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Ok, I have an Airport extreme that I'm using as my wireless router. So far it has worked great. I have a PC and Mac and the wirelessly share files between the two without problems. I can't however get the Airport to work with my external HD. I wiped the …

First i would like to apologize as i'm not sure if this is a dupilcate post or not, but i only have a few mins to browse the forums before i head of to work. Basically, i'm stuck, my computer everytime i boot, once past the WinXp loading screen i …

G'day, I have a microstar ms6339 motherboard that I'm told will only take PC600 or PC800 ram. Is this true or can other types be used? Please help.

My question is what exactly do a laptop lcd video cable do? Apart from taking data from board to lcd and back, does it also act as an identification mechanism? Sony vaio laptop, m/b and graphics card supposedly support 3 different lcds, each has its own video cable according to …

Hi, there, how are you all? I am experiencing a problem with this SATA nonsense. I have an IDE harddrive as my main HDD, I wish to keep it this way as I don't want to re-install windows, I basically don't have the time to go about fiddling with all …

hi, i just got a new game 'The witcher' and i did not realise i needed a 1gb RAM, so the gameplay is jerky and unplayable. I dont know much about comupter hardware so i was wondering if anyone could tell me the best (and cheapest) RAM i could get …

Hello all. I have a Gateway GT5032 Desktop PC running Vista Ultimate. I recently installed a program called Paragon Partition Manager. After setting it to format one of my partitions it asked me to reboot; which I did. The Partition Manger screen came up and it began to do its …

I have just installed a Hauppauge WinTV- PVR 150 in an HP Pavilion a824n desktop running XP Home (no Media Center) that's coming up on 3 years old. I have a 82915G/GV/910GL integrated graphics chipset in the computer. I have this strange problem where at first when finished with the …

Hi! The problem I will explain here is really causing me a headache. I faced it more than 6 times till now. (on different machines) Anyway, let's speak about a specific situation that happened today. PC Specs: CPU: Intel Pentium 4 (2.8 GHz) (1 MB L2) Mainboard: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. …

I was asked by my father to have a look at his computer for him. The computer keeps crashing on boot up and needs re-starting 9 or 10 times before it will stay on. At first I thought it might be a resources problem but he has plenty of disc …

hello, i have a 2gb wharfedale mp3 player which connects to pc through a usb. I can add music to it but some go into music and some go into video and photo folders (which show up but cannot play) How do i get them all to the same place? …

K, I want to get more RAM for my comp, i need DDR2 5300 sodimm, i think i'll go with a gig. The problem came when I was looking on the internet for a place to buy it. I found this, for $90 GB Micro 1GB DDR2 SODIMM PC5300 667MHz …

if a mobo uses nvidia chipsets should i also use an nvidia VC? i have no doubt an ati VC will work but will nvidia work better on said mobo? mobo in question, Mach Speed Venom MSA2-6100V thanks hsik

i have an emachine and i was putting in a network card to make it wireless to our network. so anyway i plugged everything back in and booted it up and it came on but nothing happened. It didnt load up the only thing it did was the lights on …

Hi every one I am new to the posting thing... Here is my dilema... Came home the other day and found my dell laptop with the black reboot screen on (the one where you choose which mode to start windows in) and no matter which mode i choose the system …

Hey everyone, I have customer that I just replaced a DVD-Rom with. When we check the old one, it would freeze up when you would try to play any disc in it, I tried re-installing drivers and all that jazz, nothing worked and the computer just went into a hard …

I'm new to this site, so please forgive any breach of etiquette.:) I am trying to install a graphics card on my son's computer so he can play his new Republic Commando game. He's got a Dell Dimension with a Celeron processor and 512 MB SDRAM. According to the manufacturer …

Please bear with my questions which some of you will think are simple. I just discovered this site today, and I need some advice from users who are more up-to-date than I am. I currently own a G5 desktop running 10.4.11. It has an airport card. I am researching buying …

I need to buy a new computer. When I go to sites that are selling them, I see so many different options that I don't even understand. I am wondering if any of you wonderful people can tell me what I should be looking for. I am not a gamer …

OK, 2 questions, likely unrelated. 1) When I start or restart my computer, sometimes the computer will essentially "stop loading" after the windows logo. This is sort of like [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread15125.html[/url], except there is no windows startup noise. I have a Dell 1907FP monitor with both an analog and a digital …

HELP--my son bought a refurbished blackberry 7290 on ebay, charged it over night and it won't even turn on. Is there a trick or something I'm missing? I don't think the seller is scamming given his history. I'm waiting to hear back from him. Any ideas out there??????

Okay, I've tried about everything I can think of and I am at my wits end. Here's the situation: My microphone on my headset is not working. Yes, it is plugged in, and no... it is not muted. 8-) It is apparently picking up only digital sounds (or sounds that …

its only 40 gb i am trying to format it from : my computer and computer management neither working and i cannot acces until i format it what to do please help

Ok here is the skinny, i have an old system that runs win XP MCE. recently the PC would not boot up, so i did the regular T-Shooting. i realized the cpu was overheating. and the T-Grease was virtually nil. place some new T-grease and after a few tries it …

Just got a new Sony Vaio SZ660NC through the door and had it running, all's ok. Sony update works it's magic - all ok. Reboot, and NOTHING. Power will come on, bluetooth and power light come on but that's about it. HDD and DVD spin up but no further activity. …

I need some help. Today I attempted to upgrade the memory in my daughter's Toshiba Satellite M35X laptop (256 to 1 Gig). Upon changing the memory I noticed the laptop was only registering one of the two new memory chips. I went through the process of trying to determine whether …

Hey everyone, I have a custom made computer that I've used for a long time. Im not a noob at computers, and this one is a Pentium 4 proccessor. I didnt build it, but bought it from a guy. Ive been using it for maybe a year or probably 1.5 …

I have just installed a new a psu, cpu, ram and gfx card to the mobo. I did everything properly grounded etc, and reattached all the power cables to the right places. I go to start up my pc and I get no visual output on the monitor, I am …

Hello, I backup my files on the external harddisk before I reformatted my PC. Then I installed the OS. At first, PC can read external HD with drive letter, space usage and free space percentage, can read folders but it says all folders are empty! I tried to reformat my …

Hi everyone, I'm using a Dell Dimension 5150 and just upgraded my RAM from 1GB to 3GB (January sales :P) The current config goes like so: Pair 1 - 2x1GB Pair 2 - 2x512MB All the system RAM is registering, but I'm not really seeing an increase in performance whatsoever …

hi, i wanted to buy an evga 6200 PCI 256MB card from tigerdirect but they say it's "low profile" and that the "low profile bracket" is not included. could you please tell me what low profile means and whether the bracket is absolutely needed? thanks

I have been using one large monitor for the past several years, a Samsung SyncMaster 213T. Recently I purchased a 20" Viewsonic and made it my secondary monitor. I actually have three monitors - Laptop's native screen, Viewsonic and my Samsung running on my desktop but available as monitor 3 …

Hello, Issue: In game sound and other people's voices are picked up and retransmitted causing an echo. Makes using Ventrilo impossible. System: Win XP Home 2003 SP2 8600 GTS graphics card Realtek HD Audio w/driver version 5.10.0.5366 It is a new hard drive, the previous one had the same hardware …

Hi, I replaced the power supply in my Dimension 9100 today. Took out the old one and connected everything to the new one. Everything worked perfectly. I then tidied the cables screwed everything shut again etc and now when I switch on the PC the fans all start, the LEDs …

Hi guys, I'm having a strange problem with my SATA drive and I am totally at a loss at what to do. 2 days ago I had been using 2 hard drives, 1 80GB IDE Seagate hd with Windows XP and my games & programs on it, the other was …

Hi, I have a 24" Intel iMac in the same room as an Apple TV that is connected to a big screen plasma TV. Both the iMac as well as the Apple TV come with Apple remotes. However, everything seems to be on the same frequency. Whenever I want to …

Hay im getting a Apple laptop but i don't know what one to get..heres what im using it for.....Games....school work....Internet....House use...and i want to hook it up to my other computer this broadband...do i need anything special...how much will a wireless contetion be....thanks.... PerkO......:)

I'm going crazy and hope someone could assist. I recently bought a barebones to upgrade my existing system. My challange is to keep my main IDE as primary/boot with the existing O/S (XP Pro) and add on 3 additional IDE drives using SATA coverters. The other 3 drives have data …

So tell me what is a AirPort card and do i need one and whats does it do...HELP

Hi. My husband built my pc. He's passed on. I'm trying to figure out if I have an AGP or PCI graphics slot. The device manager says it's in a pci bus, but I could have sworn he told me it was an agp. Here are some specs: Processor(s) Number …

My friend's Toshiba laptop is frozen and will not react to Ctrl+Alt+Del, nor will it shut down if you hold down the power button. The fan is also not working.

I am having trouble installing a second hard drive as a slave. They are IDE, originally there were two hard drives, however i have purchased a new hard drive to replace the old slave hard drive. I set the new hard drive jumper setting to slave, however when i do …

I have a Dell Inspiron 5160 laptop. Was working fine, but now does not power up at all. When plugged in, I touch the power button and all three lights blink green for a fraction of a second. THen only the light on far right blinks ten times yellow/amber. Nothing …

Can someone help me solve my display problem? I have an Asus laptop which is a little over a year and a half old and 1/4 of the screen stays black. The dimensions are suppose to be 1024x768, but a few days ago no matter how many times I reboot …

From 2 weeks back whenever i am pushing the button on. i am hearing cut-cut-cut sound from my cpu unable to recognize whether it is coming from mother board or hard disk n this continues for 5-8 minutesn then the power led is getting on but cpu fan starts working …

My primary workstation has an ATI RADEON 9500 Pro w/256mb ram video card. It was a good card, but lately its been freaking out whenever I load up a game. I'm not a huge gamer, but I like to occasionally whittle away a few hours. After loading up games that …

hey guys i wana upgrade my comp right now im using LGA775 GA-8I945P(Pro) and i was wondering if this motherboard support Dual Core Cpu thanx for your help

hi I managed to acquire a Wallstreet Powerbook on eBay with a Sonnet 500MHz cpu upgrade. It came installed in an original Wallstreet and I decided to try it in the PDQ revision model. Everything I could find said that the sonnet cpu upgrades would work in either motherboard but …

I have a T6420 E Machines that powers up, but doesn't boot the keyboard/mouse is not reading. Plus the machine seems to be making a different noise than it normally did (sounds louder). Is this the motherboard or the processor. And what is an affordable alternative to put into the …

I bought a new Lexmark x4550 all in one printer. It includes the Lexmark tool bar that lets you print only the text, or the images of a web page. It does a lot of other things, too. The problem is it only shows up in IE. I haven't used …