Can anyone confirm that you can mismatch memory FSB speeds with CPU FSB speeds? I accidentally ordered 800Mhz DDR2 after ordering a 533Mhz FSB P4 processor. Will the faster memory still work? As I understand it, the FSB will simply run at 533Mhz instead of the higher rating the memory was designed...

Hi all, does anyone know if PCI-E & PCI are compatible? That is, can I use a standard WiFi card that should go into a PCI slot in a PCI-E 1x slot. I assume it would never work the other way around.

I have an ASROCK K7S8X motherboard atx form factor with a AMD3000+ processor. All fine until recently now the bios and device manager see's the chip as a 1700+. It reverts back sometimes but currently reading 1700+ all the rime. AMD software reads it as 1700+ also. No bios upadates...

How many Opterons are binned out of an Athlon tray? How many chips make the Opteron cut? Because Opteron 165, 170, 175 and 180 are just the best chips tested from a batch of (potential) Athlon X2s, out of one tray (or wafer), what is the breakdown of how many chips become binned/selected as...

I want a very powerful computer, and am wondering if I can save money building it myself? Thanks very much....

Latest Silicon Image 3112A driver required. Ive been trying to find it i seem to just have the 1.0.0.28 installed and from readign a bit that seems to be pretty old and had data loss problems. Ive also read that the 3112a has been intergrated into the newer drivers, but i don't know what one to...

What screen resolution is everybody using? Drilled as I am in accessibility and speccing for 'average users', I guess I thought that anything over 12xx *7xx Hz was really unusual. Judging from an earlier thread it looks like I got that wrong. I am well aware that this group is not...

I have a new hiper 24 pin psu and if you refer to my earlier post you will see that i am having problems, I have a question, would it at all be possible to plug an old 20-pin ATX PSU into a motherboard that has a 24-pin ATX connector? just for testing purposes? not for full time use, or is this...

My 94 year old Grandmother has been very happy with her WebTV for years now. But a recent lightning strike took out the Philips set top box. On the upside she has become more receptive to computers after being indoctrinated on WebTV/msnTV. So I will soon be heading "over the river and through the...

did u change the master/slave hard drive jumpers?

seems to me it is burning up its resources for some reason. find the cause and u fixed it.

I have purchased a new wide screen LCD monitor and found that my old Fujitsu laptop does not support 1440*900 resolutions (in native mode). Now everything looks off and ugly. :-( I am going to build my own desktop PC with Windows OS (for game + work) - so any good recommendation out there - AGP,...

OK....my patience has just left the building! How in the heck does a person get that damn drive rack out of the case?? I have everything out except the motherboard and the drives (HDD, CD-RW, floppy). I found the little lever at the top of the case, but when I pull that puppy nothing happens. I...

I am opening a new office in Glasgow I need to kit out my office (20 computers) with large displays and printers Dell appear to be the best value and have an excellent reputation. Should I buy locally? I was toying with the idea of using Macs. I have 2 graphic designers on

Upgrading daughters computer and having difficulty getting front panel audio for onboard AC97 sound to work. Motherboard pinout is a follows: BLINE_OUT_L_-o o-Line out_L o-NC BLINE_OUT_R_-o o-Line out_R +5VA -o o-MICPWR ASNG -o o-MIC2

Hi My trusty Iiyama CTR has finally blown up and I need a replacement. Any strong recommendations for Web Design work? Budget: Not sure GBP300 to GBP500? Resolution: I normally work at 1280x1024 - but I am toying with the idea of going

Win XP Pro, with or without PAE switch, it sees only 2.93 GB RAM. BIOS shows 3008 MB, unless I enable the Memory Remap Feature in the North Bridge config. Then the BIOS reports the full 4GB being present, but Windows then only sees 2(!)GB. Now, I know it''s common for systems to see only...

Yes, after I cleaned everything with a can of compressed air, the sounds persisted. I removed the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 AGP card and the horrible sounds ceased. I removed the graphics card after trying to play Half-Life 2 after the cleaning, and the game froze up and sounds looped, and then the...

I have a Dual boot Windows XP and Vista. All drivers have been installed and the computer runs fine. Temp seems fine, no slowness, and I have not overclocked or anything. I leave the computer running. After about a day the computer will just lock up. I dont lose power, it just locks up. This is a...

Continuation of this thread: " Help! I already ordered the RAM Was it right?" ----------------------- Oh! Can't believe I didn't spot that! The one I bought is 1x1GB not 2x512. I see what you mean. This is not so good....... (Don't worry, I didn't buy on eBay - too many crooks for my...