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| | First time Posting!! Hey Guys, I have enjoyed reading in this forum! I have a quick question. I have a Gygabyte K9 triton motherboard. The manual says it supports upto 4GB of ram. Kingston Tech's website says that the max memory it supports is 2GB using 400MHz DDR or 4GB … |
| | Just bought it (Patriot 4gb kit). Now I think of it, I probably should do some research on the motherboard first be4 plunging into the kit. Any good motherboard for this 4gb (2 x 2gb) kit? I would prefer AMD route if possible, but if there is a cheap route … |
| | I believe this is the right part of the forums to post this in. Okay I am investing in a gaming pc. A Dell XPS 710. I am not sure if I should get the 750 watt power supply or the 1 kilowatt power supply. What are the differences between …  |
| | Hi guys. Just wondering if anyone could help me troubleshoot. I just recently got done cleaning up some nasty spyware stuff. Now when using my computer I get almost no processor(?) noise. I don;t know if it's processor noise or not, but you know that crunching you get when it's … |
| | Building a machine with ASUS P5WDG2. Have built 4 or 5 ASUS machines over past 10 years. Can't figure out where or how to connect the CDROM. Do I need to add an I/O card for the CD? |
 | Experience comes with poor judgement! Good judgement comes after bad experiences. I've taken my pc in for repair and upgrading. As someone who just want to enjoy my pc, and be able to control it, I was shocked by this bussiness who robs people like me, like hardware, to use … |
| | Can any one help me open the case on my Gateway Solo 2150? Thanks, |
| | I can use my pc upto 30mints or ever worst ll b only for 5 mints.. then its ll start to restart again.. but the problem is, once restart, its not goin to login window.. its keep on restarting te system ... at end i need to switch it off … |
| | hi guys this never happen to me before i got my pc from like 3 years and every thing is fine i know its the temperature as i downloaded speed fan and check the heat but there is some thing weird there is 2 fans in my pc the big … |
 | Hey, i want to put a new motherboard in my moms computer. Firstly, do I have to save any files on my hard drive?? Secondly, how do I discharge static from the motherboard? Lastly, is there anything I should know so that when I put it in I wont fry …  |
| | I am having 915GAV mother board, during booting the system shows intel desktop board logo followed by black screen telling keyboard detected, mouse detected, first drive cdrw sony, fixed disk 0 : Samsung hard disk and finally it shows press f4 key to resume after pressing f4 the system boots … |
| | hey i have a question im using 1gig ddr2 533 and i want to ugrade it to 1gig DDR2 667 is it alrite i use DDR2 533 and 667 in the same motherboard my motherboard spec INTEL 945P EXPRESS CHIP |
| | Hello Everyone, I have anIntel pentium D processor 3.0 ghz and it runs at a temprature of about 60-64 C at idle and goes upto 67 C in load conditions. Is this a Normal temprature range for the processor. (since its summer , the room temprature is around 32-35 C) … |
| | i might be buying a 8800gts. i am not sure if it requires cooling.i do understand that the minimum power requirement is 400W but i am not sure if it requires extra fans or cooling. Will my pc actually heat up if i dont put extra fans or cooling. |
| | I am looking into switching my motherboard over so i can use pci video cards Instead of agp and i was wondering if i could still use all my bits and whatnot from my old rig on the new motherboard, my main concern is my cpu.... the motherboard im looking … |
| | Hi guys I am looking for some advice/suggestions. Just this week I bought a new comp and love it :) I do have an old PC its connect in my LAN however its is about 5-6 yrs old now and I am thinking of upgrading. OLD PC'S Specs: P3, 450 … |
| | I have a choice of 2 PCs, my main purpose, besides internetting, will be video ( and photot ) editing Both have an Intel Core 2 duo processor with 2x 1,8 GHz, one the Intel chipset 965C but 2GB of PC4200 SDRam, the other the chipset 945GC with 2 GB … |
| | :'(:'( [COLOR=red]HEY GUYS PLZZ HELP ME OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLZZZ.. ITS VRYY URGENT .. THE PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE A KRYPTON U8668-D(VIA P4M266A / VT8235) (VERSION 7.5) MOTHERBOARD. ON THAT I HAVE INSTALLED AN INTEL PENTIUM 2.80 GHZ (HT) PROCESSOR.. NOW THE PROBLEM IS INSTEAD OF SHOWING … |
| | This happened randomly. I came home one day, my computer is usually on, and the computer was running, except the mouse, keyboard, and monitor did not work. I turned off the computer, turned it back on, still nothing. I asked my dad whom knows quite a handful about computers and … |
| | Hello everyone, I am shortly building a new rig, consisting of: abit IL9 pro - motherboard core 2 duo e4300 - cpu x850xt - g-card 250gb sata seagate barracuda - hdd and some other bits and pieces I was wondering if there was any difference is performance between a 1gb … |
| | Could someone please educate me on this matter. I have googled it and have found nothing. What is the difference between memory modules with black chips on one side and black chips on both sides? I have 4 identical memory sticks...only difference is the number of black chips. Two of … |
| | Hello members, I am trying to upgrade my RAM on my computer and am having problems. It orginally had a stick of DDR 512MB PC2100 and an empty slot. I took out that stick and inserted a DDR 1GB PC3200 that I had purchased. After doing so, Windows Vista did …  |
| | This post isn't so much about a hard drive as it is about machine/system recognition. I have two identical systems made by the same manufacturer. One of the system's power supply failed. That was the system used most often. Therefore I swapped internal hard drives, thinking that it should run … |
| | hi, i bought 2gb of ram to my computer (ASUS P4S800D-X motherboard), (2 sticks of 1gb), i installed them instead of the two sticks of 256mb i had, now, the bios and operating systems show me theres only 1gb. but CPU-Z shows that i have two. what should i do? … |
| | My laptop's PCMCIA socket connection is loose and requires you to press hard underneath the laptop to get a connection. I *think* the problem may be a strip of metallic tape on the motherboard having lost its stickiness (due to age and/or dust). Can I do anything about this? ---------------------------------------------------- … |
| | i have an intel pentium 4 3600 ghz on my intel D925XBC with a winfast PX7800GT and a SATA WD 80GB HDD and a kingston 1g 667mhz DDR2 CL5. at first i thought it was overheating so i bought a AS5 paste but that did'nt help i then re-installed Windows … |
| | Hi, I am new to this forum. Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but it sounds like you guys are hard core techs and I figured someone here would know how to fix my problem.:icon_lol: Somehow, my hard drive name changed to the name of … |
| | I have a Dell 8400. In BIOS, there is no reading for temperature or fan speed. Is that normal? How can I get temperature and fan speed readings for this computer? Thanks. |
 | can u guys help me [URL]http://www.dealtime.com/xPF-Thermaltake-PSU-TT-W0131RU-850W-RT[/URL] what does it mean by the "ATX 12V" I know ATX is the case type and i know 12 V is 12 volts but why is it there??? |
| | While I wanted to update my drivers-location: Control Panel-System-Device Manager-Computer (I am using Vista Home premium) it gave me two options: I choose advanced and after updating my drivers the computer restarted. After the restart the computer kept running only on one processor (core 1), let me just remind you … |
| | Hi there, Computer specs Athlon XP 3200 1GB RAM consisting of (2x256 and 512) 2 Western Digital drives 40GB (OS), 200GB Windows XP I can't remember the motherboard of hand. Lately the computer has intermittedly had 100% usage occasionally. Sometimes the computer would crash on login as well. Then a … |
| | I was playing a game when it freezed and I had to restart my computer. When I tried to put on on again it didn't star instead it kept telling me "cpu system failure"... is it the graphic card or th processor that has failed me? |
| | Hi, I have been trying to use my new IPOD and also in the recent past my PALM and neither can sync with the computer. When I plug in the IPOD to the USB port it freezes up my computer and I have to shut it down manually. Please help! |
| | Well i finally went around online to look at some computer parts and what now. I found a case i liked that looks like it would be nice. Case: [URL]http://www.xoxide.com/raidmax-smilodon-case.html[/URL] It's at Raidmax Smilodon case which looks like a very good case for the price. PSU would be a 500 … |
| | hi the fan on my processor is driving me insane it goes constantly, what is wrong with it? is there something wrong? this cant be normal can it? please help |
| | hello there. after some checking I've done to the web I think this is the best site to ask dor solutions for my problem. I have recently baught HP G5055EA notebook and the fan is completely dead. so, I am trying to find solutions in order to avoid sending it … |
| | Hi I have some extra sticks of RAM that I want to use in a friends computer that requires : 3.3V, synchronous, 168-pin, unbuffered, 133 MHz non-parity SDRAM. The extra RAM that I have is: 3.3V, synchronous, 168-pin, unbuffered, 133 MHz, non-parity ECC SDRAM (PC133 CL3 SDRAM). Can anyone tell … |
| | ok so im going to upgrade my ram and when i checked my ram for the info all i found was "256MB PC333 - Jun '03" would "1GB Kingston PC2700-PC 2700 1 Go GB DDR333 DDR 333 Ram" work on my pc? thanks guys |
| | Hi, I have no idea from PCs. I've been looking to the other posts in order to get an advice from there, but no help. My fan seems to not be sufficient for the system, meaning it still works but after I load a "heavy" app or game the system …  |
| | Hi All, I just installed a new mobo/cpu and my hard drive won't spin when the IDE is attached. As soon as I unplug it, it spins. My fans are all working and I've tried switching IDE cables. Power supply problem? Bad mobo? I've seen this thread in the past, … |
| | hello, Currently i have a 1/2 year old Mesh; Intel Pentium D CPU 3.40GHz 1Gb Ram 250gb Hard Drive NVidia 7300 Gs (dnt laugh) and i was hoping to improve my computer for better FPS and detail on games such as World of Warcraft, Everquest and Battlefield 2142. Graphics card … |
| | hi, I bought a new motherboard to replace the old one that was cheap and refurbished, but anywho, the new motherboard was an [B]Asus A8V-VM Socket 939 MB-A8V-VM [/B] [B]ATX Motherboard, VIA K8M890 Chipset, Supports AMD Dual-Core Processors, Dual DDR 400, SATA 3.0Gbps RAID, PCI-E.[/B] I also changed my power … |
| | Good afternoon, I am going to attempt to build a computer. I will use it for homework, games, online games, and internet surfing, copying cds, music, some fireworks image editing. Also I would like to try running raid to get better performance on games and just applications. I want one … |
| | I had a older keyboard where I cut the attachment end off and tried to splice it to a newer keyboard that had a P2 connection. Why? I needed the older pin connector. Being an old wireman in the military I figured this would be a snap. Got it all … |
| | hi there i'm new here, so i'll appreciate a quick impressive answer! lol i've bought a new D925XBC and a new DDR2 1G, to match my new PX7800GT,after i've fixed everything together...it did'nt work and by that i mean, everything showed like it's about to startup(fans etc.) but thats it!nothing … |
 | Hi there, I'm buying a new laptop & this guy's computer is Intell Celeron 1.13 Ghz which I don't understand. Is it a PIII or P4? His is a IBM Thinkpad R31, yet some of the stats are different than what I've been reading online. Thanks Michelle |
| | Hey, I want to put new RAM in my computer and I'm having some troubles trying to figure out which type to get.... The motherboard accommodates two 184-pin 2.5v DIMM sockets for unbuffered DDR333/266 memory modules, and a maximum of 2 gbs of memory. I want to know what type … |
| | I have an AMD Athlon 64 3200+, and I was just wondering how many people actually overlcock their cpus. I've overclocked a couple before.. but only by about 15-20%. My motherboard has a really easy jumperfree configuration, which makes overclocking simple. But before I overclocked anything, I just wanted to … |
| | Hi My Pc is getting Over heated with in 10 minutes and then My PC gets Shut Down, When I try it on my pc it gives 2 beep sounds.Should I change my Heat sink of processor or is there any alternativr is there to this problem.So Please give some … |
| | hi I was taking out my cpu when i bent some pins on it its only a cheap cpu but was wondering has anyone found a way to straighten pin on the cpu? surely theres a way? |
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