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A friend of mine bought a new LG 22" monitor, Model # W2252TQ as an " open box " but the driver CD was missing. I went to the LG website to get the drivers. I downloaded a file there that was supposed to be the drivers but all that …

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I've been using an Intel X25-M Solid State Drive for the past 6 months with out any problems. Last week, it suddenly became unreadable, I've tried formatting it with windows, and at 100% an error message pops up saying that it had failed. The drive CAN be recognized, but cannot …

Anyone here has experience making a PIC based pointing device that can interface with the PC using PS/2 mouse port? Can I have a look at an example of the codes and circuitry? I'm working on creating a prototype of a new pointing device, just as a uni project, and …

hi, i want to know how to check system spec (command line) in linux like right clicking "my computer" in windows and click on "properties" some system i know i can do #cat /proc/cpuinfo but how do i check like how much ram the machine has? some system i can't …

Hey guys. I bought a Laptop car charger the other day at a garage sale for a couple bucks. Since it was an IBM product and I had an IBM laptop it may work. There is only one issue. It's a 56 Watt charger and the laptop has a 65 …

Hello Everyone I just got a old Computer from my gf family. i got it for linux and who can turn down a free computer. It has been sitting for a while in there garage but was covered up and taking care of. They took the HD so i put …

Can someone please help me with repairing a PC power supply. My supply quit and I have been only partially successful. I found a burned out resistor on the board I replaced > a 5 watt 20 ohm and a bulging cap that I also replaced. When I try to …

Hello, I am new here and newbie about HDD and OS stuff thats why I am desperately searching for help everywhere and found this forum!Three days ago my OS win XP crashed, I restarted and it showed me message <windows root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe is missing please reinstall application above (or something like …

Hi, I have a brand new and unused but not boxed 140mm blue led fan. I would like to swap it for a 120mm blue led fan. I am in the UK, shipping it outside of the UK would be too expensive.

I'm trying to install the Rapid Rails that came with a new Dell PowerEdge 1850 server into a standard square-hole rack. The Dell Rapid Rails are just a little bit too short, about 1/2" or so. Are Dell Rapid Rails meant to install only in Dell-branded racks? I don't know …

Hi, I hope someone can help. I just purchased an HP a450y computer without a hard drive or video card. I place a WD 500GB HHD , new BFG GeForce 7300 GT 512MB AGP card and 2 stix of 1024 PC 3200 memory. I'm trying to load win XP Pro, …

After installing [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Desktops/Q_21832132.html#"]XP SP2[/URL] my Mesh computer will no longer boot, either normally or safe mode. Continual BSOD MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION Stop: 0x0000009C (0x00000004, 0x8054D5F0, 0xB2000000, 0x00070F0F) Machine ran fine until SP2 install. Have now tried to re-install win [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Desktops/Q_21832132.html#"]XP[/URL]. But get the error "Setup did not find any [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Desktops/Q_21832132.html#"]hard disk drives[/URL] …

I'm planning to buy a decent directX10 graphics card for my PC. But I'm confused which one would be the most effective?? I mean both in terms of Price and performance. I have budget around $100 to $150

Recently my Photo Booth on my Mac has not been working for me. Everytime I try to open the application it comes up with - ''Photo Booth cannot open because the camera is in use by another application. Close the application using the camera and then try opening Photo Booth …

I have read other people having probs with 98SE, please help. 1. i have added a 128ram to machine PC133 which i assume is to fast as the PC only reads 68ram of it, can i get a slower 128ram. Also i added a usb pci card but in system …

I've just bought an external monitor for my laptop and use an external mouse and keyboard but because of problems which may be unrelated I'm wondering whether it is okay to have the laptop closed while it is operating? It takes up much less space that way when I don't …

I bought a system with 3 SATA hard drives. Drive 0 is the main drive where Windows and all the files and other programs are. Drive 1 and 2 are in a RAID 1 array. They are supposed to be mirroring drive 0. That is the point. How do I …

I have a Thinkpad T30 (5 years old) running XP Pro, SP3. T30 will take a max RAM of 1024, and my System screen says it has 512. I was going to order another 512 for the other slot till I openned it up and found there are already two …

Yesterday morning, I was using my computer, then turned it off and went out for a while, when I came back home and turned my computer on, nothing happens except for the powering up. It does not reconized that anything is connected to the motherboard i.e. keyboard, mouse, monitor. Hard …

I'm new to this list, so please bear with me and forgive any dumb errors that I make. I've got an IBM 365XD laptop that had a main board problem. I've replaced the chassis with another 365XD chassis. All seems to be OK but it will only boot into suspend …

hi ive got a compaq presario 2500 and wanted more memory so i bought this(512mb pc2100 266mhz sodimm notebook memory)which the company said is corect for my pc although when i try to use the ram it wont even boot up ive tried all possible variations using two at same …

Hello Friends, I am a new member of this community & I need your help in selecting Graphics Card for my PC. My PC Configuration is as follows, .................................................................... [B]- Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 – 2.2 Ghz - Intel Original - 945 GCNL Board - 1 GB DDR-2 RAM …

I need AGP Video Card for my Hp Desktop, Slot 8x/4x for an old Hp that runs flawless. I'll be using a new Viewsonic Monitor #VX2235WM, The Monitor has both VGA and DVI Ports. Will not be used for games. I just make movies and surf the net with it. …

[B]Problem:[/B] After installing Windows Vista Ultimate on my self-built computer, I have encountered an issue with the display of Windows Vista Ultimate. [B]Hardware:[/B] Bios Version: Pentium 4 V88 P1.60 Prescott Motherboard Processor Type: Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00Ghz Processor Speed: 3000Mhz Microcode Update: F34/13 Cache Size: 1024KB Total Memory: 2048MB …

hi everyone i'm currently working on a project(an indoor location system) but i want to buy a kit or see what kits are already out there in the market , and then just add my new ideas and see what happens if it works itsgoing to be a life saver …

hi guys Iam thinking of installing the Nvidia 8500GT PCI-E 512mb but not to sure as to how my system will cope . The PSU Should be ok it is the chip Iam not to sure about because its only a AMD Athron 4200x2 dual core Processor any help would …

Hi frnds, i have microsoft USB mouse and Ps2 keyboard, during system startup the usb mouse doesnt work, i have to disconnect and plug it again then only it works, mouse is usb optical, i bought another mouse which is also usb and miscrosoft. It too doesnt work at startup, …

Hello all! I'm trying to add a WD 750G HDD to my system. I have a Silicon Image SiL3114 PCI SATA card, and I'm still booting from my IDE HDD. I initialized and formatted the new 750 while it was in an external case, and started moving some files onto …

hii everyone , i got two graphic cards 1)nvidia gforce 6600 and 2)asus 7200 i hv D955XBK motherbords in which it has given two pci xpress slots...(so that i can use both the graphic cards) i wants two use both the graphic at the same time for better gaming experience.. …

Need some help on my hp dv2000 The screen frame had broken so I changed it out with an old dv2000 that has a broke screen. The screen light worked before. I have had this problem before and disconnected the screen switch and fixed the problem but not this time. …

hi, I first had this problem when I installed a new game: rome total war. it installed fine then wen playin the pc just turned itself off. I was going to reinstall windows anyway so I started to do that. booted the machine from the cd rom an started to …

Hi guys, I am using the afore mentioned OS, and i have been experiencing Windows - Delayed Write Failure...etc very often. It only happens when i am playing a game (Cabal Online, lol). And it is rather frustrating as i built this computer just to play that game. When it …

Ok heres the deal ...i have a hp paviliion laptop dv9700 that i got from "questionable" sources but the price was right and i needed a comp. the problem is they used a dell recovery disk to restore it to factory settings but its not a dell so when i …

So basically I want to get some kind of screen to which i can connect my laptop for an extension of the desktop and also connect an xbox 360 to, and be able to switch back and forth. any way i can do this? to clarify, have one monitor act …

Hi. I need to get a new PC. Mine is 5 years old and starting to show it's age - I can't play any good games. :-) So, I need a computer to play games (Civilization IV, fantasy RPG's, etc...) and just for regular home use. Checking email, writing letters, …

I am looking to put a wall mount on this monitor. I can't find any info anywhere if it will work. [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001254[/url]

One of my kids caught the power cord and ( you know it) the laptop hit the floor. I caught it at the last second, so it didn't take a bad whack, but now the screen is all white. The laptop is fully functioning, and works on an external monitor. …

hi guyZz... Do you have any idea about the Pole Display...??? I have a project what's you called Point Of Sales System..... Then, I have a device/hardware that I want to connect it on my project... It is cash drawer, pole display and a card swipe...... any Idea how to …

My monitor used to work well displaying true colour(highest 32 bit).But recently the scrren flickers itself and the colour changes to dull or black and white.Mostly red colour becomes black.I checked the VGA pins, graphic card, plugged in everything properly but problem continues. P.S My monitor is an old one

Hi i recently got a new case and it has blue lights on it . My mum wants to know if thats going to cost her money in power and electricity . i think they are led lights and they dont cost much right. Anyone know???

I have a question about Bluetooth technology from Microsoft. I have purchased the mouse/keyboard combo and to much of my excitement, I am not impressed. I understand that the technology is based on saving battery power, but I am trying to stop that. My mouse or keyboard after a couple …

hi everybody..i would like anybody who can help me give an idea of any project that can use bluetooth as it's main objective.i have a bluetooth microchip and i don't have any idea how to use it.so please help me ;)

I recently reinstalled windows as it crashed on me,but since then i have been unable to use my bluetooth dongle with my mobile phone.(samsung d500) The problem is not the phone, but either my dongle not been recognised or the bluesoleil software/drivers not working right i guess?? The dongle is …

ok guys, i am persuaded, cheating is wrong, i gave an empty paper yesterday, and i am not gonna pass the class without understanding these hardware level cpu operations. you won!

[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_hierarchy[/url] Is this accurate? For example, whenever I am playing WoW directly from my iPod I realize that the application load time and (sometimes) run-time is much slower than if I were playing directly from my HDD. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something? Then again since its an application it is (mainly) …

Hey everyone, So, my question is as follows. I'm planning on building a new rig, & I'd like to put Vistax64 on it. However, I would also like to keep my old (XPx86) PATA HDD so I can have all my music, games, files, & such. My question is, what …

I purchased a hitachi 1TB HD and installed. i followed these instructions I found on Dell forums. The one thing I noticed is the HD has no jumper to set. Secondly, the computer recognized a new drive installed. I just cannot format it. I find no drive in my computer. …

Anyone know of any good hardware diagnostics software. Prefer it to able to test remotely as I work in a domain environment. Must be able to test at least the main components; CPU, memory, hard drives etc... What do you IT pros use?

I'm salvaging a Chaintech 7NJL6 motherboard, but can't find documentation for the system panel connectors for the power, HDD LED, power LED, case speaker, and reset switch. The panel has an 18-pin configuration - 9 on top and 8 on the bottom, with the next-to-last on the lower right empty. …