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Hey guys, I know I've posted in the hardware forum with an XP issue, but my initial thoughts were that this was a hardware issue (No new hardware attached). The long and short of it is, I'm looking at a computer which freezes on the XP logo screen. It also freezes trying to boot into safe...

Hi guys, I've just plugged a mobo in that I've just received and I want to know if you think its dead. Basically I've now got it set up outside of the box, with CPU and memory installed. I get no beeps and the only sign of life is the CPU fan. Dead or what?

Hi guys, I'm trying to get to the bottom of a problem I'm having with a HP and I'm wondering if you can help. Basically the box doesn't appear to be posting. I've had it beep previously when I took the RAM out, and it told me once that I didn't have a harddrive attached. But since it...

Hi guys I was looking at a friends laptop, its a Compaq Presario 2114EA, which has recently for no apparent reason been shutting down to 'prevent damage to the system.' When it boots back up it says its recovered from a serious error. Now I've not actually seen the shutdown happen, but...

Hi guys, I can say I've really ever used itunes, but I recently recovered some data for someone and now they've come back to me saying all their iTunes music has gone. As I said, I've not really used it, but I would have thought iTunes at heart is just a media player that lets you download...

Hi guys I'm considering buying a Q6600, and I'm looking for a board that'll let me OC it. I'm not bothered about on-board gfx and sound as I'll be getting those seperate. Any suggestions?

Can anyone vouch for this software? Or do I put it in my spyware list.

Hi guys, I was trying to fix a boot problem and to cut a long story short, I now have 2 options to load the same installation of XP. How do I remove one of these entries from the boot record?

Hi guys I'm looking at a laptop for someone, and its hanging just before the welcome/login screen. I've tried safe mode, but the same problem occurs. I've also tried chkdsk from the recovery console, it repaired one or more errors :rolleyes: but still no joy. Last known good config...

Hi guys I'm trying to get a feel for how much traffic AD generates with regards to replication and roaming profiles. I've read about calculating disk sizes for AD, but thats not what I'm after. Does anyone have a rough guide about the actual traffic that can be expected?

Hi guys I recently installed some replacement PCs for a small business and I've run into one or two teething problems. The first one is quite amusing, a couple of days after I'd installed a new printer and attached existing ones to other PCs they mailed me to say they had a printer...

Hi guys, I've been asked to update a small buisness network with 4 new computers, and I have to admit I've installed the odd home network, but active directory, exchange and the like of small business server are all new to me - I've been desperate to do something like this for ages, its like...

I've been looking at a computer for someone and it appears that the picture they have on the desktop disappears and is replaced with a blue background - which isn't the usual windows blue if you know what I mean. Now when you shut doen, the picture returns so that to me suggests some kind of...

Can somebody suggest a decent all-in-one printer thats reasonably priced? Cheers

Hi guys What would you say is the best Internet Security package round at the moment? Please nobody say Norton!

Hi guys I've been asked to price a system - "the best possible for the cheapest possible!" So I figure, trade off top end specs for future upgrade potential - All it'll be used for is desktop stuff anyway. Now I know AMD and Intel both like to change the sockets every so often, but does...

Hi guys I've had a eisystems 4411 laptop brought to me that needed a new disk, as the original one failed. Now I've been unable to re-install windows since. I've posted previously thinking the power supply was faulty, but after buying a new one the same thing is happening. There seems...

First off - This is nothing to do with carrying out software piracy. Being a developer myself, I am against it, always advising my clients to buy genuine. It is not my intent to break the forum rules, and I totally understand if the moderators kill this thread. But I do genuinely have a question...

Hi guys, Maybe this should be in the psu section, I dunno. Basically I'm gonna build a C2D E6300 machine, what kind of PSU wattage should I be looking to buy? Cheers

Hi guys I'm looking at an xp home box for someone who thinks they have a virus and I want to turn off system restore. Only problem is there's no tab under the system icon, plus when I try to use it off the start menu it says this function has been disabled by group policies (on XP home now...

Does anyone know anything about laptop power supplies? I've got a laptop that is cutting out and the little LED on the laptop power supply is flickering when its under load. Does that sound like a the power supply is faulty to anyone?

I understand that this is probably a stupid question, and the answer to it is BANG!!! Thats even if it works at all. But I have to ask. I have a laptop and the LED on the charger is flickering under load and the laptop is knocking off, which I guess means the charger is dying. The specs for...

Hi guys How do I mount a disk in knoppix that isn't being picked up during boot?

I've got a laptop which is making a noise it shouldn't be making. Now the guy who's computer it is said its the fan, so I've taken the disk out (because it may be failing) and want to warm the cpu up to get the fan spinning. Any suggestions? I suppose I could try memtest or something other...

I'm looking at a lappy, which every so often gives of this grinding noise. Now the guy who brought it to me said the noise is coming from the cpu fan. So I turn it on and get this error: Stop:c0000218 {registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file)...

I've have a shitty old generic DVD-ROM drive that Windows is recognising as a CD-ROM. Windows recognises the device correctly and then goes 'its a CD-ROM.' All this despite the fact that its got DVD ROM on the front of it. Conclusion, CD-ROMs like cross dressing. Anyone got any other...

I know this refers to outlook, but the contacts are on an old disk I have lying round and there's no data recovery section going on in H. Simply put, what files/folders do I need to recover to get my old contacts and emails, if at all possible? Cheers

Hi guys, can you confirm my conclusion and offer any suggestions you may have. A mate came to me just now with his computer, said it had made some clicking noises and then just died and hadn't powered on since. I plugged it all in and nothing, so I replaced the psu and powered fans...

Hi, I've spent most of today having a wireless nightmare, and I'm going back tomorrow for some more :( The main problem I'm having is that when the SSID broadcast is disabled then the PB laptop I'm working with is not picking up the network (despite it being configured under the wireless...

I just had an interesting 15 minutes. Basically got in from work, turned on my pc and got no signal to my display. Pulled out my card give it a blow and shit to get rid of some dust. In the mean time, found out my 2 ancient graphics cards I been hanging onto for situations like this don't...

I've just done a budget upgrade for someone and I wanted to do a stress test to make sure the system is stable, and Prime95 was suggested. However, I can't create 2 instances to test the whole processor, I'm just getting 50% cpu usage. As you guys probably know more about it than me, can...

Hi guys I've got a new build I want to test for stability, anyone got suggestions on what s/w to use? Cheers

Can someone tell me if theres any chance a 230V PSU would run a P4 system? If not can you suggest a cheap psu that will, or at least what voltage I'll need. Cheers

I'm looking to put together a cheap system, P4 524 with a Gigabyte GA-8I865GME-775 mobo. What I need to know is do I need 2 sticks of DDR SDRAM for best performance or is one fine?

Help please! If I go for an AMD Athlon64 dual core 3800, what memory speed do I need for it? Cheers