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VIZIO has long been the bargain shopper’s HDTV brand of choice. Peppered across shelves in Wal-Mart, Costco, and Target electronics department, the displays—albeit not the most advanced in terms of picture quality—have always been reliably, affordable, and completely viable options for people wanting to achieve the new American dream of …

[B][U]BACKGROUND INFO[/U][/B] The last few weeks I have been dual monitoring from my lcd monitor to my hdtv. LCD was connected via dvi and my tv via hdmi. To my knowledge, my pc has two graphic cards, both ATI Radeons. One I believe is on the mother board, ATI Radeon …

Hi All, I am having a very bad weekend. I am having problems with a HDD, so on Thursday I when out a bought a new HDD to go in the bank of 4 HDD's. To add this new drive to the computer system I also got a 7 port …

I have a Gateway ID79C with an intel i7-720QM processor and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1 GB video card. I cant play starcraft 2 on max settings with this video card so I want to upgrade it. I know it will probably consist of taking everything apart to …

Hello all, I'm Erik from the Netherlands and work with c# now for a small year. I develop a hardware Tool for the lift industry, and we must upgrade the software to newer verions and test the software on location. we decide to develop only in C# for our software. …

i have a laptop vaio vgn-cs 17g which is having 2 gb of DDR2 ram of elpida printed EBE21UE8ACUA-8G-E on it and quotes (ELPIDA TAIWAN 2GB 2Rx8PC2-6400S-666) i wish to use a 2 gb ram on the other so-dimm port to get a total of 4gb of ram for win …

So I just got this brand new laptop (a Sager 5125) as a birthday present, and it comes with an Nvidia Geforce GT 330M graphics card, as well as a standard Intel GMA card for battery conservation. Pretty neat, huh? I tested out some demanding games that I borrowed from …

Hi, I have a DELL 5150 inspiron and for some reason i can no longer burn dvd's?? I have a single drive. Maxtor 7L250S0 HL-DT-DT DVD+-RW GWA4164B The location for both drives are both (0) I have used convertxtodvd and the error message is something like another program is accessing …

Hi guys, I move to uni tomorrow and I'm going to be doing a course that will require a lot of multitasking between applications. I decided a triple monitor setup might not be a bad idea. I do game a little bit but more so on my 360, so basically …

my NEC lcd monitor 1700v turns on and off in a split second, do you thinks it is the on off button? do you think I need a ned board and if so where do i get one?

Ok I have a KDS 19" Xtreme flat display monitor.. For some reason it has stopped displaying red.. Greens & Blues still display.. I've switched it to a second computer and it does the same thing. The monitor from the second PC works properly on first PC.. This tells me …

I'm still here at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2010, and just had the chance to try out something cool. The Intel Atom processors are lightweight x86 processors for use in a whole range of small devices. And being x86-based, they can run modern desktop operating sytesms. At the beginning …

Hello, all. I'm a relative amateur when it comes to all things IT related so I'm hoping I can find some much needed assistance here. I'll get right to specifics. Motherboard: MSI G31TM-P35 Chip: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 Dual Core RAM: 4GB DDR2 Power supply: Dynex 400W Monitor: Dell …

I just bought it recently and I keep getting Blue Screen with that code every time I run heavy applications.In my attempt to fix it I have updated my drivers already, here are my specs CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, 2199 MHz 2GB's of Ram and …

First of all Thank you for reading my post Here is the Basic Information that I know of my computer. CPU AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+, 2199 MHz 2GB's of Ram Current Video Card ATI Radeon X1550 Series (256 MB) I want to Know Which would be …

I recently acquired a Toshiba Satellite M45-S355. It was actually given to my wife so I have taken on the project of trying to get it running. It also came with an external hard drive. When I originally tried to boot up the computer all I got was the Toshiba …

Hi all. I'm having some difficulty getting some hardware info I can get the Hdd serial, and CPUID. [code] string cpuInfo = string.Empty; ManagementClass managementClass = new ManagementClass("win32_processor"); ManagementObjectCollection managementObjectCollection = managementClass.GetInstances(); foreach (ManagementObject managementObject in managementObjectCollection) { if (cpuInfo == "") { //Get only the first CPU's ID cpuInfo …

Today i tried turning off my computer, everything went normal, it shutdown and everything then the lights went off. but about 5 seconds the lights began flicking on and off, and siginal where being sent to the monitor also (because the stat' light was turning on to orange), when i …

Hey all I recently upgraded my old processor and motherboard to relatively newer products. Old processor: [url]http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20515-515J%202.93%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PE0771M.html[/url] Old motherboard: [url]http://www.superwarehouse.com/Intel_Desktop_Board_D945GPM/BOXD945GPMLKR/p/1481364[/url] New processor: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846[/url] New motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130266[/url] The operating system was Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP2. Monitor: [url]http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/computers-peripherals/monitors/lcd-monitor/LS19PEJSFV/XSG/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification[/url] The video card I use is [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130335[/url]. Power supply: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194007[/url] The card …

hello can you help me...My AVR(radius) gets into smoke when i plug my computer speaker... my avr have 110V and 3outlet 220V at the back...my monitor AOC has power rating 100-240V but there is tag on it's chord says 10A125V...my monitor plug it at the back of my AVR 110V..and …

hi, I am having problem with my Hp nc6000 laptop. If powered on(ie when the adapter is plugged in), the LED on the charger blinks rapidly and the coolant fan spin awhile then stops. I am led to believe that this is probably caused by a short somewhere on the …

hi sorry for bothering u. i had had bluetooth on my toshiba laptop before(built-in) but i had a problem with laptop screen 2 months ago so they changed it but without format. a few mns ago i was trying to use bluetooth for the first time after my laptops recovery …

Hello all, I am about to receive a Vaio Laptop (PCG-FXA63) and was wondering what upgrades were available. Does anyone know if it can hold a 1GB of Ram? Is it worth upgrading or should I just resell it? Just wondering, any info from anyone would be appreciated. :lol:

HI, Im in BSCS 1st semester we have to prepare a presentation on any topic related to computer hardware or networking can u help me in choosing the topic and also plz give a little guide on your suggested topic. thanks

Okay, I will tell you upfront I have taken very few formal classes in terms of computer hard ware and bios settings and the like. That being said, I'm a problem solver. I love being able to tackle a problem and wrestle it down with understanding and finally beat it …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]16979[/ATTACH]AMD’s acquisition of ATI has finally come full circle. It is officially time to say goodbye to the ATI brand. In an official announcement today, AMD reveals that they will ditch the ATI moniker in favor of their own. Market research indicates “permission”, as AMD puts it, to consolidate the …

hi i was wondering how to make my computer run two screens so when im in games i can look behind me aswell as infront and wen on desktop scrol my mouse all the way across so here the spec: i was told i need 2 buy a nother duall …

Every August, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) holds a two-day symposium known as Hot Chips on the campus of Stanford University. If you've ever walked around the Stanford campus in August, you'd know how appropriate that term is. It's a gathering of some very smart people with …

Ive just recently bought the Nividia FX5500 128mb my PC spec is 2200+ AMD Athlon 512DDR 2100 300w PSU Asrock k78XE I had a Geforce FX5200 128mb. I took that one out and replaced it with the FX5500. I booted up the PC loaded k installed drivers and then that …

My HP laserjet 4m has died and I have resurrected my Kyocera FS 3750. The problem is that the Kyocera has only a parallel port. Any clues on how I connect it to my G4? I thought I was very clever and purchased a USB/parallel bridge cable only to find …

I have a Gateway M675 PRR laptop. It boots but i am experiencing a fan error. It has three fans but I notice that only the two smaller fans are running, the main one does not run at all.I am wondering if the problem is in the motherboard as I …

Hi to all, I currently need help ,we have a case study assignment , so far i need some information on how to implement this kind of network plan, for example what hardware and equipment would be necessary to satisfy the network needs.any info would be helpful thanks So far …

I have two computers at home connected through a Koenig 10/100 switch. My problem is that if I copy something large that takes more than a few minutes to get through the connection drops. It also happens when I download something to the other computer. #1 PC has Vista SP1(fully …

Hey all, I have an LCD monitor that is just over a year old and has recently started to exhibit some pixel errors. I have 2x 2-pixel wide vertical lines (1 red, 1 blue), 1x 1-pixel wide vertical line (green), and 2x 1-centimeter wide vertical areas that show these errors. …

I have a hp pavilion 9720us laptop. I have the error message operating system not found. It was woriking perfectly until I inserted a usb flash drive. It then went to a black screen with the error message operating system not found. I have tried taking the cmos battery out …

I have purchased a new laptop, Acer Aspire 5738z a year ago. Since the second month of using it, I wondered why the maximum Graphics Memory in Use is 128 MB... Am I misunderstanding what "up to 1244mb Mobile Intel GMA 4500m" means? Thanks in advance... [QUOTE] Intel(R) Graphics Media …

READ IT ALL BEFORE YOU START ************************** A possible workaround for the IDE #1 ERROR when using a Cable select (CS) drive in a Toshiba laptop. Once this modification is carried out the drive is accessable for flashing as a master/slave or region free (RPC1) subject to the F/W being …

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I have bought an assembled PC from a shop which supplied motherboard ASUS P5KPL AM-PS They have supplied only one DVD rom drive but i want to have two different Dvd rom drives.They say this motherboard does not have option to fix two Dvd rom drives (cd drives) at one …

Hello, I have a Gigabyte motherboard Model GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH Chipset VIA-P4M800 Pro, Intel 2.6 GHZ Celeron processor,I have 2 cd/dvd drives,4 harddrives,2 gig DDR memory,Radeon X1650 series, Running windows xp home. I am wondering if I can upgrade my power supply from 300 to 750 watt? If you need the model …

Hi, I have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron E1505. A few weeks ago I noticed that my battery was nearly dead and wasn't being charged by the laptop, despite having the AC adaptor plugged in (and the battery was cool to the touch, so no power was even going …

This is a post for all the people that come here looking for help. Sometimes people don't post everything we'd need, and a lot of information keeps on getting reposted (an annoyance to everyone I'm sure.) So, I'm creating this post for people to be sent to so they have …

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Hey, I hope this is in the correct place and that someone will be able to help out. I have an old computer, where I installed ubuntu 9.10 on and it told me that my 80Gb WD hdd was failing imminently. So I went and bought a 500Gb SATA hdd …

Hi everybody, I've just switched the the wonderful Mac world but I have an issue with my exWindows external harddrive. I have been using my Hitachi USB2 harddrive on windows XP without any problem. When I acquired my Mac I backed it up and reformated it in HFS+ (journaled) from …

Just replaced motherboard, cpu, ram. Knew enough to set bios to cd/rom to first. Now it won't boot up, won't start windows normally, and won't go into safe mode. It just repeatedly restarts. Other info: using the old ide cable from cd to hdd to motherboard. Asus manual recommends a …

when I start up my computer, it boots fine, it gets to the windows loading screen, then my screen turns black and says: off mode in 5 seconds, I wait a while when it in off mode and it comes back on an displays a blue screen that says this: …

Hi All, I have installed Vmware GSX server 2.5 on IBM Dual [font=Helv][size=2]1.13GHz CPUs plus 768Mb RAM. This server is running W2k3 standard edition. After that i have created 2 fresh installation of Guest OSs (W2k3 Stand. Edt.).[/size][/font] [font=Helv]Everything is working fine but facing problem with mouse movements which is …

so last week i replaced my aged 6600gt and got a 9800gt in preparation for sc2. my problem is it crashes and totally powers off my pc mid-game. so far it hasnt crashed on warcraft 3 and work fine unless i play some games like sc2 beta, portal, doom3 roe. …

I have been asked to buy dvd printer for my company. The print media to be used would be blue ray discs and the volume of prints required is approx. 50 per day. Which brand would be better? Some of my colleagues are recommending me ‘primera’ but are not sure …