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Hello. I am trying to upgrade my ram. I have 4 slots. 2 are empty. Currently it runs on 2 sticks of 2GB DDR2 400Mhz. I wanted to just double it by adding what I already have in there but I guess the 400Mhz speed DDR2 ram is beeing phased …

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Hello everyone! A month ago I bought my new computer: Intel core i5 3570k Gigabyte z77 - d3h 8Gb 1600 corsair Samsung ssd 830 Seasonic x650 Sapphire 7950 I have a problem that I don't know how to resolve. It started a week after I bought the computer and till …

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Hi, For like a year now my computer has been acting up. It was working perfecct before but then it suddenly started shutting offafter a while. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it but then I wiggled the VGA wire and it started working again. This went for …

Oh I hope someone can help...my daughter has a toshiba satellite C655 laptop. She got a virus last Month so I reset windows 7. I set a password on the bios. When I try and get on at all it auto goes to password bios screen. I put in bio …

i have a problem with the specs of my motherboard. it says that is supports ddr3 memory and a maximum of 4GB but there's a reminder in the setup that per DIMM slot supports up to 1GB but it also says that with the reminders: "Do not support three memory …

yesterday, my RAM crashed. that was of 1 GB and now i wana purchase new one. I am thinking to buy 2 GB RAM. specifications for PC : model- HP pavellion model age: 4+ years RAM: 1 GB(initially) Processor: intel core 2DUO Hard disk: around 600 GB operating systems: Window …

I bought a 2nd hand motherboard Intel D101GGC with Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz and fit into chassis with AC'97 front panel audio.My motherboard supporting Realtek HD Audio, so that to use front panel i have to check "use AC'97 front panel" in Realtek HD Audio Manager then only front panel …

I want to upgrade my pc's processor from AMD Athlon IIx2 to AMD Phenom IIx4 as far as I know when you install an operating system, the hardware specs of the PC is being save in the registry can I change my processor without formating my PC again (will it …

I have a very old PC in my first house! It is a pentium 3 with intel i810-ITE8712 mobo. I wanted to buy a gpu under 25$ to ATLEAST play videos and some low level games to pass my time! It has a pci slot and an agp slot! can …

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My sister was on her laptop and then all of a sudden a screen came up saying she had broken the law and she has to pay a fine..What's it all about??Please help!!

Hi guys, Currently I have a regular website, utilizing LAMP. I'd like to add a redirect for mobile devices to a subdomain, something like: m.mydomain.com There's going to be some content differences between the content for PC and mobile devices. What is the best way to do that? Can it …

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My Pc can not deteect USB port can you tell me why ?

Why does my monitor now refuse to turn on? I attempt to boot up, monitor light briefly green, then *POOF*, it goes directly to sleep mode. HELP!

Hey, I have my monitor hooked up through a VGA box to my PS3. When I got back home yesterday I turned my computer on and it worked fine, I shut it down and went to use it this morning and it said no signal even though everything was starting …

Hi all, my parents have just opened their xmas present, brand new dell 5520 laptop. I have plugged the ac adapter in to get it charged and noticed that the battery led light on the actuall laptop is off. I am fairly sure the charger works because the light on …

What is the battery life of iPod Touch (3G)? Is proper that when play music on it the battery percentage increases instead of discharge? I don't know if this is a fault or something. Again is it advisible to use insomnia on iPod?

I've just been given an ex-office IBM thinkcentre A50p 8422 tower,Pentium 4 3.2 gig, no drive or memory. The problem... When I transposed my current sata drive and memory into it (windoze 7 ultimate) and powered up, I got the beeps! It seems to be, after several attempts, 3,1,4,3. I've …

These are my current specs: Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.20GHz 45 °C Clarkdale 32nm Technology RAM 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard Intel Corporation DP55WG (LGA 1156) 34 °C Graphics S23B370 (1920x1080@60Hz) SyncMaster (1600x900@60Hz) 512MB GeForce GTS 250 (XFX …

Last Wednesday (5th December 2012) I switched my computer on in the morning to do some work on it. It failed to boot up. What I got instead was a black screen with a little box in the top left corner of both of my monitors **(24" Samsung SyncMaster P2450 …

Ok. I've been using computers for 23 years, even have a small computer repair service that I run on the side but I have NEVER run across this particular circumstance before. All my media plays toooo fast. Almost sounds like chipmunks. I don't have access to the internals of this …

I have an HP Photosmart C4680 printer that was given to me by a third party. It is missing the 2 print cartridges. Is there a way I can determine if the printer actually works before I go out and buy 2 printer cartridges?

Feel free to move this if there's a better thread for this. I'm planning on selling my Toshiba Satellite Laptop that I bought in 2005. It has an old, decrepit Celeron processor, 1.30 GHz, 480 MB of RAM, and Disk C: 55.8 GB. I haven't wiped it clean yet, so …

i have maxtor 500 GG someday i figured the disk turn to raw and get panic and sad i had a boot tools in USB drive and he have paret magic linux os when i boot it to os and comes linux and reset the pc my hard disk turn …

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 …

I woke up this morning and went to turn my computer on, it usually takes a few minutes to start up so I left it to do it's thing. When I came back a few minutes later the computer seemed totally normal, but both my monitors were in 'power saving …

Hi guys, I am having bsod but I don't have any idea to troubleshoot that. I hope u guys can help me. This is the minidump file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pf7i8pol1715e6o/121812-50013-01.dmp System specs: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64-bit CPU:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz Motherboard:Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G41M-Combo Memory:4.00 GB Graphics …

please wat can i do? cant find my dvd/cd rom on my computer and also my drive aint opening

Hi, I have an issue with my Vaio VPCS11V9E/B. It won't turn on. Power button keeps flashing green (battery light turns orange when I press power button). Also CAPS, NUM and SCROLL LOCK lights are flashing, but nothing else happens. As if it had hybernated, except that it not :) …

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum. This looks like a great place to hang out. I am having a problem getting my PC to recognize my new camcorder. I would appreciate any help. I will try and detail what I have done so far to resolve the issue on …

Hello all. Thus far, my computer has been dead for about 5 days, and I've narrowed down what the problem may be, and I need a bit of help on that part. First, the background story: My sister, one day, happened to be playing GTA:Vice City, when the computer suddenly …

Hello, everyone i have acer aspire 4520 laptop when we start my laptop and press F2 Button and open Boot Menu when we use ( left , right buttons on keyboard and change Tab ( Information, Boot, Exit ) so it work could not held.And when we change Tab ( …

my pc w/intel p4, 3.00 Ghz, 3Gb ram, 60 Gb Hhd(not proven to be running, yet), no O/S yet, formatted HD wiped with sys mechanic, tryn to boot from cd rom (windows oem XP pro sp3), turn on screen imm says " Intel Boot Agent FE v 4.1.10 PXE-E61:Media test …

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I have Dell Latitude D610, yesterday I used and shut it off properly but today when I boot it, the screen was bright for the moment but then it turned blank but power light and other lights were still on like wifi and num lock lights. I saw the screen …

Hi there, I have bought a new laptop an acer 756 and I was wondering if anybody can give me any advice as to what to do with the battery the first time and how to make sure that it lasts long. What I usually do is this: -laptop off, …

I was working on computer and a blue screen appeared which lasted for a long time so i just turned off the computer. And now things connected from back of the CPU like Monitor, Keyboard and mouse are not working or not getting any input from CPU. What is the …

Hi All, I have a home-built PC running W7 pro with a Sata drive as the primary drive, and a second PATA drive for general file storage. This has been running fine for a couple of years. I have recently installed a hot swap sata drive bay into the pc, …

Today i woke up and my computer wouldn't turn on. I did have this problem a few days before this but after a few mins it turned on. At the time i thought there was a slot not working on the power strip. I re pluged it in somewhere else …

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So,my computer has been acting up. About a week ago my GPU fan started making a high pitched, loud whirring sound. This was odd, since my pc is near silent. So I turn it off, check the fan, clean it of dust, and turn it back on. It starts whirring …

I was recently on my Laptop notebook "Hp Compaq NC6400" and the screen went black on me but the computer was still runnning. I tried shutting the comuter down and restarting it. Didn't work. I tried connecting the notebook to another monitor it worked for a few minutes until the …

If you take one look at the deadmau5 portable speakers from KitSound and immediately think that they have been inspired, somewhat badly, by Mickey Mouse then I'm afraid you are showing your age and lack of cool. If, on the other hand, you are some hip young thing then you …

Hello, I recently attempted to reinstall windows and would recieve corrupted or missing file messeges that would discontinue process and only allow me to restart. So I got the bright idea to run a all zero's kill disk but still receive messeages:intelide.sys, file i386/biosinfo.inf could not be located- error code …

Sitting on my computer last night and screen turned black. I had been poking around mcafee looking at firewall config but hadn't changed anything. Could BARELY make out display, but 90% sure the only thing displayed was my desktop. Could see task manager pop up when I hit ctrl alt …

I have an old HP Pavilion running Windows XP Home that started showing me a blank screen suddenly. I've tried a few things. When I power it on via the power button, the initial display allows me to F1 into settings. It also allows me to start Windows in Recovery …

Hi my computer is 4 years old and probably had its run downs a few times. intel 2,4ghz quad, hard drive 500gb seagate amd graphic card 6670 realtek audio motherboard foxconn g45M,win 7 64 bit. the pc freezes up with black or grey screen after a few minutes of gameplay …