I've been doing a little research trying to find a good cooling solution for my new P4 Prescott 3.2. Didn't realize these things ran so hot. Today, I'm using the stock Intel cooler and no overclocking is occuring. I'm using a Lian Li tower that has two intake fans in front, an outtake fan on...

I have a MSI mo/bo with a 1GH PIII, 1 CD, 1 CDRW, 2 30MB HDD and 1 FDD. Running Win2K for the last year or so-24/7 as a server. Unit died off over night with BSD and an error message of not being able to read the boot device. I changed the startup sequence from HDD0, HDD1,CD to FDD, HDD0, CD and...

I need help figuring out what is wrong with my computer and how to fix it. Upon booting I'm getting a message that PXE media failure check cable? Can anyone tell me what this is and how to fix it. I need my computer. :crybaby:

Hello NG, I'm confused. I want to buy an extra 512 Meg of RAM for my girlfriend's computer. I ran AIDA32 to check whicg type of RAM compatible with the MOBO. It tells me that i have PC2100 DDR SDRAM. It also seems that memory speed is 266MHz. If anyone would please like to double-check this info,...

Hello, does anyone know if I can download a Recovery CD for asn HP Pavilion ZE5170 laptop?...can I download an ISO somewhere? The reaosn is because I have one of these thaty the drive went bad on. I try to install Win XP back on the machine, it goes through and formats and copies files and then...

Hi I'm looking for a way to connect a VGA monitor to an old Mac Quadra 840AV, I've built a cable using the pin layout at home.pacific.net.hk/~johnb/mtv.html, but after connecting it to the Mac I'm just getting a dead monitor, any ideas? Am I using the wrong cable layout? I've been struggling the...

Hiya folks I am been told my problem looks like my hardrive is SHORTING everytime i connect it to a computer it causes the puter to IMMEDIATLY within seconds close down , doesnt even get to bios report Now the harddisk aint essential in any wway but there is stuff on it I would like to

Hi Until recently, the only symptom has been a thin-red vertical line, showing in the middle of the crt monitor, when shutting Win2k down. I have an ***Radeon 8500 deluxe*** video card, with a way-too-heavy Zalman heatsink and fan (ZD80???). An Asus A7v333 mobo with AMD2200 cpu. Occasionally I...

I just bought a Samsung SM913N 19" TFT monitor. setting it at 1280 x 720 gives me strange fonts in Win XP. The icons on desktop also look stretched. I cannot seem to change a setting for this. Is this normal? Running at 1024 x 768 seems to be ok. How can I change the display fonts please?

Does anyone know of a way to boot directly from a USB HD? I've tried formatting it and then copying over the proper system files and I've tried using MKBT, both w/ no luck.

Sorry to post on such specific things, but I figured this might reach a bigger audience than the Dell community forum! I recently received a Dell motherboard + processors from an Ebay auction I won, and I have several things I think I need to clear up before I can make any progress towards getting...

I want to know about increased cpu core voltage. Thank you for any info. Below is my situation. ------- I have a somewhat old Syntax mobo based on a Via 266 chipset. I use a socket-A Duron 1.8GHz and it runs cool (under 50 degrees C at full load). SD-RAM timings are as fast as I can set...

I'm building a computer with these specifications and would like to know what any of you think about possible issues: (Part number is included in parentheses after description.) CPU: AMD Athlon64 4000+ (ADA4000BNBOX) Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Premium (A8N-SLI Premium) RAM: 2 1GB sticks of Transcend...

I have a Dell Latitude CPx that I just received to try to fix. The problem is that when I press the power button, the LEDs for power and num lock come for 3 seconds, then go off. During this, the system fan does not start, nor do I hear the hard drive being accessed. The owner was told some time...

So, how do I tell if RAM is broken or not? Like I said, I bought some RAM for my PC from eBay, and it doesn't work in my PC. Before I try reselling it on eBay, I want to make sure it isn't busted. Any ideas?

Ho un computer con scheda madre Asus P4P800 Deluxe con scheda video Ercules 9600SE (uscita Digitale + Analogica + S-Video) +alimentatore da 400 W + Windows XP Pro + 2 HD ide+ 1 HD Sata. I problemi sono due: 1) Il Bios mi riconosce l'HD Sata solo se al cavetto di alimentazione è collegato solo...

Yes, it would. That's the whole idea of a mirror RAID

A friend bought a machine a while back that has been shutting itself down. Of course the warranty just expired. At any rate, what he says is that as he starts it up it begin to run and then quickly shuts down. It will not re-start unless he unplugs it, and then goes through the process again. For...

Surely the higher the processor's mhz the quicker it will make calculations? So why do some processors with lower mhz outperform the ones with higher mhz?

I have some old PC Ram. I've got 2 PC-133 256 Ram modules and I want to put them into a Apple E-Mac G4. If these are the wrong type, and I am almost 100% these are the correct type, what will happen? Will I blow it up?