old hardware

I have an old (10 years) computer which I have had to reinstall Windows XP on.This was done using the original installation disc. To use this disc I had to reformat the hard drive. The computer is now running XP again. The original installation disc was of course also 10 years old so the...

Hello all, I've had the idea to use an old laptop as a Netflix machine for my mother, and I'd like to be able to hook up a Microsoft MCE remote and let her navigate the software with that. She used to use this laptop, but switched over to a Windows 10 tablet when the thing began failing in...

I've been having some issues with my battery. I have a Sager X8100 gaming laptop. Specs are i7 Q840, dual Nvidia 285m in SLI, 8gbs RAM, windows 7 64 bit. Its a fairly old rig.. 2009 or 2010 not sure which. I bought it used in 2012. Had a 1 year warranty. I noticed the battery wouldn't keep it...

I am using a Dell Dimension 3100 with an Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz with 2GB RAM. Also, I am running Windows 7. I am currently using WMP 12 to play DVDs and AnyDVD to help Iplay DVDs I buy when travelling. Recently, in England, I just bought a Star Trek: First Contact DVD. When I put it in my...

seems like pc is acting slowly than normal. could it be from my anti virus? or chrome? or another application? i expect internet to be fast, no substitutions. but we all cannot have what we want, especially if using weak wifi from isp. iam not on ethernet btw. this pc, its old. bought in 2008...

I had an old IDE HDD attached. after i removed that installation worked. Thanks!

Good evening, Have just completed a while ago, the above program. No idea really as to why I ran that particular program. I was simply looking for ideas as to perhaps give my newish PC a shot in the arm as it had become rather sluggish over the 5 months I have had it. Being a retired old...

I have an old CM1630-05 PC that had Vista Ultimate installed. The computer is pretty old but works fine and is plenty fast for me. The HD was starting to die so I got a new one and copied the old HD to the new one. I upgraded to SP1 and it seemed to work fine. It starts up fine but when I try to...

A Win 7 install on an old server has got me flummoxed. I cannot get the taskbar to function properly. I have tried every trick I have found Googling and none have fixed the problem. I have reloaded the OS twice since the original install and same problems reappear. Once as a Win 7 "upgrade"...

Hi I recently istalled windows 8.1 and everything is ok but this weird thing: Everytime I start the pc, it reaches to a point where there is black screen and I can only see the move (working). Nothing happens from there, I have to reset ans there you go, it starts alright! It's an old computer...

Two days ago my games used to run just fine,but now,after 5 mins my game turns to a black screen the sound loops,and after some seconds it shuts down.When i reboot the message appear "windows recoveried from an error" My specs are: -Windows 7 32 -Intel pentium dual core 3 ghz -ASUS mainboard...

What causing my xpsp3 computer to be slower? I am trying to figure on my old windows xp sp 3, what is slowing down my system. I have all update as far as I know before Microsoft stop supporting xp. It could be caused by an system update, browsers or another program. I have scanned for...

hi I have a very old Hard Drive the small SATA thing broken so I can't connect a wire to it and now I can't use it any more I need to get some data of it is there any other method of using the hard drive

Hi guys and girls so here's the thing. Ive found my old desktop in the loft about 8 years old and took the HDD out of it. I bought a IDE to usb cable and can see the files that were on the old HDD so doesn't seem like theres much wrong with it apart from being clogged with a few years of...

Just a question as I am not 100% sure myself so I thought I would ask to save myself time trying to figure it out as I'm a little pushed for time to sit & have a look. Got a system was a 500w value PSU, Dual Core AMD cpu, 4gig ddr2, 2 hdd's & a 3780 GPU. Recently I added the second HDD which is...

I have an issue with getting a completely black screen. I never see a desktop. I never even see the login screen. If I press the sleep button on the case, then start it back up, I see a mouse pointer too. But on first boot, there is no mouse pointer. Booting in safe mode has the exact same...

hi. i did a recent reformat/reinstall of windows 7 x64 and i have a weird problem... i use alot of audio editing and recording software, (like fl, audacity, audition, etc) and i managed to set all the sound up fine but when try to save something to an uncompressed .wav it just jumps instantly...

I am running Windows 8 pro on an older tablet and I mainly use a digitizer pen (it does not recognize fingers). I am very surprised by the lack of features using a pen versus using a mouse as I do on my Windows 8 non-touch screen laptop. I also don't typically use a keyboard with my...

I am using an old Dell computer and wanted to run Win7 (P4 3.0 / 3Gb Ram) and no Video card from all the ones I had laying around seem to worked... I checked online to watch a compatible one and the 9600xt seemed like a nice candidate and I bought one. When I plugged it in it will only display...

Hello sorry I know most veterans here don't know me but I selected to put ads on this site when I registered. I found an old Game-Elements PC Gamepad with no CD and it has a usb stub so I plugged it in and Windows 7 didn't recognize the device! I couldn't do 'search for automatic updates'...