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I've had my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo EL6800 (celeron 2Ghz, 256mb ram) for just over two years now. At the end of last year the battery packed in (discharges very quickly - it takes under a minute to fully discharge), although the laptop powers up ok through the mains supply. I …

I have an old pc that is a 1.6 ghz and would like to upgrade it. The motherboard chipset is an Intel Brookdale i845D and it looks like it uses the 478 pin. But I am not sure if it can be upgraded at all. any help would be greatly …

here is a simple question. i have 2 procesors for my laptop. currently my dell inspiron is sporting a 1.8/512 p4 with a gig of ram. is switching to a newer but slightly slower 1.7 with a 2 gig l2 cache a smart thing to do if its free since …

Well when I start any game, like counter-strike, the game works for a while, then it suddenly freezes, sound buzzes, the cursor freezes and I can't bring up the mouse cursor. I tried reformatting my computer already and the problem still persists. The freezing lasts for about 30 seconds to …

Hi, I have a problem with my powerbook G4 (12 inch). MacOS 10.3 will not boot. I used the cd included with the mac to check the hardware. Everything seems fine. On the other hand the disk utility program found many problems that it could not solve. I thus tried …

Hi there, i know you have been asked this question so many times before but i am having so much trouble getting XP to shut down. I select shutdown and it goes through its whole process until it gets to the "windows is shutting down" screen and it just stays …

Hi I am looking for CPU possibilties for the following: Over the New Year got a computer free from a friend, and hoping for some tech advice, here's the details I already typed up: I got a donated free mid-1990s tower PC from my friend Rob and have been mucking …

Recently config of my PC was celeron with 300mhz, 32 mb SDRAM, 128 kb cache, 4 gb HDD. But today i have added 128 mb SDRAM(so now ram = 128 + 32 mb), and performance has greatly boosted. I am running older version(older than 2nd edition) of WIN 98 and …

Bit of an old problem this one, but it's only starting to affect the computer now, with what software now requires. About 2 years ago I upgraded my computer with an AMD athlon XP2000 Processor and installed a MSI 745 Ultra Skt A motherboard to run it, the motherboard claims …

Im not sure if this Q should be on this forum,but I didnt know where else to put it. OK so my HP Omnibook 6000, I just bought the Fujitsu MHT-AH MHT2040AH 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache Notebook Hard Drive - OEM. THis is a generic HD that i was …

Hey this is my first post and i was wondering if anyone can tell if my computer is graphics card compatiblehere is my system (all the info i know im pretty sure theres more that i dont know about) its about 2 years old....Dell (Optiplex gx 150,is the make...i guess …

Hello .. I have recently bought a secondhand IBM M42 netvista CPU. It works fine except that when I start the PC the Fan works for the first few minutes then stops...then it will start to work again randomly while I am using the PC. Is there a problem with …

hello there i have a amd something not interesting 1.2ghz computer in my room and firstly i had to flash the bios to get the graphics :cool: working then i installed windows :cool: and then i insalled the graphics driver and then i stopped it halfway through it booting up …

Hey this is my first post and i was wondering if anyone can tell if my computer is graphics card compatiblehere is my system (all the info i know im pretty sure theres more that i dont know about) its about 2 years old....Dell (Optiplex gx 150,is the make...i guess …

I have a HP pavilion ZE4500 and it has xp2200+ on it and I was wondering what's max cpu speed i can put on the mb?

I currently have a 1 GB stick of ram in my computer and am thinking about getting dual channel. I have two questions. Is it better to have 2x512 MB Dual channel, or a 1GB stick of ram? And can i keep my 1GB stick in DIMM slot 3 and …

Hi everybody, just gotta quick question, On my usb 2.0 pcmcia card (2 plug), there is a power adapter hole in between the usb slots, what is this used for? is it even necessary ? I thought pcmcia slots were self powering ? Also, i have a 4x burner (...i …

I just bought (2) 512MB sticks of Corsair RAM for my HP Pavilion a420N, which ships with a single stick of 512MB RAM in it (or so it says in the documentation). But it hasn't arrived yet. Meantime...I looked at the properties today, and it tells me I have 448MB …

Hi Folks I have an iBook 500mg G3 iBook and it runs perfectly except for one thing: I cannot insert a blank CD in the tray. When I close the tray it spins for a second or two and then the door pops open. I have tried most everything I …

I have recently had a few minor problems with my pc so I decided to try to repair it with my Windows XP disc. What I actually ended up doing was to reinstall windows xp again and now my pc is back to the day it was made, well almost. …

Hi, I recently bought and installed a new DVD writer but now my CD drive won't work. When I start up the computer and they go through something I think is called a memory test, there is this beeping noise and it says "ATAPI Incompatible" (I think ATAPI is the …

I've been on this computer for 7 years. It's a Presario 5700 series with the following configuration: 320 Megs of ram, PIII 500 and is running five drives: [HTML] IDE: Primary Secondary [Floppy] ---- ------- ---------- ------ 0: HDD DVD-ROM Floppy 1: CD-RW Zip 100 |_(j. on 'CS') [/HTML] Before, …

I have the DFI Lanparty UT motherboard and currently use an ATI radion 9600XT card. I'm ready to buy a new vid card. The x850XT and stuff is out of the question but I'd like to know what you all think would be a good card to get, lower in …

i have a dell inspiron 1150 running windows xp home edition and i belive has service pack 1a installed on it. my problems is this: I will go to turn on my computer and sometimes it will turn on, and other times, it won't. When it does, sometimes the fan …

I want one with easy access to their site for updates etc. Good dependable board. Would you choose the abit KN8 NF4 or the MSI K8N Neo 4 F?

Ok, Im My PC I Have 2 Sticks Of RAM, One Is A 128 PC133 SDRAM @ 133Mhz And The Other One Is A 256 PC133 SDRAM @ 133Mhz: [IMG]http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/153/somedoodrampic9ef.jpg[/IMG] But When I Look At The Total, It Shows Only 256MB Are There: [IMG]http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4986/wrongrampic3vm.png[/IMG] Again: [IMG]http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/1041/mypcpropertiesram8xw.jpg[/IMG] And Also On My …

problem I do not have any video from the pc everything internally seems to be running fine i.e. powers on and off but I am staring at a black screen. Any help would be appreciated.

Hi All, I need to find out what's the biggest hard drive I can use with an eMachines FIC AM39L (FIC K7M-400A) mother board & an AMD Athlon XP 2700 2.71 gHz? I've messed up before with an 200+ GB HDD for a different set up & it only supported …

:cry: i have a dell optiplex gxp1 server that wont keep time accurate even after replacing the cmos battery. it will lose 1 hr at times. in the device manager it shows in system timer in properties no drivers installed. what could be wrong? :lol:

Hi I've not been on for quite a while. I'm going to have a new and bigger hard drive installed and I was wondering if I can have the old drive conected up as an external drive or are they special types of drives. Bill :-| :-|

Hey there, Would be great if someone could clarify what is wrong with my computer before I go off and spend a fortune on getting it fixed! I have an old Hewlett Packard Pavillion 7970. About a week ago it seized up so I restarted it. On restarting I got …

Hey, i have a video card, its an Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 , 256MB. I have an Emachine, so it only has a PCI slot, not PCI E. This is a PCI card and i have installed it once on my computer already. I am trying to install it again …

Hi! I would like to reinstall my computer but i cant back up files on a cd because my cd writer wont work and thats the problem im trying to get rid of (along with my very slow computer speed). :( im really annoyed :mad: does anyone have suggestions??? THANK …

hi i just bought a dvdrw Toshiba sd-r6472 to change my old dvd\cdrw Teac on my Toshiba Satellite 2450-401. It doesnt work...and i get IDE #1 error message. I tried the dvd driver on a Sony notebook and it works very well...so i updated my bios and also tried put …

A couple of days ago my screen started to flicker so I changed my Screen refresh rate from 60 Hertz to 85. I thought this would solve the problem but then it would still occasionally flicker. It's been abit over 4 years using this monitor. So, my question is if …

Hiya Everyone, My PC is currently running WIN XP and it keeps restarting. I have tried changing the OS setting so it does'nt automatically restart and so it starts under safe mode, but this has had no effect. I have also tried changing the boot sequence so that it starts …

Okay, I've had this problem with my floppy disk drive for probably a year now. When I open the Drive A folder, the contents on the disk would show and I could view/cut/copy/paste/edit.. etc. BUT when I would close the folder, take the disk out, put another one in and …

Hi all, Just want to know your veis on PDA's. Send your favorite, talk spec, if you like them and if you hate them. Send in any thing you like! Chris

Hi!! I recently brought a USB 10/100 ethernet card. It connects fine but stops responding after two minutes or so . What could be wrong ?

Is it safe? ANd if so where can I find one, no PC place around here sells ones. And the ones on sites i have looked at (directron, newegg) just have the pumps. Where I can get the whole setup.

Ok, me and my dad are trying to setup a SATA to my computer. We are using a IDE as the master, I know I should probably use the SATA as my master but listen to the whole story first. We tried to connect it to my SATA1 connector in …

My original CPU fan conked out so I had to order another, only they couldn't send me the exact same one again so I had to get something similar. The voltage, size and so forth appear to be the same. My concern is with the amps -- the original had …

hi resantly i changed my graphic card to nvidia geforce 256 6200 then i installed the 71.89-win2 kxp driver.Is this the best driver to install for my graphics?My operator system is windows xp pro and 1024 333 mhz kingston ram card.Thanks for ur help! :D

Hi This is my first post and I have a a problem that is driving me crazy. My computer suddenly stopped booting. The power gets to the machine but nothing else. No POST just dead. I have replaced the PSU thinking this was the problem (It works ok). The hard …

I'm planning to buy a new pci 64mb video card to enhance the graphic performance. I am confused what video card I should use, with ddr or sdr specs. What do you think about this? Is it possible to attach the 64mb video card to my old pc? Thanks Compaq …

Hi. Well I have a laptop and i also have an extra LCD for this laptop, which is a compaq nc6000. I was wondering if i could somehow connect my extra LCD to my laptop so i can have 2 screens, so i can extend my desktop. I've been reading …

:?: Currently i am searching the component for my home theater PC. Anybody any suggestion on the processor that support real time and time shift MPEG-2 encoding? Which motherboard, CPU and processor has the best performance? THANKS!

I have a PCI express Ati radion x700 pro video card and my drivers will not load and it will not work for my game black and white 2. but will for the sims 2. if any one has any idea what the problem is please help me. thanks.

OK I have a 64 bit AMD system (Windows) and it has been working great for about a year and then I plugged in my MP3 player into a front USB port - computer found the hardware and then immediately shut down - as if the entire system lost power. …

Yes, I did read the sticky at the top of the forum, and I know that I have clues to where the problem is, but I need to make sure I've tried everything possible before I spend a small fortune on a new mobo. I run an AMD Athlon XP …