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Is it possible that a motherboard fan will not spin because of a broken CPU? Or would it be the mobo's fault?

need help with this bad. system has failed,blue screen with a windows message of it shuting down to pervent damage to computer. Does any of the following make any sense ti you guys. Stop:0x0000008e (0xc0000005, 0xb7f58cb8, 0x00000000) Win32k.sys-address BF803AF0 base at BF800000, Datestamp 45f013f6 hope soneone can tell mr what …

Computer was running then screen went black. Shut down machine turned back on. Power going to machine (green light on at back and main power light on at front) but no fans turn. Any clues on this?:confused:

If I have a hard disk with more than 50% free space, will it become slower if I consume 30% more disk space? Why or why not? It never made sense to me that more free disk space would equal better performance as long as programs aren't running in the …

I have a Dell Inspiron 8100 that had a hard disk failure (read: locked spindle and fried motor due to spindle locking) and am in the market for a new one. I have seen the wealth of new and refurbished hard disks out there, all the form factors needed, and …

hi there, Im looking for a decent fan controller and cant find one for the life of me. What it needs to do/be: [LIST] [*]Black [*]Digital [*]Control up to 6 fans [*]Have four temperature sensors [*]Run on auto mode to keep pc at a certian temp [*]Have the ability to …

Hello i have a newer dell computer that was given to me by a friend it worked for a few days and then one day i tried starting it up. it will get to the windows screen where it says "prees f1 for bios" at the bottom but then it …

Hi, I am new user of AMD64 bit for the info I also providing my system configuration which is as follows:- OS Name Windows XP Professional Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard System Model Presario V3000 System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 15 Model 72 …

I have a Compaq Presario desktop PC model SR1053WM, and it has one of those power supplies that has a little green indicator light right on it, on the machine back. One day that light started flashing and the computer will not turn on. I found a good page about …

Hello. When I start my HP computer it starts off with a big screen saying HP INVENT and at the bottom says <F1> to setup <F10> for system recovery then it goes to a black screen that states the specs of the computer and also the following: 247 System RAM …

I thought installing the chipset driver would do the onboard LAN, but it didn't. I can't find a stand-alone LAN driver anywhere on the interweb, can someone suggest how I can find the correct one? (Windoze suggests it connect to the internet and search, which is a nice thought but …

The problem is when I power up my comp everything seems to work..fans come on,motherboards ready or I have power light is on,DVD/CD drive shows its working but nothing appears on the moniter. Friend said maybe its the motherboard or cpu. I have no idea what it is and hope …

Hi, i have a acer aspire laptop that seems to have a slight problem with it's screen. It constantly flickers then goes completely white. But if i add pressure to the screen the white goes and the screen works. Help would be VERY appreciated, thanks.

Does anyone have any experience installing the Cyberview X-SF (slide) scanner, model PrimeFilm3650U on an XP machine (the one in question is XPHome) that also uses an HP AIO (PSC1350) printer? Windows keeps crashing -- it appears the twain drivers are the issue, though we are using the newest driver …

I have an HP Pavilion 740n with a pentium 4 1.6ghz cpu, 2 x 256mb RAM (max RAM is 2gig) and onboard graphics. My problem is I wanted to upgrade the video card and RAM so I bought a card and a 512mb stick. I took out the 2 256mb …

I hope someone can help me. I have a Sony VAIO PCV-RZ46G. After years of stuff I thought I would format everything and start from scratch. I have the recovery disks. The machine came partitioned with a 15GIG C: and the rest of the 200GIG HD was D:. I thought …

I'm having problems with 2 USB ports. This has only been happening since Windows ME crashed and I had to install Windows XP. I had all the cords unplugged and had plugged in another computer while I was waiting for some software in the mail. Then I plugged all the …

Hello All, I have an emachine T3958 pc with an integrated Intel 82845G video card. I recently purchased a Gateway FDH 2400 24" wideescreen monitor with a native (preferred) resolution of 1920x1200. I have the latest driver installed for this crappy video card, and still no option for my preferred …

I have a motherboard which supports: 2 x Serial ATA/300 SATA, 1 x Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6) IDE and a SATA2 Hard drive, to they make converters to connect the SATA2 to one of my existing ports listed above? Thanks in advance..

Here is the specs of my motherboard ports: 2 x Serial ATA/300 SATA, 1 x Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6) IDE As you can see I have SATA controller built in. I purchased a WD 180 GB HDD which is SATA2 . My question is will the SATA2 HDD run off of …

I recently downgraded back to ME (kinda had it with Windows lately) and now my processor reads as unknown. When I built this computer I ran ME, so I know it is compatible. All device managers I have used, including AMD's cpuid, reads it as unknown, though cpuid's Vendor ID …

My school uses very old pentium 4 based pc's that run as slow as a turtle, and i am tired of it. i want to know how to over clock it without messing up the hardware, or getting caught. the specs i know of are: 256 or 512mb ram 40 …

Compaq Presarion Tower SR 1475Cl running xp ... It was fine last night and now will not go past the first screen with the Esc F1/setup F10.sys Rec options - absolutely unresponsive. I tried the boot disk (I think it is) but that failed... (yes I know I should have …

HI, I have bought a new Fujitsu Siemens AMILO Pi 2512 Pentium Dual Core T2330 1GB 120GB DVDRW Vista Home Premium from [url]http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=4Y3N[/url] Now, it tells me here it comes with 1GB RAM installed (2x512MB) and can take up to 2MB. I have bought two 1GB sticks to max the …

Hi folks ...I'm not very techie and have been using my computer and camera for a couple of years with no problems until today. I connected my Pentax digital camera a per usual to the front USB Port on My Dell and got a warning message re Power Surge to …

can anyone tell me what hardware deals with interuppt signals and how it works, i have a rough idea but not full circle, also pre-emptive multi-tasking has me stumpted??

I have a new system: Biostar MB FT 7050 OCZ platinum revised 2 gigs Ultra 600 watt PS seagate 250 gig harddrive My problem, My system will not boot up properly after it has been off for a while(15 + Min). It boots to the BIOS and allows me to …

My external hard drive has been acting very strangely for the past few days, and I can't figure out what the problem is. The drive disappears intermittently from my system, then reappears as an "unformatted" drive, which is inaccessible via My Computer and recovery tools. If I unplug the drive's …

i have a pentium d 2.80gh currentlly

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hi guys sorry if i posted this in the wrong part of the forums if it is u can transfer it to the appropriate section my question is: Is Counter Strike Source playable in this specs? Intel G965 Chipset latest driver & GMA X3000 graphic 1.5 GB DDR 2 533 …

Sorry for the long post, but I'm trying to be as complete as possible. I'm working on a friend's 8200 which suffered a drop. It was in a padded briefcase on an airline seat and got bumped to the deck by a guy passing by. It was powered off at …

I've noticed many others have had the same problems... I'm one of those guys that has to take things apart to see what makes them work, knowing only a little and always getting myself in over my head. Yesterday the computer decided to quit while sitting there quietly running. It …

I have acer aspire 3020 laptop problem started 3 months ago screen display started to fade in bottom left of screen then ok for a week or two then returned each time lasted a little longer. now all of left side of screen fades from left to right. Got No …

hey yall, ive got a bit of experience building pcs, this is my 3rd for myself, but this is the first time im using sata drives. my problem is that when i get to the install for vista the damned pc wont boot from the vista dvd. i even tried …

Im visiting my parents and they just installed a new printer on their pc, it told them to restart the pc so they did. however the pc would not restart so my mom decided to pull the plug out of the wall and put it back in, now when i …

Hello everyone, *sigh* continous computer problems recently. I had a faulty hard drive replaced it with a 320 gb SATA seagate hard drive a little while ago(starting from scratch). The old hard drive kept refreshing; it was whirling down, then spinning, the whirling.. etc. After installing the new hard drive …

Hello, I was wondering if someone knew how i can use both of my hard drives for storage. my primary C drive is only 6 GB and my D drive is 8 GB and Pretty much empty. i have been trying to drag programs folders into the D drive by …

If I buy a new AMD CPU, do I have to buy a new fan too or can I use the fan from my previous AMD CPU with a different socket? Do the sockets have to be the same?

Hey everyone il make this as short as i can :- i have a kmex 500watt PSU and i got it for my second lan party rig and after i putt all the parts together and assembled it in the case which is a mATX it looked very untidy thats …

hello When u have dual system ram for example 200mhz 256x2 they should run at 400mhz each or atleast 200+ , i mean this is nothing big but just a thought on a my mind ''like take my ram for instance corsair 512x2 of 667mhz , now it says dual …

When this computer booted, there was no keyboard functionality. I disconnected the keyboard, then plugged it into a different USB port. The lights came on, so I opened IE,a and selected the search box (Google) and the box began filling with plus signs.(++++++++++....) I disconnected the USB extension cable and …

Hi all, and thanks for reading. This is my 1st post, I'm not an expert at pc's, but do like to try to fix them, but now I give up!! lol I have a Samsung GT9000 laptop, win xp pro, SP2. I was doing a defrag, and seleted "shut down …

Hey, remember me? I'm back with no signal! *dun dun dun dun* *dramatic music* I rebuilt my computer... Heres what I've changed: New Motherboard: Asus P5N-E Sli New Video Card: e-GeForce 8600GT New Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6550 New Ram: 1 GB DDR2 Ram (1 chip, but I'll probably …

hi guys i know you have probably come accross this problem loads of times but i have installed a second hard drive on my pc as a slave it is showing up in add hardwere and is saying that the new hard drive is working but its not showing up …

Hi,got a problem with the monitor on the thinkpad ,its gone totally dark ,you can see the display if you look rally close in bright lit room . I can get it to display when plugged into my computer monitor ,but only when in safe mode.when i boot up with …

I have an older dell inspiron 1130. need to replace the motherboard ram and hdd. what are your suggestion? I know the MB will probably have to come from dell.

Hey folks. I am looking to get a new motherboard that can run all my current specs but is a board i can buy new parts for in 4-6 months. Currently: P5NSLI 2 gig G.Skill PC6400 Dual Core Duo 2 E6400 PCI-E BFG Nvidia 8800 GTC OC 312mb I would …

i am currently using a ATI Radeon X300 graphics card my friend (jbennet) is offering me an X800 at £20 while another friend of mine is offering me a radeon X1600 for £60 What should i do?! they both have 256Meg of ram on em so which is better?! or …

Hey guys I got a huge problem. Yesterday I had to shut off my computer because before it was on stand by but when i turned it on i had to enter a password for my user which i dont have, it does that which is weird but all i …