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| | Specs: Windows XP SP2, 3.4 gHz Intel 4, plenty of HD space (2 HDs). I'm not sure what is going on but about two months ago my computer stared to slow down significantly. At first I thought it was just a program I was running (Sibelius 4) but then I … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi, I have read all the "vertical line" posts and can't find one that is just like mine so I joined DaniWeb and am posting this question. The general problem is that when I boot my Windows XP Prof machine the Samsung 910T flat panel monitor hanging off the digital … Hardware display |
 | Hi all... newbie here. I've just done a clean install of windows XP on an old P2 Celeron PC. All went well until I tried to unload some files from my USB flash drive. The system did recognize it and showed up the ballon message telling the drive was ready …  |
| | let me get this straight:if i use a usb wirelss adapter for a desktop pc, then i do not need a pci wirless card. right? Hardware pci-card  |
 | My computer has always said i have "351MB" of SDRAM and now it says "375" what the?? Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | I hope someone can help me because I this is driving me crazy, I have an HP Slimline s7220n running vista home premium, i bought it and installed it when it came out in early February and hap no problems at all and about a week ago out of no … Hardware storage |
| | [COLOR=#222222]I have an ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard that wont start up at all, when you power up the PSU the green led on the MB lights up but when you hit the power button the CPU fan starts to spin then stops. The PSU works properly on another MB, I have … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video video-card |
| | We have a "Low Mileage" Canon i550 printer that appears to the lay observer to be in perfect health. The mechanical parts seem to be fine: the ink cartridges respond to the buttons, sliding on their rails to and fro, etc. However, when a print request is sent from the … Hardware printer troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Here's the deal. I have a 350 GB SATA that acts as my OS drive, XP. I added an 80 GB IDE drive (from my old PC) on the secondary IDE port on my ASUS M2N4-SLI mother board. When I cold boot neither the BIOS not XP recognize that the … |
 | I'm running Xp and have a pentium 3 600 (my athalon Xp is down). I installed a Sound Blaster Live! card. Windows installed the drivers but there was no sound. I downloaded the drivers from the Creative Labs site but there is still no sound. The device manager and Creative … Hardware pci-card |
| | Hello all. This is quite an impressive forum and I am asking for some of your technical expertise. I am in the planning stages of building a new computer. Found a great deal on a barebones kit and thought I was ready to go, until... I spent the last 7 … Hardware ide motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I recently installed a Dell 926 all in one printer/fax/scanner, purchased Jan 07, my PC now freezes without warning. Nature of freeze: Cursor does not move; Alt-Ctrl-Del has no effect, system does no appear to un-freeze spontaneously (still frozen after half an hour). Problem appears to be random, I can … Hardware pc-peripheral printer |
 | Hi I'm working on an IBM NetVista 8315KHU , WinXP, [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 256 DDR SD[COLOR=red]RAM[/COLOR], [COLOR=red]New[/COLOR] 80mm[COLOR=red]CaseFan[/COLOR] , other parts are as per original specs. Orig. [COLOR=blue]problem began as[/COLOR] an "out of blue" worked fine til bedtime, tomorrow after work - no boot. No household power issues or anything weird. Opened, … |
| | Gateway 2.4GHz PC running WinXP SP2. I noticed a few days ago that when I put my PC in standby mode the CPU fan will continue to run for as long as there is power to the machine. If I shut the machine down, of course it stops. A buddy … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | On a Dell lap-top(latitude??)pentium 3,using windows XPI get the following message"Windows was unable to save all the data for the file/Device/Harddisk volume1/Documents and Settings/user-name/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files/Content.IES/AVSJQ31P.The data has been lost.This loss may be caused by a failure of your computer hardware or network connection.Please try to save this file … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | After not being able to properly configure the microphone on my webcam to stop buzzing, I went out and bought a headset microphone. It works with MSN video calls and regular calls through MSN, but now my computer is saying that my audio device cannot play system sounds. The only … Hardware audio pc-peripheral video webcam |
| | [COLOR=#444444]Hi guys, I'm new - and just wanting some advice.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444]I am trying to find a solution to a friend’s computer problem.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444]The monitor is blank when the computer boots. I can see brief preliminary startup screens, but then it goes blank.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444]Have checked … Hardware display video video-card  |
| | I feel pretty silly posting this message, as I've been a firmware engineer since 1984! I have plenty of experience going inside a desktop PC. My laptop experience is quite limited though. I've got an old laptop, a Gateway Solo P3C, 133 MHZ, that I am putting into a condition … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I just unpack my new pc from TigerDirect, but it couldn't start. After swapping power supply found it was the problem. Question- anybody knows how to work on a psu? what can I do to test or fix? Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | my mouse often won't start at boot, and takes multiple reboots to start it off, and when the cpu usage is over 50% it starts acting erratically, sometimes it would die if the cpu usage is too high, I've tried norton antivirus and regcure to fix it, I tried turning … Hardware hard-drive pc-peripheral |
| | Iam at my wits end with Gateway :sad: , I have ask on every type of support Gateway has, if the processor can be replaced on this model of laptop, and if so what do I need to buy. Maybe I should start with the problem, the laptop will not … Hardware laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I want to build a good Athlon 3800+ Duo core system and was looking for find a good motherboard for it. Price isn't a huge issue, the $150-$300 range is about what I'm looking for. Any good advice? SLI mode isn't a huge issue and haven't decided if I'm gonna … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram  |
| | First,, nice to meet you all and thank you.. I have a machine I built 2 years ago.. It runs fine until stressed, such as, trying to load software, or, play a game..The PC just shuts off..... I get a message saying overheat but I'm positive this is not happening.. … Hardware perl troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Does anyone know about Quikertek PB connect or Quiky USB or similar products and have you used them yourself or seen them being used? Does anybody know which product is better the PB connect or the Quicky USB? The products claim to just clamp onto or go next to the … Hardware apple-hardware |
 | Just bought a new 120gb WD hard drive. I plug it in, and Windows doesn't seem to recognise it. It pops up with "Found new Hardware", and the add hardware wizard simply says it is working properly. BIOS also shows the hard drive is there and working. Whats up? Do … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | If I shut my PC off, the next time I try to boot up, it freezes on the HP blue screen (does not make it to Windows XP screen). This has been going on for a couple months now. If I shut my computer off, unplug it from the wall … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | hello i have a t22 IBM Thinkpad Laptop 1st thing: for some reason, whenever i start my Laptop, i have to press on the RAM and hold it like that to get my computer to start starting up. if i don't hold the RAM right, it beeps once (pause) twice … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hello, I am new to this forum. I use Windows XP home SP2 I have just set up Dual monitors on my desktop PC. One is 19" LG Flatron and a 17" Diamond Digital Flatscreen. Running on an AGP GeForce FX5500 video card. The 17" is running off a DVI … Hardware display video video-card |
| | Hi.(I'm not bad in computers, but i can't solve dis problem).Problem is: i need help with installing those #$*!!! cards on following "machine": P-MMX 200MHz CPU A-trend ATC-5000 mobo intel TX430B Chipset (4 EDO RAM, 2 SDRAM, 3 ISA, 4 PCI, no agp) Diamond Stealth II S220 (Rendition Verite 2100) … |
| | My cousin asked me to look at his 4 year old Dell Inspiron 1100 notebook, because he was frequently receiving the blue screen of death. After finally getting it to boot up in safe mode and getting his files off-loaded to my primary desktop, I decided to reformat and reinstall … Hardware flash hard-drive storage |
| | Hello everyone, I am hoping you can help me with this problem, as I am running out of ideas. I installed Linux on a hard drive in my computer, and then afterwards, I switched back to Windows XP because my girlfriend couldn't get along with Linux very well. The problem … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | I just installed a slave drive, seagate 120gb, into my system. I have a 40gb as my primary. The slave drive does not show up in "my computer". I went into the CMOS and it is there, I also went into computer management > disk management, it is not on … Hardware storage |
| | hi all can u advise on how to synchronize my addresses and contacts on the blackberry8700g using MAC through entourage application?? |
| | my compaq has been trouble free until yesterday. i did a restart and it just set with the fans running. i could hear the hd find its home track. no disk lights no buzzer. if it sets turned off for 1/2 hour it will restart and run fine untill turned … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | [COLOR=black]Hi everyone I'm a newbe to this site and they call me Gimp because I have a gimp leg.[/COLOR] [COLOR=black]I really need some help before I toss this machine in the trash. Here is the situation. My son fried his computer that I built him last year by hooking up … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram video video-card |
| | Recently I bought a [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2268595&Sku=TSD-320AS"]320gig SATA hard drive[/URL] from Tiger Direct. My computer, a Dell Dimension 4600 had a 40gig ATA, but anymore it just does not have enough space, and I'm having problems with it... So I figured it was time to upgrade. Knowing that my mobo does not … Hardware asp hard-drive ide pci-card storage  |
| | Hello, One of my computers, which was purchased in late 2001, has a CD Writer. I would like to replace it with a DVD/CD burner? Can I just plug in the new DVD burner and install the drivers? Is it that simple? Or do I have to check first if … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | Hi ppl. I have been struggling with this one for couple of days now. It appears that my Windows XP think that my Pioneer DVR 110 D is a CD-ROM drive. I've learned how to make windows think it is a burner, but I can't make it recognize it as … Hardware storage |
| | I recently had to reformat my PC due to Trogens. Since then my keyboard is not right.The @ is on the " button and vice versa; my pound button has also gone and I have this # where # should be I have this \......Why? and how do I get … Hardware pc-peripheral  |
| | Hi guys, I just bought a Seagate 320GB Sata II hard disk drive, initial plan of it is to store all my files. I already have a 120GB Sata I drive that I am going to keep as my primary drive so that the Windows XP can run of that. … Hardware hard-drive storage |
| | My laptop's LCD is solid, uniform gray and displays no lines, pixels, characters or other markings. I take it this means the backlight is on, right? What can I do? The computer works completely fine when an external monitor is attached. This happened after I took the laptop apart to … |
| | To clean dust from the fan of a Compaq Presario 2100, can I vacuum through the vents? If not, is there any way to reach the dust without removing all of the following items, as instructed in HP's service manual? • Hard disk drive (page 2-9) • Keyboard cover (page … Hardware assembly flash laptop motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I've been asked if you can run an EIDE drive with a SCSI drive on the same machine ? The SCSI was original. He's adding the EIDE and tried chg'g Bios to boot. Now having problems booting. [COLOR=blue]"" [/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]I used Norton GHOST to transfer system and everything from the … Hardware storage |
| | Hi all, This is my first time here (actually, my first time on any forum!) and I'm hoping that I can find a solution to this problem that's been bugging me!! (I did try and go through threads related to the query I'm about to make but nothing worked for … |
| | ive got this problem for few hours by now, ive connected another HD to my pc and tried to turn the pc on, i could hear that the pc turned on but there was no display. i disconnected the new HD and tried again and the same thing happend. the … Hardware display |
| | :cry: i have left my pc on for a few days downloading everything was fine, i go to work this morning and my gf tells me she was using it and it "suddenly shut down" asked her if it was hot she said it was, (the case and the inside) … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I have a kind of wierd issue. My pc will boot up fine in the mornings. If i ever have to do some hardware swaps or hard drive upgrades or anything that requires a restart, my pc wont post, I can't even get a monitor turn-on. Some times at random … Hardware first-post flash hard-drive ide troubleshoot-hardware |
| | :mad: [B]I've had lots of experience with computers with scomputers and know how to work with them well, but i never worked with SATA hard drive and SATA adapters. When i connect my new [I][U]SATA ULTRA 16 300GB 16MB CACHE 7200RMP Serial ATA/150 [/U][/I]to a [I][U]SATA to IDE Adapter[/U][/I] and … Hardware hard-drive ide storage |
| | HI there, :mrgreen: Just bought a new motherboard and processor and the motherboard has four ram slots two are DDR 184 pin and two are DDRII 240 pins. And I have two questions:- Q1) I currently have two 512 DDR 184 pin PC3200 to fit in the DDR slots but … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | [B][COLOR=black]:?: I use two monitors, one for TV sometimes and one for MSFS 2004. The FS has been minimizing and pausing after awhile. How do I shut off one monitor? In device monitor I see X300 and X300 secondary. Maybe just disable the secondary? Then will I have the whole … Hardware display |
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