I have a very unusual problem with my power supply that I or noone else can figure out. here goes; My wife's computer-motherboard and power supply and cdrom stopped working I assume some type of surge. I replaced her motherboard and used a power supply from my computer and got her up and running....

Can anyone offer me advice on purchasing the best all round pc troubleshooting book, I don't want a book with alot of theory , just straight to the point symptoms and answers. Thankyou.

hi, im a first time computer builder but i have alot of help and support on the assembly part of things. but first i must purchase all parts. this is very costly as most of you will know and i am very tempted to see a motherboard usually worth £60 for £10. i need some advice though, is it a good...

Ich habe Probleme, meinen Scanjet 6200C im Betriebssystem Windows 98 zu installieren - erhalte immer die Fehlermeldung "kann Scanner nicht finden" Wer kann mir hier weiterhelfen, wäre für Lösungen sehr dankbar.

Nathan Given wrote... I just purchased a HP ze4610us laptop from Circuit City, here is the web page... snip How come my core speed is 530.1 MHz? AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+? It's based upon AMD's PowerNow! technology. The processor is designed to run at a wide range of clock rate and core...

I recently purchased a Lynksys wireless 802.11g PCI ADAPTER...i'm trying to install it on my girlfriends computer there are two available PCI slots, and according to all the lynksys requirements the card should work just fine.... however.. everytime the card is in and the computer boots up, it...

Hi, One of my computers a HP Celeron 500 is making an high pitch alarm sound after about an hour or so of being turned on. This first happened about a month ago, but the fan was making a racket and on inspection, discovered that it had stopped working. I realised that it was overheating so...

This problem is driving me to pull my hair out and I don't have enough to spare... Any help MOST welcome. Firstly the hardware setup: Motherboard: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe(nForce2 400) CPU: AMD 3200 Barton (Coolermaster fan + 2 chassis fans) Memory: Kingston 512Mb 400fsb DVD-RW: ...

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Hi I have a problem to understand what is the relation between FSB and BUS speed and Memory speed?? 1)What is FSB? is it a physical bus? is it in the motherboard?? if yes, why CPU manufacturing company say for example AMD 2.4 with FSB 133 Mhz, does that mean FSB is part of the CPU architecture??...

Does anyone know of a foam keyboard cleaner or an expense feasible product to clean keyboards in a business with 300 computers on a monthy basis?

Hi guys for some reason my CD-Writer seems to have stopped working both as a writer and a reader, it used to work fine but i've been trying to write a CD all day and have gotten nowhere. Basically as soon as i put a CD into it, it just freezes and i can't access the CD. Before when you put a CD in...

Hi, If you could please send links to internet sites that describe in detail how to build a computer. You know, the easy-to-read kind of tutorials for a 12 year old. Also book titles would help. And maybe stores that can tell you what to do and help you right there with you. Anything that is on...

This is a message to give the resolution for a question I asked which got no answer (could not really know how to add a comment to the old one). My old message was as follows: Hi, I am very frustrated as a result of being unable to load pictures from my excellent Nikon COOLPIX 4300 digital...

Hi, If anyone can get hold of a detailed parts list that includes: (The ones with the *** next to them are optional) 1. All of the parts(Every last one of them, even the optional ones). 2. A detailed description of what each one of the parts do. ***3. Diagrams, pictures, and...

Win 98 SE: Toggle Caps Lock off if shift key pressed like on typewriter. So when the letter pressed while the shift key is down is in Capital letters.

3 weeks ago I bought a comp w/128 MB onboard video according to ad & salesperson. I had some trouble w/it & took it back. Tech change mainboard, I asked if same quality, "yes" but I had many "talks" to convince him something was wrong. Soo-o-o I didn't trust him. I checked out system and their...

Hi: I was at my parents place and learned that therr computer is malfunctioning. Here's the scoop: Turn it on, get the POST beep, then after a second or two, will automatically reboot and do the same thing over and over. Occassionally it'll continue past the POST, check the memory and the HD...

Where can I buy a new power pack for my Dell laptop?

Hi, I have my HDD connected to the first IDE controller via an 80pin data cable, and my CD connected to the second IDE controller. No slave or master configuration whatsoever. When I boot up and BIOS lists my drives, it lists my HDD as PRIMARY MASTER. Fine, it is the only HDD connected. But, it...