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| | Greetings: New to group, first post and hope it will not be my last. Love technology but its going to fast for me to keep up. I am interested in playing slot machines as you can tell from the title of this post. I am particularly interested in improving my … |
| | Ok i had a thread with power supply maybe. I unhooked everything and it still would stay on for 5 second then turn back off. If i can the memory stick out and turn it on it will stay on but beep i know the beep means that there is … |
| | Hello. My motherboard failed yesterday when I was hooking up a few devices to my computer. I brought it to a local company and they said the motherboard needed replacing and a new hard drive, as I'd need to do a fresh install on it. Their reason for the new … |
| | Hi everyone I bought a new system about two weeks ago. CPU=Core2Duo E6550 CPU Cooler=Glacial Tech Igloo 5073 Silent 1700RPM Max. (nice and cheap 92mm fan) MB=Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R RAM=2x1GB Kingston DDR2-800MHz CL5 GPU=Gigabyte GeForce 8400GS CPU temperatures: Stock 2.33GHz: Idle=29 degrees Load (100%)=59-60 Overclocked 2.975GHz(7x425MHz@1.2V/1.3V): Idle=39-41 Load (100%)=60-61 I'm particularly …  |
 | Hi. I've got a Packard Bell laptop that is specified as having 1 GB of RAM. However, looking in the Windows system information and the BIOS both show it as having 896 MB. Does anyone know how I would go about determining whether the missing RAM is being used for … |
| | Heya... I have bought a new pc 3 months ago....i do 3d work... well last night i left my pc on for rendering and face the padestel fan toward the casing after than i went to sleep... when i wokeup i saw my rendering was done so i shutdown the … |
| | It's a Aopen PIII mainboard which when powered up POSTs ok but the screen goes blank immediately after that. Thinking it could be memory, bios config, or other peripherals, I've repeatedly tried clearing the CMOS, disconnecting extra hardware, and memory. The board 'knows' when RAM is absent and when not. …  |
| | Hello, I want to setup a server @ my office for testing my websites which uses Classic ASP/SQL Server 2005/IIS etc. The operating system we would like to have is Windows 2003 server. Due to my low budget I would like to go for an assembled one. So I need … |
| | Ok here the problem. I turn on my desktop and it stays on for about 5 seconds then shuts off. I was going with the power supply is shot. Or could something else be wrong you can here thje CPU fan start up and the cd drive light turn on. …  |
| | The other day, an unusually hot day(and I don't have AC) My processor (Pentium D 945) temperatures reached 73 degrees C and my motherboard (Intel 965WH) reached 71 degrees when trying to load a new graphic intensive game. I closed the game and the temperatures returned to normal. I turned … |
| | I have a emachine computer. After I would turn it on & after a short time it would turn it self off & the with in a few minutes back on, this would go on & on after this would start happened, I could not turn it off manaully on … |
| | Hi, my laptop is not getting booted. whenever i try to charge it, the light on the charger gets off. with that charger i can charge my other laptop. so it seems that there is some problem with laptop & not the charger. what can be the problem that charger … |
| | I'm wondering if someone can help me with a hardware question. I just want to make sure I don't make a mistake since I'm planning to spend quite a bit on a new machine. I'm looking to purchase a fairly fast machine...something in which to edit video with as few … |
| | Ok so I'm putting together a new computer and read it's bad to screw the mobo straight into the bracket due to shorting. The cases bracket has these little metal hills with flat tops where the screws go and I'm unsure whether it's good enough? Do I need some brass … |
| | Hi All, My computer is IBM Thinkpad T41 laptop.The problem is that the CPU fan is always on and this is very irritating as i hate the sound it makes.When i check on the Tasmgr it does not show that much CPU Load to make the fan work.I dont know … |
| | I built my computer a while ago. I used [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=A455-1028E"]this motherboard[/URL] and bought only [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=ULT31664"]one stick[/URL] of RAM. I want to buy another gig of RAM so I can have the "Dual channel memory" setup. I always hear that you need to put two [I]identical[/I] sticks in for that to … |
| | i'm planning to replace my old cpu's motherboard (that was almost 10 years ago) with a new one, with better specs so that i can make use of it and improvise it. Does it also need a new power supply? Need your advice guys. thanks |
| | I'm a new computer builder and I was wondering if anyone could tell me that if it is necessary to get a motherboard and CPU with the same FSB. I have an ASUS P5NSLI motherboard with a FSB of 1066 and I was planning on getting an Intel Core 2 … |
| | I have aquired an ALR Revolution 6X6 server, which will support up to 6 Pentium Pro processors. It came factory with a pair of 200 MHz/512K cache processors. I have a pair of 200 MHz/256K cache processors spare. My question is, can I use both cache sizes on the same … |
| | I will be upgrading my computer with a new CPU and a few more DIMMS and I was curious if you guys think I should get a 'juicier' power supply. The CPU I'm looking at will increase my watts used by 23 watts. See the before and after specs below. … |
| | My sister has come to me with a laptop problem. Apparently, the external power on her laptop has been cutting out quite often, to which she thought it was her external cord. However, after looking at the cord, the end that inserts into the laptop is burnt. It also appears … |
| | hi, i bought a case to house my pc in, the front USB ports are located at the top of the tower above the CD drive, but the wires are too short to reach the plug in point on the motherboard. There is no way of getting to the back … |
| | It will boot, I can ge to the BIOS, it will even load to the OS. The HDD light comes on and thats it. The only way to get it to shut down is to turn the PSU off. It's not the HDD it will even do it with no … |
| | Hello, I have an athlon xp 2800 barton core cpu in excellent working condition. The problem is that it is super-locked. Is anyone willing to trade for an athlon xp 2500 that is non super-locked. I need a non super-locked so that I can change the multiplier so that it … |
| | Hi there, I have a problem that I need to solve. I have a PC with an Asus P4B motherboard, 1.7 Ghz CPU, 400 fsb, 1 gig SD Ram. My problem? I'm a music composer and work via two 'vintage' Yamaha PCI sound cards (DS2416s). I would like to upgrade … |
| | So I'm building a my first build and I'm not sure which CPU to get. I want it to be something that will last ages and still be decent in the long run so that's why I'm thinking of the quad, for longevity. But surely I must be giving something … |
| | I've posted other threads, but they were resolved. 2 weeks ago my CPU was over heating Due to LARGE amounts of dust in the Heatsink. very, very scary amounts... it caused my system to shut off without warning. Now I'm still having an issue with my system. It will Either … |
| | I recently purchased some highdensity ram off ebay. i should have looked closer when i bought it but it was fairly cheap. it does work in my computer (msi 6566e or 845e max) but it only shows up as half its full quantity. (2gb is the full quantity but it … |
| | I just bought 2gigs worth of RAM. Now i just noticed yesterday that the RAM I bought has 2.2V voltage while on the motherboard, on the RAM slot it says 1.8V. Now the RAM I bought also has an LED with it. Will my RAM still work even though it … |
| | I have to move my P4 (Northwood) + Intel heatsink+fan to a new motherboard. Software issues are not a problems and the motherboard is compatible. But I am really baffled by all the discussion surrounding heatsinks. From what I gather these are the steps?? 1- remove the heatsink +fan by … |
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