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Hi there, hope someone can help, I was just wondering WHERE it is possible to get such an adapter (i think they are VGA adapters) as I have mentioned above, one that will at least connect ur monitor to your PS2 so that you can use it as TV. I …

Lats night i replace my heatsink with a bigger one because my cpu was running a little warmer than i liked. This is something i have done many times but obviously there is a [I]chance[/I] that i may have damaged something although i doubt it..... It booted up fine first …

Hi Everybody, Dell power edge 2650 often gives this error message to make the Administrators to beg for help. You can find help about this error on under given blog post. [url]http://www.itoperationz.com/2009/06/poweredge-2650-esm-embedded-server-management-error/[/url]

hey guys, this isn't actually my all-in-one, its my dads but i am trying to help him fix it. First i will give you my dads computer information. - HP Desktop Jet F4280 -Windows Vista (not sure if its home or whatever) -Norton 2009 - He uses HP solution Center …

My pc has been assembled and flying for a year or two now but when i went to turn it on today it just won't start windows. I did shut it down using the start menu. When it starts up it appears to run the POST correctly except that it …

I have a Dell D620 which has a particular problem. When the PSU is plugged in there is no indication of charging or any other electrical activity. I have used 3 different PSU's from D620's and the result is the same. The failure was very sudden and as such I …

Hi, I'm trying to repair an HP S3100n here with an integrated graphics card and I wanted to know.. are there any "testers" to test if the problem comes from the graphics card or the motherboard itself?? Reason being there's a pci-e low-profile slot open.. and i don't wanna go …

I installed a XFX nforce 780i 3-way SLI Motherboard with a intel core 2 Duo E8400 Processor 3.0 GHz. when I power up the machine, nothing happens except for a blue light on the motherboard lights up. The power supply does not come on at all, no fan or anything …

So my girlfriends laptop is really messed up right now. First of all the thing screams a high pitch noise the second you turn it on. And the tone changes throughout the time its on. Specially if you unplug or plug it in. When its unplugged its louder. Its unbearable …

I have 2 2GB sticks of patriot ram that are DDR2 1066. I have been trying for a while now to have them run at 1066, but have failed. My MB automatically sets them at 800 whether its dual or single channel, ganged or unganged. When i attempt to manually …

Hello! I have a system that powers itself off within minutes of powering on and it doesn't seem to log the event. It hasn’t yet crashed in safe mode, but it crashed when running a memory test from the windows boot screen (it made it through the first pass and …

Hi all, This is my first post on Daniweb. Can anyone tell me any site or blog where i can find a complete comparison of Intel processor. I am confused about Atom, Dual core, Core 2 Duo etc.etc.. I want to learn which processor is the least powerful and which …

Dear friends. Please help. The computer time in my machine periodically goes back to January 1, 2003. I don't know why? Sometimes, after 4 or 5 or 3 days, it goes back to that time or it resets time on a past date/time. Is this symptomatic of something? How can …

I'm buying a new 64 bit system and am nervous about the availability of drivers for new printers (also buying that) and will all new monitors work with the 64 bit system. In reading the forums, it seems as if there are significant problems if the peripherals are older. Any …

yes i have a desktop pc that has windows xp on the computer and both dvd drives that i have are being picked up by the computer but will not read anything.. at first i thought maybe the dvd drives went bad so i had took my friends computer and …

I bought a used gateway mt6840 laptop for dirt cheap off of Craiglist. And low and behold 3 weeks later the hard drive crashes. I'm in the process of getting a new hard drive, but, have some questions about the SATA connections. Can I install a hard drive with a …

My pc: Intel core 2duo 8400 Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS (galaxy) Philips 200cw I got the video card from a friend after he upgraded his computer. It's not new but he didn't got any problems with it. I've installed it, got the drivers and put the monitor at 1600x1080, the …

Hello Family ! I have a Dell Dimension E310, with an 80GB Samsung hard drive in it. It had/has Windows Media Center on it. The hard drive went bad and gave me the error that said.... Loading PBR for descriptor 2.....Done Bad PBR. I replaced the hard drive with an …

Well my HP Presario V4310nr dvd rom drive is no longer workin' properly,i wanna buy a new dvd rom drive internal ,but so far no luck. can anyone recommend a good place where i can find the part or is better to buy a external drive??? thanks for readin' my …

I have about 50 old JVS tapes that I want to copy to DVD's.. then make extra copies of the DVD's for relatives. I purchased a Toshiba DVD recorder and a package of DVD-R . One JVS tape was successfully copied to a DVD-R. The DVD-R played on the Toshiba …

I’m not sure if this is a Hardware or Software problem. I apologize if I have posted this in the wrong forum. When I burn a CD from the music on my windows media player, the burned CD will only play on a computer! So that means my burner is …

I just got my new Asus 8l-raiser pci riser card in the mail today (for a pic, click on the link below. Also, I attached a copy of the pic). If I do not plug any cards into either of the slots on the riser card, leaving both of them …

A friend of mine has a HP pavillion 700 that just won't boot. When I turn it on, it won't post and the monitor isn't getting any type of signal. [I]The system is an Athlon XP, ASUS A7N8X-LA MB with 256 MB PC2700 RAM, built in audio, video & LAN.[/I] …

i just installed a new 1gb ram pc2700 ddr (they said it was low density) memory in to my computer along with a 512mb pc2700 ddr sdram that came in it now i have problems with programs shutting down any help is great

My Acer Aspire T180 will not boot up, I have researched the beep codes and can't find the relevant match, it just continually gives even long beeps with no screen display. Occasionally it does boot up after 15 mins, 1 hour, 1 day... then it will only run for a …

i just place sound card in one of the slot.and installed the driver but still not working .Kindly help me.any help would be Highly appreciated.

Wirh my Compaq Evo 1015V laptop screen on its way out, I bought an Acer V173 monitor to use with it. But the native 60Hz refresh rate does contribute to headaches for me and I would like to increase it by unticking the "Hide Modes that this monitor cannot display …

Hey guys,does any1 know how to solve the mystery of making your fans run a bit quiet (like the IBM desktop PC's).I got a foxconn p4m800p7ma motherboard with 3 fans. 3 x 80mm's 1 on the CPU, 1 on the back of the Case and 1 in the PS. I …

Crap, I spelled "advice" wrong. Won't be my first, nor last, error today. First, apologies for breaking the rules right off the bat. I don't have my notes or the dead Shiba at this house - I'm moving. I searched through the threads, and found some promising leads for download …

What does it do? On my P4P800 it goes as high as 256mb. Does it affect my ram 1024mb. My video card is 128mb If I set it to 256mb, what will happen? And anything at all that you know, please ...

okay, so my new motherboard has 4 slots. I have both 2GB and 1GB chips, 3 2GB and 1GB to use up. Will it matter which slots they go in? Actually, I believe I'm looking at dual channel, two slots. Given that, Can I leave one channel empty and have …

Hi, I just replaced my 2.4 Ghz Intel Celeron CPU with a P4 Prescott at 3.2 ghz like 2 hours ago. It idles at like 48 degrees Celsius. I played half-life 2 for a bit and it went up to like 60-62. I didn't put any thermal crap on it. …

My Optiplex 260 was upgraded with memory and an additional HDD. The upgrade caused a CMOS change; that change apparently interefered with systems settings established when an AGP Graphics card was added to the machine 3 years ago. Result: This Dell Optiplex 260 computer would not POST or boot. The …

hi guys mine computer running ok but while i try to work on multiple appilcations like adobe PS & winamp 0r corel draw it perfoms very slow . In task manager cpu graph increases very high if iam playing song while working on other software ,song plays like driggled effect …

I've been getting some random shutdowns while playing hardware intensive games (like crysis) lately. The computer simply shuts down and I have to wait a while before it can be turned on again. I've been monitoring the temperature of my components and here are the results (all at full load): …

hi. does anyone can give a link to download XP drivers for this desktop pc SG3570d? thanks...

Please can someone advise me if my second storage SATA 320 Gbt HD should be set to have a primary or logical partition as I am somewhat confused about this. My main bootable HD is a SATA 1.5 Tbt which already has 3 partitions. I am using XP SP3. P4 …

Greetings, I've just bought a GeForce GTX 260, which is apparently being bottlenecked by my old CPU (an amd athlon x2 3800+). I'm looking for a cheap "solution" (a CPU that'd make a noticable difference but not necessarily 100% without bottlenecking). So I'm wondering if an AMD Phenom X3 Triple-Core …

[COLOR="Green"][/COLOR] Even after shutting down the system ,how the System manages the CORRECT time. How the clock "ticks" in the computer even there is no power supply.

I have a Compaq Presario-SR2173WM that a customer brought in, and said that when you plug it in and power it up you get nothing on the monitor. I switched monitors, and tried different video cards, and still get nothing. Me and my boss concluded that the motherboard was bad, …

Hello, I have an old IBM Netfinity 5500 M20 server that i want to use as a server for backups and other stuff The server works but i do not have the driver for the ServeRAID-II controller i need it during the installation of Windows Home Server / Windows Server …

Hi all; I have a machine that will sometimes fail to boot after a restart. If it gets shut down and restarted, the PSU & CPU fans start, but nothing else. No POST beeps, no lights come on, nada. If I unplug it & wait 15 mins or so, it …

Hi all, how do I identify what mother board I have with a view to a compatible ram upgrade?

Can u tell me? intel core 2 s775 on intel classic mobo. Can't get any display. There is no beeb sound. I know the alarm beep works because I tested the geforce 9800 GT with no power and it beeped. Tried with geforce fully removed and plugged into onboard video …

Hi to all !! I have a Compaq Presario SR1602HM. Windows XP Home. I think the hard drive has went bad. When the computer is booting up, the Compaq screen shows up , then the Windows XP screen shows up but thats all. After that , its all black. I …

hi guys Over these past two months if i reset the pc i would sometimes get boot disk failure. I would manage to solve the problem by slightly moving the power cable of the harddrive that has the OS installed on it. Recently the pc would freeze up (mouse non …

Hello, I'm having tons of problems with ram upgrading and i just cant figure out what's the cause. Here's my story: At first i had 2 Patriot 1gb 800mhz ram sticks. After a while, i bought an OCZ 2gb 800mhz, which caused my computer to freeze regulary.Memtest 86+ didn't find …

When i turn on my pc, the power light blinks and pc fan turns. but the monitor remain black, i hve reconnect each connection but it does not work. when i pressed the "caps lock" or "num lock" button 4m keyboard the light does not shows up. It seems that …

[QUOTE]Windows xp/Vista crash[/QUOTE] I am reparing a friend's Dell xps and I've never ran onto a hardware problem. When he brought it to me, the computer would start with the [QUOTE]windows did not terminate correctly, Start windows normally or on safe mode blah blah blah[/QUOTE] I tried to start windows …

Hey All, I have purchased a new PSU for my computer which is running on an Intel D845GVSR with Intel Pentium-4 Processor. The Problem is that , When I power up my computer The Fans(Ventilation Fans ) spin once and stop. When i contacted my vendor regarding this. It seems …