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| | First of all, if this is not the right place please move. My computer overheats whenever I do something processor intensive. I was wondering if a notebook cooler actually works, and which one to get. |
| | hello, I've got a Gateway E3400 mini with a MX841 (#4000773) motherboard in it and am considering upgrading it to either a 1.0 GHz PIII or a 1.2 Ghz (Tualatin) PIII. The difference in what I would pay for the 1.0 vs. the 1.2 (including the adapter) isn't a huge … |
| | I am wary of showing my ignorance but could someone please enlighten me as to the difference between the pentium "x" CPU and the celeron CPU as they both appear to be made by the same manufacturer. I have used computers a number of years but never have had the …  |
| | Hi Folks...I recently had the good fortune to be given an Athlon A7V8X-X by my nephew who has upgraded. My old computer is an Acer Pentium 3 550. The Athlon fits beautifully in the case but my concern is that even though the power supply plug fits okay into the … |
| | Hey guys. I bought a Gigabyte motherboard. Not top of the line, but it's good for what I need. GA-8S661FXMP-RZ. Something like that(I'm not at home right now). I bought 1 stick of Kingston 512mb Pc3200 ram. Also have 1 512mb pc3200 samsung stick. It only detects 512mb ram. I … |
| | Hi everyone, this is my first thread. Hopefully someone can help me. I bought a new motherboard, plugged everything in and I have nothing. It powers up, but I don't get a signal to the monitor. I brought my video card and processor to work to test them here, the … |
| | Hello, This is probably a stupid question, but can anyone tell me how to determine the fastest RAM that can be used with a system besides going to a website like kingston.com and looking up what they recommend? In the past I was told that the FSB speed is what … |
| | Hi, I am looking for some advice and was wondering if anyone could help me out. I am currently building a new PC. I am using some of the parts from my old pc e.g. graphics card, sound card etc, but I am getting a new motherboard and processor among … |
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| | me and a frined what to get 2 laptop computers. what brand should we get? they need to be able to run programs for school. we also what to be able to run a net work beweent the 2 and we what to be able to run a games on … |
 | Hi everyone, I am currently trying to repair an older computer. The computer has no operating system on it and I am having difficulties putting one on. I just got the BIOS updated to the most current version. I have been tinkering with it here and there and I was … |
| | I have just read another thread sort of in relation to this but my situation is a little different. A couple of months ago I decided to plug my cable tv's providers RF cable into my capture card. Thats where it basically ended. Everything except the RAM module and chassis … |
| | Hi everyone, new here.. I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with my PC. This is what happened... I had just shut down a game because the sound was crackling, restarted, and my computer froze after Windows loaded. Nothing would work, no mouse, ctrl alt del, nothing.. So, I … |
| | Hi all, I have bought a newcomputer with motherboard ASUS A8NSLI [url]http://www.electronicsoutfitter.com/store/A8NSLI.html[/url] However I have one question: from the back of my computer I hae a cable with two male jacks. On one is written mic and on the other is written mic. I have never seen this before. If …  |
| | How do I access the BIOS screen for a Sony VAIO VGC-RB30, and set the RAM timings to be 3-4-4-8 and 400 MHZ, thanks. |
| | Hi everyone, A number of questions. 1. On some motherboard they state that the motherboard is 800Mhz DDR FSB. Does that mean that the motherboard is only compatible with processors that have FSBs' of 800Mhz and below? 2. I have seen some new processors with these terms celeron 2.4G - … |
| | Recently I was contacted to service a family member's computer as it was faulty. I was hoping the cause of the fault would be fairly obvious. I've serviced a number of PCs over the years and usually found it to be relatively easy, or at least the problem would present … |
| | I have a pc100 Parkard Bell when I removed 128mb dimm it stated pc133 so purchased and installed 2x256mb dimms but system is only showing them as 2x128mb Ihave tryed flashing bios with both updates from Parkard Bell but no difference can anybody suggest anything that won't incur further costs |
| | Hi im adding another 256mb RAM to my sempron 3000+ which already has 256mb ram as xp is pretty sluggesh at the mo. im new to this and wondered if anyone could give us a bit of advice. my current motherboard is MSI AMD sempron 1.8ghz L2 128kb current RAM … |
| | I built my sistem with good enough parts to run all current games, and probobly for some time they will be able to do the same. However, at runtime, a few applications will lock up if I run them more than once per log in (like I use it, quit, … |
| | Have an HP Pavillion when I turn it on I get one short beep code then a chug from the processor then a flashing cursor on the screen, just reformated the hard drive and cannot get that to boot...any suggestions?  |
| | Hey guys, I have a dell Latitude CPX that does not recognize the 128 mb module that is pluged into it. The computer reads having only 128 mb vs 356. Any ideas? |
| | Hi there, I've got a faulty Seagate Hard Drive, it's an 80GB, 7200RPM and has actually been faulty since I had it, I just didn't realise. It was very slow at file transfers but I just assumed it was the standard speed to transfer files between drives (my main one … |
| | Hi All, I'm having great fun trying to fix my comp (again)... ...not. :mad: Basically, a few weeks ago, while I was playing a fairly demanding game, my comp just completely shut itself down. Weird, I thought, as I tried to turn it back on. But, it wouldn't power up. … |
| | Hello there...Recently when I tried to switch on my old computer ( PIII 550, 8 GB, 128 MB), It didn't respond immediately and after a few seconds something blown out near the PSU and there was some smoke. Could someone pls help me as to how to go about with … |
| | :rolleyes: hello there i have a mothers board Intel (D845WN) it has a burnt IC right beneath the Ram slot its ID is (4501, W16B). I want to replace this if anybody can help by telling me where to find this IC, i'll be highly grateful. thanks. :rolleyes: |
| | When I start the computer the entry screen shows my memory at 166 when it should be 200. I have the bios set to auto should I manually set it to 200? |
| | I have the passwords for bios and hd for an old IBM thinkpad laptop. I want to disable password feature, but when I am in the bios screen, I can't click on that password icon, it just beep twice like an error sound. Does anyone know how to disable the … |
| | Hello there...Recently when I tried to switch on my old computer ( PIII 550, 8 GB, 128 MB), It didn't respond immediately and after a few seconds something blown out near the SMPS and there was some smoke. Could someone pls help me as to how to go about with … |
| | does anyone know how to translate athlon into intel like i only now what the gz mean but i cant understand what the athlon one means like how much gz things are in it and i need at least a 3.2 so what would a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ roughly … |
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