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I'm thinking of extending my laptop uptime on battery to 5 hours when outside and I thought if there is any way how to disable second core to save some battery time when I don't need extra performance. Didn't find anything like that in bios as it is possible on desktop computers.

Is this good idea? I have 60 gig SSD, which is still ok but I'm thinking about compression as it saves up some space, but what about CPU load, spare SSD's operating cycles and its lifespan? I can't decide if to do it or not, what you guys would recommend?

Hi I have this heatsink http://www.spire-corp.com/main/product_detail.asp?ProdID=288 and under load the CPU is 67C compared with intel boxed HSF 61C and is turned to max speed which generates extensive noise. Anyone had similar experience? Reseating it and reapplying thermal compound didn't...

It's been friday when I got my new rig together, not even 2 days passed and I'm fighting incredibly wierd problem again. Basically I turned it on and the mouse cursor constantly shows fast blinking hourglass next to it like computer would start to do and stop to do something. I have fresh...

Someone ever found where to get it? I'm considering to upgrading to this low power beast.

Over a time I'm getting more and more Smart warnings, the booting time increases and sometimes just to load simple files in directory takes several seconds. Is this sign of it may stop work soon?

I replaced mobo in one old computer Asus A7V600 socket A and now I can't install Win7 due to missing sata drivers, I tried to boot from USB stick but there is no such an option in bios to activate, although connected drive is displayed in POST screen. Any suggestions? Thanks

What you think of it guys? I don't very like most changes made, including start screen and notification area options so not sure how this will impact productivity.

Is DC causing severe stress to computer? I have aging PC that works well, but it is only one I have, so I'm curious if constant DC may stress components so there is signifant chance in damaging them. I have FAH GPU and WCG CPU running. ty for help

Hi, When I run any video to play(in a media player). I start to see alot of black square shaped dots in the screen, where they changing positions randomly and basically flicker over played scenes.The same effect is also happening when it is showing loading screens of games and such. This...

Hi I'm running Windows 7 laptop and it basically crash - Blue screen and restart after I click on battery icon in the taskbar(it is showing small battery and power cable next to it), doesn't matter if it is running on battery or connected to socket or running without battery at all, it always...

Hi all, I want to ask if Electric Fan, normal table fan not the computer fan can harm computer with it's magnetic field. I have one on the desk and when it is turned on it negatively harm image on CRT monitor which shows that magnetic field is relatively strong and affected image is still...

Hi [H] admins and moderators, is there a way to enable avatars(small user images) to be viewed on forums? Or they are restricted and there is no way how to show them, if yes, is there plan to enable them in near times? Thanks for reply;)

Hi again, I had a thread here about my computer's problems with mainboard and thought it is fixed finally but another problem arised. This time I have problem with boot-up computer, most of attempts, it is saying there is OS loading error and once if it finally launch, computer goes fine, until...

Im going next day to buy new mobo for my X2 system. My requirements are 2 PCIe 16 slots, 1066 RAM compatibility(for further processor), 3-4 SATA, 1x IDE and FDD slot, 2 PCI(standard slots), overclocking features would be also welcome. Which one you recommend? Go to MSI or Asus? Nforce or...

I'm looking for some solution how to preserve file date downloaded from website. Someone knows any solution? I tried to search on web but found only FTP related stuff. Thanks

Few months ago I had post here about GA-MA790X-DS4 board, no one replied but it doesn't matter. But it don't let me to not explain the bad experience with it. During 2008 summer season(July 2008) I got this board as a part of computer upgrade and it was the worst purchase ever. First issue...

Greetings all As I am heavy computer user, I got LCD monitor like one year and half ago, and last few months I can't look on it more than 5 minutes, if yes mine eyes are suffered with high pain and in general it's usage is incomfortable, also I have this problem on every LCD monitor...

Hey all Last few months(when I upgraded computer) everytime when I'm playing WoW with some of max graphics details and in some zones computer is auto restarting and sometimes has been completely turned off after crash. I tested computer and it is 100% stable, no overheating, no overclocking...

I got an older 6600GT card, when i installed it to PC and launched some games under vista, the graphics decays and for a while PC shows me a bluescreen, now i installed the XP and everything works fine...its a software or hardware problem? i dont know...:confused:

Hi, I want to try the speech recognition program but i have a slovak version of vista, and it shows me an error "Speech recognition is not supported in your language" . - how to set this to english?:confused:

A have this problem... The midis in vista sounds horrible and they lagging if computer something else does... please help.... in XP i dont have any problems...

I see in this forum that very much users here uses only LCD monitors. Is here someone who is using CRT? And you can show your CRT setup...:)

HI, I saw in this forum a lot of widescreens. What advantages have widescreens? :)