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Hi there, I've been having some problems on startup (Win XP) whereby on entering Windows after about 10-20 seconds the desktop and taskbar simply disappears. Sometimes it reappears after another 10-20 seconds but then it usually goes again for good. If I open a program before it disappears the first …

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I'm trying to find software that will join two avi's together. I've used a program called "Alive Video Joiner" but i would like to find something better. I would like to get more into editing and encoding so if anyone can recommend software that is easy to learn it would …

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i recently left my computer on while i was at work and when i returned it had shut down, thinking that it had just gone to sleep i pressed the power button and it came back on, that is all the hardware, monitor, hard drive, video card, fans, and led's …

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ok its a custom built system MSI K8TNeo MOBO AMD 64 bit 3200 1gb (2x512) PC3200 Corsair XMS MSI 5600 Nvidia graphics card Maddog sound card (i think i cant remember for sure) ASUS 500w Power supply (fairly new) Windows XP sp2 Ok it all started like this, a few …

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hi. im goin to this new skool and they require that u hav this laptop: lenovo x61 tablet, here's some details: [url]http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=868[/url] cos it has a really crap video card and i like my gaming would it be hard to upgrade to something decent like nvidia 7800 (id go for …

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Greetings to the Group - My problem concerns viewing many web pages where the text will overwrite other text, especially when there is text below an image. Then the text will overwrite down into the body of the article. This happens on 3/4 of various web pages I visit. My …

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Greetings, friends. I'm trying to get my new build to work. After getting it to POST and show up in the BIOS, I popped in my WINXP disc to get the OS installed. After I get the blue set up screen for WINXP to set up, I hit ENTER to …

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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 …

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one day i came home from work and my monitor's screen was black and the computer was still on, so i restarted it, nothing still a black screen, so i tried restarting it again nothing, so i opened it and flashed the bios, and it started, that allowed me to …

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hi.... i am having problems with my computer , in the game nfs carbon after the splash screen it crashes ,does that mean i need a newer video card or a newer pc and all my requirements are full good than the minimum except the video card :'(

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I'm new to Linux, so please bear with me. I have a new install of Debian, latest stable release, on an old ALR server running quad 200 MHz Pentium Pros. I only get two choices for screen resolution: 800 X 600 or 640 X 480. How can I get a …

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Greetings, friends. I'm trying to get my new build to work. After getting it to POST and show up in the BIOS, I popped in my WINXP disc to get the OS installed. After I get the blue set up screen for WINXP to set up, I hit ENTER to …

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So i decided to reformat my computer the other day and everything went better than expected but i ran into a few problems that I could use some help on. [LIST] [*]Asked to choose Operating System at startup(both are the same, only one does not work) [*]Plug and Play is …

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Hey guys, I'm new here. A few weeks ago I purchased a video card from ebay...nVidia Geforce FX5500 AGP/8x. Installing the card into my system was tough but I got through to making it work. I got to install the driver with the cd it came with, and I even …

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Hi. Well every since i got that stupid yupsearch toolbar thing (which thank god I think I finally got rid of) when surfing the internet I have been having problems. Everytime I scroll down it does...but is really choppy and slow almost like its loading a whole different page. Also, …

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Gday can anyone give me a hand with my Toshiba Tecra S1 come up wit 3 beeps but no display i think it is the video card but i can't find whre about in the main board can some one help me how to fix this problem other than replacing …

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Blue Screen Of Death - Stop: 0x0000008E (0xc0000092, 0x1000195c, 0xaa661108, 0x00000000) my pc started rebooting and rebooting...when i remove/uninstalled the kaspersky AV... Sony Vaios VGC-RB30 Proccessor: 2x Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz Video Card: Intel 82915G Express Chipset Family Operating System: MS Windows XP Professional Memory: 504MB RAM

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ive got a geforce fx 5500 agp 8x..but my computer wont recognized it.. we try to install the card but it doesnt work.. what will i do to fix this.. thanx

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Hi, I have a problem with my monitor,when I turn my computer the monitor doesn't work.I chek the CPU,RAM and video card on diferent PC and they all work.I've tried to reset bios with J5 and the battery but nothing happend.I have to tell that I've tried to overclock my …

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Hi, i recently bought a video card not even 2 weeks ago, and it has been working fine untill 2 days ago. I bought Gears Of War War (PC) and i installed it perfectly. But sometimes when i join campian mode, during the loading screen, it turns completly black, and …

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I have a 3 year old Inspiron 8600 notebook computer. It was working wonderfully when I turned it off using the power button yesterday. My husband attempted to restart the computer several hours later and the screen is black. No logo, no backlight, just black. The green power light is …

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I'm looking to upgrade my video card from a Nvidia GeForce 7300LE to something a bit better. My system specs are: Windows XP sp2 2gb ram 3.00ghz Pentium D cpu Dell 0WG864 Motherboard (i think that's all, tell me if there's something else i need to post) Which cards would …

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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 …

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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

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I've looked through a few pages but I couldn't find anything related to my problem Okay, I recently put together this PC: Intel Core 2 QuadQ6600 Asus P5K 2GB Corsair PC2-6400C4 Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB SATA-II Thermaltake ToughPower 750W Modular Power Supply x1900GT When I turned it on, the …

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hello i'm new here. i just have this problem with my pc where it freezes randomly, doesn't matter if it's in a game or while surfing the net, it just does. i had it checked before, where the freeze was accompanied by something in my graphics messing up (lines, weird …

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I've been trying to play many games but my graphics just don't seem to be up to the task with my hp 753n. Do I need to buy a new motherboard since the video card is integrated or can I just buy a new video card?

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I used to always be working on computers whether it was building, repairing, etc. I recently took on the job of refurbishing some machines that were donated to a local non-profit organization. There were several machines, all from the same place with the same operating system and everything. Heres the …

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ok, so last night i jus finished my homebuilt comp, i was moving it around trying to find the right place for it and something bad happend , the little metal plates in the back of the comp that are there wen a card isnt, yeah well one of those …

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[B]Please I need help. this is happening to me. I m trying to test my motherboard out of the case. The motherboard turn on, but I Realize that the bios dont boot up. im not sure if is a video card problem because my monitor screen seem off (Orange Led) …

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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 …

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Hello, I am trying to upgrade from Nvidia 6100 to GeForce 8500GT, but the details are killing me and my eMachine T6216. Black screen shows up when I mess with BIOS and I actually had to reinstall Windows XP because I did not have any drivers left. :@ Could anyone …

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I am running Win2K with all SP's and updates. System is 1.0g Intel P3 with 512 ram. While watching live Streaming Video on Window Media Player 9, system locks up solid. Key board is inactive-must hard boot. I have checked for all file associations (to my best ability) and all …

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Hello, first post here so excuse me if i'm breakin some (un?)written rules. I've read all the stickys and the other post concering this, and I'm still having problems what i've done and noticed: Run Avast many times, catching some infected .tmp files but not helping I've tried booting into …

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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 …

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ok i built a new computer and updated video drivers. i have a evga 7600 gt graphics card with a vizio 20' tv/monitor. i try running half-life 2 episode 1 and the monitor suddenly acts like the computer is turned off saying no source but i hear the game music. …

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Hi guys I'm the newbie here. I've searched and read a couple of posts of people with related issues but nothing quite the same as me. Theres a bit of history with this comp so let me begin. This laptop has been great to me but its been starting to …

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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. …

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I have put my question in this forum because I don't know where else to put it even though I know it is not actually a problem with my monitor or video card.I have an unusual and annoying graphics display problem and I seem to be the only person on …

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Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron e1505 dual-booting Windows 2003 (possibly soon to "upgrade" to Vista) and Ubuntu 7.10. Runs pretty damn well (especially in Ubuntu), but I'm giving myself a little treat this winter and upgrading it. I'm getting some additional RAM, and I also want to upgrade the …

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[URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=1101071352-00.flv"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=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 …

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I am trying to change a video card in a compaq. I've removed all components and exposed it, but I'm afraid I am going to break something. I can't get it to come out.

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This might be a bit lengthy so I will apologize in advance. While playing a game the other night my video froze, I couldn't Ctl Alt Del to fix the problem so I had to turn the computer completely off to try to get it to reset. Now after turning …

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I got an Emachine Emonster600 computer from my cousin, because he's trying to get rid of some of his old computers. Well, I got it working originally, except for the fact that when I gave it power (in this case, just plugging the computer into the wall), it would start …

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I will try to be as explicit in details so you guys have as much to go on as possible. The basic problem is this. I built a pretty amazing machine six months ago (hardware is shown at the end of this post). It has been running pretty well. I …

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Just sprung for a new widescreen monitor which has an optimal resolution of 1440 x 900..of course my integrated video card above doesnt seem to be supporting that. Is there an easy work around to get it to that res. or am I stuck needing a new video card as …

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Hi!! I'm currently running windows 98 (first edition) and need to locate the appropriate drivers for the PCI ethernet controller which is in device manager under "other devices" with a yellow question mark with an yellow exclamation mark over it, I'm including the following information about my computer hoping it …

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Hello, I am a newbie. One of my PCs is a loaner__XP Pro SP2_fully patched Asus TUV4x Award BIOS rev 1002 v6.0 P3 993 cpu homebuilt 500 RAM. Monitor is a 19" Gateway. I installed a Matrox Parhelia video card [a gift]. It is brand new, and ran fine untill …

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Hi Every1 This is my Computer Configuration Mainboard : Asus A7V400-MX Chipset : VIA KM400 Processor : AMD Athlon MP @ 1333 MHz Physical Memory : 512 MB (2 x 256 DDR-SDRAM ) Video Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller KM400 Graphics Adapter Network Card : VT82C570 MV IDE Controller …

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I just finished building a new pc from parts bought on ebay. I have a brand new case with 450 watt powersupply. A mobostar -asrock- x533 motherboard. My one year old nvidia geforce fx 5500 agp video card. and planing on using the onboard sound and ethernet connection for my …

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