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Please tell me what causes a specific model of IBM PC to crush when connected to the network, after installing customized image from the server, the machine works fine when not on the network, but once connected to the network the last day to a week, it crushes? Help!!! thanx
So Heres my story... My System shuts off either while im running things for a while(if they require little ram) and it is very predictable. Common things I try to do that kill it are... Play Half-life, Doom 3, Quake 4, Farcry, and S.T.A.L.K.E.R These as you know use alot …
my pc's specs Athlon 64 (V) 3400+ 2.2 GHz 1600 MT/s (mega transfers/second) Socket 939 Chipset integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Motherboard Manufacturer: MSI Motherboard Name: MS-7184 HP/Compaq motherboard name: AmethystM-GL6E Memory Component Attributes Memory Installed 256 MB (1 x 256) Maximum allowed 4 GB* (4 x 1 GB) Speed …
Hey all, I just built myself a new machine and I think there's an issue with my video card. I put it all together and when I turn it on I hear the sounds I expect to hear (no OS, so no start up sounds yet). But my monitor remains …
For Christmas I recieved a Toshiba M115 notebook. I never thought I'd be on the go so much with it, so I thought it's casing would be fine. However, the bottom of the notebook scratches my arm when I'm wearing a t-shirt when I move around. If anyone here has …
I have an old Toshiba Satellite 1750. I am in the Miami area and hurricane season is starting. I put together an external battery pack of two 12 volt sealed lead cell batteries in series putting out 24.4 volts. I pluggedi it into to the external power port of the …
I recently installed my zip 650 cd-rw drive on a newer computer with windows xp. I did not install the roxio software (easy cd & direct cd) because Iomega says it will not work on xp, and Iomega is too cheap to support us with download upgrades! I can buy …
IDE Hard drive, nVidia 7900GT, 500 power supply, IDE DVD rom? I'm aware that this probably isn't the right place to post this, but I didn't see anything in the Hard Ware section dedicated to general help. I'm getting all of those tommorow (If I'm lucky) and will probably need …
hai i am doing a small project. can write program that listen to usb port? if suppose an device is connected to usb port a message should come describing the nature of the device connected? is this possible in c? if not can you suggest me how to do this? …
need some help on a few things... i have a Dell x300 notebook and i want to upgrade 2 a pentium 4.. can i? do graphics card go in notebooks? if so would a GeForce 6800 or ATI Radeon X850 fit? you've probably guessed i don't have a clue about …
Hi , im working with ISA I/O card. previously i have only done communication through serial port and that was pretty simple using c++ as well as visual basic. now i hav no idea about how to communicate with this hardware throug ISA slot .for now i simply want to …
hi everyone, i would like to do a project in c where i can control hardware devices using c programming. where can i get the material(how to start n what are the prerequisites).plz help me
Maybe this is just me but it seems like despite the fact i am getting older and starting to know some things that they don't my parents still do not listen and belive me about things. Especially when it comes to computers which i do know more about then them. …
Hey. I was planning to upgrade from my rubbish Radeon x600 to a better one, either a Nvidia 8800 or Radeon HD 2950 XTX (when it comes out). The thing is, the power connector to my computer says '250V' on it. Is this how much power the computer can take …
hi i am planning to do a project on allowing a person to access something based on his thumb impression as password.... i want to know wich device i can use... and on which domain i can implement it.... and also i want to add some features for it i.e. …
Hello, This Monitor will power on the backlights for 2 sec then shuts off. (You can stilll see the display with a flashlight), I had read about some dells doing the same, and the dude changed a fuse. I am not so lucky, this board has 2 of those fuses …
Hey, Recently I've been getting messages saying that iTunes cannot play music files, and when I try to open the Volume Control, it says that "no mixer devices are installed." It then tells me to install new hardware...but I HAVE a mixer device attached, so why? Any help on this …
I am going to build my own computer and I need some help fnding components. I need a VERY fast [U][B]AMD[/B][/U] processor (no more than $1500) I also need a very good [U][B]ASUS[/B][/U] motherboard (no more than $1500) And an excellent graphics card (no more than $1000) (Best I've seen …
Hello Everyone, I have three hard disks installed in my system 1.Samsung 40Gb ultra ATA HDD 2.Samsung SATA 80 GB HDD 3.Segate SATA 250GB HDD Added in the order given above.When initially disks 1 and 2 were installed everything was fine.The problem started when the Segate 250 Gb HDD was …
can anyone please tell me how does the "shuffle" or the "random" mode of the cd player works??? or name of any site where i could find relevant infor:?: mation......
I'm upgrading our old system Dell 2550 to Dell 6650. I've two SCSI cards "Adaptec AIC 7892" seated in the PCI ports on Dell 2550. These cards are attached to a Dell 4000 and Dell 7000 Tape Libraries. I tried to put these cards in Dell 6650 but unfortunately Dell …
Hi guys, Hoping somebody could help me with a problem I have, my PC is starting up, I get one beep, but thats it. No signal to the monitor and it doesn't even load up fully. I have tried resetting the battery, and unplugged my HD to see if it …
Hi, I have 2 extra very fast fans (I dont know exact RPM though) which I can put anywhere inside my cabinet. The problem is that I cant figure out where to put them exactly so that it will cool my processor properly. Here is my config and temp on …
I have an old acer computer lying around It's got a AMD K6 300 in it with 64megs of ram and a 6.5 gig hard drive. My friend showed me this really cool game called HALO by microsoft. I wanted to know how to setup a game server either on …
Hello Everyone, I have an old (3 years) Compaq Presario 2500 (p/n DP662AV) laptop that was working fine until my son spilled a cup of water in it. He then proceeded to turn it off, clean up the outside, pack it away in its case, and not tell me about …
Hello, I am a senior in highschool and i must make up my mind what i want to do in life, im leaning towards computers, or music, computers being the more financially sound I am interested in computer engineering. I have taken computer science for 2 years, but i did …
hi, i am new to this forum. i'm learning computer hardware on my own. the problem is that i am not certain about the procedures regarding the installation of drivers for a device. so kindly help me with this..
hi, i am new to this forum n this is my first thread. i am learning computer hardware on my own. now, problem is that i don't exactly know how to changing or assigning resources. now, kindly help me with this.
I'm pretty stumped here. my Win 2k machine has been running for years with two CD-RW drives, no probs. One day, after booting up, I got an error saying that config/systemd was corrupt. OK, so I did what Microsoft recommends and fixed it. After that, I got "hardware not found" …
There is an amd processor that I believe to be oddly priced (But what do I know) here is a link [URL]http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=33334904&source=EWBBASE&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=33334904[/URL] Of course I have no intention of buying it. :)
I have a Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-109.. from a sony vaio machine. I replaced the motherboard and installed my own version of XP... Now though my dvd-rw isn't working properly it will read cds and burn cds but I am having trouble with it working with dvds windows device manager says …
Hi. Hope someone can help me? I'm quite IT literate, so normally don't need to ask for help, but hey, here goes... I use a Dell, with a Dell Monitor. 19" CRT. Now then, I was in Google Earth - was working fine and have had no problems at all …
Was on the rocks about which server to choose. Here were the options: [LIST] [*]Dual Xeon 2.8 - 2 gig ram - 2 10k 73 gig SCSI [*]Dual dual core Opteron - 2 gig ram - 2 160 gig SATA [/LIST] The question I had was; Is the performance gain …
Ok...I installed my graphics card a few weeks ago and I now recently have been having a pop up start coming up when I start windows. It says windows detects new hardware...so i goto the hardware manager I read the ? in the tabs and see is the graphics card …
So I just installed a computer game on my PC about a week ago. I go to play a game I already have installed and I find out that my DVD/R and CD/RW drives are not being recognized by my PC. I have been looking all over the place for …
When i buy my new case is there any installation procedure you have to do to the LCD temperature display where do i plug it in Cheers Bondi007
Hi, im making this post for a friend of mine and we'll be much appreciated if anyone can help. Hes just purchased a second Sapphire crossfire card to crossfire with his current one. Its been installed and setup. But when he come to play a game he either gets a …
Hi people, I have been trying to find a clear answer on this for a long time now without much luck... I have a Dell 0FJ030 motherboard with an i945P/PL/G/GZ (intel) chipset. Will this chipset support a CPU upgrade to a Core 2 Duo 'Allendale' E4400 processor? I don't want …
Hi, I need a new fan for a e-GeForce 7300 GT, 256 pce-e Mine is grinding very badly. I've been to the evga web site, and called retailers with no success. Would it hurt to run it without the fan? Mike
any one who knows how to control devices for example LED's connected to parallel port using java programming please show me how from the very beginning
Hi guys, has anyone got a picture of what an internal notebook dvd drive component layout should be? One of the springs fell out and i dont know where this part should sit. Its a pioneer DVR-K06/1 dvd drive. see picture attached.
Hello to all the respectable IT experts. i am new to IT, now i am facing a problem to active or inactive a simple electric system through computer. i have no idea where to start the solution. this problem is just for learning that how to control hardware through computer. …
I acquired a Sony Vaio VGN-S150 laptop, and basically it was dropped onto a carpeted floor. Only problem now, is that it is very inconsistant when it comes to starting-up. For the most part, the power comes on, the hard drive and cooling fan start-up, but there's no sound or …
Im looking for a TV tuner card which is completly compatable with Windows Vista's media centre As many of the below as possible on one card: - Dual tuner - Free view - Digital - Remote - Time shift capable - PAL version (UK) The spec of my PC is …
How much of Cisco handware is in the IT infrastructure worldwide?
Well just this emulater and pretend your using it! [url]http://almighty.c64.org[/url] What a grand Machene :)
I have a Dell Dimension 4500 series desktop with 256mb of ram and I want to upgrade to 1gb. Im limited to only 512mb per each slot, but I could be wrong on that. I was wondering what kind of ram would you guys recommend and am I only limited …
I just bought a new Antec Earth Watts 500 power supply. I just installed it last night and I started hearing a noise (kind of like a cricket sound). It goes on for about 8 seconds then stops for a split second then 3 short cricket sounds and then the …
hello everyone i have a new generic stick mp3 player with 1G memory. After mistakingly formatting it in FAT32 and then back into FAT its memory shrunk from 1G to 500M. Its a generic piece with no manufacurer or serial number so there is no one to turn to. Does …
so if i buy a sweet soundcard, but my headphones are USB, will i get any benefit from the soundcard? or also, if I had a standard hookup, but hooked them into my speakers, would i see any benefit? heeelllllp
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