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I want to get a new graphics card, but I don't know if my motherboard only takes a certain kind of card. But is there somewhere I can go to look at what motherboard I have? And where do I go to see what kind of graphics card I have?

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Hi. I need to get a new PC. Mine is 5 years old and starting to show it's age - I can't play any good games. :-) So, I need a computer to play games (Civilization IV, fantasy RPG's, etc...) and just for regular home use. Checking email, writing letters, …

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Hi I would be grateful for some advice. I recently got a second hand Asus Higrade AS8400. It wont start up (fan starts and lights come on but nothing happens .It does start every now and then, but more often than not it just wont start up) Anyway somebody has …

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Hi i recently got a new case and it has blue lights on it . My mum wants to know if thats going to cost her money in power and electricity . i think they are led lights and they dont cost much right. Anyone know???

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I've owned this PC for a year now and I'm just wondering.. how much its worth.. I prob wont sell it, well there is a small chance i might just i'm just curious: [B]Spec:[/B] Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2180 @ 2.00GHz Total Memory : 2GB DIMM DDR2 ASRock 82945G Processor …

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Hi, I have a problem with my computer, it keep over heating and cutting out. I would normally get a bigger and better fan and heatsink, however since I have a laptop that does not seem like a posibility. The laptop is Toshiba which is about a year old with …

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I'm salvaging a Chaintech 7NJL6 motherboard, but can't find documentation for the system panel connectors for the power, HDD LED, power LED, case speaker, and reset switch. The panel has an 18-pin configuration - 9 on top and 8 on the bottom, with the next-to-last on the lower right empty. …

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Hello, I have a compaq passio Model # SR1803WM and im running windows xp home edition. My error message when running sound hardware wizard is Direct play voice set-up An error occured during Direct play voice setup The error code is 0x80004005 can anyone tell me how to fix error …

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Hello, I'm thinking about building a new system (my first build, yay). I'm torn between Q6600 or Q9300. I'll use this mostly for gaming and doing 3D CAD (and of course internet and e-mails). I don't know how much difference of the two are. I prefer something that last longer …

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Can someone please help me with repairing a PC power supply. My supply quit and I have been only partially successful. I found a burned out resistor on the board I replaced > a 5 watt 20 ohm and a bulging cap that I also replaced. When I try to …

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Hello frnds i have a strange problem, i have a 4 GB Transcend and other 1 GB ordinary pen drives they used to work properly b4 but now they stopped showing up in my computer. Transcend is just 1 Month old and other drive(memorex) is 3 yrs old. I thougt …

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I got these 2 RAMs from my friends old computer and I tried to put one in the slot. It didn't fit so I took off 1 of my RAMs that was already installed in the computer when I bought it to see what it looks like. I reinserted the …

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I just got an Elite A780GM-A (V1.1) AM2+ ATX motherboard (holds up to 32gb DDR2) and a quad core AMD Phenom 2.5 ghz (the new revised one) and 4Patriot DDR2 1066 mhz 1gb memory sticks. I installed everything (including all 4 memory sticks) and fired it up and had no …

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Hi gurus, I haven't purchased a pre-built machine for about 10 years; I've always found it more enjoyable to pick-and-choose parts for the machines I spend 8+ hours of my day on. However, the last two machines have caused me some grief. First machine, a dual cpu xeon p4, had …

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My computer is Celeron 2 Ghz, 1 GB Ram, 120 GB HDD, two DVD writers and one CD writer with XP SP2 loaded, it frequently crashes by saying Windows exlorer has generated errors and needs to close and when i click on don't send error report a blank screen appears …

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Hi all, I need some urgent help and advise. I Accidentally put my laptop ram into my washing machine and only realized it after the washing was done. Can the ram still be used? Is there anyway to save it? Its a 2 gig kingston for laptops. Thanks! Mike

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Hello, long time no see. Anyways, I want to build a gaming rig and for that I have already choosen some peripherals already except for ram, processor and cooling equipments. Here is the list that I will be purchasing for intense gaming (also wouldnt mind if anything different from this …

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Plz help me to connect front panel USB i have a mercury cabinet with celeron mother board. These are the few pictures of my system, if needed i will provide more pix [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/gzocszlyfpgcwqd8yd02.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/zhsyzv8sq69rslqsucwl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/yso7o7kc378492dodnyz.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/yy7z95kzsm4hywcg4s06.jpg[/IMG] Front panel [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/cjs4j6sdzbhua67q41ud.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/rw1ge1p3wnj6k0ccqpch.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/wtd5cm0u8ivy0vhop450.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://muthumobiles.org/images/dgezz3lykk4md9t76dv5.jpg[/IMG] I hope these are necessary pix:(

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oioi all i hope some kind person can help me , Iwas lucky enough to be given a new power supplie , by a very kind friend . because my old one would not power my new graphics card geforce 9600 GSO fatality. my power suppie is a EA 500 …

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Sir my computer is just restarting by itself.Someone informed me to slave my harddrive so i have done that but still there is no change. The problem is that when i log in my computer it rerstart by itself.

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I have an HP Media Center PC m1160n. It has been working fine for me since I got it, oh back in 03 or 04. Well it has been sitting for about two months because I got a laptop and I didn't really have a need to use both. Well, …

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These are a couple great sites for information on hardware,guides and whatever. :) [url]www.technick.net[/url] [url]www.icrontic.com[/url] I immediately noticed this on the second site about Windows 7 [quote]With regard to media files, the days of capturing an audio program on your PC seem to be over (if the program originated on …

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Hi. Can you help me? First this is the story, the owner of an internet cafe consulted me this morning to check two of his PCs (both Celeron). I press the power to turn it on. Then it turns on, then after a second or two, it automatically turned off. …

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I m using my office`s old computer which got the details below..! Can anyone suggest me if i gonna upgrade the memory which one is best or applicable..! Cuz i got a memory problem..while using my autocad..n it auto shut down so many times...!! Thanks for your advices..!! OS - …

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Hi, I bought a used CPU P4 3.4GHZ, I install it on my P5GD1 Asus Motherboard. It worked well but the temperature of the cpu was 80° Celsius, it’s been like this for 3-4 days, I put some thermal compound and even I add two extra fan. Now my computer …

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Hello, I've installed a new Zalman CNPS7000C-AlCu on my cpu. I was wondering what the maximum temperature is that the processor is supposed to operate under. I found [URL="http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/details.aspx?opn=ADO5200IAA6CZ"]this[/URL] page. It lists 55° C - 72°C. How should I read that? That is different per individual processor? Or is this …

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My PS fan has started making a grinding sound so probably needs replacing. It's an older PC so I don't want to replace the PS itself. I've looked around for (& bought) a new one only to find the wiring doesn't match up. The faulty one has red, black & …

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Hi, I have a P4 Prescott @ 3.2 Ghz. I have an 80 mm case fan and my cpu fan is a Thermaltake TR2 M12 A4012-02. Is this enough for my CPU, or do I need some more fans? Also, there are vents on one side of my case if …

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i gt latest amd phenom2 ..940 blck edition...3.0 ghz and gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2... the prblm is .... now its displayin amd processor model unknown wid 2.3 ghz.... in device manger.... i chked on web abt supported CPUs for this model.... they hvnt mentioned this processor..... will the processor deliver to its …

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I have an Asus P5KSE mother board with marvell 88SE61xx-ADAPTOR-Bios ver.1.1.0.L64 on my system.I can not boot my computer from last time I restarted my computer.The following messsage appears: USB DEVICE OVER CURRENT STATUS DETECTED!! SYSTEM WILL SHUT DOWN AFTER 15 SEC. I can not go to bios set up …

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