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Well, that is what the teacher told me. This is an old computer running Win98 and it keeps freezing. She tells me that it freezes when she submits her attendence (the program here is called Winschool) or when she checks her e-mail (Outlook) or does anything. If she has more …
Hi there, i have MyTV/x (MyTV USB TV TUNER) version 2.1.1 on a G5, 1,8 GHz. Aftern a recording time of 1 hr and about 40 min the recording stopps.. no matter if i put a time in the "recording time" optiion under the TV Screen, or i leave it …
OK ... system specs... Running Windows XP Home AMD Athlon XP 2200+ ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 1 gig pos ram but works. Asus A7V266-E Mobo. Mouse Keyboard yeah im cool... ATX kase, Koolance, PC2 or what ever ... 430 watt Enermax PWR Supply, not that any of this matters... Some …
Hi, I want to install a 40GB hardisk on a Celeron 300 running Win 98SE. When I run scandisk on this system, the HDD is show bad sectors after a certain point. However when I check the same HDD on a Celeron 1.7 GHz system, the scandisk is coming out …
Hi there, a generally question: What does these errors in a bluescreen means (Win XP): - IRCQL_less_or_more (or something like this) and - "this file could caused an error : VGA.... please restart...please update drivers...." the second error appeared after the setup was finished, and with every restart first "Setup …
I have an annoying problem with my monitor. Basically, whenever I turn the computer and monitor on, the display is too stretched and the sides of the screen are not visible. I use the OSD controls to resize the display so that everything fits on the screen correctly, and the …
Just replaced mobo because same problem was occuring with other mobo too. My new mobo is ASUS A7V8X-X with and xp2000 chip in it. Can hear HD spinning, and CPU fan is spinning. No beeps when starts up(internal speaker is plugged in correctly). It doesnt even go to the BIOS, …
hi everyone, My problem is big i think, and would appreciate any but all help i can get. My PC is a Acermate model 5120 pentium 120mhz. Its original operating sys was win95 then it was upgraded to win98 It was extremely slow on net and some applications I was …
1200Mhz CPU, 20GB Hdd (Windows XP Home) I've just installed another mobo,(it's a second-hand one, and I'm not sure if it's faulty or not) - Microstar MS-6368 ver:5, booted up and got this message: We apologize for the inconvenience, but Windows did not start successfully. A recent hardware or software …
[url]http://users.erols.com/chare/elec.htm[/url] The url above list almost all of the processors made. Quite thorough I must say. I found this because I was interested in the amount of power that processors consume.
Do not use the drivers that came with your card, go to [url]www.ati.com[/url] and download their latest catalyst drivers and such. Asus drivers seem to be out of date and cause many games to hang and freeze. I installed the ATI catalyst drivers instead of the Asus ones and never …
Hey peepz, Im a new guy here and I have a problem... I have a (Packard Bell Club70 PC), its about 5 years old... it had Windows 98SE 63MB SD RAM Intel 82810 Chipset 20Gig HD... ive now upgraded it to Windows XP 256MB SD RAM 20gig + 30 gig …
Ok i finally bought a 9600XT and new mobo and put it in, now on all my games the game either hangs or freezes making me restart my pc. Could this be because my pc is getting too warm because when I touch the case the case is pretty warm. …
Ok I am planning to upgrade to a AMD 64 3200+ 1600Mhz FSB in a few months, I need a cpu that will allow me to run any 3D game,edit movies,Do office work,and do some minor to moderate photo editing and graphics editing,finally some animation. Will this cpu allow me …
[url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-156-135&catalog=7&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0§ion=1[/url] Will a micro ATX mobo fit in this case? i know it will "fit" but will the screws line up and the mobo screw in? On the newegg site they say ATX or Baby ATX,but on other sites they say ATX or smaller, so im stumped
[font=Century Gothic][size=7][size=3]Is there any way to configure a hotkey to power up the machine from the keyboard?[/size][/size][/font]
I recently installed a new Asus P4T motherboard and pentium 2.66 ghz processor. Now, when I go to shut down my computer through windows xp, the computer shuts down, the monitor stops detecting a signal, but the fans on the motherboard do not power off and i can't be sure, …
Ok Im running Windows XP and I was wondering if there was a way to select which programs boot first when I start up XP I know by going to "run" and typing MSconfig will let me select which ones start but i need to choose which one starts first. …
My power supply fan went out so the 3.3v would jump up to ~4v . So I bought a new 550watt from amamax.com (the cheap $17 one). I threw her in and she worked like a charm. I smelled some burning when I came home hte other day but my …
I am having problems with my computer. It is most noticable when using autocad. I set up the monitor to 2 different computers and got the same results. My horizontal lines look fine. My vertical lines are all off a shade (darker than horizontal lines) I've adjusted my Gama but …
My girlfriends computer will not boot up. Here's what it does: Upon starting the computer it will go to the Network Log In Screen where you input your user name and password and then the screen is just blank w/ only the background, you see the task bar for a …
Hello all This is not much of a problem but a little annoying - all of a sudden my PC has started to slow down - examples of this are when hjovering the mouse over start button it takes a few seconds to recognise it before it highlights the start …
looking for go morther boards,prossecer,ect. were can i find or updat my bios
[color=black][font=Arial][size=3]I have had this pc for about 4 months and it has had nothing but problems, and has been back to the shop 4 times. The makers (A&D Computers) just won't help me anymore.[/size][/font][/color] [color=black][font=Arial][size=3]When ever I try making a VCD or copying a CD on to the computer or …
Hello, I have had this problem occuring to me for the last week. I go to turn on my cpmputer like normal (hit power button, etc) and it will not boot. The hard drive light stays on, but it does not even get to the initial screen, the monitor stays …
Hi, I'm hoping someone can help. I have a Gateway Pentium 4, 1400 mhz, intel with windows me. We started having alot of problems with error messages, so finally as a last resort, we uninstalled windows and reinstalled it. We noticed that alot of the error messages seemed to have …
Hi I am new to this forum. My daughter and I have a creative webcam pro - she is at university and I am at home. MSN and Creative have not been able to solve my problem. We were both using MSN with webcam and audio options on to talk …
[SIZE=3][COLOR=Black][FONT=Arial Black] My laptop has a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. A few days ago, however, it started displaying at 640 x 480. I've tried changing the screen area in the Display Properties dialog box to no avail. It keeps coming back to the 640 x 480 setting. …
Ok i think I need a new power supply but there is one problem are all the power supplies that same size? I currently have a eMahcines microATX case with a 250watt powersupply, i wanted to upgrade it to a 300 watt or 350watt powersupply but I am not sure …
Hello I just unstalled a tv tuner card to my AMD 1800 computer running xp. Loaded up and workjing but now my Kazzalite will not connect, just swits there sayinf "connecting'. I have used Kazzalite for several months with out any problems and wonder if ths may be coincidental. Ive …
I installed a SD-C2402 Dvd drive in a toshiba satellite 4000cdt. The computer came with only a cd-rom, windows 98. After installing it, it doesnt read dvd's or cd's. When i click properties on a cd/dvd, it says cd/dvd full at 127 mb, yet it does show the directory of …
I posted this as a reply to another post, but I figured I would make a new thread just in case it may be usefull to people who are having this issue. I modified it a bit to be generalized, please feel free to add comments/revisions to help those who …
I just bought a new motherboard and processor, an intel P4 2.4 (500 FSB) and ECS LV4XA2. Problem is after I installed all my hardware and software, my computer starts freezing up. It'll start booting up and after the windows XP intro. goes away, it freezes. I've tried almost everything, …
was in the middle of playing a game when i froze up... had to turn the power off to get it back...when i restarted it was a blank screen ... comp was running but the power light was flashing for 20 secs then turns off evantho the comp is on …
I keepo getting my Xp computer crashing oin me and going to the blue screen. Commonestr error message is aklong the lines of IRQL_ Not_les_than_ equal-To or similar to this and often blames miscellaneuos drivers although removal of these drivers mnakes no difference and scanning of valaidity of drivers shows …
I am not sure if motherboard or processor are just going. Computer has been running fine for a year since I built it. Soyo Dragon KT 400, XP 2400 Chip/ 2 Ghz. The problem started about a week ago when I noticed the fan in the power supply went (bearings …
I just replace my secondary hard drive on my 1700 Mhz computer. I also added another 512 Mb of PC 2100 DDR SDRAM. I have spent the last 2 days trying to get things to work and now XP starts to load and hangs. After checking with the Microsoft Knowledge …
[COLOR=DarkOrchid]My webcam seems not 2 be working right. OK i turn it on an everything is fine but when i'm done using it i turn it off of course....but when i want 2 turn it back on i have 2 re-start my whole computer 2 get it back on. Please …
I just got a new computer case with a new power supply with it (400 watt). Im not sure who made it but PowerUp! is on it(dont know if thats the company). When ever i use that power supply my computer starts up normally and everyhting works for about 5 …
i bought one new system and tried to load win 2000 and winxp some error is coming and it was saying that it cannot read the files from the cd and will crash. actually for winxp when i start from cd rom it is copying some files and when it …
My computer doesn't start right away. This did not until I got connect to DSL. I have to this connect to power cord in the back of the computer, and soon after press the power. Does anyone have any suggestion/ helpless?
Last night I got a new LAN card and installed it. Booted up and Windows ran plug-and-play. I installed the drivers for the LAN from the floppy and rebooted when prompted as I've done with every other peripheral upgrade I've ever done. On reboot though, before it posted, the PC …
I have a motherboard marked with the model number W6LXA-0. I went to lots of search engines and typed that in but nothing came up. There are also a few different names on it (SMC, PhaseLink, TMF, Intel and American megatrends) does anyone know anything about this board or where …
I have a Dell Optiplex GL300. There is a password on the BIOS. How do I reset the password? Thanks.
HI, ive been lookin at my fiancees computer, shes in some other country so i have to use remote connection to look at her computer. She has installed windows 2000 pro, and the computer can run fine many many hours or it can freeze after 1 minute.....it seems like when …
[url]http://www.sonicparts.com/applications/search/itemdetails.asp?sku=BS-M7VIP#[/url] amd 1800+ with 512 ddram 2100 with this processor i plan on upgrading the ram and processor i just want to know if this stuff will work with this motherboard as a temporary thing until the upgrade.
So my monitor was turning itself on and off, now it's just stretched horizontally (blurred). :evil: :evil: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/showthread.php?t=1876[/url] I use the focus adjustments on the flyback and it will get crisp vertically, but still stretched horizontally. The repair shop told me it would cost a lot to find a new …
Any short comments on purchasing a new comouter will be helpful. So far looking at eMachine's T865, HP Pavilion a350n. Any feed back on performance & service? I've been told eMachines are a good "bang for the buck" but put together cheaply - better get the service plan. Thanks. :rolleyes:
OS: Windows 2K. New topic, but I think related to the topic I posted a few minutes ago. I need to change positions of the IDE devices. W2k & XP keep them persistent as how they were set up. I no longer want them this way. How do I do …
What are some of the things that you can do to speed up a computer? I know that you can do a disk clean, scan for viruses, clean your cache out, and do critical updates... but what else is there that I can do? Also, what can I do Hardware …
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