I'll try to keep this short:
AMD 4800+
Gigabyte AM2 mobo
Windows XP Pro
OS/Program Drive: 6 year old 80Gb IDE!
4Gb's of ram
ATI 3450 Video Card
Approx age of latest build: 2.5 months
Ok,
So a few months ago I consolidated a pair of decent computers into one uber-computer. I...
I just installed a new mobo that has HDMI onboard. I had initially intended on hooking up my LCD TV to this mobo's onboard HDMI and then using a video card to get signals to my dual LCD monitors.
Well it turns out the only easy way to get 3 displays present while using this mobo is to use...
Okay, I figured myself to be somewhat computer competent over the years but I guess I was way wrong.
I was in the process of taking all my good hardware out of my main rig and installing it into a new HTPC (which would soon become my one and only computer).
At this point I had been using...
Hi everyone,
I am considering purchasing this mobo to go with my AMD 4800+ CPU. I plan on using the onboard HDMI output to a hi-def (1080p) Samsung LCD.
I will use the single PCI-E (x16) slot for my main video card (ASUS EN8500GT) to control my two computer monitors.
Will the onboard...
Hey everyone, I'm not sure if computers can do what I need but I'm pretty sure they can.
I currently have three monitors:
(2x) Samsung 22" Widescreens
(1x) Samsung 61" LCD TV
Currently I have the 22" widescreens on my normal computer and the 61" LCD is connected to a home theater PC that...
I'm trying to find a decently interfacing webcam software that my parents and I can use so that they can keep in touch in a more technological way with my new son.
So far I have been using yahoo's IM client with integrated video chat support. This, unfortunately, hasn't proved to work very...
I updated my dated Pentium IV HTPC for a modern AMD 4800+ (AM2) rig which meant new mobo/CPU/VidCard/Ram.
I managed to hook everything up and get it all to turn on by the first try (which was exciting as usually I deal with a few days of beeps and then nothing).
But!!
When I boot from...
Okay heres my situation. I currently have a Pentium 4 system with 512Mb of RAM on an AGP mobo, but it bogs down just slightly when playing my .mkv encoded 720p movies onto my TV. Instead of replacing the whole system with a better mobo/cpu/ram I'd like to try getting a better video card...
Hi everyone, a little background on me and my situation:
I'm currently the network admin for my fraternity at Purdue University. We are using Linksys RV042 router with a pair of Netgear Managed Switches for about 40-50 computers.
Lately there have been several issues with the internet...
The computer in question is my HTPC which was sitting idly running only a few feet from my head this morning. I wasn't using it but it was turned on and logged into WindowsXP Pro. I heard what sounded like it powering down but it was loud and distracting enough from it's normal humming operation...
I have been using my GeForce 6500 for a year now to run both of my BenQ monitors (one on VGA, one on DVI). There is a tv-output in the form of a yellow rca connection. Can i hook this up to my tv to watch movies, while still using the two monitors?
If that isn't an option, can I set up a...
This summer I built an HTPC using some new parts and some old parts. I mostly used a Pentium 4 system that I've had for about 5 years. I got new HD's for storage and a new vid/sound-card but kept the mobo/processor/ram (512Mb)/psu and main harddrive with XP already installed.
The computer ran...
I am working on my samurize config that lets me click an image that I designate that will take me to a specifc folder/location
For example, when i want to get to my C:\program files i click on an HD image that I placed in the prompt and have it linked to C:\program files and it opens up that...
I have a few folders with about 200+ files. I essentially want to get a big list of alphabetical file names that I can print out.
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I just got finished making a nice new file sharing server for me and my roommates. We use it primarily to record TV shows and to view them later. The problem is that this server was built using an older computer and when several people are trying to stream shows off of it the computer bogs...
I just got finished making a nice new file sharing server for me and my roommates. We use it primarily to record TV shows and to view them later. The problem is that this server was built using an older computer and when several people are trying to stream shows off of it the computer bogs...
upgrading my 4 year old HP 746N into an HTPC server. I got the case and am in the process of swapping the parts out but I cannot get the motherboard out. I have taken out all the screws and as far as i can tell there is nothing holding the MB to the case....
but it won't come out. When i...
Hey everyone, I have just been chosen to be the network administrator for my fraternity (delta sigma phi, just in case there are any of my brothers out there).
We have about 50 people in the house and with only about 20 of us hooked up and "networked" we are experiencing major problems...
I pulled out my old HP 762n which still has it's original motherboard/cpu and a few other pieces of old hardware in there. I was planning on using it for a PVR and as such had wiped the hard drive which was installed in a newer computer with the hopes of installing my new copy of XP MCE 2005 on...
I will try to summarize the problems I am having on my friends computer to the best of my ability. I am not the most technical person when it comes to computer repair but I will fill in any of the missing blanks as best I can.
My friend came to me last week when his new Dell PC was showing an...
I have a problem. I purchases my copy of windows xp 4 years ago when it first came out and have consistenly updated my computer via windoes automatic update. I recently purchased a pair of 250g HD's and was excited to install them and fill them up. Quite the shock when I did put them into my...
Hey everyone. I know this problem comes up quite a bit and after searching for a while i still haven't found/done anything to fix the problem. I just bought the HD and installed it. I have not yet formatted it and i'm not sure if that will fix the problem.
I viewed my atapi.sys file in the...
I have a Hercules Game Theater XP sound card. It is an internal sound card that mounts via PCI on my motherboard. A serial cable connects the sound card to an external box. Recently I have been having trouble getting any sound from my this external box. After a few days of struggling with...
Here is my dilemna. I installed a Hercules Game Theater sound card in my computer about a year ago. It worked fine and has always sounded great. The sound card was installed in the bottom PCI slot of my motherboard.
A few days ago I was falling asleep watching a movie on my computer and...
Here's the situation: I just got back from a 1000 mile journey across the United States with my computer in tow. I got back and was able to plug everything into my computer including my soundcard and speakers. It all worked! Awesome. I was able to watch a few movies and listen to my music...
Hey everyone. I am trying to figure out how to use my Linksys RV042 to act as a VPN. At least thats what I think I need to do. My situation is that I need to be able to remotely control (via the remote desktop feature) of a main server in my fraternity. I'm going to b 2000+ miles away. I...
I'm sick of iTunes constantly running up to 70,000k of my memory usage. I'm looking for alternatives to iTunes (because i know it's bloated). I like how i can rate the songs so if there is anything out there that does that which doesn't hog all my resources that would be cool.
Anyways...
I've got an HP DeskJet 920C and after formatting I have lost my printing options. When I used to print a screen would pop up with all kinds of formatting options. The one i used most frequently was the double sided printing option. After formating i seem to just have the default HP drivers or...
I live in a fraternity and am the network admin. We recently added a 2nd Verizon Business DSL line (3meg/768k) to eventually replace the old Verizon Business DSL line (768k/256k yikes!). Instead of just increasing the old line we added the 2nd so that in case of any mishaps we could always go...
Hey everyone. So i was just made the network admin in my fraternity of over 50 people. I should start off by saying that I know very little about networking. I am hoping i can read some tutorials or any webpages that will help with basic networking of this size. My house has a pair of 25...
I just got a new Logitech MX700 wireless keyboard/mouse. I am having a really hard time getting used to this new mouse. My old mouse was the older Logitech LX700 wireless mouse. Looked very similar but had a slightly different body design to it.
The problem i'm having is that the way I...
I have Norton AV Pro 2003 that will no longer let me keep it in "auto-protect" mode. It says "off" and when i try to click enable nothing happens. My symanntic Live Update is registered till the end of this year so i'm at a loss as to why this has happened? Could it be a virus that has...
I only typically use about 3 or 4 different commands from my right click menu which (at last count) can sometimes have as many as 35 different commands. I know there are programs that exist that allow me to change my right-click context menu. Can anyone recommend me a good program for me?
I have an NVidia GeForceMX 420 Video card that has VGA out and an S-video out. I have been able to hook up my normal monitor and my secondary monitor (TV) before so that it was horizontal spaning, and would resize windows to fit on individual monitors. I reformatted recently and am having a...
Had some incidents with a CD ripping utility that made me think all of my music wasn't ripping properly. Figured out too late that it was indeed working i just wasn't looking in the right place. Unfortunately there are about 3 or 4 copies of each song (like "In the end", "In the end 0001", "In...
A little background info. I recently reformatted and reinstalled Xp PRO because my computer was bogging down and i was having some issues. Reinstalling everything went smoothly. I went and got all of my necessary updates but one of them caused a bit of an issue...it was an Nvidia update and...
I'm going to be reformatting my computer soon for the first time. I went ahead and backed up all of my music/pictures/school-documents and drivers on my 2nd harddrive. I figured I would have to remove the hard drive to be safe so that i don't accidentally reformat it. I'm going to be...
Hey everyone. I'm giving serious consideration to finally reformatting my computer. I am running Windows XP (not sure if it's pro or home, but i have copies of both, ...thanks to $5 disks at college). Anyway, i've been putting it off for a very long time because i'm not sure of what i will or...
I have a hard drive that is completely full of information. I recently took it out of my computer and placed in a larger drive. My simple question is:
if i place the old harddrive back into this computer will it try to reformat it? Will i lose my data? I assume not, but i want to make sure...
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