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I am a software developer and I own a desktop as well as a laptop. Mostly I use the desktop as it is better in performance and has a better configuration then the laptop. But when I have to give a demo to the customer I have to take my …

When try to play certain videos, with Nero Player it gives Error "Direct Draw Acceleration is not comaptible to play video" Upon going to dxdiag it shows under diplay mode no device is availble. In note it says "The system is using the generic video driver. Please install video driver …

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My colors are becoming more pink/violet ? Does anyone know what is the problem? I tried to make a screenshot but on other displays the colors are as they should be. I tried moving the wires here and there but the same things remains. I have a samsung 940NW, Geforce …

hi , I'm in Asia Pacific zone. Sri lanka. I planed to buy n620c compaq laptop. But the prices are seems to be very high. Their price is near 440 $. Second hand but they promise me to give the brand new battery for the same price. Is that worth …

Hello all. Building a new computer, got everything working but the power supply isn't powerful enough and when anything CPU or video intensive runs the computer will shut off. I have a 500W PSU now but I was wondering how much larger to get without frying the system (if that's …

I'll try again... Does anyone have any ideas? Tiger on a G4, with a second drive, rebooted last week with a dialog saying "you need to restart..", with a power button graphic behind the dialog. Tried to restart several times with no luck. I then booted into safe mode. When …

I am trying to install a new DVD drive in my computer and I wanted to know how would I go about doing this. Do I just put the drive in an open slot and then do all the connections and go on the computer and click on Detect New …

Dear All A friend of mine gave me a Travelmate 2500, PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Relase 6.0 Notepad and I discovered that it has a problem - it will not boot and gives error msg “operating system not found”. The disk is not registering in BIOS and so I opened the laptop …

I have a customer who's dell dimension computer's hardrive failed. Obvious constant clicking. I replaced the hardrive and reinstalled the OS Windows XP Pro. Customer had the computer back only a week with the same issue a second time. I then rebuilt another newer Dell Dimension for the customer and …

I haven't wanted to ask anyone this for fear of sounding stupid. I have a PC running an AMD processor and a geforce video card. It's hard to find mobos with that combination. Most mobos that I like have an AM3 socket but an ATI Radeon video chipset. I don't …

Hi, I have Acer Travelmate 2700, bought a year back.I have just started experiencing a power related problem. When I am trying to boot the laptop on AC Power,it struggles a few times and then boots normally.But after some time (varies from 10 min to a couple of hours) the …

Please Read, it is related to this forum section. System Specs: CPU: Pentium D (dual core) 3.2Ghz Video Card: Evga 8800GTS 320MB Superclocked Ram: Kingston KVR667D2N5/2G (one stick of ram) Motherboard: Asus P5QL/EPU Hard Drive: 250GB Western Digital (IDE) OS: Windows XP Media Center Edition 32bit PSU: 600w OCZ SilentxStream …

I need i drive for Mac Cube G4 CD+DVD ROM. Does anybody have any for sale? My got stuck with a cd in , and not repairble. Thanx

I was born at a very early age... And after that I got into extreme sports and IT. Now in the other order. Mainly a hardware/systems/network engineer chappy but have been known to wade through perl and C, etc.

I realize this sounds like a repeated question, but so far 2 days of searching the web has gotten me no solutions to my problem. First, the equipment I do and do not have. NEW WD SATA-II HDD to replace a dead IDE drive. Asus P4s800d-e deluxe mobo DVD/CD burner …

hi, i just got a dell d600, the thing is that there is a bios configuration password on it . it can bootup to windows alright but i cant change any thing in the bios setup. it is really anonying as it is making the system perform very poorly. i …

hi guys.. I have successfully dismantled my pentium 2 hitachi yesternight. I wanted to clear the cmos via switching 2 jumpers or via its cmos battery but i dont know what it looks like in a laptop board. Im looking for this word cls, clspwd, pwd, cmos, on the board …

I am having huge problems with my laptop charger - the connection has gotten very loose, but I am not sure if the problem is with the cord or the laptop pin that the cord connects with. I need to jiggle the charging cord around to find a spot where …

Ok I just got a new nVidia Geforce 9600 GT graphics card and I can't seem to get the sound to work and I have an HDMI cable plugged into my graphics card. My pc shows no playback devices. How do I get the sound to work?

Is it OK to charge a few (2) mp3 players via USB on the same computer at the same time? Will be put too much of a load on the circuitry of the computer?

Hi guys, I have recently bought a new motherboard (not a state of the art) and it has a g31/g33 chipset built-in. Not too sure what the model of the mobo is but the problem i seem to have is that when i got the mobo it had 128mb video …

Hi all, I have a 21" Dell Ul;trascan monitor which recently leaving 'shadows' or 'stains' on screen. I called our IT guys to check it out and they pronounced it past it's sell by date. They just delivered me a new one this morning - this time it's a Samsung …

sir, i am a student of software programming, i am very comfartable using c++ but i dont know about hard ware programming. please tell me how to do hardware programming i want to learn. razi .

Sir how to start hardware programming in c++, i am student of software engingeeing. I want to groom myself in hardware programming. Plz help me how i start it. Waiting. My email address is SNIP

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hey everyone, just signed up here cos i've realised i know much less about pcs than i thought i did... i thought it was about time i upgraded my OS from windows 98 but didn't want to pay any money so borrowed my parents installation discs for Windows ME. i …

Hey everyone. I'm going to be building a new machine soon, and don't really know what fan/heatsink to go for. It's going to have an AMD Phenom 2 quad core black edition CPU, and I've heard they overheat easily (correct me if I'm wrong), and wanted to get someway to …

Just recently bought more ram for my powermac g5 - Specs: Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Machine Model: PowerMac7,3 CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.1) Number Of CPUs: 2 CPU Speed: 2.3 GHz L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB Memory: 3.5 GB Bus Speed: 1.15 GHz If anything it seems slower …

I have sims 2 on a dvd cd, and it doesnt open up as autorun on my computer, which doesnt let me install the files however, when i do insert the cd into the drive - it does open what is contained in the cd - and whenever i click …

I wanna build my own computer and i am not sure on what case to get. I want a case that will be able to fit what ever parts I eventually choose and will be easy to upgrade. Cooling is one thing i would obviously want it to do well. …

I recently had to replace my mobo and now my Radeon X 800 PCI-e works fine while in Windows XP or surfing, or reading emails, etc. but as soon as I open up a game software (doesn't seem to matter which one) or my DVD player the screen goes garbled …

my problem is this: [I][B]Assemble your own PC with the compatible hardware; (with picture and steps)[/B][/I] could you give me the answer as soon as possible, thank you...

Hey everyone. My friend works at a manufacturing company where they make some medical equipment. They were getting rid of some things at work and she brought me a 3m Microtouch Controller ([url]http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-3M-MicroTouch-Controller-EXII-1020SC-w-13-8211-06MA_W0QQitemZ220492052899QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335659b9a3#ht_500wt_1182[/url]) . I would like to do something with this. How would I go about putting this in …

Hi all. I'm currently in the planning stages of starting an IT business and would like to elicit some advice. The business will be similar to a "Geek Squad" service that will focus on residential and small-business customers. Services will include: virus/spyware removal, security tune-ups, hardware/software installation, networking, data backup/recovery, …

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'm not a gamer, I *only* play a 9 year old game, Counter Strike 1.6. But lately, it's been performing very poorly. Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz Nvidia 7300LE 256MB 1 GB DDR2 RAM I know the stats are terrible, but they're good enough for a TEN year old game. I'd …

Hello folks, I hope that I'm posting the thread in the right section lool Well my problem is that I don't know a lot in network hardware devices, and unfortunately I need to work on one of those networking devices. I'm working on a project where the outcome should be …

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 …

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Hey all, I'm a computer Eng. student. I do seriously need a graduation project idea so I can start working on it! I've taken these courses: C++ Object Oriented Programming Data Structures Computer Architecture Microprocessor 8085/intel Computer Interface Hardware what I like the most: c++, microprocessors & Hardware. Any ideas …

Hi there, i do have a weird problem here pls anyone can help me i really appreciate it, i do have an internet cafe shop, and when one of my client hang up all of my network connection is gone so i unplugged the lan cable and turn off the …

My laptop has avira antivir V9.0.0.407. But everytime i shutdown and restart my computer the time gets changed. I have tried changing the battery and have done the virus scan like 3 times today. But the problem still prevails. My OS is Win XP SP2.

I am looking for a bezel / faceplate for a laptop cdrw/dvd combo drive - the model is Quanta (QSI) SBW-242C. Any suggestions about where I might be able to buy one?

I have a IBM A22m laptop that won't boot up. When I hit the power button I see about a 1 second flash in the screen. I tried a different power supply, and took the battery out and put it back in etc. , and the battery light blinks. Not …

Hello, sorry if this the the wrong section, as I didn't see any others that would fit the description. But the jack for the local area connection in my computer does not work, usually when you plug in a cable it lights up, it doesn't. I've tried different cables, and …

I have GeForce 7300 GT graphics card installed on my PC. A Game is saying OpenGL video driver not found. Can someone give the location of the driver ? Does GeForce 7300 GT Support OpenGL ? Thanks, Rakesh

I am 99% sure this is video adapter related but i wanted to post here just to get a little input from the community. Dell e1705 uses ATI 1400 Mobility module/adapter the video will come up on the LCD occasionally hitting the FUNC crt/lcd with an external vga monitor attached, …

I am building a new computer using Windows XP Pro SP3. I have a Biostar G31-M7 TE motherboard with a BIOS dated 4/10/09. I'm using a new Acer X203W monitor. I've loaded all of the drivers supplied by the component manufacturers. My problem is getting the system to go into …

Hi Guys! Just wanted to check something with whoever can tell me, I want to install vista HP on a new 1.5TB harddrive which i plan to purchase, However, I wasnt entirely sure if it is possible or not to install it using the entire harddrive, and not have to …