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It's been a while since I had a good old mess around inside my PC. But I thought I'd check today how hot the CPU is getting and it was getting up to 78c on full load! (using prime95) The safe temp is 62c, according to AMD. The HSF I'm using is a Cooler Master Hyper TX-2 and I'm running at...

I recently had a lil whoopsie when I dropped my Phenom 9850BE and bent a load of pins. I know a guy who can bend the pins back into place but 1 pin on the outer-most row is missing, so my question is ... is it possible to get one pin replaced on a CPU? (and is there anyone in the UK that does it?)

A few months ago, I bought a Asus M3A76-CM mobo to replace the last one that I accidentally blew up (oops!). I rebuilt the computer but it wouldn't POST or POSTed and crashed during or shortly after booting. So I took the graphics card out (Sapphire HD4850) and used the on board graphics and...

i recently got a new samsung lcd tv and tried to hook my pc up to it via hdmi. but the sceen on both the tv and the monitor would flick on and off and then crash the computer. after a few times, i rebooted it and it wouldn't even POST. no beep or anything! there is power and the drives still...

I've been thinking ... I want to upgrade my x1950 Pro but not sure which is best ... buying a new HD card for about £200 or getting a second x1950 for about £40 on ebay and use it via Crossfire. Which is going to be the better idea? With Crossfore, will I see a significant performance...

I installed Half-Life 2 years ago via Steam (plus eps 1 & 2) and have been using it with no problems. But for reasons I can't be bothered explaining, I had to have internet cut off at my house the other day (and for a couple of months yet) but now, I can't play the game in 'offline mode'. What...

I am looking for a new ISP because I'm with Tiscali and it's teh sux0r because: It's much slower than what I thought it would be It costs more than I thought it would It chokes my connection to death with I use P2P, even off-peak! I can't understand what the call centre staff are saying All I...

I upgraded my graphics card this morning. Problem is, the store didn't have any Sapphire X1950 Pro 512s in stock so the guy reccomended a Sapphire 2600 XT 256 as an alternative. So I installed it and expected a decent improvement in graphics quality, but it wasn't the case. It actually seems...

I've just treated myself to a new Edge10 19" Widescreen LCD monitor and have been running it with a VGA cable with no problems. I decided to invest in a DVI cable because the picture quality isn't quite up to scratch for my liking. But after plugging in the DVI cable, the screen goes all...

I've just spent all day installing the latest version of Ubuntu (dual-boot with XP) and after finally installing it, I've become completely stumped ... As soon as it boots, some error message pops up "Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likey that it is not set up...

I'm not sure whether there is a problem or not but it bugs the hell out of me! Say, for example, I'm using a P2P program and downloading at a total of 60 KB/S (I have a 5MB line), I go to surf things on browser and it takes forever to load anything (like dial-up speed). I don't understand ...

This is really strange ... I've been using Limewire Pro for ages now and I could usually download at an average of 100KB/S (I got a 2MB line). Now then ... all of a sudden, my downloads will go no faster than 20KB/S, no matter how many hosts there are. I could have several files downloading...

Being a 'trained' mechanic, I should know this but I've been out of the game for a while so need some advice! Just got a Fiat Bravo 1.4 SX (my first car!:D ) and it starts OK but makes a horrible grinding noise just after it starts and the noise goes away after a second or two. Does anyone...

This may sound competely crazy or could be a good question but either way, my excuse is that I've hardly ever used Linux (SuSE and Knoppix briefly)! My question is ... can you play Windows games (like HL2, Doom 3, etc) on a Linux machine?

A friend of mine is trying to find a new laptop but I've never had one myself so I'm not very good at finding them! The budget is arounf £700-£800. What advise could anyone offer when buying a laptop for the first time? What should I look for? I found this laptop which seem to me to be good...

Are there any good fans that people can recommend that push out a lot of wind without the wind-tunnel sound? I've heard of Panaflo but 1, they're difficult to find and 2, I'm sure there's gotta be better! I would like a new 120mm case fan that I would be able to adjust using a Coolermaster...

Just been looking at a new HDD and I see a bit about Western Digital Raptors and how quick they are. But concidering the £120 price tag for what is only a 74GB drive, is it worth it?

If you look at the attatched screenshot from Half-Life 2, the textures look really flat, especially on the handlebar things. I don't seem to recall them being like that before I changed my 9600XT for an X800 XL. Are they normally like this or could it be a card issue? All the graphics...

I've just got me a DFI LANParty NF4 m/b with an Athlon 64 3200 CPU running XP Pro. For some reason, Windows hates me for trying to overclock. Even if I crank up the FSB up to 201 (from 200), I get blue screen stop messages (IRQL_NOT_EQUAL_OR_LESS etc) after Windows has finished starting up...

When I've finished saving my pennies, I'm going to invest in the following setup ... Antec Sonata case (w/ 380w PSU) Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-9 mobo AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (skt. 939) Geil value 1GB PC3200 dual channel kit Sapphire ATI Radeon X800 XL graphics (PCI-E) CD, DVD drive, DiamondMax 80GB...