hello my computer is a dell 4600(which sucks) with 256ram and a 32mb graphics card. wen i play games it lags and wen i get IMed or anything else it freezes so what should i do? ithoght more ram would improve so i added 512mb it still persists so i get a beter graphics card?or is my computer screwed...

Yes, first time flasher..keen not to make error ...been studying Users Manual, Abit web pages etc... thought I'd done all necessary but flashing not carried out. Not sure why not. Would be glad of any advice...here's the story:- Its an ABIT NF7-S v2.0 Motherboard and am trying to flash the BIOS.

Looking for an extremely low power desktop but that uses an external power supply. Maybe wall wart style Desktop could use a laptop CPU such as Pent M or something Such a beats exist?

My current system is getting long in tooth. I built it 4 years ago and it has done very well. I'm ready to get a new system and I'm not sure if I should go with a Dell or build another. The Dell's are very low cost, reliable, and quiet these days. I'm looking for a _quiet_ machine with ports on...

I have 2 IDE drives on Asus A8V using XP Pro. Today I installed a 300gb Maxtor SATA drive which XP recognised and I quick formatted it. It has ended up as one large 300gb NTFS Drive. Problems: I cannot seem to repartition it using likes of Partition magic or Acronis Partition disk director and

Three years ago I put together a machine, as carefully as I could. (Everything was double-checked, static precautions observed, all connections secure.) I didn't get to the point of installing an OS, because the computer had intermittent problems. Right at that time my girlfriend ripped me off of...

I haven't built a PC in a while, but I have the AMD chip and heatsink installed now. The AMD heatsink came with a heat pad, something I wasn't readily familiar with. How sensitive is this stuff? I'd be lying if I said my finger didn't brush against it before installing it. Also, I tried seating it...

I keep seeing auctions like this one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250002878656&sspagename=ADME:L:RTQ:US:1 Auctions states that the computer comes with some version of WinXP, sometimes stating has COA, but doesn't actually come with the installation CD. How is this...

Alright..I'm a gamer, so I was looking to beef up the 1gb in my system and bought a 2gb kit. Before I get into the problem, here are some relevant specs: CPU is P4, 3.2 Ghz. Motherboard is Asus P4P800-E Deluxe, recently flashed to latest stable revision. Old RAM is: "KINGSTON HYPERX 1024MB DUAL...

Looking for a USB 2 rated External Enclosure (EE) with power supply included. (Firewire not necessary). I plan to use it for a DVD player, but I'd like to leave open the option for a hard drive in the future. However, if I do use it for hard drive it would be only on a temporary basis such as...

Hi, I got a "CMOS Checksum Error" every time I power on my pc. How can I solve this? What's going on? I have replaced the cmos battery recently. TIA

Hi there. So... My old computer is pretty gone and I need a new one. Thought that this time I will build my own computer since all my earlier ones have been "off-the-shelf" systems which basically are impossible to upgrade. Anyway! I have been browsing TigerDirect and think I have compiled a list...

The chipset fan on my MB isn't spinning. It was making noise before, now it's not working at all. I checked the connector which seems to be plugged in all the way and isn't loose so I guess the fan is dead. I was going to replace it anyway so now is a good time. How do I know what type of fan to...

I bought a Gateway 700S system 3 years ago. It's time to upgrade, but I blew up all my money on a new HDTV... :) So, I want to do the upgrade on the cheap. I need a new motherboard, socket 478, a new processor, 1GB memory and a new videocard. I have a couple of dumb questions: 1. If I purchase a...

What do I want? I hear the dual core is great, except for games. 95% of my computer is used for games and I want max. eye candy. Thanks, Bob

A new system I am building and having problems with gives NO P.O.S.T. beeps at startup even if there is no RAM on the board, how do I ascertain if it is the processor or the Motherboard that is the problem? My thinking is that the system "should" provide P.O.S.T. beeps regardless of the processor...

Upgraded my memory today. Because of the big CPU cooler I had to take the mobo out of the box and the heatsink off the CPU to access the RAM slots. When I put the machine back together: nothing. I've tried it in the box, out the box, screwed down, not screwed down and with the old memory back....

I have been using an (?8x) AGP GeForce Fx 5700LE video card on my linux system (AMD athlon 64), am about to build a new system using AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core cpu). Expensive. At first I was going to go with the GeForce 7800 pci express, but I am wondering if that is really worth the $$$ and is...

I bought this board w/ all other new components to build a new system. I hooked everything up and a resistor or diode started smoking! The board refuses to post after said smoking occurred. This will be the third board of this brand in a row this has happened to...exactly the same every time. I...

I see from researching that this is a common problem, however, I haven't found a common answer.