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Do you have only 1 mouse of that kind? Seems easy enough - change out the mouse and see if the problem follows the mouse or the computer. Follows the mouse - mechanical issue. Follows the computer - maybe driver software issue. Mice are cheap these days... (I don't use mice but have no...

These CMOS batteries are supposed to last like 5 years or whatever... but... when in doubt, change it out. It is only a USD $2 item. Will save you from pulling many of your hairs, as I did to mine. :)

There may be some weird symptoms when the CMOS battery is out. For me, one case: when Windows booted up, Windows said something was corrupted. Chose the option to "Repair".... after rebooted, Windows no longer recognize the additional 8400 GS graphics cards. A 8-monitor computer was down to...

Thank you Scat and Dom993 for the quick responses and useful information. I will try them out. (But need to be after tomorrow... Tax Day...) My box crashed one more time today after my posted message. I am quite sure it has to do with the new memory. Win7 blue screen said something about...

Hi guys: I bought some new 16 GB Viper DDR3 1866MHz memory (2 x 8GB clips) and plugged them into this box that has a i5-4771 processor. Started using them yesterday. Since yesterday, 3 times Windows 7 crashed - blue screen of death, out of no warning. This box has been stable for the...

Did you mean having a single device that can take signals from a coaxial cable (cable modem) AND signals from DSL twisted pair? I don't think I have seen a device which can function both as a cable modem and a DSL modem. But you can easily enough to add a NIC card on your PC (usually...

I don't think using SSD would improve your old laptops' performance all that much. Not sure how "old". If the processor is slow, replacing the HDD with SSD would hardly boost the overall performance. The data may always be ready, but the CPU is not processing them fast enough.

Good luck on the PCIe x1 thing. I have come to distrust those diggy little cards. I bought a PCIe x1 USBx4 card for my new PC... kept hanging my computer. I used it to hang off some USB-to-VGA adapters... at random times, those monitors going through this channel just disappeared from the...

Thank you for all the ideas, guys! I have kind of eliminated that as a hardware problem. I did individually tested out all the memory cards. All of them worked fine on Comp11. They all worked fine on Comp12 too in Windows Safe Mode. If there is some RAM malfunction, I would expect a blue...

Hey guys... I want to upgrade the memory on 2 of my machines. Comp11 and Comp12. Windows 7 Ultimate. When I add memory on the computer, I don't need to re-install the operating system, right? This is weird... Comp11 and Comp12 are pretty much the same. Same motherboard: Asus P6T...

Thanks for the additional ideas swingtrader123. I have a few constraints. One reason why I have both Comcast cable modem and AT&T U-Verse (previously used DSL) is survivability. Hopefully no two of them are out at the same time. (But Murphy's Law strikes, I just had both of them out last...

Are you trying to retrofit it to a low-end PC which you already have? Or you are going to buy a new low-end PC to do this? (Sounds like the latter case?)

Thanks for the idea, swingtrader123. I have used Input Director before and still have the software. I will revisit it and see if it works better. But one thing is, indeed, that it requires all PCs to be on the same network. I have both Comcast cable modem and AT&T U-Verse. I put my main...

I agree, Scat. That's the ideal way to build a bridge. It seems that he has a bridge in service already... and just want to see if he can increase the traffic on it. Not impossible but things may be prone to risks... I think 6 monitors or above is kind of out of the question. 2 to 4...

Bought one of those IOGEAR 4-port USB KVM switch, for 4 PCs sharing one set of keyboard and mouse. (I don't switch the monitor at all). For the most part, it works okay. But about once every few days, the keyboard buffer will start to act weird. e.g. Anything I type, will just trigger an...

On a low-end PC, it is unlikely to see more than 2 empty slots, let alone 3. And extremely challenging to have 4 to 6. Driving 4 additional monitors is possible, through some of the USB-to-DVI/VGA/HDMI adapters. They work okay. Some nuisance because of using USB, but does the job for the...

I have an Intel 40GB SSD when they first came out... 3+ years now. Worked okay. Another Intel SSD, about 120 GB for the laptop, 2+ years. Worked okay. Recently got a Sandisk 256GB for the laptop, a few months. So far okay. Guess just have to wait and see. Maybe still within the bell...

I have been using one Hitachi HGST Touro 4TB external drive for a couple of years now. Worked okay so far, with no problem. I know this may not be what you were looking for. They do have internal versions. This model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145596

I have the same curiosity: did you mean PCI Express slots (current standard) or the PCI (older standard)? It seems almost by definition... that a low-end PC will have very limited expansion capability (i.e. empty slots). They keep the cost low by cutting things you probably don't need...