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I just bought a Radeon 9800 Pro AIW and installed it in a Syntax s648 motherboard ([url]http://www.syntaxusa.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=109[/url]), and it works fine except that I can't get it the AGP up to 8x. I've updated all the drivers as well as the bios but I still can't get it. I know …

I'm Only A Year Old When It Comes To Computers. So Any Help- Would Be Appreciated. Today I Downloaded Kodak Easyshare Software And The Latest Microsoft Security Patch. I Don't Know If Its The Cause Of My Problem? Today When I Attempted To Shut Down Windows M.e., It Sort Of …

[b][b]I am stuck in lower case, as I've lost my shift key functions[/b][/b] :( after numerous problems with a used ibm thinkpad t22, i bought and installed a new harddrive. loaded xp home and voila, works like a dream..... almost. I should note that xp home is the cd from …

I am running windows 98 se on my computer and I had the FAT get corrupted on my first hard drive. So I repartioned it and formated it and reloaded Window onto it. Now I am unable to access the second hard drive through windows. The drive shows up under …

I keep getting and error message saying unable to write to the c: drive. I have already replaced the IDE cable and it has had no effect on the problem. Is there any solution to the problem short of replacing the hard drive.

Can someone PLEASE help as I am on the verge of giving up! I had a pc with specs of athlon 2400xp, 512 333 ram and a gainward Ti4800 graphics card and a cheap L7VTA mobo, all ran no probs at all.... I recently upgraded my motherboard to an xfx …

I'm having problems changing the drivers for the FX5200. When I remove the drivers and nvidia from the device manager then use drivercleaner and cab cleaner, reboot in safe mode the nvidia drivers have reinstalled themselves...where is this back-up copy coming from that keeps reinstalling itself??????? BTW I am not …

First off my computer spec's : HP XT 868 running windows XP pro, 1.2ghz, 512ram, 80gig hd and a geforce4 TI 4400. Now onto the problem. All of a sudden one day I woke up in the morning went to boot up computer and nothing happened, well something happened this: …

what does the Enhanced mean in EIDE and will it work with a motherboard that only has IDE interfaces.

Hi, I'm thinking of buying this laptop, do you think its good value for the money or are there better value ones out there? [url]http://www.tiny.com/packages.php?prodid=11175[/url] Thanks alot, Wil

Currently I have three IDE channels. The first two are ATA 100, the third is 133. Ideally, I wanted to use the third channel for my two HD's (which are IDE133 compatible) yet when I built the system I could not get it to work. I ddin't mind and simply …

MB: Asus A7V266-EX Master HDD: WD Caviar 200GB New HDD: Maxtor Diamond Max 10, 300GB. IDE (or PATA if you like). 6B300RO I bought the above new HDD to replace my existing slave HDD, an 80GB Maxtor. All was working well previously. BIOS set to Auto-Detect. However, BIOS was no …

ALlllright...another freaking Random Restart Post... anyways... My system that i build myself only Restarts when im Playing a game and im on Ventrilo (Like Team speak, i play compitive online games) but i have had it for over a year now and its just starting.. My System specs: Win 2000 …

I am in a stupid situation ..;-( I have MB-ASUS A7N8X , CPU- 2400+ Athlon Graphic card Radeon 9600 pro recently installed 256 RAM 3200 HD-WD 120GB,7200,100ata,8MB cashe new HD-Maxtor plus8 40GB 7200,133ata Windows XP pro CDRW I have my windows installed on WD and made my new HD as …

Location: Principal's office OS: 98SE Problem: Last night (Tuesday) we did a Symantec update, meaning that all the computers were left on. When the principal restarted his computer this morning, the computer only powered on, no visual on the monitor and just beeped. This beep is about 2-3 seconds long …

Hi, I was wondering if anyone might be able to help out with a problem I have. I recently purchased a Pentium 4 2.8GHz processor, but for some reason when I check my system properties; it says Pentium 4 2.8GHz, then directly underneath it says "1.4GHz". Does this mean my …

I am running windows xp /sp 2, athalonxp 2000+ cpu, 512meg ram, My mouse just stopped working. It dosnt even show up in device manager. I tried reinstalling chipset drivers, the os , everything I could think of and nothing will bring back my mouse. I checked my bios and …

You have your primary harddrive that has the OS installed on it. You have a second hard drive. And you want to add a 3rd hard drive. How do you add the 3rd one when the cable only allows 2?

This is driving me nutz...I just loaded the appropriate drivers for my mouse and everything seemed fine. Rebooted the comp and then BAM! Dead...keyboard is dead and so is the mouse. No communication. I am trying to get pass the login screen with my users but I can't even get …

My Dell 4300s suddenly won't boot past the dell logo. I discovered that after removing both the keyboard and the mouse, the computer booted up fine. When I plugged in the mouse and keyboard they did not work. I turned it off, removed the keyboard and mouse and it booted …

I am having problems initially booting up my computer. I first press the start button and the computer comes on however no beep and no boot-up. After pressing the reset button several times, it catches and there's a beep and the computer boots up. Once on, the computer works marvelously. …

this is very odd, this problem started showing up lately and now happens alot when I plug in my headphones, or touch them my pc shuts off on me. what is going on? I have a 520watt Ps thats more then enough power. could it be static electicity that is …

I just dug up an old computer I had stored and whated to see what was on it. I pluged it in to start and it would not boot. So I took the Windows 98 boot disk and got it started to where I nowe have a screen that has …

hi, i just wanted to know if there was any way of undoing a FORMAT on a hard disk? doesn't sound possible...but is it?

Hello all, I'm a new poster here, I'm hoping someone will be able to give me some clues on a computer (that's part of an industrial machine) that won't boot. It was working until I reseated all the cards in the rack trying to fix the monitor prob (No display …

my floppy drive light is constantly on, anyone know why

Ok here is the story. Im a online gamer long time fan of any online rpg for the longest time i have been scraping by on the bare minimum of gaming hardware. I recently decided to play Everquest2 and its minimum reqs were a bit higher than what i had …

I have an Alienware laptop with fx go 5700 Nvidia card. I have the Alienware installed drivers. up to 57.xx I am trying to update to the 62.20 driver from the Alienware website. When I install the driver the display is corrupted. The icons are black boxes. Other graphics are …

Hi, I am planning to buy a server. I want to know which one is best. Pentium based server or Xeon based server. Thanks Venkat

when you slave a hard drive, i know you are talking about hooking the slave ribbon up, but that means being able to run your main harddrive but then also have a second hard drive and be able to access whats on it without actually running the OS that is …

i have purple haze in the corners of my screen. why is this ??? can anyone help

I have a Powerbook G3 (WallStreet version) running OS 9.2 and am trying to burn some Photoshop files to CD. I have Toast Lite installed and a Lacie d2 CD-RW Drive. Whenver I connect my laptop to the CD-RW Drive and Launch Toast Lite I get that annoying little revolving …

OMG my video card came in today and i installed it along with my sata HDD, screw the benchmarks on hL2 this card was runn that game on MAX detail, and anti alias x8 and filter times 16 at 1200x1024, and I was getting 70FPS!!!! it was aboslutly LOCKED at …

Hi, I want to help out my friend, he wants to build a pc which he can play games on, doesnt need to be the best just play games on it. what can he build with $500? Now I mean from stratch, Ill lend him my windows XP cd but …

Hi friends, can anyone advise on a budget inkjet printer that I could purchase with cartridges that don't cost a fortune to replace! Speed is not a priority. Using Windows Xp (Home). Many thanks x x

What is a good remote so I can run powerpoint for under $100? Thanks

is it posible to flash the bios to a 9800XT but still being an AIW

howdy all, the old monk here, with a poser. My 'puter really wants a 350 watt p.s., but I've only got a 200. Is it possible to slave a second p.s. to get the extra, needed watts???

Ok, I have narrowed it down to these builds for my upcomining computer. Before I list them, however, I have a couple of questions. I know very little about RAM and how it works, sadly. Right now I have some inexpensive Rosewill pc3200 RAM picked out. It looks fine and …

I have a computer running 2 hard drives and 2 DVD devices. I think I saw a while ago a motherboard that allows you to run 8 devices from it. If anyone knows if this is correct and what the make/model is it would be greatly appreciated.

what cpu does the Mac G5 use? is it better then the amd fx-55? i dont know anything about macs

hi all, me again.. i have a 4 channel PCI sound card in my system and i want to buy a set of 6 speakers 5.1, my soundcard is on this link: [url]http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/components/soundcards/productView.htm?quicklinx=110J[/url] im not sure if that soundcard is good enough for the speakers i want, will i need …

hi readers. there's something called > IEEE1394 < in my device manager. and on the back of my sound card (creative sound blaster audigy) there is a port with > SB1394 < next to it. this is obviously what IEEE1394 is rite?... anyway, i just wanted to know what it …

I just built a new system P4 prescott 3.0 ghz, 1GB Kingston pc3200 Ram, 80 gb serial ata drive with an MSI 865PE Platinum motherboard and Aspire ATXB3KLW/350W case. For some reason, my front and rear usb ports do not function in windows. The additional 2 that I have in …

:sad: I have a G4 450 single processor with a Maxtor 40 gig IDE drive. Computer locked up and now drive will not show up on screen. When I boot with Norton the cd and zip drives show up. The Maxtor drive does not show up. It is running because …

Hey i was just wondering if you could wipe a hard drive clean without clearing the OS and the other essentials. I could manually remove everything but im not well versed in what I should keep and what i shouldnt keep in the program files and such.

I heard some people talk in a different thread about PCI-e and I wanted to step in and ask what it was, but I didn't want to hijack the thread. So my question is ... what is PCI-e? I've never heard of it before. I have heard of PCI-X though. …

anyone have any idea why a Dell optiplex gx1 600MHz[model year 1999] won't reconise a 48x LG burner,no matter what way I configure it .CD-RW works in other computer .thanks

ok heres my delima, I currently have a 40Gb HDD ata/133 and a 160Gb ata/133 the 160Gb I only keep music and dvds on so that can stay. but I need a faster HDD to have my games and programs. so which HDD type is the fastest I can get? …

hey, i was wondering if whoever has a powermac g5 if they could measure the hight of the case(from the bottom, including the power supply, all the way to the shelf) (not including where the superdrive and hd's are. And also the hight of the shelf(where the superdrive and the …