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for some time i have been trying to find out who manufactured my motherboard so i can hook up my front usb ports i have a thermal tak case my system is amd 2400+ 512 mb 80G hd i found this out so far compaq dk214A-ABA S2040WM NA210 looked at …

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My comp is not up to date wich you may find obvious when i tell you the specs later. And since it is not up to date I want to get it up to date. But I don't know if I should buy a whole new comp or get more …

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First of all, please forgive this long post. I want to give details of my dilema, in hopes of getting an accurate response from someone who might be able to help. I posted this originally in the Win XP forum, with little or no input on the problem. I am …

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When I try to power on, the cd and dvd flicker but no power on. I then turn it off and wait a while, try several times and it turns on. Power supply?

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I am facing an interesting situation. My web server is a very nifty P4 machine that works fine most times. It works as a web application portal, a shoutcast station server, and a file server. When running under Linux it seems to be pretty functional, but when using it as …

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i just installed a new MSI P4MAM2-V motherboard with the VIA chipset and onboaord Vinyl AC97 sound but no sound is comming out! I installed all the new drivers! I remember calling circuit city with this problem in my old mobo and they told me to go to device manager …

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I have a MSI K7 Pro motherboard with a PC mounted LED display. This is a vertical display consisting of four LEDs inline, locateded just below Serial and Parallel ports. When the computer hangsup during startup the top two and bottom LEDs are green, and the second from the bottom …

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my graphic fan sounds as like it is speeding up and slowing down and the screen looks like a tartan kilt (artifacts) i think is the word so took sidepanel off and had a mooch. it was still spinning fast touched it hot as in 3 or 4 seconds burning …

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Hey. I've recently had so much trouble with error messages on one of my two computers that i decided to re-format the drive - yep, i know, pretty stupid but i'd tried everything. I now can't connect it to the internet because it's saying that it doesn't detect any network …

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Hi. Recently my computer started to make noises sounded like a plane noise and happens whenever i turn the computer on,and it is quite loud so i usually hit or slap it in order to make it stop and it worked. anyway,i dont think continuing to hit it would be …

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APC UPS Model Number undecided - Final decision awaited...!!! Thanks everyone for putting forward their opinion about UPS to my previous post. I have read all the posts over and over again and finally have decided that I will purchase a UPS from APC. Now again...few more questions though...???? A …

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I have a Abit NF7 motherboard, I need to disable the onboard sound card. I am unsure of the location of the jumper. the onboard sound is in op and i need to in stall anew card. if anyone has a diagram they could send me. that will really help

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I have a AMD 64 3500+ with a zalman HSF, not sure what model and arctic silver 5 thermal paste. Before I got the arctic thermal paste my system would idle at about 60 Celsius. Now I have the arctic silver 5 thermal paste it idles around 43 Celcius and …

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My friend's machine was behaving madly since last few weeks. The machine was restarting or shutting down very suddenly & without any user interaction. He wanted help from me. So, I have checked the machine & I have found that the SMPS is the villain. But I have not found …

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I have bought a 2nd hand 200W PC SMPS from local marcket. It is manufactured by COMPAQ & the model no. is PS-5201-4T1. It is an ATX one but it has no 4 pin processor core voltage power connector. I want to use it as the power supply of my …

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to all computer fanatics which do you think has more user AMD or INTEL and why? post your comments here!

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Hi there I recently been having problems with my IRQs as there appears to be a few "Conflicts". Can these be reassigned if so how do I do it?.

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[font=Times New Roman][size=3]Computers are getting cheaper - but so are computer parts. You can often save money by assembling one yourself to suit your own needs, and it doesn't have to look like Frankenstein's monster. It's also a great way to learn more about how computers actually work - although …

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[size=3][font=Times New Roman][b][i][u]Beginner's guide to computing[/u][/i][/b] [/font][/size] [font=Times New Roman][size=3]You can have too much of a good thing - have you seen the choice of computers on the shelves? Let us guide you to your perfect PC...[/size][/font] [size=3][font=Times New Roman]The main parts of computer "hardware" (the physical machine) are the …

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I have a computer that when I turn it on (with everything but ram removed) I get a single cursor that flashes. When I but the ati video card in all I get is a message that shows the bios type(I think). The motherboard is and intel D815EEA. I have …

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hen I play gamne my computer is turning itself off. I have virus checked spyware checked and had someone look over my hi-jack this log and found nothing, but when i opened up my computer after it happened yesterday i fealt my graphics card and it was hot to the …

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[QUOTE=DMR]Just another vote of agreement. Even if the repair shop didn't purpously skneetch a stick of your RAM (and yes- that definitely does happen), they may have forgotten to reinstall it or they reinstalled it incorrectly. Open the case to physically verify what you've got in there.[/QUOTE] HI.. I didnt …

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Just recently I have run into a small (but a little troubling) problem with my battery on my IBM T42. I usually run my computer from the plugged in status and the battery meter on the computer will pretty much always read 100% capacity. Yesterday I unplugged my computer and …

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I'm getting one tomorrow, can anyone point me to some guide that has photos or a movie of how to do it? I don't want to screw a $300 piece. :|

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I've recently had a random problem with my computer hanging in the POST, I eventually found a LED display on the motherboard and was able to match that configuration to the diagnostic LED function chart and found that it was hanging at " intializing the floppy drive controller". I disconnected …

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Hello all, I've been editing (dv express) on my PC and wanted to try to take out all my internal hard drives (about a terabyte) and put them in a different box...cooler with another power supply. Do they make specific towers for this? Will my editing be as smooth? :eek:

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hi, im underclocking my como because i leave it overnight to run small programs, downloading primarily. well i decided to underclock it since i dont need the ghz and all. and im thinking that underclocking will lessen the temp on the cpu, well it did by 9 celcius. im jsut …

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I'm going to upgrade my pc (motherboard memory ect) but what is the diffirence betwen Clawhammer and Newcastle processors? i only know Clawhammers are more expensive. Thanks

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i have a dell 4600 and 256 RAM i wanna buy more ram but dont know what kind to buy. any of what kind of ram i should get that'll fit in my computer??

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