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Whenever I restart I'm told the comp needs to run the [B]Chkdsk. But it freezes at 16% of stage two every time. I can restart and skip the scan, and I don't receive any other error messages while using the pc. This only happens if I want to reboot.[/B] [B]I …

:p I have an AMD Sempron 1.6G processor and I want to upgrade to an AMD Sempron 2.2G proccessor will need to format? OR can I just change out the CPU? Thank you

I just upgraded my whole system. New motherboard, hard drive, cpu, heatsink, ram, and video card. i was able to get through the vista install quite roughly, but whenever I boot up my computer it restarts after about 2 minutes. I was wondering if it was a power supply failure …

All of a sudden my external HD does not show in My Computer. Some strange thing happened after I did a clean install of XP Pro. I did a clean install on my C drive. (Partition 1) D drive holds all my files and downloads. (Partition 2) E is my …

Hi, I have Dell Preceision 690 with 2gb RAM. I bought additonal 1gbX2 ram from Dell which are supposed to be compatible to this machine. When I install new RAM, system shows total of only 3gb instead of 4gb ram. In Bios set up also installed memory is shown as …

I have been playing world of warcraft and the game is choppy when I get into heavily crowded areas I run it on a Compaq Presario AMD Sempron [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71191.html#"]Processor[/URL] 3100+ 1.81 GHz, 384 RAM with sis 760 video card. However the minimal requirements for [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread71191.html#"]WoW[/URL] are Intel Pentium® III 800 …

Hello, My family and I have a PC which has caused us difficulties in low to severe to incredibly bad form. The specifications at the moment should be like the following: Manufacturer: Sony Corp Model: PCV-RX540 Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (32-bit) RAM: 500+ megabytes Processor: 1.20 GHz …

My laptop seemed to be working fine last night. I was using it as it was plugged in the wall. I left it for some time, then when I came back it had powered off (what I assumed was putting itself in standby). When I hit the power button, there …

(this isnt the problem, i just wanted to write a nice story. The problem will come later:)) Being a college student i dont often come home, i came home this weekend to find the aformentioned Laptop lying around. From what my old man said the owner of it said she …

Hi, i read many post lately but none seem to answer my problem. i got a pc that was working great for the last 4 months or so... and yesterday, when i was playing i heard some kind of electric surcharge or something like that in or at the the …

I own a computer that for no reason at all, will just shut off. What will happen is that when I am doing something on my computer, such as playing a game or browsing this website, my computer will suddenly turn off. I can't turn it back on from the …

:rolleyes: Hello guyz I've bought a board recently with a new VGA. Below are specification: P4800D-X GeForce 5500 After installing it to my mobo and fix the interfacing of it. My mobo boot smoothly on bios when I've logging in at windows their is no keyboard activity neither mouse activity …

Hi I have two pc's with AMD Athlon 64 3000+. The problems I've been experiencing have been happening ever since installing IE7, or another factor im not sure of. The pc's starting freezing, restarting by themselves and dumping physical memory. Eventually the pc's couldnt even boot up anymore. It would …

Hey all, I'm new to the site and am having a problem I was hoping someone could help me with. I just got a new system and it came with a via mobo and a maxtor hdd with the regular old ide ribbon cable style. I bought a new samsung …

My five year old Inspiron 8200 has finally died. For about a week it said it was running on batteries, even though it was plugged in. If you unplugged it, it would instantly shut down. Or if you took out the battery while it was plugged in, it would do …

Hi i have this problem... lately my monitor keeps blanking out for like 2 seconds before it comes back on again. Sometimes, the words and color will appear abit funny. Also, today for no reason, many many icons popped out.. like around 40 over internet explorer tabs, and many msn …

My friend has a microsoft windows wireless mouse and all of a sudden it just stopped working. I have check his comp for viruses and other malware and its clean. I only had view point. Im wondering if there is anyway any mouse related files could have been corrupted or …

Wel i liked my od proliants (hence my old username being proliant_fan) im gonna ebay another one as i liked them before (built like tanks :)) got a choice of either: [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-6400-6400R-QUAD-Xeon-RAID-2-0Gb-Memory_W0QQitemZ330089762901QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-6500-Dual-P3-Xeon-RAID-Server-182-Gig_W0QQitemZ330089766211QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL] [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Compaq-Proliant-CL380-Quad-CPU-Cluster-Server-RARE_W0QQitemZ330093626489QQihZ014QQcategoryZ1484QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/URL]

I got a Logitech wireless mouse for my birthday, January 28, which I immediately installed on in new notebook. It worked fine, up until an hour ago. I unplugged the receiver to move it to a new USB port in the back, and when I did, it stopped working. Windows …

When I'm browsing my pc for a file then click a specific multimedia file my mobo suddenly rebooted continously. I've try to access safe mode but it won't load successfully, I try all possible solution under F8 menu but it won't. What would I do to see the problem?help please.

Ok here's the thing...I was having problems with my computer only getting to the boot prompt (where it says safe mode, last known good configuration, normal mode) and then restarting itself. Well now when I attempt to power on my computer, the power and HDD lights come on, but the …

Hey again. I bought a new 3DFuzion GeForce FX 5500 Graphics Card. After a while my computer now randomly shuts down and now it doesnt even get to the log in screen. I am currently running on a 250W PSU do you think that i should buy a new PSU?

My Hdd is running flat out even when im not using computer

Hi, I have a dual 1.8 Powermac G5. The thing has been freezing a lot, ever since i bought it. Hard freeze, no spinning pinwheel. After taking it in several times I have been told every excuse: it was my monitors, memory, faulty harddrive...yet replacing all of these has not …

Ok... My situation... I work for a company that does custom home integration and installation. One of our clients has a Sony Vaio Media Center that recently crashed on them. Without it they can't access anything on their home theater system so they've asked for help from us. I've been …

Hello, Problem 1: I am trying to install XP SP2 (32bit) on my XPC 64bit Shuttle [500 GB Hard drive, 2 GB Ram]. During the install, Windows setup alerts that a large number of install files cannot be copied to the hard drive. I hit 'escape' to skip the install …

Hi I'm working on an IBM NetVista 8315KHU , WinXP, [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 256 DDR SD[COLOR=red]RAM[/COLOR], [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 80mm[COLOR=red]CaseFan[/COLOR] , other parts are as per original specs. Orig. [COLOR=blue]problem began as[/COLOR] an "out of blue" worked fine til bedtime, tomorrow after work - no boot. No household power issues or anything weird. Opened, …

anyone ever have problem with install cd freezing? I have a machine that won't boot safe or normal, it freezes after a few seconds. I tried to boot to recovery console, but the install cd freezes at "Setup is starting Windows". I have replaced motherboard, but still same problems. I …

... is the noise my computer (graphics card?) seems to be making at regular intervals ;o It's probably worth noting before I begin that my old motherboard used to make similar noises and found out that it was a problem with the 'toroids' or something, in that if I pushed …

Hello everyone. I added an ethernet adapter card to a computer of mine yesterday and the keyboard stopped working. I've checked the connection and it's fine. The keyboard appears to be disabled at BIOS level because I can't get into setup by pressing DEL during the boot process. Windows still …

Im about to start building my 1st PC, I have good PC knowledge however im just a little confused about my fan set up. This is the system i will be running -Aerocool Coolview case [html]http://www.thecoolingshop.com/product_info.php/cPath/101_24/products_id/1889[/html] -HIPER 580W type R PSU -ASUS P5B deluxe wifi-ap motherboard [html]http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/113963[/html] My problem is …

Hi all, Im going to buy a 22 inch tft but am unsure about the resolution 1680x1050. Will this work with battlefield 2. I want a big screen but the resolutions are the only thing i dont understand. thanks again Greenhouse:cheesy:

I'm having some issues with a new pc build. I can't even get it to POST! No video signal whatsoever from the onboard video. The parts are as follows: ECS P4M800PRO-M V2 Socket 775 MOBO w/ onboard video (I know it's a cheapie motherboard) Intel P4 3.06 GHZ 524 04A …

I just got done building two computers using the C2D 6400. I used the Asus P5B-E and was not overly impressed. I hated the bios and its looks. It had a problem with any overclocking at all and some of it's own software messed it up. Anyone care to lead …

I just picked up a 1GB USB Flash drive. It has this U3 crap on it and I was wondering if I could just format the drive without making the drive useless. It is partitioned into two separate drives, one for the U3 files and one for data storage. I …

I have been doing some upgrades on my PC ( MOBO, CPU, PSU, DVD-R) After I had installed all these things, the computer would run fine, at first. but at times when I try to install something, it will start out fine, then freeze up for a second and all …

Hello, I am wondering if it is a good idea to upgrade my ram. Right now I have dual channel 2x256. My friend might give me a 1gb stick. I have another 2 banks on my mobo. Should I upgrade and add another gig or will it no longer be …

Hey, How do I know if I can raise the cpu speed on my pc???? Its running 400mhz...when Iwent into the CMOS i could change it to 600mhz...would it be too much for the CPU????

This is my first posting after reading great info on this forum for a long time; hopefully someone can help me better than emachines tech support. I have an emachines T2792. I'm a mac video guy but needed something simple for internet and word. I've had this machine for almost …

My desktop computer had 128BM PC133 RAM. I decided to upgrade ram to get more capacity. I bought 2 memory sticks of type PC133 and 512MB each. I installed them, but the system reports only 511MB. ( I would expect the total memory to be 512+512+128=1452MB or 1.5GB). Why am …

I stupidly installed the wrong memory module in my computer and turned it back on. A funny noise came out of the speakers, and the screen zapped out. Now only the fan and the power light come on. No hard drive activity at bootup or screen response. I replaced the …

Power to computer turns off after 5 sec. to 2 min. Fans seem to be working fine and have been cleaned. Power Supply box or hard drive problem???? Any guesses. Sshoun :rolleyes:

Can anyone tell me what error 57 is. I am using Bootit NG to resize my partition C and make it larger. The problem is when I go to resize it says error 57 found on file system. Use scandisk or chkdsk/f. I google but can't find anything to really …

Is it just me or do these suckers cause more trouble ... ? I have a PCG-FXA53, four years old ... older, I know, for a laptop, but my grandmother has a Compaq from 95 that is at least operable. Anyway, I was using the computer the other day when …

[COLOR=#000000]Hi![/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Please help. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [LIST] [*][COLOR=#000000]When I switch my computer on, then some process takes 100% of my processor. When I use the “Task list”, then there is program “SCVhost.exe”, and when I switch if off, then CPu usage becames 5-10% (like always, in normal day). …

So I keep getting this BSOD, it flashs too quicky to get any other info oscreen except this. DRIVER_IRQL_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL But the story goes a little deeper. Yesterday I got a message from ATI control center that said the GPU (Radeon x1600 512, PCI express) had been reset, I shut off …

I have just swapped out my mobo for a foxconn NF4K8AC with Athlon64 3000+ cpu and geforce 6600GT 128MB PCI-E graphics card. The graphics card, cpu and mainboard fans spin up as do the CD/DVD drives and harddrive but the system simply emits a series of single prolonged beeps :cry: …

Hello all, I recently bought a BFG GeForce 7800GS OC AGP 256mb card. I cannot find any drivers for it online(even on their website). I run on Windows XP Service pack 2. Sometimes when i play games, they just stop and i have to control+alt+delete to get out of it. …

I just made my first attempt at building my own computer yesterday and since then have not been able to get it to start up. I know everything is connected properly. I've tried getting it to start up outside of the chasis as well, but the same thing happens whether …

I have a [B]Dell Dimension 4700[/B]. It has 512mb of DDR2 RAM. I would like to upgrade to 2 sticks of 1GB each so that I will have a total of 2GB. I think I'm gonna get rid of my 512mb that I have now because its 400mhzt and I …