| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| PC resetting by itself | 9/4/2008 | Keith |
Q: Keith: It's been 2 nights where I leave my PC ON downloading files and when I wake up in the ...
A: I was kind of thinking about this till I came to "Windows XP SP3 (fresh installed)". This is the ...
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| PC resetting by itself | 9/4/2008 | Mike |
Q: Mike: It's been 2 nights where I leave my PC ON downloading files and when I wake up in the ...
A: The addition of a new, larger hard drive and more memory has most likely increased the amount of ...
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| PC resetting by itself | 9/4/2008 | Saleem |
Q: Saleem: It's been 2 nights where I leave my PC ON downloading files and when I wake up in the ...
A: Your computer may have resetted (Restarted) for a simple reason which is power failure. However not ...
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| PC Freezing | 9/4/2008 | Keith |
Q: My PC is 5 yrs old. It is PIIII, CPU 2.40GHz, 1.79GHz, 480 MB of RAM. Drive “C” is only 23% full ...
A: I'm sorry. It is called error checking in Win XP. It is scan disk but they call it "error checking". ...
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| Computer cannot detect USB Flash drive | 9/3/2008 | Mike |
Q: Neither of my two computers can detect 4 GB SD mermory cards , although 2 GB's cards work fine. ...
A: It sounds like your computer is custom made by that store so your only BIOS option is to indeed ...
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| Computer cannot detect USB Flash drive | 9/3/2008 | Mike |
Q: Neither of my two computers can detect 4 GB SD mermory cards , although 2 GB's cards work fine. ...
A: Because the 4GB SD cards work fine on newer computers at the store and your 2GB SD cards work fine ...
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| PC Freezing | 9/3/2008 | Keith |
Q: My PC is 5 yrs old. It is PIIII, CPU 2.40GHz, 1.79GHz, 480 MB of RAM. Drive “C” is only 23% full ...
A: Yes, this is most likely the problem with slow response and crashing. In Win XP go to my computer, ...
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| Frozen Computer | 9/3/2008 | Keith |
Q: I have a HP desktop with WindowXP home I have downloaded the Virtumonde Trojan.The computer freeze a ...
A: Sorry to hear that you have this trojan. I found how to remove it here: ...
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| surge protectors and ups | 9/2/2008 | Keith |
Q: I bought new pc and cant decide to just get a surge protector or if i need ups as well. Live in Az ...
A: I have all of my PCs hooked to a surge protector that has a warranty. If any equipment is damage ...
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| surge protection and ups | 9/2/2008 | Mike |
Q: I bought new pc and cant decide to just get a surge protector or if i need ups as well. Live in Az ...
A: Abrupt shut-downs while still not great are not nearly as fatal to computers as they were back in ...
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| ups/surge prot | 9/2/2008 | Bobbert |
Q: I bought new pc and cant decide to just get a surge protector or if i need ups as well. Live in Az ...
A: Honestly, I don't put any stock in the "slow down the speed", unless the surge protector is poorly ...
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| frequent pc hang up | 9/2/2008 | Tarzan |
Q: sir, my pc experiences frequent hang up.it occasionally occurs when the pc is being used for long ...
A: there are a lot reasons for this issue: 1. software: virus or some bad tools. 2. hardware: A. ...
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| PC Freezing | 9/2/2008 | Keith |
Q: My PC is 5 yrs old. It is PIIII, CPU 2.40GHz, 1.79GHz, 480 MB of RAM. Drive “C” is only 23% full ...
A: I'm afraid I have some bad news for you. It sounds as if your C drive has some bad sectors in it. ...
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| unable to format pc | 9/2/2008 | Mike |
Q: I,ve got a problem. when i try to format my pc insert the bootable cd than usually it asks to "press ...
A: If if am reading your question correctly you currently have Linux on your computer and you want to ...
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| bios settings | 9/1/2008 | Keith |
Q: I have an IBM PC 300GL. I want to boot with WinXP CD. But bios does not have boot sequence. What ...
A: I searched everywhere for an English version of the BIOS for your PC and could not find one. Google ...
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| PC keeps rebooting | 9/1/2008 | Keith |
Q: Each time I turn on my PC it will boot to Windows for a short time, then it will reboot continuously ...
A: This tells me that it was probably a virus on the other HD or just a bad HD. Anyway, glad to hear ...
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| PC keeps rebooting | 8/31/2008 | Mike |
Q: Each time I turn on my PC, it boots to Windows for a short time, then shuts off and reboots again. ...
A: That's cool. I had thought about that after I already sent my answer. Too little, too late on my ...
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| PC windows wont start | 8/31/2008 | Keith |
Q: Have already asked an expert this question but his answer wasnt much help, I thought id try again ...
A: The only other thing I know to try is to clear the CMOS. You do this by powering down the PC, ...
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| PC keeps rebooting | 8/30/2008 | Keith |
Q: Each time I turn on my PC it will boot to Windows for a short time, then it will reboot continuously ...
A: This could be many things. Let's start by seeing if you can get it into safe mode and see if it ...
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| bios settings | 8/30/2008 | Keith |
Q: I have an IBM PC 300GL. I want to boot with WinXP CD. But bios does not have boot sequence. What ...
A: I have never known a BIOS to not have a boot sequence. Are you sure that you are accessing the BIOS? ...
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| monitor/graphics | 8/29/2008 | Mike |
Q: I have replaced my HP 725n desktop with a new system and need to remove my graphics cards (half my ...
A: I'm running out of ideas here. If you are able to pull up Setup when you are connected to the ...
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| monitor/graphics | 8/29/2008 | Mike |
Q: I have replaced my HP 725n desktop with a new system and need to remove my graphics cards (half my ...
A: The HP 725n has integrated 64mb VGA video so it will work fine without that ATI card installed. ...
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| i need a help | 8/29/2008 | Keith |
Q: i have bought a new system and it works very fine. every thing is fine with it . But when i shut it ...
A: Go to the BIOS (setup). Get there by pushing F1 or whatever it tells you to push to go to setup. It ...
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| PC windows wont start | 8/28/2008 | Keith |
Q: Have already asked an expert this question but his answer wasnt much help, I thought id try again ...
A: Check out this site and see if it applies to your problem. ...
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| Disk Drive problem | 8/28/2008 | Keith |
Q: My harddrive died on my computer and I took another harddrive from a different computer and ...
A: What operating system are you going to put on the drive? If it is XP do the following: You should ...
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| Sound & Memory | 8/28/2008 | Bobbert |
Q: 2.6ghz 780i SLI EVGA motherboard, 4gb ram, sb x-fi extreme audio card, dual 512 8800GT graphics ...
A: No, secondary power supplies are generally to power more hard-drives, powering the motherboard can ...
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| Virtual win98 on WIN xp | 8/28/2008 | Keith |
Q: "Hello I run Microsoft virtual WIN98 on win xp. I have a new computer so i cannot perform dual boot ...
A: Could you perform a dual boot before you got a new PC? I am not too familiar with virtual win98 or ...
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| Sound & Memory | 8/28/2008 | Bobbert |
Q: 2.6ghz 780i SLI EVGA motherboard, 4gb ram, sb x-fi extreme audio card, dual 512 8800GT graphics ...
A: What model power supply did it come with? And what did you replace it with? (I ask because any low ...
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| Dual Core CPU, 3 Gigs RAM music SKIPS | 8/27/2008 | Saleem |
Q: Why does my music player skip when I open windows, switch to a different sites or program? I have ...
A: I do agree that music MUST not skip while you have such good system configuration. However it seems ...
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| "thermal event" problem | 8/27/2008 | Mike |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that is 3 years old, and has worked perfectly until a few days ago. ...
A: A computer over-heating will definitely cause the issue you're describing. Did you check the fan ...
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| "thermal event" problem | 8/27/2008 | Keith |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that is 3 years old, and has worked perfectly until a few days ago. ...
A: This could be a few different things. Are you sure the processor fan is running? You will only be ...
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| "Thermal event" problem | 8/27/2008 | Tarzan |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 3000 that is 3 years old, and has worked perfectly until a few days ago. ...
A: according your words, the most possible suspective is the motherboard. I suggest you clean cmos ...
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| Sound & Memory | 8/27/2008 | Bobbert |
Q: 2.6ghz 780i SLI EVGA motherboard, 4gb ram, sb x-fi extreme audio card, dual 512 8800GT graphics ...
A: The soundcard only needs its connection to the motherboard, either PCI (the situation in your case), ...
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| 3 short beeps pc won't boot | 8/27/2008 | Mike |
Q: Yesterday I took the RAM out of my computer to check how much I had. NOw put it back in but system ...
A: Well, you're not going to like my response now since you've tried new memory and still have the ...
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| PC rebooting problem | 8/27/2008 | Tarzan |
Q: Recently I had a problem with my PC where it was always crashing whenever I tried to run a game ...
A: as usual, missing a file in windows means: 1. it is truly missing. you should re-install your os. ...
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| Processors | 8/26/2008 | Bobbert |
Q: I have a PC phone, that continuiously runs "naturally" I was wanting to know if this will shorten ...
A: There isn't generally an issue leaving your desktop computer on 24/7, you might replace cooling fans ...
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| vga drivers | 8/25/2008 | Mike |
Q: hey,i just formated a hp pavillion a406x .and now the pc says on standby NO 3D ACELERATOR DIVICE ...
A: After you format a computer there are usually devices that need to be reinstalled because Windows ...
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| 3 short beeps pc won't boot | 8/25/2008 | Mike |
Q: Yesterday I took the RAM out of my computer to check how much I had. NOw put it back in but system ...
A: First off, you've got two completely seperate issues. That bios error code is a relic of the old ...
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| Computer fails after a few seconds of trying to boot | 8/24/2008 | Mike |
Q: This will probably be more impossible than other questions; when i start my pc it does this(in ...
A: It is definitely either your motherboard failing or your cpu but I couldn't give you any exact ...
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| Power lights blink | 8/23/2008 | Tarzan |
Q: i dont know what can over my dell optiplex. but when i put it on, the power light in front of the ...
A: i will tell you some my experience. for example, if I see '00' on the card, so I know it stopped ...
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