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| | [COLOR=Black]Around 18 months - 2 years ago I built my brother a home PC with the following components: ASUS A8V mobo AMD 64 bit 3000+ 2x Corsair 512MB Western digital 160GB ATI Radeon 9550 256MB DVD Burner Floppy I put it into a fairly standard case and, as deserved, the … |
| | i'm using an armada m700 laptop, i noticed that its getting hot whenever i am using it and it is also hanging. I also noticed that the fan is not functioning thus it hangs when it is used for 30 minutes or more. I disassembled the laptop and put thermal … |
| | Hi, I have the same problem on my Medion 2021 notebook, the center pin wiggled around and has now broken off. I can't find a repair guide for it and rather than risking further damage, will have to get someone out to fix it for me. When I do get … |
| | Hello. I bought a new case and placed my older system in it. Dissapointingly, it shuts off at random and also shuts off when i attempt to play games, or use an graphically intensive programs. However, i reinstalled my old system back to my old case and everything is working …  |
| | Really stupid question...where is the power button on the Toshiba Tecra 8100. I borrowed from work but can't turn it on... |
| | 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. … |
| | 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  |
| | Hello, Recently, i have been thinking about changing the look and style of my case. I've found some good looking ones but I need to know how and what are the steps of case switching. Would any of you guys please lend me a site or teach me about case … |
| | I currently run a fan based cooling system, and my room is unnaturally hot. I've wanted to change it to a liquid cooling system. Can the heat sink on my processor be removed? Or has the thermal gel between the two bonded them together? (I custom built my computer myself. … |
| | Been using my computer and camera for a couple of years with no problems until today. I connected my digital camera a per usual to the front USB Port on My emachines 620 and got a warning message re Power Surge to USB Port andvising me to disconnect and reset … |
| | I was able to buy those things for around 55bucks several months ago(good deals at the time). The not so good deals though were better than what there is now. What is going on with this case? |
 | Just a major/minor problem has been reccently afflicting my (bf's) computer... - computer starts up (and stays on) when plugged into the AC adaptor, and the connection is anything but loose. - the battery charging symbol shows that it's charging, and occasionally that it is directly on AC power (while … |
| | :eek: Normally this would be easy, but the fans share a PSU 4 pin power connector. All the fan controllers I have seen use a 3-pin or 4-pin motherboard style output for the fan power. I need one that will out put power in the form of a PSU 4 … |
| | hey can any1 help me.....my pc keeps on restarting whenever i open a game.....its absurd...it works fine otherwise.. i play fifa06 n counter-strike....so just in the course of play...pc restarts... n then in system config....it says there is no HDD present..so it stops there itself :sad: |
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 | 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 …  |
| | I'm trying to fix someones computer. There problem was after Windows(XP) loaded and they clicked on their name to log on, it would restart. The first obvious problem is that they bought an eMachine computer to begin with. I thought it could be the Power Supply. I went ahead and … |
| | Hi all, I have a Dell Inspiron 4100 that is having some keyboard problems. My spacebar recently stopped working. I took the top piece of the spacebar off to see if the button is permanently down, and it doesn't seem to be. I'm unsure what the problem might be now. … |
| | About a month ago my power supply went out and killed my motherboard with it. So after getting this fixed and putting in a 500 watt power supply with dual fans, the computer was running great again. Then about a week ago my computer shut off without warning. I let … |
| | Last night after I shut down my computer, it started making a clicking noise (more so than a beeping noise). Now it won't start up :( I'm not very hardware orientated, so I'm baffled as to what's wrong. The mobo fan, psu fan and graphics card fan all run when … |
| | I've replaced my cooling fan in my dell d600 and it still isn't working. Can anyone tell me what to check next or how to troubleshoot the system to find the problem? thanks,  |
| | Hi Hope this is right place for this. I am not registering any -5volt or -12volt on my system. I've checked and double checked, and my util must be working as everything else is OK. Can this cause any problems, if so what, and how can I cure it. |
| | So...When I play a game like World of Warcraft or something I notice multiple things... One, the fan is unbearble loud...sometimes, and I dont know why its sometimes. there is so ryme or reason to it. The fan spins fast some days and other days it dosent. Two, The graphics … |
| | Hi, I've done everything accept install CPU Heat Sink Fan, I read somwhere that you have to use some sort of paste, and need a tool, that has like three legs and a scew piece in the middle to seat the H/S and FAN correctly. I also read that its …  |
| | Hello. I'm pretty sure I have a bad fan/fans on my Gateway notebook computer. It makes a horrible whining sound and is extremely slow. I don't know which fan it might be though - when I take the bottom panel off there are 3 fans visible. I really don't want … |
| | In about one month i am purchasing a new video card, which will require me to purchase a new power supply, because my current one is only a 250w. I have been searching many websites in order to try to find out with PSU i will need and what features … |
 | Anyone have any experience with "machine exception errors, I've googled it and get a few corses of action but i'm looking to narrow it down. I've got a foxconn mobo 6150, aspire x-pac case, 2gb OCZ ram, AMD athlon 1.8ghz cpu. I can test or replace the ram replace the … |
| | I want to clean the heatsink and cpu but can not remove cover above it. I removed two scews but it binds as if it's attached in the middle under the cover. Both ends of cover are free...no other screws or clips that can be seen. It won't lift or … |
| | hi everyone! i am new to all this but my computer died and i decided to have a crack at fixing it myself i knew it was the mother board so i replaced it with one i brought off ebay. i also replaced the power supply. by the way its … |
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