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The machine is a Gateway GT5404 w/ Pentium D Processor 915 dual core each @ 2.8 GHz---2 GB RAM---and the problem is an Intel GMA 950 (82945G Express Chipset Family). Works fine for surfing but not gaming. I have a PCI Express slot available. I have installed PCI cards in …

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Recently my stepson gave me an old beige desktop G3 that had been collecting dust. I decided to upgrade it as follows: [U]As received[/U] Mac OS 8.6 233 MHz CPU 32 MB RAM, 2 MB video RAM 4 GB WD3400A hard disk [U]Upgraded[/U] Mac OS 9.2.2 1 GHz PowerLogix CPU …

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I am setting up a printing system with a series of sensors that I need to connect to a dedicated PC, running XP, so that when there is a fault, (i.e. "paper out" or "lead edge not detected"), the printing system will stop and signal with an audio fault through …

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Please help. (NOVICE here...bear with me).... Installed SoundBlaster Video Card, (SB Audigy), some months ago. It has never worked. (Son's computer, recently had him bring it to me for help). Checked Audio Devices, (Device Manager) and found that Legacy Audio Drivers contain no information under "Properties." Searched further, (system devices) …

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Hi, I installed a SATA PCI card (VIA VT 6421A) with a Maxtor DiamondMax 22 500 GB hard drive, and need a little help figuring out how to make my PC boot from this drive. I installed the drivers from the RAID card drivers CD to floppy, and when installing …

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Hiya guys,I've been killing my eyes looking for answers online all damn day! Just installed a new Mobo M3A770DE along with AMD 2 X2 265 3.3, Kingston 2Gig ddr3 1333 (1600) clocked. I was all excited because although these parts are not extreme, they are far superior to what i …

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When I am running any program that uses the whole screen, vs. window screens, aprox every 2 minutes the game stops and the screen minimizes to the desk bar. It doesn't have to be high end games, even happons on web games such as Diner Dash, Command and Conquer, etc. …

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I am having trouble with an old machine. It's a hobby. I have an old Acer Aspire Desktop. It is running Windows 98 now. It has an onboard ATI Mach 64 video card. I installed an ATI Rage Pro 128 PCI graphic card in the first PCI slot. When I …

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This has been going on for about a week now with a friend of mine who uses AIM. Since last Thursday, I've been having trouble communicating with her through AIM or any other client I've tried in which I've used AIM to contact her, be it AOL Instant Messenger itself, …

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Hi all . I have a new hp computer a p533 with an AMD athelon II x2 250 processor. I took out the cheap 350 watt power supply and put in a 600 watt PS. then I also installed and HATI Radeon HD 5570 PCi-E Video card. the game im …

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Months ago I read somewhere on the internet that Creative was coming out with a new X-Fi, THX certified HD card. It was supposed to have a high quality discrete analog output section with inter-changeable op-amps so you could select you own sound quality etc. I've been looking online and …

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I just upgraded my pc power supply to "Ultra LSP750 750-Watt Power Supply" and i tried to add on this card "PNY XLR8 GEFORCE GTS 250 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-E, DVI-I as soon as i turn on the pc everything works except for the moniter, it does not receieve any signals. …

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Hi folks During a re-install of Windows Vista my pc failed to boot up following one of the re-starts. I initially suspected a blown psu but a replacement would not work either. I stripped everything down and re-built the system and now suspect the graphics card. System is a straight …

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[B][U]BACKGROUND INFO[/U][/B] The last few weeks I have been dual monitoring from my lcd monitor to my hdtv. LCD was connected via dvi and my tv via hdmi. To my knowledge, my pc has two graphic cards, both ATI Radeons. One I believe is on the mother board, ATI Radeon …

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I put my pc to sleep as usual before I went to bed last night. When I woke up and woke up my pc nothing showed up on the monitor...it remained blank. I've reseated every component, unplugged everything except ram to test if one of my sticks was bad. The …

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hi I have a U.S.Robotics MAXg USR5417 PCI Wireless Network Adapter - 802.11g that I have recently installed in my computer (I am using my parents computer) and I am using it with my parents router. The router is a GT704WG that they got from verizon. They are connected through …

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Hello everyone, I just recently bought two Samsung SyncMaster P2570 Monitors. I'm unable to get them to work properly with ATI 4850 when trying to use the DVI and HDMI connectors (it also has a VGA connector as the third). The two main symptoms I get are as follows: [LIST=1] …

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Hi This is my first post, and I have a question for you all. I just purchased a previously enjoyed IBM ThinkPad R52 laptop (which should arrive in a few days. This is an older laptop, but it has pretty well all the basic stuff I'll be needing in it. …

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Hello, I have an Emachines EL1352-01e. I just bought it a week ago, so it's brand new. Comes as: AMD Athlon II X2 215 Dual-Core Processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, and comes with a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Integrated Video Card. How do I know if I have a …

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I am trying to fix my onboard sound card but it says PCI device driver error, How can i fix it. Desktop is COmpaq presario sr1732il

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I have a computer that unfortunately does not have a PCI-Express slot, but it does have a AGP slot. I'm looking for a good (not great, because I can't afford it) video card. I feel the motherboard video is causing display errors and delays in loading. I have Comcast internet, …

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Hello, all. I'm a relative amateur when it comes to all things IT related so I'm hoping I can find some much needed assistance here. I'll get right to specifics. Motherboard: MSI G31TM-P35 Chip: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 Dual Core RAM: 4GB DDR2 Power supply: Dynex 400W Monitor: Dell …

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Please help I'm on the verge of tears. 1) I cannot open most of the programs in my computer i.e. iTunes, My Computer, My Documents,Control Panel. A blank window just pops up and hangs. 2) I cannot 'Save As' files from the internet into my computer either. If I try …

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lenovo 8113-jcg 2GB RAM 160 HDD Pentium D 925 (3.00ghz) Flashing cursor appears on start up after Lenovo splash screen. Problem has occured after serveral tests... - Faulty ram was changed and tested on other machine. RAM 100% works. - Possible faulty HDD. Replaced with brand new HDD. - After …

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Hey all I recently upgraded my old processor and motherboard to relatively newer products. Old processor: [url]http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-Pentium%204%20515-515J%202.93%20GHz%20-%20JM80547PE0771M.html[/url] Old motherboard: [url]http://www.superwarehouse.com/Intel_Desktop_Board_D945GPM/BOXD945GPMLKR/p/1481364[/url] New processor: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103846[/url] New motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130266[/url] The operating system was Windows XP Media Center 2005 SP2. Monitor: [url]http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/computers-peripherals/monitors/lcd-monitor/LS19PEJSFV/XSG/index.idx?pagetype=prd_detail&tab=specification[/url] The video card I use is [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130335[/url]. Power supply: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194007[/url] The card …

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My video keeps flashing to black screen and then comes back immediately, so I did what Nvidia suggested, installed an earlier driver. I get the blue screen of death every once in a while or just a plain restart for no reason. I have tried two or three different drivers …

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My job is completely virtual. I need dual monitors, with seperate dispays, for the next level in promotions. I have two of them. Yes, they are slightly different in size. I bought a graphics card; Diamond Stealth S60 RADEON 7000 - 64 MB-PCI dual monitor support. The box say 98, …

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hi sorry for bothering u. i had had bluetooth on my toshiba laptop before(built-in) but i had a problem with laptop screen 2 months ago so they changed it but without format. a few mns ago i was trying to use bluetooth for the first time after my laptops recovery …

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I am currently in the process of building a computer from scratch for two reasons. First, I intend to further my music endeavors, and secondly I intend to get back into photoshop and other visual programs. My concern is finding the proper components and or getting the right components specifically …

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Well I need to know which kind of video card I need to but. (slot wise) Also I need tips on which one is good, like pci-e/pci/amd or w/e. what in the report of cupid report do I need to post?

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[ATTACH=RIGHT]16999[/ATTACH]Seagate made the switch to serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drives a few years ago, but have only upgraded to the 6 Gb/s standard (SAS 2.0) within the last year. SAS drives require special controllers that are occasionally built into motherboards, but more often, come in the form of a PCI-Express card …

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Hi, I'm planning to assemble a new pc, and I have chosen all the parts that i need, the only thing is I can't be sure if these parts are all ok and are likely to work with each other. Processor: Intel i5 760 2.8GHz Socket 1156 8MB L3 Cache …

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Anybody could help me to get out of my prob. i baught a " USB USB TV Tuner" 8 months ago. The Disk that came with it got badly scrached. And i need driver for it. pls help me..

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Ok, this is going to be dead in the water, but I have a tascam PCI 822 audio card running XP. tascam no longer supports this card, but they released a driver hack to get it to work with XP. I had it working at one time, then my PC …

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Hi, I have been referred here by a good friend of mine. I hope you can help I have an annoying problem with my browser (Chrome, Firefox, Explorer) redirecting to random sites and more often than not to a blank page. but Yesterday I started having problems with my wireless …

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I am currently using a Snappy Fax Server / Client Solution on some old Netvista 1.1 Celerons with 512 MB RAM windows xp. I can't seem to get a stable solution when I place two pci modems in the box. With one pci card the system works fairly well so …

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Foreword: As the first manufacturer of HD data recovery tool aimed at firmware repair, so far ACE lab already released 3 versions: PC3000ISA, PC3000PCI and PC3000UDMA. ACE Lab has a large number of clients since its first PCI version till latest UDMA. However, to thousands people, the product called PC3000 …

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I have two PCs running on Windows XP. The master has a network card built in, the other has a PCI network card They are coonected by a single cable, no separate router The Internet connection works fine with the slave working quickly and effectively. The connection PINGS in both …

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Hello, First i will give you my system information, and tell me is my motherboard capable and combatible with a 512MB ATI RADEON HD 4350 Graphics Card. (Processor) Processor: Intel Celeron D 347 3066 MHz CPU Clock: 3066.0 MHz (23.0 x 133.3 Mhz QDR) Level 1 Cache: 16kB+12k uOp (data+instr.) …

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i had to reinstall XP after messing up with installing ubuntu...after reinstalling the ethernet controller driver is missing and i dont know the ethernet card manufacturers name or the name of the card so i cant find any drivers for it.. some info in driver guide toolkit Driver Information --------------------------------------------- …

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I just bought a new MObo, power supply 530w total power with a peak of 630W. I do not have a CRT monitor. I have a chipset that can display video on the mobo. Everything works fine. When I plug my Nvidia GT240 in the PCI-E and connect the monitor …

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i've done everything that was asked...what do i do know!!! ha ha thanks and greatly appreciated!!! Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4363 Windows 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.5512 7/28/2010 4:28:40 PM mbam-log-2010-07-28 (16-28-40).txt Scan type: Full scan (C:\|) Objects scanned: 211333 Time elapsed: 1 hour(s), 35 minute(s), …

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Hi, I bought a new (4GBram 1TBhard drive) Vista PC. I installed a TP-Link Wireless PCI Adapter, following the instructions properly. Everytime I manage to conntect wirelessly to my LAN my computer completely freezes, only disconnecting the power seems to solve this. I do not proffess to be a computer …

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I recently put a pci card into my Medion desktop to enable it to pick up wireless. It's the first time I've opened it up and the card went in fine. Everything was working before hand, but now as soon as I plug the computer in and turn the power …

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im stuck between buying a gtx 460 sc or gtx470 sc as i have not got a gtx 260 anymore i want to play games like crysis on max detail with playable frame rates 30fps minimum will a gt240 dedicated physx card with either of the cards help maintain fps …

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hey i got windows vesta i rescenty got a virus name malwerebitys or something like that and i ended up haveing to format my comp and reinstal vesta before my comp was picking up wireless signals easly from all over enyway since i have formated and reinstalled it wont pick …

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Hi have just installed an Audigy 2 sbo 240 sound card but can't get the mic input to work. Have tried all the settings in the control panel, mic is up, selected, etc but no joy. I'm running XP Any help much appreciated thanks H

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First, english is not my first language so please bear with me. Two days ago, internet explorer suddenly starts to 'pop up' with ads, its only one window each time but it takes all my computer capacity. Here is the info requested: Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.46 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 4323 Windows …

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Hello people, I would like to add an extra monitor to my productivity box. But back then I chose a motherboard without built-in graphics, so I only got the two ports provided by my graphics card. I hope you could advice me how I could upgrade my PC to support …

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My custom built computer is not working. I am trying to freshly reinstall Vista x64. I got through the screens that say copying vista files, extracting... all the way to where it needs to restart machine. Then after it restarts it almost gets to the screens where it asks you …

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