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Hello friends, I have one problem in sound in my PC. When I install sound than sound is come,but when I shutdown/restart sound is gone. Than I have to install another time.This process I have to do all time when I start computer.

Hello, Friends, I want to purchase DDR2 RAM.But I don't know which is best.FLEX,PEAPER,PLATINUMN,NVIDIA,CrossFire,Gold ,Titanium etc. Help me to chose best.

I have a P5E3 wifi mobo and have never been able to get the wireless to work...at home or otherwise. I am running win XP-x64 and have a Linksys WRT54GS (w/ speedbooster). I have yet to flash bios, as im scurud 2. Also if I decide to flash the bios …

So, this is like the forth time my Compaq Armada M700 has messed up... but what do you expect from an -old- computer? So, this time it's to do with it just randomly dying... Sometimes I turn my computer on and then I have it running for a few minutes …

looking to find out what wires i put on what pins? i have +P LED -P LED HDD LED RESET SW POWER SW

I purchased a Compaq Presario (Refurbished) desktop last year. After a month, the computer kept freezing when playing media or surfing the internet. I called Compaq-HP technical support. After seven day of doing a bundle of tests including several times of full recovery as they told, they agreed the callback …

Hi, I just built a system but ran into some trouble with the casing. It fell down and the casing broke. I got another casing and rebuilt it, but when I tried to start it to install the OS the computer wont power up. i dont know whether the board …

Hi, I get two long alternating beeps when I power up my pc Boot up does not start. Happened about 6 months ago and then it started up ok. Please advise. Thanks, Joe

recently i was visiting a gaming website and i saw the word physics card... Can someone tell me what this is?? And how to check if i have one..?? [COLOR="Green"] (..i dont know if i posted this in the wrong section..if yes excuse me ppl..)[/COLOR] Plz Help

Hi, When I switch my computer on it works fine. However the monitor wont stay on for more than 3 seconds. The blue light comes on but I have to turn the monitor on and off to get the 3 seconds. A couple of days ago if I was really …

I have a toshiba satellie laptop I was running spybot and everything froze. So I held down the power button and turned it off. After that I tuned on and nothing, just a black screen but the power on light was on and if i insert a cd I would …

I am looking into setting up a computer and lcd monitor in a restaurant kitchen in close proximity to a very greasy area of the kitchen for the purpose of the cooks being able to see food orders placed by customers. I want to know if there are any inexpensive …

[URL="http://http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100015&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3watch&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3watch-_-Video+Devices+++TV+Tuners-_-AVerMedia-_-15100015"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100015&nm_mc=OTC-pr1c3watch&cm_mmc=OTC-pr1c3watch-_-Video+Devices+++TV+Tuners-_-AVerMedia-_-15100015[/URL] It requires an 8 pin power connector onto the card. It has a 8 to 10 pin adapter. (see photo on site) How and where do i connect this to the power supply?

Computer died 2 weeks ago. It is a gaming rig that I built myself and it is watercooled. First thought that the PSU died and bought a new one. That did not fix theproblem. Next bought a new motherboard. It is the same model and everything as the old one …

is there any way to get this video driver to display a wide screen resolution? I installed a wide screen monitor but have no option in display properties to choose a resolution with appropriate ratio.

This is really frustrating! Each time I insert a written CD - not a DVD - into my LG burner the computer reboots. The system is running Windows XP Home Edition. Any ideas?

my comp stat 2.8 ghz intel processor 512 + 256 ddr ram tried 350 watt and 450 watt power supply a few days back smoke was comin out from my power supply i changed my power supply 2 times 350 and 450 watt my comp has the problem that its …

i have a dell 4150 inspiron lap top, i am looking to upgrade the hard drive. it now has only 30 g. i would like to put at leasdt 100g in it. noblody , but noby seems to be able to find me one that fits,(except if i took it …

Hi, I'm a very, very newbie to this forum. I have a Gateway desktop running Windows ME that has started to die and I want to remove the hard drive, put it in an enclosure, and use it as an external drive for my Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop which is …

Hi I have a memory USB stick which I used for a while, just now I have problem , when I connect it to my computer I couldn’t find it. I don’t have any access to it. I have my data in it and don’t want to lose them. I …

For months now I've been plagued with the erratic shutdown of my computer and the appearance of the "blue screen of death". A suggestion from Microsoft recommending the checking of hardware put me on to checking my memory cards (2 of 256 mb and one of 512 mb). I did …

The bottom of my laptop gets way too warm when on. It's too hot to set in my lap for any real length of time. Any ideas?? Thanks!

Just put an AMD 64 3000+ CPU on an Asus 8KNE-Deluxe with a Thermal Take 360 W PSU. I push the power button and the PSU fan starts to turn, the CPU fan starts to turn, then nothing. It will "start" when I push the button, then quit. I am …

I'd like to purchase 4GB (in a kit, 2 * 2Go, or in one piece) of 800Mhz DDRII memory. That's all I know about RAM. How can I choose a brand, and how can I choose a model? I don't know what motherboard I'm going to purchase, so should I …

My mom has a Dell Dimension 4500. The video card is finally going I think. The screen kinda flickers. The card she has in it now is a GeForce4 MX 420 64mb. Can I put my Radeon 9550 256 Mb in her motherboard? I don't know if the motherboard can …

Hi All, monitor flickering and nothing is displayed on the screen while I try to start the computer. I observe the following while starting computer. 1. Monitor flickering and nothing showing on the screen. 2. Sometimes processor fan off automatically when it try to give display on monitor during starting …

Hey Guys I have an Acer Travelmate 2300 Series (2303LC) laptop. Sometimes the screen won't start at all. I don't think this is a back-light problem as I can't even see anything at all, even with a strong light pointed at the monitor. Hooked up to an external monitor, the …

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-FS690P and recently there has been some grinding from just below the F12 button. I unscrewed all the screws (except for the 1 special one that Sony conveniently added that needs a special screw driver to remove). I am fairly certain that it is the …

Hi all, hope this post finds you in better spirits than I am. I just found this page and the forums tonight and already it has been extremely helpful. So thank you in advance for even just taking the time to read this. So let me get to it….. The …

Hi, my old and trusty compaq 900 will not work of the battery. Laptop works OK from from main power supply, I get battery charging light on solid for while then it flashes. Contral panel battery battery options power meter shows 0% charge. Tried taking out and reseating battery and …

I just Bought a New Mic and my PC didn t even detect it. The Mike is Media-Tech MT-386 . The computer is running on a MS-Vista (os). It isn t even listed in the device manager. PLZ help me..

:?:I installed Ghost 10.0 and thought I had cloned my primary drive to a slave drive. When I tried to use the Ghost floppy and cd to reboot I can only find the files on the D drive partition and the recovery points are no where to be found on …

My Fujitsu laptop will begin to boot Windows XP and after the progress bar goes across the screen 8 to 10 times the computer will lose power and stop. It will also shut down at about the same time if I boot to safe mode or go to bios. The …

i am running windows xp sp2 on my hp compaq laptop.it was attacked by a virus a few weeks ago which made it imposible for me to open my drive c or d.after i cleaned the laptop with avg antivirus i realised the virus had made folder options,run,search and other …

Im sorry if this has been repeated, but after going through MANY of the threads i couldnt find anything that would help. even tried google searches that people said to do... I have an Dell Inspiron 6000, Windows XP pro, and is running on 3 years old. It was running …

I was cleaning my PC the other day, and took the CPU out of its socket (to clean up the old thermal grease, and put a new one instead), when I accidently pulled the towell off the socket's pins, completely bending some of them. I tried fixing it, but when …

I am pretty computer savvy and I would like to try to retrieve data from a HDD. The MB of the old system was hit by lightning. My thoughts on the recovery process are as follows: If the HDD in question is an IDE drive, I could connect it to …

Hey all, There i was, sat watching the telly, my laptop sat there, lid open, looking inconspicuious, at the windows xp home login screen. when my little brother ran in, pressed loads of the keys at the top of the keyboard and turned it off with the power button. he …

Hi, I Have recently got a new cpu ( Socket 7 ). I have had no trouble istalling it, but it is a 500mz cpu, and it is only running at 350 mz, i think it is something to do with the dip switch settings, my old cpu was a …

Hi, I have a NF-M2S motherboard for about half an year now, it has worked well, met most of my expectations and exceeded some. However recently there was a problem which i am unable to diagnose. About two days ago I was playing a game (which i had played several …

I have an old Packard Bell which has sat in the corner and been played with from time to time by my grand-children. It has XP Professional loaded and has never given any trouble. The other day I decided to try a live CD with a small Linux.(DSL) For a …

Hi, my Dell Inspiron 1150 just died. It was working fine, but then after I plugged cellphone via USB data Cable it shutted off. Now when I am trying to turn it on, I see the power light on, the hard drive light blinks for 2 seconds and then gets …

Is there any way to make my older non-video ipod nano display video (without damaging the firmware)? A picture of it is attached below, and it is the 4GB model.

hi i have a new cpu, with P5E board installed and a new 500G HD. the problem is, when i try to install windows xp, it says the HD is only 137G... the bios sees it as 500g as it should. the only thing i can think of is that …

hey i have a intel pentium 4 3.4ghz, i want to overclock it higher but i'm not to sure what i should set the settings to, cause i don't wanna blow up my comp. CPU: 3.47 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 16 kilobyte primary memory cache 1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache …

Ok, I was converting video files on my girlfriends zv6000 one day, and the next thing I know, the power turns off. So I try to turn it back on, and it blinks the lightning bolt that means it is charging 4 times and does nothing (no other lights, no …

hi im building my first computer and im worried about damaging expensive parts. as long as i am sure there is no static, the motherboard spacers are in right, and that all of the fans are in proper posision and spinning i cant hurt anything right? no other concerns except …

I'm A NewB and need to find amanual for a Win fast K8S755A MOBO or at least proper Settings for J10. Am upgradeing an old E-Machines 633 ids, with Winfast K8S755A, AMD Sempron 2800+ and 2 Gigs RAM in a Dual Channel Config., any help would be gratefully accepted!

Hey my uncle called me looking to upgrade his IBM Thinkpad Type 26472TU with more than the current 128MB of RAM. The thing is old but he uses it so why not. He said all it says on the module made by "Nanya" or something is PC133S-333-542 SO-DPMM-Revision12 128MB SDR-133mhz …

so i was planning on getting a small sata internal hard drive and a large external usb2 hard drive, but i was concerned about the speed of usb2. but i just heard that there are such things as external sata ports! so if i build a comp with these, i …