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Sony used to have game. Its hold on the console market anything but inscrutable, being down to a long standing dedication to technical innovation, game play and pricing. But could that all be due to change following the debut of the PlayStation 3, dubbed PayStation, at E3 last week? Not …
A quality power supply unit is a ‘must’ in a modern, high performance PC system. Cheap, generic units don’t supply stable enough voltages for highly demanding components, and introduce greater risk of failure which can put expensive PC components at risk. Choosing the unit to use can be a nightmare, …
There will doubtless be a lot of disappointed gamers, but it seems the Nvidia 6800 Ultra and the ATi Radeon X850XT are the 'end of the road' for AGP gamers. Those who have been waiting for updated and improved cards to arrive have been waiting in vain, it appears. Although …
Gateway currently holds about a 6% to 8% market share of PC sales in the US, and derives about 80% of its income from PC sales. After a lengthy period of unprofitability, the company has recently shown improvement, but is it enough to maintain its independence as a corporate entity? …
Last week, Intel announced a new chip design that promises less power use per unit time, along with embedded security and management functions. The goal is to provide a 3.5 times performance-per-watt improvement over today's single-core Xeon based server CPU. Intel's CEO Paul Otellini said that this new design goal …
Nigel Page, strategist for Microsoft Australia, has clarified the hardware needs for effectively running the upcoming Windows Vista. Speaking at Microsoft’s [url=http://apcstart.com/teched/pivot/entry.php?id=6]TechEd[/url] conference, he indicated the following in response to questions asked. Vista, we are told, is much more graphics focused. There is a fundamental shift from bitmap images to …
Mid last week, Intel and Matsushita announced that they are working on an 8 hour notebook battery solution featuring Intel's low-power consumption technology powered by Matsushita's lithium-ion battery solutions. Currently, (pardon the pun) laptops range anywhere from 3 - 6 hours, depending on what the users's power settings are. Users …
For many people, the trend in desk décor recently has been to reclaim the desk space. Flat panel monitors and small form factor cases or the placement of the system unit down off the desk top has given us room to spread all the paper computers were intended to eliminate. …
According to Information week, AMD and Intel have cut their prices on their processor platforms, anywhere from 10 to 30 percent on some models, such as the Centrino and Athlon64 X2 dual-core chips. This is interesting news, considering that there is a lawsuit in Federal Court in Deleware, where Intel …
Hardware development is starting to throw up new technologies to us as the arrival of Windows Vista draws closer. The next ‘shake-up’ is in the area of integrated graphics. High definition media content is the spur, and current solutions simply don’t handle it. Only a small number of high end, …
Has the next major upheaval in PC hardware reared it’s head? Every once in a long while, a new type of component arrives which dramatically changes how we consider our computers. The development of components such as video capture cards and TV tuners have added functionality, but that functionality is …
The appearance, in some online store catalogues, of the dual-core Athlon X2 3800+ processor marks a welcome new entry to the processor battles. Although not yet officially announced, the X2 3800+ is expected to have a clockspeed of 2.0Ghz and to have 2x512Kb level 2 cache. Expect it to retail …
A few weeks ago I had a lady bring in her new HP and her old, dead, giant desktop. She was obviously a heavy smoker, as EVERYTHING was covered in not just dust...but solid dirt. Like it was carpeted. I switched her data to the new computer, she left me …
Hi everyone, New to the forum looks a good place to learn and help other, so i thought id register and see if any of you guys can help solve my problem which has had me confused all day! I went ahead and created a new build. I used a …
Hi there, I've just purchased a barebones Shuttle PC (+components) and will be building it soon. However, I read a review that suggested the power supply provided (250w) was quite low. I was under the assumption that small form factor PCs can run with less power consumption than a standard …
Hi, I have Acer travel mate 290E series. I my Lcd screen was not working I have opned it and completed every thing bot not able to fix a calbe which is comeing from LCD Screem pannel (Black and White) beside normal VGA cable. This cale have round small tiny …
i have an intel based mother board 945 gccr (essential series) & i want to purchase a graphic card ................... (nvdia gforce8600gts and 8600gt,8500gt,8400gs) i think these cards are best....... (but these cards supports sli technology and i heard that in (sli technology) needs two slotes of pcie 16 x …
Hi I was on my computer Keyboard that has the roundplug in to the back then my kitten jump on and I threw him off (no I didn't hurt him) it made a weird beeping when ever I tried to type so I turned off my computer took it out, …
Im selling my old 9800 pro card with 256 bit and 128mb memory for 50$. The card works perfectly and only has some dust around the fan. Email if interested. Pics below [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/heter/fwefwfwefww002.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v624/heter/fwefwfwefww001.jpg[/IMG]
i'm going to overclock my Intel Core Duo 3.0, apparently you can get it to 3.6 without breaking a sweat. i already have five fans running and its well ventilated but i need some settings for the BIOS, the motherboard is a ASUS P5Q-E, i'm running windows XP Pro, SP3, …
Hello, I am new and appreciate being here: I Purchased a brand new ATI HD4350. The machine I am putting it in will not boot when It is inserted. (running XP Pro service pack 3) The machine is a IBM Thinkcentre Model M51 #8141. I was wondering if the card …
Hello people :-) I'm having a problem here. And I'm hoping someone can help me. I have downloaded Windows 7 on my PC and it works fine but I need a driver so that my internet can work. I have downloaded Driver Detective to find out what driver I need …
I was just trying to get a recomendation on what size power supply I needed for my system. AMD Phenom XII 940 3.0 GHz /w. factory heat sink GIGABYTE GA-MA790GP-UD4H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 790GX HDMI ATX SAPPHIRE 100259-1GL Radeon HD 4870 1GB 2 Sticks of DDR2 1066 2GB RAM Western Digital …
Hi all, I want to update my windows drivers. How to update all drivers. Any suggestion and help will be apreciated. With Regards, WS
I have recently build ten (10) Intel iMac, and have noticed that on a Monday most machines will be at least 5 minutes to fast. Becasue these machine are on a Windows Domain, user's are unable to login, I have to login as Administrator and change the time. If the …
I'm planning to buy a Mac Mini with a minimum of 2GB RAM. Its main usage will be for internet and word-processing (certainly no games of video streaming) but I also want to be able to use MacSpeech Dictate. If I have extra cash would I be better moving up …
Hey I was wondering since my computer can only have 2GB at the max and I have 2 slots for RAM. Would I be able to have 1GB in slot and 512MB in the other slot? Or would I have to have 1GB in each slot for my computer to …
I have a Mitsubishi Eye-Q CRT monitor and the geometry is not ok enymore . Colors are fine, picture is clear ,but the geometry is as if bended in the down part of the display .No correction helps . The bending is SLIGHT ( 1 mm ) but i am …
I wonder if anybody can tell me what my problem is. I have a dell Inspiron 9300 and it was working fine until a couple of days ago when I was working and without any warning about 5cm of the screen suddenly turned white in vertical strip from top to …
I am trying, unsuccessfully, to install a PCMCIA 4-port USB card into a Dell C540. The card is recognized, and drivers appear OK, but is isn't working with any USB devices. I am trying to isolate the problem to the Dell machine type (I have tried a couple of C540/C640s); …
Hi. I'm considering myself VERY lucky because my Sony Vaio was starting to act up (Display driver would quite functioning now and again, and PC would not always boot first time), so we got everything saved to an external disk drive, bought a new PC and I now have that …
Hi, is it possible for a monitor to be suddenly unable to display 1280X800 res in games? it's a hp 530 laptop with intel 945 chipset....until one week ago I had no such problem...thank You
i completed B.E(computer science engg) i got job in hardware and networking service.my questions is in this field there is growth in future. i get good jobs in future?.my friends telling you not go in this field.
Hi, I am a new member so it's great to find somewhere to find solutions to problems for computers. I have a fujitssu Siemens Amilo L7310G lap top and the power connector plug that pushes in to the lap top becomes very hot and is starting to burn and causing …
Can anybody tell me .How should i come to know that My computer is uses 32 bit means 2^32 virtual Addressspace.or 64 bits means 2^64 bit virtual Address Space.and this virtual space where exits RAM/Microprocessor.Kindly let me know the idea.
My voltage readings from my power supply seem to be off and it is starting to worry me, especially my 5V rail. PC Wizard 2009: +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : 6.91 V +12V : 12.40 Everest Ultimate Edition +3.3V : 3.47 V +5V : No reading +12V : 12.35 …
hi everyone, i'm having an issue with my fujitsu siemens v3505. basically, the thing was dropped and the backlight lightbulb got smashed. i managed to replace the backlight and i suppose i re-assembled it correctly. however, even though the screen works fine now, i'm getting a constant, high-pitched noise coming …
i dont know much about monitors or computers. i just got a viewsonic p815 for free. i have a emachines t3256 running xp with 2 gigs of ram and an athlon xp3200+ 2.21ghz. i only have 1 standard monitor port on my tower can i use the parralel port or …
I am selling a Brand new in box Sun Fire X4240 Server. 8 GB Ram (Upgradeable to 128GB) Two Six-Core AMD Opteron 2431 (2.4GHz, 3MB L2, 6MB L3, 75W) 4x 146 GB 10K 2.5" SAS drives supported This item is brand new only ever been used once to test it. …
I connect my laptop with a LCD display Samsung T240. My laptop HP 8510p has ATI mobility 2600HD graphic card. Connection between both is established with HDMI. OS is WinVista 32, SP2. The problem is my monitor often blinks (picture becomes black for a second, also sound is interupted). Before …
I would first like to appologize if I am posting this in the wrong forum, I am new to this board but I am finding it very informative as I have looked over it. Anyway my problem is that the 4,r,f,v, keys on my Toshibal Satellite M105-S3074 (running Windows XP …
This should be pretty simple, but I'm hardware illiterate! I moved our OLD Dell GX1 and went to turn it on, and now the light on the main switch comes on, but it won't fire up the monitor. I pulled the cover and found that the long, black/red wire from …
i got iPc osx and iatkos v5 last week..i try install both of them.it 100% complete install but after reboot i got kernal panic. anyone can guide me how to install it? which one can use for my cpu? my cpu specs.. (cpu-z and system profiler review ) CPU: x86 …
I'm in the market for a Blackbird or similar system, new or used, but the newer the better. Let me know. [email]jdietz@flash.net[/email]
I have been setting up a new Zotac IONITX-A motherboard in a computer I am building for a home theatre setup. However the on-board gigabit ethernet will not detect my cable to the switch. I have tried 3 different cables, every port on the switch, I took the cable off …
hi, can anybody help my fella cuz he is pulling his hair out!!! we have a pc and when he is playing online game world of warcraft the pc keeps disconnecting and turning itself off, it does not happen all the time it can be fine for a few hours …
I have a AMD phenom X3 8450 processor at 2.1 Gh on a decent motherboard, and have just installed a gtx 260 maxicore edition. will my cpu bottleneck my graphics card because if it is i am thinking about overclocking my pc
I have an old computer which I use for a dedicated function that still uses Windows 95. It's run for years doing its specialized DOS stuff and I have no reason to bear the expense of an upgrade. Recently my floppy drive failed and I can no longer transfer things …
for every once in three days i'm facing this problem. in the tool bar a icon appears saying "new hardware found" & i have already installed realtek... but when that icon appears in device manager there will be a sign '?' before ethernet controller, to overcome this i have to …
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