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I bought a 2nd hand motherboard Intel D101GGC with Pentium 4 3.0 Ghz and fit into chassis with AC'97 front panel audio.My motherboard supporting Realtek HD Audio, so that to use front panel i have to check "use AC'97 front panel" in Realtek HD Audio Manager then only front panel …

Oh I hope someone can help...my daughter has a toshiba satellite C655 laptop. She got a virus last Month so I reset windows 7. I set a password on the bios. When I try and get on at all it auto goes to password bios screen. I put in bio …

My Pc can not deteect USB port can you tell me why ?

Ok heres my problem. For the past few weeks My computer Has been shutting down on its own, the thing is sometimes it restarts right away and other times it could be an hour or two It will just boot back up on its own. I have tried everything I …

I want to upgrade my pc's processor from AMD Athlon IIx2 to AMD Phenom IIx4 as far as I know when you install an operating system, the hardware specs of the PC is being save in the registry can I change my processor without formating my PC again (will it …

i have a problem with the specs of my motherboard. it says that is supports ddr3 memory and a maximum of 4GB but there's a reminder in the setup that per DIMM slot supports up to 1GB but it also says that with the reminders: "Do not support three memory …

Hello everyone! A month ago I bought my new computer: Intel core i5 3570k Gigabyte z77 - d3h 8Gb 1600 corsair Samsung ssd 830 Seasonic x650 Sapphire 7950 I have a problem that I don't know how to resolve. It started a week after I bought the computer and till …

These are my current specs: Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bit CPU Intel Core i5 650 @ 3.20GHz 45 °C Clarkdale 32nm Technology RAM 4.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24) Motherboard Intel Corporation DP55WG (LGA 1156) 34 °C Graphics S23B370 (1920x1080@60Hz) SyncMaster (1600x900@60Hz) 512MB GeForce GTS 250 (XFX …

Why does my monitor now refuse to turn on? I attempt to boot up, monitor light briefly green, then *POOF*, it goes directly to sleep mode. HELP!

What is the battery life of iPod Touch (3G)? Is proper that when play music on it the battery percentage increases instead of discharge? I don't know if this is a fault or something. Again is it advisible to use insomnia on iPod?

Hey, I have my monitor hooked up through a VGA box to my PS3. When I got back home yesterday I turned my computer on and it worked fine, I shut it down and went to use it this morning and it said no signal even though everything was starting …

Hi all, my parents have just opened their xmas present, brand new dell 5520 laptop. I have plugged the ac adapter in to get it charged and noticed that the battery led light on the actuall laptop is off. I am fairly sure the charger works because the light on …

I've just been given an ex-office IBM thinkcentre A50p 8422 tower,Pentium 4 3.2 gig, no drive or memory. The problem... When I transposed my current sata drive and memory into it (windoze 7 ultimate) and powered up, I got the beeps! It seems to be, after several attempts, 3,1,4,3. I've …

I woke up this morning and went to turn my computer on, it usually takes a few minutes to start up so I left it to do it's thing. When I came back a few minutes later the computer seemed totally normal, but both my monitors were in 'power saving …

Last Wednesday (5th December 2012) I switched my computer on in the morning to do some work on it. It failed to boot up. What I got instead was a black screen with a little box in the top left corner of both of my monitors **(24" Samsung SyncMaster P2450 …

Feel free to move this if there's a better thread for this. I'm planning on selling my Toshiba Satellite Laptop that I bought in 2005. It has an old, decrepit Celeron processor, 1.30 GHz, 480 MB of RAM, and Disk C: 55.8 GB. I haven't wiped it clean yet, so …

please wat can i do? cant find my dvd/cd rom on my computer and also my drive aint opening

Ok. I've been using computers for 23 years, even have a small computer repair service that I run on the side but I have NEVER run across this particular circumstance before. All my media plays toooo fast. Almost sounds like chipmunks. I don't have access to the internals of this …

I'm still looking for an answer as to why my work pc plays all media a bit too quickly?? Is it actually possible to overclock a soundcard? I don't have any likely explanation as to why everything sounds almost like chipmunks. Even streaming media doesn't play correctly. If my media …

Hi guys, I am having bsod but I don't have any idea to troubleshoot that. I hope u guys can help me. This is the minidump file. https://www.dropbox.com/s/pf7i8pol1715e6o/121812-50013-01.dmp System specs: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional 64-bit CPU:Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9400 @ 2.66GHz Motherboard:Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. G41M-Combo Memory:4.00 GB Graphics …

i have maxtor 500 GG someday i figured the disk turn to raw and get panic and sad i had a boot tools in USB drive and he have paret magic linux os when i boot it to os and comes linux and reset the pc my hard disk turn …

I have an HP Photosmart C4680 printer that was given to me by a third party. It is missing the 2 print cartridges. Is there a way I can determine if the printer actually works before I go out and buy 2 printer cartridges?

I have Dell Latitude D610, yesterday I used and shut it off properly but today when I boot it, the screen was bright for the moment but then it turned blank but power light and other lights were still on like wifi and num lock lights. I saw the screen …

Hello, everyone i have acer aspire 4520 laptop when we start my laptop and press F2 Button and open Boot Menu when we use ( left , right buttons on keyboard and change Tab ( Information, Boot, Exit ) so it work could not held.And when we change Tab ( …

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum. This looks like a great place to hang out. I am having a problem getting my PC to recognize my new camcorder. I would appreciate any help. I will try and detail what I have done so far to resolve the issue on …

Hello all. Thus far, my computer has been dead for about 5 days, and I've narrowed down what the problem may be, and I need a bit of help on that part. First, the background story: My sister, one day, happened to be playing GTA:Vice City, when the computer suddenly …

in my pc in desktop pink colour line is coming.

my pc w/intel p4, 3.00 Ghz, 3Gb ram, 60 Gb Hhd(not proven to be running, yet), no O/S yet, formatted HD wiped with sys mechanic, tryn to boot from cd rom (windows oem XP pro sp3), turn on screen imm says " Intel Boot Agent FE v 4.1.10 PXE-E61:Media test …

Hi there, I have bought a new laptop an acer 756 and I was wondering if anybody can give me any advice as to what to do with the battery the first time and how to make sure that it lasts long. What I usually do is this: -laptop off, …

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Today i woke up and my computer wouldn't turn on. I did have this problem a few days before this but after a few mins it turned on. At the time i thought there was a slot not working on the power strip. I re pluged it in somewhere else …

I was working on computer and a blue screen appeared which lasted for a long time so i just turned off the computer. And now things connected from back of the CPU like Monitor, Keyboard and mouse are not working or not getting any input from CPU. What is the …

Hi All, I have a home-built PC running W7 pro with a Sata drive as the primary drive, and a second PATA drive for general file storage. This has been running fine for a couple of years. I have recently installed a hot swap sata drive bay into the pc, …

I was looking to purchase a new PC, but i figured i would just try to upgrade my current one (DIY Project). Looking through my system information to see which hardware was good enough to keep and saw: Processor: 2x Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz How would you calculate your …

is their a way that if i will connect an usb device on the usb port but the computer will read as serial device that is connected on the serial port, so the usb device will be read on COM port. I have huawei E1552 modem that will support GSM, …

I have a Gateway NE series Laptop. Battery life was good. Scenario: I was done using my machine on a battery, needed some charging. While it was charging I was working on some excel file and listening to music (total of two processes were running) and charging was 50% completed(point …

Hello all, So I just had all of my household good shipped from CT to TX, including my self-built PC's. The main PC had a downed HD upon unboxing. Re-installed WIN7 everything is good. Had some issues with internet, so I shut it down. Came home later that day and …

Hello, I recently attempted to reinstall windows and would recieve corrupted or missing file messeges that would discontinue process and only allow me to restart. So I got the bright idea to run a all zero's kill disk but still receive messeages:intelide.sys, file i386/biosinfo.inf could not be located- error code …

Sitting on my computer last night and screen turned black. I had been poking around mcafee looking at firewall config but hadn't changed anything. Could BARELY make out display, but 90% sure the only thing displayed was my desktop. Could see task manager pop up when I hit ctrl alt …

I have an old HP Pavilion running Windows XP Home that started showing me a blank screen suddenly. I've tried a few things. When I power it on via the power button, the initial display allows me to F1 into settings. It also allows me to start Windows in Recovery …

If you take one look at the deadmau5 portable speakers from KitSound and immediately think that they have been inspired, somewhat badly, by Mickey Mouse then I'm afraid you are showing your age and lack of cool. If, on the other hand, you are some hip young thing then you …

Hi my computer is 4 years old and probably had its run downs a few times. intel 2,4ghz quad, hard drive 500gb seagate amd graphic card 6670 realtek audio motherboard foxconn g45M,win 7 64 bit. the pc freezes up with black or grey screen after a few minutes of gameplay …

I have a computer here at work that when you plug it in, it will turn on for 10 seconds, turn off. Then it will turn on again for 5-6 seconds and turn off. The second time, the fan runs high. The pc is an HP AIO 7320. I have …

hi there. i just build my new pc, but it wont work. so can someone help me pls. my build is: amd fx6100 cpu MB: ASUS m5a78l-m usb3, RAM: corsair xms3 8gb 1600mhz ddr3, GPU:amd hd 7770. PSU: OCZ ModXtreme Pro 600w so i installed them and after some hassles, …

Hello everyone please can someone tell me how to increase my dedicated video memory I have an HP ProBook 4530s with windows 7 home premium Intel core I3 and my dedicated video memory is 64MB

I want to learn about Repairing and Refurbishing iPhones. Are there any good guides to doing this, and if so, where can I find them?

Hi all, I am vinodh, my system configurations are as follows. Intel D845GVSR chipset Pentium 4 prcessor with 2.4G.Hz speed 2 rams i.e 1gb ddr and 256mb ddr. total is 1.25 gb one samsung cd writer and Lg DVD writer. 160gb seegate and 40gb samsung harddisks In the above given …

i have an all in one pc rm infact. it runs windows xp installed google chrome and now computer was crashing and now wont turn on. the screen says no signal input and the tower runs and lights up the keyboard and mouse i recently had to change due to …

My friends hp pavillion dv9930 just died, consequence of the whole hp naughty doings with their pavillion series. He wants me to get a new mobo instead of buying a new computer. I'm confused regarding the part because I find stuff like this on ebay and other websites: "Replacement motherboard …

Two incidents: Last night, I had my HP Pavilion dv9620us notebook PC running, and was using both Microsoft Word (with a few windows open) and Internet Explorer. (I'm running Windows Vista.) I went away for a little while, and when I came back, the screen was dark, as it should …