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Okay I'm trying to get this computer to run, but it is eating the floppy discs I'm putting into it. I make an MS-DOS startup disk in this machine, it works fine, I restarted with it in to make sure it works, and it worked fine. I put the disk …

hi i just updated my computer to windows xp and i have a problem with pci simple communications controller as it has a question mark on it and cant find a driver for it and i have no disk with it and i have been trying to find a site …

I have a ASUS A8n-sli premium one with heat pipe....I had just the board in my hands nothing eles and it made a fast pace clicking sound.......HOW??????Not that ot bothers me more that i want to know HOW and WHY.Any hidden fans or something

Hello Experts, This is my first post, hoping my issue gets resolved :) Mine is a HP pavilion DV2416US notebook, came up with vista home premium installed in it. As I was having problems with vista, I have removed vista and installed Win XP professional. With the help of HP …

can i build a computer with 2 motherboards,cpu's ram,ect using either dual core format or say p4ht. If so how does it work and where would you get a case for this? Thanks..Miles

I got my Icemat Audio Headset in the mail a day ago. So far I love it, but my microphone seems faint. When I talk into it, I have to hold it right next to my mouth. I have all my microphone settings set to high, but its still so …

I recently removed, cleaned, and reinstalled the heatsink on a Toshiba 2435-S255 laptop. I was very careful, made sure I was properly gounded, never removed the uP, all this good stuff. After putting it together it powers up but never boots. It doesn't even go into BIOS. Not sure what …

Hello everybody, I had a problem with my vaio VGN-A130 laptop booting up (blue sreens).... took it to geek squad technicians and they told me my harddrive was going bad so it needs to be replaced and gave me a killer price. Then I thought I should do it myself …

I recently purchased a custom built computer from my mother's friend from work. He has built a nice machine, but did not put in a graphics card. I purchased a graphics card (AGP) and am now having the trouble of fitting it in. I have rear panels on the back …

hi, i wanted to buy an evga 6200 PCI 256MB card from tigerdirect but they say it's "low profile" and that the "low profile bracket" is not included. could you please tell me what low profile means and whether the bracket is absolutely needed? thanks

This is the headset that I have. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104055[/url] I have been trouble with my microphone. My microphone never worked. Is there a software I needed to install for it to work? Thanks Motherboard - ASUS p5nsli Ram - 4g Processor - Intel Pentium 4 E641 Audio - Motherboard's built in …

Hi, i need help here. I have a laptop Asus W3, bought it in 2006, but it won't start up now. The power indicator is on, fan is ok just the on when i push the power button, dvd rom working properly, no sound of hd activities. And the screen …

I am helping my brother in law out trying to do a non destructive repair using the installation disc. When we went through all the steps and got to the section that shows the hard drives it does not recognize the hard drive and won't let us do a repair. …

I have been using one large monitor for the past several years, a Samsung SyncMaster 213T. Recently I purchased a 20" Viewsonic and made it my secondary monitor. I actually have three monitors - Laptop's native screen, Viewsonic and my Samsung running on my desktop but available as monitor 3 …

Hi, I have 2 Hard Drives in my computer. My main one is a Maxtor 250GB SATAII 16Mb Buffer HDD. My second is a Maxtor 120GB ATA HDD (I think 4Mb Buffer). I currently have Win XP installed and all my programs on my 250GB SATAII HDD. My other drive …

My friend's PC when it is turned on first displays the mother board manufacturer's logo and then freezes.At first loud beeping could be heard then it stopped.I think the problem is with the RAM but is not sure about it.Does anybody know what must be causing the trouble?

I have a eMachines computer, quite new (Vista new), and i am attempting to put in a Western Digital Caviar SE16 hard drive as a secondary. the only problem is when i put it in, my computer doesnt recognize that it is a hard drive. it detects that something is …

Hi all, just wanted a bit of advice from somebody, my dell d610 processor fried a while ago and i wasn't sure what had happened at the time so i gave it in to be checked. The pc people said it was the processor n they changed it for another …

If I put in 3 sticks of memory instead of 4 into a 939 board what will happen? Will I lose any speed? Would it be better to have just 2 and make 1GB or the 3 and have 1.5GB.

I have recently purchased the 'Transcend JF V30/2GB PEN DRIVE'. When I try to eject the device by clicking on the 'Safly Remove Hardware' icon in the system tray and click on stop and it says "Device 'generic volume' cannot be stopped right now. Try stopping the device again later". …

i have a maxtor hdd and it gives a double beep when i try installing it also it doesn't detect in the bios. can any one help???

Hi, I am using DELL OPTIPLEX 210L Model PC. The Problem with keyboard is that it is detecting till it is booting but after it goes on the Windows log on screen the USB Keyboard is not getting detected. I interchanged the ports between the Keyboard and mouse but again …

I am using a HP DV8000 laptop which has 4 USB ports, it originally came with Windows XP Home installed but I have upgraded to XP Professional (genuine). Each time I plug in a USB device it is correctly recognised but when I plug in any USB 2.0 devices I …

Hi, Got this strange issue going on right now and i'm trying to find some answers.... Last night I flashed my BIOS with an updated version and now when i try to boot the computer it gets stuck in this strange POST loop where it loads up fine to the …

Hello, Issue: In game sound and other people's voices are picked up and retransmitted causing an echo. Makes using Ventrilo impossible. System: Win XP Home 2003 SP2 8600 GTS graphics card Realtek HD Audio w/driver version 5.10.0.5366 It is a new hard drive, the previous one had the same hardware …

Hi, I replaced the power supply in my Dimension 9100 today. Took out the old one and connected everything to the new one. Everything worked perfectly. I then tidied the cables screwed everything shut again etc and now when I switch on the PC the fans all start, the LEDs …

(HP Pavillion laptop zv6000) I had a power outage today at home. Got home, turned on the computer (was completely powered off all day), and now the screen brightness/intensity is comparable to when the laptop is not connected to an AC power supply. If I unplug the AC, the screen …

When the power button is pressed the computer seems to be running fine. The power and activity lights both come on, the fans start and the hard drive and cd roms both start up. After that there is nothing, doesn't even come close to loading the OS. There is no …

I have been using this gateway for 3 years, no problem. Yesterday No Screen, fan on, no boot. Note: The CD or floppy will not turn!! Took it apart, Intel chip looks like it gets hot. I think it is the power supply on the motherboard, or may be the …

Battery power only, it boots and display screen has a pink tint to it but not very bright. With ac power, it will boot up but a few seconds into the boot process the screen will go blank. However the computer is still on, hard drive led is active but …

Hi everyone, I'm new *blush*... This is my first post to a techical forum on any topic aside from modding games, usually I call or fix it myself. I've built this pc but I dont' always have a good memory so bear with me. I built the machine several years …

I have been given a laptop, which does absolutely nothing at all - no lights on it, no fans, nothing. The delta power adaptor has a green light on it. As soon as it is connected to the laptop, it goes pale and starts blinking. The power supply gives a …

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why is sata hard disks have better data transfer over ide in spite of having less number of data lines than that of ide hard disk?

when i start my monitor i have to wait for a few minutes to get the clear image from the blurred one...i tried degauss but still it continues....why?? by ramu

I have a Dell Inspiron 531 that was dual-booted with Windows Vista in my main partition and Ubuntu in a secondary volume. I was using the Grub Loader as my boot device. I was trying to extend my main partition and accidentally formatted the volume that I was shrinking which …

My System Config: AMD 64 2800+ (1.8 GHZ) ASUS K8V-VM Board Nvidia Geforce 6200 LE Turbocache 1x512 MB RAM Kingston DDR 400 PSU of Circle : +12V @ 10A My Graphics card was heating up when i start playing games. I just placed a local fan below the graphic card's …

IBM T30 notebook (over 3yr old). Recently the load up screen where it says windows the black background is red (looks as if my laptop is posessed). And when I use it in the main screen there is a red hue off most everything. Especially when I watch movies the …

At any random time the computer freezes and generally the screen kind of fades to completely white or has lines, but always fades away and freezes. This usually happens a few minutes after starting the computer if the AC adapter is plugged in, and can usually last a whole battery …

I have a biostar motherboard that has an AGP 2.0 slot and want to know if i can add the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro card to it? the card says it supports up to 8X and is compatible with the lower speeds of 1X/2X/4X does this mean it's a AGP …

So here's what happened. Housemate asked me to delete the obnoxious anti-virus software which comes pre-installed on the Dell Dimension E310 -- since the damn thing was giving him pop-up windows every 15 minutes, demanding money to renew his subscription. Y'all know the drill. I went ahead and used the …

My machine is over a year old, no real issues. Today I go to boot up and it sticks on the BIOS Statup screen indefinitely. No power to keyboard/mouse. ASUS P5W Deluxe Mobo Could it be the power supply? Any other likely culprits?

hey guys...do you know naything about these cmoputers? I have a choice fo three and am having a tough time with each. ideas? opinions? pros vs cons that you see? thanks for the info! #1 The Acer Aspire 5050 is ideal for the entertainment enthusiast who requires reliability and performance. …

Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was …

Hi, I have a 24" Intel iMac in the same room as an Apple TV that is connected to a big screen plasma TV. Both the iMac as well as the Apple TV come with Apple remotes. However, everything seems to be on the same frequency. Whenever I want to …

I got home from work today and rather than logging in, I restarted my computer so it would run faster. -It now freezes while it's booting up (at random times). -I can hear a flicker sounds when it freezes. -I am able to get to BIOS and mess around in …

I'm planning to buy a laptop but I have a doubt and confused of what am I going to buy, a dedicated video or shared video memory laptop. I want to buy an ACER laptop for economical reasons among others. Is 512mb shared memory laptop can smoothly run a Need …

Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:)

I'm going crazy and hope someone could assist. I recently bought a barebones to upgrade my existing system. My challange is to keep my main IDE as primary/boot with the existing O/S (XP Pro) and add on 3 additional IDE drives using SATA coverters. The other 3 drives have data …

I have a g4 that stays on the white screen after turning it on. I took it to a mac shop and the guy ran disk warrior on it. I got it back and was able to boot it up once and backup everything, but now it stays on the …