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| | I just purchased a [I]Gigabyte GA-9IPE1000 series mother board for a socket 478 pentium 4[/I]. my computer before was not POSTing and i figured out it was the motherboard, but now my computer posts but i do not get any picture or BIOS screen options on my screen. I use … |
| | I have a Radeon All-in-Wonder 256mb agp card and an Acer al1916 lcd monitor. The problem I'm having is if I have to restart for any reason, ie. downloads, updates, etc. , the system will shut down but the monitor says no signal. The only way that I can get … |
| | Last week, I rebooted my machine, and it went wacky. The power light and CPU fan stayed on but no further booting took place. I unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, and the light/fan remained on.. The only way to shut it off, is to unplug it and leave …  |
| | I recently bought a radeon 9550 (256 mb) for my computer. It replaced my old radeon 7k (32 mb). Well it occasionally, after maybe 30 minutes - 1 hour, it restarts by itself. Also, when I play video games, I only play a few minutes of it then my computer … |
| | have a legit copy of Premiere (came bundled with a video card that was put on another computer) that I am having problems installing. It is already on another computer and has been working for a while. I just got a laptop delivered yesterday and I want to install premiere … |
| | Anyone know a good place to get a graphic card? Ive searched the net and find a good place to buy a video card. It would be much appreciated for a good site.:cheesy:  |
| | Hello sorry, I'm not very computer smart but...I plat this game called Lineage 2and a few mins into the game my screen goes black, I can still hear sound but i can not exit the game, minamize the screen, or use ctrl alt del. I have to manualy turn off … |
| | [size=3][font=Times New Roman]For the past couple of years my computer has been randomly freezing up on me. I know freezing something that happens to everybody’s computer every now and then, but lately my computer will freeze up on me at least 2 or 3 times a day. Also, it does … |
| | When I turn my computer on the computer beeps and the monitor turns on for a second then the monitor turns off. I checked the video card on a different computer and it works fine. The monitor also works. I also noticed that none of the keyboard lights go on. … |
| | Hi folks. This is an intent to find a fast solution to the problem with my son's P4 gaming PC. Symptoms: everything seem to work but the monitor is black (tried another that is good for sure -same thing) What seems to work: power supply's fans, HD, video card's fan; … |
 | Hello, I have a barebones PC with an MSI K7N2 Delta motherboard that won't start up. It will not display anything on the monitor (and I know that the AGP video card works). - I have tested with 2 different power supplies - I have reset the CMOS (and removed … |
| | OK, recently I was playing an online video game and my game froze up. My first thought was, "Oh my internet died." Then my whole computer shut down. I tried booting up again and heard my computer running but saw nothing on my screen. After a few more attempts I … |
| | After searching through the forums, I can't seem to find someone with the same problem I am having. I have been using the same computer for about a year now without any problems. A week ago I broke my own rule of, "if it isn't broken, don't fix it" and … |
| | [COLOR=#000080]I last used my computer on Sunday without any problems. Tuesday I tried to turn the system on, but it would not work. I tried for a few more "pushes " on the ON button and finally I heard it start up. But the ON light did not come on, … |
| | Hi, I recently purchased a computer. I just replaced the stock heatsink with a thermaltake big typhoon from newegg, and I installed new motherboard mounting screws as well. I had to remove the motherboard in order to do this. Now, when I press the power button, the fans go on, … |
| | Hello All, I am new to this forum - found it by Googling for help with several errors I've been experiencing. Here's the scoop: My PC is several years old and was running WinXP Pro with SP2 applied. Everything was fine, until it started crashing intermittently. I had added several … |
| | I recently bought a new pc with an onboard video card. In xp and in the BIOS, i see that it has 128MB of video memory, but vista will say i have only 16MB of vram, so i can't turn on all the cool features in it. Does any one … |
| | I made the biggest mistake of my life when i purchased my Area-51 770. The overheating is outstanding- unfortunatly my video card was already shot by the time i knew there was any issue. I have a 3500$ Laptop sitting here rotting. I would love Love LOVE to know where … |
| | Hello, I recently bought a new power supply box(400 watt), I am using a radeon 9700 pro and i plugged in all my IDE cables and power cables to my drives(with the new power supply) and the power connector to the radeon, but when i turn on my computer my … |
| | My system sports WinXP Pro Svc Pk 2, 512 megs of RAM on an ASUS MB. I am not a neophite computer person, but I'm not familiar with the inner workings of firewire; am just beginning the journey. I have a Pinnacle systems firewire card with two ports. There is … |
| | Every time I attempt to play a game, it will start normally and run for a little while, but suddenly, and without fail, either the message "Sync. Out of Range" comes up on my screen, or the monitor simply shuts off and the power light blinks. I have already set … |
| | I have a P4 2ghz box running XP h ed; the mobo is made by Elite Group (ECS); BIOS build from mid-2002. Box assembler Wintergreen via Tigerdirect. mobo video is Radeon 7000 with VGA connector. I need to run a 4-year-old Apple LCD monitor with DVI connector. I bought a … |
 | Hey folks, just curious on your take on this perplexing issue I am having! I have the money to buy a new system. PC or iMac. Now I have never given Apple computers much credit, as I have always been a dabbler in pc programming, and more so a gamer. …  |
| | Hello: I am hoping someone has gone through this before and would have some tips... I have a Compaq Presario S4010CL (2.4 Intel Celeron, 40G harddrive and 1GB of RAM) with Windows XP Home Edition. I had a Geforce FX5200 before taking it out during troubleshooting. A while back, the … |
| | I'm running a homebuilt PC, with these components: Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe Mobo Pentium 4 550 3.4 Ghz (HT) 2 GB off-brand RAM Western Digital 200 GB HD Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 Pro Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Lite-on DVD-RW drive Samsung CD-RW/DVD drive About 4 months after I got … |
| | I am looking into purchasing a new graphics card for my Notebook, it's a Dell Inspiron E1405. I want one that can at least handle higher end PC games, so I don't have to turn every graphical setting to "low", problem is, the E1405 is an extremely mobile laptop and … |
| | In about one month i am purchasing a new video card, which will require me to purchase a new power supply, because my current one is only a 250w. I have been searching many websites in order to try to find out with PSU i will need and what features … |
| | I'll start with my specs: AMD Athlon XP 3100+ 2.2 ghz rated at 3.1 ghz 1 gb of PC2700 Ram ATI Radeon 9200SE With newer games becoming available on the market, they require better and better computers. My video card is pretty much extinct, as it does not support DX … |
| | hey i have a problem. I know i have a radeon 9600 128 mb graphics card but i dont know what kind it is. Any way of finding out? My dxdiag says its the radeon 9600 seires chipset but i dont know. HEres my dxdiag: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time …  |
| | Hi! My friend recently bought a notebook he intends to use for some of his home video editing. Unfortunately after he opens the box there is no firewire port on the notebook instead he has 4 usb ports. I tried suggesting that he buys a pcmcia card for the firewire … |
| | Hello, im having some kind of a problem with my PC, its pretty weird and i cant figure out what the hell its wrong with it. About a month ago, i was not getting any video when i turned on my PC, but it didnt happen every time, i would … |
| | OK--here is my problem. I turn on the computer and it begins to boot. At random points (I have rebooted/restarted many times) the mouse and keyboard turn off and the computer stops booting. It happens when the initial startup is happening, halfway through a windows load screen, or after the …  |
| | Hi everyone, This is my 2nd post. I really need some advice with my PC which is driving me insane. The problem is that after coming out of a stand-by, everything is normal for a few minutes, then the monitor turns off. Sometimes, the HD light stays on, sometimes not, … |
| | Hi, I'm running Windows XP on a 2 year old Fujitsu laptop, Athlon processor, 512 MB RAM. When I have a Olitec USB Wireless Adapter connected the computer freezes randomly, sometimes a few minutes after startup, sometimes after hours of trouble-free run, frequently at night between 03:00 and 04:00. I …  |
 | I'm using my TV as a display (44in rear projection) 1024x768, with a computer I just built. I am looking for a problem. No video card yet, using on board VGA. When I right click to add something to WMPlayer the screen goes blank for a sec then comes back. … |
| | Hi, I just assembled a computer with new parts but I can only get it to stay on for about two minutes before it simply shuts off. On a few occasions, it said there was an overclock error or overvoltage error. I've already tried running it on "bare bones" but … |
| | Hey everyone, this is my first post, so I wanted to say high. I have a problem, my computer I just built will not boot now. I had it up and running, then I got new monitor and I got that all set up and everything was fine. I then … |
| | I play Dark Ages of Camelot. The minimum requirement for the expansion I play is 64M onboard Video RAM with 512 Motherboard RAM and a 1.6G or higher...I have a 2.167GHz processor, with 1G RAM, and a Radeon 9250 with 256onboard RAM. My computer handles the game without a singer … |
| | My friend comes to me with his hp pavillion 520c and says it wont work. He thought it was getting dusty inside and wanted to clean it. He took the heatsink off of the cpu, but touched nothing else. (such as ram or hard drives) He then blew the case … |
| | :sad: Hi Everyone, I've upgraded the bios on a Radeon 9550 video card via DOS using Atiflash, the upshot is the card is now dead and attempts to rewrite the backed up bios back onto the card are not working. I have a PCI Nvidia card and the dead Radeon … |
| | Hello everyone, I've had a problem that has occured several times when I'm playing Elder Scrolls Oblivion, which is a game that requires alot of computer power. The screen goes blue, i get the msg that the computer has recovered from a serious error and I have to restart. This … |
| | Hi im mel, and I have been have a blue screen errors, as well as my PC shutting off do to overheating. The message i get is Stop: 0x00000050 (0xdf5f29c, 0x0000 0000, 0x804e70d5, 0x0000 0000) I tried disabling my sound drivers to see if it was the sound no luck, … |
| | Ok, so I read the "My PC Won't Start" thread and I still can't get my new computer to start. Installed the motherboard, video card, one memory, cpu w/fan. Plug in monitor and keyboard. When I plug in power supply a light on the motherboard goes on. When I press …  |
| | Hello guys, i'm a first time poster, but i have to say i've come by many times for help with my computer troubles. The trouble i'm having is in choosing a new video card. I bought a Dell Dimension 9100 a few months ago, and found out it had a … |
| | dear friend, i want to convert all of my analoge video to cd. i have pentiumIII pc . i purchage dazzle dvc80 hardware. i can create vcd.but picture very hazzy.my graphic card built in 32mb only. can you tell me which card will be better for this pc? i used …  |
| | Hi could any one help me to get my PC connected to my TV? Obviously with a helluva lot of dl tv episodes i dont want to use a blank DVD-R for the sake of one episode. I have an Nvidia FX5200 gfx card with S-Video but when i have … |
| | Hi, I'll start with my system specs: CPU: AMD Athlon 2.2 GHz rated at 3.1 GHz RAM: 1024 mb Vid Card: ATI Radeon 9200SE 128mb AGP I am looking to buy a new video card in order to play the newest games such as Oblivion, FEAR, etc. My video card … |
| | ok, i seem to have run into my own little problem. i'm building a computer for a friend, and i already have all the hardware put together. i also have Windows XP SP1 installed (he wanted to wait till his next paycheck before he picked up the Windows disk since … |
| | I have a digital(Sony) Camcorder; it has both USB2 link and ilink. I can transfer video using USB2 link with "fair" quality Will I experience faster transfer and enhanced video transfer if I use a ilink/firewirse transfer (I do not have a firewire card so before investing in the hardware … |
| | I am trying to diagnose a problem with my ASUS A7N8X machine. It has 512 Mb RAM, an AMD XP 2100+ chip, and a Chaintech GForce 4 MX 440 video card in it. The machine runs Debian Linux 3.1r1. I rarely shut this machine off, as it runs a BOINC … |
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