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Hi, I have 2 extra very fast fans (I dont know exact RPM though) which I can put anywhere inside my cabinet. The problem is that I cant figure out where to put them exactly so that it will cool my processor properly. Here is my config and temp on …

My screen has started flashin occasionly to a black screen then goes back to normal, the it will goes black for a bit lnger and the message out of frequency appears bouncing round the black screen, my computer power light is still on but i have to press reset, i …

Hello Everyone, I have an old (3 years) Compaq Presario 2500 (p/n DP662AV) laptop that was working fine until my son spilled a cup of water in it. He then proceeded to turn it off, clean up the outside, pack it away in its case, and not tell me about …

I have an 80gig HD that has been partition 10gig local disk(c:) & 70 gigData(D:0 the main one been 10gig I want to un partition it to make it one 80gig but not sure what to do.

Ok so my computer decided to die on me. it was running windows vista ultimate, but it was upgrade only so i have to install xp first. For some reason i cant get xp to work. I have burned a xp cd a few times and it works on my …

OK, this has become real challange for me as I tried almost anything, now I am out of ideas... [B]The story:[/B] It is my friend's old P3 comp, Runs on SOYO SY-7VBA133 mainboard, one small RAM stick, integrated everything, and small HDD. [B]The problem:[/B] The PC was working perfectly untill …

G'day, my computer has been running fun no problems at all but recently ive started playing a new game on it 9dragons, not sure if you have heard of it but anyway ive noticed it acting a little funny like after playing trying to shut down and a message comming …

Hi guys, I recently plugged in a mobile through a USB to have it charged. The phone rang and the computer froze and I couldn't restart it so I held onto the power button to force it to switch off. Now when I boot up the computer, the monitor doesn't …

I came into a computer today and it was apsolutely filthy. It booted up ok, but it neeed a good cleaning. I took off the CPU fan and heat sink and cleaned it off and put it back exactly the way it was. I compressed air'd the rest of the …

I have a Dell Dimension e510. For the last few weeks, it's been randomly restarting, usually if it's been idle for a while. This morning I turned it on, and it restarted itself after a few minutes. It did this a few times, until the length of time it was …

Hello, I've just installed an Ethernet Adapter (NIC) into a PCI slot of my motherboard, but I cannot make a Local Area Connection. I have previously tried to establish a PC to PC network, utilizing the onboard network adapters via a CAT 5 crossover cable, no hub or router, but …

hi every body i request to all my friends to suggest me how i can convert NTFS partation to FAT partation ? it is possible ? kindly regards sanjay

Hey, This is my first time posting and I really hope you guys can help. I recently built myself a new pc after my old caught fire (long story). I put the best of everything in as I had saved a bit of money. It all works fine and great …

i just newly bought a desktop, already built (last time i tried to build one it didn't work out), but 3 days later it crashed on me. i'm not sure wats in it, i know its an amd athlon 64 dual core 4000+, 1 gig ram, asus motherboard m2n-e sli, …

Hi all I have been given a Gatway Solo 9550 which is just beaut for my boat building workshop and runs win 2000 real well (and my cad program) But, it has a significant display problem. The left 1/2 of the screen is fine, bright, sharp, pic etc then the …

There is an amd processor that I believe to be oddly priced (But what do I know) here is a link [URL]http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=33334904&source=EWBBASE&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=33334904[/URL] Of course I have no intention of buying it. :)

Since iTunes 7 I have not had any success updating software on my iPods. I have a nano and a mini (both earlier generation). When trying to update software using iTunes 7 (rather than the old iPod Updater) I get an error about my firmware file being corrupt. I have …

I was asked to take a look at someone's computer the other day because it kept freezing whilst playing games, it sometimes crashed or reset the computer. The computer is a new computer and has only been in their possession for a few days, with no internet access. I took …

Please help me. I need your help badly. I already post my problem below as the reply to the similar case, but after a few days since no reply for me. I want to use USB external casing with 40 GB Fujitsu notebook harddisk in it. I tried several boot …

:cheesy: little info on my computer before i begin:- intel pentium 4 processor with 2.66GHz 512MB DDR RAM 2 RAM slots used, 0 free WIN XP SP2 3 HDD's : 120GB all together ....total of 67.52 GB's free alrite then.. ive got 512mb DDR RAM at the moment, which i …

The comp I use is an Inspiron 9200, "supposed" to have 2GHz processor, 512mb ram and the other stuff doesn't matter. I'm using windows xp home edition. Problem with my cpu is that its running at one fourth of the speed its supposed to be running at, i have this …

Hi. Hope someone can help me? I'm quite IT literate, so normally don't need to ask for help, but hey, here goes... I use a Dell, with a Dell Monitor. 19" CRT. Now then, I was in Google Earth - was working fine and have had no problems at all …

I have a spare 512mb RAM lying around in an old computer, and I'm considering adding it to my current computer, which has 1024mb RAM already. I'm running a custom system, the specs will be below. I want to know if there's a specific brand make of RAM that won't …

Hi everyone, I have a Compaq Presario M2105US, and it won't boot up. When I press the power button, only the Caps and Scroll lights begin to flash continuously. After a while, the fan does go on, but there could be a few different reasons for this. Two days ago, …

Hi guys, I first must tell you that I'm not a real tech person, so I've tried to be methodical, and I'm running out of answers. I have: Windows XpPro: Asus P4S8X motherboard with on-board sound. It used to work, but I had an issue and had to reformat my …

Ok, I have a dell laptop 1 year old E1505 model. it came with 512 megs of ram and ran super slow with vista so i decided to buy 2gigs of kingston pc25300 667mhz DDR ram. I just got the ram today and put it in the PC, it registers …

Hi DaniWeb community, I'm somewhat of a novice when it comes to computers and ANY help would be greatly appeciated. Early today, i booted up my computer as normal, opened up a few programs and my computer froze (as sometimes happens), i rebooted like it do whenever it freezes yet …

Ok...I installed my graphics card a few weeks ago and I now recently have been having a pop up start coming up when I start windows. It says windows detects new hardware...so i goto the hardware manager I read the ? in the tabs and see is the graphics card …

Trying to upgrade the wifes P3 700 PC to allow efficient downloading and some level of multitasking so decided to go with a P4 2.4 GHz w/ 800 FSB as I built this box for my gamer son a few yrs back. Decided to try INTEL mobo (rather than usual …

So I just installed a computer game on my PC about a week ago. I go to play a game I already have installed and I find out that my DVD/R and CD/RW drives are not being recognized by my PC. I have been looking all over the place for …

Hi guyes i have Dell Latitiude D600 Laptop here after i used it for a long time it become slow and slow so i prefer to format the HDD after i take back up my data and drivers after that the RAM becomes so low when i watched movie the …

I am having a really odd issue with my notebook....... I was online playing a game when all of a sudden my mouse froze and the screen froze.....every 5-10 seconds I was able to move my mouse and could see the frames on the screen move slightly. I pressed ctrl-alt-del …

I purchased a 5.25 usb external case which i can install a 5.25 optical drive or a 3.5, 2.5 hdd to backup data. My problem is when i installed a LG brand 5.25 dvd rewritable drive in the external case i turned it on & it came up w/ a …

i left on a business trip to michigam from indiana and i brought along my labtop. I put it in my bag and padded it with 2 t-shirts (which was all i had to use at the time) when i get off the airplane and drive to my hotel i …

Iam using a Intel D845gvsr board , when ever iam starting my pc after the lights on the keyboard blinks for a while , then keyboard, mouse and monitor not working . sometimes iam receiving messages like " overheat " on the screen only when the Harddisk is disconnected . …

hello everyone, Im a newbie to this site although not to techonology. I'll be visiting to learn, ask, and, hopefully, provide som eanswers and advice. Today, however, I am here with a little problem of my own. I have a Dell Optiplex GX240 with XP SP2, 2.4 Ghz Celeron, 512 …

Thanks for the great information here - it’s been a good resource. Question : I have a Toshiba Tecra A1 with a screen problem. Half of the screen is composed of wide black vertical stripes (which sometimes will appear as shades of gray/green.) Here is an image of the problem …

I've had my mp3 player since christmas, and it all started to go wrong a few months ago. My mp3 is an mpman MP-FOL7 and it has 1GB memory. The problem is, the sound has suddenly gone really really bad. The vocals of each song have completely dissapeared, and the …

Hi, im making this post for a friend of mine and we'll be much appreciated if anyone can help. Hes just purchased a second Sapphire crossfire card to crossfire with his current one. Its been installed and setup. But when he come to play a game he either gets a …

I have a HP pavillion XP, with media edition, ATI Radeon X1300 video card, 64bit duel AMD processers, a new 320 Gig hard drive (previous one crashed.. no reason...new one is only a month old), and a 430 watt power supply. when i got the new HD, i installed the …

I recently purchased a Dell Inspirion 1150. When it is plugged in it does not receve poer. the indicator lights on the front flash repeatedly but no power transfers to the battery and no power up is available. Any help would be great!

hello ppl i have a laptop with only one partition 60 gb i need to divide it to 2 parts can i do it without loosing my files or back up

Hi, I came home from work 2 days ago to find my daughters PC wouldnt turn on. Tried checking the simple things, power cables, extension cables no joy. Decided to take the case of and noticed the little green light on the motherboard that is usually on was not on. …

I have two hard drives, a C: drive and a D: drive. The C drive is a Maxtor 2F040J0 (I think) and the D drive is a Maxtor 6E040L0, however, they may be the other way around. I recently bought a new motherboard and processor and installed them and connected …

I'm currently trying to fix a Compaq Presario 5140EA (athlon 1.3 ghz) because the OS was being weird. So i formatted the HDD, installed XP, than it has to restart the computer ( you know the routine) but from that point it gave errors. After a while i found out …

Just installed a 2nd hard drive in a Compaq Presario running Windows XP Home Multi Media. It's an 80GB but now formatted it shows only 31.4 GB with no more space available. Any ideas on how to get the full capacity back?

I plug the power cord into the computer, and the power buttons light up, i press it, and nothing... not the slightest sound. On the inside, there is one LED light that lights up, and other than that there is no sign of life. The computer doesnt do anything. No …

I just built a new system with these components: Athenatech A449SL.400 Silver / Blue Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 400W Power Supply EVGA 122-CK-NF66-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe 2.13GHz LGA 775 Processor MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC GeForce 8600GTS 256MB GDDR3 …

After a small thunderstorm my PC wont power up, there are no lights either on the power button or on the back. I have tried to reset the power supply, tried a different power cord, different power source. the PC is in another state, so I cant physically see it. …

nothing is displaying on my monitor when i start up i have a raidion 9800 graphics card if that helps please help