Greetings everyone... The reason I'm writing this is because I'm having some problems with one of my computers. It all happened when I shutdown the machine, it shutdown normally, but the next time I tried to turn it on, it didn't. It seemed like a power supply kind of problem, since, it did not...

Hi all, im new to making my first skt A mobo pc and need some help with my next step - the CPU. Ive bought the mobo from ebay and it will arive soon its an ASUS A7V8X-MX SE Socket A M/B I got the manual from the internet to find information about the CPU and the FSB. The FSB is 333/266/200 MHz and...

I'm trying to help a friend figure out the best system for him and right now its hard to decide if we should go with a system that I can build for him from newegg.com or this HP from...

I've been looking at these two cards for my apg rig and can't decide which one is better in the context of medium to high end gaming. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102570 ati Radeon X850XT 256MB or the Geforce 7800GS CO Superclock...

HI, Here's the setup: Antec case, 310 wt PS, athlon 850, 258 MB PC100, 4X AGP video (16 MB), legacy ISA sound card, 24X CDrom, Abit mobo, 20GB Fugitsu HD, XP SP2 Pro. Clean system, OS installed after HD zeored out. Here's the problem: When shut down and then restarted, it won't boot. No video...

i have just installed new memory for my pc it was before pc2700 768Mb, now its pc3200 1Gb, do i need to configure the bios, because a game i am playing has now become unstable i have run microsoft's memory tester and memtest for the linux system and both report no problems with the module -- Live...

I just bought a ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 (and a Athlon 64 X2 3800+ and some memory) for an upgrade. I haven't put it together yet (weekend project) but was curious about the expansion slot for the M2CPU board for 940 CPU's. I cannot find any pictures of this online. I can find pictures of a...

Is there any way to route PC speaker output through an audio card with Windows XP? I notice that the beeps of the system during boot come through the stereo speakers if they are attached and turned on, but when I run something that beeps through the PC speaker after the system boots into XP, the...

I'm building a PC and it won't post, nothing on the screen. Actually, I'm replacing motherboard/processor of a working PC. So that narrows things down... All the other parts are presumable in working order, or were 24 hrs ago, only proc and mobo are new. I've reset cmos, I've taken out PCI cards,...

I am contemplating buying an i-RAM card from Gigabyte. Anybody have any experiences to share (good and bad)? Did a check and the card would cost me US$140 without RAM. With 2 Gig RAM, the total cost is estimated to be US$286.

Hi, My name is Yong and I am a grad student at the University of Toronto. I have a 5-question survey about a research project called "Active Badge", and I am writing to invite you to participate in this survey. The survey consists only 5 questions and can be found...

I'm unclear on how fan speed can be controlled by the BIOS, the motherboard, programs like SpeedFan, etc. Hard-wiring in a potentiometer somewhere in the power wires to the fans allows regulation of the voltage to the fan, and so fan speed. But I don't see how the motherboard, BIOS, or SpeedFan...

my pc restarts automatically while it is on this problem is there from the time i brought my pc config. is processor- AMDsempron 2400+ motherboard- Priya krypton with inbuilt graphics card of 128mb(GeForce 4) ram - Hyundai Hynix

I have been using an Epson Stylus Photo RX510 for some time but after a motherboard was replaced I can't get it to print from the computer. If I copy photos onto the camera's memory card and plug it into the printer the photos are printed ok. I have tried uninstalling it and re-installing from...

I want to build a system that will be used only for storage and backup. It will be about 1T in size. (I don't plan on using RAID, although most ASUS boards seem to come with RAID 0 +1). I have 4 SATA drives and would like a mb with a header as opposed to having to add a board to accommodate the...

Many thanks guys.....I've been lurking :) This rig kept on cutting out and re-starting. With reading this group, I've taken it apart, dusted the innards...especially the blocked up cooling fins, cleaned up and used arctic wossname. It now runs at 39 to 40C (was 54'sh+ until it cut out) and hasn't...

What is the least expensive way to go as far as a complete system goes, including OS, keyboard, mouse, and monitor? Could I build one cheaper than buy it already put together? I remember a day when building one was cheaper. Is it still? My mom's friend needs an inexpensive system for Internet and...

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Learned that my existing RT-314 is seriously choking my 15mb cable service. So I guess the time has come to upgrade to a 10/100 router. Curious what you guys recommend these days? Wired and/or wireless. Although routers should be OS independent, if there are issues related to Linux use kindly...

I was playing Oblivion when the screen completely froze up. After about ten seconds the screen blinked and switched to an image of the Tomb Raider Legends main menu (also frozen). I double-checked after I restarted and confirmed I had already uninstalled Tomb Raider. Would these residual images...