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    Dell Inspiron 1420 Temperatures

    I am having some stability issues with my Dell and they appear to be heat related. It's a Dell Inspiron 1420 with dedicated 8400 graphics purchased Nov '07. Does anyone know what the CPU and GPU temps should average? Cheers.
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    Microsoft Office 2007 Problems

    So I just installed the Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate suite. Now whenever I attempt to open any of the Office applications I get an error popping up stating that (let's use Word for an example) Microsoft Word has not been installed for the current user. I've crawled through forums for hours...
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    Coolermaster Cosmos 1000

    I am currently planning my next rig and so far it is as follows: Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3P Samsung 1TB 7200rpm SATA II HD103UJ GSkill PI Series DDR2 PC2 8800 CL5 4GB (2x2GB) CoolerMaster Real Power M850 Modular Inno3D GTX260+ (Core 216) LG GH22NS30 SATA...
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    Internet connection sharing - Windows Vista

    Two Dell laptops, both running Vista Home Premium. One modem, plugged in via usb and one cross over cable. I can't share the internet connection between the two. Any help/suggestion would be great. Thanks. -Brad
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    Worthy of a life time ban?

    *Before I start I'd just like to mention I'm an Aussie and the incident I'm about to refer to happened in Australia Recently, I was playing a game of soccer in my local league. The team we were playing were getting very physical, aggressive and eventually violent. My team mates and I thought...
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    CPU usage at 100% WAY too often...

    Ok, so lately a process called iPodService has been sucking up all my CPU power and increasing my pagefile by approx 250Mb. Now today rundll32 has been doing the same thing. Can someone please explain to me why these processes are acting like this. Any help would be great...
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    DVD-R/RW Troubles...

    I have a Benq DW1640 DVD-R/RW drive. Currently i can put a blank CD-R in the drive and write data to it, that works fine. However, when i put a blank DVD+ or -R in i can't burn anything onto it. Any suggestions as to what i should do would be great...
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    How hard is it to OC an E6400?

    I know that this is a very general question. But if i buy all parts needed to successfully OC, how hard is it to OC an E6400? On a scale of 1-10 (1 being the hardest, 10 being the easiest)... Also (very general question again) what sort of gains should i expect?
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    What is the BEST 17 inch LCD monitor...

    Well my Benq FP71E+ just shat its pants, so i need a new 17 inch LCD... What should i get?
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    What the heck is wrong with my Benq LCD...

    A few days ago my Benq FP71E+ started going black, the on light stayed on. Just before the screen goes black it looses all the brightness, just like what happens when you unplug a laptop from the power source and it switches to battery power. It normally happens after about 30 mins of use, any...
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    Can teenagers be 'in love'?

    Well, my son (17 y.o) has a girlfriend, they have been together for 6 months now. I must admit she is very nice, seems like a great catch and they do actually make a very good couple. He swears that they are 'in love', but im not sure. So, i ask you, is it possible for teenagers to be 'in love'?
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    YACT: How many cylinders do you prefer?

    Just curious, how many cylinders do you prefer your engine to have???
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    Ctrl + Alt + Delete

    When i press Ctrl + Alt + Delete nothing happens. The screen flickers and thats it. I don't know why its doing it. I also can't change the login settings to use the welcome screen. I get a pop-up message stating that a program associated with ginamsi.dll is making it impossible to change. Any...
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    Help me keep my rig cool

    Check my signature for my rig... I would just like some ideas for keeping my system cool. I was thinking of putting a fan in the side window and maybe cut a hole in the top of my case and put a fan there also for a bit of extra cooling. My case has a 120mm exhaust fan and a 80mm intake fan...