Posts by sbender333

My battery for my Inspiron 8600 is over 3 years old. It has a lot of trouble charging and only lasts 30 minutes when it is fully charged. So, needless to say, I need a new battery. Do you guys have suggestions of a reliable place...

Hey, I'm in the market for a DVD burner and could use some advice. Any tips on what I should look for? Dual-layer (is it worth the cost?) best speed when considering cost? 4x, 8x, 16x? Do I need to look for anything when...

Thanks, I'll look into this. I'm a big fan of Logitechs, having had sucess with the non-wireless ones I've bought from them. But, I've browsed thier site and am having trouble figure out which ones have the large reciever and which...

I'm looking for a mouse for my notebook, but I'm never at a desk and travel around a lot. So basically, I need one that doesn't have that large reciever that most keep can just keep on thier desks. I need something small that plugs...

I'm trying to reformat my computer. It's about 3 yrs old, an IBM, machine type: 2251, model number: VAU, and serial number: 78-ZR334. It has 128 mb ram and pentium 3 processor, in case that's relevant. Anyway, I put a XP OS cd and...

I have a i8600 with XP pro. I'm trying get my USB ports to be 2.0 capable. I've heard you need to download a specific driver. I looked on the Windows update site and can't seem to find the download. If anyone can direct me to it or...

I'm not sure if I can ask this question here...it's Windows related. First I get an error message saying that Windows Update encountered a problem and would close. I would get the usual send error report or not. After closing that,...

Thanks for the info. What USB 2.0 cards did you, both nikeairj and NovaShine, have so I know which ones to take a closer look at or which to stay away from. If my comp does not have a USB 2.0 ports, then will there be a drastic effect...

I've looked at both of the ones you guys suggested, but i have another question. Do you suggest a USB tuner or not? What are the benefits of the PCI over the USB and vice versa? I was just considering a USB tv tuner so I could attach...

I'm interested in recording TV programs onto my computer and then eventually put them on CD's or DVD's. I remember looking in newegg.com a couple of years ago and coming across a video card type thing sold there that did this. Since I...