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I have an ASUS A7V8X-X mb with 2 HDS, both partioned X2; 1.5 gig RAM; a 2 gig AMD processor. This is kind of a long storyi. I began getting Boot Disk Failures here awhile back. They would begin once in awhile and grew to nothing, but Failure. I had …

hie every body out there i have a dell dimesion 2350 that wont boot after a clean installation of windows xp professional with sp2.it has been displaying an error message of (NO BOOT DEVICE DETECTED) but i did some check ups and found out that my hard drive its okay(if …

My notebook display brightens and dims until the power cord is wriggled where it plugs into the notebook. From what I've read on this site, it is probably the power connection at the motherboard, or the board itself. I have taken about 25 screws out, but can't go further for …

Hey guys i just installed 4GB of ram, only show's up as 3GB in XP though, no idea why, i have a Geforce 8600GT if that's anything to do with it not showing it in full? If there's a solution to this then great! Anyone know any =]? But with …

My friend's Dell laptop was working fine until one day for no apparent reason, it wouldn't power up. The power adapter seems to be OK, I measure 19.5 volts DC on the plug. When I hit the laptop's power switch, the green LED on the adapter just fades out and …

Hey everybody :twisted: I just got my new RAM delivered this morning, excited as i was with the 4GB (x2 2gb sticks). The RAM was bought from 'Patriot' i took out my old 2 RAM sticks, 512 each. I put in the new Patriot RAM and soon as i switched …

I don't know what the exact brand name is, but I think it's Creative... ANYWAYS... My friend recently bought a new laptop and she got speakers for it, and the speakers do not work. It says that there's "no audio output device" and won't emit any sound except a loud …

I am in the field of desktop support In a system with configuration Core 2 duo 2.2 Ghz, 1GB Ram, 160 GB Hdd, Lg DVD Writer Model GSA-H55N. In the drive the Video files with extension *.vob plays normally by right clicking the drive and selecting "play with power DVD". …

Hello All!: First of all i would like to say that my knowledge as far as computer is Average. Meaning i have never built a computer from scratch. I am just very knowledgable in regards to applications and softwares within the operating system. My current Specs are: Motherboard: Soyo SY-K7VKPE …

hi i have a AWA 81cm tv that has a pc input but i had to use a DVI to VGA in order to get it to work. its max resolution is 1600x1200 but windows only detects 1360x768! i wana know how to max my resolution.

A hardrive was connected and powered in a PC without the old hardrive present. Issue now: There is no visual, as if the graphics card does not work. Note: The new hardrive was connected to the PC without properly being formated. How do I solve this problem? What are the …

[font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2][font=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica][size=2]Well, I finally got all the pieces so that I can build my own pc kit. Here are the pieces I have: G-Force 6800GT (gpu) AMD 64 3200+ Athlon 939 Zalman Ultra cou cooler fan ASUS A8v Deluxe MOBO Maxtor diamondmax 200gig S.ATA Kingston AK2/1gb ddr400 (installed in the blue …

So I've got this laptop that was stuck in an infinite boot loop (I feel that I should mention that it would reboot after showing the windows loading screen), chances are OS is corrupt, right? So we decide to reinstall, but first I've got to get the data off. The …

My 2005 PowerBook G4, 1.25GHz with a Fujitsu HD has been funny for a while. I flattened it and reinstalled OSX 10.3.4, didn't improve things so bought Leopard. Wouldn't install. Now won't open at all, just get grey screen, Apple logo and revolving clockface. Makes clicking sounds but does nothing. …

Hello there. I recently upgraded my pc ( find spec below). I pulled out the hard drives from my old pc and put them in the new one. i reinstalled XP and booted. i am running a 500GB 32mb SATA and a 1TB SATA . Windows is installed on the …

Hi, I'm new here I have an old Sony Pcg-fx140 and I've been trying to boot it up since the last few months. So I know it the motherboard I predict that its dead but the power is the only factor in question. the laptop takes 19.5v and 3.0 amps …

I have this AOpen DVD/CD-RW drive that i've been using for the past two years. In the last few days it has stopped accessing disks and whenever you put in a CD/DVD and try to access the data it gives u the error "insert a disk into drive h:". What …

I have a P5E3 wifi mobo and have never been able to get the wireless to work...at home or otherwise. I am running win XP-x64 and have a Linksys WRT54GS (w/ speedbooster). I have yet to flash bios, as im scurud 2. Also if I decide to flash the bios …

So, this is like the forth time my Compaq Armada M700 has messed up... but what do you expect from an -old- computer? So, this time it's to do with it just randomly dying... Sometimes I turn my computer on and then I have it running for a few minutes …

looking to find out what wires i put on what pins? i have +P LED -P LED HDD LED RESET SW POWER SW

Hi, I just built a system but ran into some trouble with the casing. It fell down and the casing broke. I got another casing and rebuilt it, but when I tried to start it to install the OS the computer wont power up. i dont know whether the board …

is there any way to get this video driver to display a wide screen resolution? I installed a wide screen monitor but have no option in display properties to choose a resolution with appropriate ratio.

Just put an AMD 64 3000+ CPU on an Asus 8KNE-Deluxe with a Thermal Take 360 W PSU. I push the power button and the PSU fan starts to turn, the CPU fan starts to turn, then nothing. It will "start" when I push the button, then quit. I am …

I just Bought a New Mic and my PC didn t even detect it. The Mike is Media-Tech MT-386 . The computer is running on a MS-Vista (os). It isn t even listed in the device manager. PLZ help me..

I am pretty computer savvy and I would like to try to retrieve data from a HDD. The MB of the old system was hit by lightning. My thoughts on the recovery process are as follows: If the HDD in question is an IDE drive, I could connect it to …

hi i have a new cpu, with P5E board installed and a new 500G HD. the problem is, when i try to install windows xp, it says the HD is only 137G... the bios sees it as 500g as it should. the only thing i can think of is that …

I'm A NewB and need to find amanual for a Win fast K8S755A MOBO or at least proper Settings for J10. Am upgradeing an old E-Machines 633 ids, with Winfast K8S755A, AMD Sempron 2800+ and 2 Gigs RAM in a Dual Channel Config., any help would be gratefully accepted!

Have an eMachines T3882, and installed a GEForce PCI graphics card (128 mb) - screen is just black. Switch back to original port, and monitor works fine. Tried disabling the integrated card, but that didn't have any effect. Thanks for any suggestions (just trying to let son enjoy a new …

I've had my computer for a couple of months and I've recently found a device that has been disabled. I have no clue why this was disabled. Windows doesn't tell me that it needs to be disabled. Nor does it say there are compatibility problems. I know pretty much what …

I am looking to upgrade my compaq presario 5108us memory from 128mb 100 to two 256 mb 133 to give it 512 mb total. The trouble is I am unsure what I can actually use because the manufacture says I can use 100 or 133 and when I go to …

i need bios update for toshiba S1410-313. MODEL NO PS141E-0502Y LAPTOP.

hey its me again! this time with more complex problems... while i was playing driver parallel lines, at the beginning where you have to speed away. as soon as i went into the big park space the game froze... after a few seconds it loaded and continued gameplay. a few …

bios update failed on a compaq sr1910nx pc. the pc wont start. what do i do?

My recently bought (from Walmart) XO Vision 2gig mp3 player v873.229.700 also identified in the one-page documentation as Styler x120AUD2GB with FM radio and Voice Recording, loses music already downloaded. I run Win XP and the documentation says the driver only needs to be installed on Win 98, ME and …

Maybe not the exact right spot for this post, if its not, im sorry :D So after going through a few issues with my mobo's and having to get a new one, finally gettting BIOS running (then having a bad stick of RAM, fun), my computer freezes up when I …

I'm trying to replace a video card for a SONY Vaio PCVRX660. It has a 4X AGP 3D Graphics Hardware Acceleration TNT2 M64) (nVIDIA 32 MB Video Memory (SDRAM). Can anyone help me find a different card that I can find much easier. Any suggestions? I have a PCI space …

I have an ATA drive that I want to recover old harddrive files from, but it doesn't seem I have any usable HDs to install XP on. Every time I tried to delete a partition and reformat it, I get an error message. I can't recall the exact message but …

Here are the specs for my box: Case: Thermaltake Tsunami VA3000SWA PSU: ePOWER ZU-650W MB: ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe CPU: Intel Pentium D 930 CPU Fan: ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Memory: Patriot 2GB DDR2 SDRAM (Dual Channel) Video: EVGA GeForce 7600GT 256MB x2 (SLI) HD: Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB …

My Hitachi SuperScan 600 CRT monitor (bought before 2001) screen just started vibrating visably a few days ago. My pc's an emachine T3062, bought 12/04. The only happening around that time was a neighborhood electrical power outage -- maybe the day before (?). When the emachine's first booting up, there's …

I am helping a friend with her Dell computer and she has some kind of RAM in there I have never seen before. She has 4 slots, with 2 256 sticks and 2 sticks that seem to just be fillers. However, if you remove the fillers and have an open …

I have an Asus K8V SE deluxe mobo with 3 HDs: one IDE drive & 2 Samsung SATA drives (non RAID) The 1st sata is a SP1213C with win xp2 installed. The second sata is a brand new 500GB HD501LJ (not formatted yet). Both sata HDs are connected to a …

One day my DVD/RW just quite working; but hey, now I've got a real cool cup holder. It will open and close, all wires are secure (I removed and replaced). I'm sure it has something to do with the driver. The PC doesn't recognize the D: drive. The media I …

hi there, A few months ago i decided to build a completely new machine, aiming to design a powerful gaming machine, after some discussions about my hardware, i have decided i think i need to upgrade, im not an expert on hardware so this is where you guys come in …

Which of the psus below would you guys recommend? I'm looking mainly for one that has: 1. SLI 2. mid-range to high-end system 3. Future expandibility 4. Reliability 5. Energy Efficiency [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3501286&Sku=GEN-6803[/url] [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2441945&Sku=ULT40029[/url] Thanks for your help.

I've recently been looking into upgrading my computer, because it seems a waste to buy a new one when this one is only 2 years old and only really lacks RAM. Note that this is my first time planning something like this, but my father, who tinkered for years before …

I am moderately computer literate..but am confused..Can one run an 8cm DVD in the 12cm CD-Rom?:-/

3 weeks ago my motherboard set on fire. I originally thought it was mechanical error, I now know it was simply the dark lord's entrance to this realm. I ordered a new motherboard to replace the burnt one. The new one didnt turn on at all, no lights, fans, or …

Any one can help me with why a new Power Supply will not even power on. It is a Kingwin with PCI-X, Sata and all the seperate connections. I can not figuer out why it will not at least power up. I have always used Antecs. The configuration is different …

I just bought a Gateway m520 laptop. I downloaded SpeedFan and it says the mobo is hot. It fluctuates from 106 F to 124 F. Is this too hot? Being it is a laptop high temps are expected. But I was wondering, where can I get the mobo temperature specs? …

I was using a custom built pc for about 9 months when my motherboard burnt out. This isn't a figure of speech; it literally set on fire. I pulled the power cord and the fire went out immediately, but the corner of my motherboard was a blacked husk. I believe …