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hi i was wondering i have heard people put a fan on the panel right next to the cpu blowing in and i was wondering if it really works on cooling cpu down more

what would be the best socket A motherboard to get. I need a good gaming motherboard

dear friends, my pc pentium 200mhz with 32 mb ram does not detect new 40gb hard drive. what should i do? Please advise appropriate solution. regards, omar

I am planning on subscribing to iO in the near future (digital cable service) and would like to use it in conjunction with my Apple 23" Cinema HD display, via a tv tuner for the mac. Being as the cable line will be delivering a digital signal, and it is …

I did not se a solution to the problem that "I love my lt " is having. I have the same problem and would very much appreciate some assistance. Thank you.P.S. My keyboard (HP illuminated USB ) is not responding on the top keys . For example Internet connections etc. …

I have a monitor that will not come out of 640 x 480, 16 colors. How do I fix this? The Computer is a Generic brand with a standard VGA card. The monitor is a KDS Tiger 13".

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Hi, folks. I'm obviously new here, but I've read through some posts, and you all look like you know what you're doing. :D I was hoping that someone could give me a little advice. I just bought a new laptop on Ebay (you can see it at: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3435098170&category=42198&rd=1[/url] ) I …

While downloading some windows updates, my computer crashed with the message on a blue SCREEN! about: kernel32.dll (or something lkek that) error needs to close to save disks whole bunch of stuff i didnt write down physical memory being flushed. ok, then on reboot it couldnt find ANY harddrives and …

can scratches be removed from the plastic face of a laptop LCD???

I had a system built not too long ago, and have not tried burning any CDs till earlier ago. I don't know what exactly is wrong, but when I try burning, the CD burner would stall the program and all I hear is the disc or something spinning, but nothing's …

My daughter is having an unusual problem with her computer. After running anywhere from 5 minutes to 1 hour, the computer shuts off completely. There is no warning or blue screen of death. The computer shuts off as if it were unplugged. A friend thinks it may be an overheating …

The interface of my monitor keeps becoming smaller, then getting bigger, but almost never fills the whole monitor anymore. There are black bands down both sides of the screen. They are almost always there now and then the interface goes in even further, then back out again. Does this mean …

I just changed my power supply and when I boot it says till i use 40 conductors wire and not 80 cond. w. it will be switching from d2 to ultra33 mode what does it mean and what should I do

Hey I'm currently building a computer right now and I put everything together execpt the video card. When I turn my computer on from the power supply the floppy drive light just turns on and the fan on the power supply runs. Is this how it is suppose to react …

I have a old HP paviliion 63XX. Its about 5 years old, 500mhz. It has no video card so I guess its on the mother board. Anyway for no reason the computer starts out fine with the windows logo looking great then when It asks to log on it switches …

i posted a message a couple of days ago about hardware malfunction and i didnt get any replies so ill put it in simpler form when i put in any new hardware and start up the computer a blue screen comes up while loading windows saying hardware malfunction system has …

I have a 17" VGA Monitor, bout 3-4 years old. It was connected to my PC which is also about 3 years old, and it was working fine. But when I removed it, and put it on my old Packard Bell the Screen became really wavey. So i thought it …

I have a 17" flat panel monitor and there semes to be something wrong with it. When I turn it on it looks just fine but after about a sec the light that lights up the screen will turn off. If I shine a light on the monitor I can …

I have 256MB on a 2.20GHz Intel Celeron. The 256MB is (PC2100) I was planing on installing a 512MB stick,but I need to know can I install (PC3200) memory when the other 256MB is (PC2100)? and what is overcycling and will it happen to me in doing this?

Dani... just so I can print out the topic, and post it on my wall... just post what you baught at the Mac store on Monday..

Ok Heres my question to you all...see if you can figure this one out. Aiight, I've had this problem multiple times with all of my floppy drives, and believe me, I'm no n00b to computers, But either I never gave it the time to figure it out, or I'm just …

i got a new computer an my cousin tought me a lot about them mostly the basics but im learning more an it is very very slow an it skips alot when u play music like when u go on the web it starts to skip . neway i would …

i got a gforce fx 5600 with 256mb video card and my temps are at 56c on the gpu core and i was wondering if that was a bad temp or a good temp if not do you know of any heatsinks and fan for the fx card?

I was given a laptop from a friend and it is in great shape. But when it powers on, after it does it's memory tests, it says "External Cache: Not Found" and it just sits there. I've looked around in CMOS and there isnt anything about disabling the external cache. …

I was installing a linksys network card in a Gateway computer. The installation went fine no error messages. I hooked up the DSL modem to the network card and it crashes internet explorer everytime. I am able to ping the gateway address, DNS ip address to the internet, but when …

Me and my cousin brother share our 'vc++' documents within our LAN.As we live closely and our isp and lan is the same , we had no problem doing it and sharing files from the file and printer sharing port.But, recently , it seems that i can share files but …

Does anyone know what's the best video card for using today?I have a Riva Tnt 2 32mb graphics card and I can't run games like Blood Rayne or None lives forever 2. Bloody Rayne's read me file says it needs 200 mb of video ram :sad: Should I buy Ge …

when some one buys a pc its easy to check up how good it is but checking its speed ram mother board etc. but when i want to get a new monitor what do i ask for? i want to get a new flat screen monitor(not lcd) so what should …

Hi All, Can any one give me a run down of scsi disks and cards. i'm looking into geting a few second hand servers from auction sites. i'm going to be using them for storage mainly. film, music and programs. how many disks can be connected to one channal what …

Am going mental already cos my computer has been shutting down for the past 2 days. everytime i use TMPGenc, Windows Movie Maker or Stoik Video converter to convert a movie file, it automatically shutsdown. I end up not finishing anything and it's very frustrating. I've checked and re-checked my …

Okay, first a bit of background... During hurricane Isabel, these folks decided to plug their computer into a generator, lacking other power. Now, the computer won't come on at all. No POST, no keyboard lights, no beeps. I was thinking power supply, but there's a green light on the back …

Hi Having a big problem here. I have an almost-new Samsung 955DF which has been giving me problems since day one. The monitor initially had a huge brown patch in the center of the screen, almost like dirt. Increasing brightness/contrast did nothing for the picture. In addition focus was very …

Anyone care to take a stab at a problen I'm having with either my monitor or video card? (OK, maybe driver, but with some testing I think I've eliminated them) My monitor is showing random pixels/dots all over the screen. My text appears broken up because the color of the …

Medion DVD RW I am having problems with a DVD RW drive on my Medion PC bought from Aldi 04/04/03, in the UK every time I put a DVD RW or R disc into the drive it just keeps clicking, and will not load. Its a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-105 1.21 …

i have a case fan 80mm and the ends of the wires were torn off to cinnect it to get power and i now theres a way for it to get power without the ends so can some one tell me how to hook it up?

I am buying parts to build a new PC. I am not sure on which mobo is best. ABIT NF7-S ,nForce2 SPP chipset Support AMD Socket A with 200/266/333 FSB ,8X AGP,SATA 150 ATX motherboard or Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe The Asus is like …

Maybe I just can't google very well, but I am having a hard time trying to figure out which chipsets are compatible with an Athlon 2600 XP, let alone which one would be best? Any info would be appreciated.

im trying to delete stuff an it always says make sure it aint write protected what does that mean an how can i erase it? and whats a vids: xvid decompressor?

I just bought a T720 from Verizon and synch my phone with Outlook. THe problem was that my address book in outlook was too big, and now my T720's phone book is too full, and I cannot add anymore entries to my phone. I want to start over. Does anyone …

...the only problem I have with it is that it doesn't always restart. I have to physically turn off the CPU if I want to reboot, otherwise it'll freeze when it goes through the startup cycle. Even/if I turn it on for the first time sometimes it will do the …

About three weeks ago, my Viewsonic P220F screen began jiggling -- shrinking in (1/8" to 1/4" on both sides of the width) and popping back. It's sporadic and totally unpredictable. Seems to do it in all programs and on the desktop. I'm operating Windows 2000 Pro on a P933, Asus …

Hi I just recorded a home movie with Panasonic VDR-M30 dvd camcorder which uses a 8cm DVD-R. I tried to play it on my computer, but it doesnt even recognise the dvd. Dell says that my computer does not support DVD-R. Is this correct? any help is greatly appreciated. thanks

I can boot to desk top without a problem, yet after I've been using my system for a bit and then decide to shut down I can't boot up again because the monitor won't kick on. It tries, but then goes off, so I haver to hard shut down, I …

i was on my computer last week and all of a sudden i get this box counting down to zero before my computer shut down. when i tried to turn it back on it stopped at the booting up screen and displayed a message that said "error loading operating system" …

I have an HP system AMD Athlon 850mhz, standard 16bit sound card. I am in the rpocess of upgrading my saound package and want some adivce. I have read lots of good thing on both the Santa Cruz and Audigy cards. I'm unsure if the Santa Cruz is compatible with …

I have a PCI Motorola SM56 Speakerphone modem and an ISA sound card. When I place a phone call my voice from the PC is not being heard at the telephone end. The voice from the telephone end can be heard at the PC though. I thought that there was …

I built my computer. New motherboard,cpu. When I put the cd burner in the computer would not boot at all. When I put a differant cd-rom in and it boots just fine. Is there any way to find out what is wrong or how to test it. And is there …

i want to get some low cost speakers to put on my xbox. i have read reviews on both of them they are about evenly matched. i was wondering which ones should i buy out of the two.

Hi, I have a Celeron 300MHz of 1998. Recently I bought an AGP Card to replace the one in it. But when I installed it, it won't work. I checked the AGP card. It is alright and works when installed in another system. I have no reason to suspect that …