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Hello all. I bought a coolermaster 240M and 2 extra 120mm fans w/ LEDs to go with it. My problem is the 120mm fans came with molex adapters. 1 female and 1 male. I guess i have 2 questions: 1. Do i need to use the molex adapters or can i just use the 3 pin plug to attach to the MB? and 2. If i...

friends, Just suggest to play modern games on 20 inch screen. what are graphic card in ATI or nvidio which are bare minimum. digv

I'm going to be purchasing 2 x 140mm Red LED case fans for the top, 1 x 120mm case fan for the front, 1 x 120mm case fan for the bottom, and 1 x 140mm case fan for the side. The case is a NZXT Phantom 820. I am wondering if it's possible to hook all the fan's up to the fan controller that comes...

I'm planning to buy a budget gaming PC but I just knew that it has 600W PSU. I already have a 500W AVR that I thought I could use. I don't want to buy a new AVR since I'm really low on funds. My question is that can my old 500W AVR handle a 600W PSU or should I just buy a lower 500W PSU? The...

:kaola: Hey Tom's Hardware community! I'm a newcomer and to be honest I have made a hell of a useful amount of trips to this site which have lead me to great help to solve some computer issues so I finally decided to sign up and ask a question. My computer specs may be old since why I need to...

Hello, I recently purchased the Sager NP9370 lappy. I can connect to the internet wirelessly, but when i try to connect via wired through my modem, I do not get a signal and cannot get online. I tried a functions check with another laptop I own and it connected via wire so it isn't an issue...

Hello, im on a budget of around 2-300$ my current pc is dell dimension e521 amd athlon 64 3200 2.0 ~ghz someone said i could add these parts to it and they would fit/work fine im just lookin for a second opinion: ram: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220557 hard...

Hey guys, I have an old Compaq Presario and it has an AMD Athlon 64 3800+ in it. I was wondering if there is any decent compatible GPU's I could buy that wouldn't bottleneck too much. I'm not familiar with OC'ing so i've never tried it. I am going to be buying and putting together a new gaming...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) When I double click on to a folder in Win XP Home I get prompted to search for the files. None of the files are displayed unless I click the search button. There must be a setting I have turned on or off somewhere.

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Hello, I tryied rating my system but windex had trouble reading the grapic on the a10. It says 1.0

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin (More info?) Dear all... Bought myself a new computer last week. I took out my entire 'old' harddisk, and put this one in my new system. No problems thus far; every folder is accessible, except...................... E:\Documents...

hi guys i need some some help i just upgraded my cpu form a fx 4170 to a fx 6300 and windows is saying it a 4 core cpu and not a 6 core i done all the updates from windows and bios too and still showing as a 4 core and prime 95 is saying its a 4 core and cpuz too saying 4 cores...

I use to build computers all the time, maybe 20-25 total, but that was WAY back in the 2-core days. I just simply burned out & didn't have fun doing it any longer. But I still do my own family computers, since I'm a bit picky. I guess I was pretty good at picking the pieces, since this ancient...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.video (More info?) I have downloaded a movie which is an avi file but it cannot play in windows media 10.I get a message that a codec may be missing and i need to get one.How and which?Thank you. Samoon

To all: A question I've been trying to get clear on as I consider upgrading my monitor. Is it better to purchase a 1080P monitor that can refresh at 120hz or a WQHD that refreshes at 60hz. (And here, I'm setting the $200 premium of WQHD to the side - I'm mainly interested in the viewing...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I want to remove 2 large programs so i cxan get space for SP2 however both uninstall on the Menu and Add Remove Programs will not work. How can I clean them out properly? Thanks, Rock

I currently have a Kaze Master Pro. It's less than a year old, and already channel 5 stopped working and channel 4 is cutting in and out. Nearly overheated my rig cause I had a pump alone on channel 5 when that channel died. Technically it's still under warranty, but I suspect that the cost of...

Hey guys so apparently i think my FX4170k is bottlenecking my system which is depressing... but at the time was some what of a budget build... Ill show you the list with my new upgrades. Games i play are Bo2, WoW, Diablo, LoL, and Skyrim. Not the most graphic intense games but still at low and...

Hello, overclockulator is not changing my cpu speed. core i7 2630qm sandy intel hm65 please somebody help me?

Hi i just bougt a new gaming pc and was woundoring on how much i could overclock it :D Here is my PC PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9...

Hey guys, So the core clock is 800MHz and memory clock 1250MHz on this card. Using MSI AB I slowly raised the Core clock and Memory clock (not touched voltages or power limits) by 30MHz each time, then did some GPU burn tests in FurMark and Heaven Benchmark etc. I got to 900MHz and 1350MHz...

Hey, I just wanted to overlock the cpu with only the multiplier and got 4.2ghz. Is this a decent overclock without playing with any other settings?

I have recently built a computer with an i7 3770k and a Hyper 212 evo cooler. I was attempting to overclock it (hopefully to about 4.5ghz when i'm done) when i was encountering some issues. When i overclock it to a meager 3.8ghz, and run prime95, it almost instantly jumps up to 80 degrees...

I am looking into buying a budget computer as a HTPC, for school stuff, and some basic/medium gaming. I have almost no experience in overclocking or building computers in general, and I am not sure if it is a great idea on a Micro ATX motherboard. I have seen that its is possible from some other...

will a PCI Express 2.1 x16 GPU work in an Express 2.0?

Hi guys, I was looking for some new thermal paste and came across this mega comparison chart http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=150&Itemid=62 As I want to make the right choice the first time I want to get some paste from the A(+) category. However, I fear...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics (More info?) Dear group, I have shortcuts to most of my programs, but am annoyed that when I click on START, PROGRAMS, the first menu shows only a few things I've used recently and I have to hit down arrow to fully expand the menu...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support (More info?) I am running Nero 6.3 under Win XP Pro SP2. My understanding is that when recording to a data CD (not packet writing), one needs a temporary scratch file that is about twice as large as the amount of data being...

So I sold my 3770 and bought a 3770K, for overclocking purposes, and I'm having some issues. When I go into the BIOS, I can't raise the ratio at all, it's permanently fixed at 35. I've tried everything, it just won't let me change it. Any suggestions? Furthermore, I can't change the ratio...

After an OC Prime seems to crash rather than produce an error like its supposed to. I'm not sure if this indicates instability or not, seems to work fine in games. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I got 2 sticks of 1GB 1Rx8 PC2-6400U-666-12-Do and I would like to upgrade. Can I put any kind of memory? If no, which memory should I put inside? I saw this "GB Micro 2GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz Memory" on staples, is it fine?

All right, so first of all I'm gonna tell you guys my config: AMD FX-8350 Asus Crosshair V Formula NZXT Crafted Series Guardian 921 RB XFX Double Dissipation HD 7950 Corsair VS650 650 Watt Seagate Barracuda 2 TB Desktop Internal Hard Drive Logitech Gaming Combo G100 Corsair Vengeance DDR3 8 GB...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?) how do i check if my video card is working correctly,when i play images my computer freezes

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?) I just upgraded to XP from ME. It doesn't recognize my scanner. I have uninstalled all the software from it that was recognized and tried installing the whole thing from scratch. Most of the software installs but not the...

I am looking for a new Mid Tower to fit my P5N32-SLI Premium/WiFi-AP mobo. Right now I am looking at this Mid Tower: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811208042 I am wondering if my mobo: http://www.asus.com/Motherboard/P5N32SLI_PremiumWiFiAP will be able to fit inside of...

Hi all, i want to buy this case http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008R524GS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_9?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER but i dont know which motherboard will fit perfectly , im looking for AMD motherboard for FM2 chip

Alright, Here's the problem. I have a MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 motherboard which supports up to 16GB of RAM. Specifically I have G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 RAM cards. When I plug in two cards the system boots up perfectly. No problem whatsoever. However...

Hi, I am doing my first build, and I have everything together and when I turn on the computer I get no video. I tried doing a bench test and still no video. Also when I turn on the computer I don't get any beeps from the speaker that I installed when it turns on. When it turns on all the fans...

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.print_fax (More info?) I just setup a modem and fax console for one of our lines that is a dedicated fax line. The funny thing is, that the system received a fax on one of our other fax lines. I thought that maybe we had just misconfigured the...