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I have a Sony Vaio vgc-LS35E all in one desktop pc. It seems to be an awesome computer for everything but what i like to do which is play Battlefield 2142. When I bought this computer from my friend I thought for sure that it would have a video card …

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Hi, a few days ago my wife's computer stopped at the black boot screen where it shows processor ram hd and so forth and stopped. I went in, turned it off, waited 10 seconds, then turned it back on and it was fine. Now last night she turned it on …

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Ok, Not sure if you require specs, but a few main ones are; Dell XPS M1530 Windows Vista 32-bit This problem started a few days ago, i can honestly say i don't have a clue how it started. I lent my laptop too my brother one day... day later suddenly …

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I don’t write articles much anymore, but today I felt that this really deserved to be written about. A Website software called Clicktale is quite creepy. What Is Clicktale? Clicktale, is a product designed to record everything you do on a Webpage to the website owner who has paid for …

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Hey guys. I have an old HP desktop I recently began using again after having it dormant for a couple years or so. It's an HP Pavilion a530e running Windows XP, with an AMD Athlon video card, and it's hard for me to give more details than that unfortunately because …

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When I turn on my V3000 the power and indicator LED's light up but nothing appears on the LCD. I Thought it may have been the integrated Video Card so i bought a new motherboard and installed it, but the issue still remains, even when i hook up an external …

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Hey guys, first post! I'm doing IT and tech support at an American study abroad program in Italy and have my first case of a fried computer, a Dell Vostro 220s with what I believe to be a fried graphics controller. The computer (to a certain extent) boots up and …

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Apple released details of the [URL="http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live-wwdc-2010-keynote-coverage/"]extraordinary new iPhone 4[/URL] today at its [URL="http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/"]World Wide Developer Conference[/URL]. It's truly an amazing device and I'm sure everyone is going to be talking about the new features ad infinitum, so I wanted to reverse track and cover 5 things Steve Jobs didn't talk …

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Hi everyone. Thanks for all your help on a previous issue I had. Unfortunately, when it rains, it pours... My laptop fans no longer work, I have dropped my CPU to "degrade" to increase lifetime before the heat causes damage to the computer, but obviously this is only a short-term …

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Hey guys, After spending quite a bit of time on Newegg, I put together some parts for a computer that I'm building for a friend. The parts finally came in, I spent about an hour building the machine and decided to give it a try. When I cut the machine …

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Hi all... I have a build I did (TOTAL noob first timer), and am having all problems including multiple BSOD, internittant freezing, and screen flickering. I am sure that my problems with the build are related to settings rather than hardware issues, since I haven't any clue what settings/BIOS are …

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I see other threads with my same problem, but from what I can tell it is best if I start my own thread. When I search for something in Google, after I get my search results, the links get redirected to various ads/spam sites. I use IE with Windows xp …

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I would like to upgrade to a larger computer monitor but have no idea how to do this! I currently have a 17" ViewSonic Flat Panel Monitor (LCD Display), 1280x1024 Black, Model #VA712b, with 8ms Video Responce! Can anyone offer advice on what I should look for while shopping so …

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hello to all.. i have a problem in my Video card.. i don't have any driver for my Video card.. can anyone help me ? give me url or anysite to download,, NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro AGP ..32mb.. .. thanks..

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i need some help with this one see spec below the pc starts up fine but within a few minutes it shuts down (power down) this happens even in safe mode. i ahve tested each memory block individually and they all work but the machine still shut down. when booting …

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Alright, a problem that's fresh, as it just occurred today, I'm looking for some help, hoping I could come here to find some. I booted my computer up this morning, it came up to my COMPAQ first screen, red-and-white, where F10 is System Recovery, F1 is Setup, and 'Esc' is …

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pc will boot only by pressing reset below power switch,ocasionaly will boot normally, when it dose eventually start no prob until i try to reboot then pot luck no signal on screen have had memory and video card in and out,reset cmos but to no avail......has anyone come across this …

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i recieved an asus cur-dls from my aunt the other day, she got it from a flea market, and i cant get the graphics to work at all. it beeps when it first starts up (configuring bois) and then makes some alarm sound, kinda high-low-high-low pitch beeps, but still no …

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Hello, a friend of mine gave me their T6426 to repair and it appears that the on-board video card is not working. The MB is a MS-7207. I've done some research and found that inserting a GFX card will solve my problem. Does anyone know this for sure before I …

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Bear with me as I'm new to this! This computer was built by a friend of mine about 4 yeas ago. Been working sweet until the other day, there was no signal on the monitor!! - Have opened up the computer and the fan on the video card (AGP) is …

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Okay…I give up. I’ve got to ask for some help. I recently re-installed XP Media Center on my Dell Dimension E310. Now, whenever I re-start I have no sound. And when I go the Control Panel, I get the “No Audio Device” with all of the selections grayed-out. And I …

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Hi Guys, I am new here and would like to ask a question. I am a student in IT and I am preparing my Graduation Project. This project consists of a Remote controlled car which can be driven using the laptop. The car has a wireless video camera. My problem …

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PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-750(2.66G)8 mb LGA 1156 P11020 MOTHERBOARD: Asus p7p55d le 2000/crossfire P8690 MEMORY: Corsair 4gb xms3 1333 (2ddr3 x2) P6800 video card: Inno3d 9800gt 1gb ddr3 256bit/hdmi P5830 SUM TOTAL VALUE: P32340 The price is something expensive for me i would like to have my motherboard cheaper any …

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Hey all! I got a little problem, well actually not so little when I try to go play something the graphic card crashes I get a notice on bottom right that it crashed and restored and sometimes I might get a bsod. It has worked well before, but it suddenly …

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When many people think of internet or tech start-ups they automatically think Silicon Valley or California, well I’m here to say that is not true at all. Many great ideas are born from New York, in fact there a very large technology Meetup group [over 13,000 technologists] called [URL="http://nytm.org/"]NY Tech …

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Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. The other night my husband vacuumed out the dust inside my computer and after hooking everything back up and turning on the CPU, the screen remained blank on the monitor. The orange power light was on, but never turned green like it does …

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"This version of Windows requires a video card that supports DirectX 9.0 or newer." Seeing as how I don't want to go thru the hassle of replacing the video card at this time, could someone please help me here. I would like to revert back to the older version of …

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Hey all, tl;dr - As soon as power cord is connected to computer and the PSU switch is flicked the computer will start turninig itself off and on. No response from the monitor, even when the off/on cycle is stopped. What is this usually a symptom of? Where should i …

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Priced for a quick sale, this PC is great for everyday home computing. Here are the specs- Antec 300 case, Biostar atx mobo, Intel E3300(clocked at 2.7GHZ), 2Gb of Crucial (1x1 dual), small Gforce 8400 video card for a little better graphics, dvdrw drive, case has 5 cooling fans, Antec …

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AV: Norton 360 OS: Windows 7 (64bit) Adapter: Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller IDP: PLDT myDSL ph I tried a full scan of Norton 360 but it wont detect any malicious files or whatsoever. MBAM always detect and blocking this IP [COLOR="Red"]222.65.29.209[/COLOR]. My main problem here is that …

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OS: Windows 7 (64bit) Adapter: Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller AV: Norton 360 ISP: PLDT myDSL ph Problem: I regularly get disconnected to the network. I got errors in my ping. Like "Destination Unreachable" sort of... i cant remember and "Request timeout" when there is a yellow alert …

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i need to validate a form using only JavaScript all the validations seem to work except that when it runs the function validateform() it doesn't return anything if all validations have been passed [CODE] <html> <head> <script language = "Javascript" type = "text/javascript"> function echeck(str) { var at = "@" …

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I recently did a RAM upgrade for a friend's Acer Aspire AST690. We have had a hell of a time getting the proper RAM, and we ended up getting several chipsets sent out that were incompatible. Finally, I purchased some RAM from 4allmemory.com that was guaranteed compatible with the system. …

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Hello everyone, I have a viewsonic 17" VG175 LCD that is giving me a major headache!! When I start up my computer basically it flickers massively horrizontally with hundreds of lines and kinda snows for about an hour before finally it synchs or something and then looks great. I have …

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Hi, I'm working on a game for a homework assignment. We are a group of 4 and basicly got the game running now, but we got issues with the rendering/drawing. I use BufferStrategy to get double buffering, and i have a custom draw-loop in a canvas. What this does is …

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So how can you determine a motherboard failure is the culprit for no POST? Here’s my story I recently acquired an Acer Aspire M5700 Desktop system. It was an acceptable system but the chassis it came in was truly horrid. Having a left over antec case I wasn’t using I …

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Hi all. I use a PC a lot but ask me a techie question about it and you may as well be speaking Martian, so please bear with me. I have an intermittent problem whereby my PC freezes, and shows a screen of slightly off horizontal lines, sometimes black and …

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i have a computer and it was working fine originally it was hooked up to a lcd i brough it to my house to do some work on it it booted up fine on crt monitor then i pulled the card out relized i could use it in the new …

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Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me. I have an older NEC Multisync LCD 1770nx monitor. I've had it for a while. Yesterday a friend was using my computer and now all of a sudden it's flickering. It's switching modes it seams, and the screen says "video input 1dvid no …

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Hello everyone.. I want to start of by saying Yes, I did do a Site search and it didn't answer my questions so now I'll ask you all. (long drawn out question) I'm basically "computer stupid" coming into the IT field. obviously I know my way around enough to get …

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Dell Dimension 4550. I switched a 256mb RAM chip with a new 1 GB chip and now I have nothing on the monitor at all. I checked the monitor on my laptop and it is working so I'm guessing I broke the video card? I was probably supposed to remove …

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Ok heres what i got. 2 days ago my comp goes dead. hit the power button and the power led blinks for a minute, the fans kick on for a split second then nothin. No boot up sound/beeps nothin. So i tested the power supply at the 24 pin MB …

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Hello all, I'm really sorry if this is a double post but I am new to these forums and have encountered a problem that is quite frustrating. I have an HP Pavilion desktop that I am upgrading. It is the a1328x model. Since purchase I have upgraded RAM (no problems), …

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Once again having problems (I know, I suck) This time I am using an "ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP" Video card which does not seem to want to funtion. I keep getting Error Code 10. Ive updated the drivers but it still gives me the same error. Please tell theres …

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I wrote to Sony to complain about the fact that there are no Drivers nor Utilities for my Laptop on their website and that I had to download them from third party websites because I decided to install XP Pro Answer : From: "CanadaSOS" [snipped] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 …

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Hi there, I was searching for a good mid-range graphics card (I mainly play COD2, but i wanna keep the option open for more recent games) and thought I'd get an XFX GeForce 7600GS 256mb DDR2 (shown here [url]http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=456R[/url]) I was ready to buy when I thought I'd check my …

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I've been using IE6 for a long time without any problems, but due to many websites I visit prompting me to upgrade my browser to IE8 because they wouldnt be supporting my browser much longer, I decided to upgrade to IE8. It works OK but my text is blurry. I …

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Please please help! I recently installed a new socket 478 motherboard in my 2ghz P4. Everything went well until i tried to install a video card. Then the pc wouldn't recognise the hard drive. I figured this was the psu and got a new one but computer wouldn't work with …

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Hi, I recently installed a new 500w power supply, a stick of 1gb ddr2 ram, and a used 8600gt nvidia geforce graphics card about two weeks ago. My computer has been fine until today - it boots up (there is a single beep after it is turned on) but there …

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My father's girlfriend wanted to add a PCI modem to her computer. After installing the card, the monitor will not work. Normally, when the computer is off, the monitor will have a flashing green light and when the computer is on, the monitor light is solid. When the monitor cable …

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