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| | When the computer cant load windows.How do you troubleshoot to know what is wrong on the motherboard. |
| | Hi, Having problems finding how I should set up bios on the above. The manual, site and all other material I've found, all relate to telling me how good/bad, or benchmark testing. At present am reasonably certain this is stopping my system from working as it should, especially the "on … |
| | 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 … |
| | Recently I've become concerned about the heating issues my laptop has been having so I did some research. Turns out Im using a disproportionately large amount of memory even when Im running nothing (Firefox with 2 tabs open and Google Desktop). It says 70% memory usage. If I turn everything … |
| | Hello. I'm pretty sure I have a bad fan/fans on my Gateway notebook computer. It makes a horrible whining sound and is extremely slow. I don't know which fan it might be though - when I take the bottom panel off there are 3 fans visible. I really don't want …  |
| | Hey, I recently bought a new box that came with 512MB of memory preinstalled. Ever since I first booted it, it would only show 384MB of RAM. I went into the BIOS to see if if I had 384 or 512, and infact I had 512MB, but xp won't recognize … |
| | I have a NetVista with a 700Mhz CPU and a 64mb ram stick. According to the manual, it supports DIMM (3.3 V, synchronous, 168-pin, 133 MHz SDRAM) combos of 64 MB, 128 MB, and 256 MB unbuffered nonparity for a maximum of 512 MB. There are only 3 RAM slots … |
| | Hello, I would like to make a bootable CD to flash different BIOS. I have looked at instructions here [url]http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/flashcd.txt[/url] I have 6 different types of BIOS I need to flash on hundreds of machines is their anyway to make a bootable CD where I can have a menu to … |
| | I am upgrading the memory in my friends Dell laptop. It uses DDR 2100. It only has one slot for RAM so I took the old out put in the new and made sure it was seated properly. When I turned his laptop on the power light comae on, but … |
| | 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 … |
| | How do I find out the maximum RAM I can put in my desktop computer? I have a Pentium IV with a D845PT motherboard. Currently, I have 2 512 MB DDR SDRAM DIMM chips in there. |
| | I've gotten a new desktop form Ibuypower, I instaled everything that came with the package and everything else was fine except for the sound. I installed everest, which can detect the driver but it doesn't show for the sound. What can i do to fix the problem, or where can … |
| | Hi there! :cool: Im new to this forum, and I was wondering if u guys could help me with this. Im building a new CPU. This is my first time building a CPU system. So, Ive done some research and here is my final complete configuration. Im building a budget … |
| | My sons school sold all their old laptops for $20 a piece. I bought 2 for the hell of it. I got windows 98 loaded fine but can't get any sound, and only 2 and 16 color. They have no software for them. I can't find what the motherboard manuf. … |
| | Hi everyone I hope this is in the correct forum, my appologies if not but I couldn't work out where to post. Really I just wanted some advice. I have just been given a laptop. I've never owned one before but can see the advantage of having one, especially for … |
| | Does anybody know an online store or company that sells computer parts in bulk? Thanks |
| | I am torn between 2 options [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2272896&sku=A458-1116%20Q[/url] That kit has a 32bit 3.06GHz processor which is better than my 2.50 GHz Or this kit: [url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2273650&sku=M450-2400%20A[/url] which has a 64bit 2.00GHz processor Right now I am running XP, but I will probably end up getting Vista, so in the long run … |
| | I have an ASUS PR-DLS533 MB, capable of up to 12 GB. I had 2 x 512KB sticks originally. RAM reads 1 GB. PC2100, ECC Registered DDR. I bought 3 more 1 GB sticks (Brand A) and a single 1 GB stick (Brand B) I installed, in pairs, two of … |
| | So yeah... im getting confused now, which one should I get? A 64-bit with much lower speeds or a 32 bit which clocks in at 3.2? It used to be simple... lol, all we had to do is look at the ghz |
| | 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 … |
 | Anyone have any experience with "machine exception errors, I've googled it and get a few corses of action but i'm looking to narrow it down. I've got a foxconn mobo 6150, aspire x-pac case, 2gb OCZ ram, AMD athlon 1.8ghz cpu. I can test or replace the ram replace the … |
| | I want to clean the heatsink and cpu but can not remove cover above it. I removed two scews but it binds as if it's attached in the middle under the cover. Both ends of cover are free...no other screws or clips that can be seen. It won't lift or … |
| | 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 … |
| | hi everyone! i am new to all this but my computer died and i decided to have a crack at fixing it myself i knew it was the mother board so i replaced it with one i brought off ebay. i also replaced the power supply. by the way its … |
| | Was just wondering if anyone has experienced any problems with a micro chasis? Such thinks like overheating or problems finding the apropriate mobo? Thinking about moving my ATX mobo from my tower PC into a more compact chasis and would like to know all i can about the dangers before … |
| | my P4 (3 GHz ) cpu is overheating seriously ! it reached 100'C today.. and is (acording to the bios) @ about 72'C at startup... ive got an intel 915GAV Motherboard and the standard cpu fan & heatsink... ive also got about 3 other chassis fans. the motherboard sensors read … |
| | Oops had this in the Linux Forum by mistake.. Doh! Hello all.. I just fixed a friends PC with a new PC Chips M848A MOBO, his old MOBO was more-or-less dead and the Power supply plug was showing signs of overheating Pins, so replaced that with a 350 PSU ( … |
| | Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help. I bought a grphics card (Powercolor Radeon ATI x800) and installed it today. I immediately saw something was wrong cos I got all sorts of lines on my screen). I tried to install the card again but had the same problem. At … |
| | Hi everyone, newbie here - hope I'm in the right place. My boss's Toshiba notebook (1955-S806) shut down while he was working and now it keeps rebooting. It gets as far as the Windows XP logo and then restarts. I tried rebooting in safe mode - same problem. Shutting down … |
| | Is there a way to adjust cpu frequency on the motherboard to get a processor to boot? |
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