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Hello i formatted my PC today and when i came back online i went to record some sound but i was unable to hear myself through my microphone i could only hear sound which was on my PC so if i played music i could hear music being played twice. …

Hello! I own a Dell Inspiron 4150 (yes, old laptop, but I love it). Yesterday I took it for a bike ride in my backpack and then when I came back later in the day I resumed work on a project. The computer worked fine until all of a sudden …

OK guys, im new to this forum, and would like some help pls. This was my set-up AMD 64 3500+ K8N Neo2 Plat 1gb TWINMOS DDR 400 250GB HDD * MAXTOR 9 256MB GEFORCE 6800 GT agp 550 W COLOURS IT PSU One night whilst watching TV downstairs there was …

[b][color=Red]Hi to you all, i hope someone can help ive got a iQon Intel Celeron desktop pc, with 512mb RAM. 160gb Hard Drive running on windows xp. ive switched it on and the monitor wont work apart from the power light blinking green, i tried a different monitor and that …

I just decided to pick up a Compaq 5 (1 internal) USB support PCI card, even though my PC came with two USB ports, one in back, one up front, it was 1.1 version being a year 2000 machine.... Anyway, I am asking a really dumb question because the use …

I have a newly acquired X20 laptop running Win 2000 and an old Norton 2002. Before dispatch the CD-ROM was playing music OK. Now the CD-Rom appears to play but there is no sound. Control Panel --> Multimedia reveals no sound related hardware. Ditto using IBM PC doctor. Is is …

I got a cheap mobo from fry's and it has two pci slots and an agp slot. mr problem is taht it only has two ide ports. I want two hardrives but I don't want a hardrive to ahve to share an ide cable with anything. I want to put …

Everytime I try to access any disk on my floppy drive I get the same message. "A:\ is not accessible, No ID address mark was found on the floppy disk." Right clicking gives me the same message also, in fact anything that I do that concerns this drive gives me …

I have searched to no avail for the MB drivers. It is the VT8237 chipset. Anyone have these drivers?

My computer cannot get into windows. I get as far as the when the Windows logo background comes on the screen but then my computer gives me the error message and the BLUE screen. The problem may have to do with a virus. I loaded an old diskette and I …

Hello all, Specs: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe Mobo AMD Athlon XP 2700+ 768MB Samsung DDR DIMMs (3x256) ASUS GeForce FX 5900 128MB 2 250GB WD 7200rpm HDDs 1 120GB WD 7200rpm HDD Plextor DVD-R drive Problem: I came home from the Rose Bowl (Texas Nat'l Champs btw) and my friends tell …

I have a T2682 Emachine, and it won't power up. After taking a look in it, I found that the wire had been disconnected from the power on button, and that the power up button is broken. The computer's power supply is fine, but without the power up button, the …

My PC has lost internet acces - IP address is now blank I think I have something that's taking over the PC - here is a chronlogy of what happened: My son downloaded a Div X player& then removed it when he couldn't get it to work. It looks like …

i recently baught a comp with ASUS A89-E motherboard,AMD 64 bit athlon processor, 1 gb ram and 256mb graphics card .. the problem is that the comp shuts down suddenly in the middle of any game with high graphics.. what may be the reason???

Hi everyone, I just recently installed Ubuntu 5.10 to an older computer of mine. It worked just fine for a while and then it started looking horrible. There are ghosts or shadows of the windows running all across the screen. It is still readable, but annoying. I assume there is …

Hello everyone, I have a laptop M700 that boots and after few minutes will shut down. I am not sure that this is a cpu problem overheating or what by the way this is a M700 PIII windows 2000 OS with Docking stations. any help would be appreciated. :sad:

I've got a K8N-E motherboard, and I need to take the retention module off to install my heatsink. Unfortunately, rather than being screwed on, it looks like it's held to the board with little plastic pins. Anyone know how to get these out? Thanks

Hello Recently i purchased my first high end gaming PC (woo!), (For now i won't name the company as so far there technical support hasn't solved anything). Anyway it came last Friday, so i frantically opened the box (like to add it was frantic only to the point of not …

Hi, My PC has 2 USB ports and only one of these works. If I plug into the other one nothing happens. Checked my bios set up and I only have one selection available for enabling USB. It is set properly since the one USB port works just fine. Any …

Hi all, Which webcam is the best one on the market these days? I'm in the market to buy. Thanks Michelle

I Got Given A Logik MP3 Player For Christmas, And It Worked Fine, But Then One Day The Menu And Song Names Went In Weird Japanese Symbols, I Can't Do Anything On The Menu And I Can't See What Song I Am Listening To :sad: I've Tried Re-Putting The Songs …

I have a dead integrated video on my emachine. Since it is dead I can't get into the bios to disable the video.... hence I can't add a video card because it won't work! Anything I can do to disable it??

Alrighty... I hope this is the correct forum to post in *glances around furtively* Anyway, my Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop began resetting itself this last week anytime I touched it below the keyboard. IE, resting my palm on the keyboard, opening DVD drive, plugging in USB mouse, etc., all made …

My computer specs are: Intel Pentium4 660 Hyper Threading 3.6 Gigabyte LGA775 GA-81945P (PRO)(-G) G5 looking Case with (New) Enermax SLi 535w ATX 12v v.2.0 2x 512 ddr20 668MHz Dual channel(With heat sinks) XFX Geforce 7600GT 2 Dvd drives 320GB Zalman Copper Heatsink/Fan - 92 mm 2 80 mm Fans(1 …

I have a P4 pc based on the Intel D845WN motherboard with an ATI Rage 128 Pro video adapter. The machine had been running perfectly well until today, when it would not even POST. There was no keyboard functionality, I could not boot from a floppy or even access the …

my friend loaned his 80gb hard drive to his mate when the guy put it in his pc he forgot to change the 80gb to slave so his master a 20gb hhd and the 80gb hhd are both set as masters when he turn on his pc it crshed.But now …

Hi it's my first post here. I have a problem with my mouse. It works for a certain amount of time, then the cursor freezes in one spot on the screen. I can still do everything normally, i can click and drag and all that stuff, i just can't see …

I was attempting to set my computer as a media center, however it wasn't all i dreamed of so I took it of the omputer off the tv and put it back on to my monitor. When I powered my computer back on it didn't work. It automaticly found the …

I just installed a new Motherboard and everything appears to be running smoothly. I'm using the same hard drive from my previos computer that has Windows XP Pro installed on it. All the harware is the same from pervious computer (except the motherboard), so I know that it is all …

This week I got a new CD burner. I opened up my CPU and replaced the od CD drive. In the process I decided to see about the sound card, which I had guessed was not working because it had gotten knocked loose in a move last year. I found …

Ok I don't know whether I need a new monitor or a new cable or something else is stuffed up here. When I turn my (old) computer on (that i recently set back up), it usually gets to the login screen (it's only using Windows ME, will upgrade to XP …

I have just bought a macbook and the "help" section says the hard disc can be partitioned and re-formatted for Windows applications. Is is possible to partition so that part of the disc is formatted for OS and part for Windows?

:?: Hey everyone. I lost my cell phone 2 days ago. I am bummed. I'm hunting for a new one and any suggestions from people who really know their stuff! Also, what is this texting technology that I found it at creepycrossword.com? (Bypass the crossword, and check out how to …

I've finally decided to build my first computer, and after picking through Tiger.com, I've found myself stuck on Video Cards. I've got a Gigabyte K8NE Mobo with an Athalon 3400+ CPU, and about $150 left to spend on a PCI express card. Any advice?

My computer specs are: Intel Pentium4 660 Hyper Threading 3.6 Gigabyte LGA775 G5 looking Case with Enermax Noisetaker 485w ATX12v v.2.0 1GB ddr2 Dual channel XFX Geforce 7600GT 2 Dvd drives 320GB Zalman Heatsink/Fan 2 80 mm Fans A week ago I added a 120mm fan to the outside of …

I am at a loss, this machine will not power on or charge the battery, when it is plugged in to the adaptor the light under the litte picture of the plug in flashes and the blue light on the adaptor flashes. Sometimes the display screen or other lights will …

Here are my computer's Specifications: *Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire Ready Mother Board socket 939 *AMD 64 Bit 3500+ CPU *(2x) ATI x850 Crossfire Edition 256 Videocards (I believe these are the source of the problem in some way) *Dual Channel DDR400 Ram, 1GB *Volcanic 630w Power Supply *80GB Hard Drive (Taken …

help me plz (on my hands and neas?) my pc keeps on rebooting when under stress and when i nugge my pc by acedeint it reboots :( right because ive been looking around all the forums i noticed a man with a msi mother board (same make as mine) he …

How do can you open up a Toshiba Satellite Pro 2100? I've removed all the screws visible underneath (including the 3 under the battery), but cannot open it any further. I've looked under several of the keys for hidden screw but not found any. Can't find any instructions on net …

I have recently put together my first computer, and it worked...for a while It worked for about 2 weeks, when it first hung up during the BIOS boot. It hung up after identifying my processore, and just froze. I reseated all of my hardware, and it still didn't work. I …

well my graphics card is a Intel(R) something like that and i have a game called [B]halo[/B] for PC somehow i cant c my multiplayer color and i thought it was my game or something i tried getting a new graphics card but i cant open the computer can any …

Which of the two technologies is better? My motherboard is Intel 845G. Does it support AGP or PCI? One of the graphics cards: XFX GeForce 6200 TurboCache 256MB (Onboard 64MB + 192 MB Shared) Has shared memory, is that better or if the onboard memory is more is that better? …

A couple days ago I tried to update my bios and got a failed verification error _MSI K8N neo board. No problems until I needed to restart the computer today. The computer will start-up for about 5 seconds - just enough time to show the first 5 lines of the …

you see, my ibm laptop suddenly was acting strangly and it wont go passed that " press f1 for boots options " screen and now when i turn it on the screen is blank! and the standby light is on when the lid is up! maybe the lid button is …

Hi, I am working on a customers computer and it displays the error message: PXE-E61 Media Test failure PXE-M0F Exiting LANDesk Service Agent II Instert System Disk in drive press any key when ready The laptop is rather old, but the customer wants it fixed. It's a Toshiba Portege 3110CT. …

I just recently moved...and when I hooked up my PC it wouldnt boot to windows. I reinstalled windows xp pro. Now whenever I dont move the mouse for about 45 seconds the monitor or computer seems to go into sleep mode by itself. I have all power options set to …

[color=#555555]Hey everyone,[/color] [color=#555555][/color] [color=#555555]I want to recover data from an old partition....the partition used to have win xp sp2 on it...and it all happened when I tried to use some free space from it to create another partition using acronis partition expert...but I was unsuccessful in creating the partition and …

Hi, I own a chaintech 9BIA motheboard and I'd like to find a program that monitors cpu temperature.I used Motherboard monitor 5 (last update) but it shows correctly only the case temp.I used configuration wizard too but it looks like it doesn't include my mboard.Is there any alternative and reliable …

i tried connecting my laptop to the tv with a s-video cable but only my desktop wallpaper appear on the TV screen. what's the problem?

Hey guys hows it goin? I have a question that i cant seem to fig. out. I bought a new barebone for my desktop. (it comes with a new power supply and fan.) i used the same hardware in the old one and moved it into the new barebone. Everything …