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| | Okay Guys Please help me out wit this (For those who dont know the whole story go to the old post) AT: [url]http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6141-0.html?forumID=8&threadID=96492&messageID=1095726[/url] I No Longer have a Compaq Computer. Now what i have done is Bought this MSI K7N2 DELTA2 MotherBoard and case.I did buy a new in the … |
| | My computuer case front speaker wiring is listed as such: mic in-, ground, spkout r, return r, mic bias, spkout L, return L My motherboard wording is as such: 1.mic, 2. gnd, 3. ref, 4. power, 5. front audio r, 6. rear audio r, 7. reserved, 8. no pin, 9. …  |
| | I just installed a AMD 64 3000+ and a ABIT AV8 KBT800 Pro motherboard and the system won't even start up. I turn the comp on but 3 seconds later, everything shuts off? Is it my power supply or do I need more thermal paste on the processor? It's brand … |
| | I just installed a AMD 64 3000+ processor into a brand new ABIT AV8 KBT800 motherboard and the damn thing won't even start? The fans kick in then shut off immediately after about 3 seconds? Is it my power supply or is the CPU over heating so fast? NEED HELP … |
 | If any of you had to decide between buying a "Intel P4 3.6E 1MB (560) 800FSB LGA775" for CAN$ 537.00 and a "Intel P4 3.4GHz 2MB (650) 800FSB LGA775" for CAN$ 527.00. What would you choose and why? The first is running at 200mhz faster but has half the cache … |
| | I want to build my own computer and I am looking for ideas. I am interested in a good entertainment pc but I will probably have to bring it with me to college next year where i will be studying computer engineering and i dont want it to be laughed … |
| | So i have an Asus A7N8X nforce2 board that is upgraded to the latest bios (1010) and has the latest PCB (2.0). Everything on Asus's site says my new athlon 3200+ barton 400FSB should work on this motherboard. I popped out my old 2500+ barton, stuck the new one in, … |
| | What is the difference between F.S.B & bus speed of a processor what actually happnes when the hard disk jumper setting is "upper 32 gb" what is the difference between 40 conductor & 80 conductor data cables that we use to connect hdds to the motherboard & how does the …  |
| | Hey everyone, building a new system here w/ a 3.4Ghz P4, ASRock 775i65Gv MoBo, 1Gig of Pc-3200 Ram, 450 Watt Rosewill Power Supply. My question is, why does the machine shut off 3 seconds after it turns on? I can press F2 to go into setup, and I can tell … |
| | I removed the motherboard on my Gateway 450SX laptop to resolder the power input jack. Since then the monitor will "scramble" at random times for no apparent reason. I tried connecting a crt monitor and the same thing will happen. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
| | I need more speed. Hopefully someone can help. It's an Intel WS440BX Socket 370 mobo with 100mhz FSB. CPU is PIII 550mhz. AGP chipset 1996 I think. 384mb of 168pin DIMM SDRAM 16x8 low density PC133. Windows XP Home Whats the max CPU speed I can plug into this board? …  |
 | Im wanting to know how many SATA cables I need and what kind if I want my entire system SATA ready. Im getting an ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD mobo, so I know it is SATA compatible. Should I just count how many IDE ribbons … |
| | I have a PII with 64 mb RAM. I want to upgrade to either 256mb or 512mb. First question is will 256mb be sufficient now that i have XP installed or better to go for 512mb. Better with 512mb i'm sure but relative to cost? Second question is what do … |
| | Our Gateway Solo 5350 (Part number 3501084) just became a "flatbed" (i.e., the screen lost all tension in the hinges and flops full open or closed) for no apparent reason. It had not been getting noticeably looser and the last time we used it we had no problem. We toted … |
| | I have a Abit motherboard, an I found a software on the abit homepage for flashing the bios from windows. I have a abit BD7II motherboard and I wonder if its wise to use this tool or if someone has any experience in using it? |
| | Installed ECS Elitegroup Mobo with VIA PT800CE-A chipset and 3.0 ghz P4 CPU. Sometimes , but not always, on startup I have to access the BIOS and manually search for the HDD. This can occur on cold starts and on restarts. Any clue as to why this happens? |
| | I've got a question that just popped up in my head... If my system would need a 450 watt power supply and I would use a 400 or 350 watt instead, what would happen? Would the system shutdown? Could it be harmful to a system? |
| | I just bought new parts to build a PC and after everything was done I tried to boot up and nothing showed on screen. I plugged in headphones and when I pressed power the motherboard said this through the headphones: "System Failed due to CPU Overclocking". My guess is, the … |
| | i have just upgraded to 768mb ram and i have now started to get one short beep when the pc is away to start loading windows, ive done a little bit research and ive found that its a DRAM Refresh Failure the memory seems to be working ok but this …  |
| | I woke up this morning and my PC will not boot windows It gets the the windows XP loading image and then restarts, this happens over and over again. The computer gives me 5 different options. The first 2 result in the computer restarting at the same point as before. … |
| | I have just bought a Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 Pro Motherboard and am installing it in my machine. It has both a power fan connector for the case and also a system fan connector which both state that they are for the cooling fan. Which one am I best using? Is the … |
 | Asus A7V400-MX AMD Thoroughbred Socket A Windows XP I can't install the SoundMAX Audio Driver on the integrated soundcard. I have downloaded the driver from Asus and tried to install both manually and with the .exe file. But I only get an error message saying 'Bad data' in the end … |
 | I just dl-ed mbm 5 and I am puzzled/worried by some of the readings I get. The reason I got it was cuz my Asus probe made a dramatic shift in cpu temp. It was running at 28 C -cpu and 22 C -Mobo then suddenly it jumped to 44 … |
| | Hi everybody. I am about to buy all these components to build my first computer specifically for recording. Will there be any compatability issues, is there anything else i have forgotten? Will i need to buy any cable's or anything or will they all be supplied? AMD (Newcastle) Athlon 64bit … |
 | Ok, I need info on buying second hand processors. There are plenty being sold on ebuyer, and I am querying as to whether or not I should do it. Now I know that im getting to get plenty of people saying no simply because the word "used" or "second hand" … |
| | I have a Microstar 6160 socket 370 in one of my many pc's the board supports up to 1.1ghz so I bought a second user Celeron 1.0ghz and it was tested as working. I installed it onto the mainboard switched it on everything fired up as normal but there was …  |
| | Hello! I have received some outstanding advice in the past, so I’m back for more. I am looking to “piece |
| | Hi, Need your help to solve this problem. When i am playing a game i am getting blue screen(need to restart after), and some times screen is freezing. It began after that i reinstalled Windows XP. In systeminformation i got some conflicts. I/O-poort 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI-bus I/O-poort 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access … |
| | ya um.noob question..is liquid cooling safe? i got a $1,000 processor and i dont wanna mess it up |
| | When I boot my computer it says that I only have 256mb of RAM. But if I go to Control Panel->Device Manager->General tab, it says that I have 512mb RAM. What could the problem be? Hope someone can help. |
| | I now got a new machine, my M/B thinks my cpu start at about 160 degrees farenheit, and shoots up to 320 degrees fareinheit, yet my programs say my CPU's temperature is in the negatives! I have 2 intake fans, 4 out-take (2 in back of case, 2 on side … |
| | my computer is a mystery. After taking it out of storage it refused to POST and all it gave me was a blank screen. I decided that this was an excuse to upgrade the CPU and video card, now it has a Sempron 2300 and a G-force fx 5200, it … |
| | I know that slot A processors aren't in production, and I have been told that socket A processors are also out of production, is this true? |
 | Lately I have been having some problams with my pc, I built this new and 64 system and have a $80 520watt PS that is good, so it cant be coming from my OS, but sometimes when I plug a USB device in the fron USB ports my pc restarts, … |
| | I just bought a amd 2500+ barton processor. I am not sure what to set the fsb jumpers an my board to. My options are 200, 266, or 333. I thought it would be 333 but then I saw some sites said 266, some said 333. I'm comfused. |
 | Is it possible to have 768MB RAM on a computer?(eg. one 512MB and one 256MB card). I know its possible to use 256/512/1024MB. I tried 768MB in my PC but it wont boot up. Im guessing i have to get another 512MB RAM. |
| | Would anyone happen to know if the Ultra X-Connect 500Watt Power Supply is any good? Is Ultra good with Power Supply? This is the one where you plug only the cables you need. I was just wondering is anyone had any comments on this product. |
| | I have a Microstar K7-Pro (MS6195) mother board in the computer that was given to me, and I had two goals in mind: 1st was to increase my RAM to 768MB, and 2nd was to install a DVD burner. I've found three new sticks of Kingston PC 100 for $120.00, … |
| | I just bought a new Toshiba Laptop with Win XP Pro in it and am currently using a Dell laptop with Win 2000 in it. Is there someway i can transfer my application software to the new laptop without using the install CD's Macromedia Dreamweaver Studio MX 2004 Suite Photoshop …  |
| | I sent a 1.88 MB ASF stream to a friend of mine, and he gets 17 seconds into playing it and it stops. He's XP, and I downloaded MP10 and Service Pac 2 for him thinking this would solve his problem, it didn't. He can send this to some else … |
| | I bought a stick of 512mb pc3200 ram only to find the remaining open slots on my mainboard required pc-133. Rather than go through the process of returning it, I was wondering if it is possible to convert one type to another, so I could use the pc3200 on the … |
| | Does it hurt performance if my ram is 400 mhz and my amd 2200 processor runs at 133 |
| | what are the major differences between the amd athlon 64 2800+, 3000+, 3200+, 3400+, 3700+ etc? and can the amd athlon 64's be overclocked? Also, this is not a cpu related question, but i thought i would save space, can you put any hardrive with a socket 754 motherboard? |
| | I have been trying to gather the info to puchase more memory which will be compatible with my mother board. I have a Microstar K7 Pro mother board, and as I understand it, I need to stay with the following specs. PC100, 168-Pin SDRAM, configuration of 32x8, DIMM type: unbuffered, … |
| | Im in the market for a case and i liked the look of it...does anyone agree? Also, is the powersupply good quality and is the whole thing way too overpriced? :confused: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=558331&Sku=T925-2012[/url] |
| | i have two once identical dfi motherboards, one needs a fan blowing on the northbridge to work (at least i think that's the reason it's working now) is it possible the northbridge was damaged JUST enough to cause it to get too hot to run properly without extra cooling? the … |
| | Hello, I'm in need of: -advice -and a new case hehehe (hence the topic!) Basically , at the minute my bog standard case is to small now, I have to keep a hand drive in there without a place for it! Yes I know not the best solution! - I've … |
| | Can anyone help me to update my Chaintech Zenith 9CJS Motherboard? I have downloaded the appropriate BIOS updates from their website along with the Award Flash Utility. However when I try to flash my BIOS I get the following message: 'The program file's BIOS-Lock String does not match your system.' … |
| | I have a Jetway motherboard with a Celeron 1.7 gig chip and onboard video card. We had problems a while ago with the display freezing up. Eventually the screen would not display during the boot process. Right now we are trying to install a new hard drive and install Windows … |
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