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[ATTACH=RIGHT]21685[/ATTACH]It doesn't take long to fill up a 16GB or 32GB iPad with stuff, but what do you do when that data storage capacity is reached? Apple has not opted for an upgradeable storage option with the iPad, for reasons which escape me to be honest, so if you find …

Hi, Currently i'm having a problem with this barcode scanner.. here's, My barcode is (01)04038653832897 and (17)120419(10)0-7164 , both are Code 128. why the outcomes of the scanning is [B]]C1[/B]0104038653832897 instead of 0104038653832897? How do i get rid of the [B]]C1[/B]? is there any particular settings that i need to …

Hullo again, After being given even more old PC bits I now have questions about switching CPU's. I've tried swapping my old socket 478 1.7Ghz for a P4 2.5Ghz (socket 478). The motherboard is an ASUS P4B-533VM. And here begin the problems...(and the questions)! 1) After the swap the PC …

Hi all, Another OwenBear question about older technology. I've just been given a Gigabyte GA-K8vt800 socket 754 motherboard with loads of bits. Seeing as this is better (I hope) than my P4 1.7 (socket 478) current set-up I'd like to try and optimize all the parts I've got. So - …

I have a 500GB sata hard drive whose , a plastic 'L' shaped support of the sata data pin is broken(the plastic support behind the pins circled in the attachment). now i'm unable to plug the data cable to the drive. is there any way i can access my hdd …

What does your Android, BlackBerry or iPhone say about you? That's what newly published research by YouGov on behalf of Intelligent Environments aimed to find out, but the results were a little surprising to say the least. [attach]20446[/attach] The research analysed the financial profiles of each smartphone to paint a …

i had a keyboard but spilled juice on it and it partly broke so i bought a new one that apparently didn't connect with my dell PC thru usb but older technology...so i bought an adaptor but my PC won't read it...any idea why and how i could fix it?? …

Cookery shows on the television have never been more popular, nor more populous for that matter. Celebrity chefs dominate the viewing schedules and best-seller lists alike, so surely anyone who wants to cook like a top chef has every opportunity to do so already. Why then, you might wonder, would …

I will use DDR2-800 RAM (I guess I can't go beyond 800). What what gonna be better for me? 2.33GHz with 1333MHz bus or 2.66GHz with 1066MHz bus? 1) For some gaming? which would you advice to choose? little explanation why? 2)for coding (java ides n stuff)? which one would …

I'm hoping for a second opinion on which of these two motherboards to buy (I hope this is the right place). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128511&Tpk=Gigabyte%20A75M-UD2h[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138331&Tpk=Biostar%20TA75A%2b[/url] Obviously the Biostar has better advertising, which one would you pick, and why? (Space inside my case is not an issue at all, and the USB 3.0 …

I have a WD hard drive. that when go to delete files or folders they just come back. any recommendations.

[FONT=Arial]undefined[/FONT]I recently reformatted my primary HD and after doing that I had a lot of problems with drivers(I guess I lost all the old ones when I F&R the HD). Now I finally got my modem and sound working but still can't get my display to change to 256 colors …

Hey folks, I just got a new 2nd gen 2GB iPod nano. I have iTunes 7.0.2 installed and the latest iPod software (1.1.1). I have synced my iTunes library to my iPod as well as 4 podcasts. What I'm trying to do is delete all 4 podcasts. When the podcasts …

hi, I was using my PC when Suddendly it shut up, when i tried to power on only green light followed by four red blinks light. No fan vibration just empty CPU, could it be a power failure or what?. What is the solution.

I see that 20.5 inch screens are down to about $120.00 - what should I look for when buying? I will be using it for gaming.

[FONT=Tahoma]I have a serious problem with my HP Pavilion ze5155. Let me start from the beginning of the story to give you the "full detail". I was interested in an HP Pavilion laptop, so I was recommended for the HP Pavilion computers. I purchased an HP Pavilion ze5155 and everything …

I am not sure where this would go, because I did not find a CD/DVD drive section. I have a laptop (Toshiba) and my DVD drive stopped working. I believe it stopped working a while back, when my windows core files were dumped, and when I used the system recovery …

Hi I have some kind of knowledge in assemble a pc, but I still have some problems when it comes to connect the Front Panel Connectors and USB Connectors in the motherboard. I connected a USB connector from the case to motherboard and when I plugged a USB Device, it …

When I power on the PC all the thing is happening. CPU fan is running, Hard Disk is vibrating and CD writer is also responding but there is nothing on the the monitor. I reassembled many time the devices. I cleared the BOIS, RAM but nothing is happening. I see …

I've got an EX58-UD3R which I'm trying to troubleshoot. It's not posting, but instead turning on for a few seconds then turning off, repeating indefinitely. No beep is heard from the speaker. I cannot isolate the problem and was hoping someome can advise me on what it might be. Here's …

Suddenly it happened a couple of years ago. My Tecra 8100 did not boot up. Black screens, beeps and all that. for some reason I tried to unmount one of the two memory modules. And the machine booted again. I talked to a Toshiba technician, who told me at once …

Hey all, I've noticed for the past 6 months that my external drive randomly gets files put onto its root, with very ambiguous names. They're all empty (as in 0 bytes), but it's really weird. Today I noticed a huge accumulation. I have a high technical knowledge, but I was …

I'm having trouble booting up from my HDD. It's a SATA HDD plugged right into the motherboard... I have played with the BIOS setting for a while now, but can't seem to get it to boot up. Can anyone who has this motherboard help me out? I've gotten to the …

well as the title says i think its dead my guessing defining dead could it be my motherboard?? reason being - every time i try to turn it on i hear a click sound coming from the motherboard and being detail'ed - the power light comes on(is it receiving power??) …

Hi Guys, I am about to build a new PC from scratch, BUT want to use my SATA II Harddrive (which is 1.5TB) Looking at the latest tech - SSD's seem to be the way to go, and my thinking is to buy one of those for the OS and …

Hi, I've recently been given a load of parts and some of the RAM sticks included have heatsinks on them. I'm talking about flat, aluminium shields, in to parts which encase virtually the whole stick (not the 'spiky' individual chip cooling type). So anyway, I have several spare of these …

My computer froze up yesterday, so I couldn't restart from the shutdown menu and had to turn it off by the switch...when I pressed the switch to turn it back on I was getting nothing, after pressing it several times it will turn on and try to boot up with …

I am at my wits end not being able to get past the Windows XP loading bar, which suddenly freezes after a few seconds. I tried Booting in Safe Mode but received a message that read STOP: c000021a {FATAL} System Error: I ran a Hard Drive Diagnostic and that showed …

I brought a HUAWEI E153 usb-stick/dongle in last week.. Thay said to me it can be support to 7.2Mbps speed... but I checked in internet is it true or false...but i couldn't find that type model support to 7.2Mbps.Lots of articles mention me to Lot of E153 dongles are support …

My computer keeps restarting while playing games. I have tried playing different games, and it has done it with 5 different games. I think it might be my graphics card, but I just bought a new one not even 2 months ago. I called my tech support and they told …

Hi, I've recently been given a PC with a load of parts. So I have a spare CPU which (I think) is 200Mhz faster than the CPU currently installed. However I'm not sure if the spare CPU works. So - a few questions. 1) If a CPU is mishandled is …

hello sir.i have a dell n 5010 i3.but sir when i install the bluetooth driver,after installaton it shows this message (turn wireless switch on).but i dont know how to do this.i have tried the wifi switch but no use.so kindly help me with this problem

I'm going to receive my new motherboard soon and I was just wondering where the power switch goes in the motherboard. Could someone indicate me where is the appropriate place to plug it in , in this mother board : [url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ImageGallery.aspx?CurImage=13-128-449-Z03&SpinSet=13-128-449-RS&ISList=13-128-449-Z01%2c13-128-449-Z02%2c13-128-449-Z03%2c13-128-449-Z04%2c13-128-449-Z05&S7ImageFlag=1&Item=N82E16813128449&Depa=0&WaterMark=1&Description=GIGABYTE%20GA-G41M-Combo%20LGA%20775%20Intel%20G41%20Micro%20ATX%20Intel%20Motherboard[/url] It would be greatly appreciated if you could edit …

I have a Gateway P-6860fx. I have Windows Vista. When my computer booted up and got to the desktop, I ended up with a split screen. What I mean by this is that I saw half of my desktop on the top of my monitor and the same picture appeared …

hi, my vista laptop been crashing a lot lately when ive been multi taskingl. it just loses response. the ram is unusually high so i think its the ram but under device manager it seems fine. is it a virus? im lost please help!!

I currently have a factory made Acer Aspire AM5802. My current motherboard is an factory built Acer mobo. It sucks, because it has compatibility issues with a Hackintosh(Don't me ask for links . No warez allowed here) I have 8GB of DDR2 placed within 4 DIMMs(2GB each then). I have …

My wife has an older Gateway 600 YGR laptop. When the power button is pushed, the lights will momentarily flash and the fan runs continuously, but the laptop does not boot up. Upon checking the heat sink posts ( which were broken), I noticed that the CPU socket would move …

[B]Specs[/B] The two print cartridges use a dye based ink where the black cartridge’s resolution is up to 600 x 600 dpi whereas the color cartridge renders 4800 x 1200 dpi. The printer is capable of borderless printing, up to 4 x 6 inches. There are three ways to connect …

I have 3 hard drives on my computer. One hard drive named C is only used for my Win XP Pro SP3 operating system and nothing else. A second hard drive I use for all my data, video, files, folders etc. The third hard drive is used for the backup …

What is the porblem of my PC??? Is this 'cause by viruses.. Actually my PC has viruses stored in C and D drives... How can I fix this one???

Hi, I have a toshiba A215-s4747, doesn't boot all the time. I need to turn on and shut it down holding pressed the power button few times. Usually I need 3-5 attempts to start it. When I press power, I can hear fans, some leds but the screen is blank …

This is what happens when I try to reinstall winxp on another used computer (dell 8400 with a SATA drive) The windows setup screen appears and loads files. The next screen says welcome to setup and offers three options . 1-to setup XP press enter. 2 To repair XP press …

when I turn on my pc the power supply is good but when I trying to press the power button or restart botton nothings happen.. Nothing shows on my monitor unless it shows different kinds of colors. My OS is winxp 32bit. Help..! How can I fix this problem????

Hey people Im new here, and I hope I can get some good answers to my problem. My rig has started to restart itself after a windows and hardware command to shutdown. It's been going on for some months not and it's buggin the hell out of me! I've tried …

Guys i have a Dell Dasktop tried chabging Ram, Changing Proccessor but the the orange light keeps flashing and it doesnt boot, at times it boots and shuts down itself during the session. Help out Guys what might be The problem

Hey, I have Toshiba Satellite A505 laptop and it has an inbuilt mic which I haven't used it for quiet a time now. I went to sound recorder and it said "An audio recording device could not be found", it used to record before. Please help me with that.

I turned my laptop and all the lights come on but the screen is blank. I dont hear hard drive or fan sound just a click at the dvd rom. Ive reset the memory, took out the battery and pressed power button, but still the same. I have to hold …

Hi guys, I just purchased a 2GB RAM chip for my Packard Bell DOT S. Most of the DOT S laptops have an access panel for the RAM on the bottom side but mine doesn't as it's the 018 version (the one with the fancy pattern all over it). I …

i just installed a oracle virtual box to enable virtual machines. i discovered through a software that computer does not allow hardware virtualisation and i need to install a windows server 2008 in d virtual partition. Please is there any way out?

Is it bad to turn computers on and off often?or to keep it running without turning off? Please provide reasons for your answers.Technical terms are good.Answer onllyyyy if you you really know, Thanks!