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dear all what is bank or memory bank? what is its function? anyone can give me suggestion or some tutoial, anyhow i didn't find in goole so far. thanks a lot zhiyuan

Hello Everyone, First and foremost, I have looked all over the internet and various forums looking for people that have had a similar problem to mine but I have found very few of those posts helpful so now I am making my own post. Before I get to the problem …

Hi all, My computer seems to have a problem with its peripherals (no display on the monitor, no red light on the mouse and lights on the keyboard won't light up). The computer does power up (blue led lights, fans, motherboard lights) and I can open and close the DVD …

Hello guys i have a problem well i was having some weird artifacts on the screen (red dots all over) and my gpu temp was like 95c(Idle), well the thing is i opened the video card trying to clean it remove some dust. After i did that i reasembled the …

I just built a computer with the turbo key ll and core unlocker. I have already oc the thing to 3.7 without turning these on but was wondering how the turbo key and core unlocker work??? Anyone care to tell me a little bit about it? Would I be better …

Hello, I am considering buying a Dell inspiron E1505 off of craigslist that is missing a battery, hard drive and possibly ram. I was wondering if there is anything I can do while before I buy it to see if there are more serious problems with it? I have an …

My computer gets stuck at the Windows logo screen with the blue bar going side to side...it has been doing this for about 30mins and won't boot up. What can I do?

I'm looking at buying a new dell laptop, what are your opinions on the inspiron range?? any opinions are welcome. Thanks, Chopper.

Laptop: Acer Travelmate 290 Ok heres the problem, i hit the power button, it turns on, but it wont start up.. Once in a while i am able to make it to the windows xp loading screen, then the screen goes black again! I thought it was a power problem, …

Hi, Sorry didn't know where to paste this problem. Please help! My internal LAN card had a problem so I opened up my computer. I tried to clean up the computer. After that I started my computer and then the computer suddenly turned off due to loose power supply wire. …

This is my FIRST day here... I am working with a Dell computer about 5 years old... The computer will NOT recognize the cdrom/dvd combo drive after an update from Microsoft screwed things up.. The drive letter doesn't even show.. Under Device Manager it shows it as NOT installed.. Since …

It's an old system of mine I haven't used in a few years. It worked fine when I stuck in the closet, but now it's being weird. Sometimes I could make it into Windows but then it'd crash; BSOD. So I threw it back into the closet for another 6 …

My computer is a bit of a Frankenstein - I bought it in 2002 but have replaced several parts of it over the years. (Motherboard was replaced under original warranty, new hard drive about 2-3 years ago, new RAM a couple years ago, new DVD drive last year, etc) It …

My problem is that I cannot start the machine. After switching it on select bios setup I get a logo showing a lock and what looks like a battery then a series of xxxx I triad f12 temp boot device no luck. Help

ok im trying to use my old laptop hdd as a external hdd whit an enclosure (2.5 sata and ide to usb2.0 imicro)so when i conect the hdd via usb my hpmini recognize the hdd but i cant see him in my computer or disk management, i had window xp …

no display is coming in my monitor, still the pc is running. the same monitor is working with other cpu and ram and etc..also the same RAM is working in other pc's... pls help me..!! Thanks in advance..!

My computer restarts itself after some time of use. It's not a virus problem or a bad on my hard-drive. What should it be then?

Theres a light on my motherboard that is lit does that mean its not the power supply? What could it possibly be, hard drive, CPU or the tower? Nothing at all happens when I power up. Thanks for the help. Its maybe two years old I bought it from ibuypower.com.

I have what my father lovingly refers to as the blue screen of death. I use my laptop for work and out of the clear blue sky, I tried to turn it on and it wouldn't boot. It begins to load(gives me an F2 option that when I press does …

I connected my TV to my laptop using an hdmi cable. I found and set it as an additional monitor but the TV would not display anything besides the lg no signal logo. After this i accidentally set my laptop to display only out of monitor 2. My TV is …

0 Vaio Desktop wont start Expand Post » My Sony Vaio Desktop Rx 660 will not start. I turned my computer off for the weekend and after returning on Monday I tried turning my computer on and nothing will happen. I took apart my computer and after inspection and some …

My husband's computer monitor is blank upon turning the computer on *Gateway Dual Core. I have the exact same computer. We tried a different monitor, but that didn't work. It appears to me that the video is on the motherboard. I spoke to an old timer like me, and when …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]16729[/ATTACH]Intel’s latest line of processors, code named “Sandy Bridge”, was designed with intense multimedia demands in mind. Although we won’t likely see a sandy bridge chip on the market until early 2011, we have learned a good deal of information in regards to the architecture of the processor. The greatest …

Motherboard P5G41-M LE/CSM Processor : Intel Celeron D processor , socket 775 Ram memory : PC2-6400 2x1GB sticks Recently changed my motherboard and used following ram and processor . system is booting okay, windows is running fine only problem i am having is when i starts up my system its …

I have an approx 5 year old Western Digital Scorpio 80GB hard drive (model WD800VE-75HDT1) that came in a laptop that I no longer have. One day the drive stopped working. I took it out of the lappy and slapped it into a USB enclosure. When I connect it to …

I had a doubt as how does adding more number of transistors in a M.P.increases its speed?? I know that the use of transistor in a MP is switching of current. The how does that helps to increase the speed pf MP. PLEASE HELP THANK YOU

i have a problem with my graphic card . i have connect my monitor cable to my graphic card . the problem is when i switch on my pc , it show NO SIGNAL . i let my graphic card on my motherboard , then i connect my monitor cable …

A friend of mine just purchased a brand-new Dell computer with an HP 1012 Laserjet printer. The printer installs with no problems, but only prints a blank page. I have tried all of the drivers on the printer CD to no avail. He somehow ended up installing 3 copies of …

I want to purchase a USB flash drive and I am uncertain if my USB port is a series 1.0 or 2.0. I am particularly interested in a flash drive that requires a USB 2.0. My sales invoice does not provide the spec's on the USB port. Does anyone have …

I recently upgraded both my mobo, cpu and ram. The new mobo and cpu are 64-bit. When I try to boot into my old hard drive, it does not see any operating system and wants to load cd/dvd. I had previously used a 64-bit Windows 7 install disk to install …

I was in Office Depot and on their desks for sale were several USB terminals in a stick, like you can buy for electrical plug ins,like computers, and all the goodies that go with them like routers etc. I wonder if one can buy those sticks and add them to …

The USB plug in on my exterior hard drive is broken, how do I get it fixed, can not take back to WalMart, although i have a warranty,I have too much stuff on it.

how do I restore my compaq presario back to factory settings

Hey Everyone! I'm stuck and could use a hand ^-^ I have a Toshiba Portege M200 thats giving me a head ache :P I just got the machine, it was working great but was used, and I wanted to erase everything on it and start fresh. I preformed the steps …

My wife has a presario R3000, infected by virus corrupted registry and affected DVD RW therefore cannot restore via disc in DVD drive. How do I restore it to factory settings. Tried system restore but for some reason calender only goes back to April 2007 which is no use at …

My ASUS EeePC900HD Displays , Fatal system error

I have been working on this laptop and only receive 2 options, one to repair and the other to start windows normally. The message states that software or hardware installation was done incorrectly. Either option takes me to a black screen where no activity is heard. I have tried the …

Hello I have the issue where my dvd burner has not been able to be seen by my compouter and this has just recently happen in the last few days ever since i had help from microsoft to go into my computer and help remove some rootkits and viruses as …

I'm sure threads don't have to be all about problems so, I was wondering when I delete my files, where does it go? How does the hard drive regain its space? I read somewhere that the OS just ignores it but I wanted to make sure and if we used …

Does anyone know of a solution to support PCI sata on systems where BIOS cannot boot from add-in cards? PC is Dell dimension 2400 P4. Disappointed no PCI boot support, since similar model 2350 does apparently have this option. I am looking for a bootloader workaround which can boot from …

Hey guys, Been a while since my last post - websites sure changed alot! I am after a brand new graphics card, but I am a little rusty on my tech knowledge to be honest, and would love to get some suggestions from your collective expertise. My budget is no …

Hi there, Everyone: I have a dead HP zv6000 laptop that just died on me after I tried to replace the CPU fan late last night. (replacing it required me to remove the thermal mount, replace the fan, and then put the thermal mount back on - among numerous other …

Well this laptop is having a problem. When you turn it on it won't boot (black screen) and then shuts down then boots up, then shuts down, then boots up and so forth. It has a Pentium 4. I took out a intel centrino chip from another laptop and the …

I have a "Fujitsu Siemens" PC, and when trying to start it up get the following message without gerttinh beyong: [B]warning resoource conflict -PCI on motherboard Bus:01, Device:1D, Function:00 warning resoource conflict -PCI on motherboard Bus:01, Device:1E, Function:1F [/B] How can I fix this issue? Thanks.

Hello all! My Hp compaq mini 110 was showing a bluescreen, after which i tried to format and load a another OS, the bluescreen persist. I tried another RAM on it to know if it was the RAM that was causing the problem. the same thing happen, then i return …

the other day i was checking my email and running a musicjukebox when all of a sudden my computer froze. i thought this was normal so i just ctrl alt del but the computer wouldn't restart. so i powered down my computer. when i tried to boot it up again, …

Gateway GT5476e Windows Vista Home Premium Alright, so I'm trying to Restore to Factory Settings. I do the normal routine... F8 at startup Choose the "Repair your Computer" option Everything seems to go fine at first, until computer loads up to the Welcome Screen. Except on this screen, there are …

Hey everyone, My computer (nvidia fx480) is experiencing some pixelation. At random times (haven't noticed a pattern) my monitor (HP 2509m) will show green pixels in darker areas on the screen. Usually refreshing the background image or something similar with correct this, but I'd really like to get it fixed. …

Hi there everybody! I have a PC which i was pretty happy for, it had Windows Vista on it. But then one day when i turned on the computer, it wouldn't boot up Vista. It came to that part where it shows that loading bar: [code] ___________________ | |||| |||| …

I have opened up my TravelMate 2300 and I'm looking for the cmos battery (I'm pretty sure it needs replacing) but I can't seem to locate the battery anywhere...does anyone know where I would find it? Thanks! Noelle