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Last night my PC froze up so I just reset the machine. As it was booting up the was no signal to my monitor so I reset the machine again. Once again there was no signal to the monitor and after about 10 seconds the machine powered itself off. I have encountered this porblem before and it turned...

For the last few days I have been having a problem where my screen would suddenly go black at random and the only way to regain a picture was to reboot (sound was also cut off). Today this problem became more frequent and now everytime I try to turn the computer on there is no signal to the...

Hi all, I have been using my computer as a DVD player for several years now but have always noticed that the picture quality is inferior to that of a Stand Alone DVD player connected to a TV. I have never been able to get the full quality of DVD on any pc I have had whether im using a Monitor...

Ive installed a Sapphire Ati Radeon HD 2900xt in my new systems and it running great. However ive noticed something odd in the catalyst control centre. On the Ati Overdrive page the core is running at 507mhz when its supposed to be 745mhz. The same applies for the memory running at 514mhz...

Just got my new system up and running and sifted through the usuall wierd stuff that happens. Theres still one issue concerning me though. The systems is running perfectly stable it seems but just now I loaded up the ASUS PC PROBE II utility and it give a warning on one of the voltages. All...

Some of you here may be familiar with the 2 tiny switches present on ATi graphics cards labeled "on" and "ke" at one end and "1" and "2" at the other. A few years ago when I bought a ATi radeon X800 XT it came with instructions for setting these switches with a sharp pencil for UK use. All...

Ive just bought a Antec Truepower Quattro 850w power supply. It says its compatible with ATX 12 V systems. The motherboard I have says under power requirments that the board is 12v V2.0 compliant. Does this mean the power supply is not usable with this motherboard?

Ok about to order kit for a new system and just got paranoid about whether the power supply I have selected is man enough for the job and allow for future more powerful upgrades. http://www.antec.com/uk/productDetails.php?ProdID=07666 It will be powering: CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual...

Im wanting to start using directx 10 so looks like i'll be moving to vista. My problem is im not sure which version to get. I use my comp mainly for gaming, media and artworking. Just looking for some info on the differences between Basic, premium and ultimate and whether i'll need to have...

Im planning on buying one of these cards for a new system, Asus GeForce 8800 GTS HTDP 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Ive just started using a HDTV instead of an LCD screen on my current comp connected via a standard VGA cable to a VGA port on the back of the tv. The new card...

Will be building a new pc soon to bring me upto date so I can take advantage of vista and DirectX 10. Ive got my system all planned out but im still not sure whether I should go Sli or not. Im aware of the performance benefits of it but I have some querys about setting it up. At the moment ive...

Last year I had a major problem with my PC. It would randomly turn off when playing an intensive game although there was the odd occasion where it turned off when doing nothing. When I say turn off I don't mean just going into hibernate. It would completely power off as if the plug had been...

I just built a new computer for a m8 and used a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ in it. In the bios it says the frequency is at 1838mzh. Now i know AMD chips run at lower clock speeds than intel chips and i know this chip isnt supposed to run at 3000mhz as this is an aid for comparison. I have an AMD...

Have been looking at the AMD Athlon 64 4000+ chips and im very tempted so im trying to get as much info on them. Does anyone know how hot these get on average and if so can anyone recommend a cooling method other than water cooling. Cheers.

OK enough hoo haaing around with this dumb stock heatsink and increasing temps. Lets just get a new kick ass one im thinking to myself. List em up people. What coolers do ya recommend? For a AMD ATHLON XP 3000+ Socket A. :good: I got crap loads of arctic silver 5 kicking around (I know i...

Its exactly a year since i built my current computer. The processor is a AMD Athlon XP 3000+ The stock heatsink is fixed to it using the thermal pad that came ready attached. Ive heard a lot about stock heatsinks often not really being up to the job but this one seemed to do great reaching 53...

Ive been creating a gaming clan site over the past few months and ive got to a tricky part. The site needs a forum. I know nothing about scripting (except what folder to upload them to) and use dreamweaver so my html knowledge is lacking. Anyone know of any sites that offer ready made forums...

Alright you people where can I get compressed air cleaner for my computer? In the uk. :D

I have had an idea about thermal interface material. I have found that a thin layer of thermal interface material (arctic silver, paste) is common advice among forums and manufacturers. Ive spent some time thinking about this and have come to the conclusion that it must be nonsense. Many of...

Ive just replaced a shuttle xpc of mine that was stolen with all the same componants. As before i used arctic silver between the cpu (pentium 2.8ghz prescott) and the heatsink. My problem is that Ive noticed "motherboard monitor" is displaying a cpu temp on average 10c lower than is displayed...