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Hello, I have a lightly used Personal LaserWriter NT Laser Printer that has been incredibly trouble free and reliable for many years. It recently produced a "Printer Needs Service" message. Is it possible to still obtain service and/or parts for this model? Is there anything I could possibly do myself …

I have a 2.1 GHz G5 iMac running 10.4.8 with everything up to date. The Superdrive worked flawlessly for 8 or 9 months, and then proceeded to gradually lose its ability to recognize blank DVD-R's that I insert. At first the brand I was using failed (Verbatim) but Fuji discs …

Hi all i have a toshiba qosmio f10-101 notebook,four months ago i have had my nvidia fx 5700 graphic replaced with nvidia geforce go6600 because there were some waves on screen and needed to be changed. From that time i noticed that the new card every two second starts and …

Should memory cards match? For example, let's say you have 768 MB RAM installed in your computer (one being 256 and the other 512). Isn't that wrong? And, if they don't match, what effect does this have on the PC's performance? Thank you =)

not really a technical person, so not very sure how to explain this and please remember that when replying. I was using my laptop to watch a DVD when my one yr old decided it would be fun to turn it off:mad: , when I hit the restart button it …

hi I need help badly...:sad: I tried installing win Xp on my new pc with gigabite ga-945p-s3 motherboard, the first time went ok. After installing the graphic card driver, monitor and all, i noticed part of the HD I partitioned at setup showed 0 volume. So unfortunately I decided to …

I have an airport and a phone. the airport is good and works well with my Dell and Mac computers. I am a major supporter of the airport. I am also running cable internet on it. The trouble is that my computer is next to a phone and every time …

i wanted to add another hard drive to my computer (200 gb hard drive being added) so i tried to install it, after i did that i tried and start up my computer but all i would get is a black screen (the little light beside the monitor button would …

I bought myself a Radeon card today, and everything installed and runs perfectly, except for one thing. The desktop is limited to a specific section to where i can drag and drop files! I can move the mouse all over the desktop, i can drag programs into the "dead" area. …

I reinstalled Windows XP Pro SP2 today, and after rebooting and getting everything set up, I tried to use my BitTorrent client, "BitComet". The program wouldn't download anything, because there [i]wasn't enough space on the hard drive[/i]. I have 48 gig free! lol What's going on? My newsgroup software (NewsLeecher) …

I have just spent the past hour placing half the keys back on my laptop. I have three keys left and have no idea where they go. I have a Aspire 1710 and the keys left are as follow: Prt Sc Sys Rq, Pause Break, and the Scroll Lock If …

On Friday morning, the electric went off for a very short amount of time. My Gateway is plugged into a power surge protector. Monitor works on another computer but goes into "analog power save mode" within seconds of rebooting offending computer. On startup, the fan runs and runs and runs …

inspiron 2200, bios protected password. How do I reset or remove that password. ultimately the cd rom has failed and I need to change the boot sequence to boot from usb device to install os

I have a similar problem to the person whose "kids did it"... My wee fella's only 5 but somehow after he got up early and tried shutting down the PC with the "on" button... found a message asking if I wanted to continue shutting down because other people were logged …

[B][COLOR=darkgreen]Ok, I KNOW there are a couple of guys out tere rolling their eyes right now, but REALLY, it's NOT MY FAULT!! The other day, while I was AT WORK, the kids were playing on the computer and it suddenly shut down on them. The exact details are pretty murky, …

Hi. I had my Radeon X800 Gto for a month and since i bought it, i noticed it kept getting hotter and hotter as the weeks went by. The last temps i recorded when it was working properly was 55C idle, ~100C load. I bought an after market cooler for …

I have a barcode scanner (UF-101 PS/2 keyboard wedge). Was working fine one day, the next it won't read anything. (Shines the LED light on the barcodes, but won't "read" them). So I bought a new scanner (POSX Xi200, also a PS/2 keyboard wedge), but it doesn't work either. Tried …

Hello. I recently installed my current motherboard to a new case, but i have no sound in my speakers all of a sudden. Everything else seems to be in working order. The speaker is plugged in the back, i checked my drivers, checked the system volume contol. Im absoloutely stumped. …

[B]Model:[/B] Gateway 7405 GX notebook. [B]symptoms:[/B] starts and works fine on battery power, yet not on external power. This is a recent occurence. It just started yesterday to be exact. Other then the AC adapter being faulty I'm at a loss for explaining this. Although, I fear that the adapter …

Hello I felt the rush of electric current (electric shock) to my body when I touched the back of the computer case. Is it normal to have electric current flowing through computer case? Thanks

hi, i'm using a HP F70 17" LCD flatscreen monitor that i've had for a few years. recently, the cable that came with the monitor became damaged and the picture would go from red - blue - purple. i could still see the picture, but i knew i had to …

I'm looking for a MicroATX format Socket 478 motherboard that has onboard PATA RAID. This is for a middle-end gaming/entertainment rig. I can't find it! SATA RAID is everywhere, and the closest I can come is a PCI RAID card. With limited PCI expansions, I'd rather keep it on the …

All righty then... Dell Opti.GX1 (yep I know, a dinosaur), suppose to be W98, shows NT 4.1. Purch. on ebay for a steal. Assured it worked. Yeah, right. Well. I did only pay $5.50 . Sounds normal. No unusual beeps. Inside appears secure & proper. [B]1)[/B] F2 gets you into …

Hello, Firstly the machine in question is a Defcon(never heard of it either) ATX It consists of:- PSU model ATX-350 MOBO model L7VMM3 ver 1.0c CPU model Pro3100A+ (soldered on athlon xp 2000+) RAM model Spectek 256MB pc2700DDR (only the one) CD R/RW drive model GCE8525B Floppy Samsung model SFD-321B …

Can you use SATA CD and Hard drives along side IDE CD and Hard drives??

Hello People, I recently built a system for myself to replace a very old Dell I was running. I went with a MSI PM8M 478-Socket MicroATX board (big mistake going 478. . .realized that two weeks later), Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, a Western Digital 80gb Caviar hard drive, 512mb Kingston …

Hi I have had a Trust SpaceC@m USB Lite (Version 1.88.0.0) for 6 years and it has worked ok on dial up all that time. I recently switched to broadband and now the cam won't work. I get white screen and applications (yahoo/MSN/Netmeeting) dont seem to pick it up anymore. …

I recently copied my 30GB HDD from my laptop to an Western Digital external 120GB HDD using copywipe 1.14. Everything went fine except now on the external HDD I can only see the 30GB copy. How do I get the other 90GB back? Do I have to repartion the Ex …

So I got some computer problems.. It all started about a month ago, when the computer started to reboot itself 10-15 min after I turned it off. Since my computer is onmost of the time, I didnt bother. But a week ago, it started to act even stranger. When the …

I have a 7800gs with 2 x 512 mb 400 ram. I like playing battlefield but dont know if making my ram 1.5 gig will help me to improve gamplay or will it just load quicker? And if theres a big improvment should i go for corsair ram as its …

I am looking to buy Intel® Mother Board D101GGC I want to ask that which is the memory of the built-in VGA of this board ? and will I be able to play the latest PC games with it Thanks

When i try to watch a video either on the net or from my own cds my computer screen starts to blink on and off. Im thinking its my graphic card but not sure. I think my graphic card is on the blink literally. Dont suppose anyone has had this …

Hi all, My laptop started shutting down without notice, it was overheating, so I had the sink fan replaced. That seemed to do the trick for a few weeks. Then the shutdowns again. No warning. On one minute, off the next. I noticed that the power supply didn't seem to …

Hello, I am having the task of moving a 1.9 gb file over from a Mac to a PC. What do ya think would be the best method of doing this? Lastly, I apologize if this is the wrong forum for this. ;)

I have a Dell Dimension XPS 1500 (pretty old) with a maxtor 20gb hard drive. This computer got pretty messed up so i decided to do some fixin. I bought a samsung 80gb hard drive. I installed the hard drive (i added it along with the maxtor, i didnt replace …

Hi, I have a Sony PCG-fxa36 Notebook and have been cleaning up unneeded files and other maintenance. Now the Fn key is continuously on, changing some of the letters to numbers or symbols when typed. I can press Fn and get the normal letter, so it is not a stuck …

I have a customer who is using his tv screen as a screen for comp screen when he plays dvd s the movie and sound dont work together the picture is fine but the sound takes couple of seconds to catch up???? its a 42 inch flat philips tv

I'm in the market for a graphics card for my computer but I'm not sure what to get. I know I need one that supports at least 1.2 per-Pixel Shader (or something like that) and be the best i can get for under $200 dolors US. My computer is a …

Ok, been having this problem for quite some time now, but every once in awhile my mouse will just "not be able to click anything" it will still move but yet when i click it, no response!! Any ideas????

Hi I have had a Trust [EMAIL="SpaceC@m"]SpaceC@m[/EMAIL] USB Lite (Version 1.88.0.0) for 6 years and it has worked ok on dial up all that time. I recently switched to broadband and now the cam won't work. I get white screen and applications (yahoo/MSN/Netmeeting) dont seem to pick it up anymore. …

can you have 2 pci-video card installed on one computer. If so, do they add the memory, for example: one is 128 mb and the other is 256 mb is your totall memory now 384 mb???? and what about one pci and one agp card????

Hi, Can I increase the size of print on my moniter? I do not have good vision and it would helpt to have the print larger. Thanks to the forum for helping me. I already got one problem solved yesterday!:cheesy:

I installed a 300 GB Samsung internal hard drive as a slave, and it doesn't show up normally under 'my computer'. I can find it if I right click on 'my computer' - 'manage' - 'device manager'. It shows up under 'disc drives' - 'samsung 300'. When I click on …

I have a dell latitude laptop and I would like to connect my Compaq moniter to it so that I have a bigger screen. How do I do that? Thanks in advance for your help!

hi guyz, I've recently built my PC from scratch (took a while too hehe), and i went with the option of not putting in any floppy drives at all, as i thought i won't be using it anymore since i can back up all my bigger files onto cds & …

I don't really understand which socket is compatable with it. A site said: "Only compatible with new Intel 965 and 975X socket 775 Motherboards (Older 975 boards are not compatible)" Are they all socket 775? Most importantly, which one is best? Thanks. sorry for being stupid, I'm doing this for …

Ok here is the problem i have, If there is a next page available. for example if you do a google search, don't find what you want so you press back and try again. the next page button will be highlighted because it has a page in cache....well anyway the …

I dropped my external hard drive while it was running; properties shows half of it being used, but if you open the drive no files or directories show. Is there anyway to pull that info out. anyone I could use the help, its work related.

ok i am missing or the file is corrupted \windows\system32\config\system now i know the easiest way to deal with this is well to wipe it and start fresh but... in my foolishness i have forgotten to back up every thing (ya ya i know stupid mistake) and being a writer …

I have a new Emprex 3.3gb mp3 player with a fully charged battery. My computer is running Windows XP home edition. I plugged the cable into the usb port and successfully transferred the content of one of my CDs. However, subsequent attempts have resulted in a 'usb device not recognised, …