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Hi, Can some-one be kind enough to answer my questions which are in bold text ? [b] What is "Organic EL screen" [/b]? I am new to MP3 players. I want to buy one that does not only play mp3 files but also play and record the radio aswell as …

I know that i have already posted about the mini before, but i am looking to get a second to use for a small business, i would like to know if the higher model of the two would be ok with the needs of a business, i would be using …

I recently bought a 80 GB Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 80G, 7K80, 7200rpm, 8MB Data Buffer, ATA Ultra-100, 3.5" Desktop/iMac Drive, to install in My 5 year old Mac PowerPC G4. It's 400mhz, 256 RAM, OS 9.2.2, 20GB Hard drive. I have tried several different 'jumper' configurations. eg both original (lower) and …

I removed the motherboard on my Gateway 450SX laptop to resolder the power input jack. Since then the monitor will "scramble" at random times for no apparent reason. I tried connecting a crt monitor and the same thing will happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hello, Can some-one please tell me : What is [b]"Organic EL screen" [/b]? I am new to MP3 players. I want to buy one that does not only play mp3 files but also play and record the radio aswell as record voice/sound/dictation. Anyway, I am not interested in the "flash …

My G4 CD drive has suddenly stopped working, with an AirPort CD stuck inside it. I was installing an AirPort Extreme card, and followed the onscreen install commands. When it came to the restart instruction the Mac rebooted but the CD drive was dead, with the disc inside it. The …

Im wanting to know how many SATA cables I need and what kind if I want my entire system SATA ready. Im getting an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD mobo, so I know it is SATA compatible. Should I just count how many IDE ribbons …

I have a PII with 64 mb RAM. I want to upgrade to either 256mb or 512mb. First question is will 256mb be sufficient now that i have XP installed or better to go for 512mb. Better with 512mb i'm sure but relative to cost? Second question is what do …

My LCD screen on my hp zt1000 has just gone black. Im usually pretty good with computers and fixing things with them if something goes wrong but im just not to sure how to handle this one and any suggestions on how to fix it would be great! The only …

Our Gateway Solo 5350 (Part number 3501084) just became a "flatbed" (i.e., the screen lost all tension in the hinges and flops full open or closed) for no apparent reason. It had not been getting noticeably looser and the last time we used it we had no problem. We toted …

my girlfreind has a computer she built 2 yrs ago and is now having problems with it she cannot solve. i will get a full list from her later but heres some info to start us out its a amd 2.1ghz processor 64mb ram 40 gig hd windows xp os …

i turn on my computer and everything turns on except i dont get the picture in the monitor. i tried 3 monitors that work and none of them work on the computer. how can i figure out if my video card doesnt work?

I have a Abit motherboard, an I found a software on the abit homepage for flashing the bios from windows. I have a abit BD7II motherboard and I wonder if its wise to use this tool or if someone has any experience in using it?

I have a Gateway 450SX laptop. I had to remove the motherboard to resolder the power supply input jack. Since then the screen will "scramble" at any given time for no apparent reason. I tried removing the lcd screen and plugging in a crt monitor and the same thing happens. …

Installed ECS Elitegroup Mobo with VIA PT800CE-A chipset and 3.0 ghz P4 CPU. Sometimes , but not always, on startup I have to access the BIOS and manually search for the HDD. This can occur on cold starts and on restarts. Any clue as to why this happens?

[B]I have a Fujitsu notebook...a Lifebook 142 that someone gave me a while back and I just got around to looking at it and it works!....It has windows 2000 Pro on it but I do not know the password to get past the Login screen!...I know this is a dangerous …

Last night I turned my computer off. It recognized all 6 hard drives. Today when I started it the BIOS and controller card recognized all my 6 hard drives but when Windows loaded it only showed 2, the ones connected to my motherboard. It didn't show the 4 connected to …

Hi All I have friend's PC which was reporting errors and had to be rebooted regularly. We decided the best option was to reformat the machine and start again. So after backing up all data I reformatted his hard drive and then reinstalled Windows Professional from the genuine CD. It …

I just got a 40g notebook hard drive and wanted to convert it to an external drive. I bought a case that you put the hard drive in and it will convert to usb for both connection and power. When I plugged it into my notebook (compaq presario) windows xp …

I suppose it's the video cards fault. Because when I move the mouse on the screen while playing the game (in particular Sid Meyer's Pirates and Guild Wars) the sound start to tremble and the speed of the mouse movements slows down. My system information is as follows: System Host …

OK guys, this should be the correct place to post this. Recently I have been hearing strange sounds inside my PC. It sounds like a fan, kind of slowing down and almost churning, before sounding like starting up again and the sound goes. It's not a clicking or anything like …

I've got a question that just popped up in my head... If my system would need a 450 watt power supply and I would use a 400 or 350 watt instead, what would happen? Would the system shutdown? Could it be harmful to a system?

I recently put together the following computer: Asus A7N8x-x mboard AMD 3200+ chip Corsair 400MHz 512MB ram Antec 350W power supply ATI 9800 pro video card Windows XP After several errors when running the computer at 400MHz FSB, I finally got my board and ram replaced from the companies. This …

I just bought new parts to build a PC and after everything was done I tried to boot up and nothing showed on screen. I plugged in headphones and when I pressed power the motherboard said this through the headphones: "System Failed due to CPU Overclocking". My guess is, the …

Hi, can opne of you nice people help me with my laptop, When I press the power button eveything powers up fine, The Hard Disk spins and the Cd drive's light flashes and the processor gets warm (if left long enough) after this I don't think it boots, and there …

Hi everyone this is my first post for some much needed help. I have a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Laptop with a big problem, the laptop will not power up via the power supply it will only power up from the battery. I have also noticed the metal prong which inserts …

Hi everyone, I received a nonworking laptop from a friend. She told me it stopped working and gave it to me just in case i got it working, i could keep it. When you hit the power button the power light turns on and it tries to read from the …

I have just bought a Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 Pro Motherboard and am installing it in my machine. It has both a power fan connector for the case and also a system fan connector which both state that they are for the cooling fan. Which one am I best using? Is the …

Asus A7V400-MX AMD Thoroughbred Socket A Windows XP I can't install the SoundMAX Audio Driver on the integrated soundcard. I have downloaded the driver from Asus and tried to install both manually and with the .exe file. But I only get an error message saying 'Bad data' in the end …

finshed my new rig a while back and it didnt turn on i put the mobo on a phone book took everyhting out reinstalled all mojor components one by one and it turned on fine bboted up and everything do is how could i make sure in not a grounding …

I'm using win XP, an error message appears just after starting PC. That is:- RUNDLL Error loading amecsa.cpl The specified module could not be found. If I click OK,the resume using the PC as normal. How can I correct this problem? Thanks In advance, waiting for your reply.

Ok this computer is about 1 year old and I have noticed that the hard drive would make some weird grinding and clicking noises at time's and sometimes the computer would just shut down out of no where. I went to turn it on today and I got a message …

Hello, I have a Western Digital Raptor SATA drive that one morning decided that it didn’t want to load windows anymore.... It would freeze about 2 or 3 seconds after the Window XP logo appeared and then would flash a blue screen of death at me and reboot. I tried …

There is a CD stuck in the superdrive of my Titanium powerbook. I have tried ejecting using the eject button and by restarting and holding down the trackpad. The drive whirrs when this is tried, but doesn't push the disc out. Is there anything else I can try? If it …

Hi everybody. I am about to buy all these components to build my first computer specifically for recording. Will there be any compatability issues, is there anything else i have forgotten? Will i need to buy any cable's or anything or will they all be supplied? AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit …

Ok, I need info on buying second hand processors. There are plenty being sold on ebuyer, and I am querying as to whether or not I should do it. Now I know that im getting to get plenty of people saying no simply because the word "used" or "second hand" …

i have a compaq presario 700 laptop ive run anti virus programs but dont understand why at times not all but parts of my screen go green a very light green only on certain areas ???? as far as i can tell i have no virus on my comp is …

Today I was away from my computer for awhile and upon my return, the screen was blue with the following detailed error message written across the screen: A problem has been detected and windows had been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR If this is the first …

I have a Microstar 6160 socket 370 in one of my many pc's the board supports up to 1.1ghz so I bought a second user Celeron 1.0ghz and it was tested as working. I installed it onto the mainboard switched it on everything fired up as normal but there was …

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My monitor is making a sizzling sound from the back center of the monitor. It's a NEC FP1350X...Is this normal?

Hi my computer wont start up, the cpu fan and psu fans start and the power light comes on but stays flashing, the monitor says "no signal", could it be the CMOS Battery? Any help anyone?

Hi, Need your help to solve this problem. When i am playing a game i am getting blue screen(need to restart after), and some times screen is freezing. It began after that i reinstalled Windows XP. In systeminformation i got some conflicts. I/O-poort 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI-bus I/O-poort 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access …

ya um.noob question..is liquid cooling safe? i got a $1,000 processor and i dont wanna mess it up

When I boot my computer it says that I only have 256mb of RAM. But if I go to Control Panel->Device Manager->General tab, it says that I have 512mb RAM. What could the problem be? Hope someone can help.

I now got a new machine, my M/B thinks my cpu start at about 160 degrees farenheit, and shoots up to 320 degrees fareinheit, yet my programs say my CPU's temperature is in the negatives! I have 2 intake fans, 4 out-take (2 in back of case, 2 on side …

I know that slot A processors aren't in production, and I have been told that socket A processors are also out of production, is this true?

Hi – new user here with a hard drive problem. I currently have a 20 GB Fujitsu hard drive (MPF3204AT) with an ATA-5 interface. All OK until….. I recently bought a used 20 GB Seagate hard drive – with an Ultra ATA/66 interface and can’t get it to work. Other …

I have installed a second WD Hard drive in my Dell Dimension 4100. I had to use the 40 pin connector originally on my internal Zip drive. I now have nowhere to connect the Zip to the motherboard as all four connections are used up, two for CD drives, two …