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[url]http://www.sonicparts.com/applications/search/itemdetails.asp?sku=BS-M7VIP#[/url] amd 1800+ with 512 ddram 2100 with this processor i plan on upgrading the ram and processor i just want to know if this stuff will work with this motherboard as a temporary thing until the upgrade.

So my monitor was turning itself on and off, now it's just stretched horizontally (blurred). :evil: :evil: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=1876[/url] I use the focus adjustments on the flyback and it will get crisp vertically, but still stretched horizontally. The repair shop told me it would cost a lot to find a new …

Ok, I have need for speed underground and when I play it the picture is very slow i think its called frames per second ,well it looks like a million pictures on a silde show and someone clicking next real fast..know what i mean? Well right now im running an …

ok, i changed my mind and am now going with a FX5200, the 9200se was only 64-bit while the 5200 is 128-bit I found two models of the FX 5200 and i need to know which one will give me a better performance One is the 5200plus it has mega …

I only use the computer to check email and chat. I don't play video games. Should I save money and get 15in or go ahead and get a 17in? People who have LCD's what do you recommend? Pros, Cons?

hey guys. i just built myself another computer, i know what i'm doing there, put all the parts in right blah blah blah, put the cathode light in correctly blah blah blah. Heres the problem: I go to turn my computer on, to look at the pretty light lol, and …

Here is my problem, When I use the integrated graphics card that came with my computer, the monitor works fine. But I have a ati 9100 graphics card and whenever I install it, the monitor makes everything green colored. I noticed one of the pins is missing on the 15 …

Hi there, Ok - I'm running a few audio apps... some of them are quite demanding... one particular processor intensive app sucks the system resources down about 60% (Alt + Clicking on My Computer) & the display of the app goes all weird... fonts are in bold, icons don't appear. …

I've noticed this is a common thing for people and well it really annoys the **** out of me. Basically I can be playing a game for 10-15mins and my computer will freeze. Can't Crtl-Alt-Del, can't ALT-F4 basically the reset switch is the only option. Specs: AMD Athlon 2600+ Gigabyte …

I just bought a compaq laptop w/ a AMD xp2200+ when i go to computer properties it reads the processor at a 1.05ghz sometimes it does jump to a 1.79ghz but most of the time you see 1.05ghz. Is this normal or should i worry. every time i check is …

[COLOR=Navy] I am having problems with my compaq presario 2100 and please i know ....not a great machine.. :) Anyway the computer just crashed the other day so i did some looking around at it. I have found that if you pull one of the sdram chips out the machine …

I have a memory issue. When I put 2x256mb 333mhz mushkin ram into my motherboard (soyo kt600) it becomes unstable and crashes at times. But when I put only one dimm module it becomes perfectly stable and never crashes at all. I want to use both dimm modules with no …

I have a KDS Tiger/Visual Sensation v5 and I can not get the settings to go above 640x480 and 16 Color. I have already tried to download the drivers, but they are of no use for some reason. Another Note is that this computer that it is connected to had …

I have this old laptop that i have scrapped. I am wondering if there is any way i can rip the screen out and use it for something else? Extra monitor? Mini TV? Or is this totaly impossible. Or cheaper to get a mini plasma :P

please forgive the lack of proper formatting. i've spilled water on my only two keyboards and i don't know how to fix them. one puts numbers in my typing like so: the qUi8ck br5own fox jumped over5 the laZy7 dog. the other doesn't make any letters at all. one is …

Which processor would be better for games and office work? the pentium 4 3.6GHZ hyper threading 533MHz fsb or the AMD 64 2GHz HT 1600MHz FSB? the processor that i decide on will probaly be combined with a Radeon 9800, 9800 pro or 9800XT

I am considering moving my hardware to another case. I have a Compaq and a HP desktop. Are the instructions provided with new cases sufficient for an inexperienced person too safely relocate the motherboard to another case? I have no trouble with hard drives and small stuff like that, however …

I'm not sure if this topic is appropiate for this forum but heres my question- I am considering to buy a new computer from Dell. I have customized two computers which are almost exactly the same but the price difference is $310. Money is not an issue, but I would …

Anyone have an idea of what I missed here? I have Pentium 2 - 233MMX system 512RAM, Asus P2L97 Motherboard. It had a 2.1 GB Maxtor HD with Windows 95 on it, but I have replaced it with a fujitsu 8.1 GB HD (from my Server System - so it …

Since I woke up this morning my monitor started turning itself on and off and it seems it's doing a degauss when it comes back on. Sometimes the picture will blur and fade to black, other times it's a hard off. It makes a nice crack sound when it goes. …

This computer had a bad sound card (So I thought) and so I decided to replace it with one that was laying around the office (BRAND: Avance). I downloaded all the drivers that I would need and then installed the card. Everything went smoothly and now I can not get …

Hey I just finished building my computer and when I turn it on the only thing that happens is all the fans turn on and the floppy drive light stays on. The monitor screen stays blank also. Also right when I flip the switch on the power supply everything turns …

I am a computer dummy with a question! If you install a new hard drive, is the size automatically detected or does it have to be entered manually? :confused:

I recently purchased a KDS Rad-5c 15in monitor. I thought the contrast ratio was 400:1 but it's actually 300:1. It's a nice monitor but words seem to be blurry. Im thinking about taking it back and getting a KDS Rad-7c 17in monitor with a contrast ratio of 400:1. Would this …

Hey there! I'm trying to install a nvidia Geforce4 video card Mx440se ddr 64m/tv/pci on a pentium 2 slot one 256 ram 120 meg HD with Xp window on boot it show's the Xp loading and the screen goes blank. the only setting in the bios are for AGP, PCi, …

IM trying to setup a network between 2 computers so i can play lan games between them. I have no experince with networking computers so please bare with my little understanding. Im using 2 ethernet cards in both the computers and im connecting them with a cord (ethernet cord, i …

I read that this keyboard is supposed to have built in functionality under panther, I upgraded and installed panther but the extra keys still don't seem to work at all... am I missing something?? Thanks!

I have a Design Concepts(TM) for your Macintosh sleek profile keyboard. It's distributed by CompUSA and hence purchased from CompUSA (SKU 299283). Needless to say, it's USB and I hooked it up to my iMac running OSX (Jaguar 10.2) The regular keyboard functions perfectly (and it's sooooooooo comfy) but the …

Ok, I just got this peculiar problem about this "Maxtor 40Gig Hard drive". I have 2 pc's. Let's just call this PC1 and PC2. My Maxtor hard drive can not detect by BIOS in the PC1 but can detect in the PC2. I also transferred my Excelstor hard drive from …

I recently bought the xtasy 9200 se 128mb PCI card. I want to use the dual monitor capability but I can't figure out how to clone the primary screen. Can anyone help?

hi everybody i was looking for a new hard drive at western digital and i found a raptor 10,000 rpm scsi hard drive and i was wondering if it will work for with my motherboard here is a link to the spec's of my motherboard let me know if it …

Hey folks I really need your help on this one bad. Here is the symptoms/scenario. [b]System:[/b] Pentium 3 933 Chip ASUS CUV4X Board & AOpen Ti4200 128 MB Video 768MB PC 133 RAM Plextor 12/10/32, Pioneer DVD, Asus CDRom 52X Maxtor UDMA PCI IDE Card WD 80GB Drive [b]-->[/b] I …

Hi to you all hope someone can help? After deleting some software using add/delete software from control panal I can only display VGA whre before I had SVGA. The motherboard is a jetway 531cf and appears to have an on board chip as there is no separate card. The system …

hey i was wondering does anyone know of a good intel chip set i'm current using a intel 845. i'm building a new computer and i'm not sure yet on what chipset to put so on the motherboard that i havent chosen yet. any ideas would be great i will …

I have a HP Deskjet 648C that has problems... I have fixed the noise that it was making (it was the color ink... it was leaking all over the connectors), but now I can't get the thing to print. I know that it sounds like I had cleaned it and …

I purchased a CD-R/RW DVD-R/RW drive for my Sony laptop. The TEAC drive functions as a CD-R/RW properly using Easy CD Creator (ecdc ). It will not write a DVD-R using ecdc, it says I have the wrong media type. am using a DVD-R disk, could I be needing a …

When I turn on my PC it sounds like a Poilce Siren in England. Alternating tones/beeps. I don't know if this is a power supply issue or what. The machine doesn't seem to boot either, just sits there and has the siren sound blaring. Please help. Thanks

Hello, Lately when i have been viewing videos in games or just on the internet my computer will freeze up and most of the time it will just freeze. Often the video will freeze but the audio will keep playing. I updated my drivers according to the creative website for …

Ok I finnaly dicided to buy a new mother board with an agp lot so i can buy a good video card. Is buying a new motherboard a good idea? and is changing a motherboard hard?

i belive that my computer is over heating but i do not know where its not the proccesor because i have a chipset watch that cam with my mb and i was wondering if anyone could help. when i look in my tower it smells like a old camp fire

Hey, I was wondering if there is a way you can use a laptop monitor as a flip down tv screen in an suv, just the monitor, not the whole laptop?? There has to be a way.

HeY All, this is actaully my first post on this site....new member, I've been researching for a while now on trying to find suitable sensors for motion detection...and I dont want really expensive stuff...just something simple and cheap! I'm unable to find simple yet informative stuff!! I'm trying to build …

I just want to let everyone know that there is a solar storm from the sun headed for earth and will hit today. The storm can fry your comuters so id advise to have them unlpugged. for more info go to this link. [url]http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/29/solar.flares.ap/index.html[/url]

Which is better for dvd playback and 3d gaming and which is a better buy? the XFX GeForce4 MX440 128MB DDR AGP8X with TV-Out Video Card for $59.99 or the XFX GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR AGP8X with TV-Out & DVI Video Card for $79.99

I'm eventually going to but an AMD Athlon XP chip, somewhere around the 2600 model, but some models are made with both core types. Do I even need to worry about it? If the core type is not listed in the detailed description of the CPU, then how do I …

Going through my Video setting on my computer, I notice I set the "system memory for PCI mode textures" to 100MB from the default of 47MB. My video card is 64MB. Does that memory pertain to the video card memory? Thanks for any feedback __________________ Windows Xp AMD Athlon XP …

Hi i just installed a new video card apollo geforce4 128 mx440se into my 1.8 athlon 384ddr ram, ok when i installed it and went to play my favorite game counter strike, it froze, and would do it every other time after that, then it started to work but would …

I have a Lasterjet 1000 that has something stuck in it, or at least I think there is. When it prints out, the paper comes out with a crease. Also it has an imprint on it that is on the Left side of the paper that looks like a staple. …

ok was running got message about internet explorer need to reinstall win 98. did format cause i didnt know what a friends kid did to it so figured i would wipe it out start it fresh. well loaded windows on turned it off now i get nothing tried different power …