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I am using PC for last **SIX** years but still don't know what the coomponents do which create the computer? Can anyone tell me: - 1) What RAM does in computer? 2) What Motherboard does in computer? 3) What Processor does in computer? 4) What is Video Card & why …

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Sorry for the non-specific title. I'll try and elaborate more here. I went over the 'MY PC Won't Start' sticky, and did a search for other titles, but my problem seems to fall in-between troubleshooting steps that I see. By that I mean, when I hit the power button on …

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I am looking to begin a build which is encompass and satisfy all of my computing needs. As far as needs go I use my computer for many tasks such as, word processing, video editing, gaming, virtualization. I have a few ideas of parts for this build but I am …

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Hi. I have had the same computer for about a year now with no issues. I came home from work today and my PC wouldn't start. After unplugging everything inside and re-attaching everything I got it to start again only to shut itself off at the screen that asks if …

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I woke up this morning to a white screen monitor.. I shut down my computer and it just turns off no wait time. I turned the pc back on and got no signal from the monitor. I swapped out video cards to no avail, the mobo light is on, the …

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i jus got a compac presario f700 and i can't find the vido card for it can u help me please the video card is NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M

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I've searched for other threads on this issue, but haven't been able to solve my problem. Not sure this belongs in monitors, displays but here goes anyway. A bit of history. I've been getting BSOD crash dump recently. I've had windows recovery start up and have been able to use …

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Ok, I have an ASUS m4a7bt-e motherboard that had been working fine. One day it powered on but didn't boot. The configuration of my pc is as follows: 8 gb ram AMD six core cpu blue-ray burner/player 1 tb HD I'm using the onboard video All cables are connected properly, …

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![IMG_13002](/attachments/small/3/IMG_13002.jpg "align-right") The D-link DCS-2230 offers a low cost solution to indoor surveillance. Boasting 2-way communication, wireless N connectivity, and 1080p resolution even in complete darkness. Opening the box provided the basics: The camera, power, documentation, mounting hardware, CAT5 cable, and installation software. After plugging the camera into my router …

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I recently built my first computer from the ground up. Spent quite a bit of time on newegg picking all the parts i wanted and if they are compatible. After i got everything put together and booted it up, everything seems to power up = all the fans are turning …

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I've been having this problem for a while now. Basically what happens is at random times my computer will lock up for about 2 seconds and then just turn itself off. If I try to turn it back on it will start up for about 3 seconds and then just …

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ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series I wanted to turn off Vertical Sync a 3D setting for my video card for improved FPS in a video game. I found that I couldn't find a control center of any kind. When I right click on my desktop, it's not there. I go …

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Hi. About a year ago, a friend helped build me a new PC using some old PC parts he had. It worked great up until now, though. So today, I leave the computer to grab something to eat from the fridge, but when I come back, I find my monitor …

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Hey guys, so I was wondering if something is wrong with my PCI Express Card. I did the CPU-Z scan or whatever, and it says I have a PCI Express Card, but it also says the Link Width is x0 and the Max. Supported is x0. Is there something wrong …

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Greetings all, I've recently come upon a problem with my 18 month old hp pavilion ze5400 laptop. A few weeks ago, the display would suddenly go very wonky and the entire screen would be flickering green. At first I thought it was linked to Mozilla, as it seemed to only …

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Hello. My mom's computer is glitching. She turned it on and it loaded normally until the desktop at which point the screen started trying to re-load repeatedly. Windows came up with an error message saying it had hit an infinite loop and to try restarting. (Note: Unfortunately my mom did …

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I apologize for the long explanation, but I would like to be as thorough as possible. I have had a gaming rig for about 4.5 years with the following specs: -Asus L1N64-SLI WS motherboard -3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 CPU -750W Rosewill RX750-D-B power supply -Geforce 8800GTX video card …

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![EliteBook_1](/attachments/small/3/EliteBook_1.JPG "align-left") When it comes to business machines no one makes them like HP. Combining form and function in the most elegant ways possible the HP EliteBook 8460p is no exception. Under the beautiful brushed aluminum case is a rigid magnesium-aluminum chassis. Designed to withstand impacts and pressure seen in …

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Hello there, so this is my question about an upgrade I'm going to do. Will I get a bottleneck issue with the video card im about to buy with the motherboard and processor im using right now? motherboard - http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=2471 (Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H) processor - AMD Phenom II X2 545 (3GHZ) …

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ok so here is the skinny. i had this computer for some time. i got a new case and moved everything to the new case now i cannot get any beeps, no post and the mobo has the power light on it. this was working fine in the old cae. …

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Looking to buy a new desktop for video editing/production along with using after effects and bunch of other stuff at Uni. The new Ivy Bridge proccesors have just reached the market, whats your verdict should i get one or not. If not what would you recommend Sandy i5 or i7. …

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I recently installed a new video card and memory in my M2N-SLI mobo, everything has been working fine for a couple days until this morning. I booted the comp up this morning but the keyboard, mouse, and sound are not working. Its weird cuz a few short hours b4 i …

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Basically for a while, my video cable has had a DVI adapator to connect my screen to my nvidia graphics card in my computer tower. I was on the train 2 days ago, and my suitcase flew off the luggage rack and the front of the tower cracked. Obviously when …

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Hi there, I wish to develop a project to capture the current screen in android phone and make it as video. I don't want to do that in emulator. I need to take snap shots also. how could i do this..? Rooted or not rooted, Doesn't matter. Need to capture …

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Hi, I changed my video card day before yesterday from ATI 4650 to 6670, and then I had problems while switching on my computer for a few times, then it got sorted. Today, windows informs me that my computer is running slow, so it wanted to switch of aero interface. …

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Have a desktop that was infected with a fake AV calling itself Internet Security something or other... I've been disabling and removing these for many of my friends and family for about a year now and usually have no problem... but this one was different... After several days of reading …

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Hey fellow members! I have a question on which I want opinions instead of having a technical information overload for dummies. I recently bought new components to build a brand new computer under a certain budget. I wasn't planning on getting a great video card for it but eventually settled …

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hello, I work with XNA 4.0 and in my project I keep getting the OutOfMemoryException while the game runs perfect on my college computer which is much much worse than my own. I have 6gb of ram and a GTX 460 video card. I've tested the code on several other …

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How to get HARDWARE properties in VB Express 2010 like video card name and memory type? Hi, need some help with the above problem, i'm a noob with programming so any help will be ultra cool.

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Was wondering if someone can help me. I would like to change out my Video and don't want to purchase a card that will not work. I attached a txt of my pc and was looking to get VisionTek - ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3 PCI Express. was wondering …

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I am about to place my order for the Dell Inspiron 14-R.[CODE] Processor 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5-2450M processor 2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.10 GHz Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic SP1 64bit (English) Display 14.0" HD WLED True-Life Display (1366x768) with LCD Bezel Memory3 4GB4 …

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I have problem when itegrate my webcam with JMF. I have got this following error, when i running JMFINIT or running jmfregistry and detect capture device. [CODE] Trying 6 352 288 Trying 6 768 576 Trying 7 160 120 Trying 7 320 240 Trying 7 640 480 Trying 7 176 …

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Hi, thanks in advance to whoever can help me out here. I guess the issues with my computer are currently. 1. ping.exe using up a large chunk of the CPU, very erratic but sometimes going near 100% 2. When I open Firefox or Internet Explorer, another tab or window automatically …

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Hello, and Thank You for taking the time to read this! A couple of days ago my laptop (running Vista Service Pack 1) started to play up, mainly the internet was redirecting me to ebay or some tacky advertising. So I tried to use AVG and found it dissapeared, then …

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I am planning on getting a mother board but I cant tell how many graphic cards it can hold the description says: Expansion Slots PCI Express 2.0 x16 7 (4 x16 or 6 x8 + 1 x16) What does that mean? Motherboard: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188070[/url] Video Card: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130655[/url] or [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130751[/url] I am …

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Hi, I recently built a new computer and everything seems to be running smoothly; however, certain games will give me the BSoD upon startup and I'm not sure what the problem is. I'm sure it's hardware but certain games will play. For instance, I'm able to play Skyrim without any …

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Hi all. I am seeking a little advice regarding my Dell Studio 540 which over the past few days has developed a hardware fault. When I turn the unit on I receive a series of 8 beeps and the screen remains blank. Following the beeps, the unit makes all the …

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I researched and couldn't find anything close. I have a Yoshiba Satellit A105-S101 laptop. 1 and 1/2 year old. Intel Celeron M380 1.6 ghz. 512 mb DDR 2 533 SDRam. Video ATI Radeon Xpress 200M with shared video 128mb. 60 gig HD. cd-DVD writer. Realtek ALC 861 sound card. Windows …

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I just built this PC and everything seems to be running fine, well as far as i can tell without being able to see anything on a monitor. The fan on the graphics card is spinning but when I plug the monitor I cannot get a signal. I cannot plug …

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ok i just got this laptop from my friend and apparently it seems to have contracted malware, particularly ping.exe? i ran a GMER scan, but i could not save a log file. Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.51.2.1300 [url]www.malwarebytes.org[/url] Database version: 911122703 Windows 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421 12/27/2011 2:31:27 PM …

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I am in need of help ping.exe keeps running and using up all of my cpu i have tried to start in safe mode and delet this item but it replaced itself upon restarting in normal mode i have ran all the scans so far malware bytes is currently running …

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So I was searching for that awesome pic of the anteater standing up saying 'f@ck you, I'm an anteater', for my wife because it is hilarious. Unfortunately, my AVG 'free' caught an issue, but it was too late. I noticed ping.exe in the task manager. Really appreciate you folks taking …

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Ok, I have a Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits system, so in the beginning, I couldn't use the Microsoft® Windows® Malicious Software Removal Tool because it says that it is not compatible with my system. Then I used the ATF-Cleaner and it was OK. Then I downloaded GMER and the …

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I have this weird problem in my PC that I am encountering, last week, my PC runs fine, everything is a charm, then suddenly when I powered up my PC this Tuesday, then waited and when I was on the Desktop for a few seconds, it suddenly restarts without warning, …

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I built this computer 5-6 years ago. It has only frozen maybe 2 times and crashed maybe 3. What I mean when I say wont start is, It turns on motherboard lights come on, all fans work, everything seems to be going normally but it stays in high run mode …

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HI, I was working on my laptop for few hours (just surfing/chatting)..and suddenly now screen went blank... and wont comeback... i tried rebooting it but still no avail.... it wont show even the initial bios setting.. i tried to connect it to desktop monitor still blank.. but hard drive light …

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Hi all ! I have a Compaq Presario SR5610F desktop computer, Windows 7 and 5GB RAM. I bought a video card for the computer. Its a Galaxy GeForce 210 ( 1024MB/MO DDR2 HDMI+DVI+VGA) I put the card in the computer and fired it up. The computer automaticaly found and installed …

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Gateway EL500C desktop. Runs XP. No idea what else is "on" it, have not been able to gain access, other than opening and looking. [U]Started with[/U] a whisking noise inside at start, and she inquired around, ended up buying and sticking in a [U]new hard drive[/U]. Novice mistakes were made, …

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Hi, I'm trying to play Skyrim on my laptop but I don't think my video card is good enough as my FPS averages out at 10. Just wondering if it is possible to upgrade the video card easily or am I looking at an impossible task? I'm running: [INDENT] ------------------ …

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I am looking for a reasonably priced computer for sale (to build). I built one last year but pretty much returned everything in the end / tiger shipped half my items doa, short story short, I switched to newegg. I have been watching the new am3+ with amd's 8-core cpu …

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