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My parents have asked me to back up their computer because they are buying a new one and want everything on their current computer put on the new one. The deal is I can have their old one if I save everything on it and put it on an external harddrive. The haven't bought a new one yet but said...

Hey, guys, I have a celeron 400 CPU and a Motherboard with Socket 7. Is that possible to have them work together? I heard somebody talked about "CPU Upgrade Socket". Thanks a lot!

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq (More info?) Looking at compaq's with the AMD chip and i am wondering if they are anygood or not?.I have only had pentium HP8275 p2 300mhz. Thanks Larry

Hey guys, not sure if this is the right subforum, but I am not sure what the issue is in the first place. I recently got a Lenovo laptop with Win8 on it, and it worked fine for about a month. Then, I started getting these crashes, about once every two-three days. The picture im attaching shows...

Not sure if this is correct place to ask this question if not sorry as i new here. Anyway i have a pc that the system fans start when switched on then stop after a second. A motherboard light stays on green although system is other wise dead at this point. I have tried another PSU (same spec)...

So I received a new monitor about a week ago and everything about it is great, except one thing: occasional problems opening up videos. Sometimes when I open up a downloaded video, the monitor will just turn to... (Sorry it's upside down) You can see that I (blindly) dragged the video to...

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1547" target="_new">Boards with ViaKt266a</A> The contenders are: the EPoX 8KHA+, MSI K7T266 Pro2, and the Shuttle AK31 Revision 3.1. All of the boards are based on VIA's KT266A chipset and feature the same VIA 8233 South Bridge.

Hey all, I'm considering a new keyboard (TBH, I want a new one after reading the mechanical keyboards article today) and need help finding a Cherry MX Brown board. I am an engineering student and spend a lot of time at my computer either writing reports or playing games (all types; casual to...

guys i have been in my closest store and isaw BX 2450 led and they were previewing T2 blu ray edition the quality was awesome but i saw this new monitor but it comes with ips panel and 1920-1200 resolution but the BX 2450 mas Resolution is 1080p so wich one do you recommend me to buy here is...

I am interested in buying a blu-ray burner. But it might be a real long time before I get bluray disks to burn on it. Is there a way to test if the blu-ray burner is operational in regards to burning blu-rays, without any blu-ray R disks?

Hi I need a monitor with extra crisp text reproduction (I'm a programmer) and decent resolution (24", 1920x1200). And it must be affordable too... I've seen one Gateway - but text was barely readable, and comments in my source code, which supposed to be green, were gray. Any good, sharp and...

My pc does not recognise that the printer is attached, I have used this printer for 12 months with no problems now it will not print. The unit works ok, power and lights all ok, will copy from the printer but will not print from PC. I have installed that latest drivers, whe I try to install...

So I've been using the VGA connector that allows you to hook up a PC monitor to a 360, and it works perfectly fine with my 19" LCD monitor for AGES! It looks great and works perfectly, but I recently bought a new Samsung LCD, which has HDMI in....but sadly I have an older 360 so I can't utilize...

Most of my printer use is for printing out yahoo maps, notes to friends, or what not...I realy dont need to put all of this on my inkjet printer.. Can anyone suggest a DOT MATRIX PRINTER that is somewhere in the price range of 100 or less? maybe 150 in the upper range is ok as well. Do they...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) I've just been making a few prints on special glossy paper, using the highest quality colour setting of my Epson C82 Stylus (on a PC under Win XP). They were pretty good, but definitely all a bit *lighter* than the screen image. Is this...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) Has anybody done cost analysis for thier home photosmart printer, considering the cost of inkjet ink and photo paper ? I have a HP7350 and a HP4L. Right now, the HP4L needs toner cart. My needs are more text printing than photo...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) Hello I had this very old POS system with a Star DP8340 FM printer with a modular jack to take order for my small pizza shop. Few years ago the software that I was using (DOS based) crashed and I didn't have any money to fix it so we...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras (More info?) Anyone familiar with these 2 camera's? How do they compare? Which do you guys think is a better camera and why? They're both about the same price. Thanks

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) This should bring back memories to the older members reading this post. I just found additional printer options when updating from Qicken'98 on Win98 to Qicken'03 on WinXP. I've been using an Apple ImageWriter-II Impact printer to...

Archived from groups: comp.periphs.printers (More info?) This seems expensive, even on ebay. Can this be bought in bulk (or reasonable quantities). Is it a general purpose substance in terms at least that it is common to all laser printers? Help please. Thanks

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.dcameras (More info?) My JVC miniDV cam is giving me the error message "Condensation Detected, please Wait" and never lets me record or playback. I need help desperately, please help..... Can i reset the memory in it or what??? Ced

I have a computer connected to a TV set (i don't have a crt connected to it, there is NO room for one)). That computer is primarily used for DVD movies and games. Lately i begun using it extensively for photoshop work for fun(image/photo editing) as i'm into photography as well. Lately i...

I have heard mainly two people complain about its ghosting, and a couple not. I am thinking about getting it, and I want to use it mainly for Morrowind (3d rpg), surfing, and strategy games. Someone on this site even said that the PV174 has a response rate of 50ms...I was wondering how this...

Hello, I recently purchased a Sony HDR cx260.The ac adapter does not charge the battery. However when plugged in to th ac adapter the camera operates. It recharges well when charging via USB. Any idea what could be the issue? Thanks

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Does a sunpak power zoom 4000 AF dedicated flash work with a Nikon D90 DSLR camera? Thank you

Archived from groups: alt.games.need-for-speed (More info?) Excuse me for my english. Is there anybody who knows what are the differents ports used by need for speed on PC when playing on line. My router blocks connections everytime I launch a race. Thanks pascal.tosolini@free.fr

I'm using XP Pro. I have ATI Rage128 graphics card (with new drivers) and Netgear NIC card (Netgear says that the drivers that came with XP are current.). No sound card, modem, or anything else. My IRQs are fine. XP freezes with while NO programs are open and with ANY program open. There are...

How do I check what version of XP I am using?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.setup (More info?) I have a subdirectory that I cannot access/move/copy/delete because it has a reported "Invalid Directory Name". Strangely, I can rename it - but when I do it still gives the same error (even though the new name is definitely...

Can someone let me know the position the four pins should be in before installing as i know they can be fragile if mishandled. Am i right in thinking all pins shbe sound.ould be turned clockwise before install? Any tips that you think might help would also

Hi, I have a following problem. My computer was crashing and I detected that I have bad sectors on my HDD. Replaced HDD and installed windows 7. After install I was getting BSOD frequently. So I ran Prime95 test from Hiren's Boot CD which crassed after 10 minutes (completely froze or fatal...

i need help again. i really cannot find a good gaming processor at 95 watts and at a price like $105. Most Phenom II's are discontinued and idk if anyone else knows of any good amd processor for gaming. can someone tell me one i can use with this board? Motherboard...

So I'm thinking about getting a new CPU for gaming. I've got an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHZ. 8 GB RAM DDR2 & MSI GTX560 Ti. I play games like Battlefield 3(hardly though) , League of Legends (< *** runs too easy) , Starcraft 2, War Z and a few other single player somewhat graphic...

Hi, I was wondering is 1.392 volts too high for voltage on my cpu I've noticed voltage gets the hottest on my motherboard ? its clocked at 4.334 ghz.

Hi everyone, was thinking of upgrading my GPU to a Radeon HD 6850. I hear that you need a minimum of a 500W power supply. However, I don't have power hungry specs. Does the fact that I have only 4GB RAM and a Dual Core Processor mean that I can cope with my current 400W supply for the HD 6850...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.dns (More info?) What happens to the C name record in DNS if the record is for a client that can dynamically update DNS. Does this do anything to the C name record. If I am correct, since the FQDN is used to create the C name it should have no...

Hi, On Sunday morning I tried to start my home-built computer. However, when I pushed the power on button on the front of the case, absolutely nothing happened. No beeps, no fans, no output from the GPU, nothing. So, immediately I thought a fuse or something had blown, and the PSU wasn't...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win95.general.discussion (More info?) When my desktop was originally configured, the hard drive was partitioned into three partitions (C, D, and E). As I recall, this was done to get around the 2 gig limitation of Windows 95. Currently, the computer...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion (More info?) I must have inadvertently changed a setting somewhere any new IE page I download opens minimised as just a bar. Where may I look to "open full screen" ? Thanks