I have got an ATI Radeon 9800 video card. Via a wireless video transmitter (Thomson VS 540) I try to play movies on my TV. Everythink works well except playing AVI files. I tried to play AVI files via realplayer, windows media player and powerDVD 5. The TV just shows a purple square in the box...

Does anyone know where you can buy pc case on/off, reset switches and the associated wires for attatching to the motherboard. Im about to purchase a new case but dont really want to as all I really want are these parts for a simple rig outside of the box for tresing components quickly. Im in the UK.

My cpu temp ( normally 40c) is jumping to where my alarm (core centre by MSI) is going off (47c). It never did this before.The system temp remains stable while the alarm is going off I have 3 case vantec fans and the obvious CPU fan . My feeling is that program is buggy Opinions Please

Hi there I have a VIA AC97 integrated audio chipset. I was trying to upgrade the drivers to the newer ones from via but after restarting my computer the add new hardware wizard came up and looked for the drivers for my VIA AC97. So I went through the setup using the hardware wizard. After that was...

Which is better... Both by Sapphire with 128meg and same outputs... - 9800SE card - 9600Pro card ???

Hello, Recently I have purchased a Sony Vaio notebook. At the same order I had added extra memory by the supplier. (1 Gb) Because the battery is more fast empty than expected I am looking to causes. I was curios what kind of memory the Notebook contained. Nevertheless memory modules could use...

I am building a computer and would like to get some input on the components that I have chosen. I included what I have so far in this message. Can anyone offer some suggestions on a good power supply for this system and a good CD-RW? I would also like any input that you may have from experience...

I input the term "microATX" into Google and received over 93,000 hits. I thought surely this form factor would be supported at least by major manufacturers. WRONG! Wonderful US Robotics (USR) lists an internal modem on their website but doesn't/didn't list any dimentions or case form...

I have a system that currently has the hard drive as the Primary master and the primary slave is empty. I then have a DVD-ROM drive as the secondary master and a CD/RW and the secondary slave. I am going to get a DVD/RW (+/-R and +/-RW) drive and I am trying to decide how to go about adding it...

I am working on a KDS Valiant laptop computer - the CPU fan needs to be replaced (not the entire heat sink unless absolutely necessary). Does anybody know where I can get a fan with the following specs? Really, I suppose the size, voltage and current are the most important aspects of the whole...

Anyone notice that the Intel factory thermal pad on the new Retail Boxed P4-3.0C is silver/gray colored compared to that found on the Retail Boxed P4-2.4C SL6Z3, which is black. I wonder if they changed thermal pad material composition on the faster P4s?

Do I get more performens when I change all my ide cables from 40 to 80 pins? thanks

I live in Toronto Canada, and I have some serious computer problems :( First I will explain why I am angry .. then I will explain the problems I am having with my computer lol I tried installing Macromedia Dreamweaver...Fireworks and Microsoft Office 2003. Each time I got an error saying that I...

I was wanting to build a parallel cable to extend an old webcam that I have about 15 metres from the computer. Does anyone happen to know what properties the cable needs to have (apart from being 25 conductor and having connectors on the ends of course)? Will pretty much any 25 conductor...

System does not do anything when the start button is pressed, but was previously running ok. Whats the easiest way of testing the power supply? (We have a small circuit tester available). TIA JohnK

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Hej Po tym jak radeon samodzielnie poradzil sobie z problemem infinite loop (mies czasu) przyszedl czas na wczesniej nie zauwazany nowy problem. Otoz po wyswietleniu jakiegos obrazka np slideshow w ACDSee mozna czesto na nim znalezc jednokolorowy maly paseczek poziomy o dl 0.5 cm ktory wyraznie...

Am I missing something here; MSI 845 Pro MB P4 1.7 GHz 133MHz SDRAM The FSB speed is set to 100 and multiplied by 17 to give the cpu speed, ok so far, but shouldn't the FSB be set to the same as the memory speed to obtain the best memory bandwidth/throughput..?? As the FSB is the connection...

Hi ! For my latest product I'm looking for LCD modules. I can find a lot of them, but I need only one for the first proto and I did not find an online store to buy LCD Modules. I have the following minimum requirements for the LCD module:

Hy everibody, Someone know a way to have a motherboard (also not new) for the Packard Bell Easy One Silver DVD2101 ? Packard said me that there are a copmpany in Italy outside Packard that manage the computer repair, but this company doesn't answer me about to buy only the motherboard without make...