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Are you sure the heatsink is correctly seated and that the processor is covered by a thin film of thermal paste - only I had the same problem and insuffient paste caused it.

My Acer Aspire laptop is fairly new, and I can only get 2.5 hours battery life out of it.

Hi, Zeus. Yes, all the instructions baffle me as well! I'm a total newbie to networking but I've managed to set-up a network of sorts. I can only tell you what I did and hope it helps: Okay, I network my XP laptop with my Ubuntu installation on my Desktop PC. Firstly, I run XP's Network...

The seller of the 1GB RAM has sent me the following information, which suggests my motherboard might not be compatible for the RAM: "I understand you received a product which is not working. We are here to take care of you You had purchased : SAMSUNG 1GB DDR PC3200 DDR400 3200 PC2700...

Interesting: Whilst I'm waiting for the manufacturer to send me the correct amount of RAM I requested, I've been experimenting with The 2 sticks I have at home - 1 X 256MB (400MHz) and 1 x 512MB (300MHz). If I put the 512MB (300MHz) in Slot 1 and the 256MB (400MHz) in Slot 2, I get crashes...

UPDATE: The RAM stick I put in ('1GB') only turns out to be a 512MB stick!). It was clearly labeled as '1GB' though - the manufacturers must have put the wrong label on it! Anyway, for now, I've just put the stick of 512MBs in that they sent me, and everything works fine - no BSOD...

The motherboard can take up to 2GB of DDR 184 pin RAM. It has two DDR slots, so I guess it should be able to take 1GB in each of the two slots. I'm running Memtest to see if it throws up any errors - it might be a faulty stick of RAM. Also, I've been getting a few BSOD after adding the 1GB...

I've just put a 1GB stick of RAM in my XP machine. The machine already had I X 256 MB. I went into 'Sytem Properties' to check the now new amount of RAM - only to find the reading is only 768 MB! Any ideas on this one? Thanks, David

Just a thought - my XP laptop is formatted in FAT 32, and the Desktop in NTFS - could that affect file sharing across the two machines?

I have set-up to network my Desktop PC, running Ubuntu, with my XP laptop. I can access my Ubuntu folders from my XP laptop, no problem. However, I cannot access my XP folders that are on my laptop from within Ubuntu (Desktop PC) – keep getting an error messages, that basically say 'that I...

I'm looking to replace my ancient BJC-250. Any ideas what I should go for? I want something that has a photocopy facility and possibly a scanner. My budget is around £ 60.00. Thanks, David.

The only firewall I have, other than what's on my router, is the XP Firewal - which I disabled, but it made no difference - still can't access folders on the Desktop.

By the way, is such a ban on smoking in effect in the USA & Canada?

Yeah, thanks, Dave. I worked it out by trial & error!!

I have set up a network between a desktop and a laptop - both running XP, and even got the printer on the destop to work from the laptop! However, I can't access folders that are on the desktop from the laptop - error dialog box tells me that I don't have the required permissions, etc...

Yes, guys - it was a defective memory stick flagged up by Memtest! The PC is now running on just 1 X 256MBs. Well, I have decided to buy a 1GB stick and slap that in. Any excuse for an upgrade!! :P

I've just set-up XP SP2 on my desktop PC. However, I must have inadvertantly selected the 'US' keyboard option. How can I change the setting to a UK keyboard? Thanks in advance, David.

Well, guys. From July 1, Britain goes smoke-free in pubs, restuarants, clubs etc. I don't smoke myself, but I'm 50-50 about the decision. What say you good folks - is it right and good to enforce the ban - or a breach of the rights of individuals that enjoy smoking when they are at social...

I've been trying to reload Mandriva 2007 & Ubuntu on each of the 2 hard drives of my desktop PC. However, the pc generally crashes (mostly screen freezes) with the installations failing each time. I've never had the two said operating systems do this before now. Could this be down to memory...

Try 'DVD Santa'. It is a very easy to use program and gets good results. The free version leaves an annoying logo print on the finished DVD playback, but you can get round this by maximizing your TV screen to "Cinema" size, or whatever largest screen size your TV supports (well, it worked for...