Multiple OS system: basic architecture
I'm thinking about basically copying what this fellow is doing here (it's an AMD 8-core -based system). But I want it to boot three operating systems: Windows 7 & 8, & Ubuntu. I would like to...
View ArticleScreen replacement
Hi guys, i would like to know can i replace the screen of a dell lattitude C640 14.1 xga screen , with a screen from a dell D620 14.1 wxga? Wil it fit and will the connectors be the same?
View ArticleBlack Screen on Startup
Hi Guys, I am having a problem when I start-up my F & H W76S Notebook, it runs on Windows 7 Ultimate. However, when I started it up yesterday the screen went black, although the computer appears to...
View ArticleExternal hdd not showing
Hi i have a LG external hdd 1TB thats driving mt nuts. Windows shows the drive but also shows 0 used mb and 0 free mb when i click on the drives properties. It wont format either. Yet when i check in...
View ArticleWireless security cameras
Hi, I have recently purchased two security cameras which have no branding whoa Di ever. The only thing I can make out is that they are l-series. These cameras were bought under the premise that they...
View ArticleNeed help on System Board
I have got 2 questions. 1. On an Intel desktop MB Where are these 2 controllers/devices physically located and how to identify them?Direct Memory Access Controller Primary/Secondary IDE Controller (In...
View ArticleLaptop will not turn on, please help!
Hello everyone, I have a Hp dv6 laptop that was recently doing an update without the charger connected, this was unexpected because it was shut down for a while, and i finally got it to turn on. I...
View ArticleCannot turn off battery life display on screen
Hi, I recently changed the battery settings on my Dell Inspiron laptop computer, which runs Windows 7, to "extended battery life." For a few days, a box that reads "Extended battery life is activated....
View ArticlePC Freezes before boot up
Hello, My PC gets freeze before booting. After switching on my PC, monitor shows displays like Intel and showing the bios settings and Boot menu and gets freeze. Note: I couldnt even enter Bios...
View Articlelaptop keyboard issue - xp pro
Hey people :-) An xp-pro laptop I've got was unused for ages whilst I kept forgetting to fit a new screen unit to it after the old one died. Anyways, long story short I fitted the new lcd last week and...
View ArticleBlue Screen nightmare since getting new CPU, Motherboard and RAM.
I recently got a new CPU (AMD FX 8350 4ghz), Motherboard (ASUS M5A97) and RAM (Corsair Vengeance 8gb DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz). I constantly got blue screen errors (most often WHEAR_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR...
View ArticleWeird PSU problems - constant reboots with HDD connected
I was working on my computer when suddenly it restarts and goes into a continuous loop of turning on for 5 seconds, then off and back on again. If I disconnect my SATA hard drive (WD Caviar Blue 500GB...
View ArticleSolved: Laptop Motherboard Memory Controller
Hello all! I recently bought an HP 15-e043cl laptop with an AMD A6 Richland processor. I want to know what frequency the memory controller runs at so I can install the fastest RAM compatible (is this...
View ArticleLenovo BIOS Password - Never Set / Reset
Thanks for reading my post. I have here a Lenovo G580 Laptop. When powering on it asks for HDD Password. When I try to access the BIOS to remove/edit the password it asks me for a BIOS password. Now...
View ArticleWhy wont my plasma tv run HD with a HDMI cable to my computer?
I originally used to run a HDMI cable from my plasma screen TV to my Xbox and it would always look crystal clear where it would otherwise like quite horrible without the HDMI cable. So I plugged the...
View ArticleHelp me find a decent Win7-compatible video capture card
I have some old VHS tapes I want to copy to my computer. My old cap card was cheap and worked great, but the driver doesn't work w/ Win7-64bit. I tried 1 of those RCA-input to USB-output capture...
View Articlee-system memory upgrade (revisited)
I bought one of these a few years back, in the full knowledge that it was supposed to be possible to upgrade the memory to 2Gb. Initially, I replaced the installed memory (512M) with a 1G module, and...
View ArticleWiping a computer
Hello, i have always believed that if you wipe your hard drive your banking details were wiped off totally, unless you have the software to recover it of course. That software i understand is limited...
View ArticleSodtware cannot find harddrive
Any software (ie. Crystl Disk) that I use to check out my hard drive cannot find it. The drive has smartdrive and should readily found.
View ArticleUSB Mice not working on laptop
For a while now all the USB mice have seemed to stop working on my zoostorm laptop, though other USB devices work fine. I had been using a Microsoft mouse which installs with its own program and such...
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