Hardware Forum

Hi everyone !!! I have a Dell Inspiron 5150, with an A38 BIOS , a 2.8 GHz processor and a 60GB hard drive in it. I know that it calls for PC2700 RAM, up to 2GB. I want to know , since PC2700 is so expensive, if PC2100 will work …

Hi I bought a gaming computer awhile back like about 6months ago or so i'd say. When i first got it the hardrive which already had windows XP pro installed had trouble detecting the hardrive. Only after 30minutes or so of reconnecting the SATA cable that it was finally able …

HELLLLLLLLLLLP!!!!!!!!! When I shut down my computer the fan gets extremely loud. the only way to quiet it down is to unplug it. when I plug it back in it's still loud UNTIL I power on the machine, then it's normal/quiet. Do I need to replace the Power supply??

I have just purchased a brand new Hitachi Deskstar 500gb SATA Harddrive. When installed in my PC, I performed a NEW Windows XP installation. When it got to the point when it wants to fromat the drive, it tells me there is only 476gb available. My question is - where …

first i apologise for this being my first post i built a pc about 2-3 months ago the spec is below nvidia geforce gtx280 1gb graphics card 2x 500gb maxtor hdd AMD phenom 9950 quad core cpu corsair 4gb (2x2gb) 800mhz ddr2 asus m3n72-d i have been using the machine …

Hi, I bought my HP pavilion lx 2000 in August 2008 and everything was working fine until about a month ago. It started seriously overheating and would turn off at random times. I'm assuming this was not good for the hard disk and all of a sudden a couple of …

Hi to my great family at Daniweb !!! I have a Toshiba Satellite A105-S1712 laptop , with a 1.6MHz processor in it and I'd like to find out how big of a processor I can put in it. The processor thats in it now is a Intel Celeron M 380 …

Hi - I installed windows XP onto a scsi drive via a pci hdd host bus adapter card but bios , while detecting the adapter controller, would not detect the drive as a bootable option. My guess is this card is a oem with boot option disabled (I have read …

I have an odd problem. My Epson Stylus Pro 9000 was working fine and then one day it just stopped working and only printed overlapping lines. I tried printing through both the computer and the printer's own utilities, but I got the same result each time. Any help would be …

hi guys, i have this problem on my pc..i got two ddr2 same brand and same specs.. my problem is, if i both plug-in the two memory sticks on the mobo..my windows will be unstable.. it will auto reboot..even if i'm just browsing the internet.. to isolate the problem..i plug-in …

I understand this is an old machine... but it just died the other day. i am troubleshooting it for a coworker but am a little stuck. after posting, it would go to a blank screen that says "strike F1 to retry boot, F2 for setup utility" and no other error …

I've had this laptop for a while, and recently two keys popped off. I wasn't worried about the first, but the second is the Z key and not exactly something I can just work around. The one of the retainer clips prongs broke off and so I'm trying to figure …

Hey guys. I bought a Laptop car charger the other day at a garage sale for a couple bucks. Since it was an IBM product and I had an IBM laptop it may work. There is only one issue. It's a 56 Watt charger and the laptop has a 65 …

So I have two different USB midi controllers that I use...the only problem is that they both show up as "USB Audio Device," so the first one that gets plugged in is "USB Audio Device" and the second one is "USB Audio Device (2)." This means that I need to …

I have just built the pc this weekend AMD Phenom II x4 940 cpu 4gb corsair ram MSI DKA790GX Platinum mbd with on-board ATI Radeon 3300 graphics Saphire Radeon HD4870 gpu Antec 650w modular psu Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 PRO PWM Fan 1tb samsung hard drive - new 250gb maxtor …

I just installed a new PSU on a working system. The new PSU has more power than the one I replaced (550 W vs 520 W). When I close the circuit to the PSU, the green LED on the Motherboard lights up. When I hit the power on button, it …

I'm new here.. I have a 2yr old Sony Vaio VGN-TX17GP bought in KL, upgraded to 1GB RAM. It had windows XP. I downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 & erased windows XP. After unsatisfactory results with Ubuntu, as the sound was gone, the F3, F4 function keys did not work & Ubuntu …

I've just bought an external monitor for my laptop and use an external mouse and keyboard but because of problems which may be unrelated I'm wondering whether it is okay to have the laptop closed while it is operating? It takes up much less space that way when I don't …

Hi Guys, I have a Dell Latitude D630 and the SATA HDD crashed. I accidently purchased an ATA/IDE HDD as a replacement (cannot be exchanged - dodgy dealer!). Is it possible to fit this into the D630. I am aware the the D630 ATG has a SATA/IDE storage controller but …

Hi to everyone. I had some problems after changing my motherboard processor. My motherboard was a S-series Gigabyte GA-m57SLI-S4 rev2.0 and the processor amd AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000. I bought a Phenom 2 940 to change the current one but i didn't check the motherboard support list and i …

I have an Advent 5431 and inserted a Buddy Holly DVD which will not play, will not eject manually nor when "instructed" by the computer. Any ideas of how I can get it out without using a can opener? Dave (dranoel2009)

Hello Friends, I am a new member of this community & I need your help in selecting Graphics Card for my PC. My PC Configuration is as follows, .................................................................... [B]- Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 – 2.2 Ghz - Intel Original - 945 GCNL Board - 1 GB DDR-2 RAM …

In CD writing is done from innerside to outer side.. how is data written into hard disk?

My desktop computer has been having problems, and everytime I turn on my computer, everything is fine, until it reaches the login screen. At that point, my monitor blacks out, the light of my monitor changes color, and it says that there's no signal. However, on safe mode, there are …

I have a Compaq Presario V2000 laptop. The dvd/cd drive doesn't show up in MY COMPUTER anymore. It has also stopped reading any disc that I put in it. I went to DEVICE MANAGER and there is a yellow exclamation mark on the dvd/cd drive. When I try to update …

Hey guyz :) i need help connecting my laptop to HDTV with vga wire.The problem im having is that whn i plug my wire to laptop and restart it shows evrything like windows is loading but when its about to get to the desktop my laptop screen gets black so …

Windows XP Media Center Version 2005 with update rollup 2 Dell XPS 410 System will not fully boot to anything. When running Dell utility disk using diagnostics the system displays the title message. I am unsure if this a harddrive or RAM issue or possible something else? Please help.

Please help me decide what is better now and 2 years down the line. 1.(Cheaper PC) Intel Core2 Duo 2.8Ghz E7400(3MB) CPU 2GB DDR2 RAM 250GB SATA II -7200RPM HDD Midi Tower Case DVD Writer +/_ ( 22x) DL (8.5GB) Onboard sound w/ speakers 17" LG LCD Monitor Optical Mouse …

Now, I know darn good and well to keep open containers away from my laptop, however, as I was walking into my room, mug o' coffee in hand, it splashed a tad. I squawked and promptly wiped it up with the nearest available absorbent material (my t-shirt). It was just …

help please - i have a problem with my graphics firmware my laptop is a sony vaio vgn-tz21wn running vista business sp1 i think the cause is as follows - a few days ago i was changing some display options (left click on an empty part of the screen) and …

Hi, I was wondering if I got an Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.6ghz, is that 2.6ghz PER core (5.2 ghz total), or is it the total for all of the cores? Thanks in advance.

This computer is an E Machine 600. Cant get the monitor to work right.It turns on but is full of colors and flashes. I tried another monitor with the same results.Any help would be appreciated.

Hi- I have a huge challenge that I can't figure out. I am trying to integrate the following hardware: New Gear: ECS GF7100PVT-M3 Motherboard Antec EA-380 Powersupply Intel E5200 Processor 2 MB generic RAM Old Gear Generic AT Case A couple of old IDE hard drives, a few generic keyboard/mouse …

One of my kids caught the power cord and ( you know it) the laptop hit the floor. I caught it at the last second, so it didn't take a bad whack, but now the screen is all white. The laptop is fully functioning, and works on an external monitor. …

Hello Readers, I've got an 80GB Apple Classic Video iPod that is not being recognized on my computer. When I purchased it, it would work but then after a few weeks it wouldn't. I called the Apple Tech Support to no avail. They say its a problem with my USB …

In my computer i have 3gb of ram, it showed up a 3gb untill i did a bios update (v1.5 to v2.30) and now it shows up as 2.9gb should i be concerned about this? my motherboard: 939dual SATA2

I was trying to put a second hard drive in my computer which already has a 250 gig sata drive instaled. The one I was trying to put in was a 80 gig IDE that i recovered from a bad computer. Well it did not work out because my computer …

I was called in to work on a machine running Windows XPHome SP2. It is HP hardware, about 5 years old. 1.5GB RAM. Was running well until the owner uninstalled a previous HP AIO (HP PSC 5610 All-in-One) and installed an HP C4599. He ran the typical install, and did …

I have a PC that is having some connection issues. It randomly drops pings. Not like 1 ping dropped here and there, but like every 5-15 minutes, it will drop 2-6 pings. I have hooked it up to an entirely different wall socket, with a new Ethernet cord, and it …

Hay, recently i have just bought a new headset, for gaming, ventrilo and music. its the Steelseries 3H, it's a nice compatible thing, im pleased with MIC quality, but when i am not listening to anything and it is quiet when im on a game, i hear a annoying noise, …

turn the back of the device, there is an indented little reset button, click it with its stylus.

I'm salvaging a Chaintech 7NJL6 motherboard, but can't find documentation for the system panel connectors for the power, HDD LED, power LED, case speaker, and reset switch. The panel has an 18-pin configuration - 9 on top and 8 on the bottom, with the next-to-last on the lower right empty. …

My colleagues laptop had a problem where it kept rebooting unexpectedly and required fixing, I reset the BIOS and I could not boot into windows and the windows setup saying there was no hard drive installed after changing the AHCI setting the hard drive was detected, may I ask what …

This is a bit long, so thanks in advance to those who choose to help. It's an odd problem and I just want to give you all the info I have from the get-go. :) [b]First off, my specs:[/b] [list] [*]Antec Neo HE 550w PSU [*]Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi/AP [*]Intel …

guys i have an hp 1022 printer, i want to run it in usa but it works with 220 volts, is there any converter which i can use for long term use and powerful enough to run the printer without any problem in USA?

I am trying to see if an HP D2360 can be repaired with a blinking green light on the power switch. The printers properties box shows offline even though it should be online. HP support was contacted and the machine defaults were reset. Still no improvement. I can't find anything …

I replaced my original adapter with another one when the original cable wore significantly. I have had the replacement for 2 years and in the last few months I have had to adjust the cable and the plug, wiggling it to make contact and go from a "yellow/orange" to "green" …

Hi After adding a sata dvd writer, whic became the 3rd sata drive, the second ( Seagate barracuda 500gb)goes missing. It shows up in bios and 'device manager' , but not in 'disk management' or 'my computer. System: win. xp pro. home, gigabyte motherboard, amd dual core processors. The missing …

I have this old CRT monitor that has a dead pixel. At first it was no concern because, hey, its old. But then I noticed that it wasn't always in the same spot, which perplexed me. It moves along the vertical axis, but never on the horizontal axis. Does anyone …

Hello, I've seen this problem mentioned before on this and other boards but never with a solution or fix... hoping to have better luck this time. I just replaced the LCD screen on my Dell 8600 Inspirion with the same model. Now, the LCD only displays a series of solid …