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| | Hello All, I am getting alot of clicking noises and then my laptop (dell inspiron 1100) will not load into windows. It gives the Primary Disk Drive Not Found. After trying to turn it on and off with some breaks in between It finally loaded into windows. This is the … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | My computer has been up and running for about 5 months. I have a cdrw, dvd player and the standard 3 1/2 floppy. About a month ago, the computer stopped reading the cdrw and dvd drives. I wasted money taking it to a computer shop. He said both drives were … Hardware storage  |
| | My hard drive is very small. I got it a while ago in an old computer. Its a DELL computer. My drive has 37.2 Gigs. Yes,yes, I know its tiny! A shrimp! Thats why Im trying to boot it to the curb. I have some questions though, thats why I … Hardware hard-drive storage |
 | My mouse wheel stopped working randomly. Not malware related I checked my self and have scanned with everything so I know its not that. Everything with the mouse settings is fine. Any idea what happend? Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | I somehow made it impossible to use a PCI Express card on my ASUS A8N-Sli motherboard. This is what I did. I put a Diamond Supramax PCI modem card in the bottom PCI slot on my motherboard. This modem had been working in another computer. But now it caused the … |
 | Hi guys When searching the internet for info on how to install windows 98 on to a newly built pc, I saw some articles saying that windows 98 can only deal with hard drives of up to 130gb is this true and if so how can I install windows 98 … Hardware hard-drive storage  |
| | My friend has an old Compaq Presario with a defective 15-pin connector and I’m having difficulties in installing a new Graphics card on his pc. History : After every boot on an XP-Home SP1 Presario, display works fine for a few seconds, then the screen is filled with small gray … |
| | Hey guys i have a windows 2000 server running raid 1 (mirror) that reboots erratically. The computer usually doesnt have a monitor, mouse, or keyboard attached so i dont believe it is due to a short out of any device like that. Last week i hooked up a monitor to … |
| | Hello Recently I just re-install Window XP Home Edition (Dell Dimension 4550) and now I am having another problem. No Sound! I have a Creative SB live! Series (WDM) version 5.12.01.124 plug in inside my computer, and I didn't move and remove anything after the re-installation of win xp. Everything … Hardware audio pci-card window-manager |
| | hey can any1 help me.....my pc keeps on restarting whenever i open a game.....its absurd...it works fine otherwise.. i play fifa06 n counter-strike....so just in the course of play...pc restarts... n then in system config....it says there is no HDD present..so it stops there itself :sad: Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a Gateway 450ROG notebook and for some reason have a flicker in the monitor when the brightness is set to a low level. The flicker is never present when the brightness is set at a high level. The flicker only occurs when I actually move the monitor, so … Hardware display |
| | Hi, I have Gateway 7215GX. It was working fine until yesterday when it sudenly died. It was all night on standby and in the morning it would not wake up or anything so I restarted it by removing the battery. Now when I press the power button it just lights … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have had a Dell Inspiron that's served me well for three years. I recently moved into a new apartment with suspicious electrical surges. Even though I have a surge protector, I'm afraid there was some sort of an internal power surge. I was using my computer with no problems, … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Computer turns on fine Windows XP loads and does its thing Desktop comes up and not all of the icons display correctly: My Docs, My Computer, Outlook and IE don't show as they should If I try to open any one of them, the cursor changes to show that its … Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | Computer turns on fine Windows XP loads and does its thing Desktop comes up and not all of the icons display correctly: My Docs, My Computer, Outlook and IE don't show as they should If I try to open any one of them, the cursor changes to show that its … Hardware storage |
| | ok so. One day i came home to find my computer dead after a lightening/thunderstorm. and well i didnt try to do anything about it till today. i get no juice whatsoever from the powersupply. no juice anywhere. i get a new power supply and install it today, and same … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | how do i tell whether my computer has pci or pci express my motherboard is a ASUS P4B533-VM Hardware pci-card |
| | I AM POSTING IN BOTH THE ADD IN CARD AND GRAPHOCS FORUMS FEEL FREE TO MOVE/DELETE THE WRONG ONE (SORRY MODERATORS!) [IMG]http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/images/icons/icon1.gif[/IMG] [B]Old PCI card and XP HELP ME?[/B] I have an old WinTV card out of an ME machine. I think it was baught about 2000. I dont know … |
| | hello ppl i would like to know what i should know what to do about my cpu freezing in the middle of the game cuz every time i play for 5 to 10 mins it freezes and i have to reset it and sometimes it freezes on the desktop as … |
| | I am starting out my computer service business in the part time, and have had some calls come my way. I have been able to solve them all, except for the ones which relate to hard drive failures. So, now I am looking to invest some money into some hardware-software … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | My DVD drive reads normal CDs but not DVDs i tried reinstalling but still dont work can someone please help me with this o and when i oepn Roxio dvd recording program thing, it says i dont have the dvd recorder... Hardware storage |
| | I'm new to the site, so I haven't done too much searching yet, but I appear to have a similar yet different problem than other people here. I have an HP pavilion zd7000 laptop. About 3 months ago my laptop decides to randomly shut down. When I turn it back … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I am looking to buy Intel® Mother Board D101GGC I want to ask that which is the memory of the built-in VGA of this board ? and will I be able to play the latest PC games with it Thanks Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | When i try to watch a video either on the net or from my own cds my computer screen starts to blink on and off. Im thinking its my graphic card but not sure. I think my graphic card is on the blink literally. Dont suppose anyone has had this … Hardware display video video-card |
 | Just bought a GeForce 7800 GT from EvGa. I love it. I highly recomend this card easily instalation, no software problems, no adjusting just run it. BTW I have been playing it with Age of Empires 3. Can finaly play it on highest settings. Anyone else know how to overclock … Hardware display |
| | Hi, this is my first time posting here and I heard you guys are very helpful. The problem I am having is when I go to plug in the power adapter to the back of the laptop the green light keeps flashing and the computer does not turn on or … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Starting off I can barely remember my specs on my desk top. I know it's a Pent 4, 1.4 ghz, 640 dimm. My brother built it 3 years ago and then gave it to me. So I replaced Win98 NT with Win98 then later purchased and installed full version XP. … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | Hi all, My laptop started shutting down without notice, it was overheating, so I had the sink fan replaced. That seemed to do the trick for a few weeks. Then the shutdowns again. No warning. On one minute, off the next. I noticed that the power supply didn't seem to … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | [quote=quwip10]I will tell you the same thing I told ploppy this is extremely common on the 700's. I am almost sure this is your problem. "Ok, first off I have an old compaq presario 700 and I have serviced multiple others. The power supply is integrated into the motherboard so … Hardware peer-to-peer troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hello all I just picked up a Mustek 1200 UB USB scanner. I downloaded the files needed for installation from the Mustek site and followed and instructions for XP installation. The control panel "Scanners and Cameras" panel shows my scanner installed, and the same in computer properties ---> hardware under … Hardware image pc-peripheral |
| | Hi Guys, I didnt't know where to post a thread on this topic so I just randomly selcted this area. Well, I just got new speakers and headset/mic cause I thought my mic and speakers was causing this humming sound when I used my mic. But I found out that … Hardware audio first-post gaming pc-peripheral |
| | hi just wanted to know if anyone knows where i can get a manual for the sony vio laptops. I have to open up as processor is overheating but cannot reach processor from the bottom so I assume the keys have to be taken out to reach pcu. I am … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | A week ago my dvd/cd rw drive worked perfectly, but now when i try to put dvd rw, dvd r disks in my computer it doesnt read them and tells me its a blank CD. When i put any cd in my computer it reads it and it works fine. … Hardware storage |
| | hi, i am having an odd problem with my cd tray. its a pc.. and it was working perfect, but all of a sudden i pusht the button it wont ope... i tried restarting the computer but no luck. i know for sure that there is no damage to it … Hardware storage |
| | Hello, I am having the task of moving a 1.9 gb file over from a Mac to a PC. What do ya think would be the best method of doing this? Lastly, I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this. ;) Hardware storage |
| | I have a Dell Dimension XPS 1500 (pretty old) with a maxtor 20gb hard drive. This computer got pretty messed up so i decided to do some fixin. I bought a samsung 80gb hard drive. I installed the hard drive (i added it along with the maxtor, i didnt replace … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I am planing to replace my CPU and mother board. Does anyone have an idea of which one I should why. I prefer ASUS mother board and Intel CUP Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Hello, I don't know too much about my computer, however, I would like to increase the RAM. My problem is that I have not been able to find much information on my computer. I have a Sony Vaio PCV-RS530G. I would like to know whether it allows for a High … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram pdf  |
| | Hi Guys, I didnt't know where to post a thread on this topic so I just randomly selcted this area. Well, I just got new speakers and headset/mic cause I thought my mic and speakers was causing this humming sound when I used my mic. But I found out that … Hardware first-post gaming motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I run XP Home on my pc. I did a restore point and later tried to go back. this is when the issues started. after trying to restore the HD wouldn't reboot. So in stead of screwing around I bought a new HD and installed it making the old 80 … Hardware storage |
| | Hi, I have a Sony PCG-fxa36 Notebook and have been cleaning up unneeded files and other maintenance. Now the Fn key is continuously on, changing some of the letters to numbers or symbols when typed. I can press Fn and get the normal letter, so it is not a stuck … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | hey iv got a old computer that i renectly updated the processor from 350mhz to 400mhz (its not that good i know) anyway could somone direct me where to go or a file to download to flash the BIOS BIOS Date: 03/24/99 BIOS Type: Award Modular BIOS v4.51PG BIOS ID: … Hardware flash motherboards-cpu-ram |
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 | I'm in the market for a graphics card for my computer but I'm not sure what to get. I know I need one that supports at least 1.2 per-Pixel Shader (or something like that) and be the best i can get for under $200 dolors US. My computer is a … Hardware display  |
| | hi Have a problem with hd audio sound drivers. installed win xp pro with sp2 on system and done all automatic updates. restarted computer made sure sound is on in bios , restarted when win restart no sound so i downloaded ati north and south bridge drivers restarted sound in … Hardware audio motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Alright heres the problem, I start up the game, try to enter the actual game play and i get an EXCEPTION_ACESS_VIOLATION. And quite frankly I don't want it, I also don't want to upgrade my stupid Geforce 4 mx 440, so without further adue here is the error i get … Hardware display |
| | Hi, Can anyone help me? My Panasonic laptop starts to boot up, shows the Windows test card but then goes blank. I can hear it continuing to boot, and I can hear it reach the Windows jingle, but I can't see a thing. I can restart with Ctrl/Alt/Delete, but that … Hardware display laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Some electrical men were working outside when they suddenly turned off our power. The computer was on and fully booted when this happened. Now when I turn it on, it asks it I want to start it in safe mode or revert the settings, etc. Whichever option I choose (I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a 1.2 gig CPU, 760 Mg ram, 160 HD & Win XP Pro.. (5 yrs old) A few days ago I started to receiveing "Delayed write errors." Then I received a boot error message that "operating system not found, insert system disk. This lead me to believe that … Hardware operating-system troubleshoot-hardware video |
| | hi there, i recently bought a 6600gt from ebay (so it came alone no driver disks etc.) its pci-e, i plugged it in and booted up the pc, found the drivers on the nvidia webiste and installed them. however after reboot i founsd the computer was still using the onboard … |
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