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Hi everyone, I haven't been here in a few years, and I've got a pretty unusual situation. Now, I know most of the time when people talk about upgrading laptop screens the common response is don't try it. I'm trying it. So please don't respond if you're just going to tell me not to try this. So...

Hey guys, been a while since I've been on this forum. I've been running windows 7 for a while now, completely unprotected, and finally got my first malware. Nothing major, and Malwarebytes cleared it right up. I was just looking for suggestions on what is currently good protection for 7. Back in...

I got a job about 2 months ago working for this small computer repair shop. It's not a great job, but considering I have no certifications at all I'm glad to have landed anything in the tech world. The place I work at has a history of it's employees being "poached" by the local university, or...

I'm having some serious overheat issues with my Athlon FX-62. I think I've solved the problem but I can't get anything to accurately give me the cpu temperature in windows, so I have to shut down and go to my bios to check it after running it at heavy load for a while. As you can imagine this is...

So I ordered some parts for my friend, and set up his new computer, in exchange for which, I traded him my x2 6000 for his FX-62. I figured they were fairly equal processors, and I just wanted the FX as sort of a status symbol. But now, specifically when playing counterstrike source, I'm having...

I just got my 2 500gig drives, and I wanna set up my terrabyte sata raid. Me and my roommate are discussing what filesytem to use for it. It will be a mainly network drive for like, our media server. Now we have several machines we could slap this in. 1 running ubuntu, 1 running gentoo and one...

I have a geforce 7900 gs and when my machine starts I get a message that the nvidia tool has detected that it's not getting enough power, and is automaticaly lowering its settings. Still runs great, its not a problem, but this also means that I can't use the ntune utility to overclock my video...

I just wanted to lay down some info on DirectX 10. I've been reading about it all day when I should have been working (heh) and I learned some intersting things. 1. Currently DirectX 10 is a windows vista exclusive as part of their bully tactics to force people to buy vista. Microsoft has...

I'm upgrading my whole system, and since this is going to cost a lot of money I'm doing one upgrade this month, and one next month. I will be getting (I've FINALLY decided) An AM2 mobo with a Nforce 570 Ultra(I don't want sli) An Athlon 64 FX-62 AND An nvidia geforce 8800(probably gts...

Could you guys give me an idea of a comparison between these 2 chips? Oh, and this is one of those things where money doesn't matter.

I see these up on newegg, DX10 cards for as low as say.. 115 or so. Obviously you're going to spend a LOT more on a 8800, and I was wondering how far ofd a step down the 8600. Now, Im kind of lost as far as ATI cards, as I haven't bought one in a year or two, but I would be willing to get a new...

What do you guys think of oil cooling? I read an article on vegetable oil cooling that was pretty neat(cant think of the link, google it). Now my roomate is considering trying mineral oil cooling. Like having his entire system emerge in it. It sounds pretty neat, and he's allready ordered a...

Ok, so heres the situation, I'm building my gf an extremely budget computer to run Sims 2 on. I've never played the game, and I'm personaly offended by it(just had to throw that in). So first, here's the relevant parts of the build. Mobo:BIOSTAR GEFORCE 6100-M9 Socket 939 Ram:1 gig o'...

I just wanted some information on how important these are to a systems performance. Im building a new gaming rig, and Im trying not to spend a lot of money on it.You can get a lot of mobos with a ULI or VIA northbridge much cheaper than say, a NF4 northbridge. When I find a deal that has that...

I just got this new setup, all ordered off newegg. Its a k7 pc chips board and a duron 1.8 When I first got it all setup I would turn it on and it would start up, then the screen would suddenly go blank. After I tried a few things I realized the fan wasnt spinning. so I put a new fan in...

I have 2 main computers that I use for gaming, so that when people come over they can game with me. This is one of them... CPU: Athlon 64 3000(venice) Mobo: ECS RS480-M RAM: 768 mbs DDR400 Video Card: PCIX Radeon X600 series It runs extremely nicely, and I put it together for under $400...

Ok, I know its stupid, I just have never done it before so Im wondering... If I put an AGP 8x card into an agp 4x port will it A) Work, but have bottlenecking issues B)Not work at all C)Undo the very fabric of space-time

Hey I'm just looking for opinions on whether or not to scrap this machine. Its an Emachine that my mother gave me almost a year ago, I would like to upgrade it, but I don't know if it would be a waste of time. Heres my specs: Im not sure what the mobo is, but its socket 478, has no agp/pci-x...

Im not looking for help with this problem, I just want to know if its ever happened to anyone else. I'm fairly sure its unfixable. A couple of days ago I started getting I/O errors when I tried to burn dvds, then when I put them in the computer it would recognize them as music cds. I tried...