I have en external HD with some important files. The Drive is connected via USB. Two days ago the HD stopped appearing in Explorer when plugged in. Since I cannot see the drive in Explorer I cannot access the files. The drive does appear with it correct name (HD2Go) in Controlpanel, System,...

What you should get between those pins of a good PC mobo when you test with ohm-meter

A user has a HP xw 4600 workstation with a 17inch monitor. He needs a larger monitor due to the work he is doing. I glanced at the HP site and see some different sizes of monitors...

Further to my post below, If anyone can provide me with header and jumper info for the MS-7069 motherboard I would greatly appreciate it. It's a microstar board but it looks like it's custom ordered by NEC and Packard Bell. Anyway the board is very difficult to read in terms of header placement...

Reference my prior posts. In my search for a M2N78-LA replacement I came up with a Biostar TA780GM2+ on Amazon. I almost jumped on it, but now I am not so sure it will suit my need. I certainly am confused. It says the dimensions are 3X10X13, but it says it is a 'MATX'. The length and width of...

I have a HP M8530F PAVILLION MEDIA CENTER that will not boot up. This system apparently was sold as a package with VISTA (groan!). I do not have the recovery disk(s) that came with it. I have tried to install a fresh XP and VISTA on it, but neither installation will work. The installs fail...

Hi all, I've put a pc together with old components. On trying to boot the damn machine the thing posts but then won't boot as far as the GDM (linux login interface). That is to say, the monitor seems to go off/no signal mode. I can't tell if the pc actually makes it as far as the OS login...

My buddy gave me a pc he was given by a friend who worked for Procter and Gamble. He ask me to see if I could get past the login screen so he could use it as a home desktop. It's a nice heavy duty machine and acording to his friend there was no problem with it, they were just upgrading the network...

hey guys, i want to upgrade my computer a bit, and was wondering if anyone knows what the best graphics card is at the moment??

A friend of mine gave me her pc to look at she's been having problems with it running slow and freezing up. The first thing I'm trying to do is do a diagnostics scan but I can't even get into the bios. F10 F2 on start up and it goes strait to windows login. I know the keyboard is working because I...

Hi all Do you know if the motherboard, PcChips M810L Series for AMD Socket 462, can use the front side bus at 266MHz? http://3-bs.eu/pcchips-m810lr-drivers-p-663080.html http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-PC_CHIPS/M810L(V3.0).html If can use this frequency of bus only, if it uses, the RAM / SDRAM

it has no green or black-brown-blue-white wires?

I've had this problem for over two years so it's hardly a show-stopper. But I'm now finally fed up with it and determined to find a fix. I would much appreciate some help in doing that please. I have an XP Pro with a Iiyama Prolite E2403WS 24" widescreen monitor, connected with the recommended DVI...

For my socket 478 motherboard, I put in a new CPU but am having trouble fitting the new heatsink and attaching it. The problem is that I can't figure out how "attach" or clip the heatsink to the plastic clip which attaches to the motherboard. I may simply have ordered the wrong heatsink. My...

Good evening, I got a problem with a Acer Power F5 desktop. In the pc there’s Windowx xp installed and due to viruses probably, it’s not going to boot anymore. I’d like to format the c partition and reinstall all the software but I can’t launch the recovery procedure pressing Alt and F10 keys. I...

I recently damaged the screen for my Acer Aspire 7730, and ordered a replacement screen after testing for a desktop picture on an external monitor. After fitting my screen however, I discovered that the screen picture appears to be stretched so I only see one side of the desktop. There is also a...

Salve da poco mi sono dedicato da inesperto in server a volerne configurare uno per la mia aziendina ... possedevo un x206 configurato come un pc e condivisione dati ma ora è arrivato il momento di fare un salto di qualita, dopo l'acquisto del server x3400 m3 e dei due dischi sata con scheda...

I have a HP-HDX18 laptop and the 120w ac adapter gave out on me and is can't be fixed. its specs a INPUT: 110-240~2.4A 50-60Hz OUTPUT: 18.5V 6.5A 120W i have another HP ac adapter that works but the output watts is only 65w its specs a INPUT: 120-240V 50-60Hz

he saw a portable HDTV with a rechargeable battery and so he bought it. When he got it home, he unpacked it and hooked it up. 10 minutes after he had it set up, he was bored with it and was in sticker shock over the price he paid for it. Gorby is disabled so he can buy things but he has a hard time...

What is an internal USB jack for? Running XP SP3, using an ASUS mobo that had only usb1.1, so I bought a USB2 card a few months ago and everything is fine. It has another USB jack on the card, not the mounting bracket, and since it's hard to reach the back of the computer and the side cover was...