Recent content by Wanksta

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    Changing Windows XP Languages

    Thanks for that info calbars, ill get to searchin tonight, thanks again.
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    Changing Windows XP Languages

    Is there anyway to change the language in Windows XP? Ill be going to Mexico soon (tommorow!) and i have a couple computers id like to give to some family members, the only thing is that they dont read or speak english...so i was wondering if i could change the language to spanish, or do i have...
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    k7s5a boot no go dam board

    I had the SAME exact problem as altonb1 with that board. Burn out my 1800+ and my video card, took it right back to fry's and they didnt even let me finish explaining what was wrong, gave me a full return. Went and bought an MSI board for about the same cost and have had NO problems whatsoever...
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    Computer wont boot to HDD unless restarted.

    I built a system for a friend, and i am having some trouble with the harddrive, its an older 60GB seagate drive that i recycled from a sony VAIO. Well the problem is that everytime that i power up the machine it will not boot to the hard drive, it says "boot failure disk error", once i hit the...
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    Video Card(s) Overheating

    Thanks _Tron_, I tried doing that with one of the cases from my system and it worked a little longer but it still died on me, heatsink on the card was just too hot, i even took off the heatsink and replaced the stock paste which was almost completely fried(?) with some AS3. Again i had already...
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    Video Card(s) Overheating

    Thanks for the reply amdskip, the case has no fans just the power supply one and the cpu fan, i tried running it with the case open and it will still overheat! The case temps inside with the cover closed get to about 30C before we lose video. We've had this system for about a year now and it's...
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    Video Card(s) Overheating

    I have a Sony Vaio RX-550 (family's computer) and just the other day all of a sudden we lose video after 10 minutes of use, after that it wouldnt boot until it cooled down. I opened the case and the heatsink on the card (Nvidia M64 32MB Card) was terribly hot, too hot to touch. I tried another...
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    First Time Computer Building Woes

    Im trying to build my first computer, I bought all the parts, but when I go to boot up I get no video signal, everything fires up, all fans, and hard drives spin up, but i get no video signal or beeps, no POST. Ive Swapped out numerous video cards and rams, and im positive those work because i...