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Hi, I am having trouble getting the motherboard out of my Compaq laptop (Presario 2500). The manual states that there are two screws in the motherboard by the CPU but there are no screws. I need to repair the power socket but need the motherboard out so I can get …

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I need to add about 200 MB of RAM to my computer so i can play World of Warcraft. The only thing is i dont know how to add the RAM to play the game. Someone Plz help me out!!

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Four year old PC running on XP with AMD Duron Processor MMX , 600 Mhz. I wish to install Photoshop which requires 800 Mhz.; Will it run OK or should I fit faster processor, and is it safe to do so? Thanks Tez

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Hi, I have Dell Inspiron 8500. It came with 256MB (128MB in each slot). I upgraded it to 1GB ( 521MB +512NB). It worked with 1gb somedays. Then it started showing 521MB. Madesure that there is not problem with memory modurels. both modurles work in DIMM A slot. But DIMM …

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Hi, I have just reformatted my windows XP, from what i gathered all went well, except i have no sound and dxdiag says it is not installed?? i have a generic graphics card running instead of my ati radeon 9800 pro and also the computer seems to be running slower …

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Hello, a few months ago, my computer kept freezing/locking, especially when running multiple processes (FFXI running, 4-5 IE windows, Windows Media Player playing something...), and also when playing WarCraft III(and that one happened a lot). By freezking/locking, I mean that the screen would turn black, the sound froze, and keyboard …

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I have 2 memory slots, and in both of them i installed 256 sticks, which should add up to 512, but is only adding up to 384, which would be the case if one stick were only 100 something... what am i doing wrong??

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[font=Arial]I have a 350 watt psu, and I was wondering if it would be able to support 3 case fans on an amd 3200 which has a coolermaster dream II fan on it, two hard drives, a floppy drive, a 52X32X52X cd burner, a 56k modem and a geforce fx …

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hEY GuYs I tried overclocking my system but it hangs even for a 10 mhz increment increase. my config is below... [COLOR=Red]Intel Pentium 4 Processor (Willamette) (478 Pin) 1700 Mhz 256 KB L2 Cache 128 KB L1 Cache Mercury KOB P4M266A NDFSMx (Prescott Ready)(533 Mhz) SupportsAGP 8X (Sideband Addressing) (Fast …

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Hi All I have an AMD 64 2800+, 1gig ram, asus K8U-X mb. Nvidia 6600 GT graphix. I previously had a radeon 9600 graphics card. When running Battlefield 2 online, it would freeze on quite regualar occasions, sometimes rebooting itself after 10 seconds or so, sometimes requiring me to press …

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Hello, I need help with plugging in these cables in a ASUS P4S800D-X motherboard: power (black cable) power (purple cable) D2+ (red cable) D2- (brown cable) D3+ (green cable) D3- (blue cable) ground (orange cable) ground (yellow cable) I don't know where these cables go in this motherboard and they …

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so i just purchased all the parts needed for a new computer and when i put them all together and pressed the power switch the processor fan turned half a rotation and then it looks like the power was cut. its not the power supply because ive tried two diferent …

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:?: I have a Fujitsu-Siemens Scenic eB with 128MB RAM but would like at least 256MB RAM. How do I get it? I also need at least a 32MB Transform & Lighting Video capable video card. How do i find out if i've got this and where can i get …

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I have Cicero computer. where can I download the driver for its multimedia controoler. thank you first

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Can anybody tell me where I can buy eather the power inlet(where the power plugs into the laptop) or where I can buy a new Arima W720-K8 motherboard? William

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This is my first post and I'm computer-knowledable but not at geek level - I'd appreciate any/all help on this... A month or so ago I noticed that my Dell Inspiron 8000 laptop was really hot on the bottom where the battery is and I didn't want to pay the …

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I really need help (my gf is convinced I need psychiatric help!), but I know I am not just a bit paranoid. Here's the short story: three years ago I lived next to a Unix programer, fabio, pot-smoking, guy in his twenties. He was outgoing, friendly, but had a funny …

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[B]Need Help to fixup LCD cable of Acer Travelmate 290E[/B] Hi, I have Acer travel mate 290E series. I my Lcd screen was not working I have opned it and completed every thing bot not able to fix a calbe which is comeing from LCD Screem pannel (Black and White) …

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Hi, I just got the game Oblivion and i barely met the hardware requirements. I have a Radeon 9800pro which didnt come with my computer, i got it off a friend a few years ago for 100 dollars out of his alienware. My computer only has about 1-2 fans and …

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I have a compaq atx pc with a 24 pinout connector. I am trying to power it up external from the pc. I have tied the PS_on line to ground and have tied the 3.3V line to the 3.3 sense line. The PS does not activate, no fan or anything. …

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A friend recently put a computer together for me, as I have no idea how too. Anyways, about 10 minutes after using my computer I get these small green dots to form uniformly on my monitor, as the computer continues to run the the dots turn into lines. It just …

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A quick question... I have a laptop with power rated on the base as 19v - 3.42A but I dont have a charger/adapter for it with that specific power rating. I do have an adapter with a power rating of 19v-4.74A. Question is can I use this adapter? will it …

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i have an asus motherboard and a P4 2.26 GHz processor. now i got a 256 MB DDR RAM (400MHz) about 5 days back bringing the total of my physical memory to 512MB. By the way my earlier RAM was 266MHz. the problem is that ever since i brought this …

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I cannot find the problem and it's baffling me completely. Here's the deal: I have 4 pc's and they're all doing the same thing, so it's definately something I'M DOING wrong. Main Problem: The monitor doesn't turn on, indicating that the pc is not booting, right? The monitor works, and …

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Hi All, I,m new to all the jargon, and am desperatley confused, I would appreciate any help. My problem at the moment is that i am wanting to buy some RAM i only have 2 slots in slot 1 i have 128, i need to know if i can buy …

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After putting in new hardware my computer fan has been spinning faster. Also, if i put my hand behind my tower it is very hot. I dont know whats the matter. I've cleaned it of dust multiple times and that does nothing. Im wondering how to fix it. I only …

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I've been parting out a few retired PCs. My first PC I've commented on a number of times, is 5 years old with 370 socket Celeron and needed an upgrade. I came into a couple Slot 1 mobo PCs recently as well as upgrading my 370 chips themselves. I am …

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About 6 monthes ago I got my Thinkpad x20 off Ebay and I already had a windows 2000 disk and product code off the laptop. I couldn't find any sound drivers anywhere. I bought a cd off a seller on ebay who said he had all the drivers on one …

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I have a newly acquired X20 laptop running Win 2000 and an old Norton 2002. Before dispatch the CD-ROM was playing music OK. Now the CD-Rom appears to play but there is no sound. Control Panel --> Multimedia reveals no sound related hardware. Ditto using IBM PC doctor. Is is …

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I have searched to no avail for the MB drivers. It is the VT8237 chipset. Anyone have these drivers?

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