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can any one help me in finding the drivers for my pc: Model : PCCHIPS - M766MR5 BOARD - PCCHIPS - M766MR5 / V50...

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I am looking to buy a middle to low end laptop. Doing a lot of internet work and some work with digital pictures. I'm looking in the range of $550-$650 and am very confused as to: [B] whether I should go with AMD or Pentium faster FSB is better or …

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HEY I AM REPAIRING A COMPAQ ARMADA M700, SOFTWARE ISSUES. DURING WORKING ON THIS LAPTOP I NOTICED POWER UP ISSUES. I SHUT IT DOWN AND IT WOULD NOT RESTART, AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS IT TURNED BACK ON. DAY 2 I TRY TO TURN IT BACK ON AGAIN AND NOTHING, LIKE THE …

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Hi folks I have a Fujitsu-Siemens laptop - Amilo PI 1505 - which is just over 2 years old. Over that time four of the screws on the bottom of the case somehow fell out. Now, recently I had a problem with the power supply where it wouldn't run off …

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hai guys i have a problem my pc (OS XP) is not able to connect to internet i have lan card installed on pc.both address local loop back and ip of lan card give reply when i ping both of these ,and in corner message appears "local area connection connected"but …

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I have a friend who has a water cooled pc. Isnt it dangerous coz you might get zapped when the hoses wear?

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Switching from Vista to XP Pro: Have a wide-screen Vaio laptop that came from the factory with Vista and Sony does not support XP on this box. I allocated next week the time to pull the drive, drop in two 500gb new SATA drives, and do a complete install of …

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While I was on my other computer, I received a message for an update to my graphics card. I went ahead and updated it. Suddenly my screen got blown up with giant icons and font, so I went back to change my resolution to what it was originally. As soon …

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Hey ALL ! I have a Thinkpad 600. I bought a new hard drive and RAM. I went to install Windows XP Pro on the hard drive and it won't do it. I have installed this disc on desk tops before and had no problems. While it is " Installing …

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I'm guessing that this is a hardware manfunction of some sort. After my computer has been on for a while it will lock up with no applications running. It will try to load an application but will appear to be using all available resources (hour glass on screen). In task …

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Installed new ram same brand and type as existing ram, computer did not see it removed old ram restarted computer it showed new ram, reinstalled old ram computer does not see ram total, aridgonal amount 2 one gig sticks added 2 one gig sticks of corsair pc6400 ddr2 800mhz moboard …

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Hi, Every time I boot up my PC, it beeps twice and goes directly to a screen that says 'Press <F1> to Resume. <F10> to Setup'. I try pressing both keys and nothing happens. I've done some research online and the only thing I've come across are some threads talking …

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Hi there - I've had loads of problems with power supply to my vaio, for ages the dc port on my machine was loose and would only charge when it was plugged in at a wonky angle. Anyway last week the battery went down 2 zero and the the machine …

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Hi, My PSU probably died, but I was wondering if anyone here have seen similar symptoms. First of all the PSU turns on as soon as I flip the switch on the back of the PSU, previously I had to press the power button on the front of the case …

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i have ASUS M2N-E mobo with AMD 64x2 3800+ 2GHz with geforce 7100 GS gfx card. five days ago some wire burnt smell was there. then i 've opened the casing and checked everything. fine the pc worked. two days ago the pc didnt boot after succesful shutdown. the cpu …

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Hi all, Have an issue with my HP dv2000. When it is plugged in it charges to 50% but then says 'Plugged in, Not charging' I have not been able to make it charge any further. It is very frustrating as it did not hold its charge very long in …

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previously i had intel chipset 845 MB, celeron 2 Ghz processor with 512 RAM, it was very fast then, recently my board burned due to power fluctuation, i changed the board. System has become very slow since then, it does not hybernate at all. I even upgraded with more 512 …

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hi, i googled alot but couldnt find a solution, hope someone can help me^^ i had a 120gb hdd which was devided into 3 partition (20gb, 40gb and 60gb) with windows xp pro sp2. i wanted to repartition everything so i what i did was boot from the windows cd, …

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I get lots of DIMM card (mostly laptop) and have to sort through them to toss the bad ones. Rather than keep inserting them into the laptop, is there a device that might plug into a USB port or stand alone that you can insert DIMMs into to see if …

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Going into the holidays presents its own issues, however I digress. I have a Compaq R4000. I have run all anti-virus(avast), malware (malwarebytes), etc, st,al. All of my graphics have have changed' Everything that was white is pink, my screensaver is green and black. Do you think it is an …

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My PC was working fine a few days ago but when I turned it on today it wouldn't work. At first it seemed normal because it started loading and everything, but after that when the blue welcome screen is suppose to come up there's nothing but a blackscreen. I tried …

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when i plug in the mp3 player in any computer this comes out "USB DEVICE NOT RECOGNIZED" i formated manualy but it stil does not recognizes it befor i formated i was in possibility to listen music but not to transfer it from my pc i allready have sonic stage …

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my new computer decided it doesn't like to boot anymore :( Computer is a home-built gaming machine, (dual core, single ATI Radeon 4870, Asus P5Q Deluxe mobo, Vista x64 home premium) has been running fine for about 6 weeks with only minor video card driver issues. I had NOT yet …

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Hello-last night I was on the internet watching a Camtasia presentation when suddenly my laptop crashed and threw up a blue screen with lots of white text. At the top it said "kernal data inpage error". And eventually the computer threw itself into reboot. The loading of Windows XP was …

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The LCD on my inspiron 5000 isn't working right, and since I dont have much money, I'd like to pin point the problem before I start buying new parts. Anyway, here's a picture of what the screen looks like. [url]http://www.people.virginia.edu/~pws8q/pics/randomPics/badlcd.jpg[/url] while it should look like this: [url]http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/rhl9/rhl-gsg-it-9/figs/starting/gdm.png[/url] (only in english) …

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ok well the old HDD died and so i went over to the local computer store, bought myself a new hdd and put it in. The bios doesn't recognize it and gives me the error of no HDD being found. Thinking that it could be, because there was no partition …

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TO ALL THOSE WHO KNOW [I]ANYTHING[/I]!! I need to know where I can go and/or how to acquire a system that meets all of these requirements:: >Automatically transmit Longitude and Latitude coordinates >Automatically transmit altimeter read-outs >Fit into a cylindrical space that is approximately 4 inches in height and 2 …

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i got iphone with no contract so no support is available for me. the mic is not working because i spilled some water on the phone :( is there any way to fix the phone on my own or should i just trow it away? i'm not really geeky but …

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I have a DELL INSPIRON 6000 notebook. It has RAM memory of 504mb. I would like to upgrade it to 1 gb or 2 gb. But my question is if i buy a 1gb RAM,can i still keep my 504mb one.ex-Will both the 1gb and 504mb RAM work together?making it …

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If I start a game, let's say COD4 for example, I can play that game perfectly for maybe 1-2 minutes MAX before the framerate suddenly drops through the floor and it's almost unbearable. If I close the game, the frame rate for everything is very poor - scrolling down pages …

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Hello...I have a Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive which has worked for months... Than Ive tried to make a partition and install linux on it...but than after about 5% of formatting i realized i made a mistake and it was deleting my data off of it...i canceled it at …

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Hi Guys, Bit of a long shot but i got a bit of a computer problem and now its starting to irritate me somewhat. Every now and again from 10 mins to 3 hours its totally random. My computer freezes when im playing games its not one particular games it …

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I have a dell dimension 8200 running a 2.26 ghz p4 & upgrading to 3.06 ghz p4 with ht. how do i enable the bios setting, if at all possible on the dell Regards, solman

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Hi. I've got a Sony Vaio PCG -GRT815 and I'm trying to do my A level via my laptop. I've got the letter "t" running across the screen as if someone is presing the key constantly, and if I try to use the letter t it doesnt work. There isnt …

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Here is the problem: I was using my computer it just froze and i turned it off then i restarted then i froze when it was loading(the WindowsXp logo). Then i tried starting it up on safe mode and it freezes. I need help. Thank you.

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Ok, A buddy of mine recently asked me o fix his pc that some idiot custom built for him. I have worked on hundreds of computers starting when I was only 9 years old. Never found a computer that I couldn't fix. I have my A+, MCP and I'm also …

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Lately, I have been having problems starting my computer. I push the power button and the computer doesn't come all the way on. I wait about 15 minutes for it to seemingly "warm up", then hit the reset button and it starts up fine. Today when I tried to start …

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Hi, If this observation is correct: If two drives (preferably of equal size are set up as a RAID 1 configuration all data is mirrored between the two drives. If an error is detected on one drive the system keeps going with data from the mirrored good sector and the …

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I creating a file server for a client, I want to set up RAID 1. However, I'd like HD0 (aprox. 2 40-80 GB drives) for the OS. I'd like to set up another HD, HD1 (2 1TB drives for file storage) seperate of the first RAID 1. The files that …

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Hello to my Family at Daniweb !!! I am getting to where I am taking older desktops and putting RAM and upgraded cpu's in them and then sell them. My problem is how to go about finding accurate info on what RAM and cpu's go in what machines. Are there …

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ok so i have a dell purchased computer thats sealed shut. i can't remove the shell and i don't have money anyways for new hardware. however on a whim (stupid me) i went and purchased a VGA to S-VIDEO / RCA CONVERTER CABLE. the computer has an Intel 82845G controller. …

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I am looking to use faster HDDs for my main system disk. Is RAID 5 a good choice (with 3x 15000 SAS HDDs)? I know that RAID 0 is faster, but I want redundancy without too great of compromise. Is there any speed advantages to RAID 1? Also, I am …

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Guys i have lost my motherboard box and i want to know its model.how to know about it .any help please

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hello, i am having some major computer issues and I am hoping I can get some assistance. Beware I am not a whiz, but can get around a computer pretty good, so be easy if I am not making an sense or trying to do the unthinkable. I have an …

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I have a HP Pavilion a1510n with a 200GB hard drive and 1024MB of memory and added a 500GB hard drive and have a question. where are songs stored and how many MB equal GB?

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i have a pc chips m81odlu motherboard with a 1gb ram limit. well i thought i would test this limit and put a 1gb ddr stick in one slot... well that worked. well then i thought ill put a 256mb stick of ddr ram in also and as soon as …

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Has anyone ever attempted this or even been successful at ? I have an old IBM Thinkpad which has a failed MB and was wondering if its worth replacing, I know its probably easier to buy a new machine but I'm looking to get into IT repair etc (doing CompTIA …

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I have a Razer Lachesis mouse and use Windows Vista, although I don't know if this is a Vista related problem. It has been working fine ever since I got it a few months ago. Its supposed to be a high end mouse which cost about 80 dollars. But for …

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Please help, where can I find a jack for a inspiron 1150 , mine has snapped off mother board, searched the net had no joy, doing my head in now, any help would be appreciated Beaker UK

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Hi, I got the bluescreen as i was surfing. Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1033 Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 3b BCP1: 00000000C0000096 BCP2: FFFFFA6007F61AB7 BCP3: FFFFFA600E710FB0 BCP4: 0000000000000000 OS Version: 6_0_6001 Service Pack: 1_0 Product: 256_1 Files that help describe the problem: …

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