| Subject | Date Asked |
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| add hardware to PC and now no power | 9/14/2008 |
Q: Working PC, added 2 hard drives, 1 fan, and 1 memory stick. Now when I try to power-on, only the ...
A: You may want to remove all the power supply for your system first and then remove the C-MOS battery ...
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| display problem | 9/13/2008 |
Q: saleem i've problem with my pc that is my moniter is not working with my cpu it have p4 motherboard ...
A: First of all you CANNOT repair motherboard on your own. It MUST be service by your computer ...
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| Power failure | 9/11/2008 |
Q: Saleem I have turned on my computer, but there is no power. How can I check the power supply to ...
A: I hope that you have latest power supply on your computer which is ATX. After you turn on your ...
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| PC resetting by itself | 9/4/2008 |
Q: Saleem: It's been 2 nights where I leave my PC ON downloading files and when I wake up in the ...
A: Your computer may have resetted (Restarted) for a simple reason which is power failure. However not ...
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| Dual Core CPU, 3 Gigs RAM music SKIPS | 8/27/2008 |
Q: Why does my music player skip when I open windows, switch to a different sites or program? I have ...
A: I do agree that music MUST not skip while you have such good system configuration. However it seems ...
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| Computer Crashes Alot | 8/20/2008 |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 4700. I have 2.50 gb of ram, a Nvidia 8500Gt gpx card and I just put in a ...
A: You will have to start your computer without any applications running in the background and then ...
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| DVD drive | 8/13/2008 |
Q: I cannot see my DVD/RW drive on 'my computer' Here are the list of things i have done, I have ...
A: As its a laptop you would not be able to reseat the optical drive on your own. Unless you are ...
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| External Hard Drive | 8/5/2008 |
Q: I have a passport size external hard drive (320GB, Western Digital) and I am going to take long ...
A: Your data must be safe as long as your hard disk is not taking any shocks or physical damage. As for ...
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| Toshiba te2000. | 7/20/2008 |
Q: I have a Toshiba te2000. Its hard drive got bad sectors. I used hiren CD to repartition it. Now ...
A: First you need to make sure that your BIOS is recognizes the HDD installed on your system. You can ...
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| computer shutts off itself | 7/17/2008 |
Q: my cpomputer shutts off by itself the computer tech replaced the motherboard,fan, and power supply ...
A: I request you to start the system in Safe Mode [Keep hitting F8 after turn on the system and select ...
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| BIOS PASSWORD | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I forgot my password for BIOS. My computer is EXPER A3000 Notebook PC with Windows XP Home Edition. ...
A: You will have to remove your cmos battery from your motherboard after you completely cut the power ...
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| Hp pavillion A230N (mother board) | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I own an Hp pavillion A230N System number DD211A-ABA, Serial number MXK3230JNO. Unfortunately it was ...
A: You cannot replace motherboard on your HP systems as its a branded PC...However you can contact a ...
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| swapping hard drives with operating systems | 5/24/2008 |
Q: I have a 2 computers. 1. IBM Aptiva (Pentium II, 256 MB, 450 MHz) with a 15 GB hard drive running ...
A: I wish it was so easy as we think about swapping the drives. It is more complicated then we think as ...
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| Failed RAM Installation/Windows Not Starting | 3/21/2008 |
Q: Please help me! I attempted to ask another expert this question on this site, and he didn't give me ...
A: You may have not ruined your system but I would request you to make sure that you have installed the ...
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| mother board problem | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I have lost the mother board cd. How can I download the driver from net or there is any other alter ...
A: You can download the drivers by visiting your motherboard manufacturer's website. If incase you are ...
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| SLI | 3/12/2008 |
Q: I have a PC with : POWER Supply: 380W real MB : Asus M2N-E SLI VGA:Geforce 6600 LE 256 MB RAM: 2*512 ...
A: NVIDIA SLI (Scalable Link Interface) takes advantage of the increased bandwidth of the PCI Express ...
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| Wanting to speed up laptop | 3/10/2008 |
Q: I recently bought a laptop online that was the same make and model of one that I use at work. It's ...
A: Whenever you purhcase used computer then the first thing to do it to format the OS and then ...
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| max HDD support for | 3/4/2008 |
Q: ASAK, I have a PC with Intel Desktop Board D845GVSR , P4 Processor and 1.5 Gb RAM and 80 GB HDD. ...
A: Yes your mainboard supports large capacity drives without any issues. Hoowever when you are tryng to ...
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| RAM & Bus Speed Conflict | 2/27/2008 |
Q: I have a Gigabyte PMD motherboard with a Celeron 3GHz processor. The manual says: memory: supports ...
A: If your motherboard supports only 400/533 MHz DDR2 RAM then even if you have 1GB 667 MHz RAM you ...
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| motherboard power problem | 2/21/2008 |
Q: I just bought a Quad core 2.4GHz, cost me 500 Pounds. It was working fine initially but after a ...
A: Firstly its not recommended to open the tower and try the things you are tried. Anyway now that you ...
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| moving disk into new PC | 2/11/2008 |
Q: I have an old PC installed with Windows XP professional. I just want to move the disk into a new PC. ...
A: Thats really a great idea for very fast way to get started on your new PC but unfortunately this ...
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| ram related issue or a virus,malware,rootkit ? | 2/11/2008 |
Q: i have a pc with AMD ATHLON 3000+ processor, asus a8nvm motherboard , nvidia chipset, nvidia 6100 ...
A: Chances of your friend's system's BIOS getting corrupted with the your RAM from VIRUS is not ...
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| Display Adapter - Code 10 Error | 1/24/2008 |
Q: For the past year, my display adapter would not operate correctly after a reboot due to a code 10 ...
A: However this seems to be an issue with some other application running in background. I request you ...
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| upgrade memory | 1/23/2008 |
Q: I recently purchased a 1GB memory module for my Dell 4700 desktop. There are 4 slots in the ...
A: I hope the purhcased memory module is compatible with your Dell 4700 desktop. If it is then you can ...
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| upgrading | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I have a 5 year old computer with a S3 64 meg AGP video card. 2 Ghtz, 1.5 Gig of Ram. I want to ...
A: My recommendatin to you would be DONT upgrade unless you NEED to as it will be waste of money. As ...
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| display problem | 1/10/2008 |
Q: sir iam desk top engg iam facing a major problem .display is gone automatically after 1hr or 2hr. ...
A: Hoping that the primary issue is resolved. You can check by changing the refresh rate of your ...
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| medion P$ will not boot up | 1/9/2008 |
Q: I have a Medion Titanium P4 2.6GHZ 120 seagate barracuda HD. Machine has worked with very little ...
A: I am so I could not understand it earlier. However I would request you to manually do system restore ...
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| display problem | 1/8/2008 |
Q: sir iam desk top engg iam facing a major problem .display is gone automatically after 1hr or 2hr. ...
A: Please check if power save on monitor is enabled. You can check in Display options and also in BIOS. ...
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| medion P$ will not boot up | 1/8/2008 |
Q: I have a Medion Titanium P4 2.6GHZ 120 seagate barracuda HD. Machine has worked with very little ...
A: As I understand you had a failed installation of driver on your system which resulted in OS crash ...
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| PC/Sound/headphone/socket Issues | 1/3/2008 |
Q: Overnight my PC, which worked reasonably well up till now, suddenly stopped producing any sound. I'd ...
A: I do understand how important it is these days to make use of headphones when you need not want to ...
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| Hard shut down | 1/2/2008 |
Q: My problem is just curiosity. Can a modern computer's hardware be damaged by a power outtage? Can ...
A: You computer's power supply (SMPS) is equipped with a fuse which will burn when there is high ...
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| What is BIOS | 12/27/2007 |
Q: ..I want to what is BIOS and is it a circuit or software? Thank you for your time
A: BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. Well BIOS is firmware which provides basic functionality ...
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| Compaq Driver Problem | 12/26/2007 |
Q: Pasha In our organization we have Compaq D380mx brand computer and it work properly. But ...
A: Assalaam O Alaikum Razzak, I was able to get the drivers page from HP website. ...
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| Motherboard audio driver | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I have been trying uselessly to acquire the right M701G v1.1 Sound Driver SiS7012[v1.09] for my ...
A: If there is no .exe file in it then you will have to install the audio driver by searching for the ...
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| Motherboard audio driver | 12/15/2007 |
Q: I have been trying uselessly to acquire the right M701G v1.1 Sound Driver SiS7012[v1.09] for my ...
A: However assuming that you are trying to install on Windows XP, You can download the drivers from the ...
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| computer symptoms/problemsþ | 12/13/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure if any of my scenario goes to your expertise, but any suggestions to fix ANY of the ...
A: However I would like to say that you system is infected with VIRUS. Even though you have run "FREE" ...
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| hardware and software | 12/10/2007 |
Q: can U explain me about mother board? and also what are the latest version of processor
A: Assalaam-O-Alaikum Mohammed, Mainboard or motherboard is the main circuit board which is the ...
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| PC cant be switched on | 12/8/2007 |
Q: One of the wires (power sw) inside thr CPU was accidentally unplugged and the PC won't turn on even ...
A: Seems like the Power Switch cable is connected connected correctly as if it was then system will ...
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| Ram | 12/5/2007 |
Q: 4GHz AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Processor whcich you can find the stats for at this link ...
A: As far as RAM is concerned you can install DDR2-SDRAM upto 2GB. You can also install PCI interface ...
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| Hard disk bad sectors | 12/4/2007 |
Q: is it possible to fix bad sectors on my hard disk? If yes, with which program then?
A: Technically you cannot fix bad sectors as they are physically damaged. But you can mask them so that ...
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| Chipset maker | 12/3/2007 |
Q: Who is the maker of GFXcel chipset? (what I have) Is it an Intel chipset? I am trying to buy memory, ...
A: I could not get more information about this "GFXcel chipset". But I would say its not from Intel. ...
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| Motherboard Failure | 10/30/2007 |
Q: Since couple of months my two mother boards, Intel D845GVSR had failed. I am using Intel Celeron 1.7 ...
A: I am very sorry for the delay in answering your question as I was not keeping well. I am ...
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| having problem in upgrading ram | 9/11/2007 |
Q: i have mercury 845gl board with 128sd ram installed on it and now i have added 1gb ddr400mhz ram is ...
A: I hope that you have inserted DDR-RAM in Memory slot-0 and also make sure you have updated your BIOS ...
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| upgrading | 9/11/2007 |
Q: I have 5 year old pc - 2.0 GGhtz, 512 meg. of RAM and 64 meg S3 PCI video card. I want to update ...
A: I did checked the specs of the motherboard (P4VXASD2+) but it is better to be sure then assume it so ...
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| upgrading | 9/8/2007 |
Q: I have 5 year old pc - 2.0 GGhtz, 512 meg. of RAM and 64 meg S3 PCI video card. I want to update ...
A: Its really good that you are thinking of upgrading your system But I would recommend buying a new ...
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| startup my omputer automatically | 9/3/2007 |
Q: I want to have my computer startup every day @ 6 o'clock in the morning by itself. please can you ...
A: I have found a link which has steps in details on how to configure your system to start at a ...
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| Laptop power issue | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I want to sell a laptop that has a bad power adapter connection, and I am looking for some advice. ...
A: Its always good to sell a working one as you would get a better offer than selling to a repair guy ...
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| Outlook Express | 8/15/2007 |
Q: My outlook express 6 keeps changing my incoming mail server from pop.gmail.com to localhost. I keep ...
A: This could happen if you are using any antivirus software which has email scanning enabled or any ...
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| power problem | 8/13/2007 |
Q: i am using P4 pc till 3years, i did not fasing any problem,, but before few week, when i swich on ...
A: I hope that you have a good and updated antivirus installed on your system. If yes then run a full ...
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| Laptop advice | 8/10/2007 |
Q: I am going to sell my laptop and I'm looking for some advice; What is the best or least expensive ...
A: If your data is "Very" confidential then you can use any third party data shredder to wipe out or ...
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| PC problem | 8/9/2007 |
Q: Recently i have bought pentiumd IV 3 ghz processor, Sony DVD writer and Seagate 250 GB harddisk. I ...
A: You have hit the bull's eye and its hardware issue. You will have to check with Processors fan and ...
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| PC problem | 8/8/2007 |
Q: Recently i have bought pentiumd IV 3 ghz processor, Sony DVD writer and Seagate 250 GB harddisk. I ...
A: Would appreciate if you could let me know how many partitions you have create and what is the ...
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| Boot Checksum error after installing RAM | 7/31/2007 |
Q: I installed 2 RAMs and system won't boot, I installed only 1 RAM (on a_1 slot) and system booted ...
A: Would request you to check this "second" memory module on the first slot to check if there is ...
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| compueter power | 7/30/2007 |
Q: i have a problem, this started yesterday. every time i press the power button for my computer, it ...
A: You might wanna try by removing all the devices connected to your system like USB Mouse or webcam ...
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| Keyboard. | 7/28/2007 |
Q: My old computer got alot of viruses, so we got a new one, we had to get a new keyboard as well, but ...
A: Hoping that you have windows XP system and this is happening only on chats.You can uninstall that ...
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| recover data from defective harddrive | 7/27/2007 |
Q: recover data from harddrive with read error. I have a dell laptop, D620. When i first put it on the ...
A: Taking help of professional in this data recovery would be my advice too but if you would like to ...
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| usb bandwidh problem | 7/19/2007 |
Q: i am using celron 1ghz with 810 tfsxmb,384mb sdram in two slots, ok recently i've purchased usb ...
A: I am very sorry for the delay in answering your question as I was not keeping well from few days. ...
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| New RAM does not show all | 7/19/2007 |
Q: I already have 2GB RAM in my computer. Today, I upgraded another 2GB, however, when I right-clicked ...
A: I am very sorry for the delay in answering your question as I was not keeping well from few days. ...
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| Is there a limit to HDD size with G 845 GE DV2 Mother board | 7/18/2007 |
Q: Will my motherboard support an extra 160 HDD on my PC the config is CPU:P5 2.4Ghz Motherboard: G ...
A: I am very sorry for the delay in answering your question as I was not keeping well from few days. ...
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| Bad Sector | 7/17/2007 |
Q: My Hard disk contains some bad sectors. Please suggest any method to remove them. Hard disk is ...
A: First of all I am sorry for the delay in answering the question as I was not keeping well from few ...
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| Bios Restore Software | 6/9/2007 |
Q: Pls sir i lost my setup password. I have tried to restore it by removing the cmos battery and ...
A: I am very very sorry for the delay in answering as I was not keeping well. The only way as you have ...
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| Booting Up Problem | 6/5/2007 |
Q: Booting Up Problem I have a Dell Dimension 8100 which has an intermittent problem that has now ...
A: I am very very sorry for the delay in answering as I was not keeping well. Please click on the link ...
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| Tranfering Programs and Data | 6/2/2007 |
Q: Tranfering Programs and Data I currently have a Dell Dimension 8100 PC which is beginning to have ...
A: You would be able to back up data from your old system and then copy it on your new one but that ...
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| windows will not start | 6/1/2007 |
Q: I have a dell inspiron 9300 laptop with windows xp media o/s it has failed to boot up and I had an ...
A: Please follow the instructions in the link for making sure your laptop's hardware is working fine. ...
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| USB 2.0 | 5/30/2007 |
Q: When I plug my card reader in my usb, it tells me the drivers are not installed. I click ...
A: You will need to uninstall USB card reader driver. Firstly you have to unplug it then go to control ...
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| How to Dual Boot WinMe with XP | 5/27/2007 |
Q: I'm running Win Me as my OS. Now I want to install Win XP SP2 in my system and to dual boot the OS. ...
A: As I understand you already have Windows ME installed on your system(assuming on C:) then you just ...
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| computer does't boot at all | 5/24/2007 |
Q: I am facing a very virus serious problem I guess. may be this is some kin of mother board virus. I ...
A: Asalaam-O-Alaikum Rafi, You will have to Hard reset the BIOS (Refer your motherboard ...
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| Blinking light | 5/23/2007 |
Q: Good day I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook.for the past two days my battery is not working i ...
A: First thing you will have to do is update BIOS by downloading the BIOS updater from then link below ...
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| PC suddenly shut down | 5/21/2007 |
Q: I have mercury motherboard-845GL motherboard,Samsung 40GB HDD,512DDR RAM. For 1month I can not load ...
A: You can load BIOS defaults (Refer to Mainboard manual) and then try installing Windows XP. If no go ...
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| PC not booting | 5/17/2007 |
Q: I inserted a new hardware (mp3) in USB port. A new icon also appeared in the right bottom of ...
A: You may wanna load the BIOS defaults by opening the tower(CPU).There will be a jumper pin (Refer to ...
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| Hardware Problem? | 5/16/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure what exactly the problem is with my computer but I'll try to start at the beginning in ...
A: After analyzing the issue I would say : A. It does appear to be a software issue possibly with virus ...
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| Computer does not boot | 5/15/2007 |
Q: Computer has power, CPU, power supply and case fans run but no sound comes from the hard drive. The ...
A: Opening the tower and making sure that all the connections are secure would be a very good idea.But ...
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| help me- i think I have a virus | 5/9/2007 |
Q: I recently have gotten messages that say explore.exe-applicaton error instruction at "0x66ooacc" ...
A: I think this may be related to memory issue rather than virus infection but the best way to find out ...
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| Power supply | 5/5/2007 |
Q: My PC, which is my first hand built machine turns off immediately after i turn it on, It usually ...
A: Before thinking of replacing your power supply try cleaning it with air blower or vacuum cleaner. As ...
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| INTERFACE CABLE FOR HARD DISK | 5/4/2007 |
Q: WHETHER ANY INTERFACE CABLE AVAILABLE TO CONVERT IDE/ATA HARD DISK INTO SATA HARD DISK
A: Personally i have not seen any adapter for using IDE connector to use with SATA but I am sure there ...
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| USB ports | 4/11/2007 |
Q: I recently purchased an Acer from Futureshop in Canada. About two months after the purchase, my ...
A: This right away seems like an issue with BIOS so please upgrade the BIOS and lets hope it resolves ...
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| new processor, but a problem | 4/5/2007 |
Q: i recently upgraded my processor from a Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz to a 3.0 Ghz. i installed it and when i ...
A: Before upgrading it is always better to make sure your existing hardware supports that upgrade in ...
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| IEXPLORE.exe error msg | 3/22/2007 |
Q: I have a P2 pc with 450mhz,7.81Gb HDD,256mb ram and Win2k,with SP4 insatlled.The problem with my ...
A: Sound like your system is infected with virus. Hoping you have a good anti virus installed on your ...
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| Setting up a local area connection | 3/18/2007 |
Q: After replacing the crashed hard drive in my Compaq Presario 8000 I can no longer get online. There ...
A: Seems like you have not installed any device drivers (Eg. Network Card Driver) after reinstalling ...
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| Installing RAM | 3/16/2007 |
Q: I'm just about to build my first computer. If I want to install 1 gb DDR2. Does it have to be 2 ...
A: Please accept my apologies for the delay in answering your question as I was not keeping well for a ...
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| boot problems: hardware-related | 1/15/2007 |
Q: I am having some trouble with my pc, not sure if self-inflicted or not. I have a Pentium IV 2GB ...
A: First you will have to boot the system in SAFE MODE (keep hitting F8 key after powering on system ...
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| something wrong with PC | 1/8/2007 |
Q: two days ago my comp froze all of a sudden(curser) so i restarted my comp. at the welcome screen of ...
A: It seems like you will need to drain flea power of the system by unplugging all the power cables ...
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| Issues after Anti virus software. | 1/6/2007 |
Q: I have a Dell Inspirion 6000 laptop with Microsoft XP windows. I ran the AOL active antivirus ...
A: If you are trying to reinstall the OS then you will loose all the data on your system. But you can ...
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| keyboard not working in windows but works on cmd prompt | 12/28/2006 |
Q: I cannot use most but not all of the keys on my keyboard of my laptop. Example: I can only use my ...
A: You may want to reinstall the keyboard driver by booting in to safe mode of Windows XP (keep hitting ...
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| creating backup on drivers | 12/22/2006 |
Q: I would like to reformat my pc but before i do it i would like to have a backup on all the drivers ...
A: Unfortunately windows does not have all the drivers installed in a single folder as it will be ...
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| xp - aol | 12/14/2006 |
Q: also when on aol it frezzes all the time and we have 2 turn it off at the off button.
A: Hoping that you are using braodband internet to access AOL. Then you can start your system in SAFE ...
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| capture hardware for web cam | 12/9/2006 |
Q: i bout a webcam and installed it exactully how they said,and it says no capture hardware found,would ...
A: Hoping you have windows XP. You would have to check under device ...
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| Ram check | 12/8/2006 |
Q: I have bought a pair of Dominator Ram TWIN2X2048-6400C4D. Earlier I have got a pair of ...
A: First thing would be to update BIOS that would take care of many issues including correct speed ...
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| Dynamic Hard Disk | 12/7/2006 |
Q: I use Windows XP Professional. I want to CONVERT my BASIC Hard Disk to a DYNAMIC one. I tried to ...
A: Pls find more info on this link http://vlaurie.com/computers2/Articles/harddrive3.htm and also use ...
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| unknown problem | 12/4/2006 |
Q: when i turn on my pc, the pc starts loading the operating system but one more moment and the pc ...
A: Hoping that you have windows XP installed on your system. Then you may want to boot your system in ...
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| hibernation | 11/18/2006 |
Q: WHENEVER I TRIED TO HIBERNATE MY PC I GOT THE FOLLWING MESSAGE ON A BLUE SCREEN "HARDWARE ...
A: You can try booting OS in safe mode and check and booting in safe mode is by hitting F8 key before ...
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| USB | 9/12/2006 |
Q: 5Ghz P4 branded computer and its USB 1.5 i wana upgrade its USB 1.5 to 2.0 is it possible throught ...
A: Asslam O Alaikum Sohail, You cannot do it by any software or any patch as it is hardware ...
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| No display in IBM Motherboard | 9/8/2006 |
Q: I have IBM Netvista system with Model No:6049C1A. It has 256MB RAM, 40GB HDD, AGP card, FDD,ATX ...
A: Hoping that you have windows XP installed on this system. Please reboot in safe mode (after turning ...
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| the CPU & storage | 9/6/2006 |
Q: 1- why should measures of capacity matter to computer users? 2- what's the difference between RAM ...
A: Assalaam O Alaikum I am not able to understand your first question. And about your second ...
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| Hard Drive replacement | 9/4/2006 |
Q: Saleem, Hardware info fromSiSoftware Sandra as you asked. I would be interested to know what ...
A: I found that you have SiS730 chipset motherboard and it will support 80GB HDD. If you wants to move ...
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| Hard Drive replacement | 9/1/2006 |
Q: Saleem, Hi there. I have a 4year old PC, without manuals. After installing XP the free space on my ...
A: I would not be able to let you know without knowing the motherboard details.If you can get that info ...
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| SOUND | 8/31/2006 |
Q: How can I record my own voice into my computer so I can play it back. The voice will be small 5 ...
A: Hoping that you have a desktop system. You would be requiring a microphone which will be inserted ...
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| BIOS Password | 8/27/2006 |
Q: How can I delete the BIOS Pasword of a laptop Satellite A40/A45, because I can not acces the BIOS ...
A: I don't know the exact method for the Satellite A40/A45. But most of the Toshiba notebooks use one ...
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| Looking for a motherboard | 8/24/2006 |
Q: I have a Sony Vaio PCVRS510. A few days ago, I turned it on and it showed just a blank screen. I ...
A: Your system has Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.80C GHz† with HT processor on a Intel 865GV ...
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| 2 versions of XP installed - Startup | 8/19/2006 |
Q: I have 2 versions of XP on my computer and when it boots up it will wait 30 seconds before it goes ...
A: For your first issue the timeout can be changed by right click on my computer and select properties ...
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| detection of hardware | 7/21/2006 |
Q: Saleem, I am using a toshiba satellite 1750.. thankshi, I just reinstalled win2000 on my ...
A: Pls check the details of your system at support.toshiba.com at ...
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| Tweaking components | 5/11/2006 |
Q: I have (MSI) P4N Diamond motherboard. The BIOS of this motherboard enable user to modify or ...
A: Although you have an option to overclock these components it is not recommended as these devices ...
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| Power Problem ! | 4/28/2006 |
Q: First of all I hope you have a good day. I've installed windows server 2003 on my PC successfully, ...
A: Pls disable power management of windows and also you can boot the system in safe mode and check for ...
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| cmos battery holder broke off | 4/25/2006 |
Q: a part of my cmos battery holder broke off, now it cannot hold the cmos battery. i need a way to ...
A: You cannot by CMOS setup process. But you can ignore it but you will have to change the time and ...
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| computer was previously shutdown due to a thermal event(overheating | 4/24/2006 |
Q: bios beeps for some time....(4 times i guess) computer was previously shutdown due to a thermal ...
A: Try booting the system to DOS by any bootable floppy and leave it idle for an hour or two and ...
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| cd-rom ,cd-rw | 4/22/2006 |
Q: my minimum system requirement for bellsouth internet service dsl lite says cd-rom required on my pc. ...
A: Any Optical Drive will definetly meet the requirements. Let me also explain about the optical ...
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| alot of beeping sounds | 4/18/2006 |
Q: I dont know why but my computer out of nowhere it restarts then when the computer boots it would ...
A: Hoping that you are calling about the desktop. Pls boot the system to BIOS by hitting after you turn ...
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| Which is the best and fast processor | 4/10/2006 |
Q: I am in dilemma to indentify which processor is fastest in the world whether it is AMD or INTEL. I ...
A: As far as processor's speed is concerned It should have the fastest FSB (external speed) and fastest ...
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| computer requirements | 3/28/2006 |
Q: I was wondering what dektop would easily meet these requirements of half-life 2. minimum System ...
A: It is always better to have a high end system for future compatibility. I would recommend 1GB DDR2 ...
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| graphics cards | 3/27/2006 |
Q: Why are graphics cards so expensive these days. Its so annoying. You can get xbox 360 for $400 but ...
A: I do agree with your view about graphics card prices shoot to the sky. The reason been hunger for ...
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| Notebook Computer | 3/22/2006 |
Q: I've just recently obtained a new DELL Inspiron 710m notebook computer, and I'm wondering what sort ...
A: It is always better you shutdown the systm when not in use but not frequently. As the example that ...
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| Transferring information from laptop to desktop | 3/15/2006 |
Q: I need to transfer about 10 GB of info from a laptop to a desktop and I would like to know the ...
A: In windows XP you have a feature of transferring data from old system to new system..The feature is ...
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| Don't understand Intel Chip specs | 3/14/2006 |
Q: Here is my dilema. I presently have a Dell laptop with a Mobile Pentium 4 with 3.2 Ghz and 2 gig or ...
A: Pentium Processor are different versions. Request you to visit this link and click on "Click Here" ...
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| COOLER | 3/8/2006 |
Q: and I wish I could have asked you a follow up right away but you were maxed out. Anyway, the error ...
A: What I could find here is that to check if you will be able to go in safe mode and do a system ...
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| COOLER | 3/7/2006 |
Q: I have a DELL OPTIPLEX GX260. All of a sudden my cooler/fan burned out. I got a new one, exactly as ...
A: There are many blue screen error messages and almost all will have dumping physical memory..Would ...
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| computer problem | 3/6/2006 |
Q: when i boot my pc i am getting 'verifying DMI pool data' then my pc will boot no further.i formatted ...
A: No it might not be the IDE cable. As you told that HDD is being shown in CMOS BIOS then you could ...
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| Computer diagnostics say i have problem | 3/5/2006 |
Q: I have a HP N5210 laptop running WinXP. i was suprised to start it and it went back to the original ...
A: The Diags is giving all the info about your system but not any failures. Could you look for any ...
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| BIG BIG PROBLEM | 3/3/2006 |
Q: i have a very big big problem. its been a week since i have purchased the following configuration : ...
A: This seems like a coin battery issue, What I would recommend is if this issue crops again then ...
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| Getting disconnected from the internet | 2/27/2006 |
Q: I have recently purchased a refurbished PC operating with Windows ME and I have installed a dial up ...
A: You said that you are disconnecting form the dialup. But message is 'Cannot find server'. I would ...
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| sound disappeared from computer | 2/25/2006 |
Q: i have an acer laptop, about six months old, always worked well. I was watching a dvd, and it ...
A: Hoping that you have windows XP..go to control panel and select system icon and click on hardware ...
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| Choosing a Motherboard | 2/22/2006 |
Q: I have just begun to build a computer, which I've never done before, and I'm afraid I may be in a ...
A: SLi is a feature of PCI Express architecture.This mobo seems better Abit KN8 SLi ..You can find all ...
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| Laptop Turning off | 2/20/2006 |
Q: My laptop keeps turning itself off on random times. Mainly when running a game ore somting. The ...
A: Pls check if your system is turning off when idle. By this we can find out if any app is causing ...
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| My laptop all of a sudden... | 2/16/2006 |
Q: My laptop all of a sudden won't boot. From power on it seems to go straight to an attempted PXE ROM ...
A: You will have to change the boot sequence in BIOS. to HDD as the first boot device. You may have to ...
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| ram | 2/15/2006 |
Q: is ddr and sd ram the same?
A: They are not the same.Pls find the difference below SDRAM stands for Synchronous Dynamic Random ...
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| IDEO,IDE1 | 2/11/2006 |
Q: while installing the OS first boot device is cd drive, and second boot device is HDD. after ...
A: Its perfectly fine to have set the boot device to IDE0 as it points to IDE0 to search the boot files ...
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| Computer does nothing | 2/8/2006 |
Q: I thought you were an expert, you simply refuse to answer my second question. Too hard maybe ? ...
A: The reason I had asked you to remove the memory and check for any beep codes is becoz it would let ...
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| CPU FSB frequency | 2/6/2006 |
Q: I have an MSI K7N2 Delta Series (platinum) mother board and AMD Sempron 3000+ (socket A) processor. ...
A: You can find all and more info about this motherboard on this link ...
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| CPU & Mobo & memory | 1/22/2006 |
Q: how r u? I am cool, let's hope u can help me out. I am already thinking more of an Alienware BOt ...
A: I am fine,thank you very much for asking that. These days finding a perfect system is a bit merry go ...
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| cpu no display | 1/20/2006 |
Q: sir we had a computer unit IBM P4 the monitor burnout. we open the cpu and the processor fun not ...
A: Do you hear any beep tone(s) after you power ON your system. And also try reseating the memory ...
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| USB Ports acting strangely | 1/16/2006 |
Q: Saleem~ I have a pc running XP sp1 on a Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 board and up until now haven't had any ...
A: Seems like the drives are not been assignged the drive letters correctly..Pls go to control ...
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| Cables and Jumpers | 1/4/2006 |
Q: Which side of an IDE cable should be nearest to the powersupply on the hard drive? When installing ...
A: While connecting power supply make sure you connect red of IDE ribbon cable and red of power are ...
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| Monitor goes to standby mode | 1/2/2006 |
Q: When i turn on monitor at first it goes on normally after a few seconds it switches to standby mode, ...
A: Try loading the BIOS defaults or disabling the power saving options (Pls refer your motherboard ...
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| Windows crash | 12/27/2005 |
Q: I have a relatively new computer, the O/S is Win XP it's a 2.5 GHz, 1GB RAM, 80 GB HD, etc. The ...
A: First of all you can retrieve the data from your old HDD if it is detected by your OS on the new ...
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| Hardware | 12/20/2005 |
Q: The MBD is Intel 810E. Its having onboard display. The CPU is 667 Mhz. The problem is Everything is ...
A: You may have to answer few more questions 1. Do you hear any beep(s) after you switch ON ? 2. Thge ...
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| graphics card | 12/19/2005 |
Q: i installed a graphics card on my motherboard but it didn't work. infact the computer didn't even ...
A: Could you pls give me some more info on the issue you are facing like 1. What interface graphics ...
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| BIOS | 9/7/2005 |
Q: Sir, I have two questions for u How can I upgrade BIOS on running computer? How can I ...
A: Assalaam-O-Alaikum Zaheer Bhai, Well BIOS has to be upgraded while booting the system. ...
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| regarding hardware and networking | 9/4/2005 |
Q: Sir the question is that i need the questions which are usually asked in the final round interviews ...
A: Pls dont loose your heart for this. Coz Even I am without any Job right now but I am sure I would ...
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| system | 8/27/2005 |
Q: 1.which of these local bus standards is capable of the pentium's 64 bit data-bus? a. MCA b. PCI c. ...
A: I apolozise for the delay in replying to this question as I was busy. 1.PCI 2.Intel 955X Express ...
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| Memory speed and compatability | 7/12/2005 |
Q: I'm trying to untangle the various types of RAM and RAM speed. I'm a bit confused as to what types ...
A: RAM is measured in its capacity and speed. As it is better for the PC3200 it is better as its speed ...
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| MemoryNotCompatibleWithBoard | 7/9/2005 |
Q: Hallo Saleem : I am about to increase the memory of my computer from 128 Mb to 256 Mb. ...
A: Seems like you have a lot of questions. Anyway I am pleased answering them. 1.Your MotherBoard ...
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| Monitor shuts off when in use | 6/29/2005 |
Q: sorry I think you misunderstood. The system is not rebooting, it is shutting down. BY my saying I ...
A: I'm so sorry about that. Anyways let us check the power saving settings on your pc. First right ...
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| Monitor shuts off when in use | 6/28/2005 |
Q: I'll have to re-type this. My computer shut off on me, that is what I am writing about. Either the ...
A: Reboting of PC could be done by hardware or software. First thing would be checking if your PC has ...
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| NBD Problem | 6/4/2005 |
Q: I recently bought a second hand motherboard .it is an 815e his Maxtone motherboard. The problem with ...
A: Assuming the time you are looking at is of windows. Try to reset the BIOS by jumper settings and ...
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| Driver Problem ! | 6/1/2005 |
Q: First of all I hop you have a good day. I've encountered a problem when installing Wireless Pc LAN ...
A: I am fine thank you very much and hoping you are doing great while reading this. ...
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| mbd problems | 5/27/2005 |
Q: I recently bought a second hand motherboard .it is an 815e his Maxtone motherboard. The problem ...
A: It might be a problem with the board but we could try one more thing here before considering it. ...
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| Socket 478 | 5/26/2005 |
Q: What is difference between Socket 478 PPGA & PPGA FC-PGA2? Thanks Steven
A: This is really a very good question.And I am afraid i had to search for the answer. The following ...
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| Video card or motherboard problem | 5/16/2005 |
Q: I did something really stupid and I need your help to either find out if it's worth fixing or just ...
A: It really was a mistake which has done this. Moslty some of the componenets might have been burned. ...
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| How to upgrade BIOS | 5/15/2005 |
Q: I have a Compaq 5012CA. BIos VIA 82C691. How can I upgrade the BIOS ? Thanks.
A: Flashing BIOS is not recommended unless you are familiar with the process of it. But this is what ...
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| ks.sys file blue screen error | 5/12/2005 |
Q: this problem happens whenever i stream radios on the internet and also if i am using avermedia ...
A: You may have to uninstall the sound card drivers completely and reboot the pc and reinstall it again ...
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| images don't show | 5/11/2005 |
Q: I hope you can help. I currently have windows xp pro sevice pack 2 on my computer. and seems that ...
A: Assuming you are using Internet Explorer 6.0 click on tools > Internet Options > and Security and ...
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| intel celeron-pentium 4 issue | 5/10/2005 |
Q: intel celeron-pentium 4 issue what would be the equivalent of a 2.8 Ghz Intel Celeron processor in ...
A: Celeron 1 ghz cannot be of the same performance as of Pentium 4 or 3 with 1 Ghz.Coz they are of same ...
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| Computer specifications | 2/18/2005 |
Q: Could you please inform me about the best computer specifications (CPU, RAM, Motherboard, etc.) ...
A: Cache is a built in memory in processor or motherboard but RAM is a seperate memroy module by ...
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| hard drive problem | 2/17/2005 |
Q: I have two hard drives in my p4 win xp machine, one 40gb and another 160gb, the problem im having is ...
A: While your system is booting you may have to hit DELETE or F2 to enter BIOS setup and look for ...
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| non booting pc | 2/14/2005 |
Q: hmmm where to start begining usually the best :) running system (current) xp pro amd athlon 1ghz ...
A: Did u checked if your BIOS is testing the memory.It can be checked by looking at the keyboard after ...
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| How to know cache,What is FSB | 2/13/2005 |
Q: 1] How can i know , how much cache my system has. 2]What is the use of FSB,and what is it.
A: While system is booting (BIOS) it displays the Cache memory of your CPU. AND about FSB, Processor ...
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| system | 2/3/2005 |
Q: How do you restore the defaults of C-MOS BIOS setup? Thanks, MyronHello, I own a Compaq Presario ...
A: You will have to enter the setup while your system is booting it would get displayed on the screen ...
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| Little problem with Monitor Display | 1/27/2005 |
Q: Sir, My question is that, "whan I power On the PC CPU stars working & Monitor's also starts ...
A: Assalaam O Alaikum Dear Abdul do you hear any beep sound when system boots if yes ...
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| hard disk problems | 1/18/2005 |
Q: weird problem!! I can't get 3 hard disks to work in my computer! my setup: amd athlon 2.5 Ghz, ...
A: I appreciate your effort for such an detailed explanation of the issue. ...
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| tell me | 1/15/2005 |
Q: tell me the main reasons which lead the hard drives to suffer from bad sectors. which type of bad ...
A: Assalam O Alaikum Amir The only reson for bad sectors is bad shutdownn. Bad Sectors are ...
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| Bios settings reset | 1/8/2005 |
Q: 1. I was looking through the bios settings on my computer. 2.I was looking through some the the ...
A: I so sorry that I took so long to answer this question. By the way you will have to open the tower ...
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| scanners | 1/6/2005 |
Q: I have resently opend a busines and wanted to know. What is the function of a scanner? How could a ...
A: I congratulate for your new bussiness. May God bless you. By the way the purpose of a scanner is the ...
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| Cds | 1/4/2005 |
Q: My dialup Interent disconnects and won't reconnect when I try and rip a CD to mp3 format on my ...
A: First of all what are the "several different programs" you are using for cd ripping. If you are ...
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| low-level format | 1/3/2005 |
Q: i have low-level format executable program which i wanted to try on one of my hard drive. i made the ...
A: Yes you must do a low level format as now we dont have any other option, Been a long time but i ...
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| Hard Drive cannot read a folder... | 1/1/2005 |
Q: My Windows XP hungs up suddenly and I do a hard-boot. But after the hard boot, it cannot goes back ...
A: Looks like the files or folders are on bad sectors of the disk. SO pls run windows scandisk if this ...
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| Installing New Ram | 12/27/2004 |
Q: Saleem, Thank you for taking the time to read this, and hopefully you can give me some idea on how ...
A: I appreciate your knowledge about using Belarc Advisor. As for the issue is concerned the 64 ...
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| RAM to speed up the computer | 12/24/2004 |
Q: I am fantatical about my computer running at a fast speed. I have a cable connection, but there are ...
A: I would really appreciate if you could give me more details like the amount of memory installed and ...
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| battery was taken out -- how do you reset/reprogram the BIOS for ASUS motherboard ??? | 12/23/2004 |
Q: battery was taken out -- how do you reset/reprogram the BIOS for ASUS motherboard ?
A: When you start the pc after removing the battery after completly cutting out power for atleast 30 ...
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| sound | 12/22/2004 |
Q: there is some problem with sound in my computer... the specs are as follows: amd athlon xp 2000+ ...
A: If your motherboard has built in sound card then disable it. IF not then try uninstaling the drivers ...
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| Information about EPIC (Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing) | 12/8/2004 |
Q: how are you. I need Information about the Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing, the new ...
A: Even I am not aware of the new EPIC but I could gathrer some info on this by searching and I found ...
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| Help! USB stuff hangs! | 11/30/2004 |
Q: whenever i play games on my computer, after a few seconds into the game, everything that's connected ...
A: I apolzies for this delay in answering this question I was quite busy all this long, Anyway We will ...
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| modem | 11/26/2004 |
Q: please help!!!!! i purchased a new ibm computer desktop recently.. my schools office was ordering ...
A: MAke sure the system BIOS has detected your MODEM as simple communication device while booting but ...
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| Hard drive | 11/23/2004 |
Q: How do I format a hard drive, on Windows XP?
A: I did not had answer at that time. But now i have searched for it got something for you. Formatting ...
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| RAM | 11/18/2004 |
Q: I have a compaq presario notebook 1240 with 64 MB of RAM. I have a high speed cable modem. It is ...
A: There could be many reseaons for slow connection. First what is the speed you have opted and what is ...
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| HP scanner with ADF, model c2520a | 11/15/2004 |
Q: I cannot find the driver for this scanner anywhere!! HP scanner with ADF, model c2520a. ...If you ...
A: I could not find any link for downloading the drivers but i have sent an email and waiting for its ...
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| Building a Computer | 11/13/2004 |
Q: Im new to this webpage so i am sorry if i am just wasting your time. But I wondering if you can give ...
A: Feeling great that your are recovering from drug addict and proud for people like you. GOOD WORK. ...
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| tell me | 11/8/2004 |
Q: i have four drives in my PC 1)Primary Master Hard disk 2)DVD Rom attached to primary master hard ...
A: Windows shows the partition as it is shown. the C drive of secondry master hard disk is shown as D ...
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| SATA | 11/7/2004 |
Q: I have bought a serial ATA hard drive to use as my primary hard drive. I currently have 1 IDE hard ...
A: Yes you can use 2 diff drives in a system if your BIOS accepts it (detects the drives and displays ...
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| Mouse is not seen | 10/31/2004 |
Q: I have p4 clone computer with Windows ME which before used to work fine until when there was a power ...
A: Pls make sure the drivers for the mouse are installed in Device Manager.As of the printer If its ...
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| cdrom problem | 10/19/2004 |
Q: my cd rom is working,but my windows xp operating system is not detecting the cdrom drive.i have ...
A: Pls make sure CD Drive is configured in the BIOS.If it is not then configre it and then check in ...
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| hi | 10/7/2004 |
Q: but for some reason when i put it on the motherboard it doesnt work for some reason.
A: pls visit http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800-vm/overview.htm for complete details of ...
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| How to be hardware engineer in short duration | 10/3/2004 |
Q: I am learning computer hardwar. plz tell me what practice is necessary so that we can able to be a ...
A: Assalam O Alaikum It is good that you are learning hardware.Pls learn about diff main boards and ...
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| thangadurai.ayyaswamy@tcs.com | 9/19/2004 |
Q: I have two hard drives: quantum fireball 40GB and Seagate Baracuda 60GB. I copied one mp3 disk to ...
A: Looks like the mbr is corrupted of the HDD...Tried booting the pc with windows start up disk and ...
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| startup problem | 5/6/2004 |
Q: when switching it on al i get is a Hewlett Packard screen that offers me "press ctrl to go to more ...
A: All the test are running behind the HP screen while pc is booting and is normal.Pls check your ...
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| CPU Upgrade Gateway 310S | 4/26/2004 |
Q: I am beginning to do more video editing and I understand that the P4 is must better suited to video ...
A: It depends on the mainboard of your system.If the board supports P4 then it will be compatible if no ...
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| Mother board problem | 4/12/2004 |
Q: We are having wipro acer systems with p1 v25 old mother board ,16mb ram , Frequently some systems ...
A: Is your motherboard with socket7 if yes then if can very easily support 233Mhz.If no then it cannot. ...
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| adding an additional HD | 2/17/2004 |
Q: I am adding and 40 GIG drive to my friends computer, I believe she has a Dell or Compaq, she ...
A: I am very sorry for the delay for the answer as I was not doing well. Well as for the issue is ...
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| A customer tells you that... | 2/10/2004 |
Q: A customer tells you that he has been offered a PC with a composite video monitor at a very good ...
A: If you look at a VGA connector you can see that this has three separate lines for the red, green and ...
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| Memory upgrade | 2/9/2004 |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 8200 and it says on the specs it uses PC-800 non-ECC RDRAM. My question ...
A: You cannot replace non-ECC with ECC because the architecture of ECC memory module is different that ...
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| 3d Hardware | 2/8/2004 |
Q: I was just worndering if you could tell me if my graphic card is ok. I have a fx5200ultra with a ...
A: Overclocking is not recommended,but if you do want to do it then make sure you have extra chasis' ...
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| hardware | 2/5/2004 |
Q: Explain why an EGA VDU/video card cannot display enough colour accuratley to represent the natural ...
A: EGA-Enhanced Graphics Adapter A graphic display specification between CGA and VGA. Introduced in ...
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