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Hello, I have a strange problem with my cd burner. not really a big issue but a slight irritation. I have a toshiba 48x24x48 cd r rw drive which seems to only write at 24. it used to burn at 40x but now for some reason it only seems to …

I have an IBM ThinkPad T22. for the life of me i can not figure out why my s-video doesn't display on my TV. I can hook a desktop computer monitor up to the monitor port on it and it works fine. The minute i hook the s-video up nothing …

I have a computer that will boot up. But when it's supposed to go to Windows (i.e. the begining where you have to log on) it will not show up on the screen. It will show the boot stuff, but after that, NADA I have already tested this on 2 …

Hi all! Someone left a monitor by a dumpster, and I couldn't resist the temptation to take it home and give it a try. Well, it actually (mostly) works! :) But it does have one problem. The display actually appears to curl into itself...like a 3D display. Pretty weird. This …

I have a slight problem with my graphic card. I have a GeForce 3 Ti200 but when I recently had another problem I (in the Device controller) tried to update the drivers. That problem wasn't solved, but more important, when I rebooted it turned out my computer no longer recognised …

I have an IBM T22 My screen has dust all over it but what can I use to clean it? I know some laptops if you touch the screen you'll ruin it. just wondering because the dust is really annoying me. thanks

I have a EB-GD92 Panasonic GSM cellphone. I want to connect the cellphone to my PC. My PC configuration is Celeron 300/64Mz with a Motorola SM56 modem. What connector should I buy? Does the connector connect to the PC modem port or USB/Serial/Parallel ports? Does it require special software? I …

I just bought a powmax tower case for my computer. It has an LED fan and dual blue bars in the front along with another LED that changes colors. my question is that I leave my machine on all day will it hurt the LEDs' to stay on all day? …

I am new to the forum would like to know if anyone can help me. I recently installed a geforce fx 5600 ultra. When installed the latest drivers for it windows will not boot up. It freezes at the boot screen or has weird splattered colors at teh boot screen. …

I need to know where I can get a auto-feeding CD-rom. I dislike the ones with these trays even tho I know if my cd got stuck in there it would be a pain to get out. I still like autofeeding ones better and have seen them before but I …

I have an IBM ThinkPad T22 It is about 2 - 3 years old I am not totaly sure because I received it as an x-mas present this year. Every time or just about every time I shut it off or put it into sleep mode or close the screen …

I just reformatted and reinstalled XP pro onto two 20GB WD's RAID-0'd I also have an 80G Maxtor as my backup. A7N8X Deluxe rev. 1.4. AMD 1400 512 MB PC2100. Before the reformat I d/l'd ALL the new drivers and files; nForce2 v.3.13, BIOS v.1007, GeForce v.50.03, etc.... Here's the …

hi all please could someone help i was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and knows how to remedy it. Basically i just purchased a sound card just a basic 6 channel pci card (kob c884) as my onboard sound stopped working for some mysterious reason which i …

I have an Acer CDRW 20x10x40 CD writer. It was working fine and I have written a number of CDs on it. However recently I bought CDs from 3 vendors and all of them when I put them in the CDRW and right click for properties showed that they were …

When I view a video clip, of any type, my monitor goes blank, I turn it off and then on, then it is fine. Any idea what I can do to fix this? My system is WinXPHome, HP desktop, screen is KDS (thin screen).

Hi, I have a IBM Aptiva 3153-E3N(AMD-K6-2/300 Processor with 128 mb Ram and ATI rage Pro Turbo AGP Graphics). Whenever I am playing the Microsoft Midtown Madnesss and the Monster Truck games, or any other fast moving games the Computer freezes. It is functional once again on being rebooted but …

Hey all, I'm considering building a dedicated video caputure box for recording signals from cable and satilitte feeds. Among the hardware I'm considering is a 2.5 Ghz Celeron processor, ATI All In Wonder 9600 card with 128 MB Video memory onboard, and 512 MB of pc3200 DDR and a 400 …

i have a Logitech MX700 wireless mouse. and when i play games with it i cannot program the mousewheel or any of the other mouse buttons to do anything i dont know how to fix this heres the screen of the configuration tool i have tried checking the box that …

I just bought a new Samsung flat screen monitor, SyncMaster 955df, and it gets fuzzy near the border, especialy the text in my web address bar. I have tried everything to get it to focus. I am not sure whether it is the monitor or the settings. Any suggestions on …

The centre of my display has a white band which seems to disappear partially when i apply a bit of pressure on the side of the display. Please help if any of you knows whats going on. Thanks MJ Khan

Ok, so i opened my laptop the other day to find that it is totally white. My laptop is a gateway solo 1450. I emailed tech support and they sent me back some reply about replacing ram. I knew it wouldnt work but i followed the instuctions and it still …

I recently bought a used Celeron 1.7 Hz. The vendor from whom I bought told me that the system had 128MB of RAM. However when I checked the My Computer properties, the system is reporting only 96MB. I am running Windows 2000. The vendor told me that this is normal …

could someone please tell me a link to where i could buy this motherboard? it is very apreciated..

i downloaded motherboard manager, and when i come to the part to choose my motherboard make mines not there, i have a dell dimension desktop 4600 with a stock motherboard and it says dell on it....please help

Hi everyone. I just built a new computer and I used a ASUS P4C800 Delux Motherboard. When I am booting up at the start screen with the fat ASUS head it beeps. 1 low 1 high 1 low. I looked in the manual and it has nothing for this so …

hey guys how do i enable fast writes?

I have a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. In the last few months, I noticed that the screen was getting darker. In the last few weeks I noticed the screen was getting a red tint. Yesterday, the screen had a slight flicker. Today, the screen is not working. I plugged the …

ok i have 512MB of ram in my i have 3 of my DIMM modules in use, #1 and #2 have 128MB sticks in them, and in #3 i have a 256MB stick i read my manual for the computer and it says to not pair two different kinds of …

The relevant parts of my system; Asus P4v800-x M/Board (via VT8237 SATA raid controller) 512MB DDR-400 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 120GB SATA 8MB cache Western Digital WD200 20GB ATA Inno3d GeforceFx 5200 128MB The problem; Up till a few days ago everything was working well. Now, my system hangs when …

I have just upgraded from Windows 98 to XP and when i try to launch the Kodak Easyshare software for my camera i get the message "this application has failed because the application configuration is incorrect. reinstalling the application may fix this problem'. i have uninstalled and reinstalled with no …

Would PC3200 400MHz memory work with an Athlon2000XP+ with 266FSB assuming the MOBO supports PC3200?

Hello, I have finally gotten my power supply to turn on and give power to the motherboard. Unfortunately when this happens it does not give me a happy chirp and the monitor does not display anything. I was thinking it may be my video card. Another factor that may be …

I know this is a stupid ?, but please give me the run down on the different types of burners and how they work. Exe. If you get a dvd burner, do you have to have a seperate dvd drive. One to read while the other burns? Same ? for …

Ok I have a new Raidmax Case w/ a 420watt powersupply. Everything is hooked up correctly and tightly. Now every so often my pc restarts for no reason. My screen doesnt reset just my case. Like I hear me case restart but my monitor stays at the same screen. Lets …

My friend has a camcorder with rca output jacks including s-video, I was wondering if there is some software that allows you to plug the camera into the computer and record on the computer what comes out of the camera. I do realize that computers don't have rca inputs which …

Hi, am having real trouble with graphics brightness whilst playing certain games ie Call Of Duty, during the training when asked to proceed to the firing range through a door i cannot see the door without the brightness settings in the in game video settings being turned on full, the …

i dont know much about ram other than i need more of it. i have 256 now and i need more for some games i need 512 1.) if i get 256 ram does that add on to my current ammouint or do i have to get a 512 stick …

Here goes..... My uncles machine stopped booting, it kept resetting the system and I couldn't get it out of this somewhat permanent funk so I decided to make it a slave on my PC and back up his stuff onto DVD. My uncles hard drive is a MAxtor 20gB running …

i am getting a radeon 9800 pro tommorow im paying 2.99 from a store is there a better nvidia card for the same price?

I tried to reboot up my Compaq Armada 1592dt 233mhz when i replaced the hdd. instead of a boot i am left with a constant beep. I have removed the additional ram but that makes no difference. I have also removed the hdd but again no difference.

[font=Arial]I have an AMD Athelon 800 MHertz system with a K7 PRO motherboard. I am running Windows 2000. I have 256 Megs of RAM. The Athelon was purchased in June of 2000.[/font] [font=Arial]My PC will not power on at all. When I turn on the switch at the power strip/surge …

Specs: MotherBoard: Asus P2B-F Processor: Intel Pentium III clocking at 450mhz Hard Drives: 40gig WD (master) 60 gig maxtor (extra) RAM: 512 megs of PC-100 CD-Roms: sony 48x/24x/48x cd-burner, 16x Matshita (spell?) dvd-rom Extra Goodies: tons My question is will my motherboard see a 120 or 160 gig hard drive? …

My iMac is part of a wireless network with two PCs and a router manufactured by Netgear. Since day one there have been hours lost due to being off the net even though the airport graph in the menu bar shows an incoming signal. Netgear worked with us and provided …

I have only built one computer so far, but I have spent enough time researching to know that there are some very knowledgeable people here. I am trying to build my daughter her own computer from some old stuff so she is not bugging me every 5 min. to play …

I have an asus P2B-F mobo running 512 megs of ram It's capible of holding a gig of ram. It has a PIII-450mhz with a 100mhz fsb thus I need PC-100 but for stick of 256 its like a 100 dollars. where as like pc2700 for stick of 512 its …

Im new to the forum and I was wondering if some of you could help me build my pc. I have bought a couple of magazines and have been surfing the web on how to do it. It doesnt seem that hard but if you have any words of wisdom …

Everytime I unplug my computer everything is lost OS and everything else! What would cause this?? :(

I find my GeForce2 32 MB PCI graphics card doesn't run my new game, [B][I]The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King[/B][/I] the way I want. So, I'm thinking about getting a new card. Does anyone have any advice on what to look for when shopping for a new …

Hi, The RED color has not been working for a while. However I have had a phuny behaviour when the whole screen would start having red "waves" come accross. Sometimes the waves would disappear when I would tilt the LCD more, sometimes they would appear around the edge of a …

[size=2]I purchased a Dell Dimension 4550 (which uses Windows XP) about a year ago now, to replace my old Compaq Presario 5000 computer(which used Windows ME). Which has since been rendered useless over the last 6 months or so. I sold some it's vital parts (like memory, video card, cd/rw, …