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| | I have an HP Pavilion ze5000s. My grandson knocked it off the desk the other day and one of the fans quite working. I have taken all the screws out (even about three that were hidden) and I cannot get the thing about. This is a laptop. It will come …  |
| | Hi All. I have an HP 762n Pavilion. It a little over two years old. I am interested in upgrading the processor which is P4 at 2.26Ghz 478 pin, 533Mhz FSB. I am pretty sure the chipset is an Intel 845e. Does anyone know the fastest processor I can put … |
| | I bought a P4 3.2E Presscott 1M cache and i have a Intel 875PBZ model 303 but I think thats board doenst work with this CPU, could anyone help me with this and tell me, but if you have experience with both cpu and mother, what is the best motherboard …  |
| | CPU speeds aside, does anyone know which of these 2 setups would perform better? 1) Nforce 4 chipset, 2 6600GT's (SLI PCI Express) 2) Nforce 3 chipset 6800GT (AGP 8X) Thanks for the help! (sorry for the double post by the way....) |
 | ok guys thanks for all the help, I got everything and installed it and let me say OMG! the amd 64 kicks ass! NFSU2 runs on full settings perfectly and my FPS on CS:S went from 20 to 90-130 Now I just need to tweak my AMD 64 my ram … |
| | I have some computer parts that are fairly but not old! All of these parts have been tested and known to work but not have been used for a long period of time. It is known as far as they are sold that they work. THERE WiLL BE NO REFUNDS! … |
 | ok, im going to ask a totally amatuer question, but this is what this forum is for. I hear alot about chipsets, what are they? Are they included with the motherboard when purchased? haha, and yes this is completely ligit.  |
| | I was just wondering what a good motherboard would be, a decent one, to run some highend games and such. I know my Intel Celeron is a piece so im searching around for a better one, but not too expensive. |
| | I have an asus A8V, which has a small passive heatsink as the cooling element for the northbride. I am currently into overclocking, and by doing more research I find it highly likely that my overclocking has hit a wall because of instability in the system bus. I want to … |
| | Hi, I have an Asus P4S533X motherboard, which has two DDR slots and two SDRAM slots. My original setup was one 256MB SDRAM chip. Something went bad, and that chip stopped working. So I replaced it with a couple of old 64MB chips I had while I waited for the … |
| | Hello again, same computer, new problem... (A little precursor - dont think this is related but just for good measure... I just bought a UPS for my machine and had plugged my computer into it, turned it on, and it booted up fine. I let the scsi devices load and … |
| | when I boot up the bottom of the screen says: Press F1 to setup, F2 to resume. When I hit F1, it takes me into the setup screen (bios, I think?). It allows me to navigate for about 3 second then locks. If I hit F2 instead, it goes to … |
| | hi all, just wondering... my sound card (the 1 thats built into the mb) is making strange hummin noises n stuff, and its really annoying, i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this? or if not then do u kno why it happens? have i done somthing to it? … |
| | I have an eMchines Intel Celeron 1.4 Gig computer, running XP, with only 128MB RAM. Computer was a little sluggish and so I went out and got more RAM. 512MB of RAM today, that's the max amount of RAM for the CPU. I took out the 128 and put the …  |
| | Hi, I currently have 512MB of RAM, 128MB of which is "Shared Memory" (whats is shared memory?). So it seems i have 384MB of RAM which seems enough to me, but the games I play are jumpy and slow and I'm sure its because I do not have enough RAM. … |
| | Hey everyone, I am building a computer, and I simply can't decide what mobo to get, anyones recommedations (socket 764 and 939, try and include the best mobo for BOTh sockets ;) Price cap is 150) would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for the help. |
| | well i have one comp ....i bought a sempron 2400+ cause i thought all amd athlon xp are gone here...im form the philippines...then a friend told me that there is still two more shops that has an amd 2500+ i know what im choosing from are slow compared to the … |
| | hi all, im new to the site and this is my 1st post :p I recently upgraded my Processor from a 1.4Ghz speed to 3.0Ghz and it all works fine but one thing is bothering me, when i go to my computer properties (windows xp pro) i see that the … |
| | the screws to undo the fan ontop the processor are very worn down and i really dant think i can unscrew em there really tight too :( is there any tool i could use? pls help! cheers, Dan :cry:  |
| | i just built a computer and i was wondering if lc was the best way to go because my pc runs pretty hot with 4 fans in it and i dont feel like having a bunch o noisy fans in my pc. |
 | check this out: 633mHz proc 15GB HD like 64MB RAM etc, I was wondering if sticking this stick of 32 or 64 MB RAM I have into a PCI slot in this hunk of junk will do anything. |
| | Hello, I have a computer that uses pc2100 ddr sdram memory and I want to upgrade it. I was wondering if it mattered if i got pc2700 even though my motherboard says pc2100. If you can does that mean the memory won't be running at full potential and at pc2100, … |
| | Hey this or next week im ordering: AMD 3500+ MSI Neo2 Platinum Nvidia 6800GT 1024 Corsair XMS RAM Seagate 200GB 7200rpm Random fans/lights I'm trying to find a PSU that isn't like 100$ but gives good power. What's the difference between this Thermaltake 480W [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-153-008&depa=0[/url] and this Antec 480W? [url]http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-909&depa=0[/url] … |
| | hi all, i am building a new computer for a friend and im using old parts from that dinky old thing that are still usable (its a windows 95 computer) :eek: like floppy, cd drive etc.. and im wondering if the old power supply unit is still usable? its 250 …  |
| | I just finished placing my order for my stuff here's what I bought. AMD 64 3400+ DFi LAN Party with Nforce 3 250Gb Chipset mobo 1 GB of 512x2 Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series Ram, its not dual channel but its a dual pack, My motherbaord has no use … |
| | Is it possible to add fan slots to a case? The case in questions would either be the Silverstone Temjin TJ-06 or the Antec Super Lanboy. Thanks for the help. If it is possible please include a link or instructions, thanks for the help. |
| | I still havn't decided between these 3 mobos, any advice would be great! Vid Card - 6800GT CPU - AMD 64 3400+ slot 754 RAM - 1 gig (one stick) 3200 DDR PSU - 500 watts Case - Antec Super Lanboy Hard drive - 160 gig 7200 rpm IDE DVD/CD … |
| | I just Forked out for a $500.00 aeolus geforece 6800gt. As you can imagine I was quite excited to install it. I went through all the proper steps all the way up to istalling the software. At 34% complete Everything went absolutey insane. My screen went into some strange multicolored … |
| | As you know by now I am getting a AMD 64 3400+ well I was wonderng if the AMD 64 3400+ is really powerful enough to help my 9600XT acheive 100FPS in some games. I am upgrading the 9600XT to a 6800Gt but probaly not for another few months. |
| | [QUOTE=Catweazle]Higher rated RAM almost always 'works' with motherboards which are specified to 'work' with lower rated modules. It will simply be operated at the lower speed, which is what you want anyway! You should never really run your RAM at higher speeds than that required to 'synchronise' with the front … |
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