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hey fellas, new to the forum!! glad to be here! gonna start my first thread with a problem with my home pc. i have a feeling its my motherboard, and something to do with my RAM, maybe a virus ate my cpu up. but anyway......about 2 months ago my pc … | |
Hi all I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM that my computer has and I was hoping that someone could help me out as to what RAM I should I get and how I determine whether it is compatible with my PC. My budget is $150NZD (maybe a bit more if … | |
I have an old PC with a Intel motherboard installed, and an Award Software BIOS identified as follows: [B]Award Modular BIOS V6.00PG, An energy star Ally BIOS ID String: 09/25/2001 - i810(e)- W8362-6A69MTRAC-00[/B] I tried to install a 80GB Seagate ATA harddisk but the disk autodetection feature from the BIOS … | |
I decided to replace my motherboard in my old vaio pcg k45 but after taking out every screw it still wont open,,,,,,,,,,,any help would be great. Thank you | |
Hi Everyone I joined this forum to find a solution to my problem. I have my IBM Thinkpad T22. I had no issue with it for almost 2 years since I bought it from Ebay. Suddenly it stop powering on. The problem started with couple of weeks back when it … | |
Hello I am not very computer savvy. I have no sound on my comp. in the device manager there is a yellow exclamation point and error code #10 for my sound driver. Can any one please help me like I am 5 years old? | |
[COLOR="Red"]I am going to build a computer for the first time and i need some advice. I am looking for a good motherboard that i can play some games on, but i dont want to turn it into a straight up gaming computer. I already have my power supply and … | |
I have a HP Omni xe3 notebook. Laptop will not turn on at all, purchased new ac adapter and still nothing. Can some one help or refer me in the right direction? Before this happened, I used the laptop about 2 or 3 nights before hand and it was working … | |
[COLOR="Green"][B][I] I've got a SQL server that uses an external HDD to do backup/transaction logs. The drive specifically has to be the "I" drive in order for the scripts to run. All was working fine untill I replaced the 5 external drives with new ones. Same size, same brand, different … | |
ok im noob to this so bare with me. I have an hppavilion a705w atm i cant start the dang thing i mean i turn it on i go to the blackscreen then it goes to another black screen with strange alt code symbols on it if i cant fix … | |
I have a system in mind, and it's almost ready to go, except for one thing - the power supply! I've been told that my rig will need a fair amount of juice, and that I need to be careful which PSU I buy. The first thing I was going … | |
My new pc came with blank HD's as I asked. Asus p5k s775 p35 atx fsb1333 snd+gln+u2 sata2r ddr2 Intelcore 2 duo e6550 2.3ghz skt775 2048 mb ddr2 667mhz XP sp2 I installed xp and asus drivers sparcle 8600gt and a load of other progs. The problem is every time … | |
Greetings.. I would like to ask everyone if you could help me find a way to figure out the best AMD and Intel motherboard & CPU today.. i mean i have a planned to buy a new computer and i want it as fast as it goes. What board do … | |
Hey guys, i need a new case because my current one just does not get enough air flow goin through it. I would like to keep it under 100 bucks but if you really recommend a good one with a lot of air flow i would appreciate it. I heard … | |
i recently bought a new motherboard to replace one that had died for my friends uncle. he bought a new computer and decided to give me his old one. this was a good deal for it has 1 gig of ram, nice all in wonder video card and a Athlon … | |
Hi, My son has an amd 3700, 939 pin processor, 1 gig L2 cache. I think it is a great processor, but he wants a faster one in a 939 pin to go with his 8800 gts video card. I would appreciate any advice an this subject. thanks, Mike | |
[LIST] [*]I understand this gets posted alot. I've done alot of research on the subject keeping that fact in concideration. No I have all the Problems that have been noted down. I've completed all the Fixes that have been posted in replies from various forums. [*]I recently changed from 7600GT … | |
I need a heat sink/fan to sit on top of an Athlon Xp 2800+. I would prefer it to be AMD recommended and be able for it to handle up to an athlon xp 3000+. I seriously cant find anything. PLEASE HELP ME I need this ASAP Thank you | |
I recently installed 2 programs on my computer to check my heat and I found that my AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor was running around 59C/62C Degrees. I then purchased a Zalman CNPS9500 High Performance CPU Cooler, and just to be on the safe side, some Arctic Silver. After applying … | |
I just bought a Asus M2NPV-VM motherboard and AMD AM2 4800 processor. I rebuilt the machine and installed Windows XP SP2. Everything went fine. I installed a graphics card and then rebooted the machine. When I booted back up it gave me a boot error. I went into the bios … | |
![]() | In your opinion what seems to be the best and QUIETEST psu today? I have read many reviews but they are all relative. I am looking for users opinions. Thanks. |
Howdy DaniWeb forumers, I have a problem with one of my other computers, on bootup im getting the "BOOT DISK FAILURE, INSERT SYS DISC ETC..." message ive run chkdsk /p /r in the windows recovery console using my windows xp cd. After that i was able to use the windows … | |
Hi, I'm hoping someone will be able help with this problem. I recenlty bought an X-Blabe case, and I'm having probelms wiring up the front panel audio pins, the layout is as follows: Mic IN GND MIC BIAS L IN L OUT R IN R OUT My motherboard is an … | |
Hi, I am new to this forum so please bear with me. I want to read the bios settings (through a program) and if boot option is hard disk then i want to change the same to network boot (should save also). In nutshell, i want to configure the settings … | |
I have looked at quite a few forums to see if someone else had my problem and i can't seem to find one. My computer is custom built and is quite new. A few months ago i was playing The Suffering on my computer, I had to walk out of … | |
how do i find out what exactly what type my motherboard is (so far I think it is an intel something) so i can replace it as we have had a power cut and the pc powers on cpu works, harddrive works but nothing on screen no post and one … | |
Hello, I recently bought a new video card and i have a serious problem with it. It is a brand new EVGA GeForce 7800 gs 256 agp oc editon. I connected it all right to an exclusive 4-pin molex plug straight from the psu and with nothing else on it. … | |
I have a crappy milwaukee pc that has only 3 bars of pc100 64 meg ram strips and the computer freezes constantly can I change the ram to some 256 meg sd ram? | |
I have a 1999 [B]Compaq Presario 5340[/B] that has an [B]AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor[/B], but I want to install a new, higher speed processor. What would be my choices?? Thank you to anyone who can assist me!!!!!! Alan | |
I am trying to upgrade my laptop memory from 256 to 1gb. The current memory is a 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM card. I bought Kingston 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) to upgrade it. I was just wondering my laptop would support it. I have seen two … | |
Hi All, i want to read the post results from bios of a computer by using a device connected to the computer. this device is a usb device with a microcontroler in it, and i can write a small programe in this microcontroler to read this. This is what i … | |
[URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view¤t=1101071352-00.flv"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view¤t=1101071352-00.flv[/URL] the link above is to a video that shows what my coputer is doing... the back story: recently my gigabyte 570 s4 for an am2 socket died so i baught a gax38 dq6 so i went with intel this time and got myself a q6600 anyway...i installed the mother … | |
Does the above motherboard use an old style ATX power supply or the newer ATX 12v supply with separate 12 volt plug for the processor? I have to bring a replacement to my daughter in Chicago next week. Thanks. Sid | |
i bought a toshiba equim laptop and i have forgoten the bios password and need some help on how i can break the bios password. am really in a mess and need help desperately. is there any software that i can use or a way of breaking the bios password … | |
Hello I've been building a new computer and can't get it to POST. Nothing happens at all. None of the fans spin up for even a split second. No signs of life... I took it apart and realised I had inadvertently got some Thermal Compund on a few of the … | |
![]() | Is it worth the extra 100 bucks to get the C2 duo 6850 or is the 6750 a better buy. I will overclock but don't want to go too far. I do a lot of video work and need something fast. I have another question on what type of board … |
I am going to be upgrading my motherboard soon. I have XP Home edition on my system. The original XP software I have is the upgrade version from Win98. This was installed about 2 years ago. I was told I'm going to have to rebuild my C drive after replacing … | |
For some reason my old HD (40Gig) died and I bought a new one (80Gig) two or three days ago. I plugged it in, created the new partition and formated. But when I tried to install windows 2000 (because it's an relatively old, 1GigHerz Comp), it always says that there … | |
Been a long time since I was here last! But it is always great to come back to a good forum like this. Anyways, on to the situation at hand: Computer: Compaq Evo D5 OS: Win XP with Novell (Pain, I know) The comptuer has been working fine up to … | |
Hi everybody I have a desktop. I discovered that my PC produces a lot of heat (above normal). When I put my hand on the back of the case on the spot of the power supply fan, I feel very little air coming out although I can see the fan … | |
TravelMate 3212NWXMi - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!! Respected nerds, techs, geeks and dear fellow members, After months and years of waiting and speculation; I (poor soul who managed to purchase laptop first time in life) purchased one laptop few months back - TravelMate 3212NWXMi - Presently by default the laptop came … | |
I've bought a Acer laptop and am trying to open the casing to install an extra RAM module. I can't undo one screw (all the others are fine with the small jewellers screw drivers I've been using) The screw head isn't looking too flash after a couple of attempts. Acer … | |
what does CPU / System / NB FAN connectors stand for? what are their uses? which connector is which fan type? (casing fan?) | |
![]() | The fan on the chipset cooler for the MSI K8N Neo4 F board my friend has went bad. Do I just call MSI and get a new one? I was hoping there was a silent heatsink that could be purchased that would work with this board. If you are familiar … |
[B]My Dell Laptop Inspiron 8200 is too slow. I have done everything that is the usual methods to speed it up to no avail. It has a 1.8 Gig Processor, 1 Gig of Ram. 40 Gig Hard Drive and all the trimmings. If anyone has experienced this, and figured out … | |
Hello I am looking at two different gaming laptops 1) Alienware Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB 2) Vigor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E6750 2.67GHz 4MB cache 1333MHz FSB Now my question: is there a significant difference between the two that would effect the … | |
Can someone please advise me would an Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard be compatible with an AMD CPU AM2 Athlon 64 dual core 4800 Thanks in advance | |
I have noticed that ECC RAM is often cheaper on the online auction sites. I assume this is because workstation boards rarely use it, and there aren't a lot of people willing to take a risk with "used" RAM in their expensive/critical server. To my knowledge, the difference is the … | |
Hi, I have been having a problem with the Crosshair motherboard- the BIOS has been able to run twice on two different days- when it is up it sees my drives, processor, I can set settings - everything loks great but when I save and exit I am left with … | |
Hi, I am running an Asus M2N-E, and an Athlon 64 3800+ X2. For some reason, the system is continuing to freeze/hang, and the only way to get it to unfreeze, is I have to [B]physically[/B] nudge the box. Once it freezes, it will continue to be in that state … |
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