- dual monitor issue
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 2 Comments
Hi I just setup everything to run 2 monitors for a larger dektop, which I need badly. I am running Win 2000 and have one video card in the VGP slot (monitor 1) and one in the PCI (monitor 2). I...
- Does thermal paste go off?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments
OK - I've noticed lately that my CPU has been running hot (> 50C) Athlon XP 2400+ - not overclocked. Decided a few weeks back to clea all the fans, which helped a bit, but not much. I assumed...
- picture messed up on 6600 GT
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments
Hi all, a weird error. I was playing Black Hawk Down when the PC crashed. Afterwards, the picture was very distorted in the game, as well as in some videos. Windows GUI looks fine. Tried...
- Raid question - drives of different size
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 8 Comments
I have no experience of RAID at all. I currently have a 160GB HD which is starting to fill up and I am considering a larger drive, but don't want to bin this one. If I get a new 250GB drive, what...
- heat sync gel / glue
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 9 Comments
... this wasn't very bright of me -- i was pulling on the heat snyc (with fan built in) sitting on top of an AMD-K6-2 processor -- I didn't realize that it was held on by some kind of gel or glue --...
- Memtest report error...
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 11 Comments
I recently used memtest86 after experiencing many serious system instabilities (random file corruption, system crashes). Basically memtest would report thousand of errors in a matter of...
- Burning DVD+R9 with NED ND-2510A -- success!
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
So I updated the firmware on my ND-2510A to the latest available, 2.18, and updated my burning program (Nero) to the latest edition, 7 Premium. Windows still wasn't recognizing blank DVD+R9 media,...
- re:formatting compaq presario sr1303wm
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
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- who invented this crap?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 15 Comments
I couldnt connect my digital camera to my PC running Win98SE for a few days because the USB was disabled in the BIOS! Isnt Win95 and everything afterwards supposed to be plug-n-play? Why do I have...
- re:formatting compaq presario sr1303wm
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
I think a system reinstall would be the best option. When yo reinstall Windows, you have the chance to format the disk. I'm not sure about the process demounting, but since you want t format the...
- formatting compaq presario sr1303wm
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
formatting the hd thru c# gives me a option to dismount a runnin proces i have tried the system recovery disk' i have tried system restore..xoftspy.norton av.kaspersky av.avg av none of these...
- Upgrad Advice - Please help choose MB/CPU config
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
Ok, I've narrowed my choices. I'm looking to very cheaply upgrade m Soltek Athlon XP 1700+ computer. My graphics card will probably be a FX5200 128 MB (or a GeForce3 128 MB), at least for the time...
- re:Does thermal paste go off?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
Just an update - went and bought a new fan & heatsink. Used pape towels and cotton buds to clean the gunk of the processor and polis the die - applied fresh thermal paste with a rubber glove...
- re:Does thermal paste go off?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
Thanks - I thought of that - but I'm still going to have to clean th gunk off first - so how do I do that
- re:Does thermal paste go off?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
Using a more powerful fan is usually effective
- re:PWR Supply and CPU fan never shut down
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
New power supply solved the problem, everything shuts down as i should. original one test good but must have a problem
- Problem with printer since installing broadband
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 27 Comments
Hi new here, I am hoping someone might know the answer to my problem. Since having put broadband on I have a printer problem. It seems to be that the printer tries to work but stops after one third...
- Anyone know what this 3U rackmount box is?
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 0 Comments
Hey there guys. I'm trying to get the specs on and identify this rackmount case that was purchased before I started working here. Take a look if you would a let me know if you can identify...
- HP Printer Won't Feed
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 3 Comments
Hi, My daughter just called from DC. Her printer (HP 3650) stopped feeding in the middle of a print job. She can hear the usual noises but it just won't feed. She tried fanning the paper then...
- So, I don't need a new router -- my current one is just weird
- Posted on September 28th, 2005 | 1 Comments
You may remember my post a week or two ago when I said something was messed up with my router and I was considering a new one. Well, that's partially true. My network configuration only works if I...

