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| Subject | Date Asked |
| ! in my backup files... | 1/19/2012 |
| Q: After dragging my group of backup files to a wrong place, not the flash drive, I got each file in ... A: As long as you still have the backup files somewhere safe, I think it would be safe to delete all ... | |
| problem | 12/29/2011 |
| Q: Morning Sir, My system just when off when an on it. Any time i press the power button it blink but ... A: You did not specify if it was a laptop or desktop. For both you can use one basic hardware ... | |
| Graphics Card | 11/25/2011 |
| Q: Keith: I have an ASUS motherboard (P5G41T-M/CSM). I would like to add a graphics card to my desktop. ... A: While having a video card is always better than using onboard video, what could be the problem with ... | |
| Graphics Card | 11/25/2011 |
| Q: Keith: I have an ASUS motherboard (P5G41T-M/CSM). I would like to add a graphics card to my desktop. ... A: Tiger Direct still has one that is compatible. Here is a link: ... | |
| HP Touch Smart IQ 790 | 11/19/2011 |
| Q: The motherboard on my IQ 790 has failed. HP say the machine is obsolete and no spares are available. ... A: Scroll about half way down the page in this thread about the HP TouchSmart IQ 790 and you will see ... | |
| Power Button works only after 3 days | 11/18/2011 |
| Q: I have a 2.5 year old HP G70-120EA Notebook. I live in Bangladesh and here there arent any good ... A: To me the key is the error message saying the internal battery capacity is low. I don't think it ... | |
| AMD 1.9 DUAL CORE CPU HELP | 11/15/2011 |
| Q: I'm planning to buy a low budget laptop with a bigscreen& I came around HP G7-1117cl which has an ... A: The main thing the photo and video editing is reliant on is the amount of RAM and the video card. In ... | |
| new i5 pc build w/ usb ports no ps 2 | 11/7/2011 |
| Q: Is the system automatically suppose to detect the usb keyboard and mouse there are no ps2 ports? ... A: Sorry, but I don't totally understand what your motherboard has as far as PS plug-ins and what the ... | |
| new i5 pc build w/ usb ports no ps 2 | 11/6/2011 |
| Q: Is the system automatically suppose to detect the usb keyboard and mouse there are no ps2 ports? ... A: It should be plug and play on all USB devices. The only way to see if the HDMI works is to try it. ... | |
| INSTALLING A NEW PROCESSOR | 10/24/2011 |
| Q: 0 GHz processor and I want to upgrade the processor to an Intel Pentium 4 2.66 GHz to 3.0 GHz ... A: First of all I believe this processor is compatible with your motherboard. It is out of stock but ... | |
| Computer RAM | 10/14/2011 |
| Q: I recently bought an old((2003) HP Compaq desktop with 512 RAM, no OS. I would like to add up to 1 ... A: Here is what the minimum specs are according to Microsoft: ... | |
| Computer RAM | 10/13/2011 |
| Q: I recently bought an old((2003) HP Compaq desktop with 512 RAM, no OS. I would like to add up to 1 ... A: You said the computer is a 2003 model. Are you absolutely certain it will allow 4GB's of RAM? Not ... | |
| Computer RAM | 10/12/2011 |
| Q: I recently bought an old((2003) HP Compaq desktop with 512 RAM, no OS. I would like to add up to 1 ... A: Do you know if the RAM from the emachines is compatible with the Compaq. If not you can find out by ... | |
| Graphics Card | 10/2/2011 |
| Q: Keith: My VIA motherboard has an integrated graphics port for my XP system. I recently installed a ... A: Right click on the desktop and click "properties". Go to settings and change the display settings ... | |
| Graphics Card | 10/1/2011 |
| Q: Keith: My VIA motherboard has an integrated graphics port for my XP system. I recently installed a ... A: First of all to troubleshoot the problem at present, get to the BIOS and make sure hardware ... | |
| emachines desktop issues | 9/16/2011 |
| Q: my emachines desktop pc randomly shut itself off yesterday. when i tried to turn it back on, only ... A: You are not the only one. I have never heard of everything else being dead on a PC but the disk ... | |
| dead laptop | 9/12/2011 |
| Q: Following your suggestion, I removed the CMOS and regular battery and the memory from the laptop ... A: The problem could be due to a virus but it sounds like something different after you listed all the ... | |
| usb power | 9/8/2011 |
| Q: Have a dell inspiron 1525 laptop with vista. My cooling pad fans wont shut off even when computer ... A: You have to go into your advanced power settings. Getting there is kind of weird. Here you go step ... | |
| Pink lines on screen? | 9/8/2011 |
| Q: Beginning last night, I seem to have developed a problem with the graphics card (I think). I shut ... A: According to what your setup is now will determine a couple of things. If you are running a graphics ... | |
| Pink lines on screen? | 9/8/2011 |
| Q: Beginning last night, I seem to have developed a problem with the graphics card (I think). I shut ... A: Is this a desktop or laptop? This symptom is often associated with a graphics card going bad. If ... | |
| dead laptop | 9/7/2011 |
| Q: My sister-in-law has a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop, product #FS131UA#ABA with an AMD Turion X2 RM-70 ... A: In a last ditch effort you may want to open the laptop up. With the power off (unplugged) and the ... | |
| wmm and mpeg | 9/7/2011 |
| Q: How do I know if my mpeg video file is a mpeg 1 or mpeg 2? I asked this same question on Bing and ... A: This is really out of my line of expertise, but it peaked my curiosity and this is what I found. ... | |
| Back-up and restore. | 9/5/2011 |
| Q: My laptop is begining to annoy me with all the little problems it has and excess amount of programs ... A: I don't see any reason you could not do exactly what you said. The only thing I could add is to make ... | |
| dead laptop | 9/3/2011 |
| Q: My sister-in-law has a HP Pavilion dv7 laptop, product #FS131UA#ABA with an AMD Turion X2 RM-70 ... A: I am not saying I know more than the computer shop, but I don't see how they assessed that it was ... | |
| cannot turn on | 9/1/2011 |
| Q: my laptop just work fine before this and there is no problem happen before. but, 2 days ago, i had ... A: Are there any light codes? In other words, according to what Acer says, lights flashing or showing ... | |
| Problem of Hard Drive Fail to Load | 8/28/2011 |
| Q: One day I wrote a CD-R from my DVD-RW but it shows an error in writing I refer to help option of ... A: Could be a coincidence that your hard drive failed or just a boot sector that is messed up. Can you ... | |
| not able to open/run icons on desktop | 8/20/2011 |
| Q: sir,in my system i can't able to open or run the applications i.e, on desktop but the same and other ... A: This may have something to do with something in the OS not loading correctly on boot. If you have ... | |
| Hardware | 8/16/2011 |
| Q: "I have (for quite sometime) wanted to build a computer. Now I have a chance! I've been doing quite ... A: Looks like you have done your research. You have chosen well. There are only a couple of things that ... | |
| PC Freezes | 8/8/2011 |
| Q: I have a newly assembled pc, one month old. It was working fine till yesterday when my pc started ... A: This could be so many different things. I would take out all the hardware except for HD, processor, ... | |
| Limits of RAM | 8/6/2011 |
| Q: What determines how much RAM a computer can use? Is it the motherboard, CPU, OS, or a combination of ... A: Many things determine how much RAM a computer can use. I will name them a couple of them. 1. OS: A ... | |
| Speed Cpu fan with no display | 7/25/2011 |
| Q: please sir i have a dell optiplex 360 with cpu of 2.20 dual core with memory of 2GB. when i start up ... A: Do you have a program (such as SpeedFan) that shows and regulates fan speed? Otherwise, other than ... | |
| Upgrading my P4 computer | 7/17/2011 |
| Q: I have an Intel D865GBF M/B, P4 2.8 GHz CPU with HT, 512MB x 2 RAM 400, 500+80+80GB HDD & 450W PSU. ... A: Sorry about not answering the 2nd question. The problem you are going to have with a socket 478 ... | |
| Upgrading my P4 computer | 7/16/2011 |
| Q: I have an Intel D865GBF M/B, P4 2.8 GHz CPU with HT, 512MB x 2 RAM 400, 500+80+80GB HDD & 450W PSU. ... A: I would just look at the barebones deals at www.tigerdirect.com. With everything you will have to ... | |
| Ram issues | 7/6/2011 |
| Q: Got a computer with 4gb of ram, and a ATI raedon HD 5600 graphics card, but when i try to run games ... A: Does your computer have an onboard graphics cards along with the ATI card? In case you don't know ... | |
| Computer problems | 6/22/2011 |
| Q: I started my computer up and them put the mouse into the computer. The computer immediatly swith off ... A: Is it a PS2 mouse or USB? With the PS2 one of the pins could be missing. On the USB it could be a ... | |
| Gigabyte motherboard differences | 6/20/2011 |
| Q: I have 0% computer knowledge and fear I'm being taking for a ride.... I purchased a custom build PC ... A: I do not have the time right now to go over all the specs but I have supplied links where you can ... | |
| speed up OS with USB flash drive as RAM | 6/17/2011 |
| Q: I have heard you can increase the speed of your computer's OS by plugging in a USB flash drive and ... A: I believe this cannot be done. At least not with XP. I believe you can do it in Vista and Win7 ... | |
| New Workstation Build suggestion | 6/13/2011 |
| Q: Sir I am doing Graphical works like Maya, 3dx Max, Z Brush like that. I want to built a new ... A: I have always used AMD processors not only because they are cheaper but they seem to do just as good ... | |
| Laptop Booting | 5/21/2011 |
| Q: My laptop does niether detect any IDE device nor does it boots from CD/DVD or Usb stick. I can ... A: Are you saying the same thing happened before, you reloaded the OS, and all worked well for a month? ... | |
| Laptop Booting | 5/17/2011 |
| Q: My laptop does niether detect any IDE device nor does it boots from CD/DVD or Usb stick. I can ... A: First thing that comes to mind that you can try is to take the battery off, open the back covers to ... | |
| K7sem v.1 2X4 pins w/ jumpers? | 5/16/2011 |
| Q: Does the k7sem (2pins lined vertically of 4 (four) of them Vertically ((8pins total)) suppose to ... A: I'm sorry but this is outside what I know. I have built hundreds of computers and worked on 100s ... | |
| k7sem v.1 unable to detect bios or vga | 5/15/2011 |
| Q: Do you know what I should be correcting or doing for getting this non detectable bios and vga? A: Can you give me some system specs. Like make and model of your motherboard. Is this a built computer ... | |
| ram and boot issue | 5/13/2011 |
| Q: I have an emachine t6420. The problem is everytime I start my computer I have to re-set the ram ... A: By resetting the RAM do you mean you take it out and put it back in and the machine will work? If ... | |
| change my cpu | 5/8/2011 |
| Q: i want to upgrade my cpu from core 2 due 2.93 to core 2 quad so i can play new games on full ... A: Here are a couple of core2 quads (very expensive)that are socket 775 which is what your MB is: ... | |
| change my cpu | 5/6/2011 |
| Q: i want to upgrade my cpu from core 2 due 2.93 to core 2 quad so i can play new games on full ... A: First of all to see if the quad would be compatible I need to know what kind of system you have ... | |
| WATER IN COMPUTER | 5/5/2011 |
| Q: someone spilled.....Sprite in my laptop and it won't boot up...is this solvable...It tries to ... A: The only thing you can do is take out the hardware that you can get to. You will do this by turning ... | |
| WATER IN COMPUTER | 5/3/2011 |
| Q: someone spilled.....Sprite in my laptop and it won't boot up...is this solvable...It tries to ... A: Water and electronics don't go together. What do you mean by "connect"? If it won't boot how can it ... | |
| DOWNLOADING more RAM? | 4/27/2011 |
| Q: I know that RAM is something like a chip that inserts physically into slots in the motherboard. ... A: You cannot download RAM. RAM sticks (chips, etc.) are physical pieces of hardware. They come in ... | |
| RAM myth | 4/22/2011 |
| Q: sir, may i ask a very intriguing question for me. i was not able to sleep alnight thinking of it. Is ... A: I have never had this happen, but I would still not discount it because of one reason. When ... | |
| HP Touchsmart IQ 790 | 4/18/2011 |
| Q: According to what i have read, these are renound for the graphics cards failing and the screen ... A: Being that both video devices have gone out it makes sense that maybe it is the motherboard. ... | |
| LAN port down | 4/18/2011 |
| Q: sorry that I had to ask, I myself is a software developer. but this is out of my comprehension. ... A: Back in the dial-up days I had a modem do the same thing after we had a storm. It still showed ... | |
| Upgrading PC | 4/14/2011 |
| Q: I am upgrading my PC. Please suggest me latest motherboard and processor. I have budget of 10-12K ... A: I noticed you are from India so I think you are not saying 10-12k dollars? How would this convert to ... | |
| LAPTOP UPGRADE | 4/8/2011 |
| Q: i have an HP530 laptop with 512MB RAM,intel celeron of 1.6GHZ,75gb HDD. I have another laptop with ... A: By the time you take the time or pay someone to take the processor out and pay for the replacement ... | |
| hp laptop upgrade | 4/6/2011 |
| Q: I have a HP lap top with intel Celeron M processor,512 RAM and windows Xp as OS. 1.Can I upgrade ... A: The maximum amount of RAM may only be 512mb or 1GB if you have two slots. It may also only take ... | |
| Hypertransport | 4/5/2011 |
| Q: I have read all diferant documention about Hypertransport and how it works but I have two things I ... A: I will be totally honest with you, I have been working with and on computers for approx. 10 years ... | |
| pc randomly reboots | 4/5/2011 |
| Q: specs:intel i5 750 2.6ghz,2gig 1333mhz ram,500gig hdd,520w psu my pc has been randomly rebooting ... A: Random rebooting can be many more things besides the power supply. It could be caused by ... | |
| Power Jack | 4/3/2011 |
| Q: We have broken the plastic covering that covered the metal components within our dc power jack on ... A: Let me get this straight; Did you break the plastic cover on the computer or the power supply that ... | |
| MEMORY MYSTERY! | 3/28/2011 |
| Q: COMPUTER MEMORY MYSTERY (Can you figure this out?) I have an HP Pavilion dv7-1245dx notebook ... A: Go to the BIOS or setup by pressing the proper F key that it tells you on the screen. Look and see ... | |
| Slower after CPU Upgrade? | 3/28/2011 |
| Q: Today I upgraded my CPU from an Athlon 64 3700 single core, to an Athlon 64 FX 60 dual core, with ... A: I would really look around in the BIOS for a setting pertaining to the processor. Another thing is ... | |
| Ram upgrade not working. | 3/25/2011 |
| Q: I have an Asus P5K-E motherboard. It was running Windows XP with 3Gb of ram. the motherboard book ... A: This may go even deeper than I thought. You may want to go to the Asus site and make sure you have ... | |
| Ram upgrade not working. | 3/24/2011 |
| Q: I have an Asus P5K-E motherboard. It was running Windows XP with 3Gb of ram. the motherboard book ... A: Probably a BIOS setting. If you know how to go to the BIOS or setup (this is usually done by ... | |
| atx power suplly ? | 3/21/2011 |
| Q: do you know if this needs to be reflowed, if so which area, or if desoldring needed (solder brading) ... A: To be honest with you, I would find one on ebay or somewhere else on the web rather than going to ... | |
| Dell Inspiron 531 rejects all video cards | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: This is a video card problem that is being caused by the motherboard in some sort of way. I have a ... A: Flinix, I am really at a loss on this one. I don't really understand the reason to have a PCI card ... | |
| Processor Life | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: I am using folding at home service on my laptop. And I have set the processor utilization to 100%. ... A: Overclocking or high usage will reduce the life of a processor. The main thing to keep it going ... | |
| Dell Inspiron 531 rejects all video cards | 3/12/2011 |
| Q: This is a video card problem that is being caused by the motherboard in some sort of way. I have a ... A: Can you disable the onboard video in device manager? I was going to tell you to disable it in the ... | |
| Data retrieval from defective hard drive: questions | 3/10/2011 |
| Q: I have a Dell Inspiron 530 desktop computer (320 GB hard drive/Windows Vista Home Premium operating ... A: If the data recovery software is not too expensive it sounds like a good approach to me. Another ... | |
| My desktop is restarting. | 3/7/2011 |
| Q: Keith. I have a desktop computer with a brand new hard drive in it. We just installed Windows XP ... A: If you can boot to the OS disk, run the recovery console, and run chkdsk /r and it should check for ... | |
| retrieving lost data! | 3/5/2011 |
| Q: help! please tell me you can answer this. i just came back from india, and wanted to upload my ... A: Take the drive out and put it in another computer. According to what format it is you may have to ... | |
| My desktop is restarting. | 3/5/2011 |
| Q: Keith. I have a desktop computer with a brand new hard drive in it. We just installed Windows XP ... A: Some BIOS have a max temp setting. At this temp the machine will shutdown at a max temp. If the max ... | |
| Graphic card compatibility | 2/24/2011 |
| Q: I'd a 'Nvidia fx 5200 128 MB' graphic card on my Pentium 3. Then I bought Core 2 duo E4500 @ 2.2 ... A: That would be according to what kind of slots you have on the motherboard of your new system. The ... | |
| windows 7 on hard drive with only 39 gb | 2/10/2011 |
| Q: im instaling all the programs and the games on the other hard drive that have 500 gb now on the hard ... A: It sounds like you are in need of one of the terabyte drives. I am not quite understanding some of ... | |
| Resetting MEM to 4096Mb in notebook after it has crashed | 2/10/2011 |
| Q: Firstly, I am a beginner/novice in terms of IT technical knowledge. I have just purchase Asus P52F ... A: If you can get it to boot to a disk you could boot to the OS disk and choose the "repair" option (it ... | |
| Mother board compatabuility | 2/8/2011 |
| Q: Is my cpu support 2000/mts mother board without reduce performance? Hi Hi have a AMD Athlon ii x2 ... A: First of all, many manufacturers publish specs in many different ways. For example, for years AMD ... | |
| computer question | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: When I boot my computer, it gives me an error message that my cooling fan is not working. I opened ... A: It sounds like a "glitch" but you could try Speedfan. On most motherboards there are at least two ... | |
| Mother board compatabuility | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: Is my cpu support 2000/mts mother board without reduce performance? Hi Hi have a AMD Athlon ii x2 ... A: The processor and motherboard are both socket AM3 so they are compatible. The FSB speed and the ... | |
| MotherBoard Compatibility | 2/2/2011 |
| Q: Sir, If a motherboard supports "DDR2 RAM".Will it work properly when we insert a graphics card ... A: The RAM on the graphics card is not what determines it's compatibility. The graphics card needs to ... | |
| NViDiA Settings | 2/2/2011 |
| Q: Can NVIDIA Card increase 3d Render Speed? If yes, Please Tell the Settings. A: This will be according to what Nvidia card you have, what it's default settings are, and what driver ... | |
| A computer mystery | 1/17/2011 |
| Q: Keith Hope you've been doing well. Ever since I've purchased a new wireless Microsoft mouse for my ... A: If the problem did not exist before the wireless mouse, most likely it has something to do with it ... | |
| surge protection | 1/7/2011 |
| Q: this isnt a computer specifiic question but it involves data line protection. I have read to avoid ... A: It does not matter if surge protection is together or separate. What matters is if the "surge" ... | |
| is my power supply failing? | 12/28/2010 |
| Q: I have a fairly old eMachines T3256. Started having random reboots and shut downs a month or so ago. ... A: The 5 USB devices at once could be the culprit. I know a lot of the commercial built computers just ... | |
| Why Do Firefox and PlugIn Container Do Nothing But Rev Up CPUs Now? | 12/26/2010 |
| Q: For the last 3 or 4 months this problem has gotten progressively worse. I think it started when ... A: This is kind of complicated but I believe it is a fix to your problem: ... | |
| Software or hardware Phenomenon | 12/23/2010 |
| Q: I hope you have the answer to this problem. I'm trying to create a custom made CD as a Christmas ... A: According to the errors you are getting this could be your drive or the burning software. The first ... | |
| monitors on top of cpu's | 12/22/2010 |
| Q: is there any problem with putting a flat screen monitor on top of a book style CPU, does that cause ... A: If you are talking about putting a monitor on top of a closed laptop, I would advise against it. Not ... | |
| memory problems | 12/20/2010 |
| Q: I have a refurbished dell optiplex gx270 and I wanted to upgrade the memory and it supposed to takes ... A: According to www.crucial.com your computer holds a maximum of 4GB PC2700 (DDR not DDR2) RAM. Maximum ... | |
| Why Do Firefox and PlugIn Container Do Nothing But Rev Up CPUs Now? | 12/16/2010 |
| Q: For the last 3 or 4 months this problem has gotten progressively worse. I think it started when ... A: I have heard of this same problem before. The solution was to uninstall Plugin Container. This was ... | |
| freezing system | 12/12/2010 |
| Q: My problem involves my homebuilt machine running Windows XP. Motherboard is a Gigabyte P55A-UD3, ... A: 1. You may need to do a complete re-install of XP SP2, leave it at SP2, and see what happens. At ... | |
| freezing system | 12/11/2010 |
| Q: My problem involves my homebuilt machine running Windows XP. Motherboard is a Gigabyte P55A-UD3, ... A: You are pretty knowledgeable yourself so I am just going to throw a few things out that come to mind ... | |
| Sony Vaio Laptop issues | 12/7/2010 |
| Q: I am working on a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ240P that my brother bought about 3 years ago when he was entering ... A: First of all the temperature is too high. I would first try the thermal grease and see what the temp ... | |
| gateway | 12/7/2010 |
| Q: hello i would like your opinion im stump i got this pc and when i turn it on it was working find and ... A: If you have an OS disk try booting to it. Once you get there run chkdsk to see if the hard drive has ... | |
| Motherboard | 12/6/2010 |
| Q: if my hard disk is not detected and if it is fault of my motherboard then what would have failed in ... A: First I would check the connections from the motherboard to the hard drive. If there is an open ... | |
| 3D aplications Rendering Requirements | 12/5/2010 |
| Q: Which is the best Processor for 3D Applications Rendering Purpose? Hi I am Working with 3D ... A: To cut down on rendering time the answer is simple. Size of the L2 and L3 cache and the number of ... | |
| Super Socket 7 | 12/2/2010 |
| Q: Sir: Ok I know these are wierd questions. I don't currently own a working computer. Tight budget. ... A: I will try to answer this in parts. First of all, I would abandon the idea of having the K6 system ... | |
| com ports | 11/30/2010 |
| Q: I work with an industrial computer,that its hardware has 4 com port(com1,com2,com3,com4),but i have ... A: Check this link out: ... | |
| which one shall i go for? | 11/25/2010 |
| Q: Asus P7H55 M LX (Vs) Intel DH55TC Motherboard... which is best...? whats the difference? A: The specs are almost identical. I have always had good luck with Asus products. If you want to ... | |
| RAM Upgrade Question | 11/20/2010 |
| Q: I have a Toshiba Satellite L505D-S5965. It was a budget buy for me. Works okay. Windows updates ... A: Go to http://www.crucial.com/ and enter the pertinent information in the memory advisor tool. This ... | |
| CPU upgrade | 11/19/2010 |
| Q: I have a Intel® Celeron® 2.70 GHz Processor that I wanted to upgrade my current CPU. I used CPU-Z ... A: Upgrading the processor would mean going to a P4. The motherboard is socket 478 so any socket 478 ... | |
| USB Ports | 11/18/2010 |
| Q: I have a Toshiba Satellite L655-S5075 and my USB ports are dead. I have updated to BIOS 1.70 and ... A: The Bios needs to be reset to the default version. This can be done by taking the CMOS battery out ... | |
| Open Driver | 11/7/2010 |
| Q: when using Avery Design pro 5, every thing works great until I click on file at the top of the page- ... A: I had never heard of the tvich 32 error. I did a little research and came up with this ... | |
| Possible Upgrades to Sony Vaio PCG-9U1L | 11/6/2010 |
| Q: I have an older Sony Vaio PCG-9U1L and wondered what updates, if any, are available. I'm looking ... A: The number one way to speed up a computer (especially a laptop) is to increase your RAM. You can ... | |
| cpu | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: Would an i7 740qm cpu in a laptop be faster than an AMD Phenom II x4 955 in a desktop? Would a i7 ... A: The i7 is going to be faster. The thing is, you may not be able to tell that it is faster. People ... | |
| new settings and new saved changes vanish | 10/24/2010 |
| Q: Operating Vista. Got a virus and after repair all new settings don't stick. Simmple example: I ... A: Sounds to me like you may still have the virus or getting rid of the virus really messed up Vista. ... | |
| computer randomly shuts down | 10/19/2010 |
| Q: My computer randomly shuts down on it's own. I can be working on it for a few minutes up to a couple ... A: This could be an overheating problem. Check to make sure your fans are working. If it is a desktop ... | |
| Dell Inspiron 5150 XP | 10/19/2010 |
| Q: I have (2) one gig memory chip/card things in this laptop but my system says there is only one gig ... A: One of the sticks of RAM is bad. Your laptop should run with only one stick in it. There is such a ... | |
| Graphics card | 9/25/2010 |
| Q: Can you help me, I want to get a computer for gaming what is the cheapest graphics card I should get ... A: Check out tigerdirect.com or newegg.com for their barebones kits if you feel like building one ... | |
| Windows 7 64 bit will not load | 9/20/2010 |
| Q: This is my first system build. It has a AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core processor 2.20 GHz. 8.00 GB Ram ... A: This could be a setting in the BIOS that is incorrect for running a 64 bit OS. I just can't remember ... | |
| computer disc drive quit working | 9/19/2010 |
| Q: I have an older computer that the disc drive has stopped working. Can I repair it and how? A: I have never been able to repair one. Is your computer seeing it or does it just not open or have a ... | |
| disk wiping | 9/8/2010 |
| Q: I will be buying a new computer/hard-drive. Can I transfer just SOME of my software to the new one ... A: It is according to what you want to transfer. If it is just some text documents or data that can be ... | |
| A rare computer phenomenon | 9/5/2010 |
| Q: I have a Acer -9500 series labtop. Why does it sometimes not want to turn off by clicking on the ... A: You mean when you go to the start button and then shutdown? If so there may be an error in your OS ... | |
| Computer boot problem | 9/4/2010 |
| Q: My computer refuses to boot into windows. It's capable of turning on and showing the sony vaio logo ... A: You need a recovery disk. Either a OS disk or a Boot Disk. This way you can set the boot order in ... | |
| 120 240 volt -power supply | 8/17/2010 |
| Q: I had brought my pc from US when i came back to India. I checked my CPU Unit and Monitor and it ... A: Hopefully the only thing that was damaged was your power supply. The only way you will find out if ... | |
| Monitor went blank after I bumped cable--and is not coming back on no matter what? | 8/16/2010 |
| Q: I have a DVI-I port on my computer and a VGA port on my monitor. I bought an adapter to work between ... A: The video card or onboard video hookup is probably not making a proper connection. There is probably ... | |
| v2 premier memory upgrade | 8/3/2010 |
| Q: This computer has four memory slots two have cards in them.and the other two have fillers for the ... A: If the filler has always been missing I don't know why the problem would just occur suddenly. Take ... | |
| GATEWAY GT5622 | 7/25/2010 |
| Q: kEITH, I have been using Gateway GT5622 for 3years I bought it as an open box from "Circuit city", ... A: It sounds like a monitor problem to me. To rule that out you could plug the monitor into another ... | |
| Windows will not boot | 7/21/2010 |
| Q: I hope you can help. My (3-yr-old) laptop got infected with a bit of malware. Tried a couple of ... A: You need to boot to the recovery disk that allows you to use the "recovery console". You will get a ... | |
| lost with the cpu and plan on buying a computer | 7/19/2010 |
| Q: Im looking to buy a new computer mostly for gaming. The last time i bought a computer all they had ... A: Right now you will pay hundreds for the latest and greatest. They are up to 7 core processors now!! ... | |
| Laptop Hard Drive | 7/19/2010 |
| Q: I was going to upgrade my older laptop's (Dell Inspiron 1150) hard drive, and I was wondering is ... A: What size drive did it come with? As long as you get an ATA-6 drive you should be fine. You can ... | |
| Computer performance | 7/2/2010 |
| Q: Sir; I’m having problems with my laptop, specifically with the performance. For about a month now ... A: By your operating system and disk space used you have probably got to the point in every computer's ... | |
| Admin password problems | 6/26/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to reformat my hard drive with a hp recovery disc. It prompts for password before I ... A: If you have XP and the HP disk has XP on it, you can use it to recover the password. Also, if you ... | |
| computer freezes | 6/20/2010 |
| Q: nice to "meet" you I have a 7-year old Sony VAIO that works well except: 1) it warms up very ... A: With a machine that old I would back-up my important data and do a complete re-install of the ... | |
| Free satellite internet | 6/14/2010 |
| Q: i wonder how i get free satellite internet using DVB satellite card is there any method or service ... A: I'm sorry but I am not familiar with free satellite internet in the US unless you jump on someone ... | |
| prolonged laptop use | 6/14/2010 |
| Q: good day sir. is it ok to work on a laptop without its battery???i work on graphics with my laptop ... A: The only thing it may do is lessen the lifetime of your battery. Most laptop batteries last longer ... | |
| system recovery | 6/13/2010 |
| Q: I would like to try the system recovery by booting to an XP disk, but do not know how to do it. Can ... A: Here it is step by step: 1. Place the XP disk in the drive. 2. Turn the machine off. 3. When turning ... | |
| volume/mousepad isn't working | 6/12/2010 |
| Q: One day, while surfing the net, my computer froze. As usual, I had to restart the computer. For ... A: I would first try to do a system recovery by booting to an XP disk. This is like doing a clean ... | |
| i7 860 Windows Experience Index | 6/12/2010 |
| Q: I recently built a computer with the following specs: i7 860 CPU 4GB Corsair DDR3 Ram PNY 9800GTX+ ... A: I would check the BIOS settings to see if the processor clock has been backed off. On some machines ... | |
| computer link? | 6/11/2010 |
| Q: I had Windows xp and recently purchased Windows 7 which was a miatake. Could you tell me where I ... A: According to what your system specs are, Win7 may not be an option. The only way I know to get it to ... | |
| volume/mousepad isn't working | 6/8/2010 |
| Q: One day, while surfing the net, my computer froze. As usual, I had to restart the computer. For ... A: Lisa, Between when I answered and now I thought of something else you could try. However, if you ... | |
| Laptop won't boot Windows XP | 6/7/2010 |
| Q: Specs of Laptop: HP Pavilion ZV6000 2 GHz AMD Athlon 64 Mobile 256 Meg RAM (was 512 Meg but removed ... A: I think with this statement: "I tried substituting another, known to be good hard drive with Windows ... | |
| computer processor | 6/5/2010 |
| Q: "I have a eMachine computer (desk top--W3107) and had to have it repaired recently (replaced ... A: Make sure you have the most up to date drivers for your network card. Do you have any anti-virus and ... | |
| laptop blue screen upon startup! | 5/28/2010 |
| Q: what can be wrong with my laptop?? it is only 10 months old or so. most of the info is in the ... A: If you have an OS disk for your OS you can see if the machine will boot to the disk and then run the ... | |
| dimension 4600 will not boot | 5/27/2010 |
| Q: Our old Dell Dimension 4600 will not boot after a sudden power outage shut it down. It is on a ... A: I'm sorry. Just like you said, I thought you were talking about the beep codes. Most of the time ... | |
| my display monitor is working eratically, no drivers installed | 5/26/2010 |
| Q: i recently purchased a second handed Dell desktop, model OPTIPLEX GX260. i am a disabled person on a ... A: You threw a lot at me at one time. Let's start out with the printer and go from there. What kind of ... | |
| Bluetooth | 5/23/2010 |
| Q: I'm buying a new laptop. They offer the option of Broadcom Bluetooth Wireless Technology with ... A: It is according to how much extra $ you are going to pay for Bluetooth? Bluetooth is fine but I ... | |
| what happened? | 5/22/2010 |
| Q: Pls help.yesterday the city needed to shut off the power.Thinking I would be better off shutting off ... A: This is a common problem and sometimes can result in data loss. However, I have always been able to ... | |
| Hard drive in laptop | 5/22/2010 |
| Q: I have a laptop that we cannot power anymore but the hard drive is fine. I was told it could be ... A: I have did this many times myself. However, if you have not worked with electronics and/or computers ... | |
| Motherboard BIOS Fault | 5/19/2010 |
| Q: I have EVGA 132-CK-NF-79 Nvidia nforce 790i ultra motherboard. I am facing a problem that when I ... A: Is the board new? If so I would return it. Sounds to me like there is a hardware problem keeping the ... | |
| MCDST | 5/9/2010 |
| Q: ...........! am Moin from india......! i am planning to write MCDST ("MICROSOFT CERTIFIED DESKTOP ... A: I have been working on my Computer Science degree (Networking) and have only did the A+ ... | |
| too many processes running on laptop when startup | 5/4/2010 |
| Q: It is sooo slow..I upped my charter speed but still no help..My desktop is great now...Speed of ... A: I don't know exactly what is listed in your startup items but I can tell you the way I do this. When ... | |
| too many processes running on laptop when startup | 5/1/2010 |
| Q: It is sooo slow..I upped my charter speed but still no help..My desktop is great now...Speed of ... A: There are many things you can do according to what operating system you have. ... | |
| toolbar | 4/30/2010 |
| Q: That bar which is on the bottom of your computer screen with "start" down in the left hand corner, ... A: Right-click on the bar and make sure "Lock the taskbar is not checked". Put your pointer on the top ... | |
| Ram memory | 4/28/2010 |
| Q: Is there any difference at all between a kit of 2 X 1gb memory versus buying two sticks ot 1gb ... A: There is matched memory especially for running the memory in dual channel mode. It is sold as ... | |
| hardware problem | 4/27/2010 |
| Q: my problem is as follows: i was downloading from torrent for 4 hours when my pc suddenly restarted.i ... A: Get the machine to give the error message again and write down the number sequence of the error. It ... | |
| Fingerprint reader Device Manager Problems | 4/26/2010 |
| Q: I took apart my Dell Latitude D620 to clean out the heatsink and fan, which were riddled with dust ... A: I would say the fingerprint reader is not connected or has a bad connection. It is probably the ... | |
| PSU Upgrade | 4/23/2010 |
| Q: I am looking to buy an HP Pavilion p6340f and I want to upgrade it to become more of a gaming PC. It ... A: I found one mATX PSU: ... | |
| laptop keyboard problem | 4/22/2010 |
| Q: I have a very confusing problem: Gateway MX3563 Laptop, almost of the keys all along the middle and ... A: According to how the keyboard is connected to the system board, this could be a connection problem. ... | |
| hardware problem | 4/22/2010 |
| Q: my problem is as follows: i was downloading from torrent for 4 hours when my pc suddenly restarted.i ... A: First of all, I tell all of my customers this, "downloading software (whether songs, programs, etc.) ... | |
| presario desktop upgrade | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have a Compaq Presario SR5315UK Desktop PC which I want to upgrade, and I hope you can help (or ... A: According to this link ... | |
| Quick Question | 4/13/2010 |
| Q: Over the last 5 years or so I have replaced memory, updated (Replaced) my hard drive a couple times, ... A: According to what kind of file they are, the dates listed could be when the program was written. ... | |
| HP Pavillion 6110 stuck on blue HP Invent Screen | 3/28/2010 |
| Q: "Hello Ricardo! I have an HP Pavillion a6110dn and it was running windows vista. I was trying to ... A: Until all the bugs are worked out with 7 you may want to just do a clean install of Vista. Win 7 is ... | |
| Unrecognized RAM | 3/27/2010 |
| Q: I have an eMachine with 3GB RAM running XP Pro. When I access the BIOS screen at start-up the memory ... A: Make sure in the BIOS all memory "channels" are enabled. There are even more memory settings than ... | |
| motherboard | 3/24/2010 |
| Q: i have a desktop and i use it for more than 3 years.but after two days ago i have face a problem.my ... A: Let me clarify; When you replaced the RAM in your machine it started working again and when you put ... | |
| Abode Premiere elements 8 and Emachine T2482 | 3/19/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to run the Abode Premiere Element 8 software on an emachine T2482 that I have upgaded to ... A: More than likely the processor would still be too slow. I would recommend you check out the laptops ... | |
| Abode Premiere elements 8 and Emachine T2482 | 3/19/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to run the Abode Premiere Element 8 software on an emachine T2482 that I have upgaded to ... A: You could see what kind of card slots you have and see if you can get a video card. It sounds like ... | |
| I get a "warning pc entering safe mode" mesage when I try turning on my computer | 3/18/2010 |
| Q: I have a hp pavilion desktop,model a255c. Its connected to my hp pavilion f1703 flatscreen monitor. ... A: Did the monitor come with any software. The newer flatscreens do a lot better if you use the ... | |
| blue screen | 3/11/2010 |
| Q: when i cut my computer on i get a blue screen with the following error message "STOP 0x000000ED ... A: If it is one of the XPs either disk will work. All of them have recovery console on them. Keep in ... | |
| blue screen | 3/10/2010 |
| Q: when i cut my computer on i get a blue screen with the following error message "STOP 0x000000ED ... A: Boot to your recovery disk and use recovery console. Choose the windows installation and press ... | |
| Laptop Hardware upgrades | 3/9/2010 |
| Q: I have an hp dv9700t laptop with a 17" screen and was wondering about upgrading it. I want to ... A: I was going to say add RAM but you already have 4GB. I know this is not what you want to hear but, ... | |
| RAM Upgrade | 3/3/2010 |
| Q: I currently have an AMD Athlon 899Mhz processor with two 184pin RAM boards making 768M/bit DDR SDRAM ... A: We will need to know the brand and model number of the computer or the brand and model of the ... | |
| hp pavilion a450n NTLDR is miising message | 3/1/2010 |
| Q: when I turn my computer on it says NTLDR is missing. Why? And should there be any wire harnesses ... A: NTDLR is a system file that the computer needs to load the OS. This could be because of file ... | |
| Upgrading | 2/25/2010 |
| Q: I have a Dell Dimension 8250 Desktop (533 MDz FSB). It's about 6 years old. It hs 256 MB memory. CPU ... A: The easiest way to upgrade your computer is to add RAM. This will be the best performance ... | |
| motherboard | 2/22/2010 |
| Q: My computer comes on, but my monitor will not come on.I turn on the monitor and shuts right back ... A: Some computers come with a video card. Others have what is known as onboard video (The chip ... | |
| Regarding USB Repair | 2/15/2010 |
| Q: I have many memory cards that are corrupted. Some of them runs auto play when inserted in USB of ... A: In disk management try assigning the drive a different drive letter. Next, try this program. It is ... | |
| Regarding USB Repair | 2/10/2010 |
| Q: I have many memory cards that are corrupted. Some of them runs auto play when inserted in USB of ... A: My first concern is whether or not the USB drives were corrupted by a virus. There have been autorun ... | |
| installing new mobo | 2/1/2010 |
| Q: I'm installing a new motherboard in a system that has XP with Service pack 3 upgrade. I'm sure my ... A: You will have to have an OS up and working before you can load the chipset drivers. I have did what ... | |
| connecting a broken computer to a working computer | 1/30/2010 |
| Q: I was wondering if I would be able to connect a broken computer into another working computer to get ... A: The best thing to do is remove the hard drive from the broken system and put it in as the slave ... | |
| Help Please | 1/30/2010 |
| Q: I apparently messed up. I tried to load turbotax on my computer today and the cd drive would not ... A: You will need your version of MS office to restore these programs to full functionality. I don't ... | |
| plz help me i want to controll my robot through my computer..plz help me and give me easiet way to interface it.. | 1/30/2010 |
| Q: i have made a robot having six legs and it works on lm345 IC. It has two geared motors and consist ... A: Cool robot!! If I were you I would approach it the same way a game controller works. Maybe try to ... | |
| hardware and repair | 1/29/2010 |
| Q: my friend pc's motherboard is blown. So any way if they were to put a new motherboard in would they ... A: There is a way to do this without having to reformat and reinstall the OS. Replace the motherboard ... | |
| changing from RAID 0 to RAID 1 | 1/28/2010 |
| Q: I have a PC set up for RAID 0 and I would like to change to RAID 1. I know how to change it but my ... A: You have come upon one of the only drawbacks of RAID. There may be a way to change formats without ... | |
| Restart problem | 1/23/2010 |
| Q: My computer refuses to restart immediately if a restart button is pressed. Booting take place and ... A: If you went from XP SP2 to SP3, you may want to undo the update. Microsoft must have expected ... | |
| PC instability | 1/21/2010 |
| Q: i replaced my intel motherboard with ASUS-p5kpl-am/ps.i had to buy new SMPS due to its high power ... A: I don't think the processor is incompatible. If it was the machine would probably not even come on. ... | |
| High-pitched noise from new computer | 1/19/2010 |
| Q: I just set up my new computer yesterday. Along with the familiar hum of what I assume is the fan, ... A: I think it would be best for all if I advised you to consult Dell. There are so many things that ... | |
| ques | 1/18/2010 |
| Q: How to find out the processor fan is fault? A: If it is a desktop take the side panel off. The processor fan will be the only fan facing you. Power ... | |
| Laptop | 1/17/2010 |
| Q: I have a Compaq Presario laptop that keeps processing after boot up. I don't know what it's trying ... A: What exactly do you mean by "processing"? If you are talking about the processor working even when ... | |
| computer | 1/17/2010 |
| Q: I took my computer to get fixed because the it did not have the right ip address for the internet ... A: I would take my computer back to the guy who fixed it. Most likely if he was inside the machine he ... | |
| Video and CPU problem? | 1/15/2010 |
| Q: I have a couple of questions about why my monitor will not stay on when i run computer games but ... A: What other components do you have other than the graphics card? How many fans do you have? I think ... | |
| motherboard choices | 1/14/2010 |
| Q: I'm about to build myself a new computer (I do that every few years) but have been having a hard ... A: I don't know where you have bought your hardware before but I lean toward www.tigerdirect.com or ... | |
| computer shutting down | 12/31/2009 |
| Q: how are you doing? I have been working on my computer and I have a question that maybe you can help ... A: According to what operating system you have, my best guess is something not right in the system ... | |
| Whats wrong with my computer game/computer? | 12/30/2009 |
| Q: I have this game called CSI. ITs pretty old. Like back from 2003 or 2002. And I currently have a new ... A: I have never heard of this before? I think the best place to ask this question is on an online ... | |
| computer shutting down | 12/25/2009 |
| Q: how are you doing? I am having a problem with my computer that I hoping that you can help me with. ... A: I believe the fact that even a Linux live CD would not boot the machine tells us that it is ... | |
| What Might Be Slowing My Computer Down? | 12/20/2009 |
| Q: During the last month my computer has been running progressively slower. What are some things I ... A: Have you used ccleaner to clean the registry? A corrupt registry can slow you down significantly. ... | |
| What Might Be Slowing My Computer Down? | 12/18/2009 |
| Q: During the last month my computer has been running progressively slower. What are some things I ... A: One of the best programs I've found for cleaning everything including the registry is a program ... | |
| Config for Graphics Work | 12/17/2009 |
| Q: I want to assemble a PC to run 3D/AutoCAD Revit/Gaming. My preference is ASUS Mother Board. Intel ... A: Is 10-15 thousand US money? Regardless of the currency I will make some recommendations based on ... | |
| acer 5515 processor | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: my laptop doesn't have processor that can handle some of my computer programs, my laptop isn't ... A: Ok. This will be kind of cool. Please make sure you keep me informed on how it goes. As for the ... | |
| acer 5515 processor | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: my laptop doesn't have processor that can handle some of my computer programs, my laptop isn't ... A: With a laptop I would suggest not trying to use a desktop processor unless you just want to use it ... | |
| CD won't read | 12/6/2009 |
| Q: Hey, I recently got a computer from a neighbour. It's a Compaq, XP (if you need more details let me ... A: Don't under estimate the bad connection idea. If I were you I would make sure the drive is connected ... | |
| Hard Drive | 12/4/2009 |
| Q: I have a Sony Vaio computer that's about 5 years old. OS is Windows XP My problem is that my C ... A: I've seen recovery partitions on computers that went up to a max of 10GB, but never 20GB. Could ... | |
| CD won't read | 12/3/2009 |
| Q: Hey, I recently got a computer from a neighbour. It's a Compaq, XP (if you need more details let me ... A: There are a few reasons this could be happening. I will list them in no particular order. 1. Have ... | |
| Error Message on Start Up | 11/12/2009 |
| Q: i started it up today and it gave me this error message: ERROR Warning:IRQ not configured - PCI ... A: You should go to F1 and enter the BIOS. For some reason it seems to have lost it's settings. When in ... | |
| windows xp | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: My computer is a Dell with XP professional version 2002, service pack 3. It has a Pentium 4 CPU ... A: Increasing the RAM to the maximum amount will increase your performance tremendously. I would like ... | |
| computer | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: please how do clean a password in the bios setup A: Did you forget the password? You can use a Windows disk and run the repair utility to remove the ... | |
| problem with usb ports | 11/6/2009 |
| Q: i have a problem with my usb ports. how do i solve it ANSWER: Do they not work or are they just not ... A: Go to Control Panel> System> Device Manager> scroll down to Universal Serial Bus Controllers and ... | |
| Prototype Computer Build | 11/6/2009 |
| Q: First, I will tell a little about my business: I am a very computer-oriented person, and know almost ... A: Great question! According to the computer and the BIOS (setup)there are several ways to overclock ... | |
| Dell Dim. 2350 | 11/6/2009 |
| Q: Hey thanks a lot for your prompt reply to my questions about my 2350 Dell. I have the Windows XP sp ... A: I used to go to the dell support forums and search the answers there. There is a wealth of ... | |
| dimension 2350 dell | 11/3/2009 |
| Q: "Hi there Keith! I have my old Dimension 2350 Dell which is down and I can't seem to find what the ... A: Mario, I would first go to the dell site and see what the blinking light means. There are beep codes ... | |
| Laptop won't boot? | 11/3/2009 |
| Q: I'm not sure if this is in the right category. My laptop (a Compaq Evo n610c, running Windows XP) ... A: In the boot up screen it should have what button to push to enter setup or BIOS. We need to find out ... | |
| I need your help | 11/2/2009 |
| Q: Ok first this question is about a netbook....but as of yet there are not any laptop experts. If you ... A: I cannot find any information about upgrading the CPU. It has been my experience when it comes to ... | |
| monitor - video card | 10/26/2009 |
| Q: I recently purchased a used sony lcd color monitor and I have a dell dimension 2400 CPU. The monitor ... A: If the monitor driver did not help there are several things you can try. 1. Try the monitor on ... | |
| CPU upgrade | 10/24/2009 |
| Q: I have a dell vostro with an Intel 420, 1.6, 512kb Celeron A1 chip. I was wondering what type of ... A: Do you have any more detailed information about the processor? I have found out a little and think ... | |
| upgrade Dell Dimension 2350 | 10/23/2009 |
| Q: I have a Dell Dimension 2350. Yes, its old. Is there anything I can do with this machine besides a ... A: Using it for anything other than a boat anchor would be the most cost effective thing you could do ... | |
| Problem installing Win XP | 10/19/2009 |
| Q: my basic PC configuration is as follows: TIGA TI810+S MB, Intel P-III processor, 20 GB HD, 384 MB ... A: First of all, Windows 2000 Pro will only upgrade to XP Pro (not Home). This does not explain why it ... | |
| Desktop Barebones Kits | 10/18/2009 |
| Q: Keith: I am considering purchasing a bare bones desktop kit, but need advice as to which to ... A: There are Northbridge and Southbridge chipsets on all motherboards. Most go by Northbridge when they ... | |
| What's a good and cheap computer for high quality streaming video only? | 10/14/2009 |
| Q: I need a computer to connect to my 46" lacd HDTV to watch straeming video over internet. I need the ... A: You can try to disable everything running in the background that you do not need. You can also go to ... | |
| Desktop Barebones Kits | 10/14/2009 |
| Q: Keith: I am considering purchasing a bare bones desktop kit, but need advice as to which to ... A: Your only alternative for the least amount of money is to keep your two IDE hard drives (they can go ... | |
| Desktop Barebones Kits | 10/14/2009 |
| Q: Keith: I am considering purchasing a bare bones desktop kit, but need advice as to which to ... A: The brand of motherboard you are looking at is great. I have never had any problems with ASUS ... | |
| blue screen | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: Anytime i install the drivers for my laptop chipset that is compaq presario cq 50 -110em I get blue ... A: Sometimes updating drivers will make an operating system malfunction. This could be because of any ... | |
| Gateway tower problems | 10/11/2009 |
| Q: My cleaning lady hit the "magic buttons" when she dusted my desk top which was running. Nothing ... A: The first thing to do is find out what the blink code (green/yellow) means. You should be able to do ... | |
| Sleep vs hibernate | 10/5/2009 |
| Q: What's the difference? When I go to turn my computer off, I am offered these selections in addition ... A: Sleep mode- Sleep mode, available on Windows 98, ME, and 2000, powers down the monitor to use ... | |
| Shutting down problem | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: My system is suddenly shutting down with no messages,,,sometimes while loading os and sometimes at ... A: The next thing I would think of is overheating of the processor. Open the side panel of the case ... | |
| PC won't start | 9/27/2009 |
| Q: I have a AMD-based computer in an AT-X case that won't start when the front button is pressed. The ... A: Most all power buttons on cases are not the real power button. The button on the case just pushes ... | |
| white vertical strips | 9/23/2009 |
| Q: When I boot up my computer desktop, it appear white vertical strips on the monitor, what causes it & ... A: Do you have one of the older CRT monitors or the new LCD type? No matter what kind of monitor it ... | |
| Hard Drive Upgrade for Dell Latitude C400 | 9/22/2009 |
| Q: I want to replace my hard drive in my Dell C400 Laptop with a perfectly compatible one. I would ... A: The easiest, most inexpensive things you can do with your computer to improve performance and ... | |
| Shutting down problem | 9/18/2009 |
| Q: My system is suddenly shutting down with no messages,,,sometimes while loading os and sometimes at ... A: Sounds like you may have a RAM problem. Do you have any way of getting another stick of RAM from ... | |
| need help | 8/23/2009 |
| Q: sir, i have AMD DURON 1300 MGH AND WHEN I START MY PC I HEAR BEE FROM MOTHER BOARD PLS HELP ME A: This is a link that shows computer beep codes. The beep could mean different things according to ... | |
| changing the main memory and hdd | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: we bought a pc in 2001 before, we install softwares that has a small size like 30mb and up. years ... A: You will not need to reformat the hard drive if you add a second drive. It will show up in My ... | |
| # # Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in ... | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: "Hi, i always get that error when i start up my pc, what could be done to stop this error from ... A: You need to access the boot configuration and set the machine to boot from the hard drive first and ... | |
| ram fault | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: during safe mode the RAM working normal but whenever go in normal mode os is rebooting and pc ... A: What OS are you running? XP or Vista? Is there something in particular that is making you think it ... | |
| Do I have an Overheating problem? | 8/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a pretty nice gaming pc I built but it keeps freezing while i play call of duty 5. I can play ... A: How many case fans do you have and what is the configuration? What is the amount of RAM on the ... | |
| Hard Drive problem | 8/13/2009 |
| Q: "I was trying to use an old 486 computer. My purpose was to copy data from some 5 1/4 diskettes to ... A: I don't believe you will be able to get the disks to read unless the hard drive is functional. Let ... | |
| mouse and keyboard problem | 8/7/2009 |
| Q: I was working on my PC and along the way someone tampered with the CPU, the CPU went off and when i ... A: What exactly do you mean by "the CPU went off"? Did the processor from inside the PC come loose or ... | |
| intel DX58SO with i7 CPU-LED Lights | 8/4/2009 |
| Q: I am building a computer and have built several before successfully. On the first run the CPU and VR ... A: A couple of ideas (if you have not already done them). 1. Have you tried doing a clean install of ... | |
| Gateway computer won't start stays in power saver mode | 8/3/2009 |
| Q: I recently bought a used Gateway computer that is about five years old. It has an intel pentium 4. ... A: Have you tried starting the computer in "safe mode"? Do this by pressing F8 or F5 when the computer ... | |
| Gateway computer won't start stays in power saver mode | 8/2/2009 |
| Q: I recently bought a used Gateway computer that is about five years old. It has an intel pentium 4. ... A: We can start at the most basic solution and work our way on. 1. You should do a "cold" reboot. Shut ... | |
| CPU light flickering | 7/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a HP a450n using Windows XP. Couple of questions. I previously posted and indicated that ... A: Go into F1 (setup) and find boot devices. When it comes to the boot order have the machine boot to ... | |
| how to identify the hardware that slows down your pc | 7/20/2009 |
| Q: we bought a pc in 2001 before, we install softwares that has a small size like 30mb and up. years ... A: You could see what format your card is and try and find one with more RAM and faster GPU speed. This ... | |
| how to identify the hardware that slows down your pc | 7/19/2009 |
| Q: we bought a pc in 2001 before, we install softwares that has a small size like 30mb and up. years ... A: Ian, Most everything will be on the hardware side rather than software. I will list things that you ... | |
| computer restarts after waking from sleep | 7/18/2009 |
| Q: I'm having trouble with a computer it is windows vista home premium, the problem is that whenever ... A: It really doesn't matter if it is a desktop or laptop. That being said I believe you should go to ... | |
| Hardware problem | 7/6/2009 |
| Q: I have a pc pentium 4 3000mhz with 1024 Ram and XP professorial installed. Problem is when I turn ... A: This could be many, many different things. I will ask some random questions to try and narrow down ... | |
| New computer | 7/1/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| adding memory to a dell dimension 4550 | 6/30/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| New computer | 6/29/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| What is a Commercial PC power output | 6/22/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| Losing GB's on hard drive | 6/20/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| low profile tower? full tower? | 6/19/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| low profile tower? full tower? | 6/17/2009 |
| 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): ... | |
| computer repairs | 6/17/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| speaker installation | 6/15/2009 |
| 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: ... | |
| i dont know what to do!! | 6/15/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| format | 6/11/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| i dont know what to do!! | 6/10/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| computer repair | 6/10/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| How to open .sv2i file. | 6/9/2009 |
| 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 ... | |
| How to open .sv2i file. | 6/9/2009 |
| 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? ... | |
| Motherboard and power supply in watts | 6/4/2009 |
| 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: ... | |
| computer repair | 5/31/2009 |
| Q: i have a pentium III 300HZ.when i start my computer ,it shows CHECKING NVRAM and remains idle .it ... A: This could be a couple of things. First you can try to reset the CMOS by removing the coin sized ... | |
| dell dimension4550 | 5/30/2009 |
| Q: i have a dell dimension 4550 and i added some more memory. how do i know that the memory i installed ... A: One way of knowing if the computer is seeing the new memory is to go to Control Panel> System> and ... | |
| which laptop is better | 5/24/2009 |
| Q: i want to by a new laptop which one of the two will be better one HP Pavilion dv4-1241tx ... A: I could not find any detailed specs about the motherboards. The specs I did find look like the ... | |
| problem | 5/21/2009 |
| Q: my computer during its running make a loud noise increase consequantly , then suddenly disconnect - ... A: Your processor is definitely overheating. How much is according to what kind of processor it is. ... | |
| Freezing. | 5/13/2009 |
| Q: I have a PCI-E NVIDIA GeForce 6200 TurboCache video card and I think it might be causing me issues. ... A: Are you overclocking the video card? Are you overclocking the processor? The symptom you describe ... | |
| Wont recognize DVD | 5/10/2009 |
| Q: My Laptop, an HP Pavilion dv2500, refuses to recognize any disc I put in, DVD or CD. If you open ... A: "Computer" in Vista is the same thing as "My Computer" in XP. If you did not see the DVD drive there ... | |
| Wont recognize DVD | 5/10/2009 |
| Q: My Laptop, an HP Pavilion dv2500, refuses to recognize any disc I put in, DVD or CD. If you open ... A: Are you running Vista or XP? A couple of things you can do in either OS is as follows: 1. Go to ... | |
| Computer Won't Power Up !!!!!!!!! | 4/28/2009 |
| Q: I was away from one my desktops in another location for several months & when I turned it on nothing ... A: John, I would say there was probably a power surge of some kind. Do you have the computer hooked up ... | |
| DSL problem caused by ignorant user | 4/28/2009 |
| Q: hopefully you can help me. I just bought a new computer that came with Vista and Norton 360. Worked ... A: Have you tried to re-establish your network settings? Vista is pretty automated when it comes to ... | |
| rebuilding sons computer/upgrading parts | 4/27/2009 |
| Q: I am going to upgrade my sons computer. I can rebuild a computer but knowing if the parts are ... A: Everything looks compatible to me. The only thing I am in question about is whether or not you are ... | |
| XP and Admin password | 4/26/2009 |
| Q: The company I work for has purchased a number of oil delivery / repair companies in the U.S. and we ... A: Paul, I cannot guarantee you 100% that the repair option will not wipe any data. All I can do is ... | |
| Computerclock | 4/26/2009 |
| Q: From: H. Niekoop The clock in my computer moves very slow or not at all. I don’t know whether this ... A: We should probably undo what you did in disabling Windows Time. When you get it enabled again ... | |
| Computerclock | 4/25/2009 |
| Q: From: H. Niekoop The clock in my computer moves very slow or not at all. I don’t know whether this ... A: Are you talking about the actual clock that keeps time or the processor clock (like when you ... | |
| Upgrade help | 4/25/2009 |
| Q: My borther is wanting to upgrade his computer but does not have his manual for his PC he has asked ... A: Without even looking up the motherboard specs I can tell you that the first thing to do to speed the ... | |
| PC shutdown not getting start | 4/23/2009 |
| Q: I have a desktop PC, with Pentium D processor. It is 2 year old. Suddenly last saturday it shut down ... A: I would replace the fan and heatsink with an after market model. They usually cool better and will ... | |
| PC shutdown not getting start | 4/23/2009 |
| Q: I have a desktop PC, with Pentium D processor. It is 2 year old. Suddenly last saturday it shut down ... A: More than likely your CPU fan has gone out. Here is a picture of what a CPU fan looks like: ... | |
| Windows xp professional laptop sound issue | 4/21/2009 |
| Q: You guys are a big help to all of us. Ok here is my question, i have an hp pavilion zv5000 laptop (5 ... A: As long as it is the same operating system it should be fine. You are right to be safe and back up ... | |
| Windows xp professional laptop sound issue | 4/20/2009 |
| Q: You guys are a big help to all of us. Ok here is my question, i have an hp pavilion zv5000 laptop (5 ... A: You can try this link: http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/soundmax-audio.html If this does no ... | |
| Windows xp professional laptop sound issue | 4/20/2009 |
| Q: You guys are a big help to all of us. Ok here is my question, i have an hp pavilion zv5000 laptop (5 ... A: Since viruses often infect .dll files (driver files) I would guess that you no longer have sound ... | |
| power problem? | 4/19/2009 |
| Q: I have a 3.5 years old Dell Inspiron notebook. Booting it will start the colorful moving XP screen ... A: Gabe, I don't know for sure that it is the battery, but getting a new battery would be cheaper than ... | |
| lap top batteries | 4/19/2009 |
| Q: I leave my laptop in Florida for 6 months and the battery goes dead and is very hard to charge when ... A: If there is a way to leave it plugged in to a good surge protector (to avoid lightning and power ... | |
| Can't connect to Internet | 4/18/2009 |
| Q: hey Keith, I'm trying to get an older PC to connect to the Internet. I've put this together from ... A: Usually router IP addresses are 192.168.1.1 (or something similar). The 167 is a weird one to me. I ... | |
| power problem? | 4/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a 3.5 years old Dell Inspiron notebook. Booting it will start the colorful moving XP screen ... A: Gabe, Some laptops will work without the battery in. Some will not. Try to remove the battery and ... | |
| power problem? | 4/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a 3.5 years old Dell Inspiron notebook. Booting it will start the colorful moving XP screen ... A: This may not be the case with yours, but in my experience with laptops the first thing to go ... | |
| desk top icons | 4/17/2009 |
| Q: On my desk top I had H&R Block income tax icons short cuts for tax years 2006,2007 & 2008. I did a ... A: System restore has an "undo" option. Is it possible to do this or did you have to do system restore ... | |
| Can't connect to Internet | 4/17/2009 |
| Q: hey Keith, I'm trying to get an older PC to connect to the Internet. I've put this together from ... A: The IP address that is showing is a static IP. Are you connected to a router that needs a static IP? ... | |
| New build - POST beeps | 4/15/2009 |
| Q: Greetings, New case, new - PSU, A8V-XE MB, Nvidia 6200 PCIe 128 MB CMOS battery at 3+ volts ... A: According to what BIOS you have that beep code (1 long, 3 short) usually means a problem with memory ... | |
| motherboard can't find hdd | 4/14/2009 |
| Q: B - 1 TΒ - 7200 RPM - 16 MΒ - SATA II (bulk)and pluged it on the motherboard but windows ... A: What format is the hard drive? (SATA or PATA) Your motherboard has hookups for either. The SATA ... | |
| speakers of laptop | 4/13/2009 |
| Q: i have a toshiba laptop (satellite pro L300) and i had a problem that one of the laptops' speakers ... A: It sounds as if there is a short in the wiring of the speaker. I've taken laptops apart before and ... | |
| CPU or BIOS Crash? How to tell & how to fix? | 4/12/2009 |
| Q: I have an e-machines W3503 desktop with an Intel Celeron D356 CPU (3.33 Ghz) that recently crashed ... A: If the BIOS has been corrupted you can reset it by cutting the power off, unplugging it from the ... | |
| microphone | 4/2/2009 |
| Q: sound recorder it says i do not have enough memory available to complete this operation quite some ... A: If you have 3GB of RAM you should have plenty to record. I think you should check out your media ... | |
| microphone | 4/1/2009 |
| Q: sound recorder it says i do not have enough memory available to complete this operation quite some ... A: How much RAM to you have in your computer? What operating system do you have? If you are using ... | |
| "choose program to open with" | 4/1/2009 |
| Q: My name is Hope and until recently, when i try to open my harddisk C: it brings the option of ... A: This is the first time I've ever heard of this happening when opening a hard disk. Sounds like some ... | |
| Low Memory | 3/31/2009 |
| Q: i have a Dell Optiplex GX240 desktop computer, with Pentium 4 CPU 1.80Ghz. 256MB of RAM.80GB ... A: The definite cause is not enough RAM. Here is a link to a great site that I buy memory from and the ... | |
| Memory upgrade | 3/30/2009 |
| Q: I have an IBM Aptiva 2170 245. It has 64 MB of RAM. In the past few months, when I list on eBay, the ... A: Adding RAM will speed up everything on a PC. Another thing is to keep temp internet files and ... | |
| Computer won't boot after new RAM installed | 3/30/2009 |
| Q: Computer is a Compaq Win XP. The original ram is PC2100 512MB (184 DIMM) Office Max sold me PC3200 ... A: Is the system dual channel memory? If it is a dual channel system (will usually have 4 memory ... | |
| processor upgrading | 3/25/2009 |
| Q: what processor would be the most compatible and ideal choice for upgrading the AMD sempron 3100+ ... A: Here are your only two options for upgrading the processor on that motherboard. They are socket 754 ... | |
| Newly built system will not power on or post | 3/24/2009 |
| Q: my main and recurring issue is that I can't get the system to power on regardless of what I try. ... A: A basic way to troubleshoot when a PC will not post is to take everything out except the processor, ... | |
| PC won't reboot | 3/24/2009 |
| Q: I was on my computer last night, no problem. This morning, when I powered it on, it showed a screen ... A: I've never heard anything like that before either. Are you sure you computer didn't boot and what ... | |
| XP 3 - failed installation | 3/22/2009 |
| Q: 4 times i tried to install Service Pack 3 - I already have 1 and 2, and all failed - Almost toward ... A: I have kept mine at SP2 because of all the problems I had with SP3. To my knowledge for now there ... | |
| unlock | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: how can i unlock my amd phenom x4 9100e cpu A: What exactly do you mean by "unlock"? Do you want to overclock it? If you are wanting to overclock ... | |
| mouse problem | 3/17/2009 |
| Q: When I right click on my mouse nothing happens. The mouse works fine, except now I can't right click ... A: According to what OS (this is for Win XP) you have you will need to go to control panel> mouse> and ... | |
| checking RAM | 3/14/2009 |
| Q: Recently I am having slower than usual performance and some crashes. I'd like to check whether it ... A: Most of the time when RAM fails it will either shut the whole system down or all of it will not show ... | |
| System recovery with out windows disk | 3/13/2009 |
| Q: I have a V2premier desk top that is running windows xp. It is running poorly and i would like to do ... A: Have you looked in "My Computer" to see if the recovery partition on the hard drive is there? ... | |
| Motherboard problem | 3/11/2009 |
| Q: I have a intel motherboard, model no:101GGC. My problem is that when i connect my nvidia 8400GS ... A: "motherboard services for 101GGC are stopped"- I don't really understand what this means? Do you ... | |
| Monitor wobble | 3/2/2009 |
| Q: the left hand side of my monitor is not holding a steady image,I've tried a different monitor and ... A: Are you using a video card or onboard video? Does it do this all the time or just in certain ... | |
| Driver installation error | 3/1/2009 |
| Q: I am having probelm installing the Intel Chipset driver in my Compaq C700 with XP. The exe do not ... A: If you cannot get on the system at all the only way to restore the driver is to use a Win XP disk, ... | |
| choosing a cpu | 3/1/2009 |
| Q: I am currently buying parts to build a computer. I plan to mostly use it to record/edit music via a ... A: I think that either processor should do well. Of course the quad will probably do the best job. I ... | |
| beeps at start-up | 2/28/2009 |
| Q: I just moved to a new apartment. When I tried to start my PC (Dell Inspiron 8400) for the first time ... A: If your memory installs by opening a little door that is held in place with a screw, there is a ... | |
| PC won't start up | 2/23/2009 |
| Q: I was attempting to speed up my computer and was disabling programs in my startup menu. I was ... A: You need a Windows disk. Did your PC come with a operating system disk? If not you need to either ... | |
| About the Cores in a processor. | 2/15/2009 |
| Q: I want to know the difference between the Dual Core and Quad Core processors. And I also wanna know ... A: I'll try to put into words my understanding and what I know about the multi-core processors. Some ... | |
| PC doesn't turn on anymore | 2/6/2009 |
| Q: I have a desktop computer E-Machine which is about 3 years old the other day suddenly died... it ... A: Since the light is on on the motherboard your power supply is probably alright. If your power button ... | |
| Adding RAM to a laptop | 2/1/2009 |
| Q: I bought a special media edition HP Pavilion dv6000 4 mos ago.It came with 4GB of RAM already, but I ... A: The only thing I've been able to find is this link ... | |
| Unknown sound or alarm | 1/28/2009 |
| Q: This morning from "nowhere" a sound of some kind is occurring maybe twice a minute or more-kind of ... A: If the volume is all the way down on your speakers, the only other thing that would be an alarm ... | |
| the CPU was previously shut down due to a thermal event (overheating) press enter to continue | 1/23/2009 |
| Q: I keep getting that error, I have an intel(R) pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz, 2.80 GHz with 2046 MB RAM ... A: How many watts is the power supply? I'm thinking you maybe getting a false temp alarm. Have you ... | |
| dead motherboard: need hhd data | 1/18/2009 |
| Q: the motherboard on my gateway laptop died, and i need to recover old photos and other data info ... A: You will have to remove your hard drive from your laptop and buy an external enclosure such as this ... | |
| PICe graphic card | 1/16/2009 |
| Q: i am looking to upgrade my mobo to one with TWO PCIe 2.0 x16 slots in order to crossfire gfx cards. ... A: Have you looked at any on www.tigerdirect.com? If not go there and shop for them. When you get to ... | |
| Pentium Core 2 Duo/Quad Core | 1/16/2009 |
| Q: I have a Dell XPS Gen III which has a Pentium 4 processor. I was thinking of upgrading the ... A: You could probably do it. Make sure you have some thermal paste to put between the processor and the ... | |
| Hardware Build (s) Help | 1/11/2009 |
| Q: I have been collecting parts by shopping wisely to try to build my son a gaming computer. The ... A: I'm not sure what you mean by the power supply connector being "bridged". If it is not working when ... | |
| Graphics Card Problem | 12/31/2008 |
| Q: I assembled new PC with the following specs intel core 2 quad processor motherboard gigabyte ... A: First of all go to device manager. In XP this is done by going to control panel> system> hardware ... | |
| Fan Noise | 12/30/2008 |
| Q: i have a question about my computer fan that goes over the prossesing chip, and is attatched to a ... A: I would replace both the heatsink and the fan. They are relatively inexpensive. You just need to ... | |
| Motherboard Problems | 12/29/2008 |
| Q: I have D101GGCC motherboard with Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz processor. I got a problem that my power ... A: The first things I would think is maybe hardware failure or the CMOS needs to be reset. Reset the ... | |
| RAM Transfer | 12/29/2008 |
| Q: Can I remove the RAM from my old Windows 98 and put it in my Windows XP? The RAM in the 98 was ... A: I'm assuming .99 means just short of 1GB of RAM. If your computer does not have a graphics card and ... | |
| RAM Transfer | 12/27/2008 |
| Q: Can I remove the RAM from my old Windows 98 and put it in my Windows XP? The RAM in the 98 was ... A: You should take the RAM out of both machines and see if it is compatible. Even if it will fit the ... | |
| CMOS Battery | 12/27/2008 |
| Q: For the past 4 - 5 months i do change my Cmos battery every month. I change places that i normally ... A: When I searched about this problem I kept coming up with the same answer. On this board there is a ... | |
| Motherboard Limits | 12/27/2008 |
| Q: I got the Intel DX58SO Which says * Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) ... A: If it is a custom kit I'm sure they have allotted for what room you will need for the video cards. ... | |
| Motherboard Limits | 12/26/2008 |
| Q: I got the Intel DX58SO Which says * Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) ... A: The expansion slots are just the approx. 1/2" slots of room that the cards (and in this case fans) ... | |
| processor heat | 12/26/2008 |
| Q: my processor is usually overheat which let the monitor disconnect suddenly , I tried to clean it , ... A: This is a good program that will monitor and control fan speeds from sensors on your motherboard ... | |
| re thinkcenter M55 8810ya2 | 12/26/2008 |
| Q: Merry Christmas. My system specs. Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor E4300, 1GB, 80GB 7200RPM S-ATA HDD, ... A: What about lights? Do you get any lights at all? On some boards there is a light that you cannot see ... | |
| Computer stucks while using | 12/26/2008 |
| Q: I have a computer in my paint shop which is connected to the paint dispensing machine. Computer is ... A: Sounds like a driver issue. Get back to me with the answers to these questions. 1. Do you ever get ... | |
| processor heat | 12/25/2008 |
| Q: my processor is usually overheat which let the monitor disconnect suddenly , I tried to clean it , ... A: Do you have some kind of monitoring software that is showing processor temps? If so what temp is ... | |
| Motherboard Limits | 12/25/2008 |
| Q: I got the Intel DX58SO Which says * Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) ... A: 1. The memory you bought will only run at 1600mhz. It should work but it would be best just to get ... | |
| run Mac on PC Hardware | 12/20/2008 |
| Q: I dont know if you know much about Mac Os X but i would like to install Mac OS X on PC Hardware ... A: I'm sorry but I don't really know enough about this to accurately answer your question. I can steer ... | |
| recurrent pc problem | 12/19/2008 |
| Q: very often when I am on my pc I get this perticular error msg "RUN TIME ERROR 204 AT 13142501" ... A: Runtime errors are usually caused by corrupt registry files. The easiest way to fix these errors is ... | |
| CMOS Battery | 12/18/2008 |
| Q: For the past 4 - 5 months i do change my Cmos battery every month. I change places that i normally ... A: If I am understanding you correctly, you are trying to change your CMOS battery but keep getting the ... | |
| Adding a Printer to home network | 12/13/2008 |
| Q: do you know how to set this up so me my brother and parents can all access it with our laptops ... A: Can you print from the desktop to the printer? Did you get the error message on the desktop or one ... | |
| ASUS MOTHERBOARD P5B-MX WIFI WON'T DISPLAY | 12/13/2008 |
| Q: I just bought an Asus P5B-MX motherboard with intel core 2 up to 64 bit and 1gb ram all ... A: Sounds to me like the onboard video or the monitor itself. Has the monitor worked on another PC? I ... | |
| RAM MEMORY UPGRADE CONFUSION | 12/12/2008 |
| Q: OK , PENTIUM 4 2.8 GHZ 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD Customer Entered Manufacturer: COMPAQ ... A: The only thing I can find about FSB speed in your computer is 533mhz which would supersede PC3200 ... | |
| RAM MEMORY UPGRADE CONFUSION | 12/12/2008 |
| Q: OK , PENTIUM 4 2.8 GHZ 5 OR 6 YEARS OLD Customer Entered Manufacturer: COMPAQ ... A: I googled your motherboard and almost every site said the max memory is 2GB. I believe you should ... | |
| Sound Issue | 12/9/2008 |
| Q: My biggest problem with computers is that I never get sufficient sound-levels. If I buy a pair of ... A: You have a couple of options that I know of. 1. Buy a set of speakers with a built-in amplifier. ... | |
| can't copy and paste | 12/6/2008 |
| Q: For months I have been unable to copy and paste except in a program that I am using like word. I ... A: Open control panel, go to internet options, click on the security tab, and click on custom settings. ... | |
| Adding a Printer to home network | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: do you know how to set this up so me my brother and parents can all access it with our laptops ... A: If it is not already connected and installed, connect the printer via USB to the desktop that is ... | |
| frequent reboot problem | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: my problems are far from over. This is regarding the P-III win98 frequent reboot problem. I ... A: Believe it or not those guys on tech forums can be very helpful sometimes. By the answers, I'm ... | |
| date & time reset | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: Even after changing the date n time... it automatically changes to 1st jan 2001.... i tried changing ... A: Have you tried going into the BIOS (setup) and changing it there? You usually access it by pressing ... | |
| Laptop won't start | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: I have a gateway laptop, when I try to turn it on it starts like for 1 second then it turns off ... A: Some laptops will not work even when plugged in with a bad battery. Others will work plugged in with ... | |
| frequent reboot problem | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: my problems are far from over. This is regarding the P-III win98 frequent reboot problem. I ... A: This is really puzzling me too. If I am remembering correctly you ruled out any hard drive, RAM, or ... | |
| frequent reboots P2 Win98 | 11/27/2008 |
| Q: I have been using a P2 Win98 system for more than 10 years now. For the last month the system has ... A: Actually in my experience Win 2000 Pro is a more stable OS. Win 98 and Win 2000 Pro are in the FAT32 ... | |
| frequent reboots P2 Win98 | 11/26/2008 |
| Q: I have been using a P2 Win98 system for more than 10 years now. For the last month the system has ... A: It really seems as if you have been very thorough in your troubleshooting efforts and short of a ... | |
| Start Dell | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: After setting up our Dell 8400 and running for a few hours (on web, e-mail etc.)my wife went back to ... A: There are usually tabs (most of the time 4) that have to be pushed in to release the front plate in ... | |
| Dead PC | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: I have an Acer Aspire T180, 2 years old. My problem is: hit pwer button, HDD light comes on and ... A: I would lean toward the power supply. Also it will be much easier and cheaper to change out a power ... | |
| Start Dell | 11/24/2008 |
| Q: After setting up our Dell 8400 and running for a few hours (on web, e-mail etc.)my wife went back to ... A: Is this a new computer? When you opened the computer did you open it from the side panel? The front ... | |
| System crash | 11/24/2008 |
| Q: I have a PC that suffered an OS crash. It would not even boot to safe mode and no backup. My only ... A: What I would do is go to control panel> system> hardware tab> device manager. You will see your ... | |
| k : PC problem | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: When im playing Pc games or busy with something on the pc for so about +-5 min my pc freezes for ... A: This could be as simple as a CMOS battery going bad or memory or hard drive going bad. First try ... | |
| k : PC problem | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: When im playing Pc games or busy with something on the pc for so about +-5 min my pc freezes for ... A: What operating system is on the PC? Does the message take up the whole screen or is it just a ... | |
| getting a new laptop to house my old hard drive? | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: My laptop is old and needs replacement because of the screen, keyboard, battery, cord and other ... A: There is not a big market that I know of for barebones or partially built laptops like there is ... | |
| Fan sound | 11/19/2008 |
| Q: Today my computer's fan suddenly sounds loudest. I already cleaned the inside from dirt, but the ... A: You should look into getting a new fan. Here is a link to the same fan that you have. At this price ... | |
| Speakers aren't working | 11/18/2008 |
| Q: I have a Compaq Presario with Windows XP. I did a System Recovery the other day, and now I have no ... A: Go to control panel> system> hardware tab> device manager button> click + next to "sound, video, ... | |
| Fan sound | 11/18/2008 |
| Q: Today my computer's fan suddenly sounds loudest. I already cleaned the inside from dirt, but the ... A: I don't think the sound is coming from a virus. I would get the PC in a position near you, take the ... | |
| Identifying RAM | 11/18/2008 |
| Q: I want to upgrade the RAM on my PC, but I don't know what to buy. Is there somewhere on the PC (like ... A: The best thing to do is take a stick of the RAM out that is in your machine now and see if it tells ... | |
| replacing dll files | 11/17/2008 |
| Q: i had a spyware or malware program that would just take over my homepage and replace it with it's ... A: Try www.driverskit.com. When searching for the dll files online driverskit had them all. What OS ... | |
| Laptop not turning on - cable problem? | 11/17/2008 |
| Q: My friend has a laptop that's quite old, Packard Bell model no: 7521n, running Windows XP. It's ... A: I think you are right on about the cable problem. They are lucky that the cable lasted as long as it ... | |
| Upgrade | 11/13/2008 |
| Q: please would you help me? I have HP Vectra VE 5 series 4, it still works. I like it :-) But. Is it ... A: I've built almost 100 systems and upgraded countless others and have never heard of a AMD processor ... | |
| Not Enough Disk Space | 11/12/2008 |
| Q: I got a pop-up message tonight after booting up & trying to open my "Outlook Express" saying: "There ... A: Mike, I'm not sure if you will be able to recover the lost emails since your hard drive is so full. ... | |
| External Hard Drive/ Storage | 11/10/2008 |
| Q: Keith: I have a Sony Vaio PC operating windows xp; 90GB D: is about full of iTunes/ digital ... A: Tom, First of all, congratulations on your first child. Question 1- My favorite brand of hard drive ... | |
| Tweaking Components | 11/9/2008 |
| Q: I want to tweak my pc components so I should get maximum or optimal performance. Kindly tell me how ... A: Salman, There is a program I use for overall system care but I do not know if it is compatible with ... | |
| No post/ No video | 11/8/2008 |
| Q: I am building a computer from scratch, have all the parts .. Asus 750i sli motherboard 775 chip, ... A: Yes, that is very possible. They should have the updated BIOS on their site and the instructions for ... | |
| No post/ No video | 11/8/2008 |
| Q: I am building a computer from scratch, have all the parts .. Asus 750i sli motherboard 775 chip, ... A: Sounds like you covered many things already. The first thing we have to do is get it to post. Take ... | |
| reg cmos settings | 11/5/2008 |
| Q: iu am encountering a problem . whenever i am starting my pc it is not starting and there is a ... A: It would probably not hurt to reset your CMOS. You can do this by powering down the system, ... | |
| RAID1 Mirror in Win XP Pro on a HP Pavilion 754n | 11/4/2008 |
| Q: I am running Windows XP Pro on a HP Pavilion 754n. During the last couple of days, my PC is running ... A: I'll be totally upfront with you. I don't have any experience with RAID. I have used this program ... | |
| No Video | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: We have a Systemax Venture S925 PC with no video. I ruled out the monitor, the power supply, and ... A: If you haven't already, try plugging the monitor into the video plug on the motherboard instead of ... | |
| unknown noise | 10/31/2008 |
| Q: My system is a privately made system with an Athlon 64 3000+ 1.8GHZ with 1 gig ram, running windows ... A: Is your PC connected to a surge suppressor or UPS? What kind of internet connection do you have? If ... | |
| No Video | 10/30/2008 |
| Q: We have a Systemax Venture S925 PC with no video. I ruled out the monitor, the power supply, and ... A: Do you not have any picture at all? If not and you have ruled out the monitor, you will have to ... | |
| Outlook Mapi32.dll Issue | 10/27/2008 |
| Q: This is the second time this has happened to me now...I installed my full version of Office 2003, on ... A: The version of the file is wrong due to two different versions of Outlook being on your machine. ... | |
| testing RAM | 10/25/2008 |
| Q: Keith the site said I had too many follow ups. <<I'm just going to mention a lot of things here that ... A: I had the same thing happen to me when I did all the updates with Windows XP one time. It has to do ... | |
| testing RAM | 10/25/2008 |
| Q: is there a way to test to see if a stick of RAM is working? Without test equipment that is, online ... A: Sounds like the system is seeing the RAM. Different sites will use different amounts of RAM. I'm ... | |
| ram | 10/25/2008 |
| Q: I wants know now this time which company is best performance give for RAM module. A: It is according to whether you want to overclock the RAM or not. I really don't advise overclocking ... | |
| testing RAM | 10/23/2008 |
| Q: is there a way to test to see if a stick of RAM is working? Without test equipment that is, online ... A: Ok. Do you have more than one stick of RAM in the PC? If so go to control panel> system and see how ... | |
| testing RAM | 10/23/2008 |
| Q: is there a way to test to see if a stick of RAM is working? Without test equipment that is, online ... A: If you have more than one stick you could take one out and just use one at a time to see if there is ... | |
| PC Issues | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: My PC has broken down, and it's thought by the manufacturer that it's due either to PSU or graphics ... A: Although it is best to have all holes covered except for those that have fans, it should not be ... | |
| RAM compatibility and installation | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: I have a computer with the following components: 939PIN 512K L2 CACHE CPUA64 3000+ 1.8GHz RETAIL AMD ... A: There will be no speeding down of your PC because all of your memory modules are the same speed. ... | |
| pc trouble | 10/20/2008 |
| Q: my flat screen tv is saying no signal i have gotten it to pull up before and now it saying no signal A: Are you talking about a computer monitor or a TV? This section is for computer hardware. If it is a ... | |
| mouse | 10/19/2008 |
| Q: I have windows XP on Emachines T3124. I just replaced my old mouse with an HP optical mouse that ... A: First of all, I think it is a good practice to shutdown a PC instead of having it hibernate. I do ... | |
| Data Recovery | 10/18/2008 |
| Q: The motherboard on my Compaq desktop PC died recently and therefore will no longer boot up. How can ... A: If you are going to replace the motherboard, I would buy another hard drive and install your OS on ... | |
| eMachine PC | 10/17/2008 |
| Q: I'm not an expert in PC's but I'm trying to fix my in-laws old eMachine. A tech told me that the CPU ... A: There are P4's in socket 478. They are rapidly getting hard to find. I found one here at this link ... | |
| Help with choosing a power supply | 10/15/2008 |
| Q: You've been a big help so far. One last question. Here are my specifications. I am planning to ... A: Sounds like an awesome system. However, if you are under budget it would not hurt to go with the ... | |
| memory upgrade | 10/14/2008 |
| Q: my computer is running slow. I've done everything except install more ram. My computer info says the ... A: According to the model number you list I found that your maximum memory is 4GB of PC2100, PC2700, or ... | |
| hard drives | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: recently bought an hp pavillion a1742n desktop computer and the person who had it before me removed ... A: That PC does come standard with a SATA hard drive. That is not to say that the IDE won't work if ... | |
| laptop light keeps going out | 10/3/2008 |
| Q: Our Gateway laptop goes dark and then if I close the lid it lights up and says shutting down. ... A: If you can see it with a flashlight I would say it is the back light. The only other thing it could ... | |
| laptop light keeps going out | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: Our Gateway laptop goes dark and then if I close the lid it lights up and says shutting down. ... A: What Operating System is it? If it is Win XP you can right click on the desktop, click the ... | |
| cpu too hot | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: ASUS MB CPU temp in the bios is too hot. 70c when recomend 38c. Take cpu, power supply and heatsink ... A: There is a different BIOS on each motherboard. I have an Asus motherboard and there are many options ... | |
| Motherboard | 10/1/2008 |
| Q: memory, graphics card from a old pc. They where working fine. Although once installed now the ... A: Is the OS installed on the new hard drive? You can try to put the old hard drive in the machine as ... | |
| Motherboard | 10/1/2008 |
| Q: memory, graphics card from a old pc. They where working fine. Although once installed now the ... A: This is a driver issue. Most likely just a video card driver but for maximum performance all drivers ... | |
| Thermal event - dimension 3000 | 9/29/2008 |
| Q: I also have a dell 3000 that got a thermal event. I went thru all procedures to diagnose. I was ... A: You can reset the BIOS by unplugging the machine, opening it up, find the coin shaped battery and ... | |
| Wont Boot up after new hardrive added | 9/27/2008 |
| Q: i have OLD Pentium 4 Intel Chipset 845 series motherboard. GA-8IRX I bought a 160gb seagate ... A: First things first. See if you can find out what the BIOS brand and version is. You can do this two ... | |
| Restart problems | 9/27/2008 |
| Q: my pc is having restart issues. It will restart at random times. My hard drive did have bad sectors ... A: If you are installing the OS you should not be doing it from the BIOS. The only thing you should do ... | |
| acer ferrari dead | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: i got a problem with my acer Ferrari 3000lmi i turn it on and in about 2 seconds later it goes off ... A: Luis, This does not sound good. The troubleshooting step you have already done tells me it can only ... | |
| Format Hang | 9/18/2008 |
| Q: I am currently using a Sony Laptop Vaio VGN-Z17GN and have downgrade it from Vista to Windows XP ... A: First of all, when you say it comes out with the blue screen of death, is there any numbers or error ... | |
| Format Hang | 9/18/2008 |
| Q: I am currently using a Sony Laptop Vaio VGN-Z17GN and have downgrade it from Vista to Windows XP ... A: I believe you are going to have to choose the upgrade option (even though you are actually ... | |
| HP Pavillion PC turns on but won't boot up | 9/17/2008 |
| Q: My HP Pavillion 760C will turn on but won't boot up. I thought maybe it was the monitor so I ... A: No, they are not labeled. I would give you a link but I am at work right now. Try to google ... | |
| HP Pavillion PC turns on but won't boot up | 9/17/2008 |
| Q: My HP Pavillion 760C will turn on but won't boot up. I thought maybe it was the monitor so I ... A: This sounds like one of the devices has gone out. The way to rule out everything except the hard ... | |
| hp pavillion | 9/16/2008 |
| Q: "Operating system not found" Now I've changed the bios settings to boot from CD - to try reinstall ... A: Does it say anything else at all other than "Operating system not found"? In case the BIOS is ... | |
| PC to LCD TV connection | 9/12/2008 |
| Q: I have a Sony Bravia LCD TV which has a connection meant for PC. The details on the instruction ... A: You should just use the DVI connector (the same connector that goes from your computer to monitor). ... | |
| Windows Media Player 9 Problems | 9/11/2008 |
| Q: Why can't I watch a store bought movie or my own DVDs (with AVI files) on Windows Media Player 9? I ... A: I believe you have to have at least media player 10 and the decoder to play DVDs. If this does not ... | |
| accessing data | 9/8/2008 |
| Q: spyware attached to my computer. I rebooted 3 or 4 times, and I got a blue screen, checking hard ... A: What operating system do you have? FAT32 is an old format. Windows XP uses the NTFS format. What is ... | |
| Trouble during boot sequence | 9/7/2008 |
| Q: My computer was working fine earlier today. Never had any problems with it. I'm fairly computer ... A: This sounds like a video card or virus problem. Shut it down completely and pull out the ... | |
| PC resetting by itself | 9/4/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| PC Freezing | 9/4/2008 |
| 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". ... | |
| PC Freezing | 9/3/2008 |
| 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, ... | |
| Frozen Computer | 9/3/2008 |
| 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: ... | |
| surge protectors and ups | 9/2/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| PC Freezing | 9/2/2008 |
| 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. ... | |
| bios settings | 9/1/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| PC keeps rebooting | 9/1/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| PC windows wont start | 8/31/2008 |
| 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, ... | |
| PC keeps rebooting | 8/30/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| bios settings | 8/30/2008 |
| 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? ... | |
| i need a help | 8/29/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| PC windows wont start | 8/28/2008 |
| 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. ... | |
| Disk Drive problem | 8/28/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| Virtual win98 on WIN xp | 8/28/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| "thermal event" problem | 8/27/2008 |
| 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 ... | |
| eMachine no power | 8/20/2008 |
| Q: I have an eMachine T2862, Win98 SE OS. The machine would not shut off using the standard operating ... A: Plugging the leads in the wrong place is common. Hopefully it did not do any damage. Some ... | |
| pc hangs | 8/20/2008 |
| Q: i have a problem on my pc. after i turn it on, a few min.later its red led blinks rapidly then beeps ... A: Beep sequences are codes. According to what kind of BIOS you have different beep sequences mean ... | |
| pc won't boot | 8/18/2008 |
| Q: My pc won't boot. All the lights are on, but no signal sent to monitor. Please help. A: If everything is normal except for the monitor being blank I would take the monitor to another ... | |
| Using ethernet to connect 2 towers together | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: Is it possible to utilize 2 towers together via an USB connection to boost operating capabilities ... A: Although I've never did it before you can buy an external hard drive enclosure that you install your ... | |
| Green Led on, but Processor LED wont turn on | 8/17/2008 |
| Q: When I switched on my PC, the green LED was on but the processor light on the PSU turned off in a ... A: It is better to have as many case fans as possible rather than leave the case open. Leaving the case ... | |
| Green Led on, but Processor LED wont turn on | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: When I switched on my PC, the green LED was on but the processor light on the PSU turned off in a ... A: Regardless of what people tell you, I don't think it is good to leave a PC running all the time. I ... | |
| Lg Monitor Problem | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: you can also check this picture of my monitor screen ... A: It looks like a CRT (instead of and LCD flat panel) monitor in the picture. If it is a CRT it looks ... | |
| Motherboard replacement | 8/16/2008 |
| Q: I have a Sony Vaio Laptop PCG 8L1L. Was overheating , now board appears fried. Where can I buy a ... A: If the computer is totally dead (no lights or anything) the only way I know to find out is take the ... | |
| Motherboard replacement | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a Sony Vaio Laptop PCG 8L1L. Was overheating , now board appears fried. Where can I buy a ... A: I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you. Here is a link to where you can order another board. ... | |
| boot problem | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: . m havin a new dxktop pc..with asus p5n-mx.. duel core 2ghz.nd 1.25gb ram with inbuielt gforce ... A: If I am understanding this right, everything is working except the keyboard and monitor. Check the ... | |
| boot problem | 8/15/2008 |
| Q: . m havin a new dxktop pc..with asus p5n-mx.. duel core 2ghz.nd 1.25gb ram with inbuielt gforce ... A: Is the screen just black but the lights are on on the PC or is the whole PC not powering up? If the ... | |
| processors and motherboards | 8/14/2008 |
| Q: at the moment i have a pentium 2 350mhz processors.I want to upgrade this and wondered if a pentium ... A: Do you know the make and model # of your motherboard? Just because the processor fits doe not ... | |
| Computer won't start | 8/14/2008 |
| Q: I recently bought parts for a new computer in order to assemble them for my computer. I just ... A: I was afraid of that and should have said something about it earlier. I just didn't want to talk bad ... | |
| Computer won't start | 8/14/2008 |
| Q: I recently bought parts for a new computer in order to assemble them for my computer. I just ... A: Take everything out except the HD, processor, and one stick of RAM and see if it will then start. If ... | |
| monitor | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: I am to decided between 2 LCD monitors and maybe you can help me here, please. First monitor is a ... A: 1. Yes, you can right click anywhere on the desktop, click properties, then click the Appearance ... | |
| SLow | 8/10/2008 |
| Q: bought it at walmart for $ 398.00 Some games such as Star Trek Legacy and ER tend to run slow on ... A: The first thing to do to upgrade is put the maximum amount of RAM in. If that is the laptop for the ... | |
| Pc does not boot | 8/10/2008 |
| Q: I have a P3 computer,the problem with it is, when I press a power switch,the computer does not start ... A: If you had the combination of CPU, HD, and at least one stick of RAM and the computer would not ... | |
| Dell Dimension 4500 | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: Can I increase the recognized 1mb memory limitation by flashing my bios? If so how do I find the ... A: When you say "1mb" memory I think you mean 1GB? I believe the maximum supported memory for your ... | |
| Shut down | 8/5/2008 |
| Q: My computer restart automatically why? A: This could be many, many different things including, but not limited to overheating, bad power ... | |
| Power Surge | 8/3/2008 |
| Q: The story is as follows: One faithful night not 24 hours ago I was on my custom rig not a week old. ... A: After unplugging and powering down take everything out of your PC except for the processor, Hard ... | |
| vista - reinstalled | 7/31/2008 |
| Q: How do I format and recover my Toshiba laptop? it is sattelite A200-1M4 and I have two partitions on ... A: Can you access the data on drive C? Is there anything you want to keep that is on drive C? If you ... | |
| Hardware | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: if motherboard gone than what to do A: Are you certain it is the motherboard? If you are sure it is the motherboard there are a few ... | |
PC hardware--CPU & Motherboard & RAM
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Keith
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Expertise
Experienced in complete system builds where knowledge of kinds and types of motherboards, processors, and RAM have to be compatible. This includes intermediate knowledge of video card technologies and the troubleshooting and repair of problems associated with said hardware.
Experience
11 years experience as a self-employed PC technician with 100% customer satisfaction.
Education/Credentials
4 classes from a Networking degree. Mostly self-taught.
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