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My daughter has a toshiba satellight L655d laptop which has a bad mother board. I want to replace it, am I waisting my time/money getting a used/ refurbished one off of ebay. Thanks

Im new to pc building, what is the best motherboard that you reccomend for the Athlon x4 750k ? I have a 80$ budget. Also, if i want to upgrade my cpu, do i have to change the motherboard ? Thanks

Hi! I Recently bought a new machine with a 990xa ud3 and an AMD fx 8320. The first time it booted up it went up to 70-80 degrees celsius with the stock cooler. After I upgraded the bios it got a little more stable, but it was still above 75 degrees under load. I bought an arctic cooling freezer...

Right now i have a amd fx 6100 and im thinking of upgrading my cpu, so i took a look at some cpus and i want to know which is better. I mostly do hardcore gaming. Brief specs gigabyte gtx 660 aywun 650 elite amd fx 6100 msi 970A-G45 am3+ Thanks

Hi i've me a new board which is the msi 785gt-e63 the problem is that all the games i play i never get satisfied with the fps..... sometimes i lower the resolution or put of antialasing for Saturn games most of my games i get 100+ fps but i can't play need for speed rivals on medium graphics...

When I got my Dell Inspiron 8500 laptop, it had a single 512 Mb DIMM installed, even though the motherboard has two DIMM sockets. It runs fine with just one DIMM installed. Fine, I thought, I'll just upgrade with a pair of matched DIMM (to eliminate any bad juju with different RAM refresh...

So I am buying a KINGSTON SSD Now v100+ 64GB SSD for installing Windows 7 and programs onto it and I want to use my old 160GB harddrive for media files only. How do I get these drives to do exactly what I want them to do? If I connect the cables up to them will they work just like that or will...

I have a IPISB-CU (Carmel2) motherboard but I have read numerous articles stating that the GTX 660 was not compatible with the Carmel Mobo by pegatron and upon booting the pc the screen would remain at the HP Splash Menu. The reason I am asking this is because I am looking into buying a new GPU...

I got an alienware 14 laptop for christmas. This is my first decent gaming machine. However... the processor seems a little week for some reason at 2.40 ghz. I have an intel quad core i7-4700mq. On alienwares page it says "up to 3.4 ghz!" there isn't even an option for something that high. Can...

I bought the hdmi converter that will connect to my lg optimus cell to tv, but there's nothing comin out on tv.

I want to put some files and folders in a iso image, without using any CD, how can i do this?

Sometimes when watching Netflix, you'll have perfect HD only for it to become unrecognizable, even though you have a good connection. This is easy to fix, and will allow you to keep a steady stream quality. Start off by starting the video, and then alt+shift click the screen. This will bring up...

Guys, I'd like to build a cheap high-performance pc. I am going for these parts, but I don't know if they may conflict with each other: ASRock H61M-DGS 1155 mATX Intel Motherboard Thermaltake V3 Black Edition ATX Mid Tower Computer ASUS GTX760-DC2OC-2GD5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 Dire Inland...

Hello everyone, I've been having some problems with my pc lately, in the form of random reboots without any kind of warning. It started almost a month ago and most of the times it happened while gaming, although I've had it happen a couple of times while browsing and once while idling; I had a...

Hi, i reformatted and re-installed windows a few days ago. i installed my M\B (Asus P8Z68) Chipset driver from the Asus website (version 9.3.***). after that i still had an unidentified "SM Bus Controller" in device manager. i looked up how to fix it and was directed to download drivers from...

I Have the Iomega Home Network Drive Cloud Edition and I wanted to know if I could upgrade it by replacing it with an internal 3Tb drive

Hello I have an HP Pavilion dm4 with Intel HD Graphics Family graphics card (chipset). I was thinking about upgrading it to be able to play some games and improve overall performance. What type of graphics card will I be able to upgrade it with? I also have an intel i5 processor with 2,5 GHz and...

Hi, I'm going to get a new PC for Christmas and I am looking for a PREBUILT PC for under £580, please do not reply saying "Its cheaper to build" Any help is appreciated Thank You

My current power supply is the Corsair TX650 v2 (http://www.corsair.com/enthusiast-series-tx650-v2-80-plus-bronze-certified-650-watt-high-performance-power-supply.html) My current video card is the Asus R9 290 (http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/R92904GD5/) Does my current power supply have...

I am using the NZXT M59 case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058 I just wanted to swap out the stock fans for noctua fans for a silent build. I am using the noctua nf-12's on a different build but for my h100i. I was wondering if noctua nf-12's would work as case...

Cyber monday aftermath - two upgrades later, I have a third system available: Q6600 CPU Asrock motherboard capable of overclocking well thermaltake low profile CPU cooler (cools i5 2500K @4.0Ghz) GTS 250 512MB video I'm going to take the Q6600 as high as it will go, already taken it to 3.2GHz...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?) Hi, I connect to my home machine from work via RDP. It's worked fine for months. When I came into work today and attempted to connect, it appeared to work at first and I was presented with the login screen. I enter...

Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage (More info?) I am trying to install a WesternDigital 120gb HDD on an old Compaq DeskPro. It is currently running WinXP, which I would like to install onto the new HDD. The problem is.. After the DOS-style portion of the install finishes...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Anyone know of a good reliable site that sells OEM CPU's for low prices? Thanks

Why have a dozen wires making a tangled spaghetti mess on your floor when you can have them all stuck together, like Voltron? Power Cables with Lego Sensibilities : Read more

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi, please any help. 3 gig p4 512 ram The system loads to the user selection screen then either user login hangs (20 mins) before system loads desktop. ( system really struggling) Safe mode works fine. Ad aware, spy...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) how do I flush the arp cache? thanks

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) Does anybody know of any decent whiteboard software (Free or Commercial), that I can connect to another Ip (with them having a copy on there machine), and we can just draw. Don't need nothing else, IM'ing, or Video or...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) when I insert a blank writeable cd into my drive(E:) my computer says :The selected disk drive is not in use. Check to make sure a disk is inserted. I am so confused. The drive works fine for DVD's, music CD's...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I bought a barebones system (MSI KM3M-V with Amd Sempron 2300+). I am going to transfer parts from my old computer to put "meat" on the barebones. My question is can I use my old hard drive and Windows XP on my new system...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) I'm trying to use remote assistance between my home pc and my networked office pc. I've opened port 3389 on the firewall at each end. When accepting the invitation using Outlook, I get a messeage: Remote...

amd radeon with a 1000 mb Is this a good graphics card if not could you please help me find one :) ( even better if you can find a good gaming computer)

my monitor has a refresh rate of 5ms (gtg) so would that mean its really 8ms

Alright so i've only had this headset for 2 days haha but i installed it into my desktop and had no problems it works great.. but here's the thing. i installed them into my laptop also... they still work great!! but when i installed them on my laptop i was asked what games i had installed on my...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) The screensaver is set for 10 mins. The screensaver is 3d flying objects. When it goes to screensaver, it freezes up the entire computer. When I try to change to change the settings, it freezes up the entire...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) Hi - - Well, I've contacted MS, and they had no clue... so here I am. I just did a clean format & install of XP Pro SP2. I'm still on dial-up... when I tried to connect, nothing happens. All I see is an *opening...

Have an older rig that is still used for mid-level gaming, sometimes friends - and it was rockin' duel 8800's forever basically. Prefer ASUS/MSI/EVGA cards but will consider others. Paypal confirmed, in the Portland area. Shoot me your best price w/ shipping and I'll see what we can do...

Hi. My friend has a Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 1GB graphics card and he wants to buy a computer that will fit that graphics card. (He will buy a whole computer without a graphics card and put the card into it) Can you guys recommend a build that will fit? (Please include everything, from the CPU to...

Okay, so the PSU of the PC that I'm going to buy has a generic PSU. I also have tried Extreme PSU Calculator and have shown about 250W on 100% usage. I don't know how accurate that is so I hope someone can give me some insights on how much power (Watts) this Rig can consume: PROC: Quad Core...

Archived from groups: alt.games.everquest (More info?) I remember posts quite some time ago, mostly from warriors, stating that warrios were useless because Paladins and SK's had all their strengths plus spells. Go back further and it was monks but I'm only concerned with plate class tanks...