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Hey, I'm new to the forums but fairly experienced when it comes to computers. I've got a Dell Dimension 8400 and a 2001FP monitor. When i boot the computer up, the video card's fan is spinning and the computer seems to power on fine... except for the fact that there …

I'm still looking for an answer as to why my work pc plays all media a bit too quickly?? Is it actually possible to overclock a soundcard? I don't have any likely explanation as to why everything sounds almost like chipmunks. Even streaming media doesn't play correctly. If my media …

so I was having problems running anything on windows media player, .wmv, dvds, music, anything. the error said that it was because of faulty or missing sound drivers. I attempted to fix the promblem but ended up deleting Conexant HD Audio which I am assuming was my sound drivers because …

hi there everyone my problem is that i cant connect wirelessly anymore for some reason its not working i belive the problem must be my router i bought this router a week ago and when installed it was working great (wirelessly of course) but one day tried going on and …

Hello all, first of all I want to let you know that I tried to find the right spot to put this topic in...Anyways, I am finishing my new computer which is nothing but a gaming machine but right now I am using my other computer which contains the program …

Hi, my laptop suddendly crashed on me it would boot up but half way through a blue screen would appear for about 1 second then go and windows would boot up again. This cycle constantly continued without actually loading windows at all. So with this happening i thought i'd try …

Help! My emachine is dead. I mean really dead. It will not do anything! When I plug it in, I do see one green light on the MB, and an almost inaudible (decreasing)whine. That is all. I emailed the emachines support, but they were little help. They kept telling me …

A recent question requested advice about building your own PC. The website style is a little amateurish, perhaps, and some of the discussion of components is certainly getting a bit 'dated', but one of the most comprehensive system building guides I've yet come across is Rob Williams' My Super PC …

Hi all, first time poster so take it easy on me eh! :) We have a pc that my partners' brother kindly gave us about 10 months ago (it is Tiny though), he's an avid gamer and wanted something better. The PC is as follows (from CPUZ): Intel P4 3.4GHz …

When Windows XP tries to load, I get the following message: "We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software change might have caused this." My options are: Start in safe mode. Safe mode with networking. Safe mode with command prompt. Last known …

We just put a new battery into a Compaq Presario 710US. The system sees the battery there but indicates that the battery is at 0% of charge and is charging 0%. It does not charge. According to the meter on the battery if is at at least 25% charge. Any …

After dis/reconnecting my HP Pavilion T490 from the mains, the power supply makes a rapid ticking sound (several times a second) and the light on the back of the power supply flashes. It happened a few months back too, after a vacation, but then, after a few tries, the PSU …

Ok, here's the situation. I've done almost all i can think of other then replacing the motherboard. I have a Gateway 600 YGR laptop.... win XP pro, 512MB ram, 60GB 7200 spin HD..... and i've been getting blue screens of death in the past, and finally, it didnt reboot like …

Hi I am running WIndows XP Professional SP1 and my Hard disk had bad blocks on it so I imaged it to a new hard disk. Now I can only boot it up in Safe Mode fully as if I do a normal start it gives me a message "Windows …

I browse around here sometimes and think you folks are terrific. But I have to ask if maybe someone can help me on this. :confused: This is the 3rd time this has happened on [I][U]2[/U] different drives.[/I] I just bought a Western Digital 250gb in December, used it almost 2 …

I have a problem with my armada 700. When powered up only the battery charge LED flashes for a few seconds and turns off. Nothing else happens, no hdd spin, no DVD access, no display, nothing. Need urgent help , advice. Wanted to know, in your case was it the …

When the power button is pressed the computer seems to be running fine. The power and activity lights both come on, the fans start and the hard drive and cd roms both start up. After that there is nothing, doesn't even come close to loading the OS. There is no …

Is it possible to make an entire [INLINECODE]<div>[/INLINECODE] into a hyperlink using CSS only, as can be easily accomplished with mouse events in JavaScript? I'm assuming it's too good to be true since CSS isn't interactive? Nevermind ... I guess I just answered my own question :(

ok, so my computer comtinally gets the 'blue screen of death', well to be specific its my mothers computer and i've called the tech guys and they've waked me through fixing it a few times but i want to fix it for once and for all and thats where i …

Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system XP Home edition. When I press the start button, indicators on the key board blinks for a few seconds and the laptop stops booting up. I have seen that thumping on the laptop once or twice …

Everytime I log in windows 2000 server and XP it always display "Can't find explorasi.exe". Please help me to solve this. And also my Folder Options in Tools are missing. thank you

ok since last week my other computer can't open webpages...it keeps on saying canot display...and it says sometyhing about my server and a dsn...but i tried refreshing reconnecting to the net...i checked my connection and its all fine..what ust i do...need your help...thanks! (I'm running woindows XP)

I'm having this error on the area below. When I comment it out it stops giving me the error and I have tried commenting it out piece by piece to see if there is something wrong but I get nothing. I'm sure I am missing something really easy. [code=php] while …

Hi - - am looking for some help. i am no PC expert My son's PC has died with a blue screen stop msg ox0000008E. the exception code is 0xC0000005, 0xEEBD5D03. have done a little research on this site and some guys have been really helpful, but am now struggling. …

Dear DeniWeb Community, I, in sane mind, decided to post this most boring topic (possibly having no answer) to this forum. I have my own motivations to write those lines (which is mostly ultimate boredom and total apathy); yet the question itself is a paradoxical one (swap the cause and …

Hey I know extensive knowledge of HTML but thats just about it when it comes to webpages, so I want to move on to something much better. I have a text book about PHP but i dont understand what its on about. Anyway, to get started, where and how can …

Ok, so here is the whole story. At first my PSU died on my old computer, but since i didn't realize that, i thought it was the motherboard, so i bought a new one. Then obviously with the new mb comes a new proc and new video card and the …

Hi, Ive been having this problem for a few months now. When I reboot, or power up the PC, I get error beeps and then nothing. The beeps happen before [U]anything[/U] is displayed on the screen. The beeps are 2 extremely short beeps, back to back, then 6 independant short …

Hi All, I was using my PC when it just shut down. It will not start up again. No lights, no fans, nothing. I checked the power cables and the outlet, they are fine. If I unplug the PC and plug it back in and push the power button I …

Hi! The policy of companies that sell DRM'ed content seems to make the customers suffer! I'm iTunes subscriber and taking iTunes audio to the car audio (mp3 player, cell phone etc.) is absolutely impossible for me! :((( How do u deel with this? I've seen the guide and several progs. …