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Hello there...Recently when I tried to switch on my old computer ( PIII 550, 8 GB, 128 MB), It didn't respond immediately and after a few seconds something blown out near the SMPS and there was some smoke. Could someone pls help me as to how to go about with …

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Granddaughter tried to 'make it go' when she plugged a Dell monitor, D1028L, into my Sony VAIO. Pins were bent everywhere and one is broken in two from trying to straighten. Straightened the other pins but picture is very purple. Can a monitor cable be replaced by a newbie/amature/nottoobright user? …

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Hi, I just put together my new comp. Asus P5Ld2 Pentium prescott LGA775 3 ghz Samsung 160 gig sata Zalman CNPS7700-Cu I have a couple of questions and i hope i can ask them all here. First is instead of buying a new HDD, I took my old one that …

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Kinda sorta. My company had an office in New Orleans, but thankfully none of the equipment I'm in charge of was drenched (no one was hurt either, so I'm not being callous). I do have the issue of recovering it for use elsewhere though. My primary concern is disease. The …

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Hi all, I am a computer enthusiast and I assemble my own PCs. I wanted to know how to brand the PC with custom System Manufacturer and System Model settings. I am aware of the OEMINFO.ini file but that only changes information in the Computer properties page when you right-click …

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I have the following PC: Athlon XP 2500+ Epox 8RDA3+ Motherboard ATI 9600 pro 1 GB PC3200 When playing a game, the PC suddenly froze and sound looped. I shut off the PC, then it would not boot back up. I do not get a signal to the monitor. All …

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hi Can i change my preferred CD playing device to my rewriter? When i switch the drives in CD Player is says it's playing the CD but I've got no sound. I've also tried swithching my default setting in multi media. Also in the advanced setting of my volume controls …

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Hi All. I was wondering if someone could help me.I added 2 Gigs of Ram to my system. Which should have brought me up to 4 Gigs. However when I run dxdiag or Belarc it tells me all 4 sockets are present 1024 x 4 but the total only comes …

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Hi, i just bought a gf 6600 and whenever I try to play a 3d game(wow, cs, wIII etc) it either: 1. hangs 2. reboots 3. turns the monitor to standby mode 4. bsod with an nv4_disp.dll loop error i have tried researching google for a solution with no avail. …

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SNMP heating up - new unique problem...!!! Hey wonderful people here, A new problem....??????? and faced for first time.... PROBLEM: Presently desktop having SNMP of 220 Volts (most probably) but the entire machine gets very heated too soon. The engineer saw and said that change SNMP to 350 Volts. My …

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I am using a pentium 4 2.66ghz processor, windows XP professional, 512mb ram 80 gig hard drive etc........... I am using nero 6 to burn a movie file to my dvd rewriter. As soon as I have added the file and click burn (although nero 6 will transcode the file …

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At my local Goodwill charity thrift store I picked up an Hewlett Packard DAT (Digital Audio Tape) drive for 10 bucks. I've powered it up with a tape and it seems to work fine, however, no software or interface to connect to my 2000 year and newer PCs that use …

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Over the last couple of months I've had to replace my FDD, CD-ROM, and HDD. I had hoped that the new HDD would solve some problems I've had, but they're back, so I guess it's time to get rid of this old slot A mobo. What I'm thinking about using …

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Hey guys. just got the BenQ Lightscribe DW1625 DVD writer and am having some problems with the installation! I poped it in a spare slot...and put in the power connection, and the CD-Rom cable dircetly from my old CD writer. I also have a DVD-Rom inside which i did not …

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Hi I'm trying to install a new video card I bought today. It is a GeForce MX4000 (64mb PCI). Whenever the card is in, my monitor does not detect it (the monitor acts as if the computer is off: the power button blinks). The processor does not make any noise …

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Booting up a new pc and it is my first so please bare with me. Motherboard and all fans start to spin, but i get no display on my tft monitor. The only output sockets on my card are 2 DVI sockets but my monitor has a VGA socket, so …

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Hello, I hope someone can help. I am planning to upgrade my PC, I currently have: P4 2.4 GHz 512MB RAM GeForce 4600 Ti I plan to get 1 gig of faster RAM (I can only go up to 333Mhz) I need help in choosing a new graphics card, my …

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I installed the drivers on my installation disk of my Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 CD, but the sound is staticy. What is the problem?

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[url="http://www.sun.com/nc/05q3/index.jsp"]http://www.sun.com/nc/05q3/index.jsp[/url] [url="http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050912.2.html"]http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2005-09/sunflash.20050912.2.html[/url] [b][QUOTE] [/b] Code-named 'Galaxy,' Latest Sun Fire x64 Servers are One-and-a-Half Times the Performance, Half the Power, One-Quarter the Size; New Sun Grid Rack Systems Accelerate Grid Implementation and Deployment Time by Up to 90 Percent NEW YORK - September 12, 2005 - During its quarterly Network Computing …

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Hi Guys, We are currently running a Compaq DL360 G2 with data on a Compaq Disk Array connected to the server using a Smart Array 5300. We now have the DL360 G3 version and I was wondering if I could swap the Smart Array into the new server without loosing …

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I just recently bought a brand new Asus Motherboard w/ P4 3.0 Ghz cpu and 1g kingston ram. It seems to not be functioning... When i put it all together this is what I see happening: Green Mobo light is on Fan is spinning HD, CD Rom drive is on …

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Hi I came across the site via a search for my model. I've yet to get it to determine the full extent of condition, but it is a Toshiba Satellite 2435 S255. Looking at various online reviews, several problem areas have been pointed out, along with the fact, there are …

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help please since reformating the c-media ac97 will not start have done the usual things uninstalled/reinstalled downloaded updated drivers but only get device failed code10.

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Does anyone know if there is a way that I can either A.) Get around T&L or B.) Get software or hardware that will give me this. I can't upgrade my notebook card and it doesn't support T&L which is needed for a game that I want to play. Any …

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OK, very long story, so I'll try to make it quick (I've posted a lot of questions lately...sorry!) Computer is: Motherboard: ASUS A7V8X-LA (AGP 8x, 3 PCI) CPU: AMD Athlon XP 3000+ 2.16GHz RAM: 512 MB Power Supply: (just added) Seasonic Supersilencer 350W Current Video Card, Added: BMG (NVidia) GeForce4 …

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when i play command and conquer geners zero hour and counter strike i get pink ares under the angre mob in C & C and in the map train station map in CA the air duct in the top is pink and black pixels and it is realy bothers me

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:o I have a "Cordless Mouseman Optical" and "Logitech Cordless Keyboard". Both work fine under Linux (and indeed in GRUB/DOS/BIOS) - I'm posting this from Ubuntu. But under WinXP, the keyboard no longer works - tried removing drivers, reinslling CD, downloading new drivers, leaving bateries out, connect button many times, …

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Hi I have 2 years old compaq pressario 2100 series notebook (2134AD). It worked fine until now. But recently the lcd is displaying the black color in red. when the system is switched on the whole screen appears in Red. in windows XP , the command prompt by default appears …

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Hello I just swapped out the 256MB DDR SDRAM chip on my HP PAvilion A705w twith a 512 MB RAM chip I purchased.... Wow it works! The machine has two slots.... Can I put the old 256MB chip into slot 2 and reboot to get a net 788MB or does …

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anyone who can help me....running a w2k server farm and just had our backup domain controller go down! fortunately there was no major apps on that server, just data that was able to be restored to another server. had DHCP on it but is now hosted on the 1st domain …

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Ok, let me see if I can explain my problem without causing too much confusion! :o I recently bought a new computer. My old one had a regular old monitor (whatever you call the big, chunky, fat kind!), with a 16" display, and everything looked great. My new monitor is …

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Hi, My friend has a Sony combo drive, the CRX 320 EE. Supposedly, this drive, as a CD writer is a 52x32x52x drive. Trouble is, when I put in a 52x CD-R disc (Moser Baer 52x CD-R), nero detects it as a 40x disc. The CD is a 52x CD-R. …

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Last night I was installing my amd athlon 64 3700+ to my ASUS K8VSE Deluxe mobo and my mobo starting giving me an audio error: system failed cpu test. So I removed the cpu and tried booting up and the mobo said "no cpu installed" . I assume that the …

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i have winxp,service pack2 . CD WRITER .HL-DTST CDRW GCE-8400B when trying to drag files,folders from c;drive to e:drive..and ready to write to cd..i got a message "please use a writable cd or r-w" and i use all blank cd's. i used to have roxio,with this program i can write …

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Can anyone maybe tell me why games like unreal tournament 2003 and unreal 2 and all games of that kind won't work on a celeron? I'm thinking about upgrading it with an old pentium 4 or a pentium 3 or maybe buy a AMD motherboard and cpu. Maybe someone can …

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not sure where to put this, so feel free to move it. I was thinking about taking the workings of a small refrigerator out and cutting a whole in my case for the vents, and cooling down my case with refrigerator workings. I know it wont be air tight and …

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System specs: Company:Gateway 506GR Processor: Intel P4 540 HT Technology OS: XP Home 200 gig HD 7200 RPM SATA 1 Gig DDR Memory 300 Watt power supply Just got a MSI NX6600GT and ready to install but realized that the card requires minimum 350 watt power supply for system stability. …

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everytime i plugged in a printer or a digital camera, the FOUND NEW HARDWARE WIZARD popped up. however, it doesnt seem to recognize the new plug in device - it always says "the file 'usbccgp.sys' on (unknown) is needed"... the dumb tech at HP wanted me to pay $60 for …

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Hello, I have just tried installing a [URL=http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?prdid=175&subcatid=9]Safecom LAN card[/URL] in an Intel pentium III 550mhz computer but it doesn't seem to be connecting to the computer, ie. as if it's not plugged in to the slot. The only other PCI card in the computer is a graphics card and …

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Hi there, My brother got a eMachines T1862 but altho it seems he had droped it. so there was a part broken from the motherboard so im going to look for a new motherboard and just put that in there. Now this is the Computer how it was [IMG]http://www.emachines.com/products/images/emachines_t1862_main.jpg[/IMG] Specifications …

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Hi everyone. I don't know if any one is familiar with this device, the Mitsumi FA402A. What it is is a floppy drive with built in card reader slots, such as SD, Memory Stick, Compact Flash, etc. I thought it would be a great addon to my desktop...... however I …

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Hello Group.... I've been getting this message SDRAM at DIMM#:1 every time the system boots and the MODEM PCI is installed on the mainboard. If I take it out, the system boots with no problems, no messages, just rigth and straight to the OSs as it should be! But...sometimes it's …

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Hi, I have a Toshiba A10-S169 laptop. A week before it stopped working, with the Orange LED blinking in a specific pattern. I checked the service manual and could understand that the blinking pattern reads as HEX 'D2', which says that "1R25-B1V voltage is 1.063V or less when the computer …

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Hello Group.... I've been getting this message SDRAM at DIMM#:1 every time the system boots and the MODEM PCI is installed on the mainboard. If I take it out, the system boots with no problems, no messages, just rigth and straight to the OSs as it should be! But...sometimes it's …

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i just got an xfx 6800 but its not performing as well as id hope. It got 2600 on 3d mark 2005 and 6332 on 3d mark 03. It should be scoring at least 3000 more on 3dmark 03. Im using the latest omega drivers because the nvidia drivere made …

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On MSI Radeon 9800pro 128 MB I instaled Fraps for checking my framerate in games. I was just surprised, when the game start (GTA sansandrees, Medal of honor-PA and NFS underground 2) the frame rate shown by the fraps are 60-117 and when i start palying game then framerate suddenly …

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Hello, I am having an odd problem. Everytime I turn on my computer it turns itself off only after a few seconds. There are no beeps or any messages on the monitor. I can't figure out what the problem is. I have a new motherboard that I installed after the …

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I have just bought MSI Radeon 9800pro 128 mb 3dCard by replacing my old Fx5200 card. Is this a good card (R 9800 pro) for playing new games on medium sttings. MSI RX 9800pro-TD128 (Model) Memory Interface = 256 bit RAMDAC = 400Mhz Memory = 128mb P. Pipelines = 8 …

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A while back, Catweazle posted: "That HP Pavilion has an Asus motherboard which is specially made for HP. There is a BIOS update available here. I'm unsure if the update adresses the problem you are having. It will contain previous updates, but the only item mentioned is a logo problem. …

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Hi. I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, but I just couldn't figure out where else to post it. Recently, my computer exploded. Well, not literally, but it was older than dirt and finally gave out. However, I have a pretty new DVD drive in it. I was …

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