I have a secondary PC running Windows XP Home. If I leave a boot CD in a CD-ROM drive, but then skip the boot CD, the Windows XP bootup screen appears, counts down, and then boots normally. However, if I don't leave a boot cd in, I just get a flashing cursor at the upper left of the screen, and...

got an ABIT AN7 coming up with these on-board LED's on boot: 00 83 9A 9F Then the PSU goes off and the PC speaker alarm is sounding. Just an ATI RADEON 9600 (AGP 8x), hard disc,

Hi, I've had my box Intel Pentium 4HT, 2400 MHz (3 x 800) Asus P4C800 Deluxe Intel Canterwood i875P Chipset 1536 MB DDR SDRAM (Corsair, running at 200MHz) ATI Radeon X700 Pro 256 MB Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit Windows XP Home

I have an HP zd8000 notebook. I have never even seen the inside of a notebook. I know what memory I need to put in 1gb ram because I used the free program CPUz, but I am wondering if there is somewhere on the web to show me with pics how to change out the ram in a notebook, especially one that...

HI, How do keyboards work? Is there a controller on the motherboards, or is the controller in the keyboard? When you loose the keyboard, what causes it, assuming it's plugged in. Can you get a pci card that you can plug a ps2 keyboard into? Can you convert a ps2 keyboard to a USB keyboard? Do ps2...

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...

I thought the cd-rom was dead and ordered a new one. But this one acted dead. oh oh. I checked by putting it in a different computer. It isn't dead. I replaced the ribbon cable and checked the jumpers. That isn't the problem. I had just finished reformatting and doing a clean install of XP...

It`s been about 3 years since I did a major upgrade of my computer. I'm considering replacement of my motherboard and CPU. Other than that damn Windows Product Activation, I am wondering if I can replace my Epox MB (socketA) and XP T-Bred 2400+ with an Asus MB (socket 939) and Athlon64 3700+...

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I bought a new case and transferred everything to it including the power supply. I powered up and there wasn't a video signal. Here's what I've tried so far that didn't help: - Double-checked all connections - I disconnected everything except for the mb, RAM, PS - Tried a different power supply...

Hi, there. I posted earlier this month on my next "god box" workstation ideas. I've narrowed down a few specs and want opinions as to whether I'm on the right track. Intended use is as a graphics design (2-D) workstation and file server, with multi-tasking/multi-threading capacity today, and with...

The MOBO in my HP zd8000 notebook is a Quanta 3082. Does this company have a website where I can look up info on my mobo?

This might be a frequent question, but so far I've been unable to find a conclusive answer. I have an AMD 760MP based motherboard with two Athlon 2600+ MP processors, and this board takes DDR266 (PC2100). It also recommends ECC/registered memory and requires it for 2GB of RAM. I am planning on...

I bought a new mobo from PC Chips to replace a bad mobo. the old mobo had a Model PCTEL AMR V 1.2 which worked excellent. When I got the new mobo M848ALU it had a slot for a CNR. I was surprise to find that the CNR from the old mobo did not fit into the socket. The socket is longer and does not...

Hi, I'm currently experiencing a new problem with my PC. It's a P4 3.4Ghz, Gforce 6200 with DVD writer and 2x250Gb SATA drives. Yesterday, I took out the DVD drive and now the machine wont power on. If I connect the power, it attempts to power on twice, then gives up after about 2 seconds. If I...

My system consists of an abit is7 mainboard with a P4 3.0GHz cpu and Ti200 graphics card. It is dual booting WinXp with Win2K and my monitor is an iiyama prolite 431 tft. For some time now one of the internal fans has begun to bet noisier. So I opened the box and had a look around at all of the...

Anyone familiar with this shareware? How it works and ways to defeat it? http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/iprotector.htm

My system... Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-7VTXE Processor - AMD Duron 1200 mhz RAM - 383 mb Harddrive - 120 gigs Soundcard - Creative SoundBlaster PC512 Video Card - NVidia GeForce4 MX440 Now I want to be able to watch and record DVDs, download movies and watch tv. If I am able to do other things...

Hi Have just installed a new Maxtor 300gb drive, on a serial ATA controller card (Silicon Image). The install went well without any errors, device manager see's both the controller and the disk. My problem is that i can't seem to use this drive, it's nowhere to be found. My Mobo even see's it...

What is the blue/black lead with the 3 pin connector coming from my PSU for? Perhap for monitoring the fan?