Nehalem

Well my computer was running fine for a few months then, a few days ago while I was playing a game, the computer crashed and gave me a bluescreen error I didn't think to right it down then because I thought it was nothing. So I reset my comp and windows was in 640x480 res and 16bit color...

Hi! new here... please help me make up my mind... :)) I'm going to purchase a new computer system for transferring digital video from my digital camcorder plus running video rendering process(Ulead Video Studio 5.0). What is the best processor should I go for? Intel Pentium 4 1.4G or AMD Athlon...

So lately i've been thinking about getting an SSD but i currently have two HDD (2x seagate barracuda 7200 rpm) and the one im using on the C drive is using up 288GB which is a lot cuz i only have enough money for a 128gb SSD so i wanna know how to only put just the OS, and one to two games onto...

hey guys, i got a new comp: AMD 1.3 Asus A7A 512 Micron DDR 2100 Win2k The thing is, the computer won't boot when I put in a second stick of ram, but will boot with either stick of ram by itself.. What's up? ALSO: Booting with both gives weird freezes & errors at Windows screen. I'm...

HI guys, I found someone else's junk I hope will be my treasure. The computer I found has an AMD K-5 processor. Windows 95 installed on it. I can only get it to boot from My packard bell recovery disk. I have run scandisk on it and has fixed errors. I think at one point I have actually...

Think about it it will be very cold and with the pc on which makes heat it will not freeze i wouldn't put the power supply in there but i mean the board and tower yes Think about it Why can't it be done?

My friend and I just built new computers (my 3rd build, his 1st). We both bought the EXACT same parts, excepted I opted to go with an ssd to put windows and common programs on. This is the first time I've used a SSD, but I'm glad I got one. I can easily tell how much faster things are on my pc...

600E p3bf 440bx 256mb pc 100 sb live value d-link 10/100 3com 56k fax modem viper 2 50x rom 8x4x32 asus burner 30 gig maxtor acana 19" monitor. happy as a kid chargein a buck for really watered down lemonade.:) SPUD Have a great weekend folks I saw the future it gave me a big intel hug :)

a motherboard that's said to be ATA/66 compatible is that working with an old ATA/33 hdd? the ata/66 has a 80-wire-cable? and ata33 only 40? huh is it different connectors on the MB? never seen a ata 66 cable irl.. I always upgrade 2 years after everyone else :)

Hi Experts, My old comp. is Intel PII 233MHz. I'm thinking to upgrade it to AMD CPU/Motherboard based system. My question is that if I do so whether I have to change the current Power supply. Is there any difference of P/S between Intel and AMD systems? Please help me to clarify this point...

I'm running a pentium 550 with 128 megs of ram and a 8.4 Gig HD. I've installed a digital sound processor and run up to 30 wav. files together but my system seems slow. What could I do to speed it up since music is my thing....thanks alot for any reply

New Installation... MSI K7T Pro 2A Duron 600 Win 98 (clean new install) Via Drivers loaded from MSI CD That's it folks...haven't done another thing! Problem: NO PCI SUPPORT AT ALL....none of my PCI cards work..??The system just doesn't recognize any of the slots! I think the problem lies...

What is the difference between the classic athlon and the duron beside the cache size? And which one is better?

I have an A7V, 900MHz T-Bird, SBLive, IBM Deskstar 75GXP on ATA100, Winfast GeForceMX, using WIN98SE. I am having trouble recording with my SBLIve. I have installed all the lasted drivers (Via, Promise, GeforceMX, SBLive, etc). The recorded sound is VERY nolsy/distorted using line-in recording...

Intend to build my first homegrown computer, but getting a bit scared! After reading in this very forum about the troubles one can get into when Sound- and Videocards begin to interfere with each other I am beginning to think it might not be such a good idea building it myself afterall. Can...

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/overclock/kansai/A1200.htm I have no doubt that AMD is sandbagging about the Palomino's headroom. I see a lot of people OC'ing T-Birds upwards of 1.5 GHz now. AMD roadmap is vague and calls for 1.7 GHz Pally in second half. I say the Pally has the headroom to reach 2 GHz...

Hi, I'm installing an SBLive X-Gamer 5.1 on an ABIT KT7-RAID mobo, 1 GHz Thunderbird running Win98se. I can't get it to install, what troubleshooting steps should I take? When I boot the computer for the first time w/the card in PCI slot 5, it recognizes a new PCI device and wants the...

It seems lately that there have been lots of announcements re chipsets and variations for the Athlon/Duron processors. It's all become a bit hard to keep track of. Could someone please summarize what is currently available and what will shortly be available and the advantages/disadvantages of...

I am currently looking to buy a computer system. 1200mhz T-Bird DDR Ram etc... where can I get one. I need to be able to configure it. Or can someone recommend me a place where I could get one put together for me. Thanks for your help

I have ASUS A7V motherboard and 1G T-Bird CPU. When you wake the computer up from sleep it the screen comes up with wide lines and it is locked up. Any idea's setup, etc

Hi, I just upgraded my system from a PII-300 to a PIII-600 over xmas. The system starts up fine and all, but now my computer will either lockup or retsart for no reason and some programs/games such as Starcraft will quite on random aswell. My system consists of a Asus P2B Revision 1.02 with...

I have a question that maybe some of you can answer for me. I am currently in the market for a new computer before christmas. I was already almost deecided on getting an Antlon 1.2 with DDR. However because of TOms review and others I have been forced to rethink that. Especially now that a...

Forgive me if I've butchered the processors name, but I'm quite excited at the prospects of the new AMD Palomino procesor. I've been following it over at The Register. I haven't heard any news as far as an ETA for it. Anyone have any idea when it's supposed to be out? allgoodpeople "It's...

i have a live drive II which has red\white phono inputs on it labelled 'Aux In 2' - does anyone know if it is possible to configure these inputs as outputs? ie have sound comming out of the to connect to an external amp - any info greatly appriciated

as the title says i need help on knowing if it will fit my MOBO the dimensions seem a tiny bit off but nothing to bad what do you guys think here is the case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144268&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID= here is the...

I just built a new system from scratch, and for some reason the CPU fan is not being detected. The power supply fan and chassis fan are detected fine. The CPU fan is spinning, so it is getting power. Here are the specs: Asus CUSL2-C motherboard BIOS 1006 Pentium III 1 GHz retail box...

A disk read error occurred. Press CTRL ALT DEL to restart. I get this error message every time I turn my computer on. I can't do anything on the computer now. I read a lot of stuff. And it seems what I need to do is ghost my data to a new drive. And to use the original one as a slave. I'm...

If Intel or AMD had no competition do U think they would ramup CPU speeds as fast? No way, we would still be waiting for 1 gig and don’t even mentions the prices which would be double. We need those die hard Intel fan that will keep Intel in business now matter how overpriced there CPU’s are...

I need to know if i buy SATA DRIVE 6.0 and i use it on SATA 3.0 channel will it work? i dont care about the speed, the reason for this question is , i need to use it for backup and i need a lot of storage drive. Since SATA 6.0 2TB is cheaper so would it be possible i buy that 2TB Sata6 use it...

Hello Forumfield.. This is my first post on tom's hardware.. and I need your help in building a Gaming Rig in under $3000 parts i require is everything i.e Monitor,keyboard,mouse etc it will be used only for gaming and watching movies... i will play on one monitor or MAYBE two i want to run...

maybe this is a stupid question, but noticed on Tom's dream system, they show a socket A motherboard with an Athlon proceesor. I though Athlon's were slot A not socket A? whats up? Am i just wrong?

I am running a w2k p2 400 with 64 megs of ram system (soon to be upgraded to 192 mb) i think my creative ensoniq 128 pci card is starting to go. ive had the computer for some time now. while using or playing mp3s i'll get an interesting sound when i scroll down in a program with my mouse it...

I pick up this neat little mouse as a christmas gift for my mother. I have to travel 360km to deliver so I tested it on my system first. I will have to go get another one for her because I'm keeping this one! What a great mouse. Some friends of mine have the style that has the ball at the...

Hi everyone ........I have a bluray movie 8.85 GB and flash 16 GB, the problem is when i transfer the movie it's saying "the file is too large for the destination system " ..thank u ...

Hey guys, I have a Z68 chipset and have 2 SSDs in RAID 0 as my main boot drive and I was wondering if it would be worth getting a 3rd SSD and using SRT. Would I see much of a performance increase by adding the 3rd as a cache? Thanks, Vamp

Could someone recommend me a good software to back up my harddrive automatically?

When I built my system, I just went w/ one of the Zalman, decently rated heatsink/fan's, but I want to OC more and push my 2600K. What has better cooling performance? a big air cooler, like the Noctua NH-D14? OR a closed loop liquid cooling system, like the Corsair H80i? Clearance issues w/ my...

Hi there, Can anyone help me remove the write protection on a HP 2g usb flash stick?

heres my dilema, ive got p67 plateform mobo, but wondering when i upgrade to a 3770k will the p67 mobo be more difficult to overclock with and will i be limited by this chipset versus a z77 board. WindowZ 7-ulti x64 Cooler-Master 690 Advanced Atx Case. Razer Black-Sharks Battle-Field3 Edition...

The CPU fan that I have has become REALLY noisy lately, I am thinking about unplugging it. Is that okay? I have an acient AMD K-2 300MHz machine.