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Hi, I am new to this forum so please bear with me. I want to read the bios settings (through a program) and if boot option is hard disk then i want to change the same to network boot (should save also). In nutshell, i want to configure the settings …

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I have looked at quite a few forums to see if someone else had my problem and i can't seem to find one. My computer is custom built and is quite new. A few months ago i was playing The Suffering on my computer, I had to walk out of …

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how do i find out what exactly what type my motherboard is (so far I think it is an intel something) so i can replace it as we have had a power cut and the pc powers on cpu works, harddrive works but nothing on screen no post and one …

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Hello, I recently bought a new video card and i have a serious problem with it. It is a brand new EVGA GeForce 7800 gs 256 agp oc editon. I connected it all right to an exclusive 4-pin molex plug straight from the psu and with nothing else on it. …

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I have a crappy milwaukee pc that has only 3 bars of pc100 64 meg ram strips and the computer freezes constantly can I change the ram to some 256 meg sd ram?

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I have a 1999 [B]Compaq Presario 5340[/B] that has an [B]AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor[/B], but I want to install a new, higher speed processor. What would be my choices?? Thank you to anyone who can assist me!!!!!! Alan

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I am trying to upgrade my laptop memory from 256 to 1gb. The current memory is a 256 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM card. I bought Kingston 512MB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM DDR 333 (PC 2700) to upgrade it. I was just wondering my laptop would support it. I have seen two …

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Hi All, i want to read the post results from bios of a computer by using a device connected to the computer. this device is a usb device with a microcontroler in it, and i can write a small programe in this microcontroler to read this. This is what i …

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[URL="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=1101071352-00.flv"]http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v312/lazoras/?action=view&current=1101071352-00.flv[/URL] the link above is to a video that shows what my coputer is doing... the back story: recently my gigabyte 570 s4 for an am2 socket died so i baught a gax38 dq6 so i went with intel this time and got myself a q6600 anyway...i installed the mother …

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Does the above motherboard use an old style ATX power supply or the newer ATX 12v supply with separate 12 volt plug for the processor? I have to bring a replacement to my daughter in Chicago next week. Thanks. Sid

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i bought a toshiba equim laptop and i have forgoten the bios password and need some help on how i can break the bios password. am really in a mess and need help desperately. is there any software that i can use or a way of breaking the bios password …

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Hello I've been building a new computer and can't get it to POST. Nothing happens at all. None of the fans spin up for even a split second. No signs of life... I took it apart and realised I had inadvertently got some Thermal Compund on a few of the …

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Is it worth the extra 100 bucks to get the C2 duo 6850 or is the 6750 a better buy. I will overclock but don't want to go too far. I do a lot of video work and need something fast. I have another question on what type of board …

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I am going to be upgrading my motherboard soon. I have XP Home edition on my system. The original XP software I have is the upgrade version from Win98. This was installed about 2 years ago. I was told I'm going to have to rebuild my C drive after replacing …

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For some reason my old HD (40Gig) died and I bought a new one (80Gig) two or three days ago. I plugged it in, created the new partition and formated. But when I tried to install windows 2000 (because it's an relatively old, 1GigHerz Comp), it always says that there …

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Been a long time since I was here last! But it is always great to come back to a good forum like this. Anyways, on to the situation at hand: Computer: Compaq Evo D5 OS: Win XP with Novell (Pain, I know) The comptuer has been working fine up to …

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Hi everybody I have a desktop. I discovered that my PC produces a lot of heat (above normal). When I put my hand on the back of the case on the spot of the power supply fan, I feel very little air coming out although I can see the fan …

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TravelMate 3212NWXMi - Urgent RAM Upgradation...!!! Respected nerds, techs, geeks and dear fellow members, After months and years of waiting and speculation; I (poor soul who managed to purchase laptop first time in life) purchased one laptop few months back - TravelMate 3212NWXMi - Presently by default the laptop came …

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I've bought a Acer laptop and am trying to open the casing to install an extra RAM module. I can't undo one screw (all the others are fine with the small jewellers screw drivers I've been using) The screw head isn't looking too flash after a couple of attempts. Acer …

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what does CPU / System / NB FAN connectors stand for? what are their uses? which connector is which fan type? (casing fan?)

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The fan on the chipset cooler for the MSI K8N Neo4 F board my friend has went bad. Do I just call MSI and get a new one? I was hoping there was a silent heatsink that could be purchased that would work with this board. If you are familiar …

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[B]My Dell Laptop Inspiron 8200 is too slow. I have done everything that is the usual methods to speed it up to no avail. It has a 1.8 Gig Processor, 1 Gig of Ram. 40 Gig Hard Drive and all the trimmings. If anyone has experienced this, and figured out …

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Hello I am looking at two different gaming laptops 1) Alienware Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB 2) Vigor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E6750 2.67GHz 4MB cache 1333MHz FSB Now my question: is there a significant difference between the two that would effect the …

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Can someone please advise me would an Asus A7N8X Deluxe motherboard be compatible with an AMD CPU AM2 Athlon 64 dual core 4800 Thanks in advance

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I have noticed that ECC RAM is often cheaper on the online auction sites. I assume this is because workstation boards rarely use it, and there aren't a lot of people willing to take a risk with "used" RAM in their expensive/critical server. To my knowledge, the difference is the …

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Hi, I have been having a problem with the Crosshair motherboard- the BIOS has been able to run twice on two different days- when it is up it sees my drives, processor, I can set settings - everything loks great but when I save and exit I am left with …

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Hi, I am running an Asus M2N-E, and an Athlon 64 3800+ X2. For some reason, the system is continuing to freeze/hang, and the only way to get it to unfreeze, is I have to [B]physically[/B] nudge the box. Once it freezes, it will continue to be in that state …

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I have posted this same Thread in the "Computer case, fans, and power supply" channel. I posted this again because I'm not sure which one i would put this in. But please read and see if yall can assist me. I have looked at quite a few forums to see …

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i have an old computer downstairs which my parents use, and i want to change a few things in the bios. my problem is, the ps2 keyboard only starts working after its too late to access the bios. i dont know if im explaining this well but at a certain …

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So my old computer is pretty much giving me the black screen of death right now, i just upgraded the video card recently so im pretty sure its not that that is broke..... im due to buy a new computer its been almost 10 years since i have but im …

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