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I would like to know if upgrading my laptops CPU, RAM and Video Card is at all possible to be able to handle video games and a lot more on a HP Compaq Presario CQ50-130us? I want to put intel Core i7, 8 gb of ram, and GTX videos card.

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I've been thinking about upgrading from the current laptop I have to a desktop. Let's face it - with a dead sound card and a questionable IDE controller, this laptop isn't the most ideal, and neither is my other computer with a dying motherboard. With that in mind, looking at …

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I am in the process of building a new computer to replace my 7 year old Compaq. I've never actually built a computer before so I wanna make sure that my parts are compatible. According to a friend of mine the processor I've picked (with due research) is a newer …

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I have a fan with 4 wire pin and a fan controller with 3. I need a 4 to 3 adapter to go in between but can't seem to find one at newegg. Anyone care to steer me in the right direction? Thanks.

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I installed a new computer power supply. The new computer power supply starts then it stops all of a sudden. Can anyone help?

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hi, I have the Asus CROSSHAIR IV FORMULA 890FX Socket AM3 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard and I am wondering whether I will be able to put 1866mhz ram in it and whether I can put either of these processors in it (8 core and 6 core) These are the …

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Hi All. I have a compaq evo n600c notebook in which I recently installed a new 149 GB hard drive; the new hard drive required a bios with 48-bit lba capability and since this became available in 2003 and my bios dates to 31/12/2003 I believed my bios would handle …

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Hi all, I've been given a modular PSU that has a cable missing. Namely the 4 pin ATX +12 volt power cable - the one which plugs in next to the CPU. I've not been able to find a replacement (all I can find are extension cables). If I make …

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I bought a lot of RAM, 20 sticks, for some desktops that I'm rebuilding. Rebuilding as on upgrading, as most or all work. I put in 2 1Gb sticks (Samsung k4h510438b-TCB3) into some d51s desktops. The max should be 2 1gb's at or around 333mhz but the computer would not …

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Hello Everyone, Recently my hp pavilion dv7 laptop's battery died, so I've been running it with just the charger. It worked for awhile but when I unplugged it from the charger and tried to connect it again, after a few days of keeping it connected, it wouldn't send a charge. …

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I have a dell inspiron 1526, when you turn it on you can hear the fans going and the lights will all flash one time like on regular start up then then 9 lock stays solid lit and the A lock and down arrow lock flash... Ive also noticed that …

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All I would like to know is that if all parts are compatible with each other and will not conflict with each other: CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge $220 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072]Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA …

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Intel D845GRG MB 2 GB Ram 2.4 Ghz Pentium 4 nVidia 6200 PCI Hi all, I realize this computer is really old. Obsolete even, but I am trying to cluster. (I have other older computers too.) I bought a 2.8 Ghz Pentium 4 Prescott, 533 Mhz, 1Mb Cache. The 845GRG …

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ok, here's the deal: working in a Dell Inspiring 518. looked into all kinds of info and ran a shot test on the power supply and all sources and tests pointed to a dead motherboard. so I went and got a new mobo. made sure it was the same exact …

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which of the following besr describe a VonNeuman Architecture cache? 1. a cache where each data item can be asssigned to any block as needed. 2. a cache where the last n-bits of a block address denotes which group of cache line are used. 3. an arrangment where data and …

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core i3 2100 ,core i3 2105 or core i3 540 processor which one will give better performance?which one is best among these taking all the features of each of them into account.please kindly inform!!:X

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Hi, I would like to know which motherboard is better, Intel Original or Intel chipset from ASUS/Gigabyte/ASRock/Zebronics. What is the difference between performance of Intel original vs Intel chipset? Which one to prefer? Thanks and Regards, ukshir

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Hi, Whats the purpose of RAM and Processor in a comp,which are the different types,how to decide which ones are good for general surfing?

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how to repair crazy toshiba laptop?? it just turn on and turning off after 1 sec... pls.. help..

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Where can I download drivers for my mercury motherboard because the driver CD is broken.

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When I shut down my computer the fan will not quit running. I have to unplug it everytime and sometimes I forget. I know this isn't good for the computer. Can anyone help me. Thanxs.....

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hello to everyone... all are saying simply change the motherboard if that is dead...but some technical guys are known to repair it..but i didn't know how they do and i still search in net to get details about that...IF ANY ONE KNOW TUTORIAL OR EBOOK PLEASE POST THE LINKS..because some …

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[URL="http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/product/2/3515/3584.jpg"]Picture of my Mother board[/URL] As you can see, on the bottle left of my motherboard there a bunch of different colored pins. I know my power button plugs in somewhere around there. However, I don't know where.. D: Can someone please tell me where more specifically? My power button …

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Weighing in at a mere 7 lbs and standing only 9.9” by 2.6” and only 10” deep this super small tower can be easily underestimated. But, in both form and function this Elite PC holds up to its name in many ways. On top of the great performance it offers …

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I have bought a lot of desktops and was looking around different sites for some of the computers. I came across [URL="http://www.andovercg.com/datasheets/dell-dimension-2400-series.pdf"]http://www.andovercg.com/datasheets/dell-dimension-2400-series.pdf[/URL]and it has a picture (on page 51) and shows the ram slots but says DDR / DDR2, as if it were backward compatible? I know the 2 are …

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I have a Dell Inspiron N5010 with Windows 7 When I am running on battery power, I used to get a warning at 10% in the lower right of the screen telling me to plug in. I no longer receive this message. Instead, I receive a more serious warning at …

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hi, i m having a problem with my computer. I m using windows 7 professional with sp1 (64-bit). here is my pc configuration: [COLOR="Green"]intel core-i5 (2.8 GHz) (LGA 1155) Gigabyte H67-D2H 2GB RAM 1TB HDD No ext. Graphics Card.[/COLOR] my problem is very weird. Every time i install a new …

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]18689[/ATTACH]DisplayLink is a combination hardware/software technology that enables users to connect almost any kind of monitor to a PC via USB. It is designed to make adding additional monitors very easy as well. You can add up to 6 displays without installing another video card. Simply install the DisplayLink software, …

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how to free memory of byte array... code[CODE]for(int j=0;j<count;j++){ buffer=null; //[COLOR="Red"]free the memory by set as a null but not working????? shows array index out of bound exception for the second time[/COLOR] buffer= new byte[size]; //byte mem alloc temp2=di.read(buffer,total,size);// read buffer total=total+temp2; fo=null; ds=null; fo= new FileOutputStream(flist[j]); ds= new DataOutputStream(fo); …

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Hello everybody, I have never done anything with dynamic memory allocation and was trying to allocate enough memory to hold four elements of an array. Each of these elements will hold another array that will hold the actual data. My questions is how can I check the size of a …

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I was using an acer laptop and it had had some fan problems with parts getting stuck in it but everything was working fine. I had droped it a couple of time accidetnly and nothing happened. Then today, I dropped it and everything was working except I heard a ticking …

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How much longer until I'm the king of typos and stupid questions? Ok well in a different thread of mine there was a reference to BIOS.h. Does anyone know where to download it (If I don't have it comp making tarball sooo slow) or/and what's in it. I want to …

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i'm have sony vaio pcg-z1va ,but ram on board dead. i add new ram 512 but bios show 1GB then runing 15 minutes it reset.Anybody help remove old ram on board,thanks:eek:

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Hello there! I was a computer Engineering student form Philippines and probably in our subject Computer Architecture, i was having a difficult time in dealing with SAP 1 Architecture. Can anyone explain me the functions of every module in this SAP 1? or give some links or lecture videos where …

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hey all!! I recently got this new laptop [URL="http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=243&Code=085525U"]http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/web/LenovoPortal/en_US/catalog.workflow:item.detail?GroupID=243&Code=085525U[/URL] Id like to get a cooler since I use computer a lot. I see a lot of em at tigerdirect but unsure of which one to get. Recommendations!! ty!! *sorry if I posted in wrong section

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I am pretty new to C#. I am a Borland c++ developer and is used to "newing" and "deleting" objects programmatically. I understand that with C# the garbage collector is responsible for the deleting of objects. It seems though that I have a memory leak. I am developing a SQLServerDBInterface …

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Hello people, Fist of all, forgive me if this is the wrong part of the forum. I thought this would be the most appropriate place to place a BIOS related question. My problem is this: We (as in me and the company i'm working for) have 2 AOpen DE7000's touch …

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The type of computer or motherboard where the following RAM ;EDO-RAM,FPM-RAM,SD-RAM,DDR-RAM and RIMM-RAM can be installed?

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Ok, what would it take to write a BIOS in asembly languige, not planing on doing it. ; no money for chips and thats crazy. So...

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Alright, so there is only two sata connectors on this motherboard, no ide connector, but I have no sata optical drives, but I do have quite a few IDE optical drives. So is there a cheap adapter I can buy that maybe fits onto the back of the IDE optical …

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Hello, I just bid for a Corsair Dominator 4GB(2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHZ PC-12800 RAMTW3X4G1600C9D for $50. Is $50 a good price for this product? Do you guys think I should pay for it or you have other alternative which is better at that price? The ram so far has been deactivated. …

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I have a Sony Vaio VGN-B3VP laptop, the problem I seem to have encountered is "T" is automatically seems to be entered entered into what ever is displayed. I.E. word excel etc automatically but the "T" key on the laptop does not seem to be functioning at all. I have …

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Just want to know what the white socket in this picture is for! I think its a PCIe slot but im not sure, thanks!

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Hi everyone i need help with this assignment its due in two days. List information relating to these: EDO-RAM, FPM-RAM, SD-RAM and RIMM-RAM. The information relating to these types of RAM must include: 1.the amount of pins on the chip 2.The data transfer rate (Measured in MBps not Mhz) 3.Interesting …

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If I would go with an i7 2600K what motherboard are people recommending? Thanks.

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Ok, so i got my laptop about 2 years ago. It was fine up until about 6 months ago. It started to overheat every now and then. Then it got worse, and right now it's overheating every 4 hours. What i don't understand is this: The only thing I'm running …

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Hi guys, I'm working with graphics and internet security, so... in what way can I achieve graphic card's best performance? If you have any other suggestion about making my PC a beast, go ahead :=) Thanks. Specifications: Intel Core i7-965 Geforce 9800 GTX+ GA-EX58 UD4 9 GB RAM

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I've searched all over the web unsuccessfully for an answer to this question so I thought I would try here. The problem seems common but I've found no solution. I recently purchased this motherboard (ASUS M2NC51-AR) used with hopes of building up a decent small form factor PC cheaply. Originally …

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