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| | I installed a Synchrotech cardbus reader into a new PC today. It fits into a 3.5" drive bay and has a IDE cable that connects to the PCI slot on the back of the board. After installing it, the mouse driver disappeared and I had to reinstall the drivers. I … |
| | Hi Daniweb! I'm going nuts here, this is my first IT problem I as a softwaredeveloper hasn't been able to solve myself... I'm just not that much hardware guy as I wanted to really be I guess.. :( *I have written a short synopsis of my problem, since my post … |
| | I'm having trouble with a home-built desktop PC where wireless network cards don't appear to be working for it. I put one in a PCI-E slot on the motherboard and I also tried just using a USB wireless card. Neither work, according to the windows trouble shooter there is a …  |
| | Motherboard: ASUS P5LD2 Deluxe CPU installed: Pentium D 3.0 GHz (dual core) Memory Installed: 3gb DDR2 (2x 1gb + 2x 512mb) both are 1066mhz Video card: 512mb Nvidia 210 PCI (not PCI-E) card. I needed an s-video out because this will eventually be a media center connected to a TV … |
| | Hi, I've been experiencing an odd computer problem where my windows7 PC will reboot itself after about 2-3 minutes of being turned on. It happens if I login and start web surfing or watching a video, or any sort of normal computer activity. It happens if I don't touch it … |
 | I'm thinking of adding a mini pcie SSD to my netbook seeing as they seem reasonably cheap. I have a spare mini pcie slot but I'm a completely new to this so what I want to ask is this: * Can I just get [this](http://www.suntekstore.co.uk/goods.php?id=10010412&utm_source=gbuk) card and fit it? How …  |
| | I have a half-mini PCI-E WiFi card (RTL8192E to be exact), which has 2 small aerial pins plugged into it. Can I use this without any aerials in a new PC build so I don't have to buy a new WiFi card? If it will work, would the signal be … |
| | Sorry for the non-specific title. I'll try and elaborate more here. I went over the 'MY PC Won't Start' sticky, and did a search for other titles, but my problem seems to fall in-between troubleshooting steps that I see. By that I mean, when I hit the power button on … |
| | Hi all, My trouble started out when I couldn't get an internet connection at all and I got the error "dependency service or group failed to start". I went through the following steps: Reset winsock reset tcp/ip Reinstalled winsock Reinstalled TCP/IP Then I was just getting the Local Access Only … |
| | Ok, I have an ASUS m4a7bt-e motherboard that had been working fine. One day it powered on but didn't boot. The configuration of my pc is as follows: 8 gb ram AMD six core cpu blue-ray burner/player 1 tb HD I'm using the onboard video All cables are connected properly, … |
| | I recently built my first computer from the ground up. Spent quite a bit of time on newegg picking all the parts i wanted and if they are compatible. After i got everything put together and booted it up, everything seems to power up = all the fans are turning …  |
| | I've been having this problem for a while now. Basically what happens is at random times my computer will lock up for about 2 seconds and then just turn itself off. If I try to turn it back on it will start up for about 3 seconds and then just … |
| | Hey guys, so I was wondering if something is wrong with my PCI Express Card. I did the CPU-Z scan or whatever, and it says I have a PCI Express Card, but it also says the Link Width is x0 and the Max. Supported is x0. Is there something wrong … |
| | When i try to do a scan it gets to about 67% then crashes im using bt net protect plus whicj is basically mcaffe and i am on windows 7 i have tried scanning the computer with some software called trojan killer and something called spy hunter and they dont … |
| | Hi guys, i have a toshiba laptop the model is a305-s6858 and i'm wondering if my laptop contains a pci express card and can i use for example a vidock? I just want to add an external graphic card to my laptop in order to be able to play games … |
| | Not sure if my Dell Inspiron 530 can handle this graphics card. [Click Here](http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2759376&Sku=G458-0218) My computer has a 300w power supply and I'm not sure how many PCI slots or whatever it is it has. |
| | We have a system that has a drive bay, mounted in the computer in a 5.25" bay, which connects to an internal pci sata card. The drive bay accepts 2.5" sata drives, and the drives themselves are inside an enclosure that inserts into/ejects from the drive bay. The connection between … |
 | my compaq pc cant install sound drivers and i bought a new pCI sound card but the card also fail to install drivers, what can be the possible soluyion. |
| | Looking to buy a new desktop for video editing/production along with using after effects and bunch of other stuff at Uni. The new Ivy Bridge proccesors have just reached the market, whats your verdict should i get one or not. If not what would you recommend Sandy i5 or i7. … |
| | Hello, thanks for reading. I have recently noticed sound only coming from one speaker. I have done the obvious diagnoses and determined: [LIST] [*]both speakers work fine (on another PC using the same set-up); and [*]it is not the operating system (Windows) - I booted a recent Ubuntu Live CD … |
| | Hey guys, I recently installed a new copy of Windows 7 on my Dell Studio XPS computer. I successfully installed the Wifi drivers on the computer for the wireless card, although it always says windows was unable to find any wireless networks. I checked to make sure all the drivers … |
| | Was wondering if someone can help me. I would like to change out my Video and don't want to purchase a card that will not work. I attached a txt of my pc and was looking to get VisionTek - ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express. was wondering …  |
| | I don't have the original system disks for the machine in question so i would like to attempt a manual recovery. If needed i can order them, but HP charges for the disks. Currently the network is disabled and Mcafee anti-virus does not appear to work correctly. WHAT HAS MY …  |
| | Hopefully my question is pretty simple... Currently I have an ubuntu server (I am not runny server edition, simply the 32-bit desktop distro), but when I built it I was not sure what I was doing with it just yet, but decided to have it as my low-wattage home media …  |
| | Old PC, but hitherto very reliable, AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 2.5Gb RAM, 40Gb ide drive, clean XP Install on 10Gb partition (no progs loaded yet), dvd-rom drive, nVidia basic graphics PCI card, PCI sound card, PCI USB2 card. PSU renewed about a year ago. CMOS battery new. This problem only … |
| | :( Hey Guys, I need help. I have a Nvidia 7200GS/7300SE. I just reinstalled windows. Installed the card. Installed a game called Kungfu panda. However, when i start the game the error message is that the card's hardware acceleration is not enabled. I don't know what to do. Help!!!!!! P.S. … |
| | Hello, and Thank You for taking the time to read this! A couple of days ago my laptop (running Vista Service Pack 1) started to play up, mainly the internet was redirecting me to ebay or some tacky advertising. So I tried to use AVG and found it dissapeared, then … Information Security advertising amazon-web-services apple apple-hardware audio client-server dns flash ide microsoft-access microsoft-office microsoft-windows office-suite pci-card pdf printer storage tablet tcp-udp video-card virus-malware visual-basic visual-studio web-browser windows-virus windows-vista |
| | I am planning on getting a mother board but I cant tell how many graphic cards it can hold the description says: Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 x16 7 (4 x16 or 6 x8 + 1 x16) What does that mean? Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188070[/url] Video Card: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130655[/url] or [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130751[/url] I am …  |
| | I bought a new motherboard (asrock n86c-s ucc) because my old one's PCI-E slot was not working. I installed the board properly the first time with my cpu and everything seated correctly in a new case only to find that my computer was not turning on at all woth 2 … |
| | Hello Folks Cleaning my girlfriends mothers computer and having some difficulty. It had a fake virus scanner/phiser on it along with ping.exe that is giving me trouble. I have run trendmicro housecall along with hijackthis and malwarebytes. I also turned off windows fax as I discovered the outgoing connections were … |
| | Hi, I recently built a new computer and everything seems to be running smoothly; however, certain games will give me the BSoD upon startup and I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm sure it's hardware but certain games will play. For instance, I'm able to play Skyrim without any … |
| | hi does anybody know if there is such a gps chip small enough to put inside a laptop that can be tracked later on with a software if stolen? I had two new laptops & both has been stolen so im searching for a solution that i can track my … |
| | I just built this PC and everything seems to be running fine, well as far as i can tell without being able to see anything on a monitor. The fan on the graphics card is spinning but when I plug the monitor I cannot get a signal. I cannot plug … |
| | I am in need of help ping.exe keeps running and using up all of my cpu i have tried to start in safe mode and delet this item but it replaced itself upon restarting in normal mode i have ran all the scans so far malware bytes is currently running … |
| | Im planning an HTPC build using the ASUS AT3IONT-I motherboard. I would like to use the Silverstone MILO ML03B case. The issue I'm seeing so far is that the case comes with 2 USB 3.0 front headers, and the mother board doesn't have an onboard USB 3.0 header connection. I … |
| | Hi I'm having a few problems with my Dell PC. Basically, when I turn it on, it boots normally. However, in less than 5 minutes, the two monitors either turn a solid colour or vertical stripes appear, causing the computer to be completely unresponsive (ie ctrl-alt-del does nothing, the keyboard …  |
| | Hi. I am having some trouble with my computer. Here is a quick review of issues...About a month ago my McAfee AV kept getting turned off. I could not figure out what was wrong. Nothing was found on any scans. I removed McAfee and got AVG free edition. It stopped … |
| | Hi, I'm trying to play Skyrim on my laptop but I don't think my video card is good enough as my FPS averages out at 10. Just wondering if it is possible to upgrade the video card easily or am I looking at an impossible task? I'm running: [INDENT] ------------------ … |
| | I am currently having a very similar problem. I followed the directions in the sticky. Here are my log files from GMER and DDS I will follow up with Malwarebytes log when it finishes. My connection to my network has been acting up since this started as well it wont … |
| | I have a dell gx 270 pc SFF . And it was giving my lcd maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024. however, i got a new lcd screen and i need it to give me 1080 by 1920 resolution. I dont understand which type of video card i will need … |
| | Well, I am quite disappointed when I figured out that realtek and BF3 has the same sound problem as BC:2, where you play multiplayer(single player is fine) and then your computer will go in an endless loop with a buzz and you have to press the power switch. Just letting …  |
| | I bought a new mobod from gigabyte. GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard Audio ChipsetRealtek ALC889Audio Channels8 ChannelsI have a sound card already from HT Omega Claro 7.1 I venture to guess that the Omega is a better route than the onboard? Anyone … |
 | Hi all, I can't get this PC to connect to the 'net using a NIC card or the onboard LAN. Some info... Motherboard - Gigabyte K8 VT800 CPU - Athlon AMD 64 3000+ 'Newcastle' - 2000Mhz RAM - 2x 1Gb DDR PC3200 HD- 400GB IDE GFX - NVidia 7600 GS … |
| | All I would like to know is that if all parts are compatible with each other and will not conflict with each other: CPU Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge $220 [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072]Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache LGA … |
| | I am using a Desktop of Intel -[B] Desktop Board Classic Series DG33FB[/B]. But it does not support windows 7. Is it possible to change my Desktop Board? |
| | Weighing in at a mere 7 lbs and standing only 9.9” by 2.6” and only 10” deep this super small tower can be easily underestimated. But, in both form and function this Elite PC holds up to its name in many ways. On top of the great performance it offers … |
| | My direct 3d option is unavailable and I have no clue how to fix, any help will be very appreciated, here the information from my DxDiag ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 8/23/2011, 12:28:40 Machine name: ME Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack … |
| | Just out of the blue I have no sound from my computer. Going to Control Panel and selecting sound and audio devices I get an error message that say's I'm missing a mmdriver file. I'm not sure why this happened but does anyone know how I can restore it. Thanks!! |
| | Ok, so my computer was running completely fine (with the exception of random freezes) for the past month or so. So I ran driver cleaner and all that and reinstalled a new graphics driver. While the computer was shut down, I installed a PCI wifi adapter card and removed an …  |
| | Hello, A couple of days ago I was using Pandora and it suddenly said that my plugin had stopped working, Firefox froze, and my mouse (laptop) stopped working. I found that somehow the mouse had been turned off. The next day I tried using Pandora again, and once again the …  |
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