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i am currently using a ATI Radeon X300 graphics card my friend (jbennet) is offering me an X800 at £20 while another friend of mine is offering me a radeon X1600 for £60 What should i do?! they both have 256Meg of ram on em so which is better?! or …
If I am installing a newly setup old PC, using hardware from a dead mobo, as an actual example...where's the easiest/quickest way to find a driver to mate the drive and hardware? I've found this is still a bit of a hassle when XP is not using it's builtin online …
OK here is the deal. I bought a Linksys USB Wireless card (model number WUSB54GSC) to connect to my wireless network at my house. I ran the driver, plugged in the card and my PC won't recognize it. the USB port works because it will run my external HDD. I …
Hi!! I've spent the past several days trying to figure out my sound problem and have came to the conclusion it has something to do with the modem, it's a voice wave modem for fax machines and such, but I do not use those devices. when windows start I can …
Basicly I need a new video card my old one sucks and plays pong with lag (joking not really that bad) but I really need a new video card 128mb ATI/Nvidia would do me great. Anyway the problem is I see there's 3 types of video card AGP , PCI-E …
I am trying to install an x1650 pro video card in my sons dell dimension 4600. I am not a techy, but I can usually follow instructions and get the job done. I read in another forum that this AGP card is compatible with this computer. I have actually tried …
Hey, I have been reading recently about this physx card....does anybody have any experience with it???? I don't want to spend 200 dollars on a card that does nothing.....
ok...I'm wanting to upgrade the soundcard in my pc and have seen most people recommending the creative x-fi xtremegamer or the x-fi fatali1ty. The difference in price between the cards is about $60, but is there really a difference between the cards? I can't find a real good comparison between …
I recently did a clean and new install of windows xp on a Compaq Presario 2108 cl. Everything works just fine including the wireless 802.11, but the wireless button on the front of the machine will not turn the light off. I can connect and disconnect my wireless connection by …
I have a Hauppauge WinTV card and Windows Vista with Media Center. The recording function on Media Center seems to me somewhat limited. I can only record whole programs according to the times set forth in the Program Guide. My main use for the TV card, my cable subscription, and …
Hi, i have a radeon 9200, and i want to install it on this motherboard, however for some reason it isnt working. Im not sure how to turn off the intergrated video, as it doesnt show in my BIOS menu. Could someone please give me a hand on how to …
Hey, I found an isa card i need some info on. It looks like it has ide support on it. and has two numbers on it: [engraved] PCB NO. 400599-97 PCB rev B [on a sticker] 400586-01 does anyone know anything about it?
Hi guys. I have horrible wireless connectivity in my house and have spent a lot on equipment to boost the signal, to no avail. Here's the rundown: House: -$800,000 with brick chimney, stone walls, no wired ethernet, no powerline capability -Bad router placement in the office to one side of …
I am trying to set up Network. I have a wireless router hooked up to cable modem. I have a total of 3 computers 1st hooked up directly to the router, 2nd one hooked wireless by a PCI card and the 3rd I hooked up by a crossover cable to …
Hi, I have a fairly old (about 1998) yet expensive PCI audio card (Yamaha SW1000XG). I'd love to keep it as it's basically a really nice synth in PCI form and the sounds on it are great. Unfortunately Yamaha seemed to have dropped support for it in 2002 and they …
Hi fellow experts, I recently bought a ESS sound card (1938-4CH) for Skype telephony call but encountered this weird problem, the other parties were unable to listen to my voice, I tried to test the voice system by speaking to the mic and I can hear from the speaker. I …
Hello, I am looking for a good TV Tuner card. I am going off to college and instead of bringing a TV, I am going to get a tuner card for my PC. This will be cheaper and save space! It needs to: 1. Be Vista compatable 2. Be PCI …
How it all Started. The computer was working and the wireless was engaging on demand. The Internet was at our beckoning call. While installing an upgrade MS Office 97 to MS Office 2003 academic version, the installation program asked if it should delete some files that could be associated with …
I'm new to this site, so please forgive any breach of etiquette.:) I am trying to install a graphics card on my son's computer so he can play his new Republic Commando game. He's got a Dell Dimension with a Celeron processor and 512 MB SDRAM. According to the manufacturer …
So I got a new computer recently (posted below) and I decided that instead of taking out the extra 80gig i ordered with it and replacing it with my 300gig hard drive, that i'd just put the 300gig in there. Now, I didn't have any more IDE slots so I …
Well, I have tried everything I know and I can't sort this one out, so thought I would ask for help. Have an up and running Asrock 1333 HD mobo. quad 6600 cpu and 2mb crucial RAM on Vista 64 bit. It works fine. I am happy with it. But …
My sound on my PC (e-machine,forgive me) is running slow. When my sign in to msn comes up the pleasant ladies voice is lower and slower. The same thing on YOU TUBE Skype and music already loaded. Recently I added 1gb of memory. I don't think that is my problem. …
I have a newbie question, so thanks for your patience with my lack of knowledge: The Problem (mismatch of monitor & video card) I'm on Winter Break visiting my father, and his computer (eMachines T1840, it's 5 years old) runs XP-Home, and its original graphics controller (82845G/GL) has 7 settings …
This card has recently given up the ghost after only 18 months of ownership - is that normal? Assuming it is, what would anyone suggest that I replace it with? I have seen this - XFX 8400GS 256MB nVidia PCI Express Graphics Card - I cannot tell if it is …
2 days ago my internet connection came up with limited or no connectivity. i was connected to my cable modem via my on board network card, i went out and bought a pci network card, no joy, i tried a new ethernet cable, ive tried the winsock procedure, i've done …
hi all, i can't connect to the internet anymore via my on board network card, its possible through my usb to my cable motorola surfboard 5100. i bought a new network pci card still no joy, it says limited or no connectivity. i've tried doing a power cycle on the …
ok, i just bought a diablotek radeon 7500 PCI 64MB graphic card and i put it in an empty PCI slot, screwed it in, etc. THEN, when i turn on the computer ITS BLACK nothings showing. but when i wait until the windows XP welcome screen comes, then it finally …
hi i just updated my computer to windows xp and i have a problem with pci simple communications controller as it has a question mark on it and cant find a driver for it and i have no disk with it and i have been trying to find a site …
well my computer is OLD only pci slots and my parents refuse to buy me anything on the internet so the "best of the worst" PCI card at my local computer store is a diablotek radeon 7500 64MB. i'm not trying to play any demanding games but i was wondering …
hi, i wanted to buy an evga 6200 PCI 256MB card from tigerdirect but they say it's "low profile" and that the "low profile bracket" is not included. could you please tell me what low profile means and whether the bracket is absolutely needed? thanks
Hi. My husband built my pc. He's passed on. I'm trying to figure out if I have an AGP or PCI graphics slot. The device manager says it's in a pci bus, but I could have sworn he told me it was an agp. Here are some specs: Processor(s) Number …
I have just bought a new Mobo ( well it was off ebay ) and when I plugged it up it up to the rest of my hardware............it turned on, all the fans ran, CD-drive+floppy made noise but nothing came on the screen. I have tested the Monitor, RAM (in …
Hopefully someone can help me, Im picking my brain trying to find an answer. This morning I noticed that my computer had rest it self, didn't think much of it. However, when I went to play music using windows media player I had no sound. The song looked like it …
What graphics card should I get? I want to play stuff like COD 4 and battlefield so if anyone knows any good cards that they use can you let us know I have a budget of £100 maybe £140 Also I am getting a pci express board so I can …
u guys prolly heard the story millions of times so ill skip it. i dont have the cd to install my ethernet controller and idk where to download the file to burn to cd to install it on my other computer. some things i think u might need from my …
I put my part of my one computer into a new case so I could make room for a new computer but I have a little problem now. All I did was to take all my parts out of my one case which I will be putting new parts in …
Hi all, it's my first post on this forum. I just bought a new video card, a Peak ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (Pci), Together with a 2gb DDR2 RAM Bank. First i tried to install the RAM, but i noticed that the "attachment" is not compatible with my motherboard. Maybe …
Guys, I will be thankful if you could kindly help me in solving this problem. I am having win XP and a network card (Realtek RTL8139 PCI fast ethernet adapter) and a smartAX MT882 ADSL modem. The LAN connection is working very well in winxp and I am getting internet. …
Hi, I am trying to add 3rd hard drive (500 GB) to my computer. I added IDE PCI card and installed software but, it is not detecting my 3rd hard drive. Is there any thing I have to do with jumper settings? or am I missing any procedures....? Help would …
I am hoping someone out there can help. I have a Dell dimension 4700 a couple of months ago I turned it on and it wouldn't fire up it just beeped a few times. I called a local repair shop and they said it sounded like the video card had …
My system is a Dell Latitude D810 that has a 1370 WLan-PCI Card. I can connect to the internet via hardwire to my Linksys WRT54 GS, but not via WIFI. The firmware bcm43xx-fwcuter is on the system and I am not able to activate it. Is there anyone out there …
Okay, I'm doing a reformat/clean install of XP Home on a Dell Inspiron 8100, service tag 6NZV111. This unit has the internal Actiontec 82559-based Ethernet Adapter and Modem Combo (MP100IM) that plugs into the Mini-PCI slot, and has two small multipin connectors to connect to the RJ-11 and RJ-45 jacks. …
Okay im going to build a new PC. I want it for programming/college/games (nothing too fancy, guild wars, battlefield 2 and c &c generals mainly) what do you all think of this? AMD X2 AM2 Dual Core 4200 (2ghz, 512 cache - per core) 1024Mb 667Mhz PC5400 240pin DDR2 RAM …
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 …
hi this is my first post here. im not a noobie but im no expert at all. im running a bridge through some things to get internet. i have access but my internet will time out for minnutes at a time. this happens randomly at different time intervals. heres what …
Hello, I am trying to install a Geforce 8500GT onto an eMachine t6216 with geforce 6100 on board. The Card will not read no matter what, BIOS and shutting off on board does nothing. No image from new card. No new hardware detection. Tried two new cards. Expensive paper-weight or …
I don't do any gaming but listen to a lot of music and like great quality sound. What would be my best bet?
*Warning: This thread means a DEEP dive into 'ye old times!* Howdy! I'm new here, sorry I could not keep it short. If helped, though, I WILL gladly return the favor when I can. If the reader knows about ESS Technologies PCI sound cards, [COLOR="Green"]or[/COLOR] sound cards in general, then …
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