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Hey Guys,

I was wondering what the Advantages of getting a 790FX CHIP set motherboard would be... The current build I am looking at is

ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi AM2+/AM2 AMD 790FX
(maybe ASUS M3N72-D AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce 750a)
4 gig Corsair Dominator DDR2 800
EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB
Phenom 9950 Black

Would it be better for me to get THE 750a Sli for an easier upgrade such as adding an additional 9800gx2? Also, I heard that the Phenom 9850 uses less power and can be overclocked as high as the 9950.

I already have a PSU, but its 600w Is that enough for the above plus 4 hard drives? If it is than I am guessing it isn't enough for two 9800gx2's.

If you have any suggestions or replacements AROUND the same price, LET me know... THANKS Guys!!1st only reason for a 790 is sli and a 750 has more probs then the 790 and it also depends on your psu honelsty i THINK 600 watts isnt enough really no matter what for that card but thats just me790FX Is CrossFire not sli. the 750a is sli. I guess I will look into PSU'sooooo sorry was thinkin intel boards lol

Hello all!, I have a Pentium 3 500mhz which I'm using right now. But I also have a P4 2.1ghz that all it needs is a HDD. So can I take my HDD from the P3 and put it into the P4 and have the files and windows xp from my P3 on my P4 without reformatting and all that?I think you will need the Windows CD to varify it's a legitimate copy of Windows because XP will detect there has been a massive hardware change.So according to what your saying Carbon Dudeoxide It should work? As long as I have the Windows CD? If that is correct then I'm going to be a happy man.I'm not 100% on this. You will have to WAIT for SOMEONE else to confirm this.

However, from my experience, I needed to reactivate Windows.I forgot one more point. You will have to install all the appropriate drivers for the other computer before you put the HD in the other computer otherwise it will not work properly with the other system.Hmm... Sounds easy enough. I think ill attempt it. I wouldn't do it if I were you. It will take a lot longer to try to tweak all of the drivers and other settings than it would to just reinstall windows. And reinstalling windows would make sure that there aren't any driver conflicts or anything else to screw up the system.
I've been reading the Windows xp certification book and it says that the hard drive controller and hardware abstraction layer need to be identical on both systems. That is kind of doubtful if you are changing motherboards.your first boot should be fun, considering windows will be trying to use all the drivers from the P3, like IDE controllers, Graphics card, Sound card, network card, etc, not to mention motherboard. Almost all of these will fail to load.

Reactivation is likely the least of your worries in this case.Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 27, 2008, 08:30:37 PM

Reactivation is likely the least of your worries in this case.

so i got my computer to turn on....i found out that it was because my motherboard was SCREWED into my case and didnt ground right or something?....but when it turned on i didnt have the ram in cause i was tryin to figure out what the problem was and it finally turned on.....but then the motherboard started to smoke so i was thinking i FRIED my 3200+ athlon xp processor but i start up the computer and its supposely reading at 1900+ is that even possible...can anyone answer this?Anything is possible, the only real way to find out it to switch out the processor with a new one, or one you KNOW workswhat first off do you have the standoffs intalled on the motherboard now?? you must put those inGuys.......4 year old topic....woa!! HAHA just noticed that!! if nale wouldnt have replied in the 1st place.... LOL shouldnt nathan clean the forums out once in a whileSome topics although old PROVIDE solutions for those that know how to use the Search feature....

i try to get printers' SIGNAL EXAMPLE if the printer have finished print document or the printer is stuck....??Quote from: nalee on September 25, 2008, 02:40:05 PM

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Q. what are the major ERRORS? in oracle APPLICATIONS?Google has been suggested in your other POSTS, so I might as well CONTINUE the trend.

Howdy, I werent sure where to put it so I'll try here.
So about two weeks ago I finally got my new computer built up.
But a new computer rarely comes without its problem. After some playing my computer tends to either freeze, get a blue screen with lots of numbers and restart, turn black and automatically restart or show lots of weird colors on the screen and freeze.
Yeah I know, it may seem a lot. But I suspect this may be from the same problem.
Reasons I believe so is because all this happens after I've played for some time.
It may be an hour, or two hours.
I'm a bit confused, since I've managed to play a four hours Supreme Commander (Which is a pretty high demanding game) match without anything happened.
While playing games like WoW, Crysis or Rainbow six vegas, my PC freezes after minimum 2 hours. Even with Supreme Commander it has stopped sometimes. So I get the feeling this is pretty random.
First I suspected this may be because my Radeon 4870 x2 2 gig had a GPU temperature of 85 c without me even playing. So I got fan program and configured my graphic CARD fan speed from 25% to 55%. That resulted in a temperature drop from 85 c to 40 c.(This is also without any form for overclocking)
This actually did improve my playtime without my computer crashing a little. But still, after some playing my computer crashes.
So I don't suspect overheating being the issue alone. Actually, I'm so frustrated right now, I have no idea

What I have noticed though, is a blinking ORANGE light on my mother board near my graphic card. While all the other lights are green, this one is orange.
If the light indicates anything about my graphic card, or my mother board, I don't know.
I don't suspect anything being wrong with my graphic card, since it runs Crysis really smood without any lagg, but I may be wrong.
What I can see near the light is either HD_LED or HD_LFD (Pretty hard to see).
I've also taken some pictures if that may help:
http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?i...2607401sz8.jpg
http://img366.imageshack.us/my.php?i...5622690lb8.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21569448yt7.jpg

I've also managed to get a fast picture of the blue screen before it restarted if that's helpful.
http://img441.imageshack.us/my.php?i...6463616lm5.jpg
Sorry for the bad quality.

For some extra information my system spec is:
Asus Rampage Extreme, X48 Motherboard
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4870 X2 - 2 Gb GDDR5 - PCI-Express 2.0
WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKB - 3,5" - 750 Gb - 7200 rpm - 16 Mb - SATA
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 - 160 GB - 7200 rpm - 8 MB - SATA II
Antec Twelve Hundred
INTEL Q9550 C2 QUAD 2.83G 12MB 1333MHZ
CORSAIR Power SUPPLY 1000W HX
Two CORSAIR XMS3 4096M DDR3 Kit 1333MHz

I hope some of this helps, since I got little knowledge when it comes to computers.
Oh, and i apologizes for bad English and wall of text =P
Anyways, I hope for some help and thanks you in advance ^^
Bump, can anyone take on this problem?
I don't seem to be able to view any of the pictures except this one:
http://img91.imageshack.us/my.php?image=21569448yt7.jpg



Also, have you tried letting an external fan blow at your computer? I still suspect overheating.

Sorry for the "picture empty" links.
http://bildr.no/view/259788
http://bildr.no/view/259787
http://bildr.no/view/259786

And the blue screen:
http://bildr.no/view/259789

Thanks for the help, could anyone take a look at the pictures and see if anything is out of the ordinary?

Oh and i just noticed that i wrote CPU insteed of GPU at my first post in this thread.Do you have instructions / documentation for the motherboard which explains the readouts of the LED?Here is the manual. http://www.mediafire.com/file/gmdtyqnwngn/e3935_rampage_extreme.pdf
Ive tried to read trough it, but im a mess when it comes to these things. You dont mind taking a look?All right -- I downloaded the file, and I'll be HAPPY to read it, but I'll have to do it later.Page 3-31 of the manual gives short explanations of the LED's on the board. It's not very much, and I wasn't able to find more, YET. I'll have to think about it some more.Could very well be overheating, I would also recommend trying to fan the processor.Quote

Could very well be overheating

I'm in search of a monitor for gaming and just web surfing and video. buget? moniter size?$400 22-24"http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009154 <---- 1080p
this ALSO looks GOOD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005113
or mabye http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009125what do you think of the dell? http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=320-6095
ahh yes forgot all about dell!! the only thing dell makes good the moniters pretty good moniter THOUGHT the response TIME is slow dont you want it to be at least 4 ms for no ghosting? UNLESS that was gtg 4ms then your goodyeah the dell i showed you was 5ms. this has really got my attention http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009125ya that one is pretty good also

I inherited an HP f2105 21" monitor from a neighbor and I want to try and fix it just for the EDUCATION. The problem is that when it is turned on the screen refreshes very slow and it has white streaks top to bottom. When I replaced it with a new one for my neighbor everything worked great and I've also tried it on a known good system so I know it's not computer or video CARD related. I get no hisses or screeches when it is turned on and left for over an hour. Also the mouse pointer leaves a huge white trail when you move it across the screen. I can't find ANYTHING on the net about this. Can someone direct me in the right direction? Thanks in advance for the help..If this problem continues on every computer you've tried it on, it is most likely a problem with the monitor itself.

What type of monitor is it? (LCD or CRT)Hewlett Packard f2105 LCD monitor. Yes, it's a problem with the monitor for sure. I'm trying to figure out if its the logic board or possibly the LCD itself. I probably won't be able to find parts very reasonable anywhere but I'd like to know why it's doing this. I've never seen a monitor do this before and it's only about 4 years old.Sometimes monitors break.

Something you can try. Look at the cable connecting the monitor to the computer. Can you find any bent pins or anything?Yea, I already checked the cables, used different cables and different machines and all the same. Your correct. The monitor is broken, but I just wanted to try and figure out exactly what was wrong. I think what has happened is a de-lamination or possibly a break somewhere in the polarizer layer in the LCD itself. From everything I've read this seems to be the most probable explanation. Obviously I'm not going to repair it, but it was fun taking it APPART to analyze. Thanks for your help. I think I'm going to give up on it at this point.Heh, you've managed to get inside your monitor?
I'm still having trouble opening up the one sitting on my shelf. , Yea, HP and Dell monitors are pretty easy to get open. Once you get the stand off (six SCREWS) the back cover pops off pretty easy. You just need to start it with a small screw driver, pushing in as you go around. Once the back is off it's just a matter of unscrewing "a lot" of philips screws and everything comes apart. The logic board, internal speakers, (if you have them), etc., all come out. The problem is that nobody wants to sell you the parts unless you know exactly what PN it is and HP, Dell, Compaq etc don't want to let you know unless your one off there "Certified" repair shops. The repair shops don't want to sell you parts. They'd rather you send them your monitor so they can charge you to fix it. Even if you get it apart and figure out what the problem is it's almost certain no one will work with you so you end up having to buy a new one any way. Yep. They're all after your money. ..it's funny how all these big box stationary stores are starting to offer computer repair. They get you to bring your box or laptop into the store and then try to tell you that it would be cheaper just to buy a new system. I don't think (apologies to anyone that works at one of these places), anyone there really would be able to fix something, but like you say ..they're all just in it for the money". Funny, though, I wish I could get some of that money, but I have a conscience. If you happen to get zapped by that opened monitor you'll never open another one...Quote from: patio on September 25, 2008, 05:14:04 PM

If you happen to get zapped by that opened monitor you'll never open another one...

Please GIVE me explanation about?

Q. what are the MAJOR DIFFERENCE between core2due processor and dual core processor?



thanks...sounds like someone needs homework help?? anyways a core3duo is a type of dual core made by intel and a dual core possessor is any cpu that has 2 cores (tell em computeruler helped you)Those kind of posts are just ridiculous.
I SIMPLY copied exact poster question into Google, and:
http://www.google.com/search?q=what+are+the+major+difference+between+core2due+processor+and+dual+core+processor&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Q. give me information about NETWORKING?SURE....http://www.google.com/search?q=information+about+networking&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

I know that what ever the SIZE of the hard drive the nuumber of sectors it will have changes.

But am I right that nomatter what the size of the hard drive FAT 16 will put use 65,526 clusters?

And nomatter what the size of your hard drive FAT 32 will only use 524,408 clusters?I must be mad but I'll run it past you one more time...

This quote was posted in response to your query here.. on the 2nd of this month...

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# FAT12: The oldest type of FAT uses a 12-bit binary number to hold the cluster number. A volume formatted using FAT12 can hold a maximum of 4,086 clusters, which is 2^12 minus a few values (to allow for reserved values to be used in the FAT). FAT12 is therefore most SUITABLE for smaller volumes, and is used on floppy disks and hard disk partitions smaller than about 16 MB.

# FAT16: The FAT used for most hard disk partitions uses a 16-bit binary number to hold cluster numbers. When you see SOMEONE refer to a "FAT" volume generically, they are usually referring to FAT16, because it is the DE facto standard for hard disks. A volume using FAT16 can hold a maximum of 65,526 clusters, which is 2^16 less a few values (again for reserved values in the FAT). FAT16 is used for hard disk volumes ranging in size from 16 MB to 2,048 MB.

# FAT32: The newest FAT type, FAT32 is supported by Windows 95's OEM SR2 release, as well as Windows 98. FAT32 uses a 28-bit binary cluster number--not 32, because 4 of the 32 bits are "reserved". 28 bits is still enough to permit ridiculously HUGE volumes--FAT32 can theoretically handle volumes with over 268 million clusters, and will support (theoretically) drives up to 2 TB in size. However to do this the size of the FAT grows very large.

why defalt to FAT 16?

A volume using FAT16 can hold a maximum of 65,526 clusters, which is 2^16 less a few values (again for reserved values in the FAT).

FAT16: The FAT used for most hard disk partitions uses a 16-bit binary number to hold cluster numbers.

FAT32 uses a 28-bit binary cluster number--not 32, because 4 of the 32 bits are "reserved".

Hi, I just bought older whitebox computer off of ebay. Anyhow I am TRYING to find some parts for it, but It is soooo hard to find online. I just cant beliveve it. Anyways, I NEED a keyboard mainly as well as a couple ofther things. Maybe soon some parts will pop on on ebay, If you one has one of these lying around I could possibly BUY it from you.......


Let me know if you come accross any parts besides, batteries and ac chargers.

Also if there are any identical models, let me know.....

Thanks......

It has no KB in it right now so, there is no model numbers acutally I have found the model numbers for the KB. They are 71-31691-00 also K020830AKeyboards are universal...just shop for one and pick one you like...

I just bought the Logitech M-CW47 mouse and got it in the MAIL today. When I connected it to our old computer (HP Pavilion 7285, 200mhz with Windows 95), it was detected in the Logitech control panel as a Mouseman Wheel with four programmable buttons. (That's what it should be, right?)

Now, an interesting problem. When I ran Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, I tried to make the Z-axis (the wheel) make the game view PITCH up and down. When I did that, I was able to look up or down, but not both. Pressing any of the buttons also CAUSES the view to go all the way up or down, depending on what direction the view would have gone to when the scroll wheel was rotated. Same thing if I tried to move the mouse left or right in an attempt to look left or right.

Not only that, but the thumb button (button #4) would not make me crouch if I went to the controls and put that in for button 4. Under the Logitech control panel, there's several different things that button 4 can do. I'd have to find out what command needs to be given to get that to work right.

Re-installing the game didn't fix this problem. The same problem also happens in Quake II, and thus it is a driver issue. The buttons work fine under Windows directly.Did you install the Logitech drivers ? ?Yes. I installed Logitech Mouseware 8.30. (I got it from Driverguide.com) Quote from: Ryan on September 18, 2008, 09:25:28 PM

Yes. I installed Logitech Mouseware 8.30. (I got it from Driverguide.com)

Well just that actually.
Can I use the OLD drive with an operating system on it in another computer, and will it work on the other computer or will I "have to" FORMAT it and reload win xp?

and QUESTION 2 is
I just got this other computer it has an 80 gig SATA connected drive, 256 Ram 2.8 (I dont know) chip maybe? htz? TPG Brand Box.
When I plugged it in the screen was just black no data seems to be processed, It doesnt post and no beeps are audible.
Is this normal? Can I just load an O/S CD and install it to make it work?

IVE never done any of this sort of thing before, Ive ALWAYS just got them and everything worked from day 1, short of install programs here and there.
Any problems Ive had Ive always got my brother to fix, but he never teaches me how what or why.
Any help would be greatfully received thank you.Quote from: ImnoGuru on September 24, 2008, 07:34:40 AM

Any problems Ive had Ive always got my brother to fix, but he never teaches me how what or why.

Normally you could just use the harddrive, because when you start it up it should ask you to verify the hardware changes. You should have to press F1 and everything should be good.

Last NIGHT we had a power surge that shut off my computer and power strip. Now when i start my computer it says Overclock is failed HIT Del to enter BIOS but my USB mouse and keyboard aren't responding. So I plugged in a PS/2 keyboard and still not working. So i was thinking maybe it fried my mobo maybe?

Amd 5600x2
Sap. 3850
4 gigs ram
vista 32bitI'm sorry to say but you MAY be in a whole mess of problems now. A buddy of mine had a power surge with his.. Ended up frying his power supply, some of his RAM, harddrives and cd drive (I want to say mobo as well). Your going to have to find a way to test all your components.
That really stinks.. You should invest in a UPS. Might want to check with your powerstrip. Some of them have surge protectors on them and back it with a warranty. I know my UPS's states im covered up to $100k.

MacKIf I'm not mistaken overclock deals with your HD, or how hard you are making the Harddrive work.overclock is overclocking your cpu to run at higher frequinces did you overclock at all?? it does sound LIKE it could be the motherboard though could also be the psu it could be a lot of thingsUnplug the machine.
Remove a side panel and make SURE to touch the case to ground yourself.
Remove the CMOS battery from the MBoard...about the size of a dime.
While it's out hit the power button a few times to dissipate any stored energy.
After 10 minutes replace the battery...leave the side panel off for now.
Hook up the power and power up and see what happens...

Yeah i have 2 Ram sticks.
I wil try to GO by your WORDS , try to START it with 1 Ram stick.I agree, all you can do is try them one at a time, could be BAD RAM or bad PCI slots....and I agree with the alcohol and/or pencil eraser CLEANING, not the vaccum.

Hello, I got a project for the two processors I have found.

I will more than likely build a newer computer for my girlfriend. She has an old Dell

now. I have found an Athlon 64 3800 and a P4 2.53ghz Processor. Her favorite color

is Purple. Where can I find a purple case to house all of the stuff I can put inside of it? If your PLANNING to put the Athlon and P4 in the same computer as Dual processors- I don't think that will work...

As per the case, you'll need to get a standard case, and paint it yourself.macrip3 - BC's right ->you absolutely cannot use both the processors on the same motherboard.

As for color: http://www.shopping.com/xPP-pc_cases--exterior_color__search__purple. But painting yourself will allow you to get the exact color that you want.

Best of luck!No...I know that I cannot PLACE them both into one computer. I will build them both into two DIFFERENT computers. Which Processor should I use in the computer for my girlfriend?

Athlon 64 3800 or P4Quote from: macrip3 on September 21, 2008, 04:41:24 PM

No...I know that I cannot place them both into one computer. I will build them both into two different computers. Which Processor should I use in the computer for my girlfriend?

Athlon 64 3800 or P4

Thanks, Calum -- I got my info from a review page that said the Athlon was rated at 2.4, but I, too, always thought the model number corresponded with its speed.

Alienware Area-51 m5750 Laptop
Core2 Duo 1.66ghz processor
512mb X2 ram
Fujitsu 80 sata HDD<----original

So a while back i was having trouble with windows, it would get to the main windows start up screen and the little scrolling bar would freeze, so i took it to GeekSquad and they told me it was a bad hard drive. I originally went ahead and told them to do it, but it cost so much, and they then told me that my windows recovery disk was bad and that i needed to get another one. Since i didnt want to wait for Alienware to take there sweet time sending me one i decided to just get my own hard drive and a new copy of windows.

So here is where my TROUBLES are at. After putting my hard drive in i proceed to start the windows instal. At first i got as far as windows setup saying "Setup is starting windows" and there it would hang up and i wouldnt be able to proceed any further. Well after being on the internet for an hour or so i found a forum where some one said that when windows setup first starts it will ask you to hit f6 if you want to install a third party RAID, but if you hit f5 it will take you to another screen where you can SELECT "standard pc... with I486"

From this POINT i think everything is fine, it gets past the the point where it freezes and i can choose to either instal repair or quit. When i hit either repair or install it tells me that there is no mass storage device detected and then resets.

I know that it is being detected because its in my bios, but the only thing im not sure about is that its being seen as a raid and not a hdd. To be honest i dont really know what raid is but i asked my uncle and he told me it shouldnt be like that

Another thing i thought might make a difference its that the original hard drive is a Fujitsu and the one i bought was a Hitachi. I dont think this would make a difference because GeekSquad was going to put in a Western Digital, but i thought i might throw that out there just in case.

I would appreciate any help that you can give.Quote from: donimmortal on September 22, 2008, 01:50:45 PM

but if you hit f5 it will take you to another screen where you can select "standard pc... with I486"

i just had a terrible over clolcking accident i was using the gigabyte easy tune 6 to try to OC my graphics CARD cause i figure i hate this GPU and if i break it then ill have to buy a new one but i figured i wouldnt break it well anyways i overclocked the core by a whole 5 mhz and the memory by 10 then my moniter went into like when its in sleep and the on button flashes (for a lcd the button would turn orange) so i restarted by pressing the button and i get this terrible picture quality!! GO i go to propertys then settings and its at 4 bit well i go to change it theres no other OPTIONS!!!!! resolution is stuck at 800x600 also and when i go to the settings it says something about the drivrs not being right for the os (they are) i tried GOING into ati CCC there were NO options!!!!!! i went back into easy tune 6 and the gpu is the defult clock speeds now i will try reinstalling drivers and SEE what happenesuninstalled drivers and all betterHehe, good work.

Easytune = fail.
X1050 = fail.
Anything involving both, that's a whole new level of failure.ya i figured that about easy tune
your wrong about the x1050 that = epic phail

i recently bought one pny 9800 and i found out i needed a power source with an 8 pin connection. well the only on i could find had 2 8 pins so i figured i would get another one and sli them. my problem is i dont know what KIND of connection i need to sli them or how much watts i need power source wise to run them. If someone could pls help me i would appreciate iti cant tell you how much you need exactly, but i can tell you that i would not be purchasing a power supply less than 1000w.ok 1st why in the world would you need 4 of them!!! did you aready buy a second? quad sli scales even worse then dual I THINK if you MUST buy a second one for some unkown reason what is your motherboard?
i would agree with homer a 1000 watt power supply will doi dont think ill need a 1000w's or atleast not NORMAL continous power, i mean the cards will take 300 watts when under full load so i will need 600w for the cards and like 150 extra for the rest of the computer so i mean i ordered a power source with 750w contious and 1050 maximum contious i think that will do fine
Good luck with that...
You should have listened to Homer...Quote

750w contious and 1050 maximum contious

• you want to SLI two 9800 GX2's
• for one 9800 GX2 it is recommended that you have at least a 600w power supply, again thats for one 9800GX2
• it is also recommended that the +12 volt RAIL(s) that will be supplying the supplementary power to the card(s) be capable of handling at least 28 Amps.
• the 750w PSU that you chose is only capable of 19Amps per 12v rail
• 150w for the rest of the computer is nothing. a Q6600 CPU under full load will DRAW up to ~110w, leaving 40 watts for the fans, harddrives, RAM, optical drives...
• do i need to go on? ? ?

if you go under specifications it shows u that is 9800 gx2 sli certified

it says it can run them

so why do i need one that is 1000w

also what is hybrid sli

I am a newbie here, but really have gotten alot of great information and help from the other posts. However, I just bought an Acer M410, 2gb, 160 HD, ATi graphics internal, AMD Athlon Dual Core. I will probably upgrade to 4 gb. The Ati Radeon x 1200 IGP integrated video is installed. I do video editing, no gaming, is this video card ADEQUATE or should I upgrade the video? If so I have only 250 watts power and hate to get a larger power supply? Any help is appreciated.

Posse 14You'll need to define "adequate" for yourself

But, I've always found that, everything else equal, a system runs quicker with a discrete video card. Doesn't have to be new or fancy (I usually look back at reviews that are approx a year old and pick a card that was in the top 25% or so) but, today you probably want 512 MB of memory (certainly 256 MB).

You are right about the power supply - seems LIKE Acer sized that to the milliwatt! If you replace it, verify that a "standard" power supply will work. I don't know about Acer, but many OEM's use funky, custom supplies.

Good luck!

Or maybe it's my motherboard. I would much rather have it be the former...anyway, my computer is having issues. I went onto google chrome and my computer froze. The screen went black, MONITOR went into power-save mode (which happens when it doesn't get a signal from the video card), and my keyboard and mouse shut off. So i did a cold restart, and i got a black screen, but at the top left it listed my video card: X1950Pro256m or something to that nature. My first guess: video card took a crap. So, i restarted again, got into windows, and tried again. Same thing. My motherboard beeps 5 times when i boot up the pc, but there is sixth beep that occurs immediately after the second beep (so it's like beep..beep(beep)..beep..beep..beep). I don't know what it means, but when i push the restart button on the front of my case, i hear one beep. So i put two and two together, and figured that that is the phantom sixth beep i hear upon booting. anyway, knowing a successful restart would trigger a single beep, i waited for it. didn't hear it, and my computer didn't restart. tried again, and this time, it took a good 15 seconds before the beep occurred, and during which time, the monitor was in power-save mode (i'm wondering if that individual beep indicates my video card is working). after the beep, it got to my mobo's splash screen, and the screen froze, but i could still pick my operating system from the list (once highlighted, it showed up over the splash screen, which didn't go away). with the splash screen still unmoving, in the top left i saw 'starting up...' and then it froze again. so, i removed the dvi cable from the left PORT on the card, put it in the right port, and voila! it WORKS fine. so the question is: video card, motherboard, or less likely but still possible, power supply?sir try to generally clean your MOTHERBOARDS slot i think theres a lot of dust on it... if you have air compressor much better... and also clean the slots of your ram and video card using eraser... hope it can help...Quote from: nehemaih on September 12, 2008, 06:19:21 AM

if you have air compressor much better

Was the system working before you tried using google chrome?

Topic seems self-explanatory. The monitor works fine once Windows is up and running, but obviously this prevents me from doing some things before then. It's also just disconcerting.

I'm running a Dell DM051with an ATI Radeon x300/x500/x1050 video card. My monitor is a GATEWAY HD2200. Any help is much appreciated.Have you tried hitting ESCAPE, Delete or F10 at startup to initiate the VGA driver ? ?
How new is this machine ?
It could also be a power saving scheme...check both in Power Management inside Control panel and also in your MBoard documentation...Haven't tried hitting buttons, will give it a go. The computer is about two years OLD. I can't see anything under power options that would be a cause of this. Where do I find documentation on the motherboard?Check the MBoard manuf. website...they usually offer the Manual as a free DLoad.Try Running Services.msc. then locate your display driver service and open its properties, then SET it to start up automatically. then restart your computer and see if that works.

Need help, we had a power SURGE and one of our HP 7100 CMT computers wont do anything at all. If you hold down the power button the light will come on, but when you let it go, it goes back off. The fans wont even kick on. I tried replacing the power SUPPLY and the power switch, but nothing seems to workJust gave me 2 cents to another who had a power surge as well. Here is what I WROTE....


I'm sorry to say but you may be in a whole mess of problems now. A BUDDY of mine had a power surge with his.. Ended up frying his power supply, some of his RAM, harddrives and cd drive (I want to say mobo as well). Your going to have to find a way to test all your components.
That really stinks.. You should invest in a UPS. Might want to check with your powerstrip. Some of them have surge protectors on them and back it with a warranty. I know my UPS's states im covered up to $100k.

Good luck,
MacKSince you replaced the power supply & assuming it is good i would say the mother board was taken out with the power surge.When you get it up and running buy a surge protector .Keep posted on resultsThanks, the computer is in one of the classrooms, so they wont give it and UPS for that one. Hopefully its nothing bigWas wondering if anyone knew of a mystical HP manual that explained anything that could go wrong with a PC, or one that comes kinda close. [Google] amazon.com. type in computer, not saying you will find what you LIKE but you might?Quote from: nalee on September 25, 2008, 11:46:53 AM

Was wondering if anyone knew of a mystical HP manual that explained anything that could go wrong with a PC, or one that comes kinda close.

This may be a ridiculous, stupid or easy question (not that, I have been told, any question is actually stupid) but can anyone tell me whether a DVD-ROM will play on a drive that plays DVD-video's and reads and writes DVD-R/DVD-RW/CD-R/CD-RW.

To put this question in context, I am thinking of buying PHOTOSHOP CS3, which COMES on a "DVD-ROM" disc.a DVD Burner will be able to read a DVD ROM.

The way I've always thought of it is as "levels". a CD-ROM drive is the LOWEST level, it can only read CD-ROMs. a CD-Burner, is the next level, and can also write to CD-R's and CD-RWs, and still has the ability to read CD-ROM discs.

The same type of LOGIC applies for DVDs, in that any DVD drive will be able to read DVDs, but only burners canwrite to DVD +-Rs or RWs.Thanks. I think that helps.

I am looking at a Video Card and it SAY??

MAXIMUM Analog Resolution 2048 x 1536 @ 85 Hz

I get that 2048 x 1536 is the Width and Hight RES.
But what is the @ 85 Hz???

They are not talking about the CRT FREQ. are they? Because most CRTs and TVs are 60 Hz or is this not what they mean?85hz is the refresh rate of your video card. If your MONITOR can only handle 60hz, then I'm assuming the card will default to that. Most LCD flat panel monitors nowadays feature 85hz refresh rates, to my knowledge.a lot of CRTs can go up to 120hz for lower resolutions, as well.It means that the card can support that resolution and that refresh rate or lower, but, cannot support that resolution at a refresh rate higher than 85 hz.

Also, the card (more than likely) can support lower resolutions at a higher refresh rate.

My brother purchased a computer from www.cyberpowerpc.com and just received it yesterday. He ORDERED it without an OS to SAVE some money. I was helping him set it up as he is not very knowledgeable in regards to computers. After removing the computer from the box, I connected the power cable, keyboard, mouse, and the monitor, and then powered it on. After it cycled through power-up, I received a message stating something along the lines of "boot error" and to insert the system disc and press enter. I first tried inserting my Windows XP disc and after it went through the initial system scans, it showed the message "starting Windows", at which point the screen went blue and displayed the following message:

STOP: c0000221 Unknown Hard Error\Systemroot\System32\ntdll.dll

I powered the computer off and tried again, and received the same message. I also tried installing the motherboard driver install cd instead of windows, and I still got a boot error message. Any suggestions? Could the hard drive be bad?If you can go into bios and set the bios to start in best known confog. ordefault 7 re boot with OS disc in cdrom drive. is your hard drive recognised in the bios? Also change the boot order in the bios to boot from the cdrom drive .First, you can't "install" motherboard drivers until there is an operating system.

To the problem at hand - the error means that there is a problem reading the CD or writing the info to the hard drive. I would approach it as follows:

1) Make certain that you have the BIOS set to boot from CD.

2) Thoroughly inspect the install CD for scratches, SMUDGES, etc.; clean the CD; try the CD in another system.

Turn off and unplug the computer; GROUND yourself before touching anything inside the computer case.

3) Remove and re-plug in the power and data cables for the CD and hard drive.

4) CHECK all other motherboard connections; something could have come loose in transit.

Hello all,

Having a bit of an issue.. I was replacing a harddrive on a HP desktop to START with a fresh OS load. Never thought to disconnect the USB drive that connected. Well it turned out the harddrive I put in the computer was BAD.. So when I FIRED up the HP restore it chose the USB drive to use.
It was starting to format the drive when I realized what was going on. It had to be a few seconds into the format that I unplugged the drive. Well long story short the USB drive doesn't read. I have used countless programs to try and recover it. It's mainly music on the drive and I did recover it but all the files have been renamed to generic numbers. The last program I used was testdisk to try and recovery/create a new partition so I can access the drive to copy the files over. But that did not work too well. Instead of the drive saying 'not formatted. Format now?', it's opens to a blank drive.

Any ideas? All that is needed is the music. Just want to copy it over and format the USB drive.

Thanks for the help,

SteveHave you TRIED recuva?
http://www.recuva.com/Just downloaded it.. RUNNING the deep scan. Do you happen to know if it keeps file names it recovers??

Thanks for the suggestion.

hi friends,

there is project in front during this semester. as you KNOW there are number of hardware components inside computer system. is there any project that you can suggest, which do something like CONTROLLING the hardware devices or anything that is related to these hardware components.
Hope you are GETTING my points, actually i wanna make a tight grip on all hardware components as how they works, how can we lock then to stop working or anything else.
I can not decide what type of project there may be, that make use of C as programming language.

waiting for your replyYou might want to [GOOGLE] tomshardware , MABE you can get an idea from the site.

I know this isnt exactly hardware. I have a pair of Logitech head phones that I use for Gamin and watchin Movies when I need too use them. Thing is that the one covering got tore. Is it POSSIBLE just too buy the foam coverings?Logitech don't sell replacement foam covers but other MAKERS do and you may be able to find covers for a different brand that fit. SONY is a name that SPRINGS to mind. Amazon sells generic foam covers, search for "foam headphone covers"

Is there a way of telling which, Model I have. I didnt really see that any where. I didnt really think of that :/ Quote from: Ryuk on March 27, 2012, 11:27:12 AM

Is there a way of telling which, Model I have. I didnt really see that any where. I didnt really think of that :/

Hello to all.
I am curious to what LENGTHS i have to go to to create a small three way KM (keyboard and mouse) switch for my small workstation??

I just need to free up desk space from the area three keyboards and mice take up, and hopefully find a way to accomplish this task without PROGRAMING a chip or creating a whole dedicated PCB (Not quite sure if this is even the right site to ask about this)

I am willing for soldering, as to be assumed by the nature of the project. and i understand that the absence of a PCB will mean that i will have a minor birds nest of WIRES once it is done, and thank god i am not trying for video switching.
I do have one of those nifty usb tools that provide four ports from one i could scrap for this. (i will assume this is called a usb hub)

My basic idea is to have my keyboard and mouse plugged into the usb hub and switch that, in basics, yes?? because i am not worried about the computers thinking there is no keyboard at boot or which not.
Plus doing this would also allow me to plug in a bar code scanner into a third port of the usb hub, and possibly ANOTHER usb input device

My only worry is the delay that might take place in the computer realizing the new hardware is in place before being able to use it (even though it is only like, a single second)

If anyone knows anything about how i can do this, please let me know, even if it is a link to another site, or FORUM. Thanks. And i am always willing to learn something new about electronics. http://www.arune.se/electronic:kmswitch
Complete guide to building a 3-way KVM switch.

Good Plan...
Most PEOPLE consider doing REGULAR backups after it's too late...You can SEE how small the connections are, and how FLIMSY a typical FLASH drive is.

Hello , I have a Gateway MA7. When I switch it on it goes to options , Safe mode , NORMAL start up etc. and then says it is loading . That's all it does . It doesn't actually go any further.
The mains plug came out accidentally the other day and since then the laptop will go no further. I have tried loading in safe mode but I get the same thing.

Thanks
Glenn
OS?Hi Allan


It was vista , the I had it repaired and I BELEIVE its now XP.
What do you mean you had it repaired? EXACTLY what happened and why?

As for what to do now, boot to your XP CD, CHOOSE the FIRST repair option, and when you get to the recovery console run chkdsk /r. Then reboot. Let's see what happens.Okay thanks Allan , I will do that . As far as the previous repair , I just had a blank screen and sent it off for repair. It was quite a while ago now. Cant remember the details . And they changed the Operating System? That doesn't SOUND right.

My current computer was made by a friend 10 years ago with an upgrade 5 years ago. Lately it has been freezing every once and awhile so I turn it off then try to restart it again later and it works fine. My question is that I am going to get a new computer, perhaps PUT one together but I really like the settings of my current computer. Is there a way to just transfer all the data, or when I get a new cpu can it run the same as my old cpu. I guess what im asking is if it possible to buy a new computer and give it a brain transfer from my old pc and how does one go about doing that?Just to clarify, a CPU is the Central Processing Chip inside your computer tower...

No you won't be able to take your current boot hard drive, drop it into another new computer(or clone your current hard drive to the hard drive in your new computer) and just expect it to work without issues.
As this member of this forum puts it: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/265343-32-hard-drive-crashes-restarts-computer
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Look at it this way, your old hard drive had drivers and such unique for your old motherboard, graphics, sound, ETC. when you moved it to a "new" machine, all that was wrong and when WINDOWS tried to start, it couldn't find the hardware that it was expecting, and therefore you got the BSOD.

change the HDD or use it as an external one

Hi and thanks for reading my thread.

I have been recently having a more and more slow computer. By slow I mean in response to clicking, such as: the computer hangs for some seconds before any indication of data transfer. eg click on a link/instruction to open or go to a webpage etc, computer hangs for a time then the fan speeds up and off it goes. When it gets there ( lets say a webpage), the computer hangs again the little BLUE indicator in the corner (FireFox Browser) hangs, then decides it wants to get some data, and delivers the page.

Not only though in the Firefox browser. Say I want to open a word document, same thing. Click to open MSword, the computer hangs for a couple of seconds, then opens the program. The program get the outline (blank in the centre) and fills in after a couple of seconds. (Sorry if this sounds silly but I dont know how else to explain it).

Other times when I am not using the computer, but it is on, I can hear the fan grinding away as if trying to cool something really hot.
When this fan grinding occurs, if I go to task manager, I find the CPU is maxed out at 100%??
So now I'm thinking its more of a memory problem? I just cant work it out.

Now, there are a couple of things that have changed in recent times. Nothing on the side of the computer however, that has been the same for years. No memory upgrades, hard drive changes, CD player is the same... everything is the same.

I changed internet provider, but I dont see how that can effect the computer.
Other than that I updated Firefox, via their general update downloads. (This is F/F 3.6.27)

I run anti-Malware programs regularly, I have AVG and Microsoft Essentials and run them, also SUPERAntiSpyware.

Also I have CLEANED out the dust inside the case on a regular basis.

I have some thermal paste in a syringe and am thinking of refreshing the chip surface.

Can someone please offer any other solutions or methods, to determine the source of my problem.

Thank you ImnoGuru.It is not a hardware issue that can be cured with just good maintenance.

More likely you have background tasks that are running.

It would help of you tell what computer you have and what OS.Quote from: Geek-9pm on February 27, 2012, 04:54:54 PM

It is not a hardware issue that can be cured with just good maintenance.

When this fan grinding occurs, if I go to task manager, I find the CPU is maxed out at 100%??

I have AVG and Microsoft Essentials and run them

If you mean MSE and AVG installed and running at the same time, this is where you should start first. Two antivirus running would cause you a slow to a crawl problems.

More likely you have background tasks that are running.
It would help of you tell what computer you have and what OS.

Hardware specs?

Open Task Manager and see what specific task is consuming CPU resources.

I disagree...it's happening in browsing ...but other apps as well such as Office.
I suspect overheating (loud fan mentioned ) or HDD issues.

DLoad install and run SpeedFan and post your temps...
Also DLoad and run the Free HDD diagnostics from the dribe manuf. site...run the long test...(i do it at bedtime)

If you mean MSE and AVG installed and running at the same time, this is where you should start first. Two antivirus running would cause you a slow to a crawl problems.

Well spotted, there's your problem right there.

Also DLoad and run the Free HDD diagnostics from the dribe manuf. site...run the long test...(i do it at bedtime)

patio, I havent been able to locate this drive diagnostics that you replied about. Can you make a new suggestion for a HDD diagnostics feature that I can use please?

The bad news is that the curser is still lagging as is the computers response to everything. & by everything I mean everything. Opening a program sometimes gives me a white box where the screen is loading the program... then it catches up and the blinking curser takes several seconds to appear.

the problem just came up today.my computer actually runs well before but,suddenly freezes,i restarted my computer then the problem came,now computer wont boot, it will just beep and wont continue to OS start up,and sometimes does not display anything, and displays partly.i tried to change the the slot where my ram is hooked in,but still it wont boot, what should i do?? my computer also automatically powers on without me turning it on with power button.it just powers up when i power on my avr, i did'nt have this problem before my computer freezes and i restarted it.plss help mecomputers make/model please. if this is a custom computer what is your motherboard make/model?

how MANY beeps are you hearing? if there are short and long beeps present, remember how many of each and in what order they are in.i only hear one short beep,the mother board is MSI i realy cant tell all the details of the comp or specs because its not mine its my friends comp. i only remembers is it is intel 3.08ghz with 512 mb ram,with a MSI motherboard, it only has an onboard v card.thats all i remember.i try LOOK at it today.hope you could help me.we need to know the exact motherboard model, or computer make/model if it is a prebuilt. different motherboards use different BIOS's and different BIOS' have different beep codes.System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD
System Model: MS-7181
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory: 512MB RAM

DirectX VERSION: DirectX 9.0c
Card name: Inno3D GeForce FX 5200
Manufacturer: Inno3D
Chip type: GeForce FX 5200

i hope this info that i got is correct.plss help meQuote

i power on my avr

my computer also automatically powers on without me turning it on

Well that was a BIT of fun. I think I worked out why it shut down on me, as it did it again while gathering this information. Just before it shut down, I heard a faint vibration sound. It might be a heat sink overheating, and then the system shuts down. (New Problem)maybe existing but undiscovered.
So this is what the bios tells me.

and on reboot it told me it was a thermal event that caused the shut down

[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]Progress. Ive saved the changes and the DELL has given me this SCREEN

[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]Ok the temp issue has been improved (so far), I added an EXTERNAL home fan.
Here are the screen shots from previous configuration changes, ( for the benefit of anyone that may need or want them)

Now that I have added the hard drive, 13 gig fujitsu WIN98 SE, do I run the boot device menu in 1. Normal (because so far this has not been normal) or in one of the other numbers

[recovering disk space -- attachment deleted by admin]

What PSU wattage does the HD3650 require? Sapphire says 300W minimum and Diamond says otherwise on its site. How about the iceQ turbo HIS version? Should I get the GDDR3 version?

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I have a 8500GT right now that my dad gave me a long while ago and it runs fine. I see that HD3650 gives better performance compared to 8500GT and if that's the case, I'll go buy it. 8600GT and higher cards require a PSU higher than 300W and I don't want to buy a new PSU now, regardless of how cheap it is.

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Age of Empires, NBA Live08, Company of Heroes are games I play and the higher end geforce cards are more expensive than I'm willing to spend and I care about playing at high resolution because I have a 22 inch monitor. See below for rest of COMPUTER specs. Thanks!

PSU Calculatorthe PSU calculator said I should be ok. It's an estimate, but given Sapphire's site says 300W PSU required, and I trust Compaq to have given me a quality 300W PSU, I can go on. I know I probably should get a higher watt PSU, I would like to get the card first.

Now, my question is.... is the HD3650 a DECENT card? (doesn't have to be best card) or should I stick to upgrading with NVidia cards as nVidia cards now have physX capabilities? And is it worth the extra $$ to get the IceQ that HIS uses on some of its cards?I would invest in a new PSU ( 500W or better ) for the future upgrades and start saving up for an 8800GTS Vid card...

But that's just me...8800GTS is a nice card but I feel it uses up QUITE a lot of power, especially when playing video games, although I'm not playing games with high recommended min requirements and I don't play every day for a lot of hours like some of the other guys do. HD3650 seems to be the the DDR3 version of 8500GT (without any overclocking and more stream processors). But I'd miss out on physX capabilities which Age of Empires can use.

I just want respectable performance without having a electricity guzzler in my computer, EVEN when I am not playing video games


I have an AMD64 athlon single core processor and I READ that higher end graphics card not good with single core processors because single core processors not fast enough to keep up with the speed of the graphics card.


Also, I have a Compaq SR1630NX computer that I upgraded as you see my sig info and I am wondering if 8800GTS can fit into my computer comfortably, as people said it's pretty long!

I am using a relatively new Dell Latitude D630 laptop with Windows XP. While working I must have somehow hit some key combination that turned my display orientation 90 degrees. I have searched local and on line help and can't find the method for getting the standard display back. Right now as I type this, the scree is DISPLAYING such that I would have to turn the laptop on its side to be able to read the screen in a normal left to right fashion. I usually know my way around to fix problems, but just cannot find where the connection for this setting or layout is. Directions ANYONE? Please? Try CTRL + ALT + Up ARROW

Or

CTRL + ALT + Down Arrow

(I forgot which)Thanks. Your advice WORKED!

Appreciate your help very much. Now my neck wont be twisted silly.Lol. Something so simple can be so painful.

Im rebuilding my computer and I'm keeping my hard drive but i need to know if I need to erase it first or not.If you dont have anything you want to save you can wipe the drive. If you change the board on this up grade you can USE the old drive as a slave along with the new drive.Will all the files I currently have on the hard drive still be there after i MAKE the upgrade?
If you add a new drive to the upgrade and use the old drive as a slave no files will be lostIm not going to add a new drive so will i still LOSE anything?Ok, if you use a new mother board on your upgrade & it is not the same as your old one you will not be able to use the same hd without starting fresh.If you use a board with the IDENTICAL chipset it should workBest to START clean on a new build....
Format the drive.
You're data will be gone.

My computer although a bit older was running fine till it was shaken a lot by a blow on the case.It restarted by itself, worked for a short time and frozen. Thereafter rebooting efforts went up to frozen screens only.Ultimately the machine refuses to boot-up.There is black screen only.There are no beeps at startup!-No that is not exact-Rarely there are 3 short beeps.Yes very rarely that 3 beeps only.The HDD is trying to start and ends with a clicking sound.Led in MOBO is lighting.CPU fan is working.I tried with a number of RAM STICKS but no better results.On checking the PSU output voltage it is seen that there is a +/- variation upto 8% .Could this be a culprit in this case?The Monitor also was checked and found OK.Applied thermal grease afresh.Is it of so much importance to apply a good quality thermal grease? (I suspect the quality of the thermal grease already applied)
What could be the problem?
Anybody could help me please?

The specs are:
Intel D845GVSR MOBO (on board graphics)
Intel P IV 2.8 Ghz
Ram 512 MB PC 333
USB mouse
PS2 keyboard

check all the connections first.Dis connect everything except leave 1 stick of ram,video,cpu with fan hooked up,monitor hooked to video.Turn on pc and see if you get a display?If you get no display you have a hardware PBLM. Do the fans spin when you turn on?yes ,the fan spins, HDD is trying to read and makes a clicking sound, CD Drive lED flashes for a while but nothing to the monitor.Each time I have to turn off the machine by pressing the power switch for a while.If that click is coming from the hard drive that drive is getting READY to fail...
DLoad and run the FREE diagnostics from the drive manuf. site...

This will tell you the health of the drive.But even with the HDD disconnected, monitor does't display anything.Is it necessary to have the HDD to enter the BIOS? I cant just view the BIOS either. How can I test if the on-board graphic CHIP is failed? Any suggestions?Yes, you should get BIOS first.

Actually, depending upon the SYSTEM, you'll get a short display for the video card and video RAM, and then the system will go through the Power On Self Test (POST) procedure before it attempts to boot an operating system.Try another monitor...
Is this onboard graphics or an add-on card ? ?

Sorry i just noticed you stated this was onboard...
Borrow a known working vid card from a friend and post the results...

This is a different problem from the usual Roxio repair. I have two dvd/cd read writers. Sony DRU 810A and DRU 840A. One is a master on a single eide ribbon. The other is a slave on a second eide ribbon. Let's call them D: and E:. If I go the properties of D: and click and apply ENABLE CD recording on this drive, when closed it works properly, but E: will GIVE me an ERROR message if either a blank cd is inserted or the drive is empty. I can do the same to E: and then D; will give me the error. If a blank disk is in the drive it will say X:\ is not accessible. Incorrect function. If nothing is in the drive it will say Please insert a disk into drive X: It is not possible to get them to live in write mode at the same time. Is this a normal function of Windows or something in my setup? Nero will burn a disk in either position when asked, but if I want to drag files to the cd window to burn them on the fly, I can do it with only one of the drives at a time.
The system is W XPs3, 1 gig of ram. p4 processor. Not sure when this started, but it bugs me.You should chose which drive.to do whatever you want............

[conflict of drives USED to perform funtions!]Have you tried to SET up the second drive on the same ribbon?The optical drives should be setup on IDE2 as master and slave on the same ribbon cable...
Replace the ribbon cable.

Any reason you have it setup this way ? ?

When I go to format my hard drive it says To close out of any windows displaying hard drive information and to quit any other programs which I have done but it still won't format.Are you.. TRYING to format the HDD that windows is installed on?Yes
Is there anything wrong with doing that?You cannot format Windows inside Windows.

You need either a Boot Disk or the Windows CD.Is there any way to format it manually or anything else that I could do since I don't the Windows disk or the Boot disk?Might try this, right click on mt computer from your DESKTOP, left click on manage,left click on dismanagment and try to formatQuote from: xavier on August 15, 2008, 07:52:16 AM

Might try this, right click on mt computer from your desktop, left click on manage,left click on dismanagment and try to format

Hi all, long time and no see Good to be back.

I am looking at upgrading my graphics card and RAM. While doing research on ram I found out my Motherboard (Asus P5ND2-SLI Series) can only take up to DDR2-667mhz RAM speeds.

My question is this: Is there such a limit on the core clock speeds of a new graphics card? The card I am looking at is the Nividia Gforce 9600GT. There are two versions; one has a core clock speed of 650mhz and the other 720mhz. Here some links for more info:

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=VGA&ProductID=2774&ProductName=GV-NX96T512H-B

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/VGA/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=2785 (This is my prefered one and has a clock speed of 720)

The pricing is similar and from what I can tell the only major difference is the clock speed, so I want to know if my motherboad will take it.

My Power supply is 420W so I dont think there is a problem there, and I am running a pentium 4 single core 3Ghz processor. My current card is a Geforce 6600GT so I'm hoping for a big difference in the cards.

Thanks in advance for your advice

Razor
There's no limit on the graphics card clock speeds, no.
You'll also notice a good performance increase from that card - I would say your next upgrade, if your motherboard can take it, should be the CPU.
Hope this helps.Thank you very MUCH Calum, thats a great help, and relief.

Speaking about the CPU, my mother board will take up to a Duel core, but I can only find up to a 2.4 Ghz Duel core in our shops. Would this speed duel core be any faster than a single core 3Ghz?


RazorIt all depends on the actual models of the CPUs you are looking at.
What CPUs will your board actually take?
We can recommend one from there if you like.Thanks Calum
Ok we are starting to go in a little over my knowledge with this stuff.

This is straight from the manual

P5ND2-SLI Series specifications summary

LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme
Edition/Intel® Pentium® D/Intel® Pentium® 4/
Intel® Celeron® processors
Compatible with Intel® PCG 05B/05A and 04B/04A
processors
Supports Intel® Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EM64T)
Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST)
Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology
(Note:Due to chipset limitation, the Intet® Pentium® 0 820
processor works only in single-core mode.)


CPU SECTION in manual

The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket desigr
the Intel® Pentium® D, Intel® Pentium® 4 and Intel® Celeron® processoi
the 775-land package.

This motherboard supports the Intel® Pentium® Processor Extreme Ed
the latest CPU with embedded dual physical cores and Hyper-Threadir
technology, making four CPU threads possible. Refer to the table belo
the operating system support status.

OS Licensing support list
Intel Dual-Core CP support Intel Dual-core CPU and
hyper-threading Technology support

Windows® 2000 Advanced Server Windows® XP Home

Windows® XP Home Windows® XP PROFESSIONAL

Windows® XP Professional Windows® Server 2003 - Standa~
Enterprise
Windows® Server 2003 - Standard,
Enterprise


•Due to chipset limitation, Intel® Pentium® D 820 processors wc
only in single-core CPU mode.

•Due to chipset limitation, dual-core processors cannot support
Intel® EIST, TM2, and Cl E functions.


•Install a chassis fan with at least a speed of 2400 rpm and 8 Cl
turnrate when using a dual-core CPU to ensure system stability

Overheating can permanently damage the system and/or CPU.
•Install an additional chassis fan to ensure better air flow when
overciocking.

•Upon purchase of the motherboard, make sure that the PnP cai
on the socket and the socket contacts are not bent. Contact y~
retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing, or if you see any
damage to the PnP cap/socket contacts/motherboard compon
ASUS will shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipn
transit-related.

•Keep the cap after installing the motherboard. ASUS will proces
Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) REQUESTS only if the
motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA775 socket.
•The product warranty does not cover damage to the socket
contacts resulting from incorrect CPU installation/removal, or
misplacement/loss/incorrect removal of the PnP cap.



I can understand some of this jargon but I still can't tell exactaly what cpu my motherboard will take. It has been suggested to me that I upgrade my Graphics card and Ram as planned then wait a bit and upgrade my motherboard and get a really good CPU rather than being limited to lesser CPU's.

What do you think?From some Google searching, I'd recommend you wait and upgrade your board and CPU at the same time, that board won't take newer CPUs.Ok, thanks heaps Calum, I will do that.

Thanks once again for your advice, it has been most helpful.

Razor

Has any buddy EVER heard of :Austin power supply"?
Who makes them & what is there e-mail address &web SITE?No idea myself but if GOOGLE can't find it then doubt anyone else can!

Have you tried that yet?Yes,I have tried Google many times and many ways,no luck!OK - just had to check!

Well - HOPEFULLY someone may have info, so as they say - "watch this space".Your google is broke...

guys may this question of mine be a bit weird or a out of scope query but do help in getting it's answer......

we hear a lot about microprocessors that instructions are execi=uted by a micorprocessor.....and these instruction codes are written in assembly language.....now if a assembly compiler converts an instruction code into a machine code as that of 1010001 format....then how this format gets executed into a desired action required by a programmer or a user.....because microprocessor being a digital device...works on voltage proinciple...then how these numerical conventions get converted to this voltage level format...

eagerly waiting for a SATISFACTORY reply.....If you boil things down to basics - and just think of each transistor in a CPU - it will, like discrete transistors, have two basic switching states - on or off ... and so if you will - high or low. This equates to zeros and ones.

Expand this base level condition ''upwards'' ...... starting with bits and then bytes ... thus min 00000000 to max 11111111 = 0 to 255 is the range of one byte - the cumulative state of 8 transistors. For convenience take this to hex code to ''condense'' notations and the 11111111 be comes FF. From here will be a lower level stage where program code in its most basic form is equated to binary/hex values.

Pump up the programing code to higher levels and there will still be a route 'down' to that essential binary/hex condition at CPU transistor level.

Not totally sure if this is what you are asking but while the CPU is a voltage device - think more in terms of this 'switching' analogy at the base level ... of course voltage plays a part but most important is the on/off conditions of semi conductors. For the most part even these days - operations are sequential - in a serial manner ...... altho parallel computing is something we'd see as a goal in the future.Quote

altho parallel computing is something we'd see as a goal in the future.

From here will be a lower level stage where program code in its most basic form is equated to binary/hex values.

Pump up the programing code to higher levels and there will still be a route 'down' to that essential binary/hex condition at CPU transistor level.

not ttotally satisfied wid your reply mate........

because microprocessor being a digital device...works on voltage proinciple...then how these numerical conventions get converted to this voltage level format

not ttotally satisfied wid your reply mate........please do be more elaborate wid the above quoted statements......this question is killing me sincs day and night......