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Recently (about a month or two ago) my monitor blinks very rapidly whenever im viewing a white screen for the first 5 or so minutes that the monitor is on. If I view a white screen the screen flashes black and then back to what im viewing etc. I leave …

Hey all, just got hold of a Mac Performa 6200CD. anyone know the specs on it? I think its really old but a friend was ditching it so I grabbed it hoping it was something worth kepping but I'm not sure. The only thing I know is it has a …

[QUOTE=Catweazle]Higher rated RAM almost always 'works' with motherboards which are specified to 'work' with lower rated modules. It will simply be operated at the lower speed, which is what you want anyway! You should never really run your RAM at higher speeds than that required to 'synchronise' with the front …

Hi Mac newby here. Was toasting when horrid sound occured in superdrive and although it opens and closes OK it no longer reads anything. Any ideas? Am on Mac OS X.10.3.5. platform and very frustrated! Any constructive replies appreciated. Can't afford to lose eMac to doctors.

[B]My friend moved her monitor to another room(HP Pavilion M70 monitor) ever since then her desktop has become distorted and stretched, she swears she never bumped or knocked it.Now it seems her start menu has somehow become hidden on the left of her screen and cannot be retrieved, also any …

Ok, I have made up my mind the following is my future system what do you think? AMD 64 3400+ 2.2ghz Nforce3 250Gb DFi mobo 1Gig ram (PC3200) 300Gb HDD ATA/133 6800GT 256MB version Now I am planning on overclocking the video card to 1250Mhz on the ram and like …

I was wondering about the retail fan/heatsink included with the 3400+. I just had a few questions concerning them. 1) Are they decent quality? Or should I purchase better ones. 2) I can't find the specifications on either the fan or the heatsink, the only information i can find is …

i had a p4 3.0 ghz 512 ddr ram 40 gig hardisk (give some tips on how i can oveclock my cpu without any instability on the system ) thanks

I have an extra monitor for my system but only 1 gfx. I cba to go and buy a gfx card really so is it possible to run a dual monitor system on 1 card?

I have been looking for a new LCD monitor for my sony. I can seem to find lots of other sony LCD monitors but not for the grs-700. Please help me find a replacement for my notebook. Thank you.

There is this HDD that was working fine and one time it frooze and shut itself off and upon restarting it showed that there is no fixed disk present. I did start the computer with a start up disk and then the startup disk showed that there is no fixed …

Ah. I reformatted my hard drive and now whenever i start my computer in normal mode the monitor display is 100% blurry lines and fuzz. I'm typing this in safe mode. PLZ help me. I am running Windows XP if that helps

Hi i got a problem can anyone help me plz? But i'm just gonna link you to another forum so you read what i typed there but answer here. i got all my computer info ther too. I am Monkey at this forum. [url]http://www.vibecomputers.com/forum/viewtopic.cfm?tid=12750[/url]

Hi All I burn a lot of DVD’s on my PC. At the monment I have a 1 burner. I am planning on installing 3 burners altogether. So that I can burn disks at the same time. Please could you tell me if this is possible. The spec of my …

Has anyone found a way to read Jaz discs into a Mac iBook (mine being G3 White, two USB ports). That is by using the SCSI-USB adapter cable to get into the iBook. The Jaz drive and the adapter cable are both said to be for iMacs and Power Macs...and …

ANTEC ALUMINUM SERIES SUPER LAN BOY MINI TOWER CASE with Clear Side Acrylic Window and FREE Case Carrying Strap -RETAIL $79.50 CD drive Optorite Black IDE/ATAPI 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive, Model CW5201, Retail $21.99 Hard Drive Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, MODEL 6Y080M0, OEM Drive Only $69.00 Memory (System Memory) …

My hard disc is slowing a little bit ... I reinstalled windows on an ntfs file system ... but it didnt matter .. now if I format all my hard drive ... will it restore its speed or there are other factors that affect the speed of the hard drive …

Hey All, I stumbled across this forum while trying to find a solution to this problem. Hopefully some one can help me out! I have a Toshiba satellite 2805-s201 notebook and i just replaced factory DVD-Rom drive Toshiba SD-C2402 8x DVD-ROM Drive. After installing the new drive I get a …

About 3 years ago, I was using an older computer with an even older monitor (a nice one, but still old, as in coming with our first win95 computer old), Well, after a while, the bottom of it developed a twitch which would happen for periods about about 5 minutes …

Alright, I was planning to construct a gaming PC to be used for gaming mostly and some media (like Photoshop 7 and such.) I planned out a guide below on what I want to put inside of it, performance wise for right now and I have not selected the core …

Plz only answer this if you have done it before and know it can be done. I am planning on purchasing a AMD 64 3400+ which operates at 2.2Ghz, I also plan on using the stock heat-sink and fan for a while. After a few months I am going to …

I am going to use a game to point this out my current system is a cleron 2.2Ghz, 512Mb pc2100, and a 9600XT I get 10-20 FPS in Counter strike: source will a AMd 64 3400+ with 1GB pc3200, and the 9600Xt help me get more then 50FPs? I know …

HP Officejet R 80 printer/fax/scanner worked just fine until I upgraded to XP SP2. Anyone have drivers for the scanner part....print works, haven't tested fax. Thanks, Carrie

Here's my situation: I have a Compaq LTE 5200 laptop which runs very well at 133 Mhz for the purposes I bought it second-hand. It has an old 28800 card-type modem which works fine. THere are two card slots, incidentally. I want to add USB capabilities to the computer, and …

I have a really deep question, I hope this is not bad. But I want The Sims 2, and my CPU FSB is 100MHz, it says it needs a 800MHz processor, BUT my CPU Clock says 1100MHz, will it work on my PC?

I was just wondering, how can I find out my system information, like the Processor speed (GHz and MHz) and all of that besides the Run >> DxDiag

[url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-241&depa=0&manufactory=BROWSE[/url] thats the one I found for now, I have a few questions. 1) is Gigabyte good? 2) whats the advantage of dual Bios? 3)Should I look at another motherbaord because, this one has a defect that it only lets 1 stick of ram run at 400Mhz the other stick …

Just installed this, working fine just not too happy with the TV Quality...a little snowy on most channels..especially fullscreen....anyway to fix this?

hi well il start from the begining,i brought a cd burner about 1 month ago since i got that put in i couldnt use the dvd rom i had to use the cd burner for everything since then i can't watch dvd's on my comp but could copy and burn …

[url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-484&depa=0[/url] I was looking at that AMD 64 CPu with the newcastle thingy, Does that really run at 2.4Ghz compared to the 2.2 AMD Retail one? Or does it run at 2.2Ghz and thats just a gimmick? also I aksed this realy but, will the 1MB cache vs the 512Kb …

Ok, heres my story, my current 420watt powersupply is shot, it powers my pc, but sometimes it starts making static sounds and my pc restarts, so I was wondering I found a ultra 400wat-power supply 3 questions 1) is Ultra a good brand for powersupplies 2) is 400 watts enough …

I have a Toshiba Satellite 1410 which I booted up this morning and to my dismay the screen was blank. Upon further investigations (ripping it to pieces) it seems that the backlight has gone :(, I can still see images etc if I hold the laptop up to a light, …

Dear All, Can you help this very inexperienced computer user! Now this may be a very regular problem for you solvers out there but here goes:- My LCD screen has split vertically with true colours on the left and red on the right. This shows itself as bright red on …

Im in a pickle here,a tasty pickle but still a pickle. I cant decided between a 19 inch CRT monitor or a 17 inch LCD, right now I am leaning towards the CRt because it is flat screen and bigger, also cheaper. I need this monitor for gaming so I …

Urk. My keyboard is giving me problems. It started right after a blackout. It was working perfectly fine before that. The quotation keys, the question mark and slash keys, and the shifted , and . do not work properly. It is rather annoying. They seem to be mixed up. I …

I have a IBM 390X which had a 15.0" screen but it had gotten damaged. I bought a IBM 390X 14.1" screen at E-bay thinking to replace it. I have connected the 14.1" screen but I have not been able to get it to work. The screen's power LED glows …

I dont know where this goes so Ill just post it here. I am having this problem with my browsing speed. I have SBC Yahoo DSL and a belkin rotour now when my modem is pulged into my computer directly with the rotour not hooked up I can download at …

My PC has been spontaneously rebooting over the past few days. I've been running a hardware monitor to check temperatures, memory, and voltages, and everything is normal except the +12 V reading, which has been reading upwards of +13.1 V and higher. Could this be the problem, and if so, …

I am planning on putting my 9600XT on ebay to see how much I can get for it, hopefully some fool will buy it for $200, if I am able to sell it. Should I get a ATI X800 Nvidia 6800 Nvidia 6800GT?

I have a pc that once powered on gives out 10 beeps (3-4-3) & nothing is displayed on the monitor at all. Any help appreciated as to what the problem is.

[url]http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=19-103-503&DEPA=0[/url] is this 3400+ 939pin version a good cpu? or should I go with the 754pin 1MB chache cpu? I found a great deal with the cpu+mobo (nForce3 Ultra)+1Gb of RAM. and since its 939 in a 1/2 year I can drop a FX-53 in there. so its it good …

Intel have announced that plans to offer a 4GHz Pentium 4 processor have been scrapped. Future development for Intel desktop processors will move toward the PentiumM processor technology, which runs at much lower clockspeeds and uses less power consumption. This move leaves Intel in a position where they will not …

Hi all... I recently went through the process of building a new PC from scratch for myself, with parts from various sites (all trusted). I have just finished putting it all together but have encountered a problem: the machine will boot up but for some reason I cannot get a …

hey guys! Im plannin on buying a radeon 9800 pro 128mb 256bit interface. WEll first of all. Is this a good card that will last long? How long will this card last me for all the newst games? Im not a doom 3 guy though so keep that in mind. …

I was wondering if you guys can help me out. You see I want to buy a laptop but my CO Tech Teacher told us not to buy compaq laptops 'cause they're no good. Is that true? Which ones do you think are better IBM or Dell?:eek: and why?

Which AMD model is the best: AMD Sempron AMD Athlon XP AMD Athlon 64 AMD Operton And an AMD 2.0GHz processor would equal out to what speed of Intel, since AMD is more advanced?

Alright, here is what I have lined up so far for right now. Leave your comments and discuss what you think of it in this topic too. Recommendations may also be listed. X-Blade Gaming PC Case (PSU Removed) [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-105-113&depa=0"]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-105-113&depa=0[/url] Aspire 500W Power Supply Unit [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-148-005&depa=1"]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-148-005&depa=1[/url] Asus P4 Motherboard [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-484&depa=1"]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-484&depa=1[/url] 512MB …

There was some issues with the 9800XT and 9600XT video card models not working with AGp 8x, they would freeze up and run slow. Has that been fixed with the new cataylst 4.9 drivers? because the complaints have died down.

OK, I have 6800 graphic card, turn on PC and as soon as fans start spinning PC turns off. I can also hear a small sqeaking type of noise coming from tyhe graphics card. I really need help, can anyone relate to what the cause might be and what could …

Hi there, Looking for some recommendations/ advice and opininions that might assist me in buying a new laptop pc. There are so many variations particularly in processors that I am quickly becoming confused. Essentially, other sources have told me to forget about anything based on the celeron processor and to …