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Hi boys and girls. Today on starting up my computer ive experienced a monitor problem. I initially get green vertical lines on a black screen (on start up) these then turn purple when windows kick in. Thet are about 2 inches thick and about 4 inches inbetween bands! I suspected …

OK, heres the problem. I have the imac g4. For some reason, I must have downloaded a pretty bad virus, my mac won't start up. All it shows is the blink "?/mac os9 icon." I did the option restart, and the hard drive won't show up. I put in the …

okay whenever I play this rpg online based game I get this virtual memory low warning. and then this beep sound. And latley my computer has been freezing often. even if I'm just opening my applications offline or web surfing. especially whenever I web surf and try to open windows …

:cry: i have left my pc on for a few days downloading everything was fine, i go to work this morning and my gf tells me she was using it and it "suddenly shut down" asked her if it was hot she said it was, (the case and the inside) …

Hi there I have a feeling i might know the answer to this already but I'm not positive. My brother has a custom built computer AMD sempron 2400, 512MB RAM, Abit Motherboard, 300GB hard drive. This computer was running XP Professional and Linux, but after a recent reformat it is …

The following happened when I tried to turn off the laptop from Windows XP prompt. After an extended period that the screen indicated Windows was shutting down, the blue screen memory dump came on briefly. Then the screen blanked and the computer restarted instead of turning off. While restarting, it …

Hi all, Had asked for assistance concerning the problem am having on my pc but it seemed only one person had a similar problem. My hard disk space is just shrinking. I looked for the problem and found that in C:\WINDOWS\Temp something was just creating the following files: Acr4A, Acr4C, …

I have a kind of wierd issue. My pc will boot up fine in the mornings. If i ever have to do some hardware swaps or hard drive upgrades or anything that requires a restart, my pc wont post, I can't even get a monitor turn-on. Some times at random …

The fun begins..... I'm upgrading my Powermac G3 B&W with a serial ATA Hard drive and controller card. I want to copy the contents of the old drive to the new drive. I know that in the PC World Maxtor has a utility on a boot disk that allows you …

Today, when I inserted a new DVD-R into my superdrive, it wouldn't mount. It had been working fine an hour before. There is no problem with CDs, new or previously written to, or DVD-ROMs or DVD-R with data on them. After trying repairing permissions, using MacJanitor, and trying new DVD-R …

I have a new samsung mm-a940 is there any thing I can tweak and get the best from this phone

I am thinking about upgrading my computer. I am an Intel guy normally but I wouldn't mind trying an AMD. I also like ASUS a lot. But I would not be opposed to trying another brand. What combination of RAM( I need atleast 512), Processor (I need atleast a 2.0 …

:confused: [COLOR=purple] My new pc will not bootup it comes on and a error message shows up saying please check signal.I have removed all the pci cards and reset them as well as the PCI-Express video card. the pc has a ABIT AN8 MBSocket 939 with a AMD 3500CPU,Kingston PC3200 …

This is a custom machine... when i plug the power cord in, the green light on the mobo turns on to let me know theres power; which is good. However, when i turn on the comp the fans light up and spin for a second or two then just stop. …

Does anyone know how much a battery for a Dell Inspiron 8600 costs?

Hi all, I'll apologise in advance as I'm not very good when it comes to the technical side of computers but I'll describe my problem the best I can and hopefully someone will be able to help me out. About a fortnight ago my little boy decided that it would …

I have had two 512 sticks running in my system at 400mhz... Recently I've come across two 1gig sticks running at 266mhz... I have windows XP and an alienware Area-51 computer... Which combination would be best? And in which order should I install the RAM? Is having two different speeds …

First time poster so I may need a little more help than the average guy. I was computing away earlier this evening and I adjusted the laptop which put a little tension on the power cord, and subsequently, I now own a dead computer. It's as if I've somehow shorted …

Hello, I'm currently thinking about purchasing a webcam... and I'm not sure which one I should try. My guidelines:[LIST] [*]Small, preferrably small enough to where it can't be seen (I have siblings that like to take my hardware *grunt*) [*]Not expensive, but "good enough" video/image quality (preferrably under $30)[/LIST]So far, …

Hello! I have a problem with identification (producer/model/chipset) of one older motherboar. Maybe you could help me? Here are links to photos: [URL]http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2438/dscf0066zh4.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/2583/dscf0071ge6.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8841/dscf0080vs6.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3451/dscf0081as8.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6364/dscf0082px2.jpg[/URL] [URL]http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3475/dscf0084vj3.jpg[/URL] Thank you in advance for help. Greetings from Poland!

well the title kinda says it all. ive got this flat screen monitor hanging around my house, and i want to use it, because this one is sooooo long, its right in my face when im using the PC. well as i said, i turn the PC on and the …

:mad: [B]I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new [I][U]SATA ULTRA 16 300GB 16MB CACHE 7200RMP Serial ATA/150 [/U][/I]to a [I][U]SATA to IDE Adapter[/U][/I] and …

Hi, in our office we had problem with one pc. it said keyboard error or no keyboard. Since we needed some docs from that pc, I connected hard disk from that pc to anotherone. We transfered docs and returned disk back. After that when we turned on the PC that …

Hi guys I just fried my processor a couple nights ago (nice burn marks on it too) it took the motherboard with it. Now I've replaced my mother board and processor and my computer still won't post. I've gone through the trial and error of trying my internal video instead …

Hi there... My computer occassionally beeps but will not go any further. The sequence of beeps are 1-3-4-3 That is beeps of course. It started a while ago, but only did it like once every 4 months. It happend once last night while the computer was on, the computer froze …

Hi all,:mrgreen: New to this forum. Have posted this issue in other forums, but to no avail. Basically, I have a used IBM A22m Laptop that is giving me intermittent issues both with the LCD and memory. The LCD is my main issue, because I think the memory is heat …

I have a core temperature reading occuring in comp running an Athlon 64 3500+ socket 939 cpu that's got me a little concerned. Speedfan is giving me AMD K8 core temperature readings between 44C and 48C when cpu usage is under 10%. 50C is the warning temperature. Below is an …

This problem only happens when I play Age Of Mythology at any given time during the game. Its happened on other multimedia programs but not offen. Just more so now when I run the game. The computer system completely freezes up including the cursor. And the speakers start buzzing loadly. …

Hello, I got this problem with my cpu and everytime I play a game called Wolfenstein. the cpu goes all the way to a range of 80-100 % usage. heres a chart [URL="http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chartbc8.jpg"][IMG]http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5320/chartbc8.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I had no problems before and I wanted to know if I should buy a new cpu …

HI there, :mrgreen: Just bought a new motherboard and processor and the motherboard has four ram slots two are DDR 184 pin and two are DDRII 240 pins. And I have two questions:- Q1) I currently have two 512 DDR 184 pin PC3200 to fit in the DDR slots but …

I am trying to help someone add more RAM and I was wondering if a 256MB PC2100 266mhz chip would be able to replace a 128MB PC133 133mhz chip. I would do it and find out but the computer is 50 miles away. Any comments or suggestion help.

:sad: Can someone help, I have a toshiba satellite pro 4600 which once I power it up, it goes straight to password. My problem is I don't know the password, I purchased the laptop at an auction. I've tried leaving the BIOS battery disconnected, no luck. tried powering up with …

Hello, i was looking at two mobo's and one supports ata/133 and the other umda/33,66,100,and133. What is the difference, and which is faster? Also can i get a suggestion on which mobo is better,(possibility for upgrades, features, and overall speed)? [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1943172&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] [URL]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1959170&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/URL] Any help would be much appreciated:lol:

hey all, my comp wont start all of sudden... seen alot around on this but nothing very definitive basically you turn the power on, fans run but the monitor shows no signal and the comp does not boot, there are no system beeps tried several things including resetting the CMOS, …

My notebook has some trouble: When the notebook is connected to the AC Adaptor, it starts to boot but automatically shutdown after the 'Sony' logo. It can't be reboot afterward for a short period of time (usually 5-10 minutes). However, there is no problem when it is not connected to …

Help! Recently my mother board was burnt due to wrong insertion of a new RAM memory and switching the PC on. To start with there was no display, then I tried to test my monitor on other PC, it worked. One of my friends who knew better about hardware said …

I recently had my Dell Latitude D600 fail while it was docked overnight. When I went to get on it said that the Primary Hard disk drive 0 not found. Another PC had disconnected from the LAN but was otherwise fine. When I check the setup it is stating that …

Installed new western digital hard Drive, 160 Gig.HD is not detected in manufacturers setup disk, and also not in BIOS. chanel 1 cabel has no hard drives displayed, chanel 2 ribbon cabel(secodary), shows both my CD-RW'S. Cofused, can you help? The origina HD has WIN XP on it.I got a …

hit there, I wonder if any one can help, I have built my own pc which has been runing fine for the past few months. all of a sudden i installed Nero 7 & Norton systemworks 2006 & found a trojan which is deleted. Then all of a sudden my …

[B][COLOR=black]:?: I use two monitors, one for TV sometimes and one for MSFS 2004. The FS has been minimizing and pausing after awhile. How do I shut off one monitor? In device monitor I see X300 and X300 secondary. Maybe just disable the secondary? Then will I have the whole …

hi all, my Xp is evil, its been dieing for quite a time now but ive managed to keep it alive, and even resusitate on occasion, but it has now been pronounced clinically deceased as of 18/09/06 in short. ive booted the drive from another drive with xp on it. …

My viao laptop went dead suddenly while working. I tried pulling out the batter and putting it back and switching it on.. but still would not start. what could the problem ? can anyone please help ?? it is a dual core laptop with windows MCE

Okay this is my problem: Whenever my computer is booting up, or whenever I'm playing a game it restarts. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes I can play for say an hour and nothing happens, but at other times when the computer is booting up it will restarts or whenever I …

I have an Acer Travelmate 2300 running Windows XP Pro. It was working fine until a tech from my broadband provider used it to check my connection. After he left, I inadvertantly left it on standby, unplugged - for 9+ hours. Now, I'm not sure if it's something he did, …

So let me begin with the beginning of my computer troubles. I'm sure if this is the reason of my recent computer troubles, but you might know better than me. In May I split quite a bit of diet Sprite on the keyboard of my 2 1/2 year old Toshiba …

So I have an all custom cpu with AMD atholon 64 processor, MSI K8N Neo motherboard, geforce 6800 graphx card, with a 420 watt power supply. The cpu has a total of 8 fans inside. Anyway ive had the cpu for 2 years now, its never failed me until now. …

Please help me! I have Panther installed on my G5. I was just using Safari to browse the web when Safari froze up on me. I tried killing the app and the rest of my machine froze completely. I waited a few minutes and nothing happened so I decided to …

Hi, I have a KV8 ABIT MOBO with 1 GIG ram running XP Everything was working fine until I tried to add another gig of RAM - went to the crucial site and ran their program to determine compatible ram - got the ram and installed it. PC wouldnt show …

Hello all, I am hoping that someone can either direct me to, or has, a service manual for a Sony Vaio PCG-GRT150 laptop that I can download. I was given one to look at to figure why it won't stay on. I have figured it out to be something on …

Ok, i will go through what happened so you will all know. I have Norton installed, which was playing up saying secuity was off, i wanted to unistall it because i had panda. Anyway, norton was giving me a supervisor error, so i could not unistall this.. I went to …