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RAM

What happens if your RAM is not working at all ? (dead) for example i have : computer fans spining ,no output on monitor and no beep sound. Any suggestions?

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How can I erase my hard drive?

I want to dispose of my Compaq Presario 6000 with Vista BE, and I would use a DBAN disk to format the hard drive, but I can't get it to boot from the CD or USB drives. Any advice? I would donate it,...

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Need help locating a source for replacement g6-1000 touchpad

I am unable to find a replacement touchpad (called "top cover assembly" by HP) online. Can anyone help? Model g6-1a75dx

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Solved: Change drive to C:

Computer crashed yesterday. Nothing lost, so far as I can tell. BUT, the SSD drive is no longer being used to boot. Should be able to find it on set-up but can not - as yet. Worse by far, the Data...

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A new home server build

I am in the market to rebuild my home server. It is used for media streaming (transcoding on the fly) and hosting a few gaming servers on the odd occasion. Mostly old games like Call of Duty 1 and...

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Problems with Graphics Card

Hello! Recently my computer hasn't been running as well as it should and I have been having some issues. First off, whenever I try to restart my computer it loads up after the windows logo and then...

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Belkin Router on its side

I have a Belkin Router that is supposed to stand up, but it is so light weight that the Ethernet cords plugged into it pull it on its side. It seems to work okay that way, so I'm wondering if it can...

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Would this Work?

Hi guy's. Sorry about what category to put this in but no doubt it will end up in the right part. I have as problem I have just received my new modem from EE 'Orange'. The problem is that I can not...

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Brother MFC-J450DW and Brother MFC-J870DW ||| Differences between these...

Links: [Amazon] Brother Printer Work Smart MFCJ870DW [Brother USA] Brother MFC-J870DW [Amazon] Brother Printer MFCJ450DW [Brother USA] Brother MFC-J450DW...

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Nvidia graphics card fa6n keeps turning on

Hello everyone. Hoping someone here can solve this issue. I have a Galaxy Geforce GTX 660ti graphics card in my "old" HPE 400f. i say old because I've had it since 2010, longest running PC I've ever...

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Install umax 3400 scanner in windows 8

How can I install a UMAX 3400 scanner in Windows 8?

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AsRock PC SATA Ports/Cables

Hi, Are there many people out there with AsRock PC's, and has anyone had problems with SATA Ports on the Motherboard not working, or else the Power-Supply-Units having SATA cables that did not work???...

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Hard drive died...anyway to download windows 7 and/or recovery discs?

My laptop shut itself down and said there was an imminent hard drive failure. Gave it to my district's IT person who tried to copy the hard drive to put into the new one I bought, but she said her...

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Can a stock i7 4770k bottleneck GTX 760 4gb Graphics Card? {Skyrim}

Hello. I am hoping to build a nice system sometime used for gaming and have chosen a cpu and video card that I believe will handle games smoothly on Ultra settings with graphical mods installed. The...

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INternal as an external HD

can i use an internal sata hard drive as an external hard drive using a sata to usb adapter? Hope this makes sense. I will just use it to Image my PC using acronis in case something bad happens to my...

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Solved: Atx connector pin mismatch

I decided to go splurge on a new mobo and hdd. But back to the issue at hand here. Correct me if im wrong, but a thermaltake M750W PSU is compatible with an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 mobo right? I raise...

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Laptop to CRT TV

I'm using HP Elitebook 8560w (Windows 7) and trying to connect it to an old LG Flatron Golden Eye CRT tv. I've purchased a VGA to RCA converter box and hooked it up as per manual. The laptop's screen...

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Solved: change the boot order on a ASUS laptop

Hi I have a Asus laptop with windows 7. I’m trying to reformat the hard drive. I know I have to start the computer from the CD drive with a copy of windows 7. I’m having a problem getting the “boot”...

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HDD Partition Corrupted

My mother booted up her laptop today to find that it was booting to its recovery partition instead of Windows. I had a look at it and it turns out that the main Windows partition (drive D:\) is...

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Old MOBO testing

Is it possible to have a MOBO checked out to see if its still good, outside of the desktop?[COLOR= ] [/COLOR]

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