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I have a CD-R, and was given a CD-RW, and would like to set them up as slave and master. I know about the jumper on the rear of the units, and the data and power cords, but what do I need to do to coordinate the two? I removed …
Well I decieded to quit renting an entire server (We have 4 websites on a dedicated server), to owning instead. So I bought a 1u Dell 1850 Rack Server, and am going to co-locate it at cihost.com. In a nutshell it's about 2" tall, 19" wide, and 30" deep. It …
I am getting vertical red/pink lines on my monitor Synmaster175V. (Are they waves or pulses?) from .5 to 2 inches apart; sometimes they slide down the page as a page refreshes. I am sure it is not the fault of the monitor because 1) when in Safe mode they don't …
Small network, single W2K domain controller...I want to get rid of the old DC server (old hardware) and replace with a new W2K DC server. What is the process to swap on the old server?
Does anyone know how to get the hard drive out of the N3350? and is there an instruction manuel for disassembling the N3350?
I think i have a ram problem. Everytime i shut down my computer, as it shuts down i get a message that says something like cannot read from vx000000x1 or some crap like that. So i think its ram, any solutions, shouldi just replace it? btw this is a 7 …
Yo guys, quick question... i know my system ram uses DDR DIMM modules......I was wondering if i buy a video card that uses DDR SDRAM memory itself (aka a GeForce 6600), will it work in my computer. Everything else the card requires i have, aka (AGP 8x slot, Extra memory, …
ive been trying to OC my chip (semprom 3000+) ive gotten up to 2188.8mhz with fsb 182....when i go up to fsb183 my system crashes i have to clear the CMOS........so i tried raising the vcore to 1.675v (1.65 current setting) it crashed again, so my question is should keep …
Help i have a Sony PCVRS-210 computer and it's bios wont let me disable the onboard graphics card!!! Does anyone know how???
Hey everyone. I have an ATI Radeon 9500 pro, and I'm just wondering if it is possible for me to diable a feature called SideBand Addressing? I could not find it in my BIOS, and I could not find it in the SMARTGART section of my ATI Catalyst Control Centre …
Hi, Ok, I've got two problems, which I've been scratching my head over for days and drawn a total blank. I have just finished building a PC for a friend. It's just got Windows XP SP2 on it at the moment, along with the necessary drivers for the hardware and …
I know very little about hardware and I was wondering if someone could tell me about what AGP is all about. I have a x4 slot and want to know whether x8s will work in it. Also, what does x4/x8 mean? If you can help me with this, please could …
Hi, I took a quick look to the Thread to find if there is a problem similar but I didn't find it. I want to know if someone had this problem or knows how to fix it. My monitor start normaly. After 5 mins or more, the screen turns black …
Hey all thanks for taking the time to look at this. I'm just experiancing with overclocking cpu's but when do i stop? How hot is to hot? 115? 120? I havn't gone this high just so you know lol but whats the limit? I have a case with an extra …
i'm going to be taking some computer programming classess, and buying a new computer soon, so i was wondering what would be a good choice for that, i plan on getting a programming specialist certificate and taking classes like c++, visual basic.net, javascript, perl, yea and so i need to …
I just bought a used Samsung SyncMaster 753DF 17 in. monitor yesterday, and it works great, the image is nice and bright, the color is great (this was an upgrade from an old CTX monitor with 11.5 in. image size), but no matter how I adust the settings, there is …
hi. i posted this problem in another section just this morning but i thought it would be more convinient to move it here, i was burning some data and audio CD's for a friend at work then when i got back home it was dead, the driver doesn't want to …
Ever since last night my monitor has been acting strange. When I turn it on the backlight comes on for like half a second then it just goes off, this happens every time I press the power button on ; if I leave it on for 10 mins (It's on …
I have a IBM Thinkpad 390X and the display is very dark. If I connect to another monitor everything works fine. I believe that the computer has been dropped by the previous owner. I'm thinking that the problem is either the CCFl tube or the inverter. That being said I …
Hi, I have a laptop with a dead lcd screen. When I put a bright light on the screen everything was there and seemed to be working fine. Is the problem my ccfl or possibly the inverter board? If the the problem is in my interter board would I be …
Hi all, I was wondering how safe it is to exceed the recommended refresh rates on a monitor? I currently have a Viewsonic G220fb with an NVidia Ti4200 card, and overriding the refresh rate of 75hz to 100hz (at 1280x1024) via the Nvidia control panel. I'm finding that 100hz is …
hi, i recently bought an intel 3.0ht intel 865gbf mobo(supports 800 mhz fsb) kingston single stick 512 mb ddr(400 mhz) [U]my problem...(im using CPUZ software)[/U] [list]the cpu fsb is only shown as 199 mhz whle the bus speed is shown to be 799mhz...???why fsb 199mhz ONLY? [url]http://img299.echo.cx/my.php?image=capture061320050007553wp.jpg[/url] ram frequency is …
so I bought a extra Harddrive for extra storage I opened my PC (finally) found out there is NO SPACE WHATSOEVER to place an extra HDD ok screw it, I'll just lay the new HDD on the bottom & try not to shake my PC to much PLUS the original …
Hello, I wanna buy a desktop however i'm fed up with cheapest solutions which cause problems very quickly, does anyone s got any suggestions about a good quality price desktop ? i thought about dell... Tx :?:
I'm considering this case for a new "portable" computer I want to build: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144109[/url] In your opinion, what's the best MicroATX motherboard out there today? I'm leaning toward AMD, but have no problems with Pentium at all. I want PCI-E and would prefer hardware that supports the new 64-bit technology. …
i just want ,what i need to setup an ISP medium scale,all the hardware stuff
to thongispector, i went on the sites you recommended and E-bay in the UK, i found some cheap motherboards but they were either socket7, mine is socketA, or they had sddram slots, the ram chips in my pc just say ddr on them, will they work in sddr slots? also …
Hi, My Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop is not booting up: when you turn it on, the lights come on but the hard drive and cd drive dont engage and nothing loads, after about 15 seconds it turns off. It seems to happen every now and then ,and previously Ive just …
Heres how it started out I left my computer on last night went to school and got home around 3 PM. turned off my pc. turned it back on a few hours later to listen to music. 30 mins later my computer just retarts on its own. ok? not normal. …
Hi guys...it's time to do a little spring cleaning to the insides of my computer, and my question is about using presurized air to blow off the boards. A friend of mine who worked building PCBs for a major corp. tells me that I run the risk of creating static …
HI guys, my comp has a dvd player but it doesnt play the star wars dvd trilogy! Im using interactual dvd player but all it shows is the fbi warning thing but no movie! Please help! I really need to be able to play it! Thanks!
Hi. I have installed a new Motherbaord- a Gigabyte GA-7dxr and an AGP video card- a Chaintech nvdia Ge Force 4 T14200 128mb. It all works fine running on the new card until I remove the old PCI card. When I try to boot up without the PCI card installed …
When I built my PC, and had everything hooked up, I tried to use both my optical drives and got a BSOD talking about a Machine Check Exception. Disconnecting one of the drives solved this. I looked around and discovered it is because my power supply is too small. However, …
So after listening to your guys advice i've decided to build my own computer. Here are the list of compents I intend on using: EPoX EP-8KDA3J Skt 754 Nvidia nforce3 AMD athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle Skt 754 Corsair Valueselect 1GB(2x512MB) DDR400 CHAINTECH SA6600 Geforce 6600 256MB AGP Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 …
Hi! I get the message "CPU is unworkable or has changed. Please check soft menu" when I boot my computer. When I press F1 everything seems to work fine, except that I can not connect to the Internet through my LAN cable (not sure that the problems are connected). I …
My computer crashed a while back. I have a Compaq EvoN600c notebook. I sent it in to HP and they said that there was a problem with the hard drive and it needed to be replaced. I replaced the hard drive and now nothing happens when I turn on the …
I just built a new computer and installed all of the drivers. It worked well until the comp froze and went back to the settings it was at before the computer auto installed the drivers. The problem is that I can't get the comp. to reload the drivers (mainly vid …
I posted a problem two days ago about the cursor freezing up on a Toshiba Tecra 8100. I deleted the existing OS, in case it was a software problem, and reinstalled XP Pro. It still happens. I guess it might be a hardware problem, but I don't know what to …
Is there any possibility of getting batteries for a very old desktop computer in NYC? I'm told I need: P/N 30807 CK-SUM 3A00 SYS. 333 S/L REV A03 [I]and [/I] 840 (4.5. volts) The person who's telling me they're unobtainable doesn't speak much English, and I'm not sure he really …
These have finally shown up on ebay at prices nearer the distributor cost. Was going to setup an array of 6-does anyone have enough uptime with these to comment on reliability? Also, does any1 know if these are Quantum drives with Maxtor stickers(like the 10K IV's), or are they actually …
How much would this sydtem be worth roughly Athlon AMD64 3400+ (939 venice) 2gb pc3200 crucial ram x850xt PE PCI-E 160gb HD 7,200 rpm Acrlyic case with lighting mods etc.. 600watt psu Liquid cooling Chaintek Mobo (pci-e, i think its a cf4 or sumthin) Thanks
My monitor is displaying all kinds of funky colors. I can't view any pictures cause the colors are all jacked up. What i've done & checked: 1)Checked pin's in Monitor Plug (OK) 2)Pluged into another computer (works perfect) 3)Repluged into 1st computer (same funky colors) 4)reinstalled driver (no change) 5)checked …
I just purchased a Seagate (ST39102FC) SCSI 40 pin HD, and am now looking for a controller/I/O PCI card. I've been searching around and have found a couple of possibilities but am not sure. My knowledge of SCSI devices is minimal. The documentation for the HD is at this url: …
I downloaded an App called SpeedFan, and I was looking at my voltages. They are VERY low, but my system never crashes. (Althouht I have noticed a little lagginess.) I have a 450 W PSU, that outputs all the correct voltages. (According to the label) Here is a picture of …
I am not sure where this goes but I can't seem to find any place marked specifically for cd drives. Anyways, after running Nero Burner on a LG 52X32X52 drive to make a music CD I received an error before the process begun mentioning something about being underrun. The Nero …
ok here i go, i got a thermaltake case and i want to add better fans to it then the stock ones, heres what i got, i got 2 side slots for fans, 2 front slots, 2 back slots, and one top slot, i have two 3500 rpm fans, two …
I am having serious problems with the sound on my laptop. After listening to no more than 5 minutes of music or watching a video, my sound wil stop working. It simply cuts out and every once in a while I hear a fuzzy distorted sound. Once my sound goes …
Hey there new to the forums. Ne way i just got another CRT and i want to add it to my PC i have a Geforce 5900 256 with a DVI and a VGA now my main CRT is connected to the (blue) VGA and my new CRT to be …
I want to buy new parts for a computer in the next 2 month. I was looking at the radeon X850XT but was wondering if it would be too limited by the CPU. If I bought a P4 3.4ghz or 3.6ghz and 2GB of DDR2 533mhz RAM, would the video …
A friend of mine has a VA3000SNA case, where the two fans are rated at 21dB. However they make a noise like a hurricane, which is amplified by the honeycomb grille of the case. The grilles will be replaced, but I'd like a fan controller to lower the speeds slightly …
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