I'm getting low burst rates, hi random access rates and high cpu usage.
According to Hd tach 3.0.4.0: I'm running the tests after a fresh boot with nothing running.
Burst rate: 115
ave read: 90
random access: 15.7
CPU usage: 15%
Hd tune yields similar results.
Also, looking at...
Hey gang,
looking to get a new hard that is quiet and fast. I was looking at the F1 line from samsung. I can't seem to find much about about the 320 gig single platter drive,
HD322HJ . I want a drive that uses the newer high density platters. I found info about the other f1's, but not this...
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I have a epson cx 5400 printer. Generic carts. I went to print something out tonight and it gave me an error. it said there was a error with all 4 ink cartridges. It's like it didn't even know they where there. So, I took them all, out cleaned all the chip contacts on the printer and...
I installed a pny geforce 6200 card today, a upgrade from the igp.
NOW, no video will play, divx ,xvid,mpeg,even dvd's won't play. streaming video from cnn.com does not work either. everything worked fine before.
I tried deleting the card and then reinstalling with the latest drivers from...
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I just got my new hanns G 19" lcd monitor today.
The screen keeps going completely blank every couple of minutes. It blanks out less than 1 sec then returns to normal.The entire screen turns blank(black).
I have tried different vga drivers,different resolutions. no help.
I'm...
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My igp is getting flaky so i think it's time to upgrade.
I have a sempron 2800+ based system, 1.6 ghz and a gig of ram.
I don't do any gaming. I do web surfing,watch some dvd's and watch xvid and divx videos.
Can you guys recommend a video card that would be appropriate...
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I'm using a asus mobo with igp by SIS.
normally when you increase the resolution the icons on the desktop get smaller. however, when I increase the resolution past 1024x768 the icons stay the same size and the right side and bottom of the desktop get pushed off the screen. There...
I just got a new samsung 731b LCD monitor. My first ever lcd. It seems to scroll text slow,kind of sluggish and distorted.
For example, say I go to cnn.com and try to scroll down, with the mouse wheel, the text moves sluggish. it's even slower if I click on the up or down scroll arrows. it...
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I'm getting extremely slow file copy times with my benq 1640.
I'm trying to copy a 500mb file from a cd-r to the hard drive. It's taking almost 10 minutes. the drive sounds very quiet so it's not spinning that fast.
I checked device manager and dma is enabled. it burns jsut fine...
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I hoping some of you savvy computer experts can help me out. My computer randomly reboots. The computer is about 6 months old. This has been happening for about 7 weeks now. I have added no new hardware.
Well, actually since I turned off the reboot on error, I get a blue screen. It...
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I have a Asus k8s-mx motherboard. I use thw space bar to turn on the computer. Sometimes it won't turn it on though and I'll have to press the power button on the case. Any idea what could make it work only sometimes?? I have a regular ps2 keyboard, 10 years old. It always works in...
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I have a AMD sempron 2800+ and Asus k8s-mx. I'm using the onboard graphics and sound. I mainly only do web surfing and some movie watching.
the stock fan on the heatsink is too loud, it is cool though, i think. The idle temp, just web surfing is 31 C, the temp after 2 hours of...
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I Have Asus k8s-mx motherboard and a sempron 2800+ with a AMD Certified Opteron/64/FX Heatsink that came with it. I got the combo from Monarch. I'm using the onboard video and sound and lan, so the pc case(sonata) is pretty empty.
The cpu fan is BY FAR the loudest thing in there. Can...
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I'm looking for a new mouse pad. One that has a very low coefficient of friction so that the mouse will glide very easy. I use a cordless optical mouse, so it's kind of heavy.
Thanks, Jason
Ps I wasn't sure which forum this went in, so I put it in 2 different ones. Hope that's ok.
Hi,
I'm looking for a new mouse pad. One that has a very low coefficient of friction so that the mouse will glide very easy. I use a cordless optical mouse, so it's kind of heavy.
Thanks, Jason
Ps I wasn't sure which forum this went in, so I put it in 2 different ones. Hope that's ok.
Hi,
I have been looking at this asus board and the asus page says it's Dual-Channel DDR400. This is a socket 754 board with onboard graphics. I plan on using the igp as i only surf the web and watch some divx type movies.
Asus k8s-mx
I thought that skt 754 did not use dual channel. Do I...
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Right now I have a 5 year old Enlight ATX case. I'm going to be upgrading my mobo and cpu soon. Most of the mobos I have been looking at are mATX.
It seems like a stupid question but i don't won't any nasty surprises.
Thanks,
Jason
Hiya,
I'm looking for some opinions on the motherboards in the poll. I'm not going to do any gaming, only internet surfing and divx type movie watching. I'll be using the built in graphics on the mobo. I think I'm going with the sempron 2800+. Thanks.
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I hoping some of you well informed people here can help me out. I?m looking to upgrade my antiquated pc, it?s a PIII 550 with win me. I bought the xp upgrade but it won?t work on my pc. So, I have decided it?s time to upgrade. I?m going to reuse my case and drives, so all I need is a...
Hey gang,
I'm looking to upgrade my video card in my old PC. I currently have a voodoo 3 card 16 mb, pentium III 550e. 256 mb sdram. My mb is a soyo 6ba+ III. It says its a 32 bit AGP slot (v1.0 compliant) AGP 1x/2x. windows ME.
I don't really do any gaming just internet stuff. My main...
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