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i dont know if i have the correct drivers. I have windows 2000 installed on my compaq presario 700. everthing works but the sound card. volume control sems to work but i still get no sound. does anyone know the exact chip set of the presario 700 (version with 1.2Ghz …

Well I've been awaiting my new PC for over 5 months and now I finally got my parts and have built my computer. Problem: I turn my PC on and everything seems fine, the HDD is running, fans are soinning wild, and everything looks good but I turn on the …

my mainboard Matsonic P4M266A come with 2 DDR + 2 SD. Currently I'm using 1 x 128mb SDRAM with good working conditions. I buy a new Kingston 256MB DDR 184pins 333 , and take out 128MB SDRAM. It runs but stop after Microsoft Start up screen. Showed with a blank …

I was messing around with my computer and all of sudden it turned off. I tried to restart it and the lights all over my case were dim. It tried to turn on but it did have enough power for some reason. I want to know if I have too …

I have... 1 80mm intake fan on the rear of the case 1 fan blowing out on the side 1 120mm fan in front 1 pci slot blow fan underneath my AGP card (not counting the fan on the VGA card, PSU fan, and the CPU/heatsink fan) however there is …

Hello, with christmas over I'm now looking into buying a new computer case. I've googled about but I think I've narrowed my search down. I don't really wish for a moded cases , the case must be sold in sliver or at least white so it matches everything else. Also …

I just put 1 gig of 400bus ram into the second slot of my K7N2 Delta Series motherboard, I already had a 512mb of 333bus in the first slot. My computer is not recognizing the gig of ram, do I have to change some bios settings, or does 400bus not …

Hmmm... I have been having a bit of a problem... I dont really know how to explain it but I'll do my best... One day I was playing my computer and about a half-hour into my game the monitor screen turned black, the went back to the game then turned …

Hey I have a power supply in my comp that i use most now and it is 100w(max). I have an older psu that has a 230w max output, I was just wondering if there would be any advantages in replacing the 100w psu with the 230w psu. Now I …

[b][b]I am stuck in lower case, as I've lost my shift key functions[/b][/b] :( after numerous problems with a used ibm thinkpad t22, i bought and installed a new harddrive. loaded xp home and voila, works like a dream..... almost. I should note that xp home is the cd from …

I'm having problems changing the drivers for the FX5200. When I remove the drivers and nvidia from the device manager then use drivercleaner and cab cleaner, reboot in safe mode the nvidia drivers have reinstalled themselves...where is this back-up copy coming from that keeps reinstalling itself??????? BTW I am not …

MB: Asus A7V266-EX Master HDD: WD Caviar 200GB New HDD: Maxtor Diamond Max 10, 300GB. IDE (or PATA if you like). 6B300RO I bought the above new HDD to replace my existing slave HDD, an 80GB Maxtor. All was working well previously. BIOS set to Auto-Detect. However, BIOS was no …

[B][COLOR=Navy]I have noticed with some Linksys Network cards mainly the NC100v2. Windows XP original version has native drivers for that card. And they work great until you upgrade to WinXP SP1 or SP2. Then every time you restart your system it will not get a DHCP IP address, or if …

i'm trying to install a tv tuner and all i can get installed is the drivers.when i get to installing the software i get a messages saying(16 BIT windows subsystem)c:/windows\system32\autoexec.nt.the system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and microsoft windows application.and i have to close this application. what do …

hi all, when playing a game on my comp, alot of the time i get a flickering curser, rather than the 1 the game uses. this happend a long time ago aswell, and when i upgraded the processor from a 1.4 to a 3.0 i thought it would solve it. …

Hello all, I'm a new poster here, I'm hoping someone will be able to give me some clues on a computer (that's part of an industrial machine) that won't boot. It was working until I reseated all the cards in the rack trying to fix the monitor prob (No display …

Hi, I am about to by a 2.6 ghz p4 and motherboard from a friend. I will need a case, fans, and power supply (if the case doesn't have one). Can anyone recommend one? Will the board fit in any case? I have a hard drive and RAM, will I …

I have an Alienware laptop with fx go 5700 Nvidia card. I have the Alienware installed drivers. up to 57.xx I am trying to update to the 62.20 driver from the Alienware website. When I install the driver the display is corrupted. The icons are black boxes. Other graphics are …

OMG my video card came in today and i installed it along with my sata HDD, screw the benchmarks on hL2 this card was runn that game on MAX detail, and anti alias x8 and filter times 16 at 1200x1024, and I was getting 70FPS!!!! it was aboslutly LOCKED at …

Alright since yester my computer randomly makes a clicking noise once in a while, and it was fine yesterday. Now I wake up and it's colors are faded, and it still blinks randomly. The faded colors and very annoying, and I tried changing the brightness/contrast/colors/degauss, but none worked. Can anyone …

My buddies system would not boot up. No display on monitor and no motherboard beep. I checked the video card and it is good. So i am going to replace the motherboard. My question is he needs a lot of the stuff on that Hardrive. I would usually hook that …

howdy all, the old monk here, with a poser. My 'puter really wants a 350 watt p.s., but I've only got a 200. Is it possible to slave a second p.s. to get the extra, needed watts???

My system file was corrupted and my computer wouldn't start. So I went into the restore console and manually wrote over it with the system file from the repair folder. I did this because the "repair" option was not showing up when I booted from the CD. After doing this, …

hi readers. there's something called > IEEE1394 < in my device manager. and on the back of my sound card (creative sound blaster audigy) there is a port with > SB1394 < next to it. this is obviously what IEEE1394 is rite?... anyway, i just wanted to know what it …

I was using my pc for 1 years withou any problem, I was watching a DVD when the PC freezed up. When I reboot (winxp sp2) the windows splash screen appear then the screen come black. I know the boot up sequence continue correctly because I hear normal sounds. I …

I heard some people talk in a different thread about PCI-e and I wanted to step in and ask what it was, but I didn't want to hijack the thread. So my question is ... what is PCI-e? I've never heard of it before. I have heard of PCI-X though. …

anyone have any idea why a Dell optiplex gx1 600MHz[model year 1999] won't reconise a 48x LG burner,no matter what way I configure it .CD-RW works in other computer .thanks

ok heres my delima, I currently have a 40Gb HDD ata/133 and a 160Gb ata/133 the 160Gb I only keep music and dvds on so that can stay. but I need a faster HDD to have my games and programs. so which HDD type is the fastest I can get? …

I have heard many times that having a seperate sound card will take strain off your cpu and improve performance, I know that is somewhat true, but how much strain can it possible take off the cpu? does it make a noticable change?

I have a antec true power 430 watt psu. I think i have enough power.. but i am starting to wonder. I know 430 is a lot, but I have been wondering with my overclocking whether it is enough. My system is as following: AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (130nm)(2.2ghz) - …

I have an HP Pavilion ze5000s. My grandson knocked it off the desk the other day and one of the fans quite working. I have taken all the screws out (even about three that were hidden) and I cannot get the thing about. This is a laptop. It will come …

I want to reformat my harddrive (actually a raid array 0), but i want to backup basic settings and all the drivers that i have. I have customized values in the registry quite a bit, along with all of the services that start in in windows. Is there a program …

I just build my own pc i was wondering is there a way i can incrase the speed on it like if theres any tips or Tweaks i can use ill post my Specs -Windows Xp Pro With SP2 -A-Top XBlade Black Case Ultimate Gaming Machine With 450W PSU - …

I have a motherboard Intel 875PBZ model 303, a P4 3.20E Ghz(Prescott) 1M cache, 1 Gb ram memorie Kingston KHX 3200 DDR 400, and a Antec True Power 480 w, but I bought a BFGTech GeForce 6800 GT OC graphic card that never works, so I send the graphic card …

the differnecce between Pentium processor M, AMD 3700+ and Regular porocessor 3.4 and the difference between DVD + and - thanx guys

Hi, I have an Asus P4S533X motherboard, which has two DDR slots and two SDRAM slots. My original setup was one 256MB SDRAM chip. Something went bad, and that chip stopped working. So I replaced it with a couple of old 64MB chips I had while I waited for the …

well i have one comp ....i bought a sempron 2400+ cause i thought all amd athlon xp are gone here...im form the philippines...then a friend told me that there is still two more shops that has an amd 2500+ i know what im choosing from are slow compared to the …

Hi. I just ordered a video card from tigerdirect that has an interface speed of 8x, core clock of 275Mhz, memory clock of 500Mhz. I am now concerned that my computer won't support it. I downloaded PC wizard 2004 and it tells me that my AGP slot is version 2.0, …

I am trying to install some new components on a used PIII computer for a friend and my dilemma is that after I installed the new hard drive and moved the existing old drive to the slave, when I boot the machine, the monitor, the mouse, and the keyboard do …

Hey this or next week im ordering: AMD 3500+ MSI Neo2 Platinum Nvidia 6800GT 1024 Corsair XMS RAM Seagate 200GB 7200rpm Random fans/lights I'm trying to find a PSU that isn't like 100$ but gives good power. What's the difference between this Thermaltake 480W [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-008&depa=0[/url] and this Antec 480W? [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-909&depa=0[/url] …

hi all, i am building a new computer for a friend and im using old parts from that dinky old thing that are still usable (its a windows 95 computer) :eek: like floppy, cd drive etc.. and im wondering if the old power supply unit is still usable? its 250 …

I just finished placing my order for my stuff here's what I bought. AMD 64 3400+ DFi LAN Party with Nforce 3 250Gb Chipset mobo 1 GB of 512x2 Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series Ram, its not dual channel but its a dual pack, My motherbaord has no use …

I have a 500 mHz iMac. The CD drive used to work perfectly. Now, it will read and mount cd-roms and audio cd's, but whenever a blank disc is inserted, regardless of brand, it makes a grinding noise several times, then ejcts the disc. No error messages or dialog boxes …

[B]My friend moved her monitor to another room(HP Pavilion M70 monitor) ever since then her desktop has become distorted and stretched, she swears she never bumped or knocked it.Now it seems her start menu has somehow become hidden on the left of her screen and cannot be retrieved, also any …

I have a Graphite mac OS 10.1.5, G# 600Mhz, 256MB RAM, Matshita CW-7121 CDROM: Anytime I enter an audio CD, CDR/CD-RW or any type of burned CD it gets taken in, some grinding sounds emit and the disk is then ejected. It has worked before, and at one point there …

I have an extra monitor for my system but only 1 gfx. I cba to go and buy a gfx card really so is it possible to run a dual monitor system on 1 card?

Hey, I have a Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller, and it will not detect my camera due to an error (Code 10) This device cannot start. (Code 10) Click Troubleshoot to start the troubleshooter for this device. I would just restart the computer but I'm wondering what …

Have a new Compaq desktop computer running Win XP Home. Randomly, it seems to freeze up: no mouse input, no keyboard input allowed (not even control-alt-delete). Have to hard re-boot to get it to run again. Happens not only after awhile of sitting, but sometimes while doing work on it. …

I am going to use a game to point this out my current system is a cleron 2.2Ghz, 512Mb pc2100, and a 9600XT I get 10-20 FPS in Counter strike: source will a AMd 64 3400+ with 1GB pc3200, and the 9600Xt help me get more then 50FPs? I know …

Ok, here's the deal.... I recently bought a run of the mill Microsoft Optical mouse. Ever since I installed it, it seems to have a mind of it's own. It's a USB mouse, and at first I ran it through an adapter in the PS/2 port. Then, I changed to …