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I recently had a brief back and forth with nizzy1115 about IDE channel sharing and how to set up drives on the channels for maximum performance. Since there isn't a "right answer", I was curious what everyone's take was. My opinion is that harddrives are used more often than optical …
I recently connected a crt monitor to an old rig. It works fine up till after the windows boot screen (ie. logon)...where it loses its picture and is black. Turning it on then off will make a big "No Signal" Show up! I can get into the PC however when …
My wifes office bought one of those all in one units. It refused to install the driver without upgrading Internet Explorer AND having full access to the internet. Never again will I buy another HP product.... I locked the access once the driver was installed and I used a tool …
Hello, Good day! How can I format an 80GB hard disk as fat32 and install winxp? Thanks!
Hello everyone! I recently bought a PC from Planet Computors for $2500 dollars. My old rig was a really bad eMachines. I was looking at the new Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 512 MB, I was just like .. wow ... if I had the money. So I know that my …
The wires from my case are as follows Power LED + , Power LED - , Reset SW (2 holes) , HDD LED (2 holes) , and then there is a seperate wire listed as Power SW, and it has 2 holes. The motherboard pins are as follows: HDLED+ , …
Hi, I'm new to this community so I would like to begin by saying hello and thanking everyone in advance for their advice. I have encountered a problem with my pc. Well it began when my usually quiet CPU fan started making a loud noise and I also noticed that …
I had my hp presario ze4300 lockup yesterday & I wasn't able to turn it off, so I pushed the rest button underneath. The computer will now not power up at all, with or without the power cord plugged in. Some points of interest. 1. Battery wasn't holding much of …
Hi there, Ok, I just recently upgraded to a new 64 bit SATA RAID system & the person who put it together took forever LOL There was something wrong w/ the XP drivers or something. Anyway, I'm on XP now instead of 2000 with 1 G Memory & I can't …
Here is a email i sent to the managing director of a big UK based company called Aria Technology (England, Manchester). So far i have had no reply: Dear Aria Taheri, My name is *******. Through my company (I am not going to disclose this) and also through my own …
Hey guys. Right now im running a Intel GMA 900 which is a piece of crap when it comes to playing bideo games. Right now im trying to get Age of Empires 3 to play ok which im stuck using at the lowest settings right now and even then it …
My benq 3000 notebook is now out of warranty, it died 2 months ago and under warranty installed a new HDD and heat sink telling me that the problem was casued by the heatsink being full of dust, and overheating, which I can believe, it is very dusty in our …
I have a 6600 GT AGP from MSI. I installed the new drivers after reformating my comp after a virus breakdown. After that any program runned by valve with the steam engine has missing text and graphics. This problem goes in and out. I go into like counter strike source …
Hi guys, ive just installed a new mobo and since then im getting a really bad framerate in World of Warcraft. Ive tried reinstalling my graphics card drivers (9800 pro) but still no luck. has anyone got any ideas?
here is my computer specs: Antec Neo He 550w Seagate SATA ll 160gig AMD 4200 Duel Core Nvidia xfx 7800gt 256mb ABIT AN8-ULTRA Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra OCZ Performance 2GB Windows XP i had just built it. when i turned it on, it was fine. after about 10minutes of …
Hello. I recently purchased a first generation Proliant DL760 off e-bay due to the fact that I needed a server of some kind, and thought that since it would have as high specs as a pc I could build for the same price, and would most likely be more reliable, …
Hi folks, I was pointed here by one of my more technical friends so my apologies if this is a ridiculous question... :o Basically I've had my PC for many years, the spec of which was as follows:- Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 System …
GRAND COMBINATION - POSSIBLE OR NOT...????? LAPTOP - USING ONLY MONITOR + KEYBOARD + MOUSE (SEPARATELY USB ATTACHED) PLUS DESKTOP COMPUTER CASE/CABINET ONLY - CONSISTING OF MOTHERBOARD, HARD DISK, RAM Respected Tech gurus nerds and dear friends Well I am having a desktop presently with 2 GB of RAM. (I …
My problem is I play lineage 2 online mutipler game. I am getting a low fps, and its not from my connection, cause my ping is pretty low. A friend I play with is also running 6600GT card and he is getting 60fps. I am getting about 14-25 fps depending …
Hi, Can someone please help me, I have just brought a new chipset and processor and was hoping to use my old graphics card in it until I could afford to upgrade. The trouble is that the new board only has AGPx8 slot and PCI Express slot and my graphices …
Hi I have a problem that is difficult to explain, but I will do my best. All media such as DVD, mpegs, avi's etc are displayed VERY dark on my monitor. I have tried changing the Gamma settings, it makes everything else lighter EXCEPT the movie! Everything else on my …
My vid card is a GeForce 6600, and is currently extremely glitchy. I've tried installing the drivers that came with it, omega drivers, and the newest version yet no matter what I get crap like huge polygons in the middle of a battle field or the effect of a kaleidescope …
I am building a budget computer for someone and need a beige case that is well built. I have used the slk1600 from antec in the past but that is hard to come by. Is there a model out there that is the same price point as the slk1600? Around …
Recently, my computer is prone to a strange power related (I think) problem. The montior would "lose signal" as it were (i.e. the monitor is still on, but it gives a "monitor shutting down" message). If I have, for example, music playing it will do that looping problem. The power …
Hey, just a simple inquiry. I have a Sony Vaio PCV RX and I plan on putting in a Rosewill GeForce 6600, but I keep hearing about how some Vaio's are non upgradable. Anyone happen to know if my model is upgradable?
Hi, Has anyone ever tried to fit a standard motherboard and power supply in a emachine chasis? I basically want to gut the emachine box and replace the motherboard and power supply. But I always hear that the emachines are noted for not being very upgradable. I dont want to …
ive got the definition already but i coudnt find the layout diagram of hardware adn software requirement of internet database system. So if anyone have any website they know.
I am planning on building a new AMD 64 system in jaurary and since its gonna be a high end system I want a faster HDD to keep up with the system. currently I have a ATA/100(133?) i dont know 40GB hdd, and a slave 160GB Ultra ATA/133 hdd. what …
I'm trying to follow the instructions for this project from tomshardware.com ([url]http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/20041113/index.html[/url]) and in the process I've encountered this headache of an obstacle. What is required is an old overhead projector which i've already had in my posession and a cheap 15" lcd display (found an old viewsonic with burnt …
I just got a new USB Bluetooth dongle and paired it with my Sony Ericsson k700i. The phone supports the Headset feature, which means that I can use the phone as a headset. However, the software I use (blue soleil) doesn't detect this feature when I tell it to browse …
ok.. when writing cd-r, everything goes find but after it has been written, the disc is empty and nothing is written. however, cd-rw works fine, no problem in writing cd-rws. im using samsung combo drive sm348d com is hp p4 2.6ghz 512 ram 80gb hd using win xp tried maxell …
Hello, I've recently noticed on my Inspirion 8600 (ATI Radeon mobility 9600) that on gifs, and some jpgs, I'm losing color on (for example the smilies, icons, and banners on this site) almost as if my 32-bit color has been reduced greatly. I've tried resetting my settings but no no …
Hi all!! I need to know where I can find details about the Xeon and Opteron processors. I want their features, advanced organizations and uses. I have been searchinf for around 5 hours!! Thank you for providing me information and websites!!
Just got a NOKIA 445pro (HP P1110 chasis), which hadnt been used for 6 months. When the power and VGA cables were connected, the monitor wont turn on. The scree is completely black and the green power light is flashing fast. The monitor doesnt response any buttion either. Anyone has …
ok i just bought an Intel celeron D 3.06GHz with an MSI 661FM3 series motherboard. the heatsink/fan that i have (this is a socket 775) has 3 horizontal holes to plug into the board to get power. the board however has 3 fan connectors and i am confused. there is …
How do you set the proper resolution? Instruction booklet says nothing about how to set it up.
im having trouble with my pc recognizing my graphics card. when i go into command prompt and then debug mode i can find the chipset for my card there but when i go to display properties it doesnt show i have that card it has everything as unknown and the …
I have just read another thread sort of in relation to this but my situation is a little different. A couple of months ago I decided to plug my cable tv's providers RF cable into my capture card. Thats where it basically ended. Everything except the RAM module and chassis …
Ok I just put in 2 new sticks of this 2gb memory for my computer: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141227[/url] But when I installed it when I first booted up my computer on the bootscreen it gave me this message: "Serial Presence Detect device data missing or inconclusive. Properly programmed SPD decive is required …
Since no one ever replied to my previous post [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread33862.html[/url] , I am rephrasing and refining my q....plz ans this time ULTIMATE HARD DISK SETTINGS - brain racking question Respected Tech gurus and dear forum members Here goes the situation: I have one INTEL 865 GBF motherboard As far as …
Please guide me - confused with SATA PATA Primary Secondary master Slave...!!! Respected members and gurus, I am a non technical person and am only good at using computers for my finance jobs and NOT configuring it. From last three days I have been reading and reading and reading about …
Hi Friends I run the CD ROM and there are 'jumps' and other imperfections in the music, making for an unusable copy. Is this a sign of the lens on the original drive failing? The read-drive is a LITEON LTN485S running at 8.91 average speed , the write-only drive a …
Ok well heres the problem, i got a logitech mx700 mouse and it didnt come with the ac adapter for the cradle. Should, or can the mouse still charge by the usb when my comp is on, and yes what should i be seeing ?
Hi guys & gals first post newbie here, found the forum on good old google. I posted this first under an existing thread from Garandan of 5th sep and its been pointed out to me better to start a new thread to get answers so here goes. I have almost …
How do I access the BIOS screen for a Sony VAIO VGC-RB30, and set the RAM timings to be 3-4-4-8 and 400 MHZ, thanks.
i have a dell pc. i have a ati radeon 9600 graphics card (very expensive) i was playing one of my games and it crashed and an error said graphics card wasnt working normily or something like that. i played another game and the screen went blank and the monitor …
I have a NOKIA 446X Pro 19" monitor. It has been used on a computer with Win98. Video card is a Diamond Viper V550 with 16 Mb of RAM. I will be doing a major upgrade to a much better computer with WinXP etc but would like to keep the …
Hi guys, I just bought one of those no name MP3 players off ebay (i'd recommend just buying an Ipod after all the bs i've gone through with this thing) Anyways, I stupidly formatted the thing because it had a bunch of Korean stuff on it... Now it doesn't register …
Hi! I have the following hardware: Intel D865PERL Board SATA 0: Maxtor 6B200M0 SATA 1: (empty) Primary IDE (Master): Westren Digital WD400BB Primary IDE (Slave): (empty) Secondary IDE (Master): Yamaha CDR2200E Secondary IDE (Slave): Pioneer DVD-ROM DVD-115 Now, hewre are some shots: Simple Device Manager: [img]http://www.imagewhiz.com/images/DoomerDGR8/1main.jpg[/img] Detail of Primary IDE …
I've just been taken for a ride by a vid card...take a look [URL=http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread30691.html]here[/URL] for the saga. The 6600GT is going back to newegg for refund, and now I'm wondering... I found a thread on VIAarena, a fellow named ktr managed to install an ATI 9600xt into his a420n (just …
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