using pc3200 ram. also known as 400mhz or so i thought. have agpx8 graphics card so why does nero report my bus speed as 166?

Here is my current system: AMD Athlon XP1700+ 768 MB PC2100 RAM 2 200GB Maxtor ATA/133 HDs ASUS SocketA MB (A7A8N-X - something like that...) DVD burner I run a lot of applications (Lotus Notes, Microsoft Excel/IE, etc.)

Hi all, I'm one of those guys who always likes tinkering under the hood, so I gratefully accept any old PC parts from friends when they upgrade their computers or buy something new. I have a home-built machine with an ex-HP Asus MEW-AM m/b (version 2.01) - think the board came from an HP...

Ok here are the specs. of a new PC I just put together, and when I power up the fans spin, I seemt o get HDD spinning, the light on the floppy drive stays on, there are no beeps, I can not open The CD Door, and nothing appears on the monitor: Power Up Blue 2535 Atx 400w 20/24 Pin Mid-t ...

I'm the unofficial go-to guy for computer problems at work, and I have a problem that I think is beyond me. This morning, my boss turned on his computer, and had no internet. Nothing had been touched since he last used the computer, when everything worked fine. No one had even been in his...

I'm the unofficial go-to guy for computer problems at work, and I have a problem that I think is beyond me. This morning, my boss turned on his computer, and had no internet. Nothing had been touched since he last used the computer, when everything worked fine. No one had even been in his...

About once a month my computer will start acting up. It will begin shutting off randomly for a few days and then be perfectly fine and solid for a few weeks until it starts it's "time of the month" again. I'm thinking the PSU but it's just strange to me that it's not constant. I've reformatted...

Just built a new system based around the Intel BOXD945PSNLK Motherboard using 2GB of PC5400 DDR2 RAM, and an eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX and I cannot get it to boot at all. When I hit the power button the power lights and HDD light come on, Processor fan spins up, PSU fan spins up, Graphics card fan...

I have a Lian Li case which mounts hard drives by sliding them into plastic rails, after 4 mounting screws have been placed in the side of the HD. These screws leave a little bit of the barrel of the screws sticking out, and this is what slides down the rail, held in place by the screw head. I...

I'm the unofficial go-to guy for computer problems at work, and I have a problem that I think is beyond me. This morning, my boss turned on his computer, and had no internet. Nothing had been touched since he last used the computer, when everything worked fine. No one had even been in his office,...

I am trying to hook up a new Western Digital 160 Serial SATA drive to a new Asus AV8 motherboard I just purchased. I hooked up the SATA red cable to the SATA1 on the motherboard and proper power plug to the drive. When I power the computer it does not see the drive saying it couldn't find...

I put together a P4 3.2 system about a year ago, and have had intermittent problems with cooling, if I do any serious computing...(i.e. Rendering a Video)...I'm not a gamer so I seldom have that kind of a load on the system, but when I start up something like Nero Recode to re code some Video files...

Does anyone have any idea where I could get a replacement drive door for my server case? I already tried Antec.com. The case is the Antec Preformance Plus 1080B SOHO Ssrver case. Thanks for any help. SteveD61

Hi, I'm looking for a barbones system that'll be used mainly for browsing internet, MS Office apps, some light gaming, Google maps. Need PC that's quiet, stable, easy to maintain (no esoteric hardware) So far, I've browsed global computer.com website/ Seeking recomendations for other bare bones...

Ok here are the specs. of a new PC I just put together, and when I power up the fans spin, I seemt o get HDD spinning, the light on the floppy drive stays on, there are no beeps, I can not open The CD Door, and nothing appears on the monitor: Power Up Blue 2535 Atx 400w 20/24 Pin Mid-t Intel P4...

I put together a P4 3.2 system about a year ago, and have had intermittent problems with cooling, if I do any serious computing...(i.e. Rendering a Video)...I'm not a gamer so I seldom have that kind of a load on the system, but when I start up something like Nero Recode to re code some Video files...

Hi, I am looking for a fairly cheap fanless graphics graphics card and I have seen that Gigabyte do a NVIDIA Fanless 6600GT Series http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/components/gv6600gt I see from the blurb that this card has both DVI and D-Sub connectors. Does this mean I can use them...

On 8 Mar 2006 13:33:08 -0700, DWalker wrote: I have a Celeron-D CPU which is plenty fast for routine Internet use. It is a helluva lot cheaper than its P4 counterpart. My son's P4 isn't any faster except for games. I would NOT use a Celeron for this. Celerons are...

Works fine for me. I've got the X2 4400 running Fluent, Solidworks, Rhino, Office, and it smokes in CoD2 and Far Cry. johns

I put together a P4 3.2 system about a year ago, and have had intermittent problems with cooling, if I do any serious computing...(i.e. Rendering a Video)...I'm not a gamer so I seldom have that kind of a load on the system, but when I start up something like Nero Recode to re code some Video files...