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I have a compaq cpu(RAM 512, Processor 1GHz). It has 3 dimm sockets and all of which are occupied with two 128MB and a 256MB memory cards adding up to 512MB. Does this lower the processing speed of my computer compared to using one 512MB card? Advice. Ronny.

HI, I have a computer with Celeron 3.0ghz on MSI mobo. Suddenly the computer stopped working. I replaced the mobo with an Asrock. Just in case I also replaced the psu. The computer worked fine for a couple of weeks. XP started hanging, the now it does not start all …

Hi all, My pc will boot up ok and run perfectly, but shuts itself down after a random amount of time. I'll be sitting there writing an email, or ripping a cd, and boom! - it's shutdown. It happens that suddenly, like the power's been turned off at the mains …

Hey everyone, Had my graphics card fry so I replaced it but now the computer will not boot up. It hangs at the screen where it tries to detect the IDE drives. Can't enter bios or safe mode either. Any suggestions? I haven't tried anything because I really don't know …

Good Day All I need HELP please Toshiba Satellite M40 WinXP Service Pack 2 The computer starts to boot up for only about 5 seconds and then dies. Fan works, CD works, battery works, hard drive light flashes once... So far I have removed both RAM chips and placed them …

OK so I called toshiba with this error. I was installing the recovery disk and after the first cd ran at the end this pop's up and now I have no OS and can't even ecover anything at all. Is there anyway to get back in without spending a whole …

Hi all i have Tohsiba satiliate laptop here, while it works fine the power shut suddenly and it cant open it again immedeitally but after wating some times it opens and shut off suddenly i try to use it another monitor but cant solve it. am guessing it maight be …

Hello Again Well as of this morning I have found that the error ( 437 ) fail to close file to export. Now what i'm trying to find out is there a way to stop the progam before it try's to export ? I think the if I can stop …

Hey to all the good folks at DanniWeb !!!!!!!!!!! I have a Emachine, T1740, with Windows Xp Home Edition on it. I'm lost when it comes to dealing with drivers and hardware that won't install right. This computer was givin to me. It was loaded with a few viruses and …

I've read through some posts in the forum and realised that a few people have the same or similar problems to what I'm experiencing. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any solutions. Everything works fine on the laptop apart from the display which is so dark that the only way I can …

Glad to join the group. Hope I can get some help. I have had this compacq for several years now. Working fine til I left it on , went to do something, came back and the only sign of life were the power and battery lights. Tried to power the …

I recently (in the past week) have moved to a new house. So, naturally, i brought my four computers. The computer having trouble worked perfectly fine last time I used it - last Friday (It's now Wednesday). I simply unplugged it and brought it to the new house and plugged …

My two year daughter was typing while our computer was booting up. When it came on, all the images on the monitor were huge! It is not the monitor, it's something in the computer as we swapped the monitor out with another one. I'm thinking my daughter must have changed …

i got myself a big pile of components yesterday, an amd dual core procesor, a new motherboard (biostar ta770 a2+) and a new graphics card, nvidia(club3d geforce 9600gt overlocked). so now i've put it all together, the computer starts normally but i don't get any output on my monitor, the …

This is kinda embarressing asking other people for help but i haven't got much time, my friend has a medion md95400 laptop and it has a 1.7ghz cpu (centrino) and we thought that my 3.2ghz cpu (pentium 4) would be great, then it didn't work out as we thought it …

I had a power pin fault (had loose connection with board circuit) and managed to fixed by removing the board and rejoined with soldering iron. then it works ok but the lcd display became blinking and then turned into negative film like colour (like a film negative shading-no original colour), …

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I am trying to build a new computer. I will mostly be using it for gaming (RTS games, World of Warcraft, etc...). I have so far come up with a cpu and motherboard cpu: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103249[/URL] motherboard: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131291"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131291[/URL] The problem I am having is i don't really know anything about graphics …

I have a Dell Inspirion 531s desktop.I want more storage.A friend left me a Hitachi model number HTS542525K9SA00 5400 rpm 250 gig laptop hard drive.will it work on my computer.It uses SATA connections and I have empty slots on my motherboard to connect extra hardware and I have the correct …

[COLOR=Blue]I am about to order parts for building a new PC and I am a bit confused as to which set up would benefit me the most. I am looking to buy on of the following motherboards (I've not made up my mind what one yet): ASUS P5WD2/premium Skt 775 …

I just recieved a computer from a friend. It is a PII 300mhz with 64 megs of ram, 3.2 gig hard drive. My question is how do I identify my motherboard. I have a feeling it is a very good board. It has an Award Modular Bios v4.51PG (29-may-1998), on-board …

I've got two hard drives from broken down computers and would very much like to access the files from them ( pictures mainly ). Which is the best way to go about this? is buying an external case and connecting via usb the best way? both PC's they came from …

Hello. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for this problem. I recently replaced my CPU cooling fan with a quieter one and now my computer has problems processing video. It's jerky and what-not. Gaming is also lagging. I've never had this problem when I had my old CPU …

Hi There, I`ve got an old 450ROG, I was wondering which processors are compatiable with it. The board is an Intel 855 Chipset Family. I was wondering if the following processor could work ? INTEL PENTIUM M 730 1,6 GHZ 2 MB 533 MHZ SL86G Pentium M Sockel:479 1600 Mhz …

My daughter unknowingly unplugged the cpu from her pc by unclamping the cpu fan,then tried to start it, of course nothing happened. We figured out what went wrong and reattached the cpu and tried to start the machine. The pc will power up but freeze on the cpu/ram ID page …

Got the blue screen informing of the physical memory dump. Have always been able to reboot sucessfully but not this time. When I try I only get the two lights left of the sleep mode to come on. Otherwise just a blank screen. Any suggestions??

Hi all. I have this ANOYING huge PC problem. Whenever i try to play any 3d-game or if i am watching some videos on youtube for longer then 45 minutes in a row my pc just freezes. This started happening when i bought a totaly new computer (Costume made (by …

Hello all, as a favour to a friend who is short of funds I have undertaken the task of mending her pc during which I have discovered that her graphics card is fried and motherboard faulty. I have a spare Sapphire HD3850 but unfortunately this is only compatible with a …

Hey guys, I'm finding I need to upgrade my RAM soon, I've currently got 2 512mb modules and 4 slots to fill up, each can take 1gb, and pentium 4 with ht. However I've had difficulty identifying what I need to get, I've used the Crucial System Scan and it …

Im having some problems with my Dell Latitude LS400, its seems as though i am getting a white screen, and LCD shows nothing, however if i plug a external monitor it works, what seems to be the culprit? I have been told by someone it can be either the LCD, …

Hello, Recently i was attempting to resize my HD using partition magic(i did not backup prior [IMG]http://images.techguy.org/smilies/frown.gif[/IMG] ). During the process my computer lost power. Upon rebooting i receive the following blue screen error message: a problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to …

Hi i was wondering if anyone can tell me if there is a way to get my xp to boot. Found a error message tellin me to run chkdsk , but before i could do tat it crashed again and wont let me open windows ..just keeps goin in a …

i have 6 dead laptops, i want to make a good laptop using there parts, the only ones that actually do anything other then show a charging light are dell latitudes, one beeps in a sequence of three then turns of, the screen dont shwo anything just beeps is all …

I bought a new PCIe video card for a Gateway GT5228 which is their media center model and nothing I did would make it work. Trying to see if it was a faulty card or a faulty slot or something I was missing ot make it work I decided to …

Greetings to all! Hope the length of this post is not in some way offensive on this forum. I've fixed lots of various computers over 40+ years and know how valuable it is to have as much info re. the problem as possible. Hope someone can point me in the …

The other day, my Mom had been using her computer, when she left it for a minute. On her return, the system was frozen, so she shut it down completely and turned it back on. When she turned it back on she got the No Signal message. When I hooked …

My pc has the BSOD. There error msg after the technical info is: STOP: 0x00000024 (0x00190203, 0x8A9BBDE8, 0xC0000102, 0x00000000) There is nothing after that. I have unsuccessfully tried to reboot for the xp cd that came with the pc. The cd turns but nothing happens. The cd is good bcos …

Hi, I've got a removable hard drive I loaded at of my stuff onto. And after plugging it into my TV via the usb connection to watch a film from it (which worked briefly) Then after plugging it into my computer and I seem to remember at first I could …

Hello, I've been trying to build computer but I experience random shut downs when I use it and can't seem to pinpoint the problem: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ AM2 (w/ standard AM2 cooling fan) ASUS M2N-MX SE PLUS Motherboard 4GB DDR-2 800MHZ PC-6400 320GB SATA2 7200rpm 16MB …

Asus M2N-MX SE Plus mobo, AMD 64X+ 4400 dual core processor, 2G Patriot Dual Channel DDR2 RAM, 800W PSU, Geforce 9500 GT video card, Apevia case. Got it all put together, even went online to find a guide to the case (some use risers, I was sure to install them …

I have a compaq computer which the system has become corrupt. A power cut caused my computer to fail its load. I was unable to load it from a disk and the only thing I could do was format the partition. But my files remain hidden... They haven't been removed. …

My HP Pavillion dv2410us won't start. Any suggestions would be appreciated. The machine is just past one year in age ( out of warranty ). Here are what I think are the important clues... A few weeks ago the fan started making noise when you would start-up the laptop. Now...when …

After many days of trying to get rid of a Virus' and Malware I tried to do an XP recover and then cancelled it because my CD was SP1 and the system was on SP3. Now the machine won't even start. Plug it in and nothing, no lights, no noise, …

Okay so I just picked up my laptop and discovered that next to the left hinge, on the back of the lid, there's a big crack! What method would you recommend to patch this up? A simple epoxy job? I know this is an incredibly simple question but I wanted …

Greetings, I am looking for help regarding a Toshiba Equium EA60-155 laptop. I am thinking that my laptop has 'cooked' something on the motherboard OR I have a failure on the screen. Nothing at all appears on the screen. I did notice that it appearing to be still 'posting' on …

What can cause a motherboard not to start up. I just need to know it works so what does it take for it to work at bear minimum. I just want to see a light flicker or a fan spin... somthing.

My Acer travelmate 230 suddenly don’t go in standby anymore. It hangs at the message that Windows is being prepared to go on standby. It is definitely NOT a software problem (Windows XP or driver) because I have restored a stable and working clean image without viruses etc. But the …

Ah. Yes... Another dead machine I'm afraid... When I start my Compaq Presario 6000 series desktop all I get is something like "Disk read error press ctrl, alt, delete to restart." There was a blue scream of death but it was too quick for me to note the code and …

Connecter question with Digital Doc 5 I just got the digital doc 5 and the fan connectors are i think a 3 pin and all of my fans have the big 4 pin style connecter what adapter do i need to buy. I have looked buy can not find one …

Okay, so here's basically what happened. Most of this was fault on my part.. So I was trying to clear a virus that kept reappearing in my computer, so I deleted some system files, believing them to be malicious. What I didn't know was, I think some of them were …