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Ok, I just replaced my ancient MoBo and 1.4 AMD CPU with a AMD 64 2800 and a ABIT NF8 MoBo. Problem is, after I hook up the powersupply I get a red light on the MoBo, but when I hit the power switch on the case I get nothing. …

I have a Microstar K7 Pro (MS6195) main board that has 196MB of RAM, and I want to increase it to it's max cap of 768MB. My owners manual list the memory as being 168-pin unbuffered DIMM, which supports a 3.3v PC100 SDRAM. I pulled one of the modules out …

can anyone help me? I have an IBM thinkpad P2 laptop with (i think) 256mb memory running win xp pro. yesterday morning i made an attempt to boot it up while it was plugged into the mains adapter. Upon turning it on i got nothing at all on the screen …

Hello, I have a few questions: After comming off the phone from me mom, whose nicely suggested that she'll go half to a laptop... I have 2 questions- *Importanting a laptop like this : laptop this is still in the UK but if I buy it from lets say America …

I read an article from the watch dog section of Maximum PC magazine and several reviews online about freeipods.com. I went to the site and to me it looks like a scam. What does everyone else think about it?

I have connected a pc and an apple via a Belkin switch thus enabling me to control tow computers with a single keyboard and mouse. I opted to use an expanded logiteck wireless keyboard and mouse rather than the mac keybourd. However, the logitech keyboard does not have the key …

Alright, I need some help with my computer. When i try to turn it on nothing happens fans turn on in the inside but other than that nothing starts up and the moniter stys black. NOTHING HAPPENS. I have no clue what happened. I shut it down last night because …

What are ALL the parameters considered for measuring the "QUALITY OF CD-ROM"? Is it only the speed by which you can write on it, and other parameters expiriencable during the CD writting itself (like failing to write it correct) or is there something more? (What I have in mind? Well: …

My system is as follows... Amd Athlon XP 2600+ Biostar M7NCD (nfroce2) 512k Ram Western Digital 80gb 7200 rpm HD EVGA geforce fx 5200 ultra and also trying MSI geforce fx 5600 pro A few days ago I powered on my system and after the Windows XP Splash screen I …

I just put in a hard drive,set it up as a slave,bios and device manager recognize it but can't access it thru MY COMPUTER. my cd rom. has become my E drive,still have C: no D: My jumper settings are correct. I don't get it.

I have recently had to repartition, reformat, and QuickRestore my Compaq computer with Windows 98. (If you want, check out that thread in the Windows XP category.) Everything seems to be working now, however I am having trouble installing the NETGEAR wireless router MA101 on my computer. Following the directions, …

hi all, my HP scan jet 4300c is aparently a good scanner but ive yet to see this as it has never worked, im starting to wonder if i should chuck it but i dnt give up on hardware easily, lol i plug it in to usb and install the …

HI! I've had a friend ask for my help, but not sure what's wrong; *OH bought an external hardrive, he formatted it, the pc is recognising it ok but the thing is it's supposed to have 160GB on it and it's only showing up as 1.99GB, anyone know what the …

we bought a computer from goodwill because were poor and right on the front it has a sticker that says "this computer is priogramed to delete all programs" and when you turn it on it says operation sytem not regonized what can we do for it to get it going …

I'm having a problem with a locking up computer. The computer I'm having trouble with is constantly freezing up. Not when I play games or anything, because I can't even install a game, let alone get a CD in the drive before it freezes up. It freezes to the extent …

i running a Toshiba Satellite M35-S320 with 60gb HDD Intel Pentium M 1.5 NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 32mb 1.25 gb RAM and i was wondering if it was possible to share my normal RAM with my video ram, and if so how i would go about doing that with either …

hi all, my pc does not see my cd-rw anymore does this mean it is on its way out?

Today as I sat down I bumped my computer as it was on, the keyboard and mouse didn't work, I cheacked all connections but it was just frozen, I tried turning it off with the normal front switch but it did nothing, I had to use the main switch at …

I've just got a 02 X3 mobile phone with USB output on it, I also got a powerMac G4 runnin on OS X. When I plug the phone in the system does not register the device, that I have connected so where do i need to be looking, for access …

Hi All, i have a P4 2.8 , xp (home), logteck speakers which absolutly have no problem in them. my speakers keep on giving a beep sound like the sound i hear in physics lab from a frequence generator, its the same(if u know it) i tried other speakers but …

Working on an HP pavilion 4445. (celeron 333). Friend was having weird visual glitches when he plays freecell. Figured just a graphics problem or Windows98 needed updated. Did all that, still problems. Switched cables on the cdrom because that wasn't working. Reformated to install 98se instead, but the cdrom isn't …

Mother Board: Intel 845 Processor: Intel Celeron 2.4 ghz I'm thinking of increasing RAM to 1.024 gb of ram from 128 mb. Will the computer speed up? The memory I use normally comes to 180 when seen in task manager. Is it better that I buy 256mb ram and is …

I just loaded OSX.2 onto my G4 (PCI Graphics). Everything seemed to install fine, albeit slowly. When the system finally rebooted after Disc 2 install, the initial screen steps you through the setup. That's when I first noticed the main roadblock. My keyboard no longer functions. The mouse attached to …

Hi, My monitor won't start up when I boot my computer, there's a bit of a story so I'll start from the beginning... About 3 - 4 months ago my monitor started playing up, when I booted the system the screen would be jumping, so I turned my machine off, …

OH BOY, my other computer has gone thru hell, first i posted about the endless cycle and i took care of that, then it was going super slow and crazy amount of pop ups and then my internet froze anytime i tried to go a support site someone told me …

Hi, My monitor won't start up when I boot my computer, there's a bit of a story so I'll start from the beginning... About 3 - 4 months ago my monitor started playing up, when I booted the system the screen would be jumping, so I turned my machine off, …

From what i kno, no one messed around with it, it just happened. anyways, now my moniter shows red as a deep grey, an it is also distroting everything, and making them smaller. I think i might have done that trying to fix the color and can't figure out how …

I am going to be building a computer for a friend of mine who is a quad. It will have the speech program naturally speaking which is very memory intensive and also several others. It will have a special kind of mic and some other things. Would it make a …

I am curious to see what people have to think about all of the new cpu technology coming out in the next year or so. If you were building a new computer in a year what cpu would you choose?

trying to start up windows 2000 pro. when it goes to start up a pop up comes up and it says shutdown authorized by NT AUTHORITY/SYSTEM... and something else about windows/system32/services.exe and status code 128 if u could help it would be much appreciated...and if u need more info just …

I'm trying to set up a new 2003 server for the school and expected just ot have to install server 2003 but I think I need to do some preliminary setting up. Power on has: Broadcom NetXtreme Ethernet Boot Agent v7.0.1 Copyright (C) 2003 Broadcom Corporation All rights reserved. Press …

I have a Conpaq Presario 1650 Notebook. The problem with it is that I turn it on, and starts up, but when it gets to where the desktop should show up, it doesn't...instead these errors pop up: [COLOR=Red]Windows Networking Unable to load the dynamic link library: msnp32.dll The system cannot …

Hey guys I have a major PC problem. When I turn my pc on it loads everything up and the freezes. It won't do anything I have to turn the power off to do anything. If I turn it on then rush to enter safemode before everything loads I can …

This problem has happened to me since last week... I was playing total war and monitor suddenly turn off but i still could hear music,and after restart and i played the same game again and it happened again,so i uninstalled the game and played the sims 2 and the same …

Ok, i build my own computer: ASUS p4800SE mobo HT p4 3.0GHz 800FSB HT w/heatsink 1 GB PC3200 RAM 80GB Seagate 7200RPM Onboard LAN 2x80mm fans and my POWER SUPPLY is 550w power magic psu! My computer has been running for about almost a week and everything was running fine …

i just recently bought an airport extreme card for my g5 to connect with my other pcs. unfortunately, the signal is rather significantly low and sometimes loses connectivity. ive tried making sure no magnetic barriers are in its way connecting to my linksys wireless-g router. any suggestions? are there any …

This just happened last night. I have a 6 year old Compaq Presario (one of the worst computers anyone can get), 400mHz K6 processor, 64 MB RAM, Windows 98 First Edition. I was chatting and browsing like usual, and one or more programs started making my computer go all grindy …

What if your motherboard dies? What happens to everything else connected to it? Will it still work if I replace a new motherboard??

Hi guys,i'd like to buy a new internal dvd burner that mostly accepts + blank dvd's [i stocked with some of these] which one do you recomend,,and thanks for your time

I need help with reformatting an old computer. I don't know how. It is a windows 98 2nd edition boot, but I try to install and it say scan disk found data that might be lost and kicks me out of win setup. HELP ME

I have recently formatted my hard drive because it was beyond rescue. i installed windows xp professional on it and now cannot seem to install the 'video controller' (vga compatble). I cannot identify the make of it and so am not abler to go direct to the manufacturers website and …

Error message when turning on my computer... a file in SYSTEM.INI is damaged the file is C:\WINDOWS\system\ASPIENUM.VXD what does this mean? How can it b fixed? another error that appears when the pc loads up is "Cannot run C\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SA64CHK.DLL". what does this mean and how can it be fixed? Thanks …

I have or had (cause its dead now) a 1ghz Pentium 3 computer 256mb of RAM I consistently over clocked to 1.1ghz by raising the FSB for over 2 months and then it just decided to play up and wiped my hard drive: Scenario I had turning on this PC …

Hello. My system will freeze when It hits windows right after I install the drivers for my Radeon 9600 Pro video card. I then have to enter safemode to remover the drivers and the system will run. I put a Nividia gforce 2 old card back in for now. I …

I just got done building a new computer and after installing software and such when I go to restart after installs and just to check it the restart fails. It goes to the start normally, last configuration etc. page. What could be causing that?

I don't know a thing about what those pins at the back of CD-ROM drive do. Just out of curiosity: Is there some combination of pins that gives (for example) "PLAY" function or "EJECT", etc. In other words: if you would have an autonomus power suplly exact to requirements for …

Hi! Recently I heard that you could clock your video card and make you graphic more smooth and faster speed. Can anyone please teach me how to do that! thx!

I just got a new 20.1" lcd monitor. The picture quality is just excellent. My big problem is that when I have it in the native 1600 x 1200 the font is very small. I have gone to the display setting and marked it to 120dpi and this helps but …

I came across this article recently: [URL=http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Disk-Based-Backup.html]Disk Backups[/URL] I've never had to extensive backing up myself. I've never used magnetic tape for storage. The stuff I've had to backup has always been small enough to fit on a Cd/DVD. For those of you who have used different mediums, what do …

i recently purchased a cheap microphone with headphones, plugged it into my soundcard and nothing! Then tried to plug it into every available port and still nothing. all my 5.1 speakers work fine, although not all the connections seem to be required for it to work, so i tried plugging …