(Just the long version for fun: Question at the end) I got a new system...intel E6700 dual core cpu + asus wifi deluxe etc and assembled it. I hooked my old IDE hard drive and a new SATA drive and booted from the IDE with plans to migrate OS from ID - Sata. I booted on the old IDE drive taken...

shut down the PC and was gone for a week. On return it booted up and ran for about 4 minutes and shut down. if I let it sit for awhile and unplug it and replug it it will start and run for a while and shut down again. Could it be a bad power supply?

I've always partitioned hard drives because I've heard it's best to do that due to performance increases. So I tried to have a Windows and Program Files partition, a data partition, a misc partition, MP3 partition, game partition, and a partition for my local POP3/NNTP server. The...

The manual that comes with this has a diagram showing the flow for use with the GPU and the CPU. The water is to flow from the main cooler to the GPU then to the CPU then to the secondary radiator then to the main. This seems a bit odd. I would have thought the secondary then to the CPU. Anyone...

A really hard troubleshoot: PC crashed, and it had 52 gigs of project data on it. Symptom was system would not boot into Windows, but it POSTED normally. Chkdsk gave bad files. Also, the heat alarm was going off with CPU at 62 C. I figured bad hard drive, so I got a new one, and I also got a new...

Why is 1280x1024 so often included among other resolutions as an option for hardware and software monitor configuration? Almost all monitors have a 4:3 aspect ratio, and all selectable resolutions have the same ratio ... except 1280x1024. Why this exception to the rule? There must be some sort of...

Howdy: I have a neighbor lady who is on a fixed income and her Dell computer has a bad motherboard/video. It's Dell Pavilion 8693c with a 533MHz Celeron chip and 128MB RAM, PC100. I tried putting a video card in the PCI slot, but no-go. This 'puter is only used for email and light web surfing and...

i think i have a bios problem with my computer after trend anti-virus showed me a boot sector virus alert. i want to flash the bios and went to the mainboard manucfacturer's website and download the file but on unzipping it, i discovered there was no instruction in it for doing so, i.e flashing but...

i think i have a bios problem with my computer after trend anti-virus showed me a boot sector virus alert. i want to flash the bios and went to the mainboard manucfacturer's website and download the file but on unzipping it, i discovered there was no instruction in it for doing so, i.e flashing but...

Reading through the archive, I've noticed this problem come up and (correct me if I'm wrong) but seen it dismissed. Looking at some mainboard manuals, most common mainboards do not support four double-sided DIMM memory modules. Apparently using four double-sided DIMM memory modules will at...

Hi, AMD AM2 processor heat-sinks Does the heat-sinks in the retail version have a fan on it or is it just a lump of aluminium with fins on it? Thanks

Anybody else notice how you can find prices for the same CPU fluctuating from $100-$500 even among well-known stores? I currently see two or three different AMD CPUs like that.

Ok, so I know this is an ancient all-in-one but I want it to work. No laughing please. I bought this back when my computer (sort-of) ran on Windows ME and the software that came with it was ME software. When I upgraded to XP the printer worked to print, but all the scanning features disappeared....

I bought a thermaltake bach media center case for a pvr/gaming pc. This was my first experience with building my own system, but, after reasonably few hiccups I got the unit assembled and functioning. I've spent the past few weeks just playing around with it. Unfortunately, there's an issue with...

Hi, I have an original copy of office XP standard for students and teachers edition that I purchased for a PC I bought 3 or 4 years ago. The PC is dead, will MS allow me to install this s/w on the new PC I am making? Or will they says that it was purchased for the other PC so that's all I can...

Is anyone currently using or has anyone actually used an HDTV as their primary monitor? How is/was it? Thank you.

The start of the problem was detailed here, for brevity sake: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt/browse_thread/thread/c4715c50cffe929d/48f0c0a559027c7f?lnk=gst&q=computer+problems!&rnum=3#48f0c0a559027c7f I installed win2000 on the system but the system cannot see the...

Hi. I don't really understand memory specs. I am considering the two sets below. is one faster than the other? I don't know what the pc6400 type numbers I see mean.

Hi ...need some help ..... I completed the assembly of an ATX motherboard into a mid case. I had to bend some of the fins of the I/O shield so that they wouldn't press against the motherboard. I did this 'cause it was near to impossible to align the MB with the spacers and screw it in. The fins...

Hello, How do You think which hdd will be better for home PC - Barracuda 7200.10 or Seagate Barracuda ES? HDD will work in as single drive (not in raid). Main advantage should be efficiency (performace) and reliability (solid). Noise level and temperature are less important for me. These hard...