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I used to always be working on computers whether it was building, repairing, etc. I recently took on the job of refurbishing some machines that were donated to a local non-profit organization. There were several machines, all from the same place with the same operating system and everything. Heres the …

I recently installed 2 programs on my computer to check my heat and I found that my AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor was running around 59C/62C Degrees. I then purchased a Zalman CNPS9500 High Performance CPU Cooler, and just to be on the safe side, some Arctic Silver. After applying …

Hi there, I've got an old Toshiba Satellite 2400 and my son pulled it off the kitchen table on me today. Now it won't turn on. I'm still getting the green indicator light telling me that power is going to the machine, however, when I push the power button, the …

Hi folks, Last night, when I was computer-ing along, a Real Networks window popped up in the bottom right-hand corner of my screen, telling me I needed to click on it to download a security-related patch. I did just that. It seemed legit, since I've read in recent weeks about …

Hi Guys, i hope you can help me with this problem, my laptop will not shut down i have to put it into hybernation to shut it. Any idea's on whats wrong? Dotty:'(

[B]Please I need help. this is happening to me. I m trying to test my motherboard out of the case. The motherboard turn on, but I Realize that the bios dont boot up. im not sure if is a video card problem because my monitor screen seem off (Orange Led) …

I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to reset a maxtor internal ata I can no longer boot up my machine with it plugged into my computer. It used to boot but i couldn't access the drive (The drive is no longer allowing me to access it, Its …

I don't do any gaming but listen to a lot of music and like great quality sound. What would be my best bet?

got system with TVision 95109 tuner card. Can't find drivers for it. are they still available?

i have installed 80 gig SATA hard drive i can only acess 5 gig in windows

I just bought a Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard and AMD AM2 4800 processor. I rebuilt the machine and installed Windows XP SP2. Everything went fine. I installed a graphics card and then rebooted the machine. When I booted back up it gave me a boot error. I went into the bios …

I have had a look at some threads and stickies on here, and now I am slightly more worried than when I started looking round for options. I'll explain why in a bit. My PC (which I bought second hand, and was assembled by an individual) won't start up. It …

I realize that this is an ongoing issue for alot of people but I need some guidance that I have not been able to locate on this forum. Yesterday my computer would boot to the screen (XP) where you can select which account to log into. When I selected my …

Hi, I'm hoping someone will be able help with this problem. I recenlty bought an X-Blabe case, and I'm having probelms wiring up the front panel audio pins, the layout is as follows: Mic IN GND MIC BIAS L IN L OUT R IN R OUT My motherboard is an …

Can some advise me when running the above graphics cards in SLI Mode should the Bus PCI Express be x8 ? in the system information panel. Or do i have to go into the bios to set this to x 16. SLI is Enabled. Forceware:163.71 Memory 256MG Bios 5.73.22.15.1 IRQ …

I have a rather new Sony VAIO Laptop that runs Vista Yesterday i had put my VAIO to sleep while i was out by flipping down the screen. When I later returned and 'woke' it up the desktop showed up again and the mouse was working but it had frozen. …

I have looked at quite a few forums to see if someone else had my problem and i can't seem to find one. My computer is custom built and is quite new. A few months ago i was playing The Suffering on my computer, I had to walk out of …

ok i built a new computer and updated video drivers. i have a evga 7600 gt graphics card with a vizio 20' tv/monitor. i try running half-life 2 episode 1 and the monitor suddenly acts like the computer is turned off saying no source but i hear the game music. …

how do i find out what exactly what type my motherboard is (so far I think it is an intel something) so i can replace it as we have had a power cut and the pc powers on cpu works, harddrive works but nothing on screen no post and one …

Ya I'm trying to get a linksys wireless G adapter situated for my PC but the PC won't read the setup disc. I insert it and autorun starts workin the setup screen pops up for like 2 milliseconds and then disappears and nothing. I'm running XP pro on this machine. …

Hi guys I'm the newbie here. I've searched and read a couple of posts of people with related issues but nothing quite the same as me. Theres a bit of history with this comp so let me begin. This laptop has been great to me but its been starting to …

I have been working with Windows XP with much personal stuff. Then I needed to upgrade my hardware. I bought new motherboard, new processor, etc. I tried to keep up my old harddrive and my old Windows XP with all my personal stuff. After the hardware change Windows XP can …

hey guys, im having trouble with my desktop, for some reason it wont boot up. i used it a few days ago, and it was working fine. but today it wont boot up. after you switch it on, the led of the hard drive stays on, instead of the usual …

Hello, I recently bought a new video card and i have a serious problem with it. It is a brand new EVGA GeForce 7800 gs 256 agp oc editon. I connected it all right to an exclusive 4-pin molex plug straight from the psu and with nothing else on it. …

I've done some intermediate pc maintenance in the Navy, but i think this one is a bit beyond me. Was in middle of playing game when pc froze. After hard boot, pc wouldnt start. No POST beeps occured. I have power to everything. I have blinking lights from activity on …

hi everybody.. 20gb, 1.79ghz, AMD processor i have a laptop for more than a year.. just last weeek i experienced a windows problem io think. the laptop kept switching on and off automatically without stopping but with a blue screen. some friends asked to re-install windows xp again and format …

*Warning: This thread means a DEEP dive into 'ye old times!* Howdy! I'm new here, sorry I could not keep it short. If helped, though, I WILL gladly return the favor when I can. If the reader knows about ESS Technologies PCI sound cards, [COLOR="Green"]or[/COLOR] sound cards in general, then …

Hi! My problem is that when I start a game or play it then there is rectangulars that are crossing the whole screen almost. They have the colors of the game and it's like they have switched places with another part of a game, like a puzzle that isn't right. …

Hi there. For some reason lately when I boot up my computer, a window stating "On click, Line 1: Unexpected symbol near ' <'" appears. I ran CHKDSK to try and fix this problem, but it freezes at stage 4 of 5 at 57%. Not only that, but Disk Defragmenter …

I bought an 80 gig maxtor hard drive, for a family computer, we had to erase it and put windows xp 5 times already, but now when we check its properties it says it only has 31.48 gigs. is there a way to get it to be an 80 g …

I have put my question in this forum because I don't know where else to put it even though I know it is not actually a problem with my monitor or video card.I have an unusual and annoying graphics display problem and I seem to be the only person on …

I have a crappy milwaukee pc that has only 3 bars of pc100 64 meg ram strips and the computer freezes constantly can I change the ram to some 256 meg sd ram?

Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron e1505 dual-booting Windows 2003 (possibly soon to "upgrade" to Vista) and Ubuntu 7.10. Runs pretty damn well (especially in Ubuntu), but I'm giving myself a little treat this winter and upgrading it. I'm getting some additional RAM, and I also want to upgrade the …

Today I came home and tried to login to my pc, but XP just gave an error whenever I tried to type saying can not copy text from password field(or something of that sort). I shut down the pc, but instead of waiting for it to finish shutting down, I …

I have a 1999 [B]Compaq Presario 5340[/B] that has an [B]AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor[/B], but I want to install a new, higher speed processor. What would be my choices?? Thank you to anyone who can assist me!!!!!! Alan

I am trying to upgrade my laptop memory from 256 to 1gb. The current memory is a 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM card. I bought Kingston 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) to upgrade it. I was just wondering my laptop would support it. I have seen two …

Hi All, i want to read the post results from bios of a computer by using a device connected to the computer. this device is a usb device with a microcontroler in it, and i can write a small programe in this microcontroler to read this. This is what i …

hi there ppl.. i got a puzzle for u guys help me solve.... My computer is turning off right after i turn on... i hit the power button it starts every fans and leds... so far so good.. then comes the POST beep.. 1 beep (just like normal systems do) …

TOSHIBA Notebook A135. When i press Fn +F7 or Fn+ F6 it wont change at all. The little icon will move though but the brightness wont do anything. I go to power options and move the box all the way to the brightest and nothing happens. It stays at a …

Hello there, Bit of an issue that I've had a hard time pinning down. I have a eMachines T2615, it's kind of old but has been nothing but trustworthy for years. Specs after a few years of upgrades are: AMD 2600+ 1.5 gig of RAM (Not sure of brand, but …

Have a dell deminsion & powersupply gives power to motherboard( green light on motherboard). I turn power on and power light stays on, doesn't post or turn on moniter, no harddrive activity. I noticed that the fan for the power supply doesn't come on when power button is pressed.should powersupply …

I am having an interesting dilemma with writing to CR-RW discs. I am using a program made by SONIC called DigitalMedia LE v7, my DVD player is a TSST corp DVD +-RW TS-L532B firmware DE03. I am able to write to CD-R and DVD-RW without any problems, but when I …

My son's Gateway 6525GP laptop screen is very dark. I can still see faint images on his screen. Hooking it up to an external monitor works just fine. What I've been reading is that the most likely cause would be the lcd inverter board. My problem is how do I …

My pc is a bit old, with 810e fst murcury intel chipset motherboard, pIII 733MHz processor,192 MB sd RAM,40gb hard disk and currently running windows ME. A couple days before I bought tech com 5.1 sound card(mentioning F-MEDIA fm-801-6c chip). My previous sound card was onboard ac97 audio. Now when …

[URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=1101071352-00.flv"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=1101071352-00.flv[/URL] the link above is to a video that shows what my coputer is doing... the back story: recently my gigabyte 570 s4 for an am2 socket died so i baught a gax38 dq6 so i went with intel this time and got myself a q6600 anyway...i installed the mother …

Does the above motherboard use an old style ATX power supply or the newer ATX 12v supply with separate 12 volt plug for the processor? I have to bring a replacement to my daughter in Chicago next week. Thanks. Sid

I have a HP Pavilion notebook that runs on win 98. It has been working fine but when I tried to boot it the other day, it is getting stuck on the splash screen. I then went into the F9 and recieved the following: PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 Copyright 1985-1998 …

i bought a toshiba equim laptop and i have forgoten the bios password and need some help on how i can break the bios password. am really in a mess and need help desperately. is there any software that i can use or a way of breaking the bios password …

Hello I've been building a new computer and can't get it to POST. Nothing happens at all. None of the fans spin up for even a split second. No signs of life... I took it apart and realised I had inadvertently got some Thermal Compund on a few of the …

Is it worth the extra 100 bucks to get the C2 duo 6850 or is the 6750 a better buy. I will overclock but don't want to go too far. I do a lot of video work and need something fast. I have another question on what type of board …