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Hi... Can somebody help me with advice on installing the max RAM in my Toshiba Satellite 1135-S125 laptop? Right now the machine has 240 MB of RAM and I'd like to get it to the max. Any advice on the best approach to take? Thanks, looking forward to some sound …

[B][I]I am thinking of buying a new Laptop and want to know everyones opinion on the most efficient proccessor ??[/I][/B] [B][I]I do some DTP and photo work and I don't play games (crap co-ordination )[/I][/B] [B][I]I know that battery life is also important and certain proccessors give longer working times …

Will the 7600gt handle bf2 with medium settings and good fps? Anyone got one? its 256 mb. Do you need 512 for battlefield? Im thinking of buying one but want to be able to play bf2. I have 2 gig of ram so im ok that way. i want a …

Perhaps I should have been concerned by the 1 year warranty or maybe it was the constant switching itself off or possibly it was the hard drive failing after 8 months but anyway to cut a long story short I have a rather expensive paperweight on my hands. Owing to …

Hello People, I recently built a system for myself to replace a very old Dell I was running. I went with a MSI PM8M 478-Socket MicroATX board (big mistake going 478. . .realized that two weeks later), Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, a Western Digital 80gb Caviar hard drive, 512mb Kingston …

i recently got my hands on a Pentium 4 (2.8Ghz/ 512k/533) processor that was removed from a working compaq laptop in hopes of upgrading my dell XPS/Inspiron laptop which has a Centrino 1.7Ghz processor. i easily removed the heatsink and swapped processors but to my surprise, my laptop wouldn't start …

Ok I have tried everything! I have been through the fixes and the scans. I have no viruses, no trojans, everything has been cleared out and looked at there are no corrupt files BUT this thing still isn't working right! UGH!!! I have done EVERYTHING that have been listed here. …

Basically i think my freind overclocked my pc in the bios settings? now my pc switches on but no life on monitor! Which means i cant access the bios or anything else at all!!! Please i have tryed for like 4 days to get some useful coherant advise but all …

I've had this problem before, but hit reset and it worked fine. This afternoon I can't get past this screen. It says detecting IDE drives... and just sits. I can't even hit Delete to enter BIOS. I've had overclock failures before and I go into BIOS and hit loda optimized …

I recently purchased a 100GB 7200rpm HD to replace my laptop's 60GB 5200rpm HD. I tried cloning my system's HD using Norton Ghost 9.0 via external USB but was unsuccessfull. I then turned to MaxBlast3 and it did the job. However, now my 100GB HD has the identical capacity as …

I recently bought a wireless keyboard Mouse combo set for my laptop. hoping it was all joys of use....however after installing my wireless keyboard and mouse which works fine ....but when i go away on trips without using my wireless keyboard mouse combo set i noticed that my laptop keyboard …

I'm helping someone with their 2 year old computer that they said died during a lightning storm. When you push the power button, absolutely nothing happens. I went ahead and advised them to buy a new power supply but that didn't help - still nothing. I disconnected everything I could …

When I try to start my other computer up, it first comes up with message saying "Error loading powerprof.dll (break) One of the library files needed to run this application cannot be found." Then, after the computer runs ScanDisk, another message comes up that says "Error loading Explorer.exe. (break) You …

Hi all.. I have a problem as follows.. When I connect the AC power supply to the laptop, the AC power light glows green... if the battery is there.. the battery is charging. When I press ON button, the AC power light turns to amber/orange and blinking and the laptop …

I’m trying to reformat a PC using the Windows XP CD-ROM. The computer I am doing it on displays a message "cannot boot from CD: Code 5". Does anyone know what this means? And how can it be fixed? Before you ask, Yes the PC is configured to boot from …

Ok, here's the story. On my Dell Inspiron laptop, one of the three power prongs got pushed into the case. So, I opened up the entire laptop, very very carefully, and pushed the prong back out. Problem fixed. However, after I put it back together the flipping screen won't work! …

Hi I have had a Trust SpaceC@m USB Lite (Version 1.88.0.0) for 6 years and it has worked ok on dial up all that time. I recently switched to broadband and now the cam won't work. I get white screen and applications (yahoo/MSN/Netmeeting) dont seem to pick it up anymore. …

Just a major/minor problem has been reccently afflicting my (bf's) computer... - computer starts up (and stays on) when plugged into the AC adaptor, and the connection is anything but loose. - the battery charging symbol shows that it's charging, and occasionally that it is directly on AC power (while …

depends on who makes your motherboard though. Dell especially are quite secretive about motherboard components. when you open up your machine have a look and see if you can determine whos the manufacturer of your motherboard and chipset and what not. take out the CMOS battery and let it be …

newbie here.... I have a Dell dimension 2400. My old hard drive is IDE. I just bought a Western 250 gig SATA (stupid me....did not pay attention). Is there anyway I can use it on an IDE motherboard ? what is the best/cheapest way to convert ? :eek:

Hello all: I have been having trouble our home PC. We recently hooked it up to the Internet for a few days without a firewall or any virus protection out of obligation. Stupid move. The computer began running slower and slower as it had come down with several viruses. I …

I fried my mobo and possibly my processor on my desktop last winter. I am finally financially ready to replace both, and I am illiterate as far as shopping for compatible replacements go. What information do I need from my existing tower to ensure that it is compatible with my …

hello, i recently built a computer for someone I know, and it was working flawlessly, installed windows, drivers, etc. No problems at all! Then, my girlfriend wanted me to set up her computer where the other computer was plugged in, and when I moved the computer to the other side …

i bought a second hand xfx 7800 gs and when i play certain games the computer shuts down. battlefield usually lasts but the game that turns of eveytime after about 4 mins is unreal demo. I have not got a clue about what could cause this apart from this being …

My 1 year old computer (home-made) isn't working properly and my dad is getting extremly angry and throwing things everywhere. It is a Windows XP proffesional system and has a intel pentium 4 proccesser, seagate hd, and powerbox which all seems to work fine. But when I turn on my …

I have a amd 754 pin cpu and im thinking of upgrading to the sli board they have for that processor but i hear it cant use the new sli drivers. Thats what it says from the shop im thinking of buying from. Does that mean i just use the …

Does anyone know how I can upgrade the internal memory slot of a Toshiba Satellite M105-SP381? Thanks,

my pc is saying when starting up windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt :\windows\system32\config\system now ive seen loads of offer posts but all of the replys seem to say that you going to need a reboot cd or the origeinal copy but i have …

I want to replace the battery for my CMOS. How should I do this without erasing everything in my CMOS? Do I jump another battery across the terminals while I pull the old battery out and put a new one in? Does the CMOS battery only retain the CMOS memory …

I need help reseting my power on password for an hp laptop. I have the beginning of Parkinsons disease and my medication made me forget my power on password.. thank you

Hi everyone, I have a question about my game slowing down when I get in close proximity to other players. It is fine if I am by myself but when I get close to 3-4 other players or vehicles it becomes very unstable and almost imposible to control my actions …

I have a asus k8v-mx motherboard with an amd sempron 2600 when i got it i set evey thing up fine but a it didnt work a freind tried to reset the board using the jumpers and battery , it now only starts up but does not have any display …

Hi All, Last Year I Had A Person Talk Me Into Upgrading From Windows Xp To Windows Xp Professional, Since Then I Have Not Been Able To Recieve New Updates, I Want To Have The Original System Reformated, So I Bought A Reformat Disk, Shut Down System Then Put Disk …

Well, I went to Future Shop to find the RAM I need. I gave them the receipt for the computer I bought. They gave me the RAM they said that should work with the computer I'm using. I tried it but it wouldn't fit. I returned it and they said …

hello i am plic i installed a combo drive 2 days ago. it was till morning but now although it is reading dvd's it is not reading cd's! please can somebody tell me how to go about eliminating this problem. is this a hardware issue or a software one?

So, we decide to have a LaN party. Everyting is going good. Until one more guy shows up. Well we all have to move pc's to make room. After getting one of my buddies pc's back hooked up, it freezes. It freezes during window's loading screen, with the blue horizontal …

I have an occasional problem with my Toshiba Satellite laptop. When I picked up my laptop this morning while it was running, the system crashed (blue screen) and attempted, but failed, to reboot my Windows XP. I got the recurring message "PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable" etc. This same …

I recently copied my 30GB HDD from my laptop to an Western Digital external 120GB HDD using copywipe 1.14. Everything went fine except now on the external HDD I can only see the 30GB copy. How do I get the other 90GB back? Do I have to repartion the Ex …

My computer (DELL Dimension 4700, with Windows XP Professional OS (SP2 included)) suddenly cannot be started due to "missing or corrupted" HAL.DLL file. All restart commands, taken from the CONSOLE RECOVERY CD, do NOT appear to work, e.g.: [B]bootcfg /list[/B] states that there are no entries in the current file …

Okay, here we go... what I ordered: Case: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208009"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811208009[/URL] Processor: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103735[/URL] Motherboard: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131024"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131024[/URL] Video: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814150139[/URL] PSU: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148027"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817148027[/URL] Memory: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227030[/URL] and I'm using an SATA drive. Okay... Here's the story... As you can see, I've pretty much ordered a new system to build, well... I installed everything down to the detail.. …

I'm In Need Help I Want To Know If Any One Has Had This Problem The Computer Comes On An Say (to BeGIN Click User Name) After Clicking On Name It Say Loading Personal Settings After That Nothing Is It A Virsus Thanks Joe

Ok, so I was playing a game today. I went to exit out of the game, the game froze. I could not do anything, ctr+alt+dlt, nothing. So I was forced to manually shut off the machine. Now I have had to do this in the past, no pobrlem. But now …

I downloaded the following: "Waterfalls3free.exe" as a screen saver. It was not satisfactory, so I deleted/uninstalled. In the process my Display Properties were reduced to 16 colors and 640 by 480 pixels. This is the only choice given. Pictures, etc. are very distorted.:sad: Is there anything I can do to …

So I got some computer problems.. It all started about a month ago, when the computer started to reboot itself 10-15 min after I turned it off. Since my computer is onmost of the time, I didnt bother. But a week ago, it started to act even stranger. When the …

Yeah I know this is probably the wrong forum to post this on but oh well, the community here usually helps me out... So. I got Oblivion and I was playing it and first the sound was messed up, I installed the new patch and changed my sound setup and …

I have a 7800gs with 2 x 512 mb 400 ram. I like playing battlefield but dont know if making my ram 1.5 gig will help me to improve gamplay or will it just load quicker? And if theres a big improvment should i go for corsair ram as its …

I have been working on getting a RAID 1 working on a Dell desktop computer. I have the IDE card installed and working. I was able to mirror the master drive to the slave while testing if it would work. Everything has worked out just fine, except one big problem. …

Hello All, My IBM thinkpad T30 wouldn't boot. On power up it displays the diagonal IBM Thinkpad splash and says press F1 to enter setup, F12 to select boot device. can sit there forever, or if I press F1 or F12 it shows an almost similar splash screen and says …

PLEASE READ ALL SO I DONT HAVE TO RETYPE WHAT I ALREADY SAID I recently built my computer and everything was running fine the first night im actually using it right now to wright this,but im on my onboard video. i installed quake 4 and still everything was fine my …

Hey i've been haveing problems with my computer. When I plug in my computer into a outlet it turns on and the monitor says 'No Signal' and the Keyboard Doesn't light up or anything nothing is working on it. I looked and made sure everything was in right on the …