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| | yes i have an emachines intel celeron 1.8GHz PC with 2 sticks of 128MB PC2100 133MHz RAM. Running on XP PRO. Is this enough to play games such as Battlefield 2, World of Warcraft, City of Heroes. also what kind of graphic card can i get away with using. Im … |
| | I am trying to build my own computer and I am interested in your opinions on what I have so far right now. I need your opinions, this is what I am going to build. I know everything is compatible and all, and I am thinking about building the actual … |
| | ok i just bought an Intel celeron D 3.06GHz with an MSI 661FM3 series motherboard. the heatsink/fan that i have (this is a socket 775) has 3 horizontal holes to plug into the board to get power. the board however has 3 fan connectors and i am confused. there is … |
| | i just started my pc after installing a new motherboard and its says updating ESCD at the lower left corner what does that mean |
| | First of all, if this is not the right place please move. My computer overheats whenever I do something processor intensive. I was wondering if a notebook cooler actually works, and which one to get. |
| | hello, I've got a Gateway E3400 mini with a MX841 (#4000773) motherboard in it and am considering upgrading it to either a 1.0 GHz PIII or a 1.2 Ghz (Tualatin) PIII. The difference in what I would pay for the 1.0 vs. the 1.2 (including the adapter) isn't a huge … |
| | I am wary of showing my ignorance but could someone please enlighten me as to the difference between the pentium "x" CPU and the celeron CPU as they both appear to be made by the same manufacturer. I have used computers a number of years but never have had the …  |
| | Hi Folks...I recently had the good fortune to be given an Athlon A7V8X-X by my nephew who has upgraded. My old computer is an Acer Pentium 3 550. The Athlon fits beautifully in the case but my concern is that even though the power supply plug fits okay into the … |
| | Hey guys. I bought a Gigabyte motherboard. Not top of the line, but it's good for what I need. GA-8S661FXMP-RZ. Something like that(I'm not at home right now). I bought 1 stick of Kingston 512mb Pc3200 ram. Also have 1 512mb pc3200 samsung stick. It only detects 512mb ram. I … |
| | Hi everyone, this is my first thread. Hopefully someone can help me. I bought a new motherboard, plugged everything in and I have nothing. It powers up, but I don't get a signal to the monitor. I brought my video card and processor to work to test them here, the … |
| | Hello, This is probably a stupid question, but can anyone tell me how to determine the fastest RAM that can be used with a system besides going to a website like kingston.com and looking up what they recommend? In the past I was told that the FSB speed is what … |
| | Hi, I am looking for some advice and was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am currently building a new PC. I am using some of the parts from my old pc e.g. graphics card, sound card etc, but I am getting a new motherboard and processor among … |
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| | me and a frined what to get 2 laptop computers. what brand should we get? they need to be able to run programs for school. we also what to be able to run a net work beweent the 2 and we what to be able to run a games on … |
 | Hi everyone, I am currently trying to repair an older computer. The computer has no operating system on it and I am having difficulties putting one on. I just got the BIOS updated to the most current version. I have been tinkering with it here and there and I was … |
| | I have just read another thread sort of in relation to this but my situation is a little different. A couple of months ago I decided to plug my cable tv's providers RF cable into my capture card. Thats where it basically ended. Everything except the RAM module and chassis … |
| | Hi everyone, new here.. I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my PC. This is what happened... I had just shut down a game because the sound was crackling, restarted, and my computer froze after Windows loaded. Nothing would work, no mouse, ctrl alt del, nothing.. So, I … |
| | Hi all, I have bought a newcomputer with motherboard ASUS A8NSLI [url]http://www.electronicsoutfitter.com/store/A8NSLI.html[/url] However I have one question: from the back of my computer I hae a cable with two male jacks. On one is written mic and on the other is written mic. I have never seen this before. If …  |
| | How do I access the BIOS screen for a Sony VAIO VGC-RB30, and set the RAM timings to be 3-4-4-8 and 400 MHZ, thanks. |
| | Hi everyone, A number of questions. 1. On some motherboard they state that the motherboard is 800Mhz DDR FSB. Does that mean that the motherboard is only compatible with processors that have FSBs' of 800Mhz and below? 2. I have seen some new processors with these terms celeron 2.4G - … |
| | Recently I was contacted to service a family member's computer as it was faulty. I was hoping the cause of the fault would be fairly obvious. I've serviced a number of PCs over the years and usually found it to be relatively easy, or at least the problem would present … |
| | I have a pc100 Parkard Bell when I removed 128mb dimm it stated pc133 so purchased and installed 2x256mb dimms but system is only showing them as 2x128mb Ihave tryed flashing bios with both updates from Parkard Bell but no difference can anybody suggest anything that won't incur further costs |
| | Hi im adding another 256mb RAM to my sempron 3000+ which already has 256mb ram as xp is pretty sluggesh at the mo. im new to this and wondered if anyone could give us a bit of advice. my current motherboard is MSI AMD sempron 1.8ghz L2 128kb current RAM … |
| | I built my sistem with good enough parts to run all current games, and probobly for some time they will be able to do the same. However, at runtime, a few applications will lock up if I run them more than once per log in (like I use it, quit, … |
| | Have an HP Pavillion when I turn it on I get one short beep code then a chug from the processor then a flashing cursor on the screen, just reformated the hard drive and cannot get that to boot...any suggestions?  |
| | Hey guys, I have a dell Latitude CPX that does not recognize the 128 mb module that is pluged into it. The computer reads having only 128 mb vs 356. Any ideas? |
| | Hi there, I've got a faulty Seagate Hard Drive, it's an 80GB, 7200RPM and has actually been faulty since I had it, I just didn't realise. It was very slow at file transfers but I just assumed it was the standard speed to transfer files between drives (my main one … |
| | Hi All, I'm having great fun trying to fix my comp (again)... ...not. :mad: Basically, a few weeks ago, while I was playing a fairly demanding game, my comp just completely shut itself down. Weird, I thought, as I tried to turn it back on. But, it wouldn't power up. … |
| | Hello there...Recently when I tried to switch on my old computer ( PIII 550, 8 GB, 128 MB), It didn't respond immediately and after a few seconds something blown out near the PSU and there was some smoke. Could someone pls help me as to how to go about with … |
| | :rolleyes: hello there i have a mothers board Intel (D845WN) it has a burnt IC right beneath the Ram slot its ID is (4501, W16B). I want to replace this if anybody can help by telling me where to find this IC, i'll be highly grateful. thanks. :rolleyes: |
| | When I start the computer the entry screen shows my memory at 166 when it should be 200. I have the bios set to auto should I manually set it to 200? |
| | I have the passwords for bios and hd for an old IBM thinkpad laptop. I want to disable password feature, but when I am in the bios screen, I can't click on that password icon, it just beep twice like an error sound. Does anyone know how to disable the … |
| | Hello there...Recently when I tried to switch on my old computer ( PIII 550, 8 GB, 128 MB), It didn't respond immediately and after a few seconds something blown out near the SMPS and there was some smoke. Could someone pls help me as to how to go about with … |
| | does anyone know how to translate athlon into intel like i only now what the gz mean but i cant understand what the athlon one means like how much gz things are in it and i need at least a 3.2 so what would a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ roughly … |
| | Hi, I just put together my new comp. Asus P5Ld2 Pentium prescott LGA775 3 ghz Samsung 160 gig sata Zalman CNPS7700-Cu I have a couple of questions and i hope i can ask them all here. First is instead of buying a new HDD, I took my old one that … |
| | Hello all. Approxametly three years ago, my brother and I purchased identical computers, gateway notebooks. Both are used under similar conditions, however mine developed this problem with the fan while his did not. The problem is that the fan, once it turns on after the computer has been running for … |
| | my computer is randomly counting ram eg-i have a 512 and when i boot my machine it will count it---it counts it as 4 then it counted it as 51 then 37 then 448 then 15 etc..... i was told that i could be capacitor problem though the only capacitor … |
| | I have a memory stick that says 256MB,SDR DIMM,H on it, however it will not work in my computer. The other ones I have in both my computers say either PC100 or 133 on them. Can someone tell me what this memory stick is compatible with? Thank You for any …  |
| | my stock 370 heatsink wont fit due to capacitor in the way what can i do? |
| | Currently i have a : socket A mobo sempron 3000+ (barton core) 1gb pc3200 ram 6800Le 400w psu im thinking of buying a new system and was wondering if this would be a good choice: Socket 939 mobo ... jetway 939GT4-sli or asus a8n duluxe amd 3700+ san diego 2gb … |
| | I need case USB Hookup info for a VIA U694BC motherboard, i bought it at a auction and have no manual for it, or are all USB Case Hookups the same? thanx siko |
| | am having a problem and feel I have tried everything to fix it. I just re-installed XP and updated my BIOS. And I am still having this problem: When I attempt to install a program from CD, for example Adobe Photoshop 6 the following screen appears to go normally: [url]http://img279.imageshack.us/img279/7765/screen18sj.jpg[/url] … |
| | Hi... Is it possible to use a socket 754 Athlon 64 CPU on a motherboard with a socket 939 interface? Thanks |
| | [B]hey[/B] i have a 203966-001 board and got the bios from hp as my new cpu had a microcode error i put the bios onto a cd and placed the file onto my desktop it started to install and then it will ask for a floppy in drive A but … |
| | SNMP heating up - new unique problem...!!! Hey wonderful people here, A new problem....??????? and faced for first time.... PROBLEM: Presently desktop having SNMP of 220 Volts (most probably) but the entire machine gets very heated too soon. The engineer saw and said that change SNMP to 350 Volts. My … |
| | Hello......I have a 2 week old Dell Dimension w/ Win XP. It's great. Although it is relatively quiet, I notice tonight that the fan is louder. I keep the computer on all the time. Because the humidity has shot up in the last 2 days, and the room was very … |
| | Over the last couple of months I've had to replace my FDD, CD-ROM, and HDD. I had hoped that the new HDD would solve some problems I've had, but they're back, so I guess it's time to get rid of this old slot A mobo. What I'm thinking about using … |
| | Hi, my daughter has a Dell Lattitude CPi, when she now tries to power up, the indicators flash 5 -1 - 2. According to Dell online, this means no usable memory. Is there any way to fix this? The unit is 2nd hand and I do not have the diagnostics … |
| | i need help recently i transported a computer into a new xblade case and it is having some issues: it has a 866mhz socket 370 pentium 3 cpu and on the xblade thermometer it is reaching around 60 degrees then automatically turning off the pc---the fan and heatsink are fitted …  |
| | I'm using 2000 Pro and I'm trying to troubleshoot the floppy drive controller, and the drives troubleshooter is asking if I'm using a SCSI device, what the heck is it? :o |
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