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I have a PC I built a little over 2 years ago, and it has worked fine until about a few weeks ago. The first oddity was that after I turned it off, it would turn on by itself about 5 minutes later. I didn't think much of this and …

Hello, I'm using Windows XP Professional SP2 and I have a big problem. I managed to fry my old RADEON 9800XT and then bought a X1650 graphics card. However, when I tried to install a new driver from ATI's official site everything wend downhill. When I restarted the computer after …

Hello, I've posted here before, asking about a certain type of RAM, and if it will work. The special for the RAM ran out, and its far too expensive for only 2 gigs. So here I am again. My current motherboard: [URL="http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/d946gzis/d946gzis-overview.htm"]http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/d946gzis/d946gzis-overview.htm[/URL] It accepts ram that is: Two 240-pin DDR2 …

I need to upgrade a PC to a core 2 duo processor 2.53Ghz 2Gb RAM, and run OS win 98, as this is the only option I have to run an application used for VRT tests which runs only on Win 98. is this possible? or is there a way …

I am having trouble installing a new video card. My current build is an Epox EP-8HDA5+ mobo with an AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU and a ATI All-In-Wonder 9600 video card. I upgraded to an ATI x1300 512mb video card and on installing it I cant get a signal to …

specs first: Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Mobo AMD 3800+ 64 Cheapo PC3200 Ram (512x2) (Aeneon chips) WD 250 GB HDD IDE Toshiba DVD+-RW ATI X1300XT PCIE x16 CoolMax 500W psu So, i took my buddies computer to reinstall windows for him. (he killed his with wicked viruses). so, i was gonna …

I have 2 computers and both had working CD/DVD burners, but now they are not working (when click on My Computer, they're not there). I've uninstalled and tried reinstalling, but get error message: driver either corrupted or missing, code 39. I ran various spyware/malware programs...they still don't work. I removed …

Hey guys, I got a Frontech SmartPen tablet for the PC. I wanna use it with photoshop CS2 but it doesn't recognize the pen pressure. i tried many solutions but none of them work. Any solutions?? Pls help guys. Thanx a lot. - Purvansh

Now that ddr3 is out on the market, system builders will have to make an extra decision on what type of ram to buy. ddr2 is mainstream and very cheap (about 10.00/GB for pc2-4200), but ddr3 is super packed with performance, but is very expensive (175.00/GB for pc2-13333). I personally …

I was given a Dell Inspiron 1150. It worked for a day and then I updated all Windows security stuff. The friend that gave it to me explained that I needed to fully charge and then fully discharge the battery to get it to last longer. After updating, I rebooted …

Hi again, I have purchased a new MOBO, An Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus. I have rebuilt system only putting one hard drive, one ram stick, and 1 graphics card in, it posts and reads hardware but, will shut down within a 30-45 seconds.... any ideas Pentium 4 dual core 1gig …

Hello everyone, I have a P4 with a WD-2000 Sata HD. Recently it crashed with the blue screen of death with the stop error 000000051. Because of it I can't boot Windows. I am trying to recover my data on it. I want to add a 20g IDE HD as …

Ok this unit has the classic symptoms of an inverter going bad when plugged into the power source, [B]BUT[/B] when you [U]only run the laptop on battery [/U]the screen does not blank out (go faint). Typically when the inverter goes bad you can still see the image very faintly. This …

OK this laptop I have just got back from pc world and was ment to be fixed!!! now the light comes on for about 10 seconds then off so i can not even boot it up !! any one have any ideas what i can do so when i take …

I am looking to update my MOBO and CPU. Of course the RAM will have to be replaced. Anyhow, what would you suggest for the best combo for the least $$$$. I was looking at Intel E7200/MOBO combo for $150. I currently have an Athlon XP 2600. Thanks, MTT

Two month ago i buy a pen drive.it work fine till yesterday. i am facing a problem with it when i try to open it a message appear "not a valid win 32 application "and it is not opening by any method. plz help me

My Windows will shutdown but the computer will not power off. The OS has been reinstalled.

im trying to upgrade my processor to a 1ghz but i just dont know how to remove the heat sink. most processors are on the motherboard but this processor (SL3F7) is on a card which was in a slot on the motherboard. the heat sink is on the card. [img]http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/7884/dsc01599cm8.jpg[/img] …

im having trouble keeping my computer on, i suspect it to be trojan or virus so i downloaded a free version of avg. it picked up 3 trojans and i thought everything was okay again, but then it started turning off on me again! it will stay on for about …

Hi there to my family at DaniWeb !!!!! I have 2 Dell Optiplex, Windows XP, machines. They are identicle, stand-up desktop machines. #1 I got working by just putting a hard drive in it, woks fine now. #2 needed a hard drive and a processor. I bought a 2.6 MGz …

I recently bought 1 2gb DDR2 stick of ram to replace my old two 512mb sticks. I installed it and immediately had problems with my computer restarting at any time, despite my computer booting up and loading programs faster when it boots. My motherboard is a 775Dual-VSTA and is compatible …

Hi, Need someones help. This is for my parent's PC, it will not start up, and all it does it make noises. The monitor doesn't even get a signal. The pattern for the noises goes like this: L (long) about 4 second long beep M (medium) about 2 second long …

I have an ethernet cable coming into a room and need to split it into two devices. What type of splitter do you recommend as being the best?

Hello everyone! :) I had to reinstall WinXP about a week ago and everything went fine. The only thing is the CD drive is missing in my C drive and hardware device manager. I copied the following files from win 98 cd but that did not work this time. The …

I have two R50 Thinkpads, one a victim of BSOD. It will not read the HD and the DIMM chips are good. I swapped the HD from the victim to the good laptop and it reads it. Any suggestions on how I can reset the BIOS in the victim, assuming …

Last friday in the wee small hours, I heard my pc restart. I got up saturday morning and the computer was frozen up, I have no idea for how long. So I hit the reset button, and then nothing. It won't POST or anything. So, I reset the jumper, and …

Ok I've got a Toshiba Satellite M65 that is giving me some serious problems. It's currently an XP SP3 machine. Whats going on is I've got a Matsushita DVD RAM Multi drive installed. It used to burn dvd's and Cd's. For some reason unbeknownst to me, it stopped burning dvd's …

I'm trying to configure a dual monitor setup for my Dell Dimension E510 PC. (Running XP) When I look up the video card information, it displays " ATI Radeon x300/x550/x1050 series" (I can't find anything more specific). Currently, I have one VGA port and one DVI port on the back …

Hello! If memory clock speed is set to Auto PC, starts and windows boot. When in Auto speed is set to PC-533. Now if speed is set PC-800 the blue screen shows up after showing boot sequence or PC will not start but power up. Specs: CPU: Athlon 6400 X2 …

3 year old gateway 3200xl (desktop) XP Pro windows Intel (Seabreeze T3) Motherboard R0 [Part #4000979] Intel Celeron D 340 Processor [Part #4501084] MEM DDR 512MB PC3200 R0 [Part #5000694] No problems with the system and NO new hardware/software in months, then...... Received No Keyboard message on startup one day, …

I have a friend who needs her Acer Aspire 3680 keyboard replaced. I am an A+ certified technician, but I have not worked on an Acer- only Dell and IBM. Can someone tell me the tricks of removing the old keyboard? Bert

I have a 2gb mp3 player but when its copied approx 120 songs it comes up saying cannot copy directory or file cannot be created. Can any body help please. Lorraine

Hi I was wondering if somebody could help me. I'm building a computer for the first time I have everything installed and connected in my case. I'm using motherboard: Asus P5QL PRO Processor: Intel Dual-Core 45nm, 6mb RAM: A-data DDR2 Power supply: 500w Video card: Asus 9500Gt TOP When I …

Hi I have a problem with a Acer travelmate 5720G. One of my friends powered of his laptop by pressing the power button and now it doesn't see the hdd after post. I originally thought that it was the hdd, but Ireplaced it with a new one and still the …

I keep getting an error message"failed to initialise properly (0xc000001d) " when I try to load a game. I have tried to find out what this is and have been told it could be my CPU. It is an AMD and so does not have SSE.

Hello, I have a mesh windows vista pc and stupidly went messing about with system32 to customize my themes. I ended up replacing the shell32.dll with an alternative off the internet. At first nothing changed but when I booted up today, I reached the logon screen but when clicking on …

The last time I use my p.c. it worked properly but when i used it earlier this afternoon, it runs but no display on the monitor and no beeps. I test the speaker of the motherboard and it is fine. So i concluded that my on board video graphics adapter/video …

Hey, This is a very simple question about Ram, and most people will be able to answer it without a fret. I bought a nice computer a year ago from Superior Computers, and everythings been running smooth. However, I've been looking for ugrading my 1 gb ram into at least …

Recently I have been unable to play discs on my CD drive. My laptop seems not to be recognising the existence of the drive. After some checking and a peek in the Bios when I logged on Windows recognised an "unknown piece of new hardware". I've let Windows do its …

Hallo All, My son bought the Amilo D 7830 about 4 years ago. Some months ago it stopped booting up. He eventually put it in the cupboard and got a notebook from work. I have now got it and am trying to get it going again. Symptoms. Totally dead. Wont …

Info captured today on latest crash from screen: Check with your hardware vendor for any BIOS updates. Disable BIOS memory options such as caching or shadowing. Technical Info: *** STOP: 0x000000E (0XC0000005, 0XBFB142B6, 0XAC98B8C0, 0X00000000) *** nv4_disp.dll – Address BFB142B6 base at BFA14000, DateStamp 46ee3c9a Beginning dump of physical memory …

Changed my PSU and computer worked fine. Then I shut it down and it showed a Boot error. I opened it up (the case) and now the monitor show no signal and the cdrom drive has no power, but the computer starts up??

I recently built a new computer with the following components: Asus P5Q SE/R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz LGA 775 processor Crucial 4GB Kit (2GBx2) 240-pin PC2-8500 DDR2-1066 memory 2 Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s (Setup with …

After starting computer an alarm starts and computer will not boot up.

Hi there, this is kind of a long story, but [I]please[/I] bear with me. After having read about being able to use a Sixaxis (PS3) controller on a PC, I decided to try it. This consisted of a libusb driver (LibUsb-win32) and an executable file called ps3sixaxis_en.exe. I had to …

Hello I have asked this question in many hardware communities but didn't get a single answer and finally landed here. I hop atleast here i will get the answer. I want to perform direct i/o with all my pc ports (eg i/o with parallel port using port 378h). Now for …

I recently upgraded the RAM on my emachines T2984 to 2 - 1GB sticks of G.Skill DDR PC3200 [URL="http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr&no=34"]http://newgskill.web-bi.net/bbs/view.php?id=g_ddr&no=34[/URL]. I also recently added a 500GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148135"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148135[/URL] I've noticed a significant decrease in performance even though I doubled the memory I previously had. When I load my …

I need some real tech help. I have this computer: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4222249&CatId=3423[/url] Im looking to run 3 monitors, but I can not really figure what kind of video card to get to run the 2 additional monitors. All the differences between PCI express and x1 and x16 and all that is …

How can I tell if my fan is working properly? I can hear it running but I think the computer is running hot.

Ok, I have a compaq prissario with a standard DVD/CD ROM, NVIDIA 8500 Graphics, and 4 GB RAM. For the past few months I have been having issues witht he CD/DVD ROM reading some of my disks, and the amount is spreading. It will load up the auto run for …