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Just built a new 64bit system and my graphics lag like crazy. System specs: Cpu: Amd64 3400+ Newcastle (not overclocked) MoBo: DFI Lanparty n3 250gb HDD: WD 74 GB raptor 10,000rpm OS: Windows xp x64 680watt PS GPU: Nvidia 6800gt 256mb I'm starting to think its a directx problem so …
I have just gone and brought the above proccessor and a new Motherboard and new ram and case. I am still waiting for the ram atm, so the pc has not been started. I was wondering when i added the heat sink which come with the Processor it has a …
Hi Guys, I have a dual boot system with Win98 and Fedora Core 1. The hardware configuration of my machine is as follows: Processor Intel P4 2.4 Ghz HDD: 40 GB RAM: 256 MB I repartitioned my system and installed both the OSs. Everything worked fine for some days. But …
I have a small server that I would like to install Slackware Linux on but am not sure whether the 10.1 would support the hardware I have. dual Opteron 240 AMD processors Tyan S2880 K8S motherboard 1 gb ddr ram Adaptec Ultra 320 SCSI controller 2 30gb maxtor scsi drives …
Picked up my CPU and think the tech is all talk. Says my system is on route to the grave. That the rpm of the disk fluctuates between 5800 rpms and 5400rpms. Doesn't sound right to me. anyone heard of this as the precursor. He has given lots of contridicting …
Not feeling so lucky. I upgraded to Tiger after buying a camera that needed higher OS-had 9.2. Which worked fine. After install, of Tiger. I couldn't run 9.2 which I needed for some programs. Frustrated, system started crashing. Brought it into shop, told them just get me back to 9.2, …
I am using Intel Celeron D 2.4 GHz. 512 Mb Kingston DDR 400 bus. MSI Motherboard (p4mamV) with AGP 4x. I live in country Pakistan city Faisalabad. In my country the curency is PKR (Pakistani rupee). 60 PKR is eqaul to 1$ (US dollar). I can spend 5500 Rs(PKR) so …
Hi guys, I came across your site whilst looking for answers to my building nightmare. It's my first go at building a PC (for my mother dearest) from scratch... you seem to know your onions, try and help me solve this badboy :rolleyes: I've read your guide on the forum. …
CAN ANYONE HELP??? Has anyone had this problem? I installed a D-Link firewire card afew years ago for use with my Sony DV camcorder - all worked fine. Then I got sn ipod 20gb this year which also uses the firewire port - this worked fine too. However, the next …
Alright, I installed Linux 8.2 SuSE just to see what it was capable of and such. I did not like what I had and some hardware was not compatable so I reinstalled windows by deleting the old Linux partition and reinstalling. After I did this everything booted very slowly. Even …
not to sure if this is exactly whre i post...but I am having trouble finding updates for the ATI Raedion 9200 card....I went to the ATI website and searched but couldnt find anything....so I googled it. And of course I found tons of sites offering updates. But just getting my …
hello there Yesterday I put together a system for my girlfriend because she wanted a faster computer. Today I was finishing installing and configuring the system, she started playing the new SIMS2 game. I noticed that the case was kind of hot to the touch so I checked the temp …
CAN ANYONE HELP??? Has anyone had this problem? I installed a D-Link firewire card afew years ago for use with my Sony DV camcorder - all worked fine. Then I got sn ipod 20gb this year which also uses the firewire port - this worked fine too. However, the next …
First off, hello. To start, I am an avid Photoshop user, and have been for the pst 4-5 months. A couple of weeks ago, I deleted alot of my games etc on my computer to save space and such. 2 Days ago, when I tried to open photoshop, it says …
I have recently recieved a HP dv4030us laptop with intel graphics media accelerator and i would like to no if there is anyway i can update this (Install a decent card instead of this onboard stuff) what i really need to know is if this laptop has a pci or …
Last week my computer crashed and came back in safe mode. Now running in regular mode but on 16 colors. I have tried to change it to high color or 256 colors but my changes won't take. windows 98 os, ati graphics card. Any ideas?
I'm trying to rebuild my Dell Dimension 2100 Desktop. I'm very computer illiterate. I want a desktop in addition to my laptop for when I go to college. I'd like for it to be pretty fast, have lots of memory, and be about as good or better as a new …
I am a tech novice, so I'll need a bit of help here . . . I want to upgrade the RAM in my Compaq X1000 notebook from 512 mb to 1 gb or more. I have 2 slots which are both full (256 mb each). I am prepared to …
Laptop substitute - indigeneous idea...!!! Hi everyone, I always wanted a laptop but still till date it seems there will never ever be a situation where i will purchase one with the configurations i want...(2 GB RAM; atleast 80 GB HDD; etc etc)...as budget for laptop that i desire will …
My comp is not up to date wich you may find obvious when i tell you the specs later. And since it is not up to date I want to get it up to date. But I don't know if I should buy a whole new comp or get more …
Any ideas on this one chaps, trying to get pics from friends hard drive onto mine. Fujitsu hard drive, set as slave, connected to my PC after disconnecting my slave drive. My PC will not boot when attached,but when pressing f8 I can start windows normally.PC will not recognizedrive as …
Scenario: I build and assemble an ATX machine with some decent components, but definitely not the most potent of powers: [COLOR=DarkRed]--------------------------------------- -LGA775 Elitegroup 865PE-A7 Motherboard (800Mhz Bus) -Pentium 4 HT @3.00Ghz -512MB PNY Tech DDR400 Memory -420 Watt ATX Power Supply -PCI (ouch) PNY Tech GeForce FX 5200 ----------------------------------------[/COLOR] After... …
My friend's machine was behaving madly since last few weeks. The machine was restarting or shutting down very suddenly & without any user interaction. He wanted help from me. So, I have checked the machine & I have found that the SMPS is the villain. But I have not found …
I have bought a 2nd hand 200W PC SMPS from local marcket. It is manufactured by COMPAQ & the model no. is PS-5201-4T1. It is an ATX one but it has no 4 pin processor core voltage power connector. I want to use it as the power supply of my …
to all computer fanatics which do you think has more user AMD or INTEL and why? post your comments here!
Hi there all im new here so bare with me I bought this ati radeon 9800 pro gfx card becoz i wanted to play battlefeild 2 and the game dosnt support geforce 4 4800 ti se,i have the catylist 5.6 drivers and had origonaly install the drivers from the disc. …
Just recently I have run into a small (but a little troubling) problem with my battery on my IBM T42. I usually run my computer from the plugged in status and the battery meter on the computer will pretty much always read 100% capacity. Yesterday I unplugged my computer and …
My ATI 9700 AIW video card has started to fill the screen with artifacts. The artifacts are on the splash screen, windows XP logon screen and after WinXP has loaded. Sometimes are worse than others, occasionally though less frequently now the screen is almost clear. So far I've cleaned the …
I'm getting a new PC in three days and I'm afraid the card I order might not be the card I get. Is there a way I could physically know by looking between, let's say, a GF6800GT 256 and a GF6600GT 128?
Hello friends. I have some issues with installing my new GFX its a Leadtek A360 (5700 ultra GDDR3) AGP. I just put the thing on the slot, turn the pc on and nothing happens. I see the cards checksum screen and the PC checksum IRQ screen but the screen seems …
hello. i jus installed an ASUS FX5200 series into my computer the other day and i get this weird problem when im playing CS 1.6 (not source). the graphics and my fps is fine but its like my keyboard and mouse suddenly stop responding (ie. i move in 1 direction …
Hello everyone! I am the webmaster and founder of a new computer related project. Like this site it is also dedicated to helping others with computer difficulties. However, we will have live 1 on 1 chat. This project was started approx. 2 weeks ago and is still very new. We …
This sucks, I'm starting to think this card is only capable to be on an Athlon 64 or some P4 processor cuz I've tried everything else, even replaced the power supply in my computer from a weak 240W to a 400W and I thought that was the problem that there …
SCSI (Yamaha 2260t), & Buslogic BA80C30 Multimaster - Jumper settings? - Hey guys & gals, I need to instal this SCSI CD Burner and I have no knowledge of SCSI. What do I do to instal this item. And, finally where can i go to learn about these type of …
I just got two matching 10 gig hard drives for free, I wanted to set up a RAID on my system (just for fun) but I already have a cd burner and two hard drives, and my mobo only supports 4 devices. To solve this, I found an old ata66 …
Hi, I was hoping someone here could help me. I recently purchased an ECS KT600-a AMD Motherboard and a AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton chip (along with all the other necessary computer parts). Yesterday, I put it all together and tried powering up (turning on power supply, hitting power button …
I am interested in building a water cooling system gaming system I want to build. Unfortunately, I am kind of lost on what to do though. I am right now debating whether or not to build a gaming system with a CoolerMaster pre-built water cooling block system that will occupy …
I just got two matching 10 gig hard drives for free, I wanted to set up a RAID on my system (just for fun) but I already have a cd burner and two hard drives. To solve this, I found an old ata66 pci card. I was wondering if my …
I need some objective feedback on the following situation. Opinions are welcome (AMD vs. Intel, etc...) but I need some feedback from you hardcore techies on how to proceed. Thanks in advance. ...do I use the 30-day return and go back to my old setup?... Ok, I made an impulse …
hello i need some help please... i have a dell dimension 3000 intergrated sound and graphics i have put a nvida 256 graphics card in and all is fine. what i want to do is if i can is have a nother hard drive with windows 95 or 98 on …
I mistakenly partitioned my external firewire drive. IS there any way I can recover the data?
There is nothing wrong with the screen itself. When you first power up there is no line at all the "Compaq" logo appears and you can go into BIOS and there will be no lines. Once the windows screens start to appear the lines appear, I've used both the Tv …
is there a way to disable unsiged device drivers during xp pro setup? The reason i ask this is because i am having trouble installing xp because it gets to the audio hardware and just stops with the BSOD and stop: 0x0000007e message. any help would be appreciated guys. TIA
Hi . I'm using a Gigabyte p4 titan , it's GA-81E2004 motherboard . I want to buy a 64 mb gforce fx graphics card but i'm not sure if my motherboard's is going to be compatible with the card or not . I've called up a shop and they were …
My computer is an IBM Ispirati A10i and has an LG CD-RW/DVD-ROM GCC-4120B. It has so many problems reading disc's, it will usually just have the orange light blinking at a steady pace maybe half a second apart but will most of the time never do anything, I was wondering …
Excuse me if this is the wrong place to post this concern, but I am concerned with my system and its performance running certain games. I do not get the FPS that I "should" be getting with the hardware I have. I just bought a Geforce 9800 GT, ups from …
i have a dell computer with in-built graphics and sound the problem is the graphics just aren't good enough so i am going to buy a pci graphics card and was wondering that when i add my new graphics card do i add my new card then disable my intel(r)82845g/gl/ge/pe/gv …
Hello, I am newbie in perl. I am currently working on a project to access the parallel port of a pc in perl on a linux operating system. I really do not know where to start. Could anyone help me with useful links, books, resources..etc that could be of explicit …
Hi, My custom built desktop has been having a problem for quite sometime with randomly shutting down (usually when doing something intensive, such as starting a video game or loading a level in it). The machine will just die (as if someone pulled out the power cord) and then will …
Heres what i need. I play FPS's like BF1942. I have no computer. So i was thinking of buying some bundle from like compaq? and putting a new vid card and upgrading the ram. Is this a good idea? I was planning on the comp bundle to be around $500-600. …
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