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BEST affordable DVD writer available...!!! Hi everyone, I am currently having SAMSUNG combo drive (dont know what combo means) which is i believe cd rom + cd writer + dvd reader (NOT dvd writer) SO I am planning to purchase DVD writer....??? Q. Which is the best DVD writer cum …

I have a laptop with a wireless network card in it and a router wich is wireless network compatible... it has worked for half a year but last week it couldnt connect to my network anymore.... :cry: and now it cant even find my network.... does anyone know what could …

I got this new KVM Switch 5 Ports and with 2 10-foot cables. Now the picture quality sucks. I got used to it now after one day. Someone told me it's because of the cables but how can 2 cables be bad. Maybe it is the KVM Switch it's self? …

My computer - Windows XP Pro - Athlon 64 3400 - 1GB RAM - Maxtor Serial ATA 80GB - Radeon 9800 The last time i remember using my computer i shut it down properly and all was working well. When i came to turn my computer on again it reached …

[FONT=Arial]I have a relatively new (1 month) laCie 500 gb external harddrive that for some reason today has disappeared from my desktop. Nothing seems to find it. Any ideas on how I can locate it? I don't want to think I have lost 200 gb of data this month. sigh.....[/FONT] …

I have a 2000 gateway E-3400 and when i turn it on it does not beep, but the cdrom drive has power, the keyboard is lighted up, the front light is on, and the fan is running. Nothing on the monitor comes up though and the monitor works. Does anybody …

I accidentally spilled a drink onto the keyboard of my Toshiba Satellite 2455S305 laptop. Immediately after this occurred, the computer turned off. The only lights on it were an amber power plug. I removed the battery and then put it back in, and now no lights are on. I've been …

Hubby was given this laptop by a friend at work knowing it wasn't working properly. We're just trying to figure out what might be wrong & if it's worth our effort to try fixing it up. Per the previous owner, the screen would randomly go black like the computer had …

I have a Powerbook G4 and have installed the HP software and drivers. When I go to add the printer, it's not in the list and when I try to print, all I get is unreadable, multi-page print. Can't print from anything! I'm using AppleTalk to try to connect to …

SWITCHING between TWO separate physical HDD drives… Well… Situation: TWO separate HDD in one CPU: (Say): a. One HDD of 80 GB used for general work and internet etc…(having its own windows xp prof OS) b. Second HDD of 160 GB containing utmost critical and sensitive applications and data…(having its …

[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Could anyone tell me, is it always possible to buy bigger HDD and get smaller storage? like I’ve bought a Samsung HDD 120GB installed and everything and now I only have 111GB storage what could be the problem???[/size][/font] [size=3][/size] [font=Times New Roman]Can someone tell me is that normal …

hey, just wanted to know if i upgraded to an athlon xp 3200+ or 3000+ (400fsb).... would i notice a difference in performance whilst playing games such as WoW, HL-2, and UT2004 from my sempron 3000+: 2.0ghz...333fsb...512L2 cache.... Or if it would i would be better of just buying a …

Hi Great site, new member here and first post! Gericom Overd.2 PIII 800mhz laptop came to me with a loose power supply pin connector, so no power, battery dead too. De-soldiered connector then re-soldierd connector back onto mainboard. Laptop powers up fine now, only to develop what seems to be …

Hi. I bought a new mobo today. It supports 2.5V DDR Ram. The old board I am replacing (A7N8X-E DELUXE which is total ass) required 2.6V. Question: Will using my 2.6V RAM in my new mobo that says it takes 2.5V RAM hurt anything, lock anything up, fry or kill …

I have an AMD64 set up with an ASUS MB. My 15 year old son was playing Diablo II and he said weird noises came out of the speakers, and then the PC crashed. It will not boot up now. The CPU fan and video card and Hard Drive all …

Hi guys, I came across your site whilst looking for answers to my building nightmare. It's my first go at building a PC (for my mother dearest) from scratch... you seem to know your onions, try and help me solve this badboy :rolleyes: I've read your guide on the forum. …

Hey everybody, I've been having this problem for the past seven months. My computer just randomly shuts off every so often (usually happens at least twice in one week). I use it extensively (have gotten into the habbit of obsessively pushing ctrl+s), and when I first got it, I was …

I am having a problem with old mac (very old). I don t now the model but i now that it has Quantum Fireball 3.2 GB disc ,8 MB of 32 pin memory... my problem is that i don t have a mouse ,and i need it.. Where to buy …

Hey everyone. I was wondering if the Dimension XPS Gen4 can support two processors. Right now, I have one Pentium 4 3.6GHz processor and was thinking about installing another one.

Hi all, I am having problem with screen on HP ze4560us. Recently i had problem with HDD , so i replace HDD with another which my friend gave me, he also had HP. On beginning I had problem with formatting HDD , during the unsuccessful formatting notebook just froze so …

Hi, :-| I have a problem with my pc that I have just put together. I have never done this before so I might have done something wrong. My pc is made of the following parts: AMD 64 Athlon 3500+ A8N-SLI DeLuxe Motherboard 2 x Crucial 512 MB 184 - …

I am thinking of purchasing a Mac, because I am getting sick of my PC breaking down all the time. What I want to know is which Mac I should buy. I would use my Mac for emulating stuff (VPC), gaming, programming, and surfing the net. I am thinking either …

Hi there! :) i dont know which of the two to get (powerbook or iBook), also i am unsure of what size to get i fear the 12" could be tedious to the eyes after a few hours. I would appreciate any advive :cheesy:[FONT=Lucida Console]Skipper[/FONT]

I have a soyo kt600 mobo amd athlon 2500+ cpu w/heatsink 2 ddr ram @ 256mb and a ATI radeon video card PCI slot. everything turns on, but nothing on display will not post. mobo light turns on and is solid. ps everything is new I also have a pcchips …

Epox Ep 9npa+ ultra leadtek px 6600gt tdh amd 64 3700 sonata II seagate sata 250 2gb ocz gold Is this worth having? It looks like it would be interesting. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820401501[/url]

Hello again - I know I made a thread about this earlier, but I have tested some components and I think it might be my PSU that's blown. I have an ASUS P4S800-MX motherboard with a Pentium 4 3ghz processor. When I push the on button on my computer, the …

I've had a machine lying around for awhile now and recently decided to install Fedora on it. It used to run redhat fine, but I haven't used the pc in over a year. Sometimes, the computer just sits at a black screen with no signal being sent to the monitor. …

Hey, I am on a different computer now because my computer is not working. It boots up and it continues to run, however the keyboard and mouse do not work. They are plugged in and everything and I even tried a new mouse, so I'm pretty sure it's the computer …

I posted a few days back in the video card area, asking if I'd need a new PSU, but doing my own research, I'm convinced I do. The question is, exactly what? I'm a noob to this mod thing, but I've been told that replacing a power supply isn't all …

I recently installed Windows XP Pro SP1 and now my printer doesn't work. I believe I need driver(s) for my IBM. If I'm not mistaken, I think my printer software is too old to have XP drivers. Also, as crazy as it sounds, my printer works too. I tried to …

ok guys, i have a pimped out HP 753n computer, and i mean pimped out. I changed the mobo, vid card, added ram. Now my current pc is 2.53 Ghz P4 Gig of PC-2100 RAM 80GB Hard Drive Radeon 9600 SE 200 watt PSU (Im worried about this) i want …

Ok, I know my Video card pretty much sucks already. What I need to find out, however, is how much MB it is. On the stat sheet with my comp it doesn't tell and I can't find out how to tell either. The card is a Integrated Intel 3D AGP …

hello there Yesterday I put together a system for my girlfriend because she wanted a faster computer. Today I was finishing installing and configuring the system, she started playing the new SIMS2 game. I noticed that the case was kind of hot to the touch so I checked the temp …

My son wants to play "World of Warcraft". What video card would be sufficient. I have 256 mb ram, 15 gb hd, etc. Could someone plese give me some advice?

I'm just about to rebuild my PC and have been told that my 300W Antec might not be powerful enough for my new build. I've had no problems with my Antec, but a friend tells me that they're not as good anymore. I would greatly appreciate some information on current …

Greetings, I need help! I have an IBM THinkpad T-22. It was working fine until one day I went to turn it on, and when I press the button it just makes a little mechanical sounding click, and the battery light stays on, and disk drive light flashes for a …

[COLOR=RoyalBlue]hello everyone[/COLOR] my friend got [COLOR=DarkRed]gta san andreas [/COLOR] that he couldnt play because of the crash..he was thrown away to the desktop i told him that the problem is in the video driver and he need to update it...after done pc wont boot and the "no signal" message is …

Hi!! Recently I have noticed that my monitor's brightness increases for a sec or two and then returns to normal set brightness. This happens very frequently and can occur any time.what could be wrong??

my laptop has 8mb in vga. :!: how update my graphic card or the driver update the bga and sound card my laptop is toshiba tecra 8100... :idea: please

Hi, this is an emergency. my cousin had an old computer. his harddrive storages is only 8000mb. he had windows98 when he first got it. now he wants to install windows xp on that pc. but it got lots errors. finally i got to the point where its installin. but …

I am going to be setting up dual montors on my pc. Right now I have a video card that is built directly into the motherboard. Is it possible to achieve dual monitors by adding a single input pci graphics card, or would I need to go to a dual …

Hello everybody... I need help, I have asked my tech support and they doesn't seem to have a solution... :eek: I've bought a PC with an AMD 64 bits processor and a serial ATA hard disk, Windows XP SP1 installed. The problem is that most of the times it takes …

Okay I just went and spent about 1400$ on all these computer parts and when I put them togather I got nothing. My fans would run and my LED lights and CD drive light would blink on for about a second then everything would turn off. I fiddled around with …

this seems to be the closest place to post this i guess A friend is looking for a full out system software and such not a major concern he will be loading Linux on it anyway just wondering if anyone has run in to any good deals on a decent …

hi guys, i know this topic is off. but i cant find the link to pinter. so i came in here. my printer was lexmark. x6150. my inks done. so i open up the inks that came with the printer. as i put in those inks and close it up. …

I guess the title explains my dilema. Everytime I pick up the phone the computer starts by itself. I have checked the phone connection going into the internal modem and it is plugged in correctly, I have not added any new hardware or software recently. All "Windows" updates have been …

Hello i wondered if i could pick your brains , i am looking to install another h/drive for extra storage i currently have an 80gb SATA as my main drive , running on an Abit BH7 mobo , (which has only one sata plug) , on ide 1 i have …

I'm trying to use adobe audition (an audio editing program) to convert a MIDI file into a .wav file. whenever i try to open the "windows recording mixer", the following error message pops up: [IMG]http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/4240/errormsg3di.jpg[/IMG] i know its not the programs fault, because i have tried to export the midi …

this might seem as if im beating about the bush a little bit but i'll try to keep it as short as i can:D i have just brought a copy of windows xp professional (OEM) today and have taken it home to install on a machine of which i have …

[COLOR=Magenta]How do you determine which one you have....PCI or APG.....If my resource summary says PCI bus...does that mean I get a PCI video card?[/COLOR] :-|