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a month ago, i built a pc from used parts that my friend gave me and recenty, my cpu fan is loud. It didnt do this until receny and i barely used the thing since i was out a monitor. How it used to vo is its loud forna few seco ds on startup but now its nonstop. I did connect it to the in the...

So I just went to fit my new 2060 card and it has an 8 pin PCIe connector and my EVGA power supply has an 8 pin connector labelled VGA 1... I have unfortunately had the left over cables from when I bought the PSU thrown away without my knowledge so I have no way of using the card. I now need a...

Hello everyone, It's maybe stupid to ask here, but, is there a way that I could use my 4S on the Google Cardboard VR... It seems small, but I tried some PC games, and they're working very well, for such a phone. If it is too small, I can change the place of the two pictures. I'm using KinoVR

Hello, Can u give me some suggestion for psu and mobo(i prefer atx form factor). Here is the rest of the system: Monitor: 23 LG 23MP47HQ-P Case: Corsair Carbide SPEC-01 Red Midi Tower Cpu: I5-4460 /3.2G/6MB/BOX/LGA1150 Ram: G.SKILL 2x4 RipjawsX 1600M C9 F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM Gpu: SAPPHIRE NITRO R9...

Hey all i have a Mx100 250gb and was wondering if its worth upgrading to a evo 250gb? thanks for any infos

I'm building a PC and I haven't got a PSU just yet, but I have a 6 year old 300w PSU that I ripped out a Dell Vostro and had planned to use to build a different PC to the one I'm building now. Long story short the old PSU wasn't able to power the PC I planned to use it in so it's been collecting...

hi from the uk, my 12 year old son decided he wanted to have his xbox360 running on the old 19" widescreen dell monitor he uses for his pc which has only got a vga connection. The monitor works fine when connected to his pc's graphics card which has hdmi and dvi output which we use a dvi to vga...

I created a thread a few days ago and thought I was ready to commit. After doing some more searching and mixing and matching I've got two builds which I'm gonna run by you guys. I would like the option of buying another 780 in the future for SLI, hence the large PSU. Speaking of which, I've...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.messenger (More info?) Every time I turn off MSN Messenger I get the following error: R6025 - pure virtual function call I have the final release of MSN Messenger 7.0 is there a way to fix this problem?

Hi, I was wondering if someone can clear this up for me. I just finished building my 1st desktop pc ever yesterday. It's running quite well I should say. Everything is normal except I noticed my cursor is lagging. My first reaction was that "My wireless mouse must be interfering with the...

Hello, when I start my PC it says 'decting Drives, None Found' then starts OK anyway. I recently replaced a 'failed' PATA HD for a new SATA HD.Everything seems to be OK in the BIOS, i.e. both drives are shown. Has this confused windows OS or indeed just its' start sequence?

Hello, I set my laptop to factory settings and when i turn it on now i dont have the blue log in windows sceen. Why is that?

Running the aforementioned card with two monitors both utilizing DVI. I don't know a whole hell of a lot about computers, but general basics I get. What am I doing wrong if I am using both and just getting a copy on the other screen instead of it stretching? Thank you.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) I have a dell laptop 540 lattitude with 40gb hdd and a celeron processorrunning windows xp pro, it has got to the point where it has become unbearably slow and i think the easiest thing to do is wipe it and start again, i...

I have a PC power and Cooling silencer 750 watt, and when I turn it on the MOBO lights up (All I have in is MOBO and case fans) but the fans don't spin, so I plugged in a flash drive and it light up, I have my 24 and 8 pin connected. What's the problem?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) Events required me to reinstall Windows XP Home Edition, once this was complete I was unable to access my second harddrive. Anytime I attempted to open it, it gave the message "do you want to format this drive?" I have...

Hello, Would a dedicated phusX card help a 650ti performances

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage (More info?) When clicking on an e-mail address link in another e-mail, or in fact on the reply(e-mail) link on the newsgroup message page, Outlook Express will not open - I get the error message "Could not perform this...

Hello, In XP Pro, I can arrange the desktop icons by "type" and by "name". Question: I have several "types" of icons on the desktop, so when I arrange them by type, great. However . . within the type, they aren't alphabetical and I was wondering if within the type [say video downloads from...

I have a bunch of .mod files. When I import them into iMovie, the video remains but the audio goes. The files get converted to .mov. I cannot play the files with video AND audio in anything except VLC. Since I am editing, is there any way I can get the audio to also play in iMovie? Thanks. The...

Hi all Last night I have upgraded my OS from XP to Win7 Everthing is OK When I had tried to connect a web site (with Internet Exloper 8) I am getting Error: Unable to resolve ip of host www.google.com Google FaceBook etc But I am connecting some other websites easily Why I am not connecting to...

Hello, Can a raid 1 be setup with an already install Winn7 install?

I use www.google.com as my main search engine. But now it seems to store cookies and remembers what i have previously searched for. I think this is since i started using IE6 rather than IE5. I don't want the missus and kids to see some of the crazy sheet i search for'so how do i remove them. I...

Hello everyone, My computer has been randomly displaying screen artifacts, after which it will immediately freeze and restart. Just before it restarts, the monitor will shut off as if it is not receiving any data (i.e. the computer is asleep). This occurs both when I am browsing the web and...

Hello, Help please to download proplus.msi without being trapped into buying driver updater software. I am trying to download Office XP Service Pack 3 and it tells me it needs proplus.msi but it cannot find it on my computer. My M'soft Office is XP, but my operating system is Windows 7...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) Im looking for a device to hook my game systems (game cube and Xbox) up to my monitor. Ive found a viewsonic processor thatll hook em up to my monitor, but its rather expensive...I was wondering if anyone knoew of other...

Hello, Please, I wd like to write in many colomns. how canI do this? How to do this type of work? thanks

hi all so yesterday i bought an used bfg tech gtx 295 single pcb i installed it and installed the newest beta drivers from nvidias site when i try to run WEI the rating gets to "direct3d 10 texture load assessment" and the screen goes black, sometimes grey, sometimes no signal -when i let...

I'm considering updating my mobo and processor, and I'm going to get a 64 (for sure). I was looking for some lower end ones, because I'm on a budget, and I spotted an AMD Athlon 64 3000+, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor for DTR Notebooks- OEM on newegg (go here to see...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers (More info?) My speakers just started sounding so echoey and I don't know how to change it. Please help.

I have a ATI Radeon HD 5450, and yup, its the crap's. I need an upgrade, and i don't know what best provides my needs, i have an ASUS 1045 and every video card seems to have "sell this more expensive" functions that i have no need for, such as multiple monitors. What i need is the best 100-150...

head over to www.anandtech.com and have a look at their detonator 4 review. quite interesting. for the geforece3 there are framerate increases across the board, specially in the high end. geforece2 range less so, but still significant midrange increases 800x600 -> 1280x1024. and even the MX...

Hi, I am having an annoying problem building my first pc. My motherboard posts fine, and recognizes the RAM and CPU. Additionally when running on integrated graphics (either when my Radeon 6870 is unplugged or I set the BIOS for IGFX) the display works fine when connected through VGA. However...

I know this may be the wrong place but it doesn't exactly fit anywhere and so for that i apologize. When will my Medina buddy (Billy Gates live in a small community of the UBER-rich called medina. I only know this because i used to live near there.) let me use my A64 with a 64bit OS? I heard...

Hey guys im in the hunt for a new notebook and want one for school that is able to run atleast source engine games like Team Fortress 2, CS:S, and portal 2. Ive searched and searched but cant find anything around $600-$700. id prefer a core i5 cpu and a dedicated gpu like ati or nvidia. idc...

Hello, i have no screen saver password on my acer aspire one as bought as a shelf model [cheaper] i have changed the root password via the terminal but it doesnt accept this when i try to change the screen saver password? whats a girl to do?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.general,comp.lang.java.help (More info?) (follow up to microsoft.public.win2000.general) Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195] (C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ant ANT_HOME is set incorrectly or...

Hi there, I've assembled my new pc, everything seemed ok, but it soon started freezing at seemingly random. Screen freezes on the last frame, audio stops, mouse and keyboard ( even capslock and numlock leds ) unresponsive. Must reset. The hangs seems random, no clear association with any...

As I am playing Crysis Warhead, the cursor is "catching" desktop items in the background. Will the 64 bit patch correct this?

One year ago, we took a look at three generations of Intel's vPro, charting how its features evolved. Now, we have a new version to explore. Additionally, we're putting Anti-Theft technology to the test, along with the new Small Business Advantage suite. Intel vPro In 2012, Small Business...