Recent content by av-115

I need to be able to set bandwidth limits for individual devices on my network. I know that download bandwidth control isn't effective in all cases, but in my situation it is multiple devices streaming video (mostly Netflix & YouTube) at high resolutions that is causing the most problems on my...

Hi all, Sorry if I've posted in the wrong category but I figured this was the most appropriate since I am looking for a new hard drive, just not for a PC. My Freesat recorder is suffering from intermittent pixelation/stuttering on recordings and I'm putting it down to the HDD which is an 8...

Hi, thanks for your reply! Think I'm going to buy the 4670. Just to clarify, as long as it's AGP it should work, right? I've seen a slightly worrying thread here where his PC had no display and the "expert" replied saying cards with DDR3 memory won't work. To me that seems like total BS as it's...

Sorry to bump an old thread (I hate doing this). For anyone else with same issue, the P4 3.4GHz wouldn't POST because it was damaged. There was a pin missing, barely visible without using a magnifying glass. Returned for a replacement and it worked straight away. If your 4600's m/b has part...

Hi all, I have an old Dell Dimension 4600 with a P4 3.4Ghz, 4GB RAM and Nvidia Geforce 7950GT AGP. Plays older games (pre-2010) pretty well and even handles Blu-ray disks with no problem. It's quite speedy for its age. However, Youtube videos stutter. 480p lags occasionally and 720p/1080p is...

Hi all, My laptop is set to sleep when the battery drops below 5%. It does go to sleep, however it powers back on almost immediately. This isn't helpful if I'm away from the laptop as when I next come to use it I get the "Windows did not shut down properly" message. If it went to sleep it would...

Hello, I'm having problems upgrading the CPU on two separate machines so apologies for posting in the same thread. First machine is a Dell Dimension 4600. Upgraded from a 2.8Ghz Pentium 4 533Mhz FSB 512Kb L2 Cache to a 3.4Ghz Pentium 4 HT 800Mhz FSB 512Kb L2 Cache. System does not POST with...