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Hello everybody. I'm Raidy and this is my first post here. First and foremost, I apologize if I'm putting this in the wrong place. It seems like the best fit, but I'm a bit unsure =). Now, I'm a bit irritated right now considering I just spent about 400$ on …

hi, incase u remember me, im previously "omw" got a new ati radeon 9600xt 128(maybe an entry level card for some)...instaled catalyst 5.3. result was very chopppy performance. ive an old p3 1ghz 256 mb ram, 200 watt pwr supply. surprisingly the performance of my mx 440 64mb was better …

So i have an Asus A7N8X nforce2 board that is upgraded to the latest bios (1010) and has the latest PCB (2.0). Everything on Asus's site says my new athlon 3200+ barton 400FSB should work on this motherboard. I popped out my old 2500+ barton, stuck the new one in, …

i own a 15" powerbook with the built-in bluetooth, but i wish to use an external usb Bluetooth adapter frm Belkin because it offers better connectivity range(farther than the built-in). so what i want to do is to disable the built-in bluetooth and use the external adapter instead. how can …

I'm using windows xp with an nvidia geforce mx440 card (64mb). I also have a matrox millenium g450 dual monitor card (32mb) from another computer and would like to use this as well. I want to have two monitors but I need the better card for games and the like. …

ive got two seagate 160 gig sata150s hooked into my asus p45ad2 mobos onboard raid when i booted up even after i installed the drivers windows only recognized one hdd no raid at all only formatted the one drive other the bios shows two drives but says they are nonraid …

Our Gateway Solo 5350 (Part number 3501084) just became a "flatbed" (i.e., the screen lost all tension in the hinges and flops full open or closed) for no apparent reason. It had not been getting noticeably looser and the last time we used it we had no problem. We toted …

I bought an Airport card on ebay to install in my G3 iMac and it came with no install instructions. I have no idea where this thing should go... I opened up the bottom panel but I can't see any matching ports where the card should go. Thanks for any …

I suppose it's the video cards fault. Because when I move the mouse on the screen while playing the game (in particular Sid Meyer's Pirates and Guild Wars) the sound start to tremble and the speed of the mouse movements slows down. My system information is as follows: System Host …

I just bought new parts to build a PC and after everything was done I tried to boot up and nothing showed on screen. I plugged in headphones and when I pressed power the motherboard said this through the headphones: "System Failed due to CPU Overclocking". My guess is, the …

I have just bought a Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 Pro Motherboard and am installing it in my machine. It has both a power fan connector for the case and also a system fan connector which both state that they are for the cooling fan. Which one am I best using? Is the …

Hi Everybody, I was wondering if anybody knew if you can controll hardware with Java (open the CD drive, etc.). Thank you in advanced, C++

Hi everybody. I am about to buy all these components to build my first computer specifically for recording. Will there be any compatability issues, is there anything else i have forgotten? Will i need to buy any cable's or anything or will they all be supplied? AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit …

win 98 doesn't automatally load device drivers for usb and other port and devices, what do i do

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way to control hardware in C++, such as opening and closing a CD drive. Thanks in advanced, C++

Hello! I have received some outstanding advice in the past, so I’m back for more. I am looking to “piece

I recently installed my first LINUX setup (Debian 3.0) on a seperate hard drive from my Windows system. During the installation I was asked to install adapters for specific items I have installed. The problem arose when I tried to locate a module for my integrated LAN built into my …

Recently bought 9600xt graphics crd and more RAM, now have 768mb (P4 2.8ghz) so i can play new games like HL2 and Far Cry. However i keep getting flickering lines on the screen with both games and sometimes slow down!! I need some help, i havent installed any drivers on …

I´m trying to switch my CRX 160E DC burner to a new computer (W2Kpro). Trouble is that I lost the installation CD. The unit works fine with the generic Win drivers but doesn´t have the software to write. Sony site has no drivers listed, only CDExtreme update, which won´t run …

Would anyone happen to know if the Ultra X-Connect 500Watt Power Supply is any good? Is Ultra good with Power Supply? This is the one where you plug only the cables you need. I was just wondering is anyone had any comments on this product.

I have a Microstar K7-Pro (MS6195) mother board in the computer that was given to me, and I had two goals in mind: 1st was to increase my RAM to 768MB, and 2nd was to install a DVD burner. I've found three new sticks of Kingston PC 100 for $120.00, …

so what are the main things that make graphics run smoothly and look amazing? i mean i know a lot of it is down to the the graphics card so i bought the radeon 9800 pro and i have to say its does make a difference. however my games do …

Is there a website that a person can go to and find out drivers for a modem and how can you get info if you don't have original package the modem came in. I there a # on the modem itself that will tell me the manuf. and model? Any …

Hope someone can help. Have a Logitech 4000 webcam which records video sound but when camming in yahoo cant get any sound. Would love to be able to chat to friends rather than typing. Have tried switching between USB external microphone and built in microphone - no luck. Any ideas …

I have a tnt2 32mb agp card. works fine, but cant handle newer games. So ive purchased a fx5200 by pny (pci card). I want to run both cards, but i made a silly mistake when installing the new card. I kept my tnt2 in ( as primary) I installed …

Im in the market for a case and i liked the look of it...does anyone agree? Also, is the powersupply good quality and is the whole thing way too overpriced? :confused: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=558331&Sku=T925-2012[/url]

I am a lab engineer for a university. Up until recently, we have been using MS-DOS 6.22 and Quickbasic 4.5 to control our experiments and record our data. We did not change to Windows because Windows would not let us control our processes on a millisecond level. This series of …

Within the first 5 mins of powering on the pc the CPU's temp is already at 70 degrees!!! slowly the temp creeps up to 80!!!! PC keeps on restarting/crashing etc. & also the voltage ranges from 1.76 V to 1.81 V!!! Is this the sign of a failing CPU? or …

I need to find out what issues others have been having with their 939 motherboards. I need to find a stable board that is proven and compatible. The last two boards I have used has had an issue with either the ide drivers or something. My first board I had …

I created shortcuts to the desktop for my optical drives D:cd-rw and E:dvd-rw , when i click on either of these shortcuts i get a message that says"The item D:/ E: that this shortcut refers to has been changed or moved , so this short cut will no longer work …

Hey all, Just bought an ASUS Socket 370 CUV4X-E Motherboard off of Ebay for 65$. Unfortunatly, my 60 gig Maxtor (cheap drive) is about 3 years old and is on its way out. I want to buy a 200 maxtor for 100$ from staples (again cheap drive but you can't …

My system is as follows... Amd Athlon XP 2600+ Biostar M7NCD (nfroce2) 512k Ram Western Digital 80gb 7200 rpm HD EVGA geforce fx 5200 ultra and also trying MSI geforce fx 5600 pro A few days ago I powered on my system and after the Windows XP Splash screen I …

Well I got a laptop, one of thoses old 366mhz for travel only, and I got this problem which is quite annoying after about 5-10 mins the screen turns black, and it doesnt seem to be the screen saver since its at 60min(60minutes needs to be past for the screensaver …

hi all, my HP scan jet 4300c is aparently a good scanner but ive yet to see this as it has never worked, im starting to wonder if i should chuck it but i dnt give up on hardware easily, lol i plug it in to usb and install the …

Hi, I'm trying to determine if my power supply in my acer P3 is stuffed or if it's something else. I have some pentium's lying around and want to move all of the components except the power supply from the P3 to the pentium. I would have tried it already …

to install a dvd-rw just take out my old cd-rw and insert the new one and plug in or am i missing something?

I don't know a thing about what those pins at the back of CD-ROM drive do. Just out of curiosity: Is there some combination of pins that gives (for example) "PLAY" function or "EJECT", etc. In other words: if you would have an autonomus power suplly exact to requirements for …

[COLOR=Blue]i have an ibm thinkpad T30 i got from my step dad and it hasnt ever been upgraded or anything. it has a pentium 4 moble cpu 1.60GHz and windows xp and 256 mb of ram and a 20 gig hard drive, i dont know much about computers and i …

Computer is saying that no device or modem is installed! When I put the modem in message saying " has found new hardware" and searches for drivers. Installs modem and drivers but when I try to connect or detect modem say no :rolleyes: modem installed. I'm a bit green when …

I have an ati all in wonder 9600 and the fan is making more noise than I like. I was wondering if the fan could be replaced or should be replaced? Should I contact ati because it is still under warranty or are there quieter and better fans out there …

I started taking CISCO classes last year, and last week I got to take home a legacy PC to fiddle with since our school was making room for some new machines. When I used it at the school, it worked fine. :mrgreen: When I got it home I realized that …

Is my computer pretty decent? is it on the high-end or low-end? Windows XP Service Pack 2 450 Watt PSU AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Socket 754 Gigabyte GA-K8NS 1GB RAM DDR 400 PC 3200 256 MB ATI Radeon 9600 400 mhz core Samsun 80 GIG hard drive 7200 RPM Gigabyte …

how do i check that the USB card is properly seated in the computer?

I have recently upgraded to a flat panel monitor. Since the upgrade my monitor will go to a black screen every once so often if I am playing a dvd, reviewing photos/graphics, etc. I’m thinking that my “aging

Ok, I was reading in PC gamer magazine's "pc bulding bible" and they say that amd 64 processor are incredibly fast, but there are no windows compatible versions coded to take advantage of amd's 64 bit technology. So everything is running at 32 bits and then I see an advertisement …

I recently moved my Dell Dimension 4400 with Windows XP Home edition. Upon reconnecting everything, I had some issues. The first was I could not get a monitor signal. I opened up the tower and seated the video card firmly in the slot (I guess it got jiggled loose upon …

Ei guys!!!! Well, I'm a newbie...obviuosly... :eek: I just want to introduce my self...My name is Jay...Well, I'm most interested with the new athlon 64-bits...I got my own procesor but i guess I was expecting too much about it...its an athlon64 3500+ and its only producing a total output of …

I cant seem to decide between the two, help me choose the better card links below: 6600 gt: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1121824&CatId=1087[/url] 6600 [url]http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1212072&CatId=1087[/url]

hi, im going for an upgrade for a new graphic card(as many of u may be knowing by now). pl vote for your choice.only select from the given choices. simply write the name from the list below in ur reply. also specify the manufacturer that u would go for the …

hi my system; 1.0 ghz p3, 256sdr(100), (msi) nv gf4 mx440 i know i have a poooor system and somewhat obsolete graphic card(but this card did all what i write below) played hl2, far cry pretty nice on med settings. played doom3 on low settings everything off(obviously) with choppy performance. …