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hi it just messes up the desk top & nothing works my comp. is athlon mother board things tryed 1. downloaded new nvidia driver multi use 2.downloaded 3 monitor drivers non would install (can only work in safe mode with g force in) showing driver as correct and working in …

well I fixed my whole problem with my drives but now win 2000 sees my cdrw as a cd rom. I noticed in another post that you can change it in the regedit on win xp. is there a way to do this in win 2000? I tried to find …

I'm getting ready to build my first cumputer. I know what i want it to do just need to find out what are the best parts to put together, to get what i want out of my new computer. I guess my biggest question is what is the best size …

Hey, does anyone know if theirs a noticable difference between regular AMD 3500+'s with Newcastle cores compared to the 3500+'s with a 90nm core (Winchester)? Thanks.

What exactly is V-ram? Im looking at a game that says you need at least 32mb of V-ram. Can you still play the game if you dont have V-ram, just reqular sdram? thanks

HI, I'm doing some research for Tablet PC's for wireless board room meetings. I was wondering if anyone has heard advantages or disadvantages of one over another. Thanks, I appreciate any input on this topic. Smarkles

I have a dvd-rw and a cd-rw. they worked fine for over a year, then one day they both stopped reading cds.I would have to reboot the system to read a cd. so I got new drives but both new drives are doing the same thing also. I am running …

It all happened so sudden! I'm not sure about the problem here, but both my CD Roms are dead. My only guess is virus. When I turn my computer on after about 20 minutes of cooling time the cd roms are detected, after the computer is running in Windows XP …

My computer's Windows XP OS recently "crashed" so I put in a new hard drive with Windows ME OS. I've installed everything with the replacement hard drive, but for some reason I can't get it to recognize my other hard drives that have information written from the XP OS. The …

ok i've got a soltek k8tpro 939 mobo with a amd athlon 64 3500+ cpu, and two gigs of memory. the problems is that it won't boot. it goes very slowly though the post routine, and then says "boot from cd" and then "boot failure please insert disk and press …

does anyone know if you need a siig card to install an 200gb hard drive in a 1.25GHz G4?

Help me. I'm not very good with macs but I have on. I have a flat screen iMac G4 and it is not working well. I went to use my restore CD (6) and after I got to the third disk it said that it could not restore the restricted-segment …

ok this might solve my other problem. I have the IDE cable plugged into my mobo and then the other 2 connectors, the first connector goes to my cdrw which right now is not plugged in and has no jumpers, the last one on the cable goes to my dvdrw …

2800+ AthlonXP Abit nf7-s 512mb Crutial pc2100 GF ti-4200 (o/c @ 290/620) Windows XP- Home SP1 Two WD 80gig HDD 3 LED case fans Sony DVD RW Asus DVD rom I have a 1 year old 520watt Aspire 12v psu that seems to be having a little problem. Now this …

I searched here and didn't see a posting dealing with this, but if I missed it, my apologies for reposting this problem. [U]The hardware:[/U] - g3 powermac (blue and white) - apple display (smoke) - panther OS - other software, etc.... [U]The symptoms:[/U] - on startup the display has the …

i am having a problem with my monitor it only has two choices 2 or 16 how can i fix that problem my monitor says kds visual sensation. her is some information i do not understand can any one help me AuthenticAMD AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions 64MB RAM 92% system …

Basically, I have an OOOLLLD ass graphics card, a nVidia GeForce 2 GTS Pro 64... yes.. like 3/4 y/o now.. I updated all the drivers from the nVidia site.. when I am playing Half-Life 2; and I already set everything to the lowest graphics setting.. all was well untill it …

Hello friends: I have laptop IBM ThinkPad 1200 i Series. Months ago the screen was broken, but I have bought a new LCD in ebay. I have installed it, but when on the laptop, the LCD shows vertical lines in RGB colours (see the picture attached). The first image when …

I recently bought a laptop from someone in the street and that was a mistake. I only paid 200 dollars for it but when I start it up it wants a username and password. I tried to install a fresh copy of WinXP and It can not copy all the …

Just installed a maxtor 200gig hard drive. Got it up and running for a day and transfered lots & lots & lots files to it. It is a third drive, so I installed it with a sabrent pci controler card. Also have 2 cd-dvd player\burners. computer is a Dell 8200 …

Hey, I have a 15inch tft which is running off a Geforce2 MX400 64mb. I have a problem in that I can't really see any text when the computer boots up in the bios screen, the whole screen is too dark to do anything with, outwith windows xp. I have …

Hi all you lovely people, I'm running a G4 Quicksilver 733hz, 890ish Ram, Motu 2408 mark2+3 cards, logic 7, having the usual problems with CPU freaking out if I put any amount of plugins/virtual instruments on (more of a problem now as all new stuff is hungrier than ever) someone …

One of my computers will not boot. It may have been infected. If I attach the hard drive from this computer to a slave of the hard drive of another computer, will I be able to access files on the old hard drive? Are there any serious risks? Responses can …

I finally got my webserver back up. Unfortunatly, it keeps droping the connection to my router. I have changed the NIC card from a Linksys to a D-Link. I changed the cable. I switched the PCI slot the card was in on the motherboard. I also changed the port the …

Hello all I am trying to install a slave drive in my pc. The drive is a Maxtor 80 gig unit. i have installed the software and it keeps telling me that the BIOS must be set to AUTO or ENABLED for the drive. I am unsure how to do …

Hey, today I ordered Case - Aspire X-Navigator w/t 500W LED Aspire PSU Processor - AMD 3500+ Motherboard - MSI Neo2 Platinum RAM - 1GB Corsair XMS TWINX1024-3200C2PT Graphics - EVGA 6800GT HDD - Seagate 200GB 7200rpm SATA CD/DVD - Rosewill Dual layer dvd burner/reader/cd burner/reader I had a question …

Ok my friend has an ok gaming rig with a 3.4 ghz p4. Hes had it for about a year, and it is running with the stock heat sink. About 2 weeks ago he came back on and it was running extreamly hot, over 60*C on idle! Doing a virus …

It's always fun to root for the underdog. It's the American way to cheer for the little guy, hoping he'll triumph over the dark forces of--ironically enough--Corporate America. AMD has been squarely in the underdog role for quite awhile now, but the brewing Hammer v. Itanium match-up will take that …

there is reviews on improving the cooling performance of the super Thermaltake Aquarius III water cooler heatsink system. Here we try fitting an additional radiator to the inside of the Thermaltake Aquarius III cooler unit that you can buy easily at many computer parts suppliers and try adding a dual …

The announcement of SLI and the nForce 4 in the middle of 2004 generated a lot of talk in the hardware community. There were the skeptics who thought that it would remain a limited release product and be relegated to a niche solution but when pretty much every single major …

laptop turns on but nothing shows on screen. i hooked it up to my monitor and the monitor camp would turn on but still shows nothing i think it is the graphics card but i just to make can any one help

Hello, I have recently decided to save money and build my own computer. I purchased a case with a 420 watt power supply, a DFI Lan party kt400a, 512 mb ddr3200, and a video card and hard drive. The video card and hard drive are irrelovent for this question. I …

[url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=180813&Tab=2&NoMapp=0[/url] i have a sempron 2500 sitting here, and its not under supported processors, but it should work anyway right? since it is socket A?

(Not sure if this is the right forum, my apoligies if it is not) I'm 17 years old, and homeschooled. Recently, a lady contacted my Mom with questions on homeschooling. My Mom invited her over, and she brought her kids with her. One kid is a 13-year-old named Jon. Jon …

Ok I made up my mind for my new gaming system and ordered the new Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI motherboard. Now I need to know what processor you all reccomend. I have always used Intel and have never had any AMD products. I notice people are comparing the P4 3.0 to AMD …

My motherboard is a pentium 4 HT technolgy motherboard. It worked great when i first got till one day there was no display. The screen didnt say "no signal" but was blank. So i figured it might be the memory. I took them out and put them back in. The …

I was browsing xoxide recently when I noticed these cases. [url]http://www.xoxide.com/vtech.html[/url] The 7105H looked especially nice. has anyone heard about these cases before? I understand that they are relatively new and it's unlikely that people have too much experience with them, just curious. Thanks.

i know that there are already numerous posts about this. I recently moved my computer around, and after replugging my printer and my digital camera back in they will not work. I have windows 2000 and i have no idea what to do. can someone please help me?

Anyone knows if Socket 939 pin Athlon64 processor is available in India? When I asked a shop sales person he said only socket 754 pin cpu only is available :( I am eager to buy a socket 939 pin Athlon64 and mostly 3000+ So any ideas please? Thanks.

Quick question...I overclocked my computer using the ASUS AI OCing tool. I tried to go 30% (3.9GHz) but the PC wouldn't boot, is that because the motherboard only supports upto 3.6GHz? Or was it just unstable. I am leaving it at 3.6GHz and don't plan to manually OC the processor.

Alrighty, last night I installed a small program on my Palm Zire 31 called Mirror+ which is a small application that allows me to use my palm as a flashlight (i.e. it greatly increases the palm's light output) by simply displaying black. Now, the eejit who programmed this actually managed …

Hello all, Been a lurker here for a while now, and decided to join in. I'm always finding good info here. I have a friend who has a spare 80G SATA internal drive from his desktop pc. He wants to use it for an external backup with his laptop. I …

I am considering purchasing an ATI Radeon x800 type card. Is there any significant difference in the [COLOR=Red]Radeon x800[/COLOR], [COLOR=Navy]Radeon x800 pro[/COLOR], [COLOR=DarkGreen]Radeon x800 xt[/COLOR]. Other than the clocked speed for each. How would I know if my comp. supports PCI express or not, (is it true that pci type …

I recently ourchased a new PC from MESH computers. Inormally build my own, but have started working as self emplyed as a web developer and need a PC with on site warranty. My PC arrived with an ASUS K8V-MX motherboard. My previosu PC had an ASUS MB and so I …

I have a Compaq Presario 7000 with a problem. I can't get the BIOS to recognize an IDE harddrive. I would have to say that both IDE controllers are good, as it will recognize an IDE CD-ROM drive. I have tried several known good harddrives with the same results. Do …

hi, i wonder if u can help me? i have a 400 MHz PowerPC G4 Tower (agp graphics) and a bus of 100 MHz. as you can probably tell i'm looking to upgrade the processor to something around the 1.2 - 1.5 Gb mark and i was a bit confused …

I replaced a Quantum IDE drive in my external Firewire enclosure. Under OX 10 Panther, I formatted this drive and lost darn near 40% of the advertized space. I know it's normal to lose some to overhead, but THAT much? Any ideas? Details: Western Digital 200MB Caviar ATA-100 EIDE (typical …

i ripped apart my computer because i got impatient waiting for a case to come via fedex. unfortunately, my current power supply doesn't have a atx 12v connector, so had to put it all back D: now my hard drive led wont turn off, after fighting with it logically for …

My computer has been having some issues since I had to reformat and recover my hard drive. I came in contact with a trojan that I couldn't get rid of. Some of the symptoms I am having are unexpected freezing when I open zip files, One of my hard drives …

with plenty of room, ventilation, places to put fans and of course good looks.