computer hardware

HI i have Dell Precession 490 Work Station with 8 GB RAM ( FBR ) i am using windows 7 32 bit.when i check properties,its shows me installed memory 8GB and used memory 3.5 GB.I know 32 bit operating systems only support 4gb ram. My question is : the system is only showing 4gb and using all 8gb...

Hi I haven't changed an internal hard drive in years but my main concern is getting the correct type of hard drive to add. My friend has a Dell Dimension 8300 from abut 2004 that he want's to add a hard drive to. He has only a 80 Gig drive in it and wants to get some thing it the 160 to 250...

Ok, this may be difficult to troubleshoot because I have very few details about the computer in question. A friend called me because I am fairly good with basic computer problems. I'm not sure of the hardware specs, but it's a 2010 or 2011 model PC with Windows 7 installed. They did a Windows...

A few months ago the sleep mode on my computer became dysfunctional. Before, I used to put it into sleep mode (it is a desktop) and then move the mouse, and it would power up to exactly how I left it. Now if I put it in sleep mode, it appears to power up but nothing is shown on the screen. All...

Hello, I hope someone can help me. I recently purchased new RAM to go in my HTPC. It has worked flawlessly for over a year (custom built), with 2GB of installed ram. The motherboard has 2 slots, and I decided to buy another stick to match the one already installed. I went to google, typed in...

My hp laptop suddenly always starting with startup repair. It has been working fine for months and now it cant startup. Could this be caused by running a java game for too lonng? Or possibly overheating?

ok i have windows 7 and before like one week my computer started to crash beacuse of Blue Screen Of Death (ntoskrnl.exe)... I didn't succsed when i googled the problem so please help me! the minidump is attach!

Windows 7 x64 SP1 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Creative Gamer Soundcard, 2.4Ghz Core 2 Quad, nVidia 8800GTS graphics card I am in need of urgent help. I am an IT technician and I cannot diagnose this problem at all! Basically, my computer keeps skipping (freezing for a second, and then resuming...

hi all. need some help, so hope someone can oblige. have used ATI for a long time with no problems on various machines, including my Windows 7 Ultimate, x86 computer. this machine has a WD black caviar sata lll 500gig hdd, but is connected on sata ll (mobo doesn't support sata lll). have just...

When I have my Headset plugged in the front of the computer, I find that I must unplug my Headset inorder to hear the External Speakers. Is there a way to get around unplugging the Headset plug? Afraid constant plugging and unplugging will wear out the connector and have to go inside of...

Maybe this doesn't belong here, but i have to ask someone:D Hello, i have a small question, for whom might know. I want to buy a new video card, i have now a hd4650 and its getting old, and i want to buy something like a Sapphire Radeon HD6570 Ultimate 1GB DDR3 128-bit , or a GT440 1GB DDR3...

How to add processors to a computer that is running Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows XP Professional x64 Edition More...

Fixes an issue in which an optical drive that is installed on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 does not enter a low power state. Link Removed

I'm new to the forum. Saw all the great help that has been offered to people (though I haven't found a solution to my problem yet, as it seems to be VERY specific). While looking for solutions I seemed to come very close to finding someone with my exact problem, but not quite. Here goes: I...

Hello All, I was attempting to upgrade a system for my company from 12 to 24 gigs and I have run into a problem, I will give the system specs below. The system is a dual boot server (windows 7 pro service pack 1 / Suse Linux 11.1) that works perfectly when the 12 gigs of ram was installed...

Hi I just responded to a post on a graphic arts forum. The poster had taken the Windows OS 1.5 TB Hard Drive Running Windows 7 64 bit, out of one of his computers and put it into another computer, replacing a drive running Windows 7 32 bit and wanted to know why it wouldn't boot. He did...

I recently upgrade to a Z68/i7-2600k combo and I am currently having this BSOD problem whenever the computer wakes up from hybrid sleep. This does not happen if I sleep before logging in. I have tried disabling every start-up program with msconfig, but Kaspersky Antivirus, Asus SmartDoctor...

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Hello, I have just purchased a new 3XS system from SCAN computers (Vengence). The system has a 120GB SSD and a 1TB HDD. The SSD is used for the OS and programs and the HDD is supposed to be data. The SSD seems to be working fine and Windows 7 agrees. The same can be said for the HDD, however...

Hi everyone my brothers Win7 system is getting BSOD sporadically. I captured the minidumps andstarted to look at them via BlueScreenView.exe. In the "Caused By Driver" field it shows four different files. ntoskrnl.exe discache.sys Ntfs.sys fltmgr.sys Would any one know what the root...