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Thanks Warnox. That fixed it.
Some of the simplest solutions can be so frustrating.

My keyboard is a USB one. Do you mean it might have to be a PS2 one to work? The USB one has worked beore when I wanted to go to the earlier version at bootup.

Everything else seems to be working fine.

Hi all,
I have two hard drives. Vista on one and XP on the other. Normal boot goes to Vista. I went to XP to do some updates and keep it current, now I cant get it back to Vista.
At start up, I get...

A year ago when I was in Manilla, I bought a new Samsung SATA dvd writer. Bought it back home, went to plug it into my desktop and realised I should have an IDE. Found an IDE - Sata converter,...

Hmmm. Sounds like a problem I have been musing over.
A year ago when I was in Manilla, I bought a new Samsung SATA dvd writer. Bought it back home, went to plug it into my desktop and realised I...

Thanks. More money in my pocket then.

Ahh.
Thank you wainuitech. Clicked the box and presto. Just what I wanted.
Thanks again.

"Not if you only have a 32bit operating system"
??
Can you explain.
Does that mean it wont make any difference so it would be a waste of time?

Hi again
I'm the second to last person in NZ to still be on dialup. When I had XP, there was a "connected" icon down on the taskbar. (two tv screen thingy)
Now I'm on Vista Ultimate and theres no...

Update and question time.
Got my two new 2gb sticks today. Everything running very well. All recognised etc. Thanks lads and ladies.

I was contemplating putting my 4 matched Corsair 512mb ram...

Thanks guys. All very informative, espicially the mysuperpc website. Even has a scanner showing current configuration and whats possible with your motherboard. How easy is that.
Thanks again. I...

I currently have 4 banks with 512mb DDR2 in each. I was thinking about replacing them with 4 x 1GB each, but notice there is DDR, DDR2 and DDR3. Presumably DDR3 is better or faster or something.
Can...

CPU-Z tells me I have DDR2, PC2-600 (400mhz). I'm not sure what it all means, but below is a copy of some 1GB's from PriceSpy. I presume I need the second one.

1GB DDR2-667 PC5300 SDRAM,
1GB...

Looking for suggestions as to which free system info tool to use. Just want to check the memory with a view to adding some more.
Thanks.

I cant install a later version. It trys to uninstall the previous version (#6) and the problem occurs.
Its a SATA Samsung SH-S223 Super - writemaster.

I have Nero 6 installed and working fine. I bought a new dvd drive with Nero 7 on the disk. When I try to install Nero 7, it has to remove Nero 6 first, but in the process, deletes the dvd drive,...

#6 is working ok. The problem I'm having is trying to get rid of it to put #7 on without removing the dvd drive.

I had to add "COM Surrogate" to the Data Execution Prevention part of Performance Options to make Nero 6 run properly in the first place. Will removing it from DEP enable it to uninstall completely?...

Hi.
I'm running Vista Ultimate.
Nero 6 is installed. I recently purchased a new DVD burner and Nero 7 is on the disc. When I try and install #7, it trys to uninstall #6 first. After the mandatory...

I just bought some decent speakers and have lots of music but only using Windows Media Player. What suggestions do you have about a decent player to bring out the best>
Thanks.

Dont panic, dont panic.
Its working now.
I unplugged the hard drives from IDE 1, put them in IDE 2, put the converter in IDE 1, plugged all the paraphanlia in the back again, turned it on and...

I wasnt thinking about IDE / SATA at the time. Saw this neat DVD drive on trade me and bought. Then I realised what I had done and now am trying to get it to work.
Have also bought V8 Supercars 3 in...

It doesnt show up anywhere.
I have noticed though,
I have probably restarted about 15 times today and the DVR drive doesnt always show in the post test thingy.

U can see the converter here http://www.trademe.co.nz/Computers/Components/Hard-drives/Other/auction-115046122.htm