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I've installed a new pci-e sata2 raid card, but it won't detect any hard drive. When i access the software to set up the raid, (silicon image 3132) right after the bios, it doesn't show any physical drives, as if there was no hdd connected to it at all. Jumper …

Feel free to move this if there's a better thread for this. I'm planning on selling my Toshiba Satellite Laptop that I bought in 2005. It has an old, decrepit Celeron processor, 1.30 GHz, 480 MB of RAM, and Disk C: 55.8 GB. I haven't wiped it clean yet, so …

Hi: I just got a brand new computer from HP. The HP line is HP Elite m9350f with the following specs: 1. AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.5GHz 2. 6GB RAM 3. Motherboard: Asus M2N78-LA 4. NVIDIA 9800 GT 512MB 5. Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Edition The computer is only a …

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Hi all, Have an issue with my HP dv2000. When it is plugged in it charges to 50% but then says 'Plugged in, Not charging' I have not been able to make it charge any further. It is very frustrating as it did not hold its charge very long in …

previously i had intel chipset 845 MB, celeron 2 Ghz processor with 512 RAM, it was very fast then, recently my board burned due to power fluctuation, i changed the board. System has become very slow since then, it does not hybernate at all. I even upgraded with more 512 …

hi, i googled alot but couldnt find a solution, hope someone can help me^^ i had a 120gb hdd which was devided into 3 partition (20gb, 40gb and 60gb) with windows xp pro sp2. i wanted to repartition everything so i what i did was boot from the windows cd, …

If I start a game, let's say COD4 for example, I can play that game perfectly for maybe 1-2 minutes MAX before the framerate suddenly drops through the floor and it's almost unbearable. If I close the game, the frame rate for everything is very poor - scrolling down pages …

Hello...I have a Western Digital 750GB External Hard Drive which has worked for months... Than Ive tried to make a partition and install linux on it...but than after about 5% of formatting i realized i made a mistake and it was deleting my data off of it...i canceled it at …

Hello, I would just like to know if I decide to overclock my processor or ram, etc, how would I know where to see the current temperatures of what is being overclocked? And also, what are the temperatures that should be kept in order for them not to overheat? Thanks. …

Hi, If this observation is correct: If two drives (preferably of equal size are set up as a RAID 1 configuration all data is mirrored between the two drives. If an error is detected on one drive the system keeps going with data from the mirrored good sector and the …

I creating a file server for a client, I want to set up RAID 1. However, I'd like HD0 (aprox. 2 40-80 GB drives) for the OS. I'd like to set up another HD, HD1 (2 1TB drives for file storage) seperate of the first RAID 1. The files that …

ok so i have a dell purchased computer thats sealed shut. i can't remove the shell and i don't have money anyways for new hardware. however on a whim (stupid me) i went and purchased a VGA to S-VIDEO / RCA CONVERTER CABLE. the computer has an Intel 82845G controller. …

I am looking to use faster HDDs for my main system disk. Is RAID 5 a good choice (with 3x 15000 SAS HDDs)? I know that RAID 0 is faster, but I want redundancy without too great of compromise. Is there any speed advantages to RAID 1? Also, I am …

Last night I bought a 160-gig Toshiba external hard drive at Circuit City for backing up my current files and for storage of future downloads. When I plug it in, I get a message that says something to the effect of "this device has exceeded the power limits of its …

Need help, I had vista running on this samsung hard drive, wanted to add a partition to install ubunto so I could have two operating systems on it, ran norton partition magic on it, and now it is locked, cannot format or partition- or boot. it shows as filled up …

Hi. I desperately need the help this community. After installing a Zalman CNPS7700-Cu CPU cooler on my Athlon64 3000+ @ 2.00 GHz, my computer failed to boot. It didn't even post or go to BIOS. I have a Asus K8V SE Deluxe motherboard and managed to enter the BIOS setup …

Last monday a thunderstorm knocked out power in our house and only our house. my dsl modem was toes up and the computer would not power on. My router was also dead. everything was shut dpown and powered off at the time of the outage. The next day I tested …

This problem is very difficult to describe so please bare with me. The computer is out of warranty so dell cannot help unfortunatly. I am currently working on a Dell Inspiron 8200 with a Radeon Mobility 9000. When Windows comes up the screen is covered in small lines that do …

I'm using an old motherboard , Gigabyte GA-8I915P-D and using a X550XT on a Pentium 4. Is there a better graphics card I can use or any newer ones?

Hello Since my Problem involves my computer shutting down as I am playing an online game (WoW), I was reading how another person sounds to have the same problem as me with that happening.( [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread115506.html[/url] ) So is there a website that would tell you how much Cache is on …

Hi, I have an ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard, with 2.8 on it at the moment. It's done me well up to now after 5 years, but I'm upgrading to 3200 and want to know if my motherboard would take the upgrade. Thanks. :-|

Last night my machine lost all functionality, as nearly all programs have failed to open properly, including IExplorer and Mozilla. The best I can figure it may be a issue with the new video card, however its removal does not remedy the problem. About 5 days ago I added a …

Hi all, My new-built PC has a problem - the monitor powers itself off - generally when the PC is stressed (ie in games - Bioshock and Oblivion both do it to it, other games are stable) - it won't come back on even if I turn it off and …

Hey all, how you guyz doin well ive sold my crappy midranged intel C2D rig for a new High budget AMD monster, these are the specs :- AMD athlon 64x2 6400 3.2Ghz ASUS m3a32-mvp deluxe wifi 2GB kingston 800mhz HyperX (1x2) Western Digital Caviar 250GB /7,200/16MB cache/sata liteon optical drive …

Hello, Friends, When I start my computer all process done well but my desktop is clear. In my desktop any icon and start menu can not seen. I do my all work with the help of alt+ctrl+delet. What I do? Plese reply early.

Hello room.I'm a new member and thank you Administrator for allowing me to join this site. I had my HP ze5300 Notebook plugged in and was on the Web yesterday.I accidentally tripped on the cord and unplugged it from the wall.When i plugged it back in,it would'nt power on.The blue …

A friend of mine has just purchased a new vid card and is having driver issues. He has a ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Mobo, AMD Phenom Quad-core 9600 2.31GHz, w/ 8Gb of G-Skill DDR-2, running on Win XP Pro x64. The system was working fine with the old card, but when …

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Hi, i would like to know if its possible to use my old ipod which does not play anymore, but can still be used as memory as a source of RAM on my computer. If possible/plausable how would i do this? Andrew S