Greetings, I am building a computer and am trying to choose a video card. All of the reviews seem to cover the latest and greatest video cards for gamers. I would like to get some recommendations for video cards for a non-gamer. I want top quality, but not necessarily top performance. I...

I was given an old Compaq Presario CDS 860 and can't figure out how to access the BIOS. I tried F5, F8, and F10. I pressed the function key during bootup, but still got no BIOS screen. I tried each of the three keys mentioned at least three times. Any ideas? Does this machine even have an...

I've just been looking through some forums regarding graphic cards, and a few came out with some annoying news regarding the 9800xt card. The radeon 9800xt is the current king of the hill, but ATI are working on the R500 card as they have killed off the R400. As I was going to start spending in...

I have this old computer that a friend asked me to fix. I determined it has an LPX power supply which I think is broken. I bought a 22 range digital multimeter from Radio Shack. Now what? I'm not very familiar with electricity. I don't even know what "22 range" means. As near as I can figure, I...

I have some SCSI hard drives and controllers and want to build a system(or two). I've decided that it might as well be a game machine, and I would like to know if there is a site that has a search function that allows one to input wanted features for a motherboard to present a selection. I knew...

Hi y'all. It's time for my trusty KT7A & 1.4ghz Athlon to hang up its boots and I need some advice on my new system. I've decided on either an AMD based 2800xp with Abit NFS-7 mb, or a more expensive 2.8ghz P4 on an Abit AI7. Neither will be overclocked as I am going for as quiet a system as...

Can anyone tell me if there are any benefits in having a Dual Processor system as opposed to a single processor system for any non-server computing environments? And if so, would a system incorporating two 450mhz processors have any advantages over a system that uses a single 900mhz...

Possibly the most irritating PC fault is when some of the keyboard keys become intermittent (I suspect a drink was knocked over it). Easily solved though....or that's what I thought. I simply bought a replacement from PCWorld. However, when installed, it produces a boot up error 'Keyboard error...

I have a 6-PC small network in the office that is linked together in P2P using a 8 port hub. I bought it from Tigerdirect, and it was one of those $30 job. Six months later, the traffic between the computers dropped to a crawl and to-day, it just crapped out all together. I switched to a hub...

Hi, My 21" LaCie montior (actually a mitsubishi i think) just stopped working so i need a replacement.... Has anyone seen any bargains on a quality monitor out there? I'd like a 21" (1600 * 1200) or equivalent tft. thanks

Hey, I have an Athlong (Palomino) and while cleaning the Artic Silver off of my CPU to change the HSF, I accidentally smudged some of the AS off of the die and onto the area around it. None got onto any of the bridges but before I plug it back in I want to make sure that I dont wind up frying...

Is there anybody out there with one of these still working? I'm looking for somebody who can help me with a BIOS image file. TIA *************************************************** ***************************************************

Purchased a system and video card is a nVidia GeForce FX5600. Every card I've seen using this chip has a fan on it. The card I have is a "no name" card apparently, at least I do not see any identification on it. There is no fan although there is a plug for a fan built into the card. The company...

Just put together what I thought was a simple PC. Matsonic mobo with onboard graphics/ sound. Plumbed in an Athlon 1400 XP, fan, old CD Rom drive, HDD and FDD and 256 of ram. Fired up no probs. Installed XP no probs. Job done or so I thought. I have tried to install Norton AV and before...

I bought 2 CD-RWs from BestBuy on sale, MediaStor. $20 after rebates. The box says 52X32X52. I bought them at same time, from same shelf, right next to each other. Put them in, lo and behold BIOS says one is 52X32X52, the other is 52X24X52. Swapped master/slave/cable select... same thing. So much...

I have been having a lot of trouble with my computer, and want to start again with a clean slate by formatting my hard drive. Currently my 30gb is partitioned into C:(20) & D:(10) I have copied the windows 98 cd to my D: and was thinking about formating c: and then run windows from d: and then...

Hi, I'm upgrading a very old Win95 PC for a friend, formatting the HD, reinstalling Win98SE & upgrading all the drivers. I've downloaded the latest BIOS upgrade for the motherboard (PC Partner - Intel 82430VX) & the flash utility but I'm a little nervous as I haven't flashed a MoBo...

I'm planning to get a Chaintech MB in the near future, but I am waiting till the new prescott P4s come out in Feb. Chaintech says the MB is compatible after a BIOS update. My question is, if the board is not compatible with the chip now, how can I run the computer once it's put together to flash...

Is there a driver upgrade that will let the NVIDIA GeForce2 mx 100/200 work with windows xp . Or do I have to go get a new graphics card . If I do need a new one what inexpensive card would you out there suggest for windows xp .

Do i have to tell the bios to run it at 1.833Ghz or does it come automaticly? Is this how u overclock? Just thell the bios to run it faster? -- Mvh Otto Ødegård Skoda Octavia 110TDI 2001 O.T.T.O.: Organism Trained for Troubleshooting and Observation O.D.E.G.A.R.D.: Obedient Digital Entity...