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| New computer | 7/1/2009 | Keith |
Q: I have just put together my first computer. I cant get the operating system to load. Some of the ...
A: During the installation you are going to have to get to the point I said above and install the SATA ...
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| adding memory to a dell dimension 4550 | 6/30/2009 | Keith |
Q: I have an old stock Dell Dimension 4550, with 512 M of RAM. I had an empty memory slot, and added a ...
A: According to this site ...
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| Notebook question | 6/30/2009 | Mike |
Q: Which laptop is better for general use(include adobe photoshop), on windows XP: (since I need ...
A: It honestly comes down to your price budget. Those two are very similar. The MSI VX600X has a ...
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| New computer | 6/29/2009 | Keith |
Q: I have just put together my first computer. I cant get the operating system to load. Some of the ...
A: First of all, what OS are you trying to load (XP, Vista)? You should make sure you do a total ...
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| PC power switch failure | 6/25/2009 | Karl Zick |
Q: Emachines tt3626 - ECS ht2000 motherboard approx 6 months old. Was working fine up until two days ...
A: If you had reviewed my answers to eMachine problems over the past 10 years, you would see that they ...
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| floppy | 6/25/2009 | DaZ FiZzle |
Q: It looks like people somewhat abandoned floppy nowadays. I remembered there exists a socket ...
A: hey moil, yeah they still do. go to the link i'll provide below and look at the top-down view of ...
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| systemerrors installing windows XP | 6/23/2009 | Tarzan |
Q: I am sending this query on my wife's PDA, so please be patient ... Here is my system's vitals: Asus ...
A: 1. change the old ram back only, if it is ok? 2. according the message on screen, that means: A. ...
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| fatal errors installing XP | 6/23/2009 | DaZ FiZzle |
Q: I am sending this query on my wife's PDA, so please be patient ... Here is my system's vitals: Asus ...
A: hey greg, first off sorry for the delay man. i didn't even see the notice of a new question come ...
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| Quad vs Dual processor | 6/22/2009 | Bobbert |
Q: I'm looking to but a new desktop pc but I don't understand the dual vs quad processors. I don't ...
A: The easiest answer to all of your questions is "no", excepting the final question, to which I would ...
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| What is a Commercial PC power output | 6/22/2009 | Keith |
Q: I'll be running two PC's in one commercial unit. The PC's will be doing basic performance ...
A: If you don't mind clarify what you mean by "one commercial unit". Are they going to be enclosed ...
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| Losing GB's on hard drive | 6/20/2009 | Keith |
Q: I have a Dell Inspirion 530's. It is 9 months old and runs good. When it was set up Vista SP1 was ...
A: This could be many things. The update to SP2 will definitely take up some space but I've never heard ...
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| Using both drives | 6/20/2009 | Karl Zick |
Q: I am James. I am wondering whether I can use both of my drives (C and D) in my laptop. You see, my ...
A: You do not have two hard drives. You actually have one physical drive that has been partitioned ...
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| Plz help Me | 6/19/2009 | Mike |
Q: I have Compaq Armada M700 when I boot it/on it all the led light blinking continuous and when i ...
A: That seems to be a common problem with that model of laptop. It very likely a failed battery so a ...
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| HP Pavilion DV6-1133 entertainment pc wont start up | 6/19/2009 | Michael Tedeschi |
Q: pc plugged into AC but wont start up, power light on but no sounds,no error messages,only flashing ...
A: Try this... Shut down the computer Remove the battery Remove the power cord Hold the power button ...
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| low profile tower? full tower? | 6/19/2009 | Keith |
Q: How do you know if you have a low profile or full tower? I asked a question before and my computer ...
A: Check out the PCI Express 2.0 cards. Being that you have a full tower you have the choice of any ...
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| low profile tower? full tower? | 6/17/2009 | Keith |
Q: How do you know if you have a low profile or full tower? I asked a question before and my computer ...
A: Here is a small form factor (low profile): ...
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| computer repairs | 6/17/2009 | Keith |
Q: i have a pentium III 300MHz computer.each time i start the computer ,it hangs at "CHECKING NVRAM".I ...
A: Try these threads and see if anything works. This can be many things. We just have to try and narrow ...
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| computer repairs | 6/17/2009 | Mike |
Q: i have a pentium III 300MHz computer.each time i start the computer ,it hangs at "CHECKING NVRAM".I ...
A: NVRAM is the Non-Volatile RAM, or CMOS. Changing out the battery would have been my first suggestion ...
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| Which PSU is better? | 6/16/2009 | Mike |
Q: I wanted to know which PSU I should get since I plan to upgrade to a more power-thirsty graphics ...
A: Power Supplies are one component where everyone seems to think 'the bigger, the better', which is ...
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| speaker installation | 6/15/2009 | Keith |
Q: how we can install a builtin speaker in Dell desktop system (model optiplex gx260 mother board) ...
A: I usually use something like what is in this link: ...
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| i dont know what to do!! | 6/15/2009 | Keith |
Q: i want to get the sims 3 but i went on canyourunit.com and it said that my computer doesn't meet the ...
A: From that information I can see that you have onboard video so a video card will greatly enhance ...
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| relaibility of backing up with flash drive | 6/13/2009 | Mike |
Q: Just got the 4 Gig Diesel flash drive. My concern is - is it as reliable as zip or CD disk when ...
A: When you put your USB flash drive in a little icon will pop up in the lower right corner of your ...
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| relaibility of backing up with flash drive | 6/12/2009 | Mike |
Q: Just got the 4 Gig Diesel flash drive. My concern is - is it as reliable as zip or CD disk when ...
A: USB flash drives are more reliable for data storage than a zip disk because zip disks are still ...
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| Flash BIOS | 6/12/2009 | Ricardo Agudelo |
Q: My question is how to flash the BIOS. My motherboard is EPOX 8RDA3I and I have a the WinFlash.zip, ...
A: Here is what the manufacturer says about flashing the BIOS: To successfully flash the BIOS you will ...
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| format | 6/11/2009 | Keith |
Q: My name is John and the problem i am facing is that my hd is full. on my system i have two hard ...
A: Sounds like you need to have a little different plan for your hard drives. The master drive (drive ...
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| format | 6/11/2009 | Karl Zick |
Q: My name is John and the problem i am facing is that my hd is full. on my system i have two hard ...
A: You didn't say how much empty space you had on g:>. The obvious answer is to move some of your ...
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| i dont know what to do!! | 6/10/2009 | Keith |
Q: i want to get the sims 3 but i went on canyourunit.com and it said that my computer doesn't meet the ...
A: You could probably stay with your processor and just add more RAM and/or add a video card. Your ...
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| computer repair | 6/10/2009 | Keith |
Q: i have a pentium III 300HZ.when i start my computer ,it shows CHECKING NVRAM and remains idle .it ...
A: Have you changed the CMOS battery? You may need a new one. For some reason it is not holding memory ...
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| Ribbon Cables and slots | 6/10/2009 | Saleem |
Q: I foolishly removed my hard drive and ribbon cables from an e machine 300c tower. When I went to ...
A: I appreciate your concern and I thank you for sending me this email. You can connect the Ribbon ...
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| How to open .sv2i file. | 6/9/2009 | Keith |
Q: I backed up most of my computer files to an ext. usb drive.Now I need to retrieve that info. and ...
A: The only way I know of recovering the data is by putting the USB drive in your computer. See if you ...
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| How to open .sv2i file. | 6/9/2009 | Keith |
Q: I backed up most of my computer files to an ext. usb drive.Now I need to retrieve that info. and ...
A: Luis, How did you transfer the data to the USB drive and how did you transfer them back to the PC? ...
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| graphic card or asus board | 6/5/2009 | Mike |
Q: .... i kinda confuse in selecting for graphic card or asus nvidia chipset motherboard(p5 n7a vm).. ...
A: It isn't recommended to run more than one speed of memory in the same system but you can. What ...
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| AMD CPU | 6/5/2009 | Karl Zick |
Q: Simple question, which is best the Athlon XP 1800+ or Sempron 2600+ Thanks in advance. ANSWER: ...
A: AMD processors have always had a tendency to overheat. Overclocking can cause overheating. The ...
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| AMD CPU | 6/5/2009 | Mike |
Q: Simple question, which is best the Athlon XP 1800+ or Sempron 2600+ Thanks in advance.
A: Of those two the AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processor is the better one. It has only a slightly slower ...
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| graphic card or asus board | 6/5/2009 | Mike |
Q: .... i kinda confuse in selecting for graphic card or asus nvidia chipset motherboard(p5 n7a vm).. ...
A: That motherboard can't handle anything higher than 667MHz RAM so that is what you should buy. The ...
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| Upgraded Emachine T5224 Memory- now it will not complete POST | 6/5/2009 | Bobbert |
Q: I have an Emachine T5224 with the following: IntelŪ PentiumŪ D 820 Processor (Dual-Core) 64-bit ...
A: In attempting to clear the CMOS, did you remember to unplug the system from wall power? If yes, and ...
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| graphic card or asus motherboard | 6/4/2009 | Saleem |
Q: .... i kinda confuse in selecting for graphic card or asus nvidia chipset motherboard(p5 n7a vm).. ...
A: First of all sorry for the delay in answering your question as I was busy with work. Go for 9600GT ...
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| graphic card or asus board | 6/4/2009 | Mike |
Q: .... i kinda confuse in selecting for graphic card or asus nvidia chipset motherboard(p5 n7a vm).. ...
A: Honestly, it depends on what you do with your computer and how much money you want to spend. You ...
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| Motherboard and power supply in watts | 6/4/2009 | Keith |
Q: I have a emachine t5048 desktop computer and I would like to know what kind of motherboard it come ...
A: This is the most detailed specs I could find on your system online: ...
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| Random/Shutdown of Desktop | 6/3/2009 | Mike |
Q: Why is my computer shutting down? This issue has been very frustrating. Several months ago, while ...
A: A few different possibilities come to mind. My top two are either bad memory or a failing hard ...
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