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I have tried to reinstall the OS using the original disc that came with the laptop. The following error occured: " File ntkrnlmp.exe could not be loaded. Code error 7". When I looked it up on the net I found that there could be two errors, one with the ram …

Well indirectly anyways ! Sequence of events (or screwups on my part) 1 - Vista SP1 started with networking problems "NVIDIA nforce controller dirver not working properly or installed" - Tried to uninstall driver - get new drivers, unistall let microsoft provide driver with SP1 - uninstalled driver and went …

Hi, I build high end video editing capture systems. I have come across a problem that I just can't wrap my mind around. All the symptoms said it was the power supply. I changed the Antec out and put a Kingwin in. Hooked up everything, PCI-X theh hole 9 yards. …

Any one can help me with why a new Power Supply will not even power on. It is a Kingwin with PCI-X, Sata and all the seperate connections. I can not figuer out why it will not at least power up. I have always used Antecs. The configuration is different …

Is it possible to upgrade my Vaio to 1 gig of ram, even if Sony says it can only handle 512? Its 4+ years old, and perhaps when it was built they probably didn't have higher capacity chips out. It has 2 slots, and from this site it looks like …

I'm trying to build a new machine. I already have everything except the motherboard, and I can't figure out which to get. So far I have an Athlon 64 X2 6400+, 4 GB ram, 8800GTS 512MB, 680 Watt PSU. Do not intend to setup SLI, just need a real good …

I just bought a Gateway m520 laptop. I downloaded SpeedFan and it says the mobo is hot. It fluctuates from 106 F to 124 F. Is this too hot? Being it is a laptop high temps are expected. But I was wondering, where can I get the mobo temperature specs? …

I have 55.55 Gb of unallocated space that I want to 'give' to my C:/ drive which currently only has 13.97 Gb of space and which I am constantly running out of space on. How do I add the 55.55 Gb of space to my C:/ drive? It looks like …

My PC hates me please help! Last night while i was sleeping my watercooling sprung a leek! I woke up to an off PC. My gut reaction was to check my watercooling as its the pump has been faulty. Well to my horror all the pipes were empty! So i …

I was using a custom built pc for about 9 months when my motherboard burnt out. This isn't a figure of speech; it literally set on fire. I pulled the power cord and the fire went out immediately, but the corner of my motherboard was a blacked husk. I believe …

Hi, I got a DELL E520 with me. And a G965 with the latest driver update...I'm having this BSOD whenever i try to play games..any suggestions guys? please help me:smileymad: A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is …

Ok so heres the story, was trying to upgrade my fathers old pentium II with more ram and a bigger harddrive cuz he uses it just for work and doesn't need much but the 2 gig harddrive was full and had little ram. Well the 4.51 Bios wouldn't accept the …

Hi, I have taken new monitor of 19 inch of Acer. Best viewing is in only 1440 * 900. I have VIA motherboard P4,2.4 Ghertz,1 GB RAM,SS3 prosavage DDR Graphic drivers. I have reinstalled the graphic drivers but not able to get that resolution(1440 * 900). I have also changed …

Morning all. I am having problems booting machine, It started with a problem booting up, it both restarted during xp screen or froze. assumed hdd, got new one. while doing this clean out case, therm paste chip. check all cables.. re installed windows and the same thing happens.. ok change …

My compaq 2000M laptop is runing very very slow. It ran so slow it went to blue screen I had to go to F8 bios startup to get it to boot to windows XP and it will run for almost 30 minutes before I get to the windows log in …

KDS LCD monitor displays faint image at start but quickly turns solid green

I was wondering why I cant get close to the max capability speed of 3700 MHz. I get around 3255 MHz and after that It wants to shut down. Motherboard Information Motherboard ManufacturerASUSTeK Computer INC. Product NameM2N-SLI DELUXE Version1.XX BIOS VendorPhoenix Technologies, LTD BIOS VersionASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE ACPI BIOS Revision …

I'm so angry at my computer that I feel like making a really bad movie called "Return of the Boot Problems!" I've been having the same problem for...ohhh, around eight months!!! Here's what happens: Issue A: 1. Hit the Power button. 2. Lights in the computer come on, fans spin. …

When I switch the computer on, if im lucky, it will tell me the processor speed amount of ram, etc. (sometimes the screen just turns blank before this stage.) Then it displays an error explaining there is a drive A:\ problem; however the computer in question is a server without …

Is it possible that a motherboard fan will not spin because of a broken CPU? Or would it be the mobo's fault?

need help with this bad. system has failed,blue screen with a windows message of it shuting down to pervent damage to computer. Does any of the following make any sense ti you guys. Stop:0x0000008e (0xc0000005, 0xb7f58cb8, 0x00000000) Win32k.sys-address BF803AF0 base at BF800000, Datestamp 45f013f6 hope soneone can tell mr what …

Hi, i'm having trouble booting my computer up. When i try to boot it up, it shuts off by itself after a few seconds. If it goes longer, it gets to about the Windows loading screen, and then the monitor says "No Source" and then i have to reboot again. …

:?: Ok, I was just sitting here racking my brain trying to figure out my next move when I thought I would just ask all of you. I just bought a broken Alienware 51m Notebook, but found it was still somewhat operational. So, here is my problem: I have tried …

I changed my laptop screen but when i put new screen its gone very dull and dark. I can see the desktop and icons on it.but its very dark. please tell me what would be the problem and how can i fix it? help me in this regard.thanks

I recently received an 80gig hard drive from my friend's dead dell computer and decided to see if it still worked. I dissected an external USB 250gig hard drive, found a parallel ribbon cable and cannibalized an old power supply for a parallel power cable. I connected the mess together …

hi i have the Ecs nforce 570 sli mobo.. I do know what processors it takes (thanks to you guys)..I wanted to know what good processor i can get for my mobo but for a mid range price..Gaming in mind....:confused:

I have an old model eMachine given to me. The problem is they didnt have the install disks that came with it. When I got it I tured it on and it would do nothing. I installed with great deal of problems windows 98 SE. I can now turn it …

I have a Gateway 500MHz machine which works perfectly fine with exception to a windows GUI. Works fine in DOS mode, in DOS, it seems as functional as it was meant to be, but will not function when switched to a windows gui, despite several different versions including XP, 98SE, …

I am going to build my own full tower, does any1 of you know the right measurements... preferably in cm... it would help me alot! as soon as its finnished I will place pictures!!

If I have a hard disk with more than 50% free space, will it become slower if I consume 30% more disk space? Why or why not? It never made sense to me that more free disk space would equal better performance as long as programs aren't running in the …

I have a compaq Presario SR 1230Nx with 512 mb ddr-333 pc2700 ram. I was thinking about going up with ram to speed the machine up. Will that help?? Or does anyone have any suggestions that will help me. I have the Windows defender that eats machine time. I could …

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 that had a hard disk failure (read: locked spindle and fried motor due to spindle locking) and am in the market for a new one. I have seen the wealth of new and refurbished hard disks out there, all the form factors needed, and …

How do I define whats in my computer- motherboard, ram, hard drive,graphic card and sound card as i need to sell it with all its internal information .

os windows xp sp2 display ati radeon xpress 200m series Hi have a equium M50-244 with a problem. Seems to work fine but suddenly goes to blue screen with message: A problem has been detected has been shut down to prevent damage. The problem seems to be caused by following …

Although my problem is similar to others discussed here, it's a bit different. I have two disk drives on my Dell 8300. They play CDs and DVDs fine. But, when I put a blank CD-R or DVD+R into the drive, I get (on the E drive) E:\ is not accessible. …

I've looked at the manual and can't get a clue there. XP is not recognizing the Western Digital IDE HD. There is only one IDE connector and it connects to the DVD player which shows as a SATA drive in BIOS. There is a black (IDE looking) cable running from …

HI! For my sins i have a vaio S1, It worked great for the first year and a bit I had it, but now, it has become unreliable! Sometimes it just will not power up! The leds at the bottom of the keyboard tells me that the power is on …

My sony VAIO keyboard is not working properly. The keys that dont work are Esc, F1 - F12 NUMBERS 1-3 AND 5-7 AND 9 - + BACKSPACE AND THE HOME KEY. q w o p caps lock a d f h j l @ \ z c and the space …

Hi I have an Omnibook vt6200. The other day I was using it and the screen suddenly went black. At first I thought it was just the power, but then I realised that the power was still on and the screen was still on but EXTREMELY feint. It is so …

Hi! Today morning my friend tried to start her laptop(Acer Aspire 5100) and it did not bootup it just showed black screen with power light on...the keyboard also was not active. She did not know how to switch it off so she disconnected the power and then removed the battery …

Whats a good temp for a PC to be running at, mine is currently at 84F.

I've always had a problem with my laptop freezing. Sometimes I can be on it a while with no problem other times it constantly freezes. I have resetored it and reinstalled windows xp but the problem still exists. I have downloaded and installed all the updated drivers from dell.com but …

My store bought computer (emachines, 2004) wont start. There is no LED light when you hit the start button on the front, no noise, no nothing. The external power protector is working fine, the monitor comes on and gives the check your PC message... but nothing else. I bought another …

Hi there, I've had troubles with my computer for the last three weeks or so, first background story. My hardware 3weeks ago: MSI pt890 neo Intel Pentium D 925 Geforce 7600 GT 2x 1GB DDR2 RAM My computer crashed three weeks ago, and had some motherboard/cpu related heat issues, the …

No, my machine did not die so far: HP Pavilion m7370.se Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Version 2002 sp2 AMD Athlon X2 4200+ CPU, 2.19 GHz with a fantastic cooler when it works. During the two years that I have owned this computer it has been very good to …

hi there, Im looking for a decent fan controller and cant find one for the life of me. What it needs to do/be: [LIST] [*]Black [*]Digital [*]Control up to 6 fans [*]Have four temperature sensors [*]Run on auto mode to keep pc at a certian temp [*]Have the ability to …

i have a te2100 toshiba model laptop,,the screen flickers every now and then and goes blank,,i took the lcd assembly off and put my friends assembly on and it did the same thing if i put the original assembly onto my friends it works fine,,,,does any1 know what can cause …

I would be more than grateful if someone could tell me why, when I try to play a game on my laptop, only the top left quarter of the screen is used - the remaining three quarters of the screen is black, and therefore all of this section of the …

Hi, I'm having a problem with my monitor, a 19 inch LG l194wtx I connect it to my Radeon x800 xt through a dvi cable. The card has a vga connection as well. When I turn on my pc, the activity and the monitor lights come on but the screen …

I just noticed while showing a friend some funny videos I have that they are not clear and smooth. I never noticed them like this on my other machine which was a pentium4 786 mb ram, nvidia Gforce 4,. My dvd's are playing pretty smooth, but all my saved videos …