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| | Hey All, I've visited numerous websites that offer barebone amd systems for pretty good prices, whats the best site all of you have found? Also, those of you who are case modders where is the cheapest place to get case modding hardware? Thanks All. Ron Johnson Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a HP Pavilion XE748, 700 processor, 325 memory. I have never had do replace a hard drive before, but I know I can do the physical work. The problem I'm having or think I will have is how do I get the new drive working with my machine. … Hardware hard-drive storage windows-xp |
| | I am looking into getting a new hard drive and I need one that can at least read and write at 4Mbs (but I want to make sure it has more) but I can't work out from the info I am five about the hard drive it can do that. … Hardware asp hard-drive storage |
| | I have two HP computers that have trojans that I can not get rid of so I backed up everything to computer 2 and then purchased a new Maxtor 6Y120PO drive and installed it on computer 2 with all the information I wanted to save. The instructions did fine and … Hardware hard-drive storage  |
| | Hello! :-) I have a question.. I hope someone can help! I recently purchased a new motherboard, CPU, and cooling fan and have them set up and working. I'm not too up-to-date on the sorts of CPU fans there are and how much noise they make, but the fan I … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | i have a xfx-nf24-alh that can see the cd drives connected to it but can't boot from any of them.......it can't see the floppy drive at all (which only bothers me slightly i know it's probably a hardware problem, but just in case it's a bios setting i haven't noticed … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I just recently bought and assembled my new computer. I have a Aspire case with a 350W power supply and it came with 2 small cooling fans. These 2 fans are directly hooked up to the power supply. The motherboard I have is a MSI "K7N2 Delta-L" nForce2 Ultra 400 … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have a computer (no OS yet) that will not boot from the floppy drive. I checked all the connections and everything seems fine. I checked the BIOS and made sure it was set to boot from the floppy. What I noticed, however, during startup, the floppy is shown as … Hardware storage  |
| | Firstly I dont know where go for 754 or 949 bit in a AMD64 2.8. I wouldnt be looking at upgrading for at least 5-8 years. Then my next dilema is which mother to get.(dont want top of the range) price is a factor. My main aim is do some … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | i apologise if this has been posted before but i am new to this site today. I'm having various problems with a PC running stupidly slow at times. Its currently 128mb ddr ram, and i'm looking to upgrade it. Its running windows XP at the moment. But it seems to … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram windows-virus windows-xp |
| | Hi there! I've been having problems with a slave HD ever since I installed it. Unlike the main drive (C: for these purposes), it has a tendency to be very slow and laggy when playing high-quality video files, or other large files. Sometimes the files freeze entirely for seconds or … |
| | I have a problem I can't seem to fix... (and when that happens, I doubt anyone else can fix it...) I have a Max IC Live 3600A video conferencing card hooked up to the S-Video on my TV. When using Windows default drivers, (and at boot) I get 16 colors. … Hardware display video video-card |
| | I have a 80 GB external maxtor that is in a separate companies case, that has USB and fire wire, on my old IMAC i used the usb and everything was fine.... I just purchased a used powerbook g4 1 gh with superdrive 15 inch.... so I thought great now … Hardware apple-hardware hard-drive video |
 | I have a IBM ThinkPad T22. I have been using this machine for about 2 and 1/2 to 3 months now. It has been a good quality(sp?) machine for a while but all of a sudden when I boot or re-boot it it will just sit at the IBM ThinkPad … Hardware hard-drive motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hey, i've been trying to fix this stupid computer for about a year and i still have not yet found the problem. Is there anyone local to me (carson, ca 90745) that can try to figure out the problem? Heres the link to my old thread, [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?p=7399#post7399[/url] . Thanks alot Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | I have an Imac G4 600 running Os 10.3 and a external USB1 LiteOn Lsc-24081MX DVD-RW. When I connect the burner the Imac does not see it. Toast says no recorder detected. Read a post on another mac forum that says that LiteOn drives just doesn't work on mac. But … Hardware apple-hardware first-post  |
| | :rolleyes: Problem Description: i have few microsoft game and im runing in to a problem i had a 20 Gb hard drive but was geting to small for allgames and all other stuff so i got a 120 Gb hard drive and partition to 3 part label drive d, e … |
 | :evil: Ok, this may take a bit of explaining... I was getting a few errors from my old HDD, but i was just ignoring them.. cause i knew i was going to get a new hdd soon.. ok then one day i was just playing a game and my whole … Hardware storage |
| | Hiya guys...bit of a strange problem here; sort of making me hit my head on the wall multiple times an hour. Anyway... Comp Specs: AMD Anthlon 1 GHz 128mb SDRAM PC133 DIMM 30 GB Western Digital HDD Windows XP Home UWAVE m/b (It’s a Compaq system) Right the problem... Back … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware windows-xp  |
| | hey, i looked at both and one thing i liked was that the ASUS had wireless lan already on it, and other than that both motherboards are pretty much the same to me what do you think its going with Corsair Value Select Dual Channel Kit 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR … Hardware asp motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | My PC is on ME. I have been running two HP printers (one colour, 1 B&W, which could be selected by a switch console.) Recently changed the HP colour printer for an Epsom which runs OK. But the HP B&W will now not print more than a few lines and … Hardware pc-peripheral printer  |
| | I have a tecra 8100 laptop that will not boot. When you try and power it up you get absolutely nothing. Sometimes you will get a constant beeping, but it doesn't happen each time. The green indicator light for the power comes on but the hard drive will not spin … |
| | I have a IBM T22 that was working fine, then one day, the lights come on, but nobody is home. the screen, nothing boots up. sound like anything anyone knows? Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have just upgraded my G4 dual processor 1.25 to 10.3.4. I am also using Protools 6.4. I have 2 gigs of Ram. Now my second scsi hard drive is not recongized. :sad: When I placed back in old machine (G4 400, OS 9) It is still not recongized. Please … Hardware apple-hardware hard-drive |
| | I know you guys are going to probably think this is a stupid question but I am a teenager on a very limited budget. Are there any "swap" sites out there that computer "geeks" like myself can swap computer equipment? There is a site called freemarketri.org which is where I … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | I hooked up the data cable correctly, and I did a auto detect and cant detect the second hard drive. I am running WIN XP powered it up but no detection, what am I doing wrong. :rolleyes: Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | ok, when i plug a device into IDE 2 on my motherboard, IDE 1 stops working. so if i have 2 hard drives on IDE 1, and 2 CDrom devices on IDE 2, none of them work the IDE2 is interfering with IDE 1 is there a simple way to … |
| | I have a Compaq Presario 5185 that has Win2000. Every time I shut down it prompts safe to turn off. When I press the power button it seems to shut off. When pressed again to turn on it has the same prompt on the screen again. I have to actually … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi, I'm upgrading my notebook memory, adding another 512MB. My laptop is a TOSHIBA 2410 (Pentium IV). Which memory should I use? Is it DDR RAM or SDRAM? Will a no-brand/generic memory work with my laptop? Otherwise I'd have to buy like Kingston memory which is more expensive. Thanks in … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | Hey all, I go to LAN parties every sunday, I've had my monitor for a while and I've been to two since I've had it however, last weekend the settings on it totally changed, even the diagonal alignment or whatever, it's an f710b I think and I've installed the drivers … Hardware display |
| | Hi, I have a (about) 5 year old OEM U.S. Robotics v.90 modem Have never been able to update the drivers..Just was wondering, what would a new modem, or should I say how would a new modem be better? Is the technology better, now, what advantages to a new one? … |
| | When I start up my computer it says my memory frequency is set to 166 mhz, and unless i am wrong then its talking about my ram speed. The main issue is that I have 2 ram sticks and both are 333mhz. How would i set it up so its … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I own a Compaq Armada 3500 laptop. Recently, I upgraded from ME to 2000. prior to the upgrade, there was a push button that only turned off the monitor. now it causes the system to standby, and this causes it to freeze. It's one of those types of buttons that … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
 | I really have no clue about how to install a harddrive. Im not looking at a simple plug n play... here is what I am trying to do. I am building my own computer and I am buying a new harddrive. I want to install XP Pro on it. Can … Hardware storage |
| | Okay guys, I want to install a new hard drive in my computer. I mentioned this in another thread where I fluffed up and had to reset the Bios... :o Here is the situation, I have a Dell 8300 that came with an original Western Digital 60gb and I want … Hardware hard-drive image storage |
| | i recently ran all of my adware/spyware programs and found a lot of threats to my computer. as i usually do, i deleted everything that showed up. i dont know if the adware is tied in with my problem. i have sound on my computer, like alerts and things. but … Hardware audio troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hi...alright i thiunk i need your suggestions on this...im about to buy a new pc....for editng...im choosing between two cpus. amd xp 2500+ and amd 64 3000+...i know its a bit odd to compare the two...ok ill be overclocking the 2500 so it can use 400ddr dimms...my friend keeps on … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video |
 | HI, First of all I use Win XP. Everything is updated. My computer has 400 mhz, 448 mb, 30 gb (supposed to been 80 gb, I dont know why, maybe its the motherboard). I have installed few games with no problem. This one game I tried to install, it took … Hardware storage |
| | I'm ordering my new computer mid August. These are the final parts i'll probably order from newegg and have my friends put it together for me. Let me know if anything is incompatible with something. Thanks. Case: NZXT Black Mid Tower Case with Side Panel Window, Model "GUARDIAN" Processor: AMD … Hardware hard-drive ide troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | I have got a 800MHz P3, GABX2000 motherboard, 128MB RAM, Win98SE, and a TNT2 32MB video card (ancient but have to live with it). I decided to replace the TNT2 with a GeForce 2MX after a clean format and new install of Windows 98SE. Everything goes well and I can … Hardware display video video-card |
| | Work with me here. I am looking to get rid of my reciever and my cd player and just use my computer, easy. But I actually want some power like 100w per channel for two speakers. How do I go about doing this? Is there some sort of external receiver … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | Please help, My Pc keeps restarting when connecting to the internet.It has a SoftK56 Data Fax Voice CARP Modem, P4 2.4ghz proccessor, MSI motherboard. I got it formatted, but it still restarts. Please Help. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I'm going to be buyina a new computer sometime soon, and what processor do you think is better Intel or AMD, and I'm not sure how to look at AMD processors, but it looks like they dont go up to 2.5 GHz's CPU Model CPU Clock Front-Side Bus Socket Slot … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I am installing a new hard drive for a friend on her mac g3. using the panther OS. I am totally new to mac. the new disk that we got does not contain any formatting software for the mac. just windows. I have done this many times before on a … Hardware apple apple-hardware hard-drive mac-software |
| | just started using a belkin pro series 8 port kvm with highest quailty cables available. it still degrades the video signal going to my 21" flat screen dell trinitron. I am told there is nothing i can do about this, all kvms reduce video quality at least somewhat. If I … |
| | I have and HP pavilion (Windows XP series 1) with 128 MB of RAM. According to my printer's software, I need at least 180 MB. Might seem like a stupid question but I just want to make sure: Do I really have to buy some drive to make more room … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram printer windows-xp |
 | i will be getting a new PC soon and have been having some 'debates' with people as to whether to get dual Intel P4s or dual AMD opterons.. currently using P3, no doubt either will be better but the question is: which would you go for? i'll be using the … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | hello, i am trying to install a western digital 40 GB 7200rpm hard drive into a gateway 2000 p5-100. the gateway originally came with a western digital caviar 31000. on the top of that hard drive it reads AT compatible 1083.8MB. i was able to install windows 98 on the … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I usually dont post on forums like these but with this im stumped. It all started when i was playing Team Fortress Classic (Half Life) and my computer completely froze up. I gotta hit the Tower button to restart it and then i tried again same thing happened. It does … Hardware first-post troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | Has anyone ever encounterd this before? One of my computers will not power up. The CPU fan will "wiggle" when the power comes on but nothing else. It seemed like it was definitely a power supply problem. NOPE! I tried a new power supply and it had the same results. … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
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