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 | Hi, I have a celeron D right now and i am looking to upgrade my cpu would a core 2 duo fit in the same socket? or do i need a new motherboard |
| | I have a Pentium 4 - 3.4, on a Asus P5P800 motherboard, and have 1 Gb of ram installed. The problem? When I boot the computer It always says 400 Mhz Dual Channel Linear mode, but today, I upgraded the ram to 2 Gb's using the same rating as my … |
| | Hi! I had a question about RAM. My motherboard is a PC Chips M935LR with a SIS 650 chipset. I was wondering if this ram will work in my computer [URL="http://cgi.ebay.ca/1GB-PC-2100-DDR-266Mhz-184PIN-1-GB-PC2100-266-Mhz-NEW_W0QQitemZ270112308913QQihZ017QQcategoryZ74942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"][U][COLOR=#22229c]eBay.ca: 1GB PC 2100 DDR 266Mhz 184PIN 1 GB PC2100 266 Mhz NEW (item 270112308913 end time 23-Apr-07 18:51:54 EDT)[/COLOR][/U][/URL]. … |
| | I have one gigabyte of ram right now and its nothing special but other people always talk about Good ram and bad also i see 1 gig sticks prices range massively is this because some ram is so much better than other ram ( i know about DDR1-DDR2-DDR3).  |
| | HP PGTD-LA Motherboard (Yes I know HP teh suck). Anyway the issue is that my friend Carol has an HP A1133w-b Desktop bundle. She however doesn't use it much, and only for messing around online/surfing the net, and such. Well she comes home turns it on and the monitor doesn't … |
 | I have a gateway ar200 notebook. The fan isn't running. How to I get at it to see what's wrong?  |
| | Specs: Windows XP SP2, 3.4 gHz Intel 4, plenty of HD space (2 HDs). I'm not sure what is going on but about two months ago my computer stared to slow down significantly. At first I thought it was just a program I was running (Sibelius 4) but then I … |
| | HI, I have a HP pavilion a1510n , with 1 gb ram, wanted to upgrade it to 2 ( 2-->4 *512), so I checked the hp website , they say "compatible ram 184 pin, ddr 3200 , sdram, 400mhz, no parity) I checked the ebay and got the ram with … |
| | I got a new P4 2.40a ghz 478 pin chip to upgrade my celeron 2.2 ghz 478 pin chip. According to Gateway new chip should work with my old board but it doesn't. I got the new chip tested to make sure it wasn't doa. Gateway wants me to send … |
| | How hard is it to wire in a PSU to a motherboard? do you get instructions? im building a barebones pc. i know how to attach the molexes and the 24 pin connector. I just need help knowing where the small 4 pin ones go. Are they for the CPU? …  |
 | OK, I'm coming to my wits end here with this machine, never in my 15 yrs of building comps have I ever had such a hard time. When either playing vids, or playing games, like E.T. or Advanced Warfighter it will run for a bit then pooof the comp will … |
| | I have a Sony VIAO laptop PCG-F690K with a dead CD/DVD drive. Just wont read anything anymore. Bought a replacement, but nowhere can I find how to install it. Instructions I have start with knowing how to take the keyboard off, first. Called Sony and I discover answers are in … |
| | Hi, im obviously a noob, but i need help with upgrading my pc because i have been told 2 different things by my friends and well i dont know what to believe but here goes please help; I want to upgrade my motherboard and CPU to socket 775 i only … |
| | Hey, I was recentally reinstalling xp, and had to take out my old IDE hard drive so i took off the side of the case and unpluged the power to the drive i booted up the pc and installed xp i had just finished installing the drivers when i thought … |
| | Sup guys, a little help here. haha In regards to RAM. What does single channel/ duel channel mean in terms of modules. I have 2 banks of 1 for RAM. I currently have a 512MB module. Im looking to buy 1 more module of 1GB. Does it need to be … |
| | heya i just bought a barebone and put my old harddrive ram dvd and cd drive into it had some trouble with the harddrive at first to instal windows xp home as it turned out it was windows that was messing up but anyway to get to my problem my … |
| | i have a gateway computer <out of warranty> and its 2 years old, my mouse and keyboard is wireless usb. the keyboard has stopped working, but not the mouse. i changed the batterys and does not type while on bootor in xp. :sad: i tried a ps2 keyboard and the …  |
| | I have a gateway laptop and it runs VERY hot and loud. Recently it has been overheating and will turn off completely. I have a cooling fan under it, this doesn't help at all. Usually happens when I am taking up a lot of memory running a high usage program. … |
| | I have been having a strange problem with a DELL 8400 I bought around this time last year; I remember now that the very first time I turned it on, it did this, but then for a long time it was ok... anyways, in the last few months, if I … |
 | My computer has always said i have "351MB" of SDRAM and now it says "375" what the?? |
| | I wanna buy a case for my dell dimension 4700. I need to keep my computer cool and well ventilated. I want a side panel so I can see the insides of my computer. Please find me some links to look at. I looked on newegg.com for a while and … |
| | Hey guys, just signed up because I don't really know what to do. That is why I though you might help me out. Okay here is the problem: My PC tends to reboot while I am playing a game(Guild Wars in this case) It works fine for a few min … |
 | This is a guide to upgrading and/or installing memory. There seems to be a lot of confusion, so I'm posting just about everything you'll need to know. Determining what type of memory you need: This can be done three ways. First would of course be take out the stick and … |
| | I have a Pentium M 1.7Ghz laptop, but when I opened a game to play it said I didn't have the minimum system requirements, and the only requirement that i didn't meed was the processor speed. It said the game requires 1.4ghz, whereas I have 0.8ghz. Is it possible that … |
 | Hey, I'm looking to buy a new MOBO for my computer, and I was hoping someone might have a suggestion...HEre is what i'm looking for. 1. Socket 775 ( It's an AMD Athlon XP M +2800) I'm not possitive about the socket....I cant find it in the users Manuel. 2. … |
| | Yesterday I posted a thread about my new barebones kit and how I got a msg to make a backup SATA disk. After reading some technical info from a few websites I am thinking I need to ask a "dumb" question now. When I was re-booting for the first time … |
| | Hey, I have a Biostar motherboard.. [url]http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=GeForce+6100-M9[/url] and have 2 x 512 mb ram sticks... (one is ddr400, one is ddr333)...they both currently work fine together and I get a nice 1gb ram performance out of them. I want to upgrade to 2gb ram, but am unsure as to whether … |
| | I just received my barebones kit. Case, MB, power supply, wireless card, Duo Core Intel 4 CPU. So I changed my HD, CD, DVD etc to the new kit. After re-registering WinXP I needed to re-boot. At that point everything seemed ok. I had booted up ok, it seemed all … |
| | Hello. Thank you for looking. :) I have a MSI board. K7N2 Delta2 Platinum board. I have two (2) 512MB PC3200 sticks of Kingston Value RAM. I also have one (1) 512MB PC3200 Stick of Kingston Value RAM (identical to the dual channel sticks) for a total of 1.25GB of … |
 | Hey I have yet another problem with my PC, and I think its hardware related. I recently formatted my PC so I have started from scratch (my pc kept freezing). I found out that the second slot for my RAM on the motherboard is not working and my RAM was … |
| | hi everybody i am new to the forum i need help from everyone please what is the best motherboard for an amd 5400 x2 (i need gaming perfomance) ? consider overclocking  |
| | Hello everyone I just received a Totem TM-S630LM motherboard. Problem is that this company seems to have vanished and I need the drivers and the manual for this board. This is quite a capable board - it has built in audio, video and network, and is in a miniATX form … |
| | I'm already to build the new monster machine, open up the new case and there are nine little reddish brown plastic washers with the nine brass offsets to attach the mobo to the case. What are these washers for and where do they go? between offsets and case, between offsets … |
| | My PC has 512 Meg of SD RAM (Thats both slots full). I have one of those weired motherboards with (In addition to the 2 SD slots) 2 x DDR slots. Is it worth me putting in (for free) 2 x 256 Meg of DDR? to add to the SD … |
 | I have a Soyo KT400 Dragon Ultra motherboard w/ an AMD Athlon XP 2600+ & 128MB PC2100 DDR RAM (I'll get more if I get this working). Other than that, all that's connected is a 64MB Nvidia GeForce 3 Ti 200, a 300 watt power supply and the external buttons … |
| | Hello people, Well I am having problem with this motherboard. I was getting random reboots, now I have no signal that makes the monitor acknowledge that the POST is active. All I get are 2 beeps followed by 5-7 beeps kinda hard to follow them. After that for about 5-10 … |
| | Hi, I just picked up a compaq evo 25229-001 p4 motherboard. It has a 14 pin power supply connecter on the board. Is there an adapter for a 20 pin psu to a 14 pin? Thanks |
| | For some reason my CPU usage keeps jumping up to 100% and slowing down my whole system. Two days ago everything was running perfectly smotthly and i cant figure out what has changed. the only thing that has changed in the past couple days is i downloaded a few more … |
| | What would happen if I put 256mb PC133mhz in a motherboard that only supported PC100??? I think its cutting my memory in half and only giving me 128mb instead of 256 |
| | I have an AMD 2.0G Processor 2G memory on a WINFast monther board. Every time I restart the motherboard dropps the DVD and the CDRom Drives. I have to shut down and wait 15 sec. before I restart. Can any one help or shoudl I just get a new motherboard.:-| |
| | Hi all, I'm seriously thinking of building a new rig and would like to start buy purchasing a good motherboard. I want an Intel core 2 duo, so the motherboard must obviously be compatible for it. The only thing I don't need on it is a viedo card since I … |
| | I have got Laptop Dell Latitude D620, recently (before it was ok) I have experienced problem when booting it, it stacks at the first initial booting process, when it says: [code] www.dell.com Latitude D620 Series BIOS Revision A07 [/code] What I use to do , switch off and switch on … |
 | I lost the manual to my PC and want to buy more memory for it. How do i know the type of memory i need to buy for it? its a medion PC intel celeron. Any help? |
| | Hello all. This is quite an impressive forum and I am asking for some of your technical expertise. I am in the planning stages of building a new computer. Found a great deal on a barebones kit and thought I was ready to go, until... I spent the last 7 … |
| | My friend gave me this old motherboard and I'm trying to find out which pins I need to connect to the power LED, power switch and reset switch wires. The mb does not have the make & model on it, he can't find its manual and I can't find it … |
| | My Uncle recently bought a new mobo and processor to put into his computer. We've put everything in, and the computer powers up. Then we get a screen that says, "American Megatrends" "AMIBIOS (C) 2005" It recognizes the hard drive and the optical drives, then at the bottom it says, … |
| | can anyone help i need raid drivers for a kv8 pro motherboard and cant find them anywhere :eek: |
| | Anyone know the upgrade limit on the Dell Dimension 4500 for a CPU. My mother's has a P4 2GHz and I wanted to upgrade it for her. Anyone have any idea of how high I can go?? Can't find that info anywhere. Thank you in advance. Carl |
| | I am going to build another computer for myself this time and was just curious about other people's opinions on the best board for under $200. I am not a gamer and may or may not overclock. I do video editing and will have an e-sata backup so would possibly … |
| | Well, I am a gamer. A few months ago I would get "random" BSOD, while playing Starcraft. By random I mean it would not always occur from the same action. Eventually it started saying that I needed to manually de-accelerate my grafix card, by submitting my error report. My dad … |
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