Hi, I'm just about to build a new computer and I wondered if anyone in the East Mids area has a ATX case going cheap or free? Doesn't matter much what it looks like as I'll be modding it anyway, and adding a side window if it doesn't already have one. Dave

hi i have a ''tiny'' pc which is 5 years old. it is a p4- 1.7ghz. 512mb ram, 80gb hd, 64mb graphics card, 5.1 card and speakers, etc... I want to upgrade the ram, graphics card, hard drive, and install a network card. i wanted to know how many ram slots are usually available on this kind...

I'm building a new PC and am having problems getting the OS to load. I've managed to get the machine to POST but everytime I try to load the OS (windows XP) It freezes right after I'm asked if I want to boot from CD. I've tried two different CD's (32 bit and 64 bit), but the same thing happens...

I'm usually able to successfully pinpoint most problems on my pc, but this time I am really stuck! My PC (see system specs at bottom) has been running fine for the last 18 months I've been using it and last night it, for the first time ever, it froze up completely, in the middle of doing some...

I have a lite-on dvd-rom drive. I've been having problems with it recognizing disks. Specifically ones that I've burned myself. I went into the hardware manager and checked the properties. I noticed that the region code had been reset several times so I only had one reset left. Then another time I...

I have two Maxtor SATA hard drives. One is Primary C drive and the other I use for backup/storage. Up until a day ago, if I went to device manager and expanded Disk Drives they both showed as SCSI Disk Devices. Now my C drive is showing as a SCSI device but the other HD is showing as Disk Drive....

EL Wire and adding a dimmer. THis possible ? Just want to Purchase a EL Wire BLUE kit from these guys. http://www.elec2go.com.au/index.htm Its got a flasher build into the inverter. But i would like to add a dimmer as well. I emailed them and asked them. But wont get a replay till Monday the...

Hi! This is my first visit here and I hope you guys are able to help me. I REALLY need help with a problem i think might be related to my graphics card. My music making PC: - AMD Athlon XP 3000+ - 2 x 512 Mb DDR PC2700 - ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe (MB) (latest drivers) - ASUS Radeon A9600 (latest...

Anyone use a larger (70mm-80mm) fan on their Slot A heatsink? Can this work? Mine is an Athlon 800.

EL Wire and adding a dimmer. THis possible ? Just want to Purchase a EL Wire BLUE kit from these guys. http://www.elec2go.com.au/index.htm Its got a flasher build into the inverter. But i would like to add a dimmer as well. I emailed them and asked them. But wont get a replay till Monday the...

am thinking of buying below as a budget gamer, but is the move and performance increase worth $700? Am moving from a *** 3.0g P4 478 on a *** P4S800-MX with *** AGP 256 ATI 9250, *** 512 vdata to

Curious what "features" would make a god kitchen PC? What hardware?

I recently got both a Gigabyte ga-8ik1100 motherboard and a p4 2.53ghz processor, because my old AMD system crapped out. I installed them, put the peripherals in (which I'll state later), and turned it on. My problem starts with the moniter shutting off shortly after startup (it's not the moniter...

That is simply wrong, if you mean they operate like the Win9x family. The NT line scans for and assigns the drive letters differently (which is one reason why people sometimes discover their system drive is 'E:', or 'F:' or whatever, instead of 'C:'), handles partitions differently, and...

Hi, I tried to make my USB and Bluetooth headphones working at the same time, but then I realized that I can select only one audio device for Playback in Control Panel at a time. Is there any solution for connecting two pairs of headphones to one PC, other than the analog audio jack splitter? Can...

Just upgraded to a "new" Athlon XP 3000+ 333FSB CPU on a GA-7VAX rev1.1 m/b and no boot. The FSB dipswitches set to 166FSB and clock multiplier is set to auto. On power-up the hard drive light briefly lights, then the optical drive lights, then there is a very short single speaker beep then the...

Trying my hardest not to say it's the video card. I've had this computer running for a year, no problems. I'm not sure if this is related, but I plug in a flash drive that I've used before, windows says it cannot read it..no big deal..then the computer shuts off. And won't boot back on. It will...

for shame, for shame, for shame http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/partners/alerts.mspx#

It is for the AMD 64 ( 939 ) up to 4000+ .... cost $18 . Standard AMD pc cooler runs over 4000 rpm and is plenty noisy. Idle temp on mine was 38 degrees C. My BIOS says the Silencer is running at 680 rpm, and the idle temp is 33 degrees C. I can barely hear the 92mm fan. Nice. I ran a video...

How does one determine which power rail (12V or 5V) a MB uses for CPU power? MBs a MSI KT3 Ultra ARU and ASUS P4PE.