Hardware Forum

I have aquired an ALR Revolution 6X6 server, which will support up to 6 Pentium Pro processors. It came factory with a pair of 200 MHz/512K cache processors. I have a pair of 200 MHz/256K cache processors spare. My question is, can I use both cache sizes on the same …

I will be upgrading my computer with a new CPU and a few more DIMMS and I was curious if you guys think I should get a 'juicier' power supply. The CPU I'm looking at will increase my watts used by 23 watts. See the before and after specs below. …

Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system XP Home edition. When I press the start button, indicators on the key board blinks for a few seconds and the laptop stops booting up. I have seen that thumping on the laptop once or twice …

hi, i bought a case to house my pc in, the front USB ports are located at the top of the tower above the CD drive, but the wires are too short to reach the plug in point on the motherboard. There is no way of getting to the back …

hi i have partitioned my hard disk of capacity 40GB, but after the installation of operating system i was shocked to see that only 20 GB is being accessed.. plz help me to get rid of this problem

I have a presario SR1215CL that will not boot up. It has a green light that flashes beneath the power cord plug, on back of of machine ( while it is plugged in ) if unplugged it slowly fades out.It does nothing,other that that light on back, there is no …

[COLOR=#000000]I recently purchased a new Biostar P4M80/M7a Version 7 with Intel Pentium D 840 and 1 gig of memory.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]On first boot entered BIOS settings, reboot, lock at POST screen, and cannot enter BIOS[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Could not enter BIOS again[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Cleared BIOS picked default settings, reboot lock at POST screen, and …

I put together a computer this afternoon from spare parts and for a while it worked fine. well, i decided to reformat the HD and install WinXP....as the HD was formatting my buddy looked at the computer and noticed that i did not plug in the CPU fan. i pulled …

It will boot, I can ge to the BIOS, it will even load to the OS. The HDD light comes on and thats it. The only way to get it to shut down is to turn the PSU off. It's not the HDD it will even do it with no …

Hello Everyone, I am having a very strange Issue. I'm running windows 2000 Sound Card: VIA AC'97 Enhanced Audio (WAVE) My Microphone is not working when plugged into the mic jack. It does work when plugged into the line in jack. The Mic jack does work when plugging in another …

Hi :icon_wink: I was working with my laptop (power cord connected and battery fully charged) when the screen just got dark, I thought it was the autoshutdown of the screen, but it did not respond even when moving the touchpad or pressing the keyboard I force shutd:icon_cool: own it by …

I recently got 2 brand new 1gb 553mhz sticks of ram. when I try to put one of them into my first slot, it works fine, but if i try put a stick in the second slot, it stays blank and it beeps. the beeps have about a second interval …

Press my little start up button, which lights up for 3 secs then goes out, no other noises coming from laptop, dead as a dodo, doing exactly the same with power lead in. HELP !!! PLEASE SOMEONE !!! PC World £80 just to look at it, Toshiba knowledge base no …

First, thanks for any help you may give. My problem is: from several days ago, my 3 year old thinkpad T40 cannot load the windows when turned on. I noticed the fan is working but the HD seems not. For maybe 1 trial of 10, the windows can load and …

I have a friend who's computer is currently inoperable due to some screw up on his part, and he asked me if I could ask for help. Apparently, his computer was randomly restarting itself, and when he asked someone why, they said it was too much dust on the inside …

I have just received my PC system with no OS installed. Here are the specs: - AMD AM2 4200+ Dual Core Processor - 2 x Samsung 512MB DDR2 667 RAM - Maxtor 10GB SATAII 7200RPM HDD - Samsung 18x DVDRW - Asus M2A-VM-HDMI Motherboard I have tried installing Windows 98, …

My neighbor gave me a G3 imac, because he couldn't do anything with it. I plugged it in and pressed the power button on the front; all that happens is a pop from the left speaker, no fans, no other noises and the display doesn't even flicker. I replaced the …

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Is there any type of PCI card that i can connect to my home audio system so that all my MP3s will play thru my home system

I have a customer that has had two 19 inch Jetway LCD Monitors die in six months. I have used this monitor in other locations (some have multiple monitors) with no troubles. I have observed the line voltage and it can jump from 110 to 123 volts and back 20 …

i insert my usb pendrive into the socket but nothing seems to detect it even with windows xp service pack 2.

Ugh, this monitor went on the fritz a month ago and Ive had to use my backup 800x600 max resolution since, which is a complete pain! I didnt know if anyone here could make a best guess as to what the heck happened. Seems like it would be a pretty …

Hi there, I have a problem that I need to solve. I have a PC with an Asus P4B motherboard, 1.7 Ghz CPU, 400 fsb, 1 gig SD Ram. My problem? I'm a music composer and work via two 'vintage' Yamaha PCI sound cards (DS2416s). I would like to upgrade …

ive got problem when i purchased a new pc box, i was still using the old keyboard which was wireless and it has no problem with the old pc box, but with the new one the key "" ~~ doesnt work properly, i have to press it twice to get …

So I'm building a my first build and I'm not sure which CPU to get. I want it to be something that will last ages and still be decent in the long run so that's why I'm thinking of the quad, for longevity. But surely I must be giving something …

I've posted other threads, but they were resolved. 2 weeks ago my CPU was over heating Due to LARGE amounts of dust in the Heatsink. very, very scary amounts... it caused my system to shut off without warning. Now I'm still having an issue with my system. It will Either …

I recently had a defective MOBO replaced by ASUS. It's a P5B Deluxe. After reinstalling the MOBO and all original components the BIOS wouldn't recognize the HDD, a Seagate 320 Gb SATA drive. After checking everything and several restarts it finally recognized the hard drive. Once past the BIOS screen …

I recently purchased some highdensity ram off ebay. i should have looked closer when i bought it but it was fairly cheap. it does work in my computer (msi 6566e or 845e max) but it only shows up as half its full quantity. (2gb is the full quantity but it …

I have successfully rebuilt a machine I lost to a snowstorm a few years ago. Nearly every part of the old machine has been replaced, but I salvaged the old hard drive, and hope to continue using it as a slave drive to the newer, larger one I purchased. Everything …

Ok so I was running CS1.6 last night and all of a sudden there was this burning smell and a spark sound and my 5 year old computer crashed. Now at startup itturns on but doesn't do anything. It used to beep once, it now doesn't, and it doesn't turn …

When I try to start my wife's machine, power supply lights come on, fans run, but no video, no audio, no lights on the keyboard. Sounds like the hard drive starts ok. I have checked all connections and reset the CMOS. What should I try next? My wife is NOT …

Just like many people, my friend fell victim to the myspace virus. The past couple days for me have been calls from various people requesting help on ridding of the virus. I have managed to do so on all there computers except one. This person has a version of the …

My emachines W2888 is, um... dead. I woke up this morning and it was off. It will not turn on at all and does not make any noise. I did all the dummy procedures such as checking outlets and making sure power is available. It has that lovely burned eletctronics …

I have to move my P4 (Northwood) + Intel heatsink+fan to a new motherboard. Software issues are not a problems and the motherboard is compatible. But I am really baffled by all the discussion surrounding heatsinks. From what I gather these are the steps?? 1- remove the heatsink +fan by …

i had a gigabyte mainboard : GA 965P S3. After installing windows, i updated my BIOS to the latest version using Q-Flash (update using floppy disk). After the computer restart, it wont boot again, the screen stays black, nothing happens. So is my mainboard dead? how can i fix it, …

I have a Compaq model 5835 w/celeron processor running Win98. The hard drive crashed, something came loose inside the drive. I replaced the drive with a good one from another computer, with Windows ME o/s. When I boot the computer, I get the 1782 Disk Controller Failure message, and I'm …

I realize that there are some old posts on trying to upgrade this machine. I've done a clean install of Windows 2000 and the video display fills out only about half the screen. I've gone to Drivers.com and the Toshiba tech site and not been able to find anything that …

I just assembled a new computer and I can't get the darn thing to boot. I have power going to the cpu fan and the fan on the power supply. My hard drive on spins when the IDE cable is disconnected, and the rom drive also. The power button works …

i think it should go here i have not got a cd re-writer but i want to install ubuntu so is there anyway i can install it from and iso seperetly

To start off, I am trying to fix my friends computer because his hard drive has failed. He is planning on building a whole new computer in about six months, however he wants to get his current one going until then. I went out and bought a 250 GB/SATA 16Mb …

Hello, My PC always hang and sometimes restarts on its own. What could be its problem? Thanks.

Hello. I recently bought a new HP desktop (AMD 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.60 GHz, 2.942 GB RAM, 400 GB hard drive, current video card is NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE graphics with TurboCache and up to 128MB dedicated video memory; up to 632MB total available video memory as …

This is my first build and I'm a bit discouraged with the results. Once everything is hooked up, the power supply is switched on, and the power button on the front panel is pushed, two things happen: the lights on the fans flash on, and the fans budge a little. …

hi, im not very good with computers so any help would be appreciated!!yesterday my computer was working perfectly, this morning, however, when i went to turn it on nothing happened!well,the computer starts up but no activity on the monitor.i also tried hooking it up to another monitor but no difference!i …

I have a Lexmark X5270 printer. For the past several weeks, whenever I try to print something, the paper either won't feed, or it will only feed about halfway. I've removed the paper and tried different thicknesses (amounts) of paper, but nothing seems to affect it. I've also tried getting …

Hi, I am trying to configure a computer to switch on remotely with an IP power management unit, connected to the internet. The switch does apply power to the computer however the On/Off switch on the computer needs to be pressed. I have looked for options in the AMI Bios …

Hi with no computer building/repair experience at all, I don't know why my computer won't start up. The lights in my computer go on, but my screen doesn't turn on. Here's what happened yesterday: The problem occurred yesterday after I discovered my computer was acting kinda funky. When i turned …

Hi All. Thanks for reading. So this is my challenge... I've got an older gateway desktop, was running fine, Windows XP. All of the sudden now I've got nada. Gateway screen comes up with F1 and Tab options under the image, but nothing happens when I push either or any. …

hiya, my brother has a packard bell CRT monitor that is only about 6 months old for 'what i can see' no apparent reason. the problem with this monitor is that about a week ago it started cutting out (i mean totally powering off) when he tries to do anything …

I'm quite new to fixing hardware problems so sorry if this is quite basic. I've been having some trouble with my front USB ports and now I'm wondering if it's even possible for my computer to have them. I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium socket 939 motherboard. When I bought …