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I am trying to install an ATI Radeon 9200 PCI video card on my Acer Aspire 1845 and I am not having any success! I believe I have read every other thread but have not found my exact problem Here's my senerio: I install the card and when I boot …

I've a pretty standard G4 setup on OS9 and 10, but my keyboard 'goes away'. Nothing - no lights, no mouse - OSX or OS9. Extract the keyboard USB from the back of the box and reconnect and 'bingo', back to work. So far only five or six times with …

Well I've been awaiting my new PC for over 5 months and now I finally got my parts and have built my computer. Problem: I turn my PC on and everything seems fine, the HDD is running, fans are soinning wild, and everything looks good but I turn on the …

my mainboard Matsonic P4M266A come with 2 DDR + 2 SD. Currently I'm using 1 x 128mb SDRAM with good working conditions. I buy a new Kingston 256MB DDR 184pins 333 , and take out 128MB SDRAM. It runs but stop after Microsoft Start up screen. Showed with a blank …

Well... I just got my new computer built and am using the same monitor that I was using with my old one but... the bottom of the display screen shakes whenever I turn it on (The picture chakes not the monitor itself) Does anyone know what could be wrong? Is …

I got home from a hard days work and went to boot up the ol puter and after the XP splash screen I get an error reading "lsass.exe failed to load, could not find the fild dnsapi.dll....reinstallation of this will fix problem" What do I do? I tried a repair …

im wondering how hard it would be to do myself,i currently have 40GB of hard drive,im wanting to upgrade it to 60GB,i do still have the windows xp cd that came with my laptop so im thinking of taking out this hard drive and putting in the new one,and booting …

Anyone know? Thnx.

Hey all, quick quesiton... In Everest, it says this about my memory: Total : 1023 MB Used: 316 MB Free: 706 MB Utilization: 31% ...what does this mean? :(

All my sounds coming from my computer are very slow, all my songs and game sounds are slow. its windows xp , e machine

Hey all, I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out. My problem isn't trying to get something to work, but to perform. I'm running a good spec - 2.8GHz P4, 1gb RAM, 180GB hard drive, Radeon 9200 (not the best, but not bad!)... and Hitman Contracts …

I was messing around with my computer and all of sudden it turned off. I tried to restart it and the lights all over my case were dim. It tried to turn on but it did have enough power for some reason. I want to know if I have too …

I have... 1 80mm intake fan on the rear of the case 1 fan blowing out on the side 1 120mm fan in front 1 pci slot blow fan underneath my AGP card (not counting the fan on the VGA card, PSU fan, and the CPU/heatsink fan) however there is …

Hello, with christmas over I'm now looking into buying a new computer case. I've googled about but I think I've narrowed my search down. I don't really wish for a moded cases , the case must be sold in sliver or at least white so it matches everything else. Also …

Ok, so I get my new card (A ATI Radeon saphire 9800+ Pro) and switch it out with my old ATI Radeon 9200+ and it is situated perfectly in the AGP slot and I think windows detects it because in teh scren where you shoose your resolution it says I …

There is this machine that is beeping continously when I turn it on. What could be the problem?

hello, I recently purchassed a used P4 processor from ebay but to my surprise processor had some bent pins. i msged the seller and he askes me to fix em using tweezerz. now iam confused which tweezer to use, there r so many tweezers in the market.. could anyone of …

What do u think is the most compatible for the p4 3.2 ghz with HT ??

While mailing my laptop I think my laptop got a shock... The top one third of the screen shows the screen as it should. However the remaining screen shows vertical lines. Any help would be appreciated.

I am overwhelmed by the amout of video cards to choose from. I need some help. All i want to do is play games on my computer. I am not intrested in s video and dual outputs. i have found it only jacks the price up. I am looking for …

I have an old campaq pc here it has a pentium 3 in it, well it only has 11MB allocated for video , and when I went to biod it wouldn't let me allocate more ram, is there a way I can update this bios so I can allocate more? …

When you put a cd in the cdrom drive on our lap top it makes a loud noise, and the cd, audio or video, skips. Could this be because of a misaligned tray? Whatever it is, could i fix it myself?

Hi Using NVIDIA NF24-ALH Motherboard with socket A AMD3000XP I have been unable to boot my pc. The first two fails got a two tone constant warning tone. Now further attempts to boot just get a long single tone. Have never been able to get anything to the monitor and …

I got a new computer and I want to put a slave in it. Well.... I put a slave in it and made the jumper settings right. I turn on the computer and it boots up fine but, when I go to MY COMPUTER to see if the slave is …

I just put 1 gig of 400bus ram into the second slot of my K7N2 Delta Series motherboard, I already had a 512mb of 333bus in the first slot. My computer is not recognizing the gig of ram, do I have to change some bios settings, or does 400bus not …

Hello, and thank you for reading. I have an old compaq presario 1610. I accidentaly dropped it about a foot, while it was closed, onto its back. Now the screen only shows exactly one half of it self. Does any one know what I screwed up, and if there is …

Last week, my keyboard stopped working on me... well at least after Windows (XP) boot up. The night before, I had no problems with it, and when I tried to login the next morning, my keyboard wouldn't type to log into my account on the computer. I checked 3 keyboards …

I have just installed a new motherboard, new DDR RAM and a new 350w power supply into my pc. When i switch the pc on and try to install a fresh copy of XP around 5mins of the install the computer just dies. i left it for a bit, switched …

[SIZE=4]Hi.... I just got a screamin deal from a roomate of mine. $10 for Pentium III, with 128 mb ram, 10Gig HDD and the rest I added to it. On the initial boot up I get a request for a password. This seems to be a password request which is …

Hi, I have a problem with my Compaq Presario 2100 laptop I was hoping someoen could help me with. When I press the power button, the compaq logo appears and it goes through the POST. Then just before the "starting windows" message is supposed to appear, the screen goes blank …

One of my friends has a sony pcv-rx series computer, and he wants to buy a new power supply for it, he was wondering what it uses, atx, or does he need to buy a power supply from sony. I searched the web for it, but no luck. anyone have …

well, i actually cant startup. ive had my computer off for several days, im on vacation at the moment. havent done any big changes, nothing. i try to start my powerbook X, g4, and it makes the startup noise, the screen stays dark, and the sleep light comes on and …

Ok guys this is wehre you come into play, I need help with something I never used before this is what I need, I need to take a VHS tape from my vcr, into my pc, on to a dvd. ok nothing to serious [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-160-024&depa=0[/url] is that all I need …

Hi, I have about a 4 year old computer, which I haven't used for 4 months. Plan to use it again. Previously we had dial-up, but have moved and will have Cable internet connection. The specs for it are(as far as I know) pentium II 233 windows xp pro 256 …

I have an Inspiron 1150 laptop and it will not start back up. I got it just two days ago and today the screen flickered than it shut down completley. The battery was fully charged and everything. I can't figure whats wrong, it was perfectly fine before. Please help.

A friend of mine was talking about his motherboard and asked if I had ever made any adjustments to the jumpers on the board. Is that possible? Are there jumpers on the board to make it run faster or his board older and newer ones don't have them?

FS p4 2.8 800mhz Fsb Complete system Hey, My car broke so i have to buy a new engine so i am selling all my computer stuff. I have: P4 2.8 @ 800 mhz fsb 1024 MB RAM pc2700 120 gig WD 7200 rpm hard drive 18 gig WD hard …

I'm trying to add RAM to HP Pavillion 8776C - going from 256mb (two 128mb sticks) to 512mb (two 256mb). System is running WinXP. Bought 256mb 168-pin dimm 32mx64 sdram unbuff pc133 cl2 low profile. I pulled out 128mb and put in a 256mb to give PC 384mb. System runs …

Hey I have a power supply in my comp that i use most now and it is 100w(max). I have an older psu that has a 230w max output, I was just wondering if there would be any advantages in replacing the 100w psu with the 230w psu. Now I …

I'm currently building a new computer and there is a major problem with it. Basically, whenever I turn on the computer and at the bios/memory testing screen there would always be errors such as wierd characters or just stop after detecting the cpu or checking the memory in a loop …

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I had written in another post about my hard drive going bad or so I thought. This would be the 4th. I know odds are not good that's what it was but the easiest to try and solve. I installed a new hd, installed windows xp pro and after about …

wow, I just heard about dual processors, what is it used for? Is it only when you have upgraded your ram to the max and still arent getting the performance out of your computer you want? It sounds kinda nifty, but expensive :eek:

I'm working with an old computer of mine to get it up and running in DOS, but there are some deep issues with it. I would like to get another that will work so that I can run these programs I have (specifically, Stonekeep. I wish it would have been …

:sad: :sad: My computer Crashed and before it crashed it had sound and was working ok. I restored my computer and I do not have any sound I looked at the system drivers and they appear to be working. I need to know what to do to restore my sound …

My friend has a 3 year old compaq with a Pentium 3 in it, right now its running a 128MB PC100 stick of ram and I let him borrow a PC133 sitck of ram (256MB) I know that both stick s are only running at pc100 right now, but will …

I have just picked up a poorly G4 (fails to boot OS 9.2 unless extensions turned off). I thought It was a corrupted OS, so I bought OS X. But when I try to install it, it won't boot from CD. If i hold down the "C" whilst truning on …

Hi Any1 Help? I recently had to do a full system restore on my pc as i got a virus on my pc from the internet! it really messed my pc up. I have a basic pc running on win98se. The system restore should have restored it to original condition …

I just build my system, and I dunno whether or not if it's my case or mobo or my own ignorance -- but I can't seem to get my power or hdd led's to work. -- Everything else works perfectly I have a lian-li pc-6070A case and I believe that …

Okay, so I bought a SCSI hard drive for an old system, I got it, and it turned out not to be Ultra Wide like they said it would be, but it was Ultra 160LVD. Now, this isn't a problem, because I've got a terminator and everything to make it …