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hi im a beginner at hardware in PC's and i started to think about building a gameing PC but i dont know much about motherboards, i was wondering if i could have some information about them. I'm thinking of spending £600 - £700. At the moment im looking at AMD …

Hey, Currently my computer has one 40GB hard drive in it, and my friend has an old computer that he never uses with an 80GB hard drive. Is it possible just to take that hard drive and plug it into one of the connectors in my computer? Thanks!

Hello all, Thanks to anyone who can help me in any capacity. I recently bought and attempted to install a RAM card (1 GB DDR 180 pin) that was incompatible for my computer. Apparently the card I bought worked at 400 MHZ but my computer can only run 266 MHZ …

i recently hooked my old comp (dell dimension L1000R) back up and when i go to start it seems like it is going to boot but stops at a black screen with a blinking - in the upper left corner....no clue even where to begin. i do have an emergency …

I've been messing around with the bios on this piece for the last hour and can't seem to find the clocking set. Does anyone know if acer's can be overclocked? Because I know for a fact this processor can handle up to 3.2 ghz, and it's stock speed is 2.6. …

Hi I need to upgrade my PC's RAM. The motherboard is the MSI K8N Diamond - SLi [url]http://www.trustedreviews.com/motherboards/review/2005/02/10/MSI-K8N-Diamond-SLi-Motherboard/p1[/url] Could you please tell me if it supports the Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB)? [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-148-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817&name=Corsair%204GB%20DDR2%20XMS2%20Dominator%20PC2-8500C5%20TwinX%20(2x2GB)%20Supplied%20with%20Airflow%20Fan%20(TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF[/url]) If not, what is the fastest/latest type of memory that I can use? Many …

Hi everyone, and Happy New Year. I've been having a problem with my HP Pavilion a450y that I bought off the HP website about 4 years ago, and I hope that you'll be able to give me a hand with this! I performed a system restore a few days ago …

System stopped working ~4 monthes ago-- wouldnt boot, after power on it goes to a black screen with a blinking cursor at the top left corner of the screen. Fan on/power on. 1st time: Recovered with recovery DVD, started from scratch. Seemed back to normal. About a week later the …

As most of you know Vista is crap and so on i have kept XP but when i turn my PC on somtimes it clicks out now most of you will know that XP does that somtimes on startup but just 10 minutes ago it clicked out 7 times and …

Hi all, I have a DELL Poweredge 2800 with a Raid 5 configrutaion of 3 hard drives capacity 73GB 10k Ultra 320 SCSI. Two of the hard discs started blinking 4 times per second which clearly states the hardware failure in dell systems. So 2 out of 3 HDs stopped …

Hi I am new here but this seemed like a helpful site so hopefully you will be able to help me. I was told by someone that I could use headphones in order to talk to people on messenger so I did that and no one i was talking to …

Hello everyone! im stumped with a problem on a laptop i bought recently. its a gateway md # w340ui it will power up and i get the logo screen with bios options and boot menu and then i get a blinking cursor and thats all HELP!

I've had the card for a couple of years and have had to take it out after about a week of perfect operation. The problem is that when I turn on my computer all of the fans run allout and the computer won't even boot. I have an HP a420n …

Hello, This is my first try at getting help here, so please bear with me. I have a Sony VAIO, Notebook PCG-K33P Pentium 4 3 megahertz I just upgraded my RAM memory from 512 K (2 X 256) Double DIMM sockets to 1 gig (2 X 512) DDR, 2700, 333 …

Hi- I just found this forum. This is an awesome site! I have an Acer Aspire 3100 with Windows XP Home Edition Ver 2002 (Service Pack 3) installed. When any USB devices is plugged in, the screen freezes (computer freezes). All my USB works fine in another computer. I have …

I need to replace a small (@ 44 millimeter or 1.75 inch) fan in my computer, but I can't find the fan on the internet. It's made by Aopen (yes, I tried their website). For some reason, it says "sleeve bearing" on the fan. (I don't know why, it's a …

I have a m2n32 Asus board. I was putting my pc into another case and turned it on and the fan turned once and did nothing. The light on the mobo is on. I took the mobo out of the case and tried it and same thign happened. I have …

i'm new here, so i hope i put it in place.. i have a cd from 2 years ago, of picturs. when i tried to open it i couldn't see my picturs. i tried to copy it to the computer with "total commander", but only few of the picturs were …

please can someone help, ive just got my laptop back(which is a Toshiba satellite L300D) off my brother who was using it while ive been on holiday, now when i turn it on its asking me for a current password...im assuming this is the bios password..he swears down blind he …

Hi guys, My issue is a little different in that I haven't changed anything internally or installed anything new etc.... it's exactly the same system that's been working brilliantly for the last 5-6 months. HOWEVER :) I *did* just move from one side of the country to the other, and …

Hello, a few days ago i purchased a lifecam vx-6000, i cannot for the life of me get it up and running, firstly the software wouldnt install, a problem a few peeps have had, i had to eventually download it, i got the cam working even though it had no …

hi my name is gary and we r having problems with my sons laptop it keeps shutting downby itself can any one tell me wat to do

This is a solved problem worth sharing: After replacing power connector on back of laptop it wont start, so tried everithing posted in this forums in order to make it start but it will not go pass the lights blink part and blank screen, even put heat paste on cpu …

Ok so my external hardrive stores a lot of my programs and ALL of my music. Whenever I used to plug in my hardrive it came up as Elements(F) so of course everything links to that name, my itunes imports music to elements(F) as do my programs. So i plugged …

ok guys, i recently received a new custom dell computer for christmas. The speed of the computer is great, everything is awesome, but there is just one big problem :/ my computer constantly freezes, about once every 10-30 min. I play World of warcraft. which is a big online game, …

Hi everyone! I wanted to install new ram on my MSI955X Platinum Mobo. The existing ram is 3GB. The mobo has 4 slots (dimm1, dimm2 and dimm4) and can be ugraded up to 8gb. I bought a 2GB DDR2 667 mhz but when I installed the ram, it doesnt detect …

Here is the order of events that has brought me here. My system info will be at the bottom of this. When I would start my laptop. Within a few moments the fan would start spinning faster and faster until the laptop turned off. It would stay on for 1-5 …

so, i just got a new 19 inch LG flatron, and it has a Dvi input in the back, so i though "hot dog, i am going to use that!" turns out that i cannot get it to respond. okay, so my graphics card is a HIS X1550, it has …

Hi guys im a newbie so please bear with me I have a 6 yr old Maxx 4d desktop bought from Special Reserve [I]spec list from them as follows but they had to change machine shortly after purchase and replacement was upgrade on previous dont know if this list is …

Thats what I feel my puter is screaming at me when I try to update the ram on my Dimention 8200. I bought a gig of ram to give me an extra boost but before it will even get to the BIOS part (XP) A message comes up- ram not …

Every time it boots and I get into the PhoenixBIOS setup and run the diagnostics, it says that 1-07 fail. If I try and let it boot up it will ask if to go to the safe mode or normal mode command. Each time it will go to a blue …

I just finished building my first computer about 30 minutes ago. Everything seems to be connected okay, I bought an aftermarket Heatsink/fan and Artic Silver thermal paste. Other specs are, ASUS intel Mobo Intel E8500 corsair 620W power supply EVGA nvidia GTX 260 When I ran the initial BIOS setup, …

my 3-year-old hp pavilion dv4000 works well but lately, it completely shuts down if i leave the laptop for 10-15 minutes. if i'm using the computer, it keeps going for hours with no problem. i turned off all the powersave and stand by options but no change. HELP!

I have a hp pavilion zv5000 series laptop with a corrupt hard drive in it. I was also given a acer travelmate 240 laptop to salvage parts off of for the hp laptop. I took the hard drive out of the acer laptop to use in the hp laptop but …

my coby mp3 player does not turn on (no lcd display) when I turn it on. I tried conneting the mp3 player to dc adapter and also tried using batteries. But no use. The player requires 2 batteries or a adapter 4.5 v dc. But does not turn on..please help …

I have a computer here that just will not start. When I received the machine it would start once in about ten tries to start it up. Then over time it just got worse until it just will not start at all. I have checked the power supply and it …

Hi this is my first post and im a novice with computers so please bear with me. i have a compaq presario about 3 1/2 years old. has worked perfectly till the other morning. switched on got lights, fans started but made different noise as though no load on them, …

For the past 7 times when I have booted up my pc has beeped twice in quick succession instead of once at the memory test stage and the windows opening stage. When my pc is fully booted I can only access my c drive and my d drive which is …

I got a new monitor for Christmas, It's an Hannspree 28 inch. But their all blacks bars on the right, left, top, and bottom. I don't know what the problem is, I have it set to the right resolution which is 1920x1200. I have the right video card drivers. I'm …

Hello everybody, I have a C640 Dell Latitude laptop, and it has double 256MB RAM modules, so my laptop should normally has 512MB RAM memory. Sometimes laptop boots fine with 512MB, but usually it boots only with one module and then I got the message [B]"The amount of system memory …

My IBM T22 laptop won`t power on. When I push the power button the light flashes on but goes out. Laptop does not power up.

I have this gigabyte motherboard GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH I want to add a total of 2 gig of memory and I didn't uderstand what they mean by Note: Use of a Double-Sided memory module (the single chip is 512 Mbit) is required if you wish to install a 1 GB memory module …

gud day guys! i have a problem with my pc camera. a4tech PK-635M pc camera. I've already installed necessary software drivers which came from a4tech website. Then after i plugged my pc camera in the USB port, it just says "PC Camera" then the found hardware wizard came out. Then …

Hi, I just bought 2 GB of DDR-SDRAM and an e-GeForce 6200 graphics card (AGP) by NVIDIA. I bought a game (The Orange Box), installed Half-Life 2, and ran it. The graphics displayed perfectly and there was no lag there, but when the game started handling AI, gunfire, etc., it …

Hi!. I'm new to this site and I need help. I have a Thinkpad 390E PII 333 MHz, 6GB HD, 128 Mb RAM, 2.5 MB video memory (Neomagic video card). The video memory is too small to run some applications I need and I would like to increase it. Anybody …

I tried starting my laptop this morning, but it won't boot up. I haven't added any new hardware, and don't think it got dropped. It shut down normally last night. The power light comes on normally (blue) when I press the power button, and the harddrive light flickers for an …

Hi all! I have a HP dv6000 laptop, bought it around 18 months back. The laptop battery has fallen to 10% of origin capacity. I'm trying to buy a new battery, but the HP battery costs a bit too high... Has anybody used a battery on the HP 6000 series …

[COLOR="red"]Dear all I am a new user I have a problem I have laptop Toshiba me forgave Hard Disk Password on startup plz help me ……[/COLOR] Password error [B]Please Enter Built - in HDD user Password............[/B]

Can anyone offer me some advice on what motherboard specs I should be looking for today that will enable my SPSS Stats program to run like lightning or at least faster then the snails pace it does now please? I run an old motherboard (AGP PCI IMB USB etc) but …

Hi guys, I have Intel dual core processor, 2gb ram ,Intel 945 motherboard Dvd writer ,160 sata HD initially my pc was shutting down due to over heating causing dust in processor fan so I cleaned the fan and got solved the problem now it started continuously rebooting but after …