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Hi... I need HELP! About a week ago after firing up my computer and trying to access my elements external drive it just wouldnt let me open it, just seemed like i wasn't plugging in anything at all? I later realised that the little light that would usually be on …

hey, I've been thinking of building a new computer for myself for a while and I figure I might as well get started on researching what's new. I've been looking around the web and any site I find that compares amd vs intel is always (understandably) just testing their new …

i've got a Dell Dimension 2350 that's only able to be upgraded to 1GB RAM. i heard that if i switch out the motherboard i could put in more. if this is true, how can i find out what motherboard i need. p.s. not willing to buy new machine

One of the chip on the motherboard of my PC is not working due to which PC got some problem, i wish to know either i should get repaired motherboard or should i replace it? How costly is chip repair, kindly let me know

When I try to boot my laptop I am getting the following messages. Primary Hard disk not found optical drive not found Press F1 to retry boot or F2 to run set up. Please somebody help me to fix this problem. Thanks Jai

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 that's a few years old. Recently I replaced the battery because the original one stopped holding charge. I bought an affordable 11.1 Volt, 7000 mAh, Li-Ion Battery on Amazon. Soon thereafter, my AC adapter started to melt. Thinking the problem was the adapter, …

Im in the process of updating my dell workstation ,plan on making it my main machine. replaced a xeon 2.0 , with a 2.8 ,changed out the Fijitsu 36g 10000rpm scsi for a Seagate cheetah 15000 rpm,plan on slaving the Fijitsu next .loading winxp on the drive now as thats …

Purchased a HP ZE4610US laptop over a year ago, and started receiving SMART drive failures. Laptop would intermittently freeze, fail to boot up, etc. Periodicity of the problems got worse to where it was near impossible to boot the computer. Naturally, the Warranty period dried up. Ordered a new Hitachi …

I'm using a Dell Dimension 5150 machine with BIOS version A05, I'm planning on purchasing a Seagate (or Iomega) external USB 2.0 1TB drive. I recently contacted Dell hardware support who assured me that the BIOS supports this type of storage device even though I can only find references to …

Was working fine earlier in the day. I turn it on & it powers up (windows xp) gets to the page saying that there was a problem (start windows normally, last known good config, safe mode etc) have tried all of these but no luck. When i select one, I …

I have a pc loaded with XP Home Edition.I recovered all the data on my harddrive but after installing it again my pc won't boot. I read on Microsoft support website that XP Home edition needs floppy disks (6 of them - i've downloaded this already). At present all that …

I switched off my laptop from the power button (because it was hanging) and when next i put it on, it wont go beyond "checking...". Then i removed the battery and replaced it (since that was what the manual said), but since doing that it doesn't go beyond the screen …

Bios does not recognize hard drive - Hard drive appears as 'Rigel' rather than as Maxtor 5T060H6. Apparently some hacker got to it. Any way to re-program it?

I Have Intel DG45 ID Mother Bord [url]http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/...=189383,00.jpg[/url] As You I Dont have PS/2 Port So I Use USB to Ps/2 Convertor [url]http://www.lunershop.com/eimages/usb2PS2Y.jpg[/url] to Connect my Keyboard and Mouse Keyboard Works Fine But mouse Doesnt works After Boot So Every time After Booting only i Have to Connect the Mouse …

i just got a graphics card that needed more power than my supply could handle it worked for a bit but then it fried the supply got a new supply (with more watts) and a new card, my computer works just as it did but now when i install my …

first of all id like to say hi to you all, my laptop keeps turning itself off, it started doing it when i tried to watch clips on the internet or upload photos but now it does it more and more often, the fan gets louder before the laptop turns …

Hi, I'm thinking of getting a new CPU. Here it is on NewEgg: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116027[/url]. My motherboard is here:[url]http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-SIS661FX-PGA478-M-ATX-PRESCOTT[/url]. My question is: will my motherboard support this CPU? Thanks in advance.

keep getting this message " Internal Driver Error in IDirect3DDevice9::Present () " have searched google and many have the same question but no answers are given, any hint of a way to correct this problem, other than to scream "what now!!!"

I got a new Maxtor 500 GB sata II hard drive last month..it's still under warrany..but this was my 2nd hdd,my first one is a seagate 80 GB SATA drive which contains my Os, out of no where all of a sudden my both driver stopped working.. My board is …

Hello, I'm running dual monitors (have been for probably close to seven years now) and I recently got a new video card. My old card had dual DVI ports, but this new one has one DVI and one VGA. That alone, kind of caught me off guard, but I figured …

I am completely in love with this laptop, it has become like a second mind to me, so I would like to systematically try everything I can to revive it. The problem started a few weeks ago when I was running XP pro and I started getting screen glitches like …

Hi!!! Does anyone know where I can get drivers for SONY VAIO VGN-FE48C and after changing the OS from Chinese's to Russian how can I 'back it up ' if I don't have the software that Sony installed at the beginning(I mean VAIO recovery utility) BIg thanks for eveyone!!!

This is a real troubling problem. My laptop was working fine one day, and then the next(I did nothing to it) I turn it on and a grey screen pops up. It turns on but all you can see is a grey screen. Is this a problem with my screen …

After years of reliable use my old CRT monitor died. So I bought a new LG 20 inch lcd: 1. The res/picture qulaity seems about same as my old CRT - I assume due to the following: a) I have res set at 1024x768 (the recommended 1680 x 1050 makes …

Well ive narrowed down the parts but im still changing things is the anything i should look at changing or should i leave it as is? Currently the parts but the pricing and parts are as follows Thermaltake Spedo Advance ($285.00) Gigabyte GA-X48-DS5 M/b- 1600MHz FSB ($385.00) Intel Core 2 …

Well Ive decided to build a comp and i got all the details and the info on what i want ive talked to stores and got everything i need then i ran across a problem i cant seem to find a cooling system for the CPU plz help me :confused: …

I want to build a dream system, one that will last years. I'll buy the components individually and build the computer myself, but I'm confused about deciding between components. To give you an idea, I do not do heavy photo or video editing on my comptuer. I'm looking for the …

Im thinking about ordering the DFI core i7 X58 T3eH8 mainboard with Intel core i7-920 (jup thinking about a little OC'ing) with Arctic M2 paste and the thermalright ultra 120 Extreme 1366-r block But can't find a QVL list... does any1 know if the OCZ DDR3 platinum 1800mhz works with …

My desktop is failing to give any display on the monitor I was using the machine when suddenly it went off and failed to boot again, I have disconnected all the peripherals i.e. mouse, keyboard, harddrive, crdom but still when I try to boot it nothing happens, only the processor …

I need external parts for my gateway mx6131 laptop. Everything on the inside works great, even the LCD but the outside has some issues. I need a new bottom chassis, hinge, bevel plate and top case... it cracked in the most inopportune location. I am hoping someone can help me …

Wow it been about 7 months and I again came across this site again. I have used a really fully upgraded PDQ PowerBook now for several years with only great things to say about it. I installed the Sonnet CPU upgrade, an 80 GB HDD, 512 MB RAM etc. I've …

I have been having some serious problems with my PC over the past week or so. Please have a look at this thread which will explain my initial problem: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread167352.html[/url] After replacing the power supply, which appeared to be causing the problem my PC seemed to work again. I backed …

I have a Dell photo 926 printer that I am trying to get my mac book to recognize. Any suggestions other than the cd or simply plugging in the USB and going from there, those didn't work! Thanks...

I know some of you would ask why bother, but I have a perfectly great Laserwriter 4/600 PS printer which I purchased in 1992. It is a serial printer, and as you know, the Macs dropped the SCSI slots years ago. It still works, when I can get my old …

Hi everyone, My computer has just completely died :scared:. I have posted another thread about this in the last few days (when it started happening) but it was just turning off and would turn back on again after a couple of seconds. I have had the computer for about 3 …

hi.. I recently had to wipe my pc and since i did this i have no sound.. can anybody help me with this.. I have a HP Compaq dx2200 microtower.

Copies of files on the 8GB flash drive are not the same. zip files canot be opened picture files do not show the picture, but the byte size look OK. I never had this problem with 2 or 4 GB flash drives. Any clue what is wrong? thx

Hi I've just bought the Samsung HD502IJ hard disk and I am trying to install it myself. My old HD had a 'disk failure', and what I am trying to do is make the Samsung be the master HD, install windows XP on it, then connect the old HD as …

I have heard of 72 bit and 64 but memory but haven't understood what the big difference is.

Heya ..... i got intel motherboard s975xbx2 ......and i got 4 ram of kingston ram each is 1 GB...when i check in bios it shows all ram are conected but when i check in window controll panal (Startup>control Panel>System) it shows i only hav 3.25 GB ram...... before this i …

hi I am trying to install XP Pro on compaq presario 700 and keep getting errors in installing devices. Stop: 0x0000007e sysaudio.sys I have gone into the bios to disable the onboard sound, but only get 3 options in the Phoenixbios setup utility: MAIN - BOOT - EXIT According to …

I have an emachine T2984 that is about 4 years old. I have never had any problems with it until now. It will not power up. I have read some of the problems with these machines and it being the Power supply and MB but everyone seems to say that …

Hallo, i have a very good mouse logitech MX Revolution that i like very much so that I have bought another equal. I have bought the second because, since some weeks, the first makes sometimes the double click with the left button instead of the single click. The problem now …

Hi Last night my machine started to play up by not completing the boot up process. Each time I started up, the process would get get less far into the boot - now it does nothing at all. I have tried booting up with operating system [XP Pro] - nothing. …

I have a Toshiba Satellite A130/A135 that was working just fine in the morning, but when I went to turn it on today, it wouldn't start. Holding the power button for a few minutes, switching batteries, nothing has worked so far. The only sign that it isn't completely dead is …

What kinds of microphones work with soundcards? I have some old microphones, and wonder if they can be used. They are not microphones intended for computer use, but for handheld cassette recorders.

Hi my computer hanged up after windows starting up,the desktop apears but when i click on a folder the windows hanged , ( freez ) i want to copy my data from the desktop ,pliz help me , thanks Regards

Okay before we begin, I shall start off by posting my PC's specs along with the situation that hapenned before the problem. Specs: XPS 410. Roughly two years old. 3 GB DDR2 Ram. ( x2 512 Kingston, 2gb Patriot) nVidia 7200 LE GFX Dell Motherboard 2mb cache. Vista Home Premium …

my computer is doing some weird thing were ill turn it on it will start up and get to the screen with the windows xp logo then a few seconds later it restarts and brings me to the screen telling me windows did not start up correct last time would …

Hello, I recently purchased a new graphics card and have now decided to upgrade my computer's memory as well. My PC is a Gateway FX530XM with motherboard model OEMD975XBGG1. With the help of a computer scan by Crucial, I was able to determine that my current memory is DDR PC2-5300. …