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| | I recently acquired a positively ancient IBM ps/note 425 and i was hoping i could get it running at the very least windows 95 or 2000. Of course, i do not expect to do this with the current hardware or software current in the unit itself, however i would appreciate …  |
| | Dell optiplex GX270 wont boot floppy drive clicks on push of the start button with both the light in the power button flashing and the light to the right of it flashing green. the screen does not even come on. I disconnect5ed everything including taking out the video card. when …  |
 | 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 … |
| | I found this site as I was exploring solutions to a little video card problem I'm having. I like to solve my own computer issues as opposed to paying someone $100/hour to do it, so I think this will be a great forum for me. I'm just knowledgeable enough about …  |
| | 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 … |
| | I have my friend's PC which is almost identical to my so i told him i would look at it. When you start it, you don't get video. The screen wont even turn on. These are the troubleshooting steps i took. There is no internal speaker unfortunately. Yes, the DVD/CD … |
| | New Pc parts wont work correctly I just bought new: Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GCM(X)-S2 Processor: Pentuim D 945+ 3.40 GHZ 800MHZ FSB Dual Core Memory: Corsair CM2X1024-6400 (2 Matching Modules Power Supply: Ultra "X-Connect" 500 Watt Power Supply. Video Card: EVGA E-GeForce 8600GTS Problem is: Put all the parts together properly, … |
| | OK, 2 questions, likely unrelated. 1) When I start or restart my computer, sometimes the computer will essentially "stop loading" after the windows logo. This is sort of like [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread15125.html[/url], except there is no windows startup noise. I have a Dell 1907FP monitor with both an analog and a digital … |
| | I transplanted all new components for in my old AMD 2800 (not sure if the change to intel matters). New: Motherboard: EVGA 122-CK-NF67-T1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i LT SLI ATX Intel Video Card: POWERCOLOR X1950PRO512MBAC Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported Processor: Intel Core 2 … |
| | Using W2K Somehow we lost the multiple colours to our monitor. I have taken out the video card, but don't know what brand it is (it is PCI though). There is an NVIDIA GFORCE2 MX chip on it and I have downloaded the drivers for it. It's a Viewsonic monitor … |
| | I'm going to try to help someone install a video card on their computer after their last video card, a Radeon 600, crashed his computer because it overheated. I haven't verified any of this, I've never checked his computer before. He also reformatted his hard drive. However, assuming it's the … |
| | I put in a new video card in a older Dell, for my wife where she works. It's a Pentium 4, a gig of ram, and a agp slot, and she was using the onboard video. She got 2 Evga GeForce 7600GS 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X cards. I 'm … |
| | I have a 19" Compaq MV940 CRT monitor with a display problem. The overall screen has white lines (not just a single ghost reflection, but continuous white lines) that extend from each and every line of text and most images all the way to the right of the screen. The … |
| | My computer has gotten significantly slower over the past 3 or 4 months. I have done a lot of work since Saturday and cleaned off a bunch of stuff (using a variety of tools), as well as replacing my old Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware / Firewall / etc. application with new …  |
| | I am attempting to put the finishing touches on a powerful multimedia and gaming desktop I've put together from bits and pieces I've collected from a variety of sources. Everything seems to have come together nicely, with few exceptions. However, when I am running particularly demanding programs (games, specifically), I … |
| | In another thread in the Video Card section of these forums, I started a thread regarding a problem involving my power supply and my video card. My conclusing from the discussion held there was that the problem seems to be the amount of power my video card pulls through the … |
| | 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 … |
| | 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 … |
| | Hey everyone, I have a custom made computer that I've used for a long time. Im not a noob at computers, and this one is a Pentium 4 proccessor. I didnt build it, but bought it from a guy. Ive been using it for maybe a year or probably 1.5 … |
| | I have an E-machine that is about 3 1/2 to 4 yrs old. As of recently, my computer will start to boot up and then just freeze. If I play around with it, starting it and stoping it I can get it to finally load. It also will not fire …  |
| | I have an Nvidia GS 7300 graphics card. I opened my computer to add a new part to it, but it didn't fit. Then when I booted the computer up, the colors were all different. I checked, and I had lost all of my red colors (couldn't display any red). …  |
 | Linux for me. But the video card on my notebook isnt powerful enough to do that thing where it rains on your desktop. It's so slow you have to log out to put your desktop back to normal. I like the opening and exiting animations on the windows you can … |
| | I was wondering about getting a new video card for my lap top and i was wondering what will be the best for me I have a Pavillion dv4000 a processor of intel(R)Pentium(R)M processor 1.60GHZ and DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904). I was wondering what video card would work the best on … |
| | Everything seems to go fine, everything copy's to the hard drive and it is partioned fine, but when it reboots to go into the GUI mode for the rest of the setup it just sits on "Press any key to boot from cd-rom....." no matter how long I leave it. … |
| | Hello everyone. I'm here just to ask a simple question. The link I'm about to show you is about a certain video card which I've been saving up to buy it. This is the Geforce 8800 GT The requirements and other information is shown here: [B] GPU NVIDIA GeForce 8800 …  |
| | Hi everyone, I'm new *blush*... This is my first post to a techical forum on any topic aside from modding games, usually I call or fix it myself. I've built this pc but I dont' always have a good memory so bear with me. I built the machine several years … |
| | hi guys i got a pritty big problem. my computer is so stuffed basically.... i had a harddrive which kept blue screening and i couldnt get it to fix so i brought a new hdd, here we are about a month down the track, and my new hdd i brough … |
| | I have a biostar motherboard that has an AGP 2.0 slot and want to know if i can add the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro card to it? the card says it supports up to 8X and is compatible with the lower speeds of 1X/2X/4X does this mean it's a AGP … |
| | Windows comes on after I enter the password and most of the icons usually come up but then whole thing shuts down and restarts. I can run it in safemode, but if I try to change display settings or add/install programs through control panel that also shuts down. I have … |
| | I would like to upgrade my video card. Motherboard: MICRO-STAR MS-6728 My current video card is a GeForce 5600 FX. What is the best video card I could upgrade to without upgraded my motherboard? What is midrange video card? |
| | I'm trying to figure out why my Windows 2000 machine freezes up. Not BSOD, rather a complete 'press the reboot button' freeze. According to the readings from SpeedFan 4.27 my temp readings are: ambient temp (reported as Temp 1) in the computer box 35C. The HD's are at 38C & … |
| | Hello everyone, I have a problem with a newly assembled PC. First, here's the specs: Athlon X2 5200 Asus M2A VM OCZ Gold PC6400 2x1gb 1xSATA 160gb earhwatts PSU 500w So I put everything together (made sure I was grounded and handled everything as carefully as possible) and booted up … |
| | Hi! Newbie here. I have an issue with a HP Pavilion 553x. At power up, all fans run normally, the aftermarket video card driver loads, the drives have activity, the keyboard never lights up, the fans slow down, and the ccomputer beeps continuously. The Hp Invent screen is displayed and …  |
| | Hi All, I want to buy my son a lcd monitor for Christmas. I'm pretty well decided on the 22" Samsung 226 BW which has a native resolution of 1680 X 1050. His computer has an NVIDIA Geforce 6800 GS AGP video card with a maximum resolution of 1280 X … |
| | Can someone help me solve my display problem? I have an Asus laptop which is a little over a year and a half old and 1/4 of the screen stays black. The dimensions are suppose to be 1024x768, but a few days ago no matter how many times I reboot … |
 | I am trying to write an openGL application from a tutorial I found and tried to copy it as accurately as possible without just copy+pasting it, so I can actually learn the code. The source file from the tutorial compiles and runs perfectly, but my code fails at a call … |
| | Hi all, I recently purchased a digital photo frame on ebay (item: 180139001180). All works well until I try to plug the AV cables into my TV and try to view the pictures by changing the output to "TV mode". I get an "out of range" error on the frame's …  |
| | This should be an interesting issue for you all to tackle... :D I was having this same issue with my computer (starting about a week or so ago), so I tried the standard things (clearing the CMOS, removing the battery for five minutes to wipe the CMOS, switching out hardware … |
| | I dont know alot about computer, sorry if its what iam writing is not clear. Last night i was using my computer when all of a sudden the computer lost power. There was no warning of any sort on the monitor. When i tryed to turn on my computer, everything … |
| | ..ok, I'm going to try to do this without blatantly copying my facebook. Here goes... I'm James, Jahames to my friends (long story), and I am a simple Mac Specialist at the Apple Store at Roosevelt Field. I'm 22, and have black hair and brown eyes...and I also have the … |
 | I want to connect my PC to my TV. I have an s-video capable graphics card, but is this the best way? I want the clearest picture possible. Would a tv-tuner card like the Radeon Theater or All in Wonder cards work for better for this? |
| | Hitachi has launched the world’s first Blu-ray disc camcorders. Dubbed DZ-BD70A and DZ-BD7HA, the new camcorders surely mark a breakthrough in technology. The DZ-BD70A camcorder is a single drive device that has the ability to record around one hour of Full HD 1920×1080 high-def video on 8cm single-sided recordable and … |
| | Well i'm not that good at computers but I'll try my best to give as much information as I can so maybe someone can help me out. I have an older computer, it's a compaq, Just installed windows 2000 pro on it and it's just the operating system and nothing … |
| | My primary workstation has an ATI RADEON 9500 Pro w/256mb ram video card. It was a good card, but lately its been freaking out whenever I load up a game. I'm not a huge gamer, but I like to occasionally whittle away a few hours. After loading up games that … |
 | Ok, About a week ago, i started playing around with an Ubuntu live cd that i had. The cd was the latest version (Feisty Fawn) and after a while i decided to install it. I was feeling rather enthusiastic and didn't think that much could go wrong so i proceeded … |
| | Hi All, I'm new, so I hope that I've started the thread in the right section. I appologize if I haven't. I'm thinking about upgrading my video card so that it has HD capability so that I can connect it to my HD TV. My Laptop is the Compaq Presario …  |
| | hi I managed to acquire a Wallstreet Powerbook on eBay with a Sonnet 500MHz cpu upgrade. It came installed in an original Wallstreet and I decided to try it in the PDQ revision model. Everything I could find said that the sonnet cpu upgrades would work in either motherboard but … |
| | Hi all I have beenhaving a bit of an issue which i have posted on awrong thread as it was abut DVD Burning Issues. OK here goes.... I have been looking into the threads but can not find any proper solution for my problem. I am wanting to write my … |
| | 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 … |
| | I was using my computer - several apps open at once, but nothing out of the ordinary. Then, the computer froze up (no Ctrl-Alt-Del response). I turned it off. On again... nothing. When I turn it on, the HD activity light just stays a solid red for about 5 seconds. … |
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