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 | Hello Am thinking of buying an ATI HD 5670 card, but I know ATI is used for AMD PCs, while mine is an Intel one. Buying and using an ATI card on Intel will cause an issue? Also I currently have a 7600GS of NVidia, and needs only to be …  |
| | why is that my T3104 emachines desktop only recognizes IDE drives connected to the IDE2 chennel on the motherboard. Currently there is a 100g hard drive, and a dvdrw drive connected and I cant add anything else. Tech support is no help Hardware hard-drive ide storage |
| | I have a 4-yr-old Sony Vaio laptop with a Blu-Ray player/CD burner combo. It stopped playing a few months ago and my laptop is out of warranty. Besides, the dealer where I purchased it is 90-minute drive one way (I'll never do that again!) I'm running Windows Vista. The device … Hardware laptop pc-peripheral windows-vista |
| | The right click on my laptop has stopped working properly. You can drag and highlight things with it but no normal right click functionality. This occurs with the touch pad and when a USB mouse is plugged in also. No problem when in administrator account. All settings are default nothing … Hardware laptop pc-peripheral |
 | So I am wondering if it is possible to use 1 Solid State Drive for just the Windows Operating System and another 7200 RPM hard drive for programs like Microsoft Office, Steam, or even Firefox. Basically any application and document. Like make the 7200RPM hard drive the "Program Files" while …  |
 | I am adding a secondary hard drive to my dell tower. I am wanting to duel boot Windows XP and Slackware Linux. I currently have only Windows XP on my computer, but I am not sure what formating it has on it. My question is: what format should I use … Hardware hard-drive microsoft slackware storage |
| | I'm designing my own custom case that will have all air inside the case being filtered. Does anyone know where to get a high powered fan that generates as little noise and static charge in the air as possible? After completion I'll share all specifications and pictures with whoever is … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
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| | I'm running short of USB ports and could change my keyboard to connect via PS2. 1) Do I have to reboot to use the PS2 connection? 2) Would there be any disadvantage in using a USB flex hub? Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | A friend brought me a laptop with an unknown history. Its Intel Celeron Vista Basic... beyond that I dont know what's in the machine. When I try to turn it on it goes from the TOSHIBA screen where I can boot to an error message relating to winload.exe status 0xc00000e9 …  |
| | I build and fix laptops. But I got my first mac laptop. It is a Powerbook G4, it has an easy fix but I was wondering if I can put a drive like that into it. Is this possible? Or would there be complications like driver issues, or should I … Hardware apple-hardware laptop  |
| | i bought a new Western Digital 3TB HDD, i format with the WD format software that came with the drive. now it only shows 750GB. I have used the westerd Digital smartware and still only a 750GB, i have used windows disk manager. there are no other partition, or non … Hardware storage |
| | I can not see the screen on this computer. I bought it used yesterday hoping to just turn it into a small home server this week but without it working I am no where. When powering I do NOT here any post beeps, and I even took out the ram … Hardware first-post ide troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hi Folks, I've added two pictures of my set-up. It's a XPS 8000 with a BLU-LED LCD Samsung BX2450 Monitor. The only problem with the PC is the low powered power-supply and cheap graphics card. To be precise, 350W PSU and a weak 512MB ATI HD 4350 Graphics Card. Do … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I'm considering the purchase of a webcam and curious to know if it will work when I email friends in Europe (I'm in the U.S.) Hardware pc-peripheral webcam  |
| | I've recently bought an android phone called Orange San Francisco (ZTE Blade). its currently on android 2.1, and i was wondering if there ia an update available for it to go to 2.2 or 2.3, and if so how do i do it? I dont want to root it, so … |
| | I have a T23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop with 512mb RAM and a 1.13ghz processor. just today(11-5-07), this morning, it was working fine. The most recent things i had downloaded were a few music files(.mp3) and i had installed updates with THinkvantage's System Update. (I had yet to reboot my computer … Hardware hard-drive laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
 | Hello! I have an Intel Pentium 4 (I think) 2.6 Ghz processor and it has the Hyper-Threading option in the system's bios. I am worried about some electro-migration I read about if I were to Hyper-Thread it. It's code name is (I think) "Northwood" I want to know if it … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | My Hp Lapton wont turn on at all. i took out the battery had it plug right to the AC and nothing, just can see a little light blinking next to the AC jack. that is all. Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | 3 days ago I plugged in my external into a USB hub to connect it to my laptop and be able to use a USB mouse and keyboard at the same time. I was running music off it (My iTunes library is on my external) when I heard it make … Hardware hard-drive storage |
 | Kind: HP ProBook 4510s hi all, I last time switched off my laptop after using it on projector. i disconnected projector fine, then turn it off normal. Then next day I turned on and screen was black and blue light at power button as usual. I decided that I would … Hardware laptop pc-peripheral |
| | I'm working on another Pavilion (the 750n this time) and when you plug it in, it automatically turns on without the power button, does one solid beep for probably 5 seconds, and turns off, won't let you press the power button to try again. The only way to get it … Hardware pci-card troubleshoot-hardware video-card |
| | I am working on a friends Dell Latitude D610 that suddenly lost all video. [U]Failure mode was described as:[/U] using the computer on lap, it got very hot all of a sudden, video started to go fuzzy so the computer was shutdown. Once the computer cooled down for a while … Hardware display hard-drive video-card |
| | Sorry guys, don't flame me! Couldn't find a suitable forum for my question. I think this may be my best bet. I've got a Dell inspiron 1545 which does not have a NumLock - so no ASCII codes with ALt/Fn. Bit of a bummer seeing as all my work is … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I want to go to the bios setup to make some settings changes so that I can run windows startup disk as it not being recognised as of now. The problem is that I cant get to the setup no matter how hard i try to do it .I tried … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I have bought all new parts for my comp... [LIST] ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO USB3 AMD 880G AM3 Motherboard Ultra Gladiator Blk w/Clear Side Mid-Tower Case Ultra LSP650 650w Power Supply 2 Sets of Corsair XMS3 4GB PC10666 DDR3 Dual Channel 1333MHz HIS Radeon HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 PCIe Eyefinity IceQ … Hardware troubleshoot-hardware video-card |
| | Hi Guys! I Need Help Getting Into My Dell D600 Laptop, I Forgot My Password And Now I Cannot Use It Anymore. It Has No Cd Rom So There Is No Other Was. Please Help Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | I have a Gateway P-6860FX laptop that is not booting. I previously had a blue screen hardware error the night previous while gaming (Screen glitched up with horizontal lines, went to blue screen). The next morning I attempted to boot it, but it went to start-up repair. There the screen … |
| | My laptop has been working for years - now it won't boot. I press the power button, the fan whirrs up as normal. About 3-5 seconds of normal whirring. Then it dies. Nothing appears on screen. It sounds like it does when I try to boot from battery when the … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I got this blemish t23 IBM Thinkpad Laptop that did not come with a hard drive, a hard drive caddy, RAM, RAM cover, and some other things. I got all the stuff for it and installed WinXP on it. I got all the needed updates and Anti-Virus and everything. It …  |
| | Whenever I turn on my gaming PC, I get green scanlines on the BIOS screen. Does this mean my video card is FUBAR? Thanks in advance Hardware display gaming video-card |
| | Hi! I got a stationary pc with Windows Vista, as it's not having bluetooth, I thought of connecting my Sony Ericsson W595 mobile phone via USB, and access it's bluetooth on my stationary pc. But when I tried to Google this, I came up with nothing :( Please help! And … Hardware pc-peripheral windows-vista |
| | Hi dell xps m1530 nvidia GS4000 ram: 2G My graphic card is dead. in order to replace it i have to replace all the mother board? Is it better to buy a new computer? |
| | Hello Everyone Glad I found what looks like to be a nice forum with knowledgable people. I have a big problem that has been haunting me for a while now. About 8 months ago, my younger sister was using my laptop, a Compaq Persario X1000, she called me and said … Hardware laptop troubleshoot-hardware  |
| | Hi, I'm confused as to what DDR RAM I can upgrade with. [URL="http://i55.tinypic.com/mlidn4.png"]MotherBoard[/URL] [URL="http://i55.tinypic.com/jkwug7.png"]Memory Controller[/URL] [URL="http://i51.tinypic.com/25qu8up.png"]Currently installed RAM Modules[/URL] The motherboard specifications indicate 400 DDR... but my motherboard seems to be 3.3V indicating it's made for SD RAM, and it seems to currently have SD RAM installed. I am pretty … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | I've started a [URL="http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20110127025920867&board_id=1&model=P5N7A-VM&page=1&SLanguage=en-us"]thread[/URL] on the Asus forums, but thought that maybe this community could be helpful as well. First, my machine: ------------------ [INDENT][B]Motherboard:[/B] Asus P5N7A-VM [B]BIOS version:[/B] 0519 4/29/2010 [B]CPU:[/B] Intel Core2 Quad Q9400 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W [B]Memory installed:[/B] 4096 MB [B]Memory type:[/B] OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 … |
 | When I restart my crt monitor it goes black, but the mouse cursor is still showing.When I manually restart my pc the monitor works fine.Should I be looking out for a new monitor ? Hardware display |
| | I have a 17" BENQ monitor that is slow to start after being shut off for a couple of hours. The monitor LED blinks but the monitor takes about 5 minutes to light up. However, if the PC is started up after being shutdown for a short period of time … Hardware display |
 | I'm looking at buying a new dell laptop, what are your opinions on the inspiron range?? any opinions are welcome. Thanks, Chopper. |
| | My computer is a bit of a Frankenstein - I bought it in 2002 but have replaced several parts of it over the years. (Motherboard was replaced under original warranty, new hard drive about 2-3 years ago, new RAM a couple years ago, new DVD drive last year, etc) It … Hardware hard-drive troubleshoot-hardware |
| | I connected my TV to my laptop using an hdmi cable. I found and set it as an additional monitor but the TV would not display anything besides the lg no signal logo. After this i accidentally set my laptop to display only out of monitor 2. My TV is … Hardware display |
| | I want to purchase a USB flash drive and I am uncertain if my USB port is a series 1.0 or 2.0. I am particularly interested in a flash drive that requires a USB 2.0. My sales invoice does not provide the spec's on the USB port. Does anyone have … Hardware flash operating-system pc-peripheral |
| | Hello I have the issue where my dvd burner has not been able to be seen by my compouter and this has just recently happen in the last few days ever since i had help from microsoft to go into my computer and help remove some rootkits and viruses as … Hardware motherboards-cpu-ram |
 | I'm sure threads don't have to be all about problems so, I was wondering when I delete my files, where does it go? How does the hard drive regain its space? I read somewhere that the OS just ignores it but I wanted to make sure and if we used … Hardware hard-drive storage  |
| | Hi, I,ve been trying to upgrade the BIOS - because my m/c keeps hanging, fail to start, even froze when reinstalling XP on to formatted drive. I went to the m/b site and found the latest download for the bios. When I run it eventually I get a message "The … Hardware flash motherboards-cpu-ram |
| | Hi Guys, I have a toshiba L300D laptop, and a couple of days ago the harddrive just gave up, i knew it had a large amount of bad sectors so luckily had all the necessary data backed up. However, i have decided that having to replace the harddrive gives me … Hardware hard-drive laptop storage |
| | Hello, I have a hp compaq pressario x 1000 lap top, I had recently upgraded the ram from 512 to 1 gig. I also formatted and loaded xp pro on the laptop, I receive a sdfsdf error when attaching external drives to the laptop, the usb ports apparently are working … Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | My fujitsu monitor seems dead. No power light but power at end of cable. Have tried monitor on another PC as well but no power light. Is there an internal fuse and if so how do I open the monitor to access the electronics? Any advice would be appreciated. Many … Hardware display |
| | Can anyone knows where to get drivers for the following scanner: [B]Umax Astra 3600[/B] Needed for Windows XP SP2 Hardware pc-peripheral |
| | hello can you help me please, my dvd-rom in my computer disappeared...when i look at in the device manager my dvd-rom is in yellow color.and my audio also was yellow..i am just uninstalling one program called cyberlink youcam when i restarted my pc my dvd-rom was gone in my computer … |
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