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Well, i bought a new set of computer nvidia geforce9500 1000mb 2gig of RAM 500gb hdd emaxx motherboard. i cloned it from the other computer with same specs (all is the same except the casing which doesn't matter). now my problem is, when i tried playing games in this new …
I have currently in my possession the following computer: Dell PowerEdge SC430 4GB RAM Intel Mother Board LGA775 Processor Socket 2.5 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor 2 x WD SATA HDD 80GB in Mirrored RAID Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard I am looking at currently keeping this RAID with the …
Everest says my mother board support DDR2/DDR3.I currently have DDR2.Can I remove that and install DDR3?How to know for sure?
Is the CMOS battery on a Toshiba Tecra S1 readily accessible from the bottom of the machine ? I've taken apart many desktops but taking apart a laptop is new to me. I'm guessing it's about the size of a quarter but don't know if I have to completely remove …
I have a hp pavilion dv2225nr that gets power but no boot just solid leds. I have reseated the memory, tested the hard drive on another system, but still the solid leds. I disassembled the laptop and noticed that there was no thermal compound on the cpu. I applied some …
I am looking for the discontinued RAM memory: Kingston Memory 1GB KVR333D4R25/1G 333MHz Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated
I have a HP Pavilion A6437C desktop with a shorted mobo. I would swap it for a good known one if you are able to fix this one. Board is real clean & manf. in 5/08. All capacitors are good with no bulging or leaking. Hard to find one identical …
I need the pinout of the HD15 connector on a Samsung SyncMaster 551v, Model Code: AQ15VSPN/XAX, 100-240V a.c. ~60/50Hz Max. 80W 1.2A, Chassis Code: PNL, Type No.: PN15VS, Color Display Unit, Mfg: April 2002, Assembled in Tijuana, Mexico. Your help will be highly appreciated, I found a pinout but it …
Ok, so i got my laptop about 2 years ago. It was fine up until about 6 months ago. It started to overheat every now and then. Then it got worse, and right now it's overheating every 4 hours. What i don't understand is this: The only thing I'm running …
Hello , please i would like to know the idea about Computer Hardware and Networking Engineering. Thank you.
Hi guys, I'm working with graphics and internet security, so... in what way can I achieve graphic card's best performance? If you have any other suggestion about making my PC a beast, go ahead :=) Thanks. Specifications: Intel Core i7-965 Geforce 9800 GTX+ GA-EX58 UD4 9 GB RAM
what is rma? Over the last few days I've experienced blue horizontal lines (1 pixel high) slashing across my screen at random heights of the screen. what are they? are they bad? should i bring it back to get fixed. i have had the computer almost a year n i …
hi I have a dell t7400. during boot it says "your battery is either charging, bad or missing, and you have VDs configured for write-back mode. Because the batteryis not currently usable, these VDs wil actually run in write-through mode untilthe battery is fully charged or replaced if it is …
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I have a Sony Vaio, VGN-CS320J, laptop with Vista installed. The computer runs fine BUT, the lower half of the taskbar has a pink and green , horizonal, active bar ontop of it. That makes it hard to read whats on the taskbar. Whats strange is that the pinkish/greenish bar …
Hullo, I've just been given a second hand/pre-owned Motherboard/CPU. And as it is potentially better than the one my daughter has I'd like to try and get it up and running. Some info:- Motherboard - Imperial G 20020828 (this is the only info I can find on the board). CPU …
Hi there. I was wondering if somebody could help a noob out. I own a Dell Dimension 5100 with 512MB Ram. Using CPUz, it tells me that I have two 256MB PC2-3200 (200mhz) sticks in place. Can I remove these and boost it to 2gb with 4 512MB PC-4200 sticks, …
I want to know that what graphics card will work appropriately on my system its 'DELL GX520'. I'm asking it in term of the max card size which is comparable with my system. [B]SYSTEM:-[/B] Dell GX 520 with PCI express slot. [B]RAM[/B]:2GB. [B]Processor[/B]:3.0 thx.
Hey all, This is a bit of a theoretical question. If my PSU puts out x amount and I wanted to fit a GFX card which would take more power than the system uses in total would it help if I disabled an unused piece of hardware? ie. If I …
i read that since the core i3 range has inbuilt graphics, so using it on an H57 board will mean that sli/crossfire will not work. i dont know much about sli or crossfire,only that it helps to use multiple GPU's together for better graphics performance. my question is that if …
Hi, my friend's pc stopped working. technician told that motherboard and smps is damaged. rest of the things in that pc is-p3 processor, 512MB sdram and 40GB ide hard disk. Now my friend is planning to buy a new SMPS.Motherboard, Ram and Processor. his doubt is, does the old hard …
I have an ATI 3D rage II+dvd video/tv tuner card. I think it's and older card but its ok for what I need it for does any one know where I can get the program to view TV through it. I don't need the driver windows 2000 pro finds it. …
Hi there people, I'm looking to build a system that will be primarily used for what is effectively P2P filesharing, via FileZilla. Also I want to be able to share the items stored on it via a LAN. Build budget of as cheap as chips.( and don't mind using older …
Hi ALL. I have a few memory sticks, that I would like to get rid of. any suggestions?
I have an old working computer in a good condition with a colour screen , cpu with cd-rom ,floopy disk etc.it has a memory of 20 gb hard disk & 32mb ram.its speed is about 1.88ghz.the set consists of a stabilizer along with it.it operates on windows 95. -ketan daman(india). …
Hi guys, I recently just built my first computer that I bought bundled on newegg and I must say, it was really fun building it. This computer is using a Phenom II Six-Core processor Black Edition(3.2 Ghz) mounted on the ASUS M4A88T-M LE motherboard that supports crossfire. Running on 8 …
I'v an intel dg31pr motherboard and now want to buy a processor for it. Here is a [URL="http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/dg31pr/sb/CS-027918.htm"]list[/URL] provided by intel what kinda memory that motherboard would support.And seems it upto ddr2-800 (see the link plz) And here is [URL="http://processormatch.intel.com/CompDB/SearchResult.aspx?Boardname=dg31pr"]list[/URL] of all supported processors. I don't have much money to …
Hello, I am just getting done with college and have a lot of knowledge and experience with hardware and software troubleshooting in Windows and I have always wanted to start a business so I figured why not a computer repair business. I am trying to figure out everything that I …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]21790[/ATTACH]Alas, it’s okay to be power hungry. That is to say, if the power goes out, or even flashes, you’ll have an uninterrupted stream of juice flowing to your electronic device. Eaton, the manufacturer who sent us one of their new products, the 3S750 (450W) Uninterruptable Power Supply (UPS), is …
Hi, My question is simple. Will this graphics card: [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/PNY-NVIDIA-GeForce-Graphics-DVI-I/dp/B002RRKHMA/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1310416195&sr=1-1[/url] fit in this motherboard: [url]http://www.biostar.com.tw/app/en/mb/content.php?S_ID=103[/url] Thanks, James
Hi, Daniwebbers! From the Midlands of UK. Been into computers for 11+ years now and recently passed an HNC and HND in Applied IT. Enjoy building and repairing PC's mostly and would love to own/work in one of those little repair shops you see in films where folks bring everything …
I'm Ayobami, a graduate of computer science from Bowen University, Iwo Osun State Nigeria. I'm interested in hardware networking. Thank you all.
Hi there i a great headache about the message i got from this Laptop Toshiba satellite 1805 - S203 the story starts here one day i saw my battery charge was going down so i plugged it to the electrical cable then it shutdown, :?: ; then i turn it …
What does it mean when we [B]select [/B]a RAM by assigning [CODE]select = 1[/CODE]? Thanks.
Hullo again, After being given even more old PC bits I now have questions about switching CPU's. I've tried swapping my old socket 478 1.7Ghz for a P4 2.5Ghz (socket 478). The motherboard is an ASUS P4B-533VM. And here begin the problems...(and the questions)! 1) After the swap the PC …
i had a keyboard but spilled juice on it and it partly broke so i bought a new one that apparently didn't connect with my dell PC thru usb but older technology...so i bought an adaptor but my PC won't read it...any idea why and how i could fix it?? …
I'm hoping for a second opinion on which of these two motherboards to buy (I hope this is the right place). [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128511&Tpk=Gigabyte%20A75M-UD2h[/url] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138331&Tpk=Biostar%20TA75A%2b[/url] Obviously the Biostar has better advertising, which one would you pick, and why? (Space inside my case is not an issue at all, and the USB 3.0 …
hi i love daniweb because i feel free here and i know there are many people will help me i surfed from low knowledge in hardware field or in another words inputs devices i need some advice about how to made simple input devices i thinking to bullied board contained …
Am a final year student wanting to do a project on developing a library management system using rfid. i would like to know the cost of buying an rfid development kit. whether it would contain all the readers and tags i would need to develop the system.
On the 11th September a customer of the [URL="http://www.pcworld.co.uk"]PC World[/URL] computer superstore in Colliers Wood, London took his laptop back for an under warranty repair. The computer was only a few months old, and a crack had appeared near the left hinge which is indicative of an internal joint failing. …
Hi, My name is Keane and I am a new member here. I have a quick question to ask, I would like to purchase an open switch hardware and ran across this one called "Pronto switches" [url]http://www.iwnetworks.com/products.html[/url] Does anyone has experienced with that? Hows the performance & stability? Thanks. kl.
Hiya all, I've just got my hands on a Jeantech PSU. It's not in the box and has no insttuctions so I hope someone can help. There's a 3 position switch just below the on/off button labelled HAL. Can anyone tell me which setting I should have it on? Maybe …
Not sure if this is a hardware or software problem - Windows 7 Home Premium and Levovo Edge 14. I have tried to burn CDs using Windows Media player and also CDBurnerXP. The discs will not finalize. Both get to about 99% and gives error message. Windows Media Player gives …
So I bought this Xbox for my family for Christmas and didn't even have it for 4 months when the Xbox started saying the discs were unreadable.Took good care of it,(always supervised the boys on it, cause you know boys), and troubleshooted, but eventually had to do a Microsoft Repair …
webgl is some new programming language. there are a few awesome projects that are coded in it on chrome experiments as well. The only problem is that the browsers do not want to display it. I have looked on line and it says you need to (for google chrome at …
Hey guys I'm really new to this forum, i signed up to see if anyone has any idea what could be wrong with my PC that i built, generally i'm not that inexperienced with this kind of thing but i wanted confirmation before i go out and buy new parts. …
I just finished with my first year of Computer Science in college and over the break I wanted to learn how to do output from a computer using a C++ program to control different I/O hardware. I was thinking I would start somewhere simple with something such as turning on …
My mouse pointer is completely stuck in the middle of the screen!:sad: I thought it was the mouse so got a new PS2 mouse. Plugged it in and the mouse was still stuck. This made me think that maybe the PS2 socket was faulty so i bought a USB mouse. …
I'm running Arch Linux on my computer and I found a Toshiba External SuperMulti Drive. Model: PA37610-1DV2 I plug it in and it doesn't work. Doesn't even detect it. The reason I'm using it is it's faster than my internal drive and my internal drive doesn't burn dual-layer. So... Any …
Hi guys need advise on build system this what i'm thinkin purchasing please tell what u think is all compatible and would it give me a powerfull computer system Please rate 1 out 10 for a £400 budget what do u think??? check it out advise please thanks in advance …
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