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I have AM'D's Cool'N Quit Technologhy on my PC. I have three fans in my PC, one I just put in my self. It will not show that I have three fans running. the third is ... but I want to know how to get it on the display. Can …

I got the standard CD burner that came with my pc, I just put a new hard drive with Windows XP home on it, but the burner didnt work before that either, is this a hardware problem?

I have a AMD Antlong 64 4000+ ... But is a 2.4GHz or speed what it is supposed to be at>?

The wires from my case are as follows Power LED + , Power LED - , Reset SW (2 holes) , HDD LED (2 holes) , and then there is a seperate wire listed as Power SW, and it has 2 holes. The motherboard pins are as follows: HDLED+ , …

I am using a Blitzz Netwave Base 2 Router and I have an Excelent Signal Strength and a Speed of 11.0 Mbs and when i go to the Internet browser I get the "Page Cannot Be Displayed" which is a pain in the butt. So if anyone can help me …

Hi, I'm new to this community so I would like to begin by saying hello and thanking everyone in advance for their advice. I have encountered a problem with my pc. Well it began when my usually quiet CPU fan started making a loud noise and I also noticed that …

OK I've currently my card's settings at 325mhz for the engine clock and 600 for the memory clock. I want to take the settings up though. [img]http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/9746/ovcl7sv.jpg[/img] I'd like to know what other people have their cards set to, since I dont wanna fry my card. I have it very …

Hi Everyone I m a noob with Ram, motherboards and memory or w/e.. but anyway My question is Do DDR and DDR2 works together well? because I currently have a 512 Ram and I m willing to get another 512 Ram DDR2 or DDR to make it 1G I don't …

When I look at the specs. of the celeron d 325 and the amd xp 2200 the celeron seems better, yet I can buy the celeron for $ 57.00 new the amd costs $30.00 more. Is there more to it than the specs?

my computer crashes all the time like every 15 mintues, my computer crashes sometimes when im starting my computer the comp stays on but my monitor goes blank and the little light on the monitor blinks yellow and green as if im away and also i cant turn my video …

Hi there,. I recently brought my computer to my families to do some work over the holidays...Basically whats going wrong is when I plug in my computer ( a HP a500n ), the power supply on the back blinks rapidly and there is a clicking sound if I lean close …

[COLOR=DarkRed]UUHHG... My computer keeps restarting randomly, I think it may be itself trying to make sure it's not running too many things, but I am not sure :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :cheesy: [/COLOR]

My inspiron won't get past the windows xp loading screen. It just clicks and then goes right back to it or goes black and gets a blinking cursor. I was on the phone with Dell for 2 hrs. yesterday and they said it wasn't the hard drive and it took …

well i figure my motherboard is messed up anyways, and pulling the amd thing from the other board wont workc ause it doesnt fit, so heres waht i did i pulled the motherboard + processor from an older computer (amd k something something) and put it in the newer shell. …

Hi all, I just purchased a NEC 3550A DVD R/W, and it looks like there is no software coming with it, a friend of mine has suggested that I purchase Nero suite 6.0 and download the upgrade, and download DVD Shrink. This is my first foray into DVD software, so …

I'm going to purchase a NEC DVD/RW, and I've been looking at the 3540A, and just as I've decided to purchase it they now have the 3550A available for about the same price. Looking at the spec I don't see any difference between the two as far as writing goes, …

Here is a email i sent to the managing director of a big UK based company called Aria Technology (England, Manchester). So far i have had no reply: Dear Aria Taheri, My name is *******. Through my company (I am not going to disclose this) and also through my own …

Hi everyone...I am new to this forum and am hoping you all can give me some guidance. I am not a tech person but love my computer and am usually able to figure stuff out as I go. Well I installed a 2nd hard drive on my computer and got …

[QUOTE=DMR]The sequence of the beeps is important; each particular beep sequence is a BIOS POST error code which points to a specific problem (bad ram, faulty drive, etc.). We can tell you what the error code means if you can tell us the make and version of your BIOS, and …

Hello I am about to buy a ram to upgrade my current ram. I bought one on ebay and did not work because I get a single sided and my motherboard will not read but half of it, even though my motherboard book says " Support single and double density …

Ok, first my dvd burner totally crapped out on me, wouldnt burn, wouldnt read discs nothing, about as useful as a drink holder. So I put a cd burner that I used to use in there, and it reads cd's. But when I go to burn something it will say …

Hello!!! i am thinking of buying a new notebook. For that reason, i have to know which processor to go for. Can anyone inform me more on intel and AMD processors and which one is better?? Thanks in advance Prakhar

my friend has this problem with his geforce 6800. when he tries to install the drivers for the card it only installs the icon and a few files. then the comp restarts with this garbbled screen. he has asus a8v deluxe mobo, amd 64 3500, 2 westgate serial ata with …

Hello guys and thanks for any and all help. I work with video editing quite a bit, so I wanted to record on VHS directly from my CPU. (My editing program has a full screen option and so I thought that while the edited video is in full screen it …

first I don't use a mac ,just wondering if you can use a usb 2.0 device for file storage ,new 40 gig toshiba harddrive ,not formated yet , with Mack laptop,is it possible or does the harddrive need to be for a mac or can it just be formated mac …

Hi guys, ive just installed a new mobo and since then im getting a really bad framerate in World of Warcraft. Ive tried reinstalling my graphics card drivers (9800 pro) but still no luck. has anyone got any ideas?

here is my computer specs: Antec Neo He 550w Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core Nvidia xfx 7800gt 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Performance 2GB Windows XP i had just built it. when i turned it on, it was fine. after about 10minutes of …

Just add in a new HD in PC. BIOS can detect the 2nd HD or slave but Window can't? Open Window Disk Management only see Disk 0 but can't see Disk 1. New HD Pin jumper set to SL(slave). Any good advice. Thanks

i have an LCD monitor that i've been having problems with. when i turn it on it stays on for about 5 seconds then a message flashes on the screen saying "going to sleep." then is shuts off and won't turn back on again until i unplug it, if anyone …

Hi folks, I was pointed here by one of my more technical friends so my apologies if this is a ridiculous question... :o Basically I've had my PC for many years, the spec of which was as follows:- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 System …

Hi guys, I woke up yesterday morning to find my computers power light flashing and making a strange drilling sound. i thought this was strange as i hadnt left my computer on all night. I turned it on and it powered up ok, then it locked up when i tried …

First of all, this involves a Western Digital 250 GB drive. I partitioned it into 4 seperate drives. Aside from one of the drives on here, all the others seem to be working fine. My "Music" drive, the one causing problems, reads files fine too. That is until you move …

Appreciate help. I have a good working computer: 500Mhz 256Mb 20Gb, which I bought on e-Bay to use for learning Linux. I installed Mepis Linux OS completely on the hardrive. I just cannot work with Linux with the password all the time, and, it just remains over my head. Now …

need a decent card to run CS:S will [URL=http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpresentation/index.php?product_id=PNYOA04AE7&nbs_search=C%3D107%26S%3D1073%26SB%3Dplh%265556v%3D128%2BMB%253Atext%26P%3D%26search_type%3D%26K%3D%26M%3D%26202981v%3D8%253Abucket%26AM%3D]this graphics card[/URL] run it well? JK

GRAND COMBINATION - POSSIBLE OR NOT...????? LAPTOP - USING ONLY MONITOR + KEYBOARD + MOUSE (SEPARATELY USB ATTACHED) PLUS DESKTOP COMPUTER CASE/CABINET ONLY - CONSISTING OF MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, RAM Respected Tech gurus nerds and dear friends Well I am having a desktop presently with 2 GB of RAM. (I …

Can the RAM PC2100 mix with PC2700 or PC3200. The max. MB support is PC2100. IF can what will happen . Thanks :lol: :p :lol:

My son is unable to serve games online such as halo,homeworld... We are behind a router have been unsuccessful in opening ports. It just screws up the router and I have to reset it. Is it possible to split the cable into two modems, run his computer direct to one …

My problem is I play lineage 2 online mutipler game. I am getting a low fps, and its not from my connection, cause my ping is pretty low. A friend I play with is also running 6600GT card and he is getting 60fps. I am getting about 14-25 fps depending …

I have this problem: When I set resolution on monitor to 640x480, picture is blurred. But other resolutions are OK. I use 800x600. Can somebody here help me?

Hi I have a problem that is difficult to explain, but I will do my best. All media such as DVD, mpegs, avi's etc are displayed VERY dark on my monitor. I have tried changing the Gamma settings, it makes everything else lighter EXCEPT the movie! Everything else on my …

OK... This time I really managed to screw things up. I downloaded a program called FREE-BROWSER [url]http://www.lilsarge.com/FreeBrowser.htm[/url]. While installing it I got a message saying something about problems regestering a file and unfortunately I didn't write it down but I chose the option of RETRY, and then it said theb …

Hello, I Reciently did a pretty major system upgrade which included my RAM, Video card, sound card, power supply and case... I've had a few problems along the way, but this one i can not solve... Shortly after getting everything installed I noticed the screen every now and then flickered, …

hi guys, if ne of u guys can help me, ill appreciate it. i just got this acer travelmate 4010 series aptopi reinstalled the window.and i lost all my drivers, i downloaded graphics and reless driver. but i dont no wut sound system it has. plz tell me the site …

I have a Seagate external hdd that was working awesomely. About a week ago, I dropped it. I rushed into my office to see if it was still working (I didn't expect it to). It worked fine up until yesterday. I used it to logon to my website at work …

Hi there, my name is Don & new to the Forum, I unfortunately suffered the net result of an Operating System malfunction (XP Home ser pack 2 etc).and I am not very impressed, more highly stressed at the moment & I would appreciate any help. All of a sudden Windows …

Hi How can I run the pc in minimal devices loaded? So that I can isolate the trouble coz the pc shuts itself off even during cold boot. I also won't be able to stay at the bios settings window the pc itself turns off during cold boot. Video and …

i dont know much bout computers, but i need help fixing one i was messin around with the pins in my computer (award something or other, with a p3) when the processor fan sparked and stopped running.. and started smelling bad it worked but the fan wouldnt turn, so i …

If a cpu was ovrclocked but not noticebly damaged, could or would the life of the cpu be shortened if from that point on, it were not overclocked again?

Usualy when I plug-in my computer's power supply cord into a wall socket it automaticaly starts working (I don't know why...), but few days ago when I plugged it in it didn't start (I guessed, maybe it got better, but...), I couldn't start it by pressing power button neither. I …

Hi, Here's the problem. I was in the process of troubleshooting my internal modem by de-installing and reinstalling it. I had the tower on its side at the time as I didn't want to have to mess around with the screws again if it still didn't work. Landlady's kid suddenly …