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OS: Windows 2K. New topic, but I think related to the topic I posted a few minutes ago. I need to change positions of the IDE devices. W2k & XP keep them persistent as how they were set up. I no longer want them this way. How do I do …
What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware …
Ok, I have need for speed underground and when I play it the picture is very slow i think its called frames per second ,well it looks like a million pictures on a silde show and someone clicking next real fast..know what i mean? Well right now im running an …
ok, i changed my mind and am now going with a FX5200, the 9200se was only 64-bit while the 5200 is 128-bit I found two models of the FX 5200 and i need to know which one will give me a better performance One is the 5200plus it has mega …
My OS is XP and have Kingston 512k sdram pc133. I also have a gforce 420 agp video card. I purchased a stick of 512k generic pc133 sdram put it in my computer and now my computer locks up. Why? Does the ram have to be the same brand?
New, topic but still related to the past three. I have been able to finally get W2K, by flashing the BIOS, installing each IDE device, one at a time, to now see them as a new setup and not as originally installed. When the computer boots, all IDE devices are …
I am having a big problem with my windows Xp Pro. it "crashes" I guess.. but when it does the screen just gets lines on it and then I have to re boot. it lets me re boot and then it will do it again. it is random and dosent …
hey guys. i just built myself another computer, i know what i'm doing there, put all the parts in right blah blah blah, put the cathode light in correctly blah blah blah. Heres the problem: I go to turn my computer on, to look at the pretty light lol, and …
Here is my problem, When I use the integrated graphics card that came with my computer, the monitor works fine. But I have a ati 9100 graphics card and whenever I install it, the monitor makes everything green colored. I noticed one of the pins is missing on the 15 …
hiya i mucked with virtual pc 2004...tried out my redhat8,i was able to go online and yak it up with yahoo messenger for linux. thus i was definitely encouraged to go and load it on a seprate drive well.it wont work,the card that is.. it wont initialize.and i am seriously …
[COLOR=Navy] I am having problems with my compaq presario 2100 and please i know ....not a great machine.. :) Anyway the computer just crashed the other day so i did some looking around at it. I have found that if you pull one of the sdram chips out the machine …
I have a memory issue. When I put 2x256mb 333mhz mushkin ram into my motherboard (soyo kt600) it becomes unstable and crashes at times. But when I put only one dimm module it becomes perfectly stable and never crashes at all. I want to use both dimm modules with no …
I have a KDS Tiger/Visual Sensation v5 and I can not get the settings to go above 640x480 and 16 Color. I have already tried to download the drivers, but they are of no use for some reason. Another Note is that this computer that it is connected to had …
please forgive the lack of proper formatting. i've spilled water on my only two keyboards and i don't know how to fix them. one puts numbers in my typing like so: the qUi8ck br5own fox jumped over5 the laZy7 dog. the other doesn't make any letters at all. one is …
hi i have a sony burner when i install it with the cd reboot the system to completed installion it show me a blue screen saying hardware installion failure if u see these screen again follow these step ..... go in safe mode to fix the problem ....... turn off …
I am considering moving my hardware to another case. I have a Compaq and a HP desktop. Are the instructions provided with new cases sufficient for an inexperienced person too safely relocate the motherboard to another case? I have no trouble with hard drives and small stuff like that, however …
Make -ASUS P2B-B motherboard with the latest Bios update installed. CPU - Pentium II 400 mz Ram- 2 X 128 mb Sdram Hard Drive - Maxtor 20 g 7200 rpm (free space 18 + gb) Windows Version - Clean full Install of Win 98SE Internet Connection - none Not connected …
I'm not sure if this topic is appropiate for this forum but heres my question- I am considering to buy a new computer from Dell. I have customized two computers which are almost exactly the same but the price difference is $310. Money is not an issue, but I would …
i am using windows98se. most of the times my cd rom does not read cd both old and new.please advise solution. what should be recommended brand to be purchased.
This computer had a bad sound card (So I thought) and so I decided to replace it with one that was laying around the office (BRAND: Avance). I downloaded all the drivers that I would need and then installed the card. Everything went smoothly and now I can not get …
Hey there! I'm trying to install a nvidia Geforce4 video card Mx440se ddr 64m/tv/pci on a pentium 2 slot one 256 ram 120 meg HD with Xp window on boot it show's the Xp loading and the screen goes blank. the only setting in the bios are for AGP, PCi, …
I am having a bit of a problem with the A drive on a particular computer. It is always wanting to format every disk that I put in there. I have tried replacing the drive and it does the same thing. I have tried replacing the wires and connections, just …
I read that this keyboard is supposed to have built in functionality under panther, I upgraded and installed panther but the extra keys still don't seem to work at all... am I missing something?? Thanks!
hi everybody i was looking for a new hard drive at western digital and i found a raptor 10,000 rpm scsi hard drive and i was wondering if it will work for with my motherboard here is a link to the spec's of my motherboard let me know if it …
Hey folks I really need your help on this one bad. Here is the symptoms/scenario. [b]System:[/b] Pentium 3 933 Chip ASUS CUV4X Board & AOpen Ti4200 128 MB Video 768MB PC 133 RAM Plextor 12/10/32, Pioneer DVD, Asus CDRom 52X Maxtor UDMA PCI IDE Card WD 80GB Drive [b]-->[/b] I …
Hi, after dust cleaning my computer with celeron466, and 256RAM, it will not boot through post at all, the HD light stay on for a few minutes and computer just stay on with on video. It would not sound the beep and it would not go anywhere. Try different video …
i am working on a dell computer that has never had sound. I went to check in the device manager but nothing shows up. i tried to use add new hardware and nothing happens. i tried reinstalling the drivers, but nothing i even updated and reinstalled direct X this isn't …
I have a HP Deskjet 648C that has problems... I have fixed the noise that it was making (it was the color ink... it was leaking all over the connectors), but now I can't get the thing to print. I know that it sounds like I had cleaned it and …
Hi all. While trying to use partiton magic8.0, I lost everything on my c drive. I couldn't restore or had backed up any of my files or programs.(doh)! So I had to reinstall the win98se OS. After the installation ,I couldn't find the factory settings. The laptop is a IBM …
well it would take a while to tell you wtf happened, so ill cut to the chase I have two hard drives running XP becuase of some crazy shit that forced me to install to my 2nd hard drive. However now my computer automatically boots up onto this new install …
When I turn on my PC it sounds like a Poilce Siren in England. Alternating tones/beeps. I don't know if this is a power supply issue or what. The machine doesn't seem to boot either, just sits there and has the siren sound blaring. Please help. Thanks
I just bought a 21" used monitor for my IBM, running ME. It has RGB plugs at the monitor end and a 15 pin adapter with some 'sliding' pins on it. It isn't working in the present config and am wondering if there is a site I can go to …
i belive that my computer is over heating but i do not know where its not the proccesor because i have a chipset watch that cam with my mb and i was wondering if anyone could help. when i look in my tower it smells like a old camp fire
I recently had a hard drive failure and had to get a new hard drive. After installing all the software again, IE 5.0 is displaying some web pages incorrectly. Namely, one I created ([url]www.knowandfollowhard.com[/url]) is not appearing as it did before I had the problems with my hard drive and …
I just purchased a laptop that has no O/S but was refurbed with an O/S that was removed. The RED SCREEN message at boot up is as follows, "Save to disk partition not found. Save to disk feature is disabled. Run Phdisk for information. File: create new. Partition: consult manual. …
I boot a laptop I just received from an auction that has no O/S but was tested and refurbed with an O/S that was removed before selling to me. The first screen is in a red square and says, "Save to disk partition not found. Save to disk feature is …
I'm eventually going to but an AMD Athlon XP chip, somewhere around the 2600 model, but some models are made with both core types. Do I even need to worry about it? If the core type is not listed in the detailed description of the CPU, then how do I …
Hi, Hope someone here can assist us. Our rip server recently crashed hard while playing an Art Bell radio show, with the audio sounding just like a cd skipping. Since that date, we have reinstalled the system in order to get it to a point where it will run and …
:!: i need help because i'm getting very frustrated with my new computer system.. i am building it myself, from scratch.. i have all of the components and they are all installed correctly.. the system has an Intel Motherboard Pentium 4 3.06 ghz 1GB of RAM a SeaGate 120GM HD …
abit ic7 (bios ver. 16) pentium 4C 2.4 @ 2.8 (HT enabled) 2x 512 ocz ddr400 cas2 (2-3-3-6) radeon 9700np 333/315 windows xp sp1 hi guys, this has been bothering me forever. my cpu scores in 3dmarks '03/aquamark 3 are all on par with the norm. they are 650/9463 respectively. …
This problem only happens when I play Age Of Mythology at any given time during the game. Its happened on other multimedia programs but not offen. Just more so now when I run the game. The computer system completely freezes up including the cursor. And the speakers start buzzing loadly. …
I have a Lasterjet 1000 that has something stuck in it, or at least I think there is. When it prints out, the paper comes out with a crease. Also it has an imprint on it that is on the Left side of the paper that looks like a staple. …
hi i was wondering i have heard people put a fan on the panel right next to the cpu blowing in and i was wondering if it really works on cooling cpu down more
I am planning on subscribing to iO in the near future (digital cable service) and would like to use it in conjunction with my Apple 23" Cinema HD display, via a tv tuner for the mac. Being as the cable line will be delivering a digital signal, and it is …
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well i am at the point where i will upgrade agian. so which distro should i try this time. currently useing suse 8.2 important features support for the 64 bit CPU's (athlone64) easy to use price or avalible ISO support stablility though easy to use is starting to fade with …
HI guys, Heres my problem me and my friend were trying to figure out what is the right kind of memory to put into this mother board, but the problem is we do not know the manufacuter and we looked all over trying to find it, we have no clue …
Hi, folks. I'm obviously new here, but I've read through some posts, and you all look like you know what you're doing. :D I was hoping that someone could give me a little advice. I just bought a new laptop on Ebay (you can see it at: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3435098170&category=42198&rd=1[/url] ) I …
I recently got an AOpen AX4SPE Max for 50$ from a friend and I would really like to use it in my current build. The catch was it has no manual and no driver disks, I tried to DL them from AOpen but I cannot get them to DL.... So, …
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