hardware

I am having trouble with my monitor. The video card is an ATI Radeon HD 4850 and the flat panel display is a Dell S2409W. The problem is that the display suddenly goes completely black. Then one of two things happens. Usually, after about a second or less, it returns to normal. However...

It's been a while since I've posted, mostly because I lurk in other areas of the forum to pick up information. Considering the vast depth of knowledge I've seen expressed on this forum I figured that it would worth my time in asking here for help. I am the IT Director for what most people...

OK presuming a "good" system hardware-wise and no viruses (and disregarding which OS you're running, not interested in digressing into another one of those battles) - ie I'm thinking more sort of "maintenance" type things one can do to improve performance. There are 2 or 3 biggies I can think...

I suspect that some of my hardware is faulty. I have used Memtest 3.0 to test the RAM and it seems that it is a bit flaky. BUT sometimes it passes and sometimes it dont, is there a better testprogram? Can it also be the motherboard and how do you test that?

I need some help with an old computer I have recently recieved as a gift. I was thinking of using it to play old PC games, and as a firewall for my current comp. It´s an old Celeron 333 with a blaster Banshee graphics card, 6Gb HD, 64 Mb RAM, and an old ISA 10Mbit Network card (No name). It´s...

A Javelin missile being tested on a T-72 Tank on a test range. The T-72 brushes off the missile as though it was an insect. Oh, wait, no, that's not right. :D

Anyone fancy giving some free advice? I have a 550 MHz PIII Gateway PC that I picked up last year second hand. Over the last month or so we had intermittant problems with the CD drive, where it would just stop reading CDs halfway through or not read them at all. I tried cleaning the drive...