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 | Hi, everyone. I am in the middle of getting the parts together to build my first desktop PC. I am mainly purchasing the parts from NewEgg.com and I have come across a certain "problem", if you will. As part of a combo deal with my ASUS P5Q motherboard, I received … |
| | I removed the old fan from my dead HP a6000n and installed it on the new ASUS CM5570 which only has 1 fan/heatsink attached to the MB. When I installed the old fan which used to be quiet on the HP to the new ASUS, it runs loud nonstop afterI … |
| | ok people, here is the specs for my machine and i would like to know which power supply would be best for my machine (working with below 50 dollars here) and where. EVGA 680i premium motherboard 1x2 Gig 667Mhz RAM (trying to expand to 4gig) 410gig storage 2.4ghz q6600 quadcore … |
 | This just has to be one of the best pieces of news ever - there is agreement for a standard for mobile phones. It's really as simple as that. Here's the story, [URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_8124000/8124293.stm"]on the BBC's junior site[/URL], would you believe. I just can't work out why it has to be … |
| | It’s not a new snack food and it’s not a plan to help save the Earth. The low power chips are a series of application processors and digitial signal processors announced in July by Texas Instruments that consume significantly less power than predecessors and prolong battery life of the devices … |
| | Amidst the carnage that is Wall Street this year (the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 20% since last October, classifying the stock market as being in official “bear” territory), there are glimmers of good news, and a good portion of it is coming from the tech sector. The latest … |
| | Tom Wolfe once wrote that “you can’t go home again.” In the computer world, at least, Wolfe has been proven wrong. Prodigal son Steve Jobs was shown the door at Apple and returned to strike gold with the PowerMaC, the iPod, and the iPhone. Now it’s Michael Dell’s turn to … |
| | Interesting news from a new study of 112 homes in the Seattle area that shows a 10% reduction in home energy bills through the use of "smart grid" technology. The study, conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy, and reported on CNet News this morning, says its GridWise Project not … |
 | [I]I’m the trouble starter, notebook instigator. I’m the Dell addicted, Sony illustrated. I’m a fire-starter, notebook fire-starter. You’re the fire-starter, notebook fire-starter.[/I] With apologies to The Prodigy for ruining a perfectly good lyric, but it does serve to highlight the problem de jour: that of flaming laptops. If you thought … |
| | My laptop (Dell Inspiron 600 m / Windows XP) gets very hot (except the battery portion). Till a few months back, the fan would start running within an hour of switching on. However, I haven't heard the fan sound (or noise) for months. Is there a way (software trigger etc … |
| | A few weeks ago I had a lady bring in her new HP and her old, dead, giant desktop. She was obviously a heavy smoker, as EVERYTHING was covered in not just dust...but solid dirt. Like it was carpeted. I switched her data to the new computer, she left me … |
 | Hi there, I've just purchased a barebones Shuttle PC (+components) and will be building it soon. However, I read a review that suggested the power supply provided (250w) was quite low. I was under the assumption that small form factor PCs can run with less power consumption than a standard …  |
| | pressing power, my psu fires up, and the fans start on my cpu and my video card. i get power to my hard drive and optical. but nothing happens. no post, no boot. also, no power to USB or PS2 while in this state. fans spin, drives initiate, but nothing … |
| | I installed MOZY FREE Backup software on my computer by following their instructions. After installation, my computer kept freezing and then I got the Windows Blue Screen of Death! Basically, MOZY FREE Backup CRASHED my computer. I could not even do a system restore. I had to restore my computer … |
| | To start, I am a complete noob at computers so Im not quite sure what Im doing. Recently while playing games my computer screen faded to black, followed a few seconds later with my entire computer dying. I tried everything to turn it back on but had no luck whatsoever. …  |
 | I was just trying to get a recomendation on what size power supply I needed for my system. AMD Phenom XII 940 3.0 GHz /w. factory heat sink GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 2 Sticks of DDR2 1066 2GB RAM Western Digital … |
| | Hello I have an antec power supply. When I turn on the computer it seems to start powering up but then I get beeping. It one long beep followed by 3 shot ones the the computer shuts down. The Monitor starts to turn on, the hard drive does as well. …  |
| | Hi, I have a problem - my dog ate the power cord to my new blue ray player. The cord is not detachable from the player and the plug can't be fixed with electrical tape. I talked to the manufacturer's support and they told me it would cost me $160 … |
| | It's a 350 watt PS. When I plug it in, and it's not connected to anything it doesn't seem to fire up. Shouldn't the fan turn on even though it is not connected to any computer peripherals? I hooked it up first to a computer and it didn't fire up … |
| | Hi, I am a new member so it's great to find somewhere to find solutions to problems for computers. I have a fujitssu Siemens Amilo L7310G lap top and the power connector plug that pushes in to the lap top becomes very hot and is starting to burn and causing … |
| | My voltage readings from my power supply seem to be off and it is starting to worry me, especially my 5V rail. PC Wizard 2009: +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : 6.91 V +12V : 12.40 Everest Ultimate Edition +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : No reading +12V : 12.35 … |
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| | This should be pretty simple, but I'm hardware illiterate! I moved our OLD Dell GX1 and went to turn it on, and now the light on the main switch comes on, but it won't fire up the monitor. I pulled the cover and found that the long, black/red wire from … |
| | I have an IBM Intellistation Pro Z server. The power supply fan runs all of the time while the cord is plugged in. If the power supply fails, I would like to replace it with a generic power supply. What type would work on this machine? Is a server power … |
| | Hello! I have a system that powers itself off within minutes of powering on and it doesn't seem to log the event. It hasn’t yet crashed in safe mode, but it crashed when running a memory test from the windows boot screen (it made it through the first pass and … |
| | Hi Gang, Does anyone know where I can purchase a fan for my older model gateway notebook M675? My gateway M675 was making this terrible loud grinding noise (I suspected it was the internal fan) and after several minutes of being powered on and running online, etc. the unit would … |
| | Hi, I have a friend who wants me to build a new system for him. He is a gamer and loves his applications, like Xfire, and other applications that run in the back ground while playing games. Background report. His first computer (unknown) got fried in an electrical storm. 2nd … |
| | when i was charging my lappy the battery light was as usually orange but when it finished charging the light didnt turn blue but instead there was no light. i just thought the light might be broken or something but i noticed that the battery was only charged at 98%, … |
| | Hey guys,does any1 know how to solve the mystery of making your fans run a bit quiet (like the IBM desktop PC's).I got a foxconn p4m800p7ma motherboard with 3 fans. 3 x 80mm's 1 on the CPU, 1 on the back of the Case and 1 in the PS. I …  |
| | I was busy on my pc when i started hearing funny noises and sparks from the power supply box in my pc then while windows was still running and i quickly pulled out the power cable so im worried about my mother board it doesnt show any signs of damage … |
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