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what factors would you consider when selecting a SCSI drive? thank you in adnvance yas

I own an XFX 680ilt motherboard. I am considering an increase in ram (4gigs) but I need some guidance. The mobo is set for 800 mhz memory (which is what I have now), but even the factory tech at XFX stated the mobo BIOS could be overclocked to accept the …

Hi all I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM that my computer has and I was hoping that someone could help me out as to what RAM I should I get and how I determine whether it is compatible with my PC. My budget is $150NZD (maybe a bit more if …

I have an old PC with a Intel motherboard installed, and an Award Software BIOS identified as follows: [B]Award Modular BIOS V6.00PG, An energy star Ally BIOS ID String: 09/25/2001 - i810(e)- W8362-6A69MTRAC-00[/B] I tried to install a 80GB Seagate ATA harddisk but the disk autodetection feature from the BIOS …

ive got a geforce fx 5500 agp 8x..but my computer wont recognized it.. we try to install the card but it doesnt work.. what will i do to fix this.. thanx

Still cant resolve this problem-- tecra 8100 with sony crx700e cdrw drive. IDE1 error message upon bootup- reinstall the drive and it will work fine... only NOT on orig bootup. Common sense tells me if the drive works after reinsertion there has to be a fix. OS is WINXP professional. …

Got an ATI Radeon 9600SE for x-mas. However, when I opened my computer up I found that my AGP slot is 1x,2x and the new card will not fit. The new card states 4x/8x. Any suggestions on what I can do to upgrade my graphics so I can get directx9.0 …

hey guys i have the logitech x-230 speakers, btu for some1 reason one of them doesnt work, does anybody know how i can fix this? ps: im not very good at understanding thigns about computers so when you give me instructions please eb specific. regards.

Okay im going to build a new PC. I want it for programming/college/games (nothing too fancy, guild wars, battlefield 2 and c &c generals mainly) what do you all think of this? AMD X2 AM2 Dual Core 4200 (2ghz, 512 cache - per core) 1024Mb 667Mhz PC5400 240pin DDR2 RAM …

I am currently running Win98 and want to use Win2000. Questions about this...... 1. Can I just run the install? Like when I put the rom in... just go with it. 2. If I go with (1), will it uninstall win98 and just install Win2000? Or will Win2000 lay on …

i know how to build computers so i know what im doing but for sum reason im stumped! i had my computer for about 2 years and the harddrive just gave out on me a few days ago. i got a new on and put it right in to the …

I'm trying to burn a CD and the software program says the following:"No available CD-RW devices." I know my HP Writer is working fine. How do I get the software to recognize it? If someone could offer step by step instructions that would be great. Thank you. J

I have a system in mind, and it's almost ready to go, except for one thing - the power supply! I've been told that my rig will need a fair amount of juice, and that I need to be careful which PSU I buy. The first thing I was going …

Hello all, i have been looking at various posts, trying to find out if there is a location where i can find drivers for my ethernet controller. I actually need more than the ethernet one but i thought i might be able to get the rest after i am able …

Hi, i want to upgrade my old server. I have bought a new workstation dell one with Xp. Can i know what all cards are needed to make it a server. I have old server and want to replace it so i also want to back up the data. So …

Hey guys, i need a new case because my current one just does not get enough air flow goin through it. I would like to keep it under 100 bucks but if you really recommend a good one with a lot of air flow i would appreciate it. I heard …

I'm looking to upgrade my video card from a Nvidia GeForce 7300LE to something a bit better. My system specs are: Windows XP sp2 2gb ram 3.00ghz Pentium D cpu Dell 0WG864 Motherboard (i think that's all, tell me if there's something else i need to post) Which cards would …

Hello. :) Recently my PC's motherboard and PSU fried. Long story short: I had to have a new motherboard, PSU and HD fitted. I use a Digidesign MBox 2 for audio work and it is notoriously thirsty on power. It requires its own USB root hub for power and the …

I have the Microsoft Wireless Optical Desktop for Bluetooth. I have both a Bluetooth radio in my laptop itself, and the receiver supplied with the keyboard and mouse. In the past everything has worked fine on my computer. Recently i had to reimaged my laptop and got SP2 when i …

Hi all, I have an issue that I would love to see an answer for :confused: Here goes: I am running an Imagesetter via SCSI on a XP Pro SP2 machine. The RIP software that drives it runs well and so does the output device. However everytime I power on …

Hi Friends, I thought of starting a thread where we can get the best available specification(latest available ) for any PC or Network component(hardware). A a starting trigger i would like to know the fastest USB interface available for PC architecture and as well for Laptops.If anyone out there around …

Things you can do to keep your computer running smoothly. 1. Empty your recycle bin, delete the deleted files from Outlook, you can also delete files in your sent folder that are no longer needed. 2. Get rid of those cookies, they can take up alot of space. Marketers also …

[B]Please I need help. this is happening to me. I m trying to test my motherboard out of the case. The motherboard turn on, but I Realize that the bios dont boot up. im not sure if is a video card problem because my monitor screen seem off (Orange Led) …

Hello, I am trying to install a Geforce 8500GT onto an eMachine t6216 with geforce 6100 on board. The Card will not read no matter what, BIOS and shutting off on board does nothing. No image from new card. No new hardware detection. Tried two new cards. Expensive paper-weight or …

I just bought a Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard and AMD AM2 4800 processor. I rebuilt the machine and installed Windows XP SP2. Everything went fine. I installed a graphics card and then rebooted the machine. When I booted back up it gave me a boot error. I went into the bios …

I dissasembled my toshiba to clean and check out the power failure from the cracked connection. I reassembled it after just cleaning it and the monitor will not come on. I reseated the cpu and memory module, tried an external monitor, and tried a new memory module. No dice. I …

my computer crashed and i used a windows instialler sp2 to delete my current windows then make a new one after that , i conected my ethenet cabel but my computer informed me that my net work is dissabled or not working.So i went to devise manegement or watever then …

Can some advise me when running the above graphics cards in SLI Mode should the Bus PCI Express be x8 ? in the system information panel. Or do i have to go into the bios to set this to x 16. SLI is Enabled. Forceware:163.71 Memory 256MG Bios 5.73.22.15.1 IRQ …

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I have a Logitech keyboard and mouse combo - the lx500 unit. I have a P4 2.8ghz HT, 2gb ram and am running vista ultimate. For the past 2-3 weeks my remote unit - the unit that controls the keybd & mouse, the one with green lights on - intermittently …

[font=Arial][size=2][font=Arial]I have a problem where i will be working away at my pc and for some reason the screen just goes black. The PC doesn’t reboot or crash and is still running but the only way to fix the screen is by hitting the re-set button. On rebooting no error …

Hi. I use [URL="http://www.viewsoniceurope.com/data/62/447PRO.pdf"]Nokia 447PRO[/URL] ([U]NOT[/U] 447XPRO) and have 4 problems: 1 - There is no driver (inf + color profile) available (I bought it 2nd hand without the drivers & utilities CD) 2 - I've recently discovered that my graphic card isn't happy with my monitor's EDID 3 - …

Hey folks, Have a bit of a problem with my Logitech Quicam Sphere (Orbit). Seems it doesn't like tilting / panning, in any direction. I click tilt up, it does it, but if I click it again, nothing happens, and I can't move it again for another 10 seconds. Which …

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Hello I've been building a new computer and can't get it to POST. Nothing happens at all. None of the fans spin up for even a split second. No signs of life... I took it apart and realised I had inadvertently got some Thermal Compund on a few of the …

Previously posted a startup problem with my Tecra laptop. A friend finally got it to boot by basically twisting the base of it over the corner of a table. Will boot but randomly will lock up/freeze etc. Took it apart (luckily no parts leftover when done) and reseated all connectors. …

I have Dell GX 270 computer and I want to upgrade it to Win Vista I have been told that I have to install a driver so I can install Vista is that true? if yes I would like to have this driver thank you,

For some reason my old HD (40Gig) died and I bought a new one (80Gig) two or three days ago. I plugged it in, created the new partition and formated. But when I tried to install windows 2000 (because it's an relatively old, 1GigHerz Comp), it always says that there …

Hi I have Vaio VGN FS 115B. Its DVD ROM does not read most of DVDs so I could not use my recovery DVD after crash of my system. I have installed Windows XP and the problem is that most of the softwares are available on it's website but I …

I'm just trying to track down my sudden unexplained CPU usage. I started using "Process Explorer" and notice that when I'm having my CPU issues, that "Hardware Interrupts" are taking around 40-50% of my CPU. For instance, when I burn cd/dvd's, they take much much longer then they used to, …

Alright, I'm having a problem. I've seen other threads about this issue, but I just want to be sure about something. I'm sure y'all have answered a question on this hardware a billion times, but please help and bear with me... I have the Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller. It's awful! …

hey, I am a beginner in c++ and i think i have learnt a little about how the program functions... I have been able to write programs that can run only in the DOS mode and i cant even write a windows application but i now understand the program a …

Hi everyone! I have a problem with the old computer of my parents, i have installed windows ME and the PCI ehternet controller is not recognized by the system. I tried to find the drivers on the web but I failled....can you help me? the computer is a Fujitsu Siemens …

Ok pretty much i flashed the wrong bios and now it just powers on and all the blue light come on but thats it. my question is this..is there a way to reflaSH IT? I JUST HAD BABY WITH MY GF AND CANT AFFORD THE 398 THEY WANT TO FIX …

I just got a new motherboard, processor, ram, and video card. I gotta gigabyte KT600 motherboard, athlon xp 2600, 512 pc3200 ram, and a radeon 9600 se. When i tried to install windows XP the screen kept freezing where it says "starting up windows". Then i tried using floppy startup …

Hi all, just bought a new mo/bo and cpu today, threw it all in and now it has some real issues. When I press the power button, the case LED's and lights come on for about 5 seconds and I hear my video card's fan going, then it all goes …

We have two programs we use that require software keys to function. They are dongles that plug into the 25 pin female parallel port on the computer, and the printer cable itself plugs into them. Our laptop computers were just upgraded, but have only USB ports. I was hoping to …

I noticed a similar thread recently so my apologies if this appears to be a duplicate. The circumstances are a little different so that solution, (a quad graphics card) won't work for me. I have a client looking to implement 3 monitors on a number of PC's. They want a …

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[COLOR="Green"][/COLOR] I put my graphics card on right and i plug in my monitor in the screen shows up blank whats wrong with it? i need help!