC-Link Audio Manufacturer Conexant Status OK PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24C5&SUBSYS_00641025&REV_03\3&61AAA01&0&FD I/O Port 0x00001C00-0x00001CFF I/O Port 0x000018C0-0x000018FF Memory Address 0xE0100C00-0xE0100DFF Memory Address 0xE0100800-0xE01008FF IRQ Channel IRQ 10 Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\camcaud.sys (6.13.10.8310, 285.50 KB (292,352 bytes), 4/18/2008 2:52 PM) I have used the included system disc for my wife's travelMate2300, been to both the Acer site and the conxant site to get updates. I have installed them.I received an answer from a microsoft Vista tech after he read this and he linked me to the same acer dowload I have already loaded. Everytime it is the same thing. When I click on the properties it says "enabled but not started" The device manager says everything is fine. I have updated, disabled and enabled. I have gone to services and started the Widows Audio service I have even tried removing fast detect in the boot.ini file as one post suggested Where do you start it? I have formated and installed hundreds of computers as a high school computer tech and this is the first time I have ever had audio problems. Usually it happens automatically. Here is the system summary: System Manufacturer Acer System Model TravelMate 2300 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel ~1298 Mhz BIOS Version/Date ACER 3A07, 8/3/2004 SMBIOS Version 2.31 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale United States Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" User Name VJP-01\Virginia Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 88.60 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 1.13 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys And just in case it matters here is the IRQ list IRQ 0 System timer OK IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK IRQ 6 Intel(R) 82852/82855 GM/GME Graphics Controller OK IRQ 6 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2 OK IRQ 6 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4 OK IRQ 6 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 OK IRQ 6 Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller OK IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK IRQ 10 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD OK IRQ 10 INPROCOMM IPN2220 Wireless LAN Card OK IRQ 10 Generic CardBus Controller OK IRQ 10 Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM SMBus Controller - 24C3 OK IRQ 10 Conexant AC-Link Audio OK IRQ 10 SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP OK IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK Mark S. Pulver Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331136
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    - Missing Multimedia Audio Controller HELP!! i just rebooted my computer and installed windows xp, like the most posts i've read, i am also having an yellow question mark next to the multimedia audio controller and video controller (VGA compatible) My Device instance id is PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_7012&SUBSYS_53321462&REV_A0\3&61AAA01&0&17 is there anything else you guys need to determine the manufacturer? what should i do?? thanks in advance!!Greatly appreciated Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331126
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    - 3COM 3C556 Hurricane Driver? I installed Windows 2000 (not recovery disk version) on an IBM Thinkpad A21m. The Thinkpad has a 3COM 3C556 Hurricane mini PCI ethernet/modem card. Windows can't find a driver for it. I looked on the 3COM web site, but I can't find a "3COM 3C556 Hurricane" specific driver. Does anyone know what driver I should download and use? Thanks. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331124
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    - corrupted USB flash drive Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK for long time. Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X". If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X" unit". I tryed almost everything as my first thought was that the partition data has been for some reason, corrupted. 1) Same result got on different PC 2) Same result got if I insert the flash before or after the boot. 3) Of course I cannot reformat as the unit is recognized but the volume/disk is not. 4) I downloaded several software claiming to recover, format, partition etc USB devices but : no result. 5) Partition Magic 8 doesnt see the drive, only fixed disks 6) Read everything I could find on MS Support, On Google , on Groups etc. 7) No possibility to reach the storage for a low level formatting. This is my last attempt, if someone of you has another idea ! After I will go to buy a new drive !! :-(( Thanks Manlio Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331115
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    - num lock not working correctly on laptop with numpad I had to reinstall XP after some work was done on my laptop. Now, the numlock key makes the letters on the right of the keyboard send numbers (like many laptop keyboards are supposed to do). But my laptop has a separate number key pad. Before I reinstalled XP, num lock worked correctly and turned the number keypad while still letting me type letters. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331099
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    - D-link Router DI 624 Is there a way for me to find out my ID and Password on my D-link 624 router? The ID and PW which I wrote down some time ago does not seem to work when I use Network Magic. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331096
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    - USB Power lost. Hello, I have a CNC control running XP Embedded. It communicates to the host computer via USB to serial adapter. The communications work until the machine runs a large program. After that the software give an error. "unable to open port" I believe something is killing power to the USB. After rebooting the system everything works fine. The system started doing this after software & bios update. I would appreciate any ideas as to what the problem may be. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331094
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    - DVD-RW drive When i put a blank cd in the drive the computer crashes every time but its ok with audio and data disks. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331089
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    - CD-ROM (D:) drive disappears/reappears I am running XP Pro and sometimes when I try to burn a CD, the D: Drive icon is gone or disappears while I am looking at it. When I reboot, its there and I can burn the CD? Sometimes it burns fine, other time it is gone? This has happened approx. 20-25 times? I have tried reinstalling windows for missing drivers, changed CD drives, and recently made sure all connections from motherboard and power supply to drive is correct and secure? Any ideas? Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331082
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    - Samsung CDRW/DVD will not write to disc I have Windows XP Professional SP2 stand alone home computer with a Samsung CDRW/DVD SM 308-B. It runs & installs software CD's and DVD's ok. Problem: On my home computer, I cannot copy data or other files from the HD to the (high speed) CDRW disc; but I have no problems on my computer at work that also runs XP Pro. I don't know which CD/DVD is installed at work. At home, the Wizard says the "disc is not useable" and to try another, but I just bought a new pack of High Speed CDRW's. The only files I tried were MS Word processing files and a .wav file. I haven't tried CD-R's because I am transferring data to give to others that they may want to modify later. Home computer does not have any third party CD/DVD RW software. The work computer has Roxio installed but that didn't activate, I had success with the Windows XP version. I checked drivers and everything comes back OK, and updates come back as current. Tried to uninstall - reinstall drivers but it did not change. I also checked that IMAPI service was turned on - which is OK. Device was also set to Record. Any suggestions, or should I just pitch it and get new hardware? Thank you for your help. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331076
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    - Why does my USB 2.0 ports not perform at 2.0 speeds? When I connect a device to any of my USB 2.0 ports on my computer, I get a message that says "This device can perform faster if you connect it to a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port". What can I do to fix this problem? In Device Manager, I do see a Standard Enhanced USB host. I do not have a PCI USB card in the computer. The USB ports are provided by my motherboard (ECS GeForce6100SM-M). It doesn't matter whether I connect the device to the front or the back ports. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331068
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    - virus? I have a computer with windows xp loaded that will not boot up. When powered on it passed the post test but will not boot to windows and will not enter safe mode. It does attempt to boot windows but whent he display shoulde be listing the primary master disk, instead of displaying pri.master disk it replaces the r in pri with a red smiley face. Any suggestions? i can't get to the dos prompt either. Thanks for your sugestions. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331060
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    - Hard Disk Cooler for Temps above 55C? Hello: I recently installed HardDisk Tune 2.55 [HD Tune]to monitor my Hard Disk: IC35L080AVVA07-0. I believe this HD was made by IBM The status readings for that disk are all OK, except for temperature ranges from 48C---59C. It's generally at about 51C but does go up gradually at times to 59. In Farenheit reading this would be: ~120--138 F The FAQ for HD Tune reads: " The temperature of the hard disk should not exceed 55°C/131°F. By default HD Tune warns you if the hard disk reaches this temperature. In this case it's recommended to use a hard disk cooler to extend the life of the hard disk" What exactly is meant by hard disk cooler, and how is this applied/installed? Can you give me some links for such products? What would be the simplest way to address this? Thanks in advance: -eli ============================== Windows XP Professional Edition Zone Alarm Security Suite 7.0.740.000 HD: IC35L080AVVA07-0 Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331029
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    - DVD drive disappeared and can't uninstall My DVD drive has disappeared several times. The first time I resolved it by deleting Upper and LowerFilter registry keys (per Microsoft support article 314060 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314060). This time the Upper and LowerFilter registry keys are no longer there. I still cannot see the drive in Device Manager so I can't uninstall the drive. The drive lights up and I hear the disk spinning, so it doesn't seem to be a power issue. The last time I had this problem it resolved itself after several reboots. This time I'm out of luck. I've spent hours trying to resolve it and I'm desperate - any help much appreciated. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331020
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    - Power Surge On Hub Port - Please Help Hi, Please could someone help? I have an Acer TravelMate 800 laptop which has 4 USB ports. I have a Western Digital Passport external hard disk (320GB) and whenever I try to connect this device I see the following error: "Power Surge on Hub Port. The USB Mass Storage device has exceeded the power limits of its hub port." The device never appears in 'My Computer'. I am prompted to disconnect the device and then click on 'Reset'. I can connect a USB mouse in to any one of the ports and it works fine. I can also connect a Kingston Data Traveller pen drive (512MB) in to any one of the drives and that also works fine. It is only this Western Digital Passport external hard disk which causes this error. Can anyone help? Can it be resolved? Any ideas most gratefully accepted. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331016
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    - no system beep just compleated new build, system works a treat, one thing i cannot sort no beep or beeps on start up,changed spk1 lead round,searched every item in bios cmos for any clues,but am unwilling to enable things i dont fully understand any help would be great -- westieben Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331015
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    - Possessed pointer My pointer has suddenly become possessed. When I click in a Word document, instead of placing the cursor there, it highlights the nearest word. When I click again, it won't unhighlight the word. And when I move the pointer, it drags the word around the document. Same thing happens in Outlook with e-mail, i.e., any message I click on it grabs and tries to drag. Also happens on the Web. And things I normally click on once to activate, I must now click on twice. Draglock is turned off. Pointer was working fine a few days ago. I have Windows XP on a Dell laptop and use a touchpad (no mouse). Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331014
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    - USB Problem My Windows XP Home edition no longer can read my USB stick(s). Yet the stick(s) work on other computers. Trouble shooter says the device is working ok but looking at properties it says the file format is "RAW" and wants to reformat the stick. Even if I say OK it comes back and says it cannot format it. I Have tried the stick in another USB port that IS working a Ext. hard drive but it still does not work. I also tried a MMcard in card slot and it cannot be read either. I have tried deleting the USB drivers and rebooting. When I do this it sees New Hardware and loads the drivers but the same problem exists Does this mean I have a problem with my USB driver software (USB Hub controller?) Any suggestions? Thanks -- Allan Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 331005
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    - Zotac 8600 GT I have a problem with a video card I bought. I emailed Zotac and here is the message I sent: Dear Zotac, I bought a Zotac Geforce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 128-Bit HDCP PCI-Express graphics card on April 26 for $149.99 at Best Buy. I removed the drivers for my other video card. I shut off the computer and unplugged everything. I took out my graphic card and put in the 8600GT. I turned on the computer and it made eight beeps before loading windows. The screen was also blank. I did some research and found out that eight beeps can mean a bad video card or memory. I considered the card to be defected. I exchanged the card for another one. I tried it out today and it still had the same outcome. I couldn't believe that I would of possible got two defected cards. I'm just now wondering what the problem is. For you to clearly know, I will provide my specifications of my computer. Computer: Gateway GM5067H Desktop Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 1 GB RAM AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.20 GHz 300W Power Supply PCI-Express slot Video Card bought: Zotac Geforce 8600 GT 512MB DDR2 128-Bit HDCP PCI-Express ZT-86TEH2P-FSL Requires 300W power supply I am not sure why it does not work. I also did more research and found out my BIOS is Phoenix. It was hard to tell how to beeps go but there was a total of eight beeps. I can still use my other video card with no problem. I am certain it has something to do with the video card. My only question is what is the requirements for the amps? There are no details on this on your site nor Best Buy. I do not want to exchange my video card again without knowing the problem. I have wasted countless hours on the video card. Your help is greatly appreciated. --------------------------------------- They responded with this message: Dear Sir, For 8600GT stand-alone, the card spends 43W. The +12V requires around 3.6A. Some versions of 8600GT provided 2x3 pin power header at the front. You must connect the power header with +12V. Also, the original desktop system may be not compatible with all standard VGA card. You may inquire the desktop maker for the compatibility issue. ------------------------------------------- If anybody has any idea it would be great. ****NO power plugs for the video card I bought just so you know. My computer has no problems running. It's only that video card when the issue occurs. ***I will contact Gateway. Thank You. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330995
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    - Wireless Keyboard 4000 My X wife -yeah, I'm a nice guy and help her when I can - broke the connector on her keyboard, so she bought a MS 4000. After installing it, she gets pop-ups "Microsoft IntelliPro and Microsoft IntelliPoint and HP Office Jet Status has encountered a problem and needs to close" - she can't close them - they just return. While trying to help her over the phone - we're 2k miles apart - I had her check device manager, but but she says the device manager window is blank - in other words, nothing shows. Since she can't see anything in DM, she can' reinstall the driver. Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330994
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    - WinXPpro sp2 and proliant server with raid?? We had a Compaq ProLiant server "good willed" to us when the manufacturer was done using it, less an OS. Can I install WinXPpro and will it see the 'raid' controller or will I have to find drivers for the controller. It has a built in Ultra ATA100 Raid controller on the MB. I've never used or setup a Raid system so I don't know what to expect. I do know there is a ROM for the Raid controller but that's about it. Due to a limited budget right now I'd like to just load an OS and make it usable. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Compaq ProLiant ML310 (G1?) P4-2.0Ghz 1.5gig Ram 2-40gig HDD(raid1) Brad Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330985
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    - zune > Hello everyone > I am having trouble installing the zune software 2.3 from the web site and > from the cd... i keep getting an error saying "remove drive" has finished > with result code 0x80004005 ... i have tryed everything from downloading > the > zune package from the download.microsoft site to deleting everything and > reinstalling but no luck... i think it has to do with the driver wdf01000 > please please help!!!!!!!! Thanks Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330982
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    - Partioning and Dual-Booting... I am interested in Kubuntu linux but I don't know about installing it, except overwriting XP, which I don't want to do. I have two hard drives, the first one it too small so I'm wondering if I could create a small 20/25/30gb partion on the bigger 2nd drive but would I have to reformat the drive to partion it? If yes, how would I go about partioning it, is there some Windows utility to do such thing? Thanks in advance. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330970
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    - DVD-ROM Driver damaged and cannot reinstall My Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-C2302 driver is corrupted or missing. I can uninstall the driver ok. The Add New Hardware wizard finds the Toshiba DVD and trys to reinstall the driver, and fails with "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing (Code 39). The Toshiba web site says there is no unique device driver for the C2302, and that Windows XP supports it natively. I can use Driver Details to see the driver files in C:\Windows\system32\drivers. The files are AFS2k.sys, cdrom.sys, imadi.sys, redbook.sys, and storprop.dll. Should I try to copy the driver files over the network from the Windows XP CD? Is there some other way to fix this driver? Thanks! -- Joseph Guerra Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330969
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    - installed new dvd rewriter and it's not detected just installed a dvd rewriter to replace a cd rewriter and the hardwear can not be found. tried adding hard wear but still nothing. also the dvd rom went missing Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330967
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    - dvd rewriter just conected new dvd +/- rewriter to my computer , it did'nt detect new hardware and when i tried to add hardware it could not find it. also my dvd rom went missing aswell Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330965
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    - USB keyboard install not permitted I am having a strange problem with a Windows XP pro machine. When anyone other than a domain admin plugs in a USB keyboard the device drivers are loaded into HID section of device manager but not into the keyboard section so the device is unavailable. I tried using the keyboard while in BIOS and had no problems I tried it with my account (domain admin) and it works I tried it with a local admin, or domain user account it doesn't work This problem is local to this machine. Many other machines use this image on the same domain without exhibiting the same problems. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330962
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    - no icons on desktop screen after restarting Hello, I tried to upgarde to latest Antivirus (free upgrade from internet ) on my Dell inspirion 1300 machine and after installing system automatically restarted itself. now after restarting a blank desktop background screen appears without any icons on desktop. I tried doing system restore also chkdsk, still problem persists. please help. Naren Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330961
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    - Sony VAIO PCV-RX670 Desktop Freezes My Sony VAIO PCV-RX670 desktop started freezes the other day. I put a cd in the drive, and the cursor froze, and I had to power cycle. Spent a ton of time trying to fix the problem. Swapped in a backup OS hard drive. Ran lots of virus checks. Updated the BIOS. Took the battery out to reset CMOS. Tested the RAM. None of this helped or revealed any problem. The one thing that helps is removing the CD-ROM drives. This lets me use my computer for some time before a lockup, but it still happens. With the CD-ROM's connected, I was having some trouble even POSTing. I have a Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz with an Asus mobo that has the Intel 845 chipset. The event viewer doesn't show anything, and I didn't make any changes that might have triggered this problem. Any ideas? Thanks. Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330959
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    - different cpu / hd image... I know it would of course have been best to have upgraded cpu first but, the replacement cpu has not arrived yet. ...Packard Bell iXtreme 6052 / XP Home ed. fully MS updated. Have just added 256mb pc2700 as it was partially strangled by its' factory fitted 256mb pc2700. ...tidied it up ...lots !, pruned XP services and startup items etc, ...the remaining partially "strangled" effect is of course thanks to the the Celeron 2.6's / lowly 128kb L2 on-die cache. ...and seeing as I'd reached that heavenly point where all hardware and software is behaving in a robust and well-behaved fashion, I Norton Ghosted its' hd onto my external USB hd in 1gb chunks, and burnt those out onto 6 x dvd r's. Now, when it arrives I will swap out the Celeron for a Pentium IV SL6GT 2.5ghz / 512bm L2 cache, ( couldn't find a skt 478 2.6ghz BX80532PC2600D / RK80532PC064512 SL6GU SL6HB, SL6PP, SL6QR, SL6SB / QMT0ES, QWB5, SL6GU, SL6PP, SL6SB for a sensible price ! ) My question is simply, if one were to restore the aforementioned hd image, and XP discovers a different cpu, am I right in thinking that this should not cause problems ? btw this machine has never yet had any "significant" changes to hardware that MS would have noted :-) regards, Richard Tag: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? Tag: 330958
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Hi All,

I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:

(x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)

What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
card in it? Will it only run at half speed?

Many thanks,
-T

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Re: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? by RJK

RJK
Fri May 02 14:39:42 PDT 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

regards, Richard
...(currently researching PCI-E slots ! )

"ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:uvJpOnJrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>
> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>
> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>
> Many thanks,
> -T

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Re: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? by ToddAndMargo

ToddAndMargo
Fri May 02 14:50:51 PDT 2008

> "ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:uvJpOnJrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>>
>> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>>
>> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
>> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> -T
>
>

RJK wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
>
> regards, Richard
> ...(currently researching PCI-E slots ! )
>
>

Excellent reference. Thank you!
-T

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Re: what is 1 (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)? by M

M
Tue May 06 01:57:35 PDT 2008

"ToddAndMargo" <ToddAndMargo@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:uvJpOnJrIHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Hi All,
>
> I am looking at a motherboard that says it has an:
>
> (x8) PCI-Express (using x16 slot)
>
> What is this? Can I install a PCIe 16x video
> card in it? Will it only run at half speed?
>
It is geometrically a 16x PCI express slot (in that it will physically
accept up to 16x cards). However it only has 8 PCIe lanes wired. Yes you
can insert a 16x video card in it, and as you correctly surmised it will
operate with only those 8 lanes (and at only half the bandwidth).

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