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So recently, about 50% of the time when I turned on my 2+ year old computer it would freeze at the motherboard manufacturers logo screen. It worked fine otherwise. Then I decided to load optimized defaults in the BIOS since I've had it running in fail-safe defaults since I don't …

Read and search the forum, but I haven't found an answer that works yet. My computer a few months ago was fried ( no idea what happen, It was left on overnite, power went out, came back it was stuck on the windows loading screen, it was KIA, power supply …

I have a Sony desktop VGC-M1 it's about 18 months old. I don't use it very often, just for university work. I turned it on to intall a new printer. I have no idea why but it went to system restore. So I thought I'd just restore it, there's nothing …

im currently using webroot to erase m y hdd, i have started the gutmann method (35 passes) and it will take 13244 hrs and 13 mins.......................is there a quicker and easier method as im not sure i have 18months to sit by my pc, how many passes will it take …

Hey guys great site and brilliant to see such a weath of infbmation and assistance. I picked up a second hand laptop from ebay its an ECS G731 and would like to increase its ram it has a 1.7 pentium 4 processor and 768mb of ram already but idlike to …

I'm having a problem with my DVD RW drive. I've been burning a bunch of DVD's with it fine, but sometimes burns don't work because my computer won't let me access the drive, even when I go into "My Computer" and try to view the contents of the blank DVDR …

Obviously, from my screen name, you can figure out that I don't know that much. First, I have a Compaq Pressario S5200nx store bought computer. I have done some upgrades (Added memory to 1024, which is at max, added fans, 128mb video card). I have recently had some problems with …

Hi!! I recentley bought some new components and i started to asambel the PC at home. So far so good... The problem ocured when i powered on the PC, there is no display and no beep teling me that the computer is starting to boot. Al the fans are working …

Last month, my PC would load the OS from startup, stay on the log in screen (Win XP Home) for as long as needed, but after logging in the screen would go black within 10 seconds. I did a system restore and it worked. Last night I shut down my …

my sisters got a 3 year old computer and she recently complained that it sounds like a race car when she watched videos. i have repeatedly told her to bring her computer home so i can put a new fan in for her but she has not listened. one week …

I'm really bummed out, I tried to help my sister out and restore her laptop to the original form. I started with burning the DVD's from the restore partition, then ran them to restore the laptop to it's original state. All was well then I ran all my windows updates, …

Hi everyone, I posted about this on the wacom europe forums but I haven't got a response as yet and I'm kind of in a rush to fix this issue (I have some work due this coming weeked :S). In the last few days I've upgraded to Vista Ultimate (32-bit) …

My computer stopped working all of a suddenly and there was no power coming on to the computer. I change the power supply and started booting up with just mother board, cpu and video card. I got the startup window, then I thought of hooking up the key board and …

I just purchased a new 750watt power supply to put in my machine. Take my computer apart put in the new power supply hook it up and thats when this problem occurs. After checking cords etc; I figure it's just the new power supply. So take my computer apart put …

Maybe not the exact right spot for this post, if its not, im sorry :D So after going through a few issues with my mobo's and having to get a new one, finally gettting BIOS running (then having a bad stick of RAM, fun), my computer freezes up when I …

I do alot of Dreamweaver and Flash assignments for school, and I find that sometimes I have so many windows open that its pretty irritating. I would love to set-up a dual display similar to [URL="http://sewelldirect.com/zenview-dual-monitor-computer-software-17inch.asp?source=froogle&utm_source=Froogle&utm_medium=cse"]this [/URL]look. The reason I want a dual display is so that I can move …

I'm trying to replace a video card for a SONY Vaio PCVRX660. It has a 4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration TNT2 M64) (nVIDIA 32 MB Video Memory (SDRAM). Can anyone help me find a different card that I can find much easier. Any suggestions? I have a PCI space …

one night i accidently took the ram out while it shutting down. after that the screen is black and i have to hold the power button to turn off. From then when i turn on the computer, i don't hear anything running at all and the screen is dark black …

I have an ATA drive that I want to recover old harddrive files from, but it doesn't seem I have any usable HDs to install XP on. Every time I tried to delete a partition and reformat it, I get an error message. I can't recall the exact message but …

Here are the specs for my box: Case: Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA PSU: ePOWER ZU-650W MB: ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe CPU: Intel Pentium D 930 CPU Fan: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Memory: Patriot 2GB DDR2 SDRAM (Dual Channel) Video: EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB x2 (SLI) HD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB …

hiya im pretty new to the whole scene of building computers and iv spent an awful lot of money on my system and im a bit stuck what i should do next..it may be a simple answer it may not but thanks for reading it anyway :) My motherboard and …

My Hitachi SuperScan 600 CRT monitor (bought before 2001) screen just started vibrating visably a few days ago. My pc's an emachine T3062, bought 12/04. The only happening around that time was a neighborhood electrical power outage -- maybe the day before (?). When the emachine's first booting up, there's …

I jus bought all the components for my new PC im building for gaming and i got everything running but when i turn it on im not getting a signal from my monitor and ive tried three different video cards and i have ran out of ideas any help????

Compaq Evo N800v w/XP Pro gives the following message during boot; [COLOR="red"]1720-SMART Hard Drive detects imminent failure (Failing Attr:02).[/COLOR] If I ignore, it boots up and I log on normally (even the screeen, but then after a while it goes black and I have the SMART message... If I do …

I am helping a friend with her Dell computer and she has some kind of RAM in there I have never seen before. She has 4 slots, with 2 256 sticks and 2 sticks that seem to just be fillers. However, if you remove the fillers and have an open …

I recently purchased a Reclusa keyboard and installed the keyboard with the latest drivers from razersupport.com (v1.02). The keyboard works fine but as soon as I reboot the PC it won't go past the memtest, I am forced to plug in my old keyboard (PS/2) in and reboot. This then …

hello friends, my bad,i bought a new WD 160 SATA HD's and realized my Motherboard does not supp it AFTER opening the pack. so is it possible to connect the newer SATA HD's to the older mother boards? Motherboard-Intel D845GVSR OS-Windows XP PRO thank you

Hi, I recently built a new system and it's been running fine except for one problem which has been getting worse. Basically, the CPU fan keeps cutting out then coming back in at max speed to compensate for the heat build up. After about 10 mins the PC shuts down. …

I was on my computer today and it was running completely fine, then all of a sudden there was beeping and it shut down. Everytime i turned it back on it would beep then shut down after like a minute. I opened up the ABIT EQ and it shows a …

I saw once somewhere that my cpu can run up to 3Ghz but standard it runs on 2,2... I have an Asus M2N32 SLi Deluxe mainboard with 4Gb OCZ memory, AM2 4200+ cpu with a golden bullit cooler on it and a Hiper R 550w powersupply oh yeah and 1 …

I just started building a new computer for gaming and i got everything working so far and i power it on and the moniter will not come on and i have made sure all cables are plugged in and i have tried 3 different video cards can anyone help me …

I have an Asus K8V SE deluxe mobo with 3 HDs: one IDE drive & 2 Samsung SATA drives (non RAID) The 1st sata is a SP1213C with win xp2 installed. The second sata is a brand new 500GB HD501LJ (not formatted yet). Both sata HDs are connected to a …

I have a Sony vaio laptop that half of the screen is white/black/light blue with vertical lines. I booted it up and was writing a paper and it was fine. I left for about 20 minutes and when I returned the screen was all messed up. I called tech support(it …

i have a computer which i feel is dead (unmountable boot volume) when i start it. It will load to where it should normally have the login but i get the message. i do not have the win XP CD, consequently, my CD drive won't open for me to put …

I know that sounds wacky, but here is the deal. I have a new build with a 30GB 10K RPM SATA drive I'm using for OS and apps. I want to install a new 500 GB SATA drive for storage, but every time I connect it, the PSU shuts me …

hey, i have a gigabyte 915p motherboard, when i put a apacer ddr2 ram chip into ddr2 slot1 and powered up it lets out long beeps, but when i put the same ram chip into the other ddr2 slot it works perfectly, also if i have 2 identical ram chips …

Hi All I didn't where to post this problem so if someone can guide me it wont happen again. Now for the problem my cousin's pc got infected we managed to clean the system but now he can't get onto the net, there is no ip address and no subnet …

I hope someone can help with this problem. I'll try to explain whats happening being as clear as I can! This morning my PC just hung after booting normally. I rebooted and it then kept rebooting. When I tried it in safe mode it hung at mup.sys. I've looked through …

I just had a problem with my CPU. It was working perfectly but until recently it doesn't boot but still show the green light but the monitor is still black nothing showing,I've tried it on other machines but the problem is the CPU.What can be the problem with the CPU?Assist

One day my DVD/RW just quite working; but hey, now I've got a real cool cup holder. It will open and close, all wires are secure (I removed and replaced). I'm sure it has something to do with the driver. The PC doesn't recognize the D: drive. The media I …

I'm not sure if this is the right board for it, but I don't know where else to put it, please forgive me if I'm in error. I have a Compaq Presario 2100 and it's working fine except whenever I plug in the AC Adapter the plastic around the uh.. …

hi, i hav a problem.. last friday, i cleaned my processors fan n graphic card fan...and after putin everythin back again, i tried startin back n it couldnt detect my hardisk!! it was sayin NTLDR is missng press ctrl+alt+del... and i checked my bios and it was sayin my master …

hi, i hav a problem.. last friday, i cleaned my processors fan n graphic card fan...and after putin everythin back again, i tried startin back n it couldnt detect my hardisk!! it was sayin NTLDR is missng press ctrl+alt+del... and i checked my bios and it was sayin my master …

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone would have an answer, since microsoft just sends me on a wild goose-chase... I Just built a brand new computer from scratch. I checked out the compatibility lists of each of my hardware components to make sure they were compatible. My question is …

I just bought a Jetway n2view, mainly because it supports up to 3ga of ram and has nvidia chipsets. Previously I purchased a mobo from geeks.com and it did the same thing so I sent it back and it was found defective. So I buy a new board. Here is …

A week ago my Alienware laptop decided to go Blue Screen on me and after much trial and error, I decided to call their tech support which told me that my 6 months was up and the help was very poor. All of that aside while trying to install the …

Hi Over the past few months, sometimes my PC will not switch on at all and it is completely dead. Sometimes this lasts for a few minutes and sometimes it lasts for a few days whereby I do nothing but leave the PC alone and try switching it on again …

Hi all, Hope this question hasn't been answered already, but I am having some serious issues with my PC. Basically it won't turn on when I plug in the 6 pin power connector into my 8800GT. Both the CPU and GPU fans rotate very slightly then everything shuts off (then …

Greetings, I need to know if it matters what prongs the power cables go on when I am hooking up my Case to my Motherboard. I have looked for some kind of identification number on my motherboard, all I do know is it is an AGP motherboard. The cables used …

Why does my DVD burner Keep getting error's when verifying data with ISO's (image FIles)? I have a gateway 506gr computer that I reformatted and updated all the chip sets and so on.. it came with a Lite-On Dual layer dvd burner, When I would try to burn movies with …