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| | I don't know a lot about intel motherboards. I need a cpu that will fit that is at least 2.6ghz. What do you recommend? It has to be an intel. I built a computer for a guy and his sign machine and it is not compatible with an amd chip. … |
| | Hi, I'm new to the forum. I hope that I am doing this poperly. I currently have a Dell Inspirion 1150. The laptop will not not accept power from the house-power charger (a new one was just purchased because the cable on the old one was intermittent). Here is the …  |
| | Hello, I am still using an Epox 8RDA+ motherboard with an outdated Athlon cpu. I would like to upgrade the AMD cpu and continue using this motherboard. When it comes to hardware compatibility, I am pretty lost. Can someone recommend the 'best bang for the buck' cpu that is compatible … |
| | Hi I am looking into just a mobo to upgrade with components I already have, a DIY out of a store bought system setup. First, if I am an entirely Intel product user, would going to AMD for a new PC foundation upset Intel ('married') components (other components I add … |
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| | I've had my Fujitsu Siemens Amilo EL6800 (celeron 2Ghz, 256mb ram) for just over two years now. At the end of last year the battery packed in (discharges very quickly - it takes under a minute to fully discharge), although the laptop powers up ok through the mains supply. I … |
| | I have an old pc that is a 1.6 ghz and would like to upgrade it. The motherboard chipset is an Intel Brookdale i845D and it looks like it uses the 478 pin. But I am not sure if it can be upgraded at all. any help would be greatly … |
| | here is a simple question. i have 2 procesors for my laptop. currently my dell inspiron is sporting a 1.8/512 p4 with a gig of ram. is switching to a newer but slightly slower 1.7 with a 2 gig l2 cache a smart thing to do if its free since … |
| | I have 3 fans on my tower - two in back and one on side. Can you tell me which should be sucking and which blowing? Thank you |
| | Hi I am looking for CPU possibilties for the following: Over the New Year got a computer free from a friend, and hoping for some tech advice, here's the details I already typed up: I got a donated free mid-1990s tower PC from my friend Rob and have been mucking … |
| | Recently config of my PC was celeron with 300mhz, 32 mb SDRAM, 128 kb cache, 4 gb HDD. But today i have added 128 mb SDRAM(so now ram = 128 + 32 mb), and performance has greatly boosted. I am running older version(older than 2nd edition) of WIN 98 and … |
| | The current, or last month issue of Maximum PC built up a computer with Linux for $300, it included a minimal graphics upgrade for gaming, I would still use items I already bought and am happy with like Windows XP on it... Anyone have ideas on their article or variations … |
| | Bit of an old problem this one, but it's only starting to affect the computer now, with what software now requires. About 2 years ago I upgraded my computer with an AMD athlon XP2000 Processor and installed a MSI 745 Ultra Skt A motherboard to run it, the motherboard claims … |
| | Im not sure if this Q should be on this forum,but I didnt know where else to put it. OK so my HP Omnibook 6000, I just bought the Fujitsu MHT-AH MHT2040AH 40GB 5400 RPM 8MB Cache Notebook Hard Drive - OEM. THis is a generic HD that i was … |
| | Hey this is my first post and i was wondering if anyone can tell if my computer is graphics card compatiblehere is my system (all the info i know im pretty sure theres more that i dont know about) its about 2 years old....Dell (Optiplex gx 150,is the make...i guess … |
| | Does anyone know where I can find more information on testing out a motherboard? I actually found a very nice motherboard at my local transfer station. I've put a few PCs together so I know a little bit about this. The board is completely bare, no CPU, no RAM, but … |
 | I have 3 sticks of 512mb RAM and 4 slots in which to put them in... would 3 512mb single channels be better than 2 running on dual channel? I play alot of graphically demanding games (COD2, CS:S, quake 4 etc...) and do the occaisional bit of image editing, and … |
| | I have a HP pavilion ZE4500 and it has xp2200+ on it and I was wondering what's max cpu speed i can put on the mb? |
| | I currently have a 1 GB stick of ram in my computer and am thinking about getting dual channel. I have two questions. Is it better to have 2x512 MB Dual channel, or a 1GB stick of ram? And can i keep my 1GB stick in DIMM slot 3 and … |
| | How do all? For quite a while my pc has been making a lot of noise when starting up and then just before christmas and going on holiday for three weeks it started crashing unexpectedly...anyway to cut a long story short I have got the Motherboard monitor program and figured … |
 | I just bought (2) 512MB sticks of Corsair RAM for my HP Pavilion a420N, which ships with a single stick of 512MB RAM in it (or so it says in the documentation). But it hasn't arrived yet. Meantime...I looked at the properties today, and it tells me I have 448MB … |
| | Here's what I know; It's a Dell Inspiron 3500, running XP Pro SP1 When I try to connect anything to the Com. port, said device's installation cannot find it. I look in Device Manager and COM1 has a little yellow (!) on it. Properties tells me this; Device type: Ports … |
| | I want one with easy access to their site for updates etc. Good dependable board. Would you choose the abit KN8 NF4 or the MSI K8N Neo 4 F?  |
| | Ok, Im My PC I Have 2 Sticks Of RAM, One Is A 128 PC133 SDRAM @ 133Mhz And The Other One Is A 256 PC133 SDRAM @ 133Mhz: [IMG]http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/153/somedoodrampic9ef.jpg[/IMG] But When I Look At The Total, It Shows Only 256MB Are There: [IMG]http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/4986/wrongrampic3vm.png[/IMG] Again: [IMG]http://img319.imageshack.us/img319/1041/mypcpropertiesram8xw.jpg[/IMG] And Also On My … |
 | :cry: i have a dell optiplex gxp1 server that wont keep time accurate even after replacing the cmos battery. it will lose 1 hr at times. in the device manager it shows in system timer in properties no drivers installed. what could be wrong? :lol: |
| | I need to download the motherboard drivers for this motherboard: "MSI K8N Neo MS 7030". I have a fresh install of winXP and I need to get my pc and its onboard LAN working!!! [Here is the long story if anyone's interested :sad: ... I made the mistake of using … |
| | MY system: asus a8n sli (939) amd 3800+ xfx 7800gtx 2gb ram (4x512) 580W psu I have just bought a new system, but i cant instal age of empires 3 onto it. It will install nicely wityh no problems but when you click on the desktop shortcut when you have … |
| | I have an Asrock K7S8XE, 512 Mb, Radeon 9600PRO. I used to play games normally, but this week a strange thing happen. It start to lag in games that it never did before, turning the game unplayable. I've tested another graphic card, a Geforce 6800, and it did the same … |
| | Is it safe? ANd if so where can I find one, no PC place around here sells ones. And the ones on sites i have looked at (directron, newegg) just have the pumps. Where I can get the whole setup. |
| | Hi all, its been forever since I've posted. Ive got an all-consuming hardware question. First, let me set it up: Since Ive graduated I began to work at a biomedical research firm. We do massive amounts of data analysis, most of which is computed tomography and 3D image analysis. Currently, … |
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