Desktops - August 2006

Is there a program? If not, where can I find out how much each of my peripherals are using?

2006-08-10 07:18:21 · 6 answers · asked by Dr. Luckii 2

Although I uninstalled the previous ATI Catalyst control centre and Drivers and rebooted my XP pro 64 machine prior to installing the Nvidia XFX garphic card. I find I have a conflict that the ATI catalyst software is still on my machine! It will not uninstall from file or via add remove! Is there a way forward without reformatting my drives? Please enlighten me..

2006-08-10 05:52:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I use an Intel P4 desktop computer. I had some porblems with BIOS password that's why I decided to put off the CMOS battery and replace it again. now, when i turn on my computer, the first page of BIOS comes, then it freezes on the next page when the machine is going to determine the devices. I use Microsoft Windows XP 32bit O/S. but when i turn on the computer, the Window's logo doesn't come on my screen! The machine, proceeds and it stops just before where the logo has to come up! what's the problem?

2006-08-10 05:24:43 · 7 answers · asked by hacker_d26i 2

the insurance company has forwarded the computer equipment part of the claim to a company called National Vendor. They are attempting to replace my computer, which is fine. The problem is that I had a HP pavilion series and they want to replace it with a Dell Dimension 5150 series.

Does any one have any pros or cons about either Dell, the computer, the support or anything?

Or would you suggest they pay me the replacement value of the computer and purchase my own?

All and any help will be appreciated.

2006-08-10 05:10:06 · 7 answers · asked by Khandee K 3

I have Assembled PC at my home. It has 512 RAM. There are two hard disks one is 80GB and the other is 120GB. 80GB hard desk has windows server 2000. I am able to work on server 2000 and not able to work on windows XP which is in 120GB Hard disk. I am not sure whether the problem is with Operating system - windows XP or with RAM. I want to upgrade for 1GB RAM. Please suggest what to do.

2006-08-10 04:39:12 · 5 answers · asked by K S 1

Everytime I boot up my pc, there is always this msg "Previous Fan Failure ..... " is this a major problem or can i just ignore it ? Do i need to change the parts inside for this problem ?

2006-08-10 03:46:00 · 9 answers · asked by firefly 5

Basically when I start to boot up, it'll give me a blank screen. On the second attempt, it'll boot up but give me an error message 'overclocking failed'.
I haven't tried to overclock it.

2006-08-10 03:20:49 · 21 answers · asked by MontyBob 2

Hye All,

I just installed my new motherboard (MSI-K8 based) and processor AMD Athlon 2800+

Along with RAM 256MB, but the thing is that display is not coming on the monitor and nor the system is booting.

Fans are working but the monitor only shows dimmed light, and also, red light of the CPU is always on (never blinks)

Please help me out, what could be problem??

2006-08-10 03:14:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-10 01:57:30 · 8 answers · asked by TJ 1

Both require drivers which are installed. But i have a plug and play type mouse that works without rebooting.
Can anyone suggest something.

2006-08-10 01:26:59 · 4 answers · asked by m0rrell 2

2006-08-09 22:34:26 · 4 answers · asked by d 1

My compy is 4 years old. After uninstalling Linksys software that wasn't working properly, my computer wouldn't boot. After doing some research, I believed my boot.ini file had been corrupted (somehow). After booting from diskettes and the chkdsk /r thing, Windows finally booted. But the "Warning: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has detected that drive 0 on the primary EIDE controller is operating outside of normal specifications..." appeared after restarting.

I tried running a 90/90 diagnostic, but I never got a "drive functional/dysfunctional" message. Only "pass".

I also tried installing the BR64013.exe file. I'm not even sure if that installed properly as I couldn't exit the program and had to restart using the tower button.

I understand the SMART system is something you should take seriously. But is there anything else I can do to know for sure that my hard drive is done? I take care of my things, and I hate accepting that ONE uninstall as the downfall of my compy.

Thanks! :)

2006-08-09 20:44:47 · 10 answers · asked by aerisaoi 1

One is Intel Pentium 4 3.20 GHz. And another one is Intel Pentium D (Dual Core) 3.06GHz. The bus speed is the same, 1066GHz. Eveything is the same apart from the processor. Which one is faster?

2006-08-09 20:03:16 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i have an intel 915 chipset and i am willing to upgrade to 945 chipset and i have a 3.0 processor and i am willing to upgrade to 3.2, but i either upgrade my mainboard or my processor, so which one will give me better performance? which one shall i upgrade, mainboard or processor?

2006-08-09 18:52:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 18:40:49 · 3 answers · asked by N K 1

I have a computer i just got, and only has USB ports for keyboard and mouse....I have USB mouse, but no keyboard....is there any way for me to use a NON USB keayboard?

2006-08-09 18:12:00 · 11 answers · asked by Rick 2

I am looking to build a computer. Here are the specs:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 Ghz
750 Gig Hard Drive
256 Meg Video Card
Surround Sound System (5.1)
Xi-Fi Sound Card
any case would do
multimedia keyboard
optical mouse (not wireless)
tv tuner+remote
dvd player
dvd burner
floppy drive
9-in-1 card reader
network card
any motherboard that supports intel core 2 Duo processor
19" LCD monitor

How much would this come to? Can anyone look up all the parts and give me the links to them or are you guys just as lazy as I am?

2006-08-09 17:57:40 · 12 answers · asked by crazyromo 3

Both hard disk have Two partions each. How can i Format first partion of the Secondry hard disk? That is c: can i go to my computer right click C: and select format? is this work?

2006-08-09 17:12:29 · 2 answers · asked by geek123 1

2006-08-09 16:49:03 · 8 answers · asked by geek123 1

can anyone tell me about intell processers? does anyone know the order from which is best to worst? Where does celeron fall compared to pentium?

2006-08-09 16:45:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

im building a cpu system with a asus a8v deluxe skt 939 mobo, a cm stacker case, thermaltake purepower 500W PSU, 2 GB ST ram, geforce 6600 AGP, and 3 HD's with HD cooler fan attachments on each one...im also using a amd 64x2 3800+. i put it together but it wont start up...lights work but power wont turn on...

2006-08-09 16:45:37 · 1 answers · asked by rurouni_suichi571427 1

Whenver I put in a music CD or a DVD into my computer, it skips. I know it isn't the CD or DVD, because when I try them on other computers they work just fine. Please don't offer any sort of download. Is my only option to get a new D drive?

2006-08-09 13:42:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 10:26:51 · 6 answers · asked by tashafleming25 2

I have Realtek 97 but recently my computer sends me the message that no audio device is detected and no sound will pllay at all from my PC. Please help!

2006-08-09 09:52:56 · 5 answers · asked by lovelylviola 1

can software designed for 32-bit processors be compatable with a 64-bit processor?

2006-08-09 09:10:17 · 7 answers · asked by compy_500 3

i disabled the ac97 audio in bios. but when i try to run the executeable file for the drivers for my creative live 5.1 soundblaster card it says it can't find a creative live soundblaster in my system. the cd that came with my computer only has the audio driver for ac97 audio.

2006-08-09 09:08:57 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-09 07:58:37 · 7 answers · asked by pearlsw 1

What do you think I need to do in this situation?:

About 9 months ago, I bought an HP PC from Best Buy. They asked me if I wanted recovery disks made up, which I had them do. They set it up with the hard drive portioned, C: and D:, with D: being named “HP_Recovery”. The original OS was installed on C: and anything I installed, downloaded, temporary internet files, etc always went on C:. The PC crashed recently and I had to do a whole new install of XP. Now I notice that everything I install automatically goes on D: instead of C: and it looks like XP installed itself on D: as well. Since the C: partition is vastly larger, I’m now always getting warnings that D: is running out of space. Many of the apps I install, either from CD or websites, don’t even prompt me with destination options, they just install on D: instead of C:.

Now, I’m not even concerned about the recovery anymore, so last night, I tried to do an FDISK and just start all over, with no partitions. It wouldn’t let me do it because it told me that files were in use. I had nothing running, but I’m sure they were just windows system files to run the system. Do you have any idea how I can correct this?

2006-08-09 07:32:25 · 2 answers · asked by ericmsdw2005 1

2006-08-09 07:00:35 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

When loading a computer, what is the sound caused by. I mean on the hard disk, not the screen, it makes noice when its loading ... WHAT MAKES THIS NOICE????

2006-08-09 06:35:37 · 12 answers · asked by daniel4joyce 2