Home Built PC

computer locks up
hi my computer locks up when its on. if my computer is on and i leave it there after awhile say maybe like half an hour it locks up. all i see is my desktop picture, my mouse moves but there nothing there but my desktop picture. I've tried turning off the screen saver but it still locks up. can someone help me ... 7 Dec 2006 19:24

Abit AW9D memory keeps resetting to slower speed on power off
System is a Abit AW9D board, Core 2 6400 cpu, 1 gig OCZ 6400 gold kit, Hiper Type R 580, Radeon X1900XTX graphics. The system is water cooled . When I power on the system the settings for the memory, fan control, voltages reset to failsafe mode. If I reboott the computer and enter the BIOS and set the memory to t... 7 Dec 2006 01:47

Harddisk vs DVD (for backup)
Hardisk vs DVD (for backup). + DVD recordable is "forever". - Harddisks can be overwritten. + DVD recordable survives DVD burner death/crash/problem - Harddisks is expensive to recover from on death. + DVD's can be cheap - Harddisk still expensive + DVD have no static electricity risks - Harddisk chips ... 13 Dec 2006 19:32

PCIe question
If I have a PCIe x4 slot, am I able to plug a x1 card into it? What about if I have an x16 slot that is really intended for an SLI card? Can I plug a x4 card or a x1 card in this? I'm just a little confused about how all the different ports work with eachother. ... 4 Dec 2006 17:34

Vista OEM versions
I know this is not a vista group but this concerns custom build machines. Has anyone heard anything about OEM pricing for VISTA? I'm trying to decide if I want to upgrade to vista at some point or just chuck windows for linux finally. ... 5 Dec 2006 11:35

Biostar 6100-M9 with EVGA 7600GT PCIx Graphics Card
Just finishing putting this system together. Everything installed fine using the onboard video. Unfortunately when I installed the EVGA 7600FT PCIx based graphics card, the system continues to used the onboard video. In BIOS there is on option to explicitly disable the onboard video. The only options are Auto an... 30 Dec 2006 12:26

Fastest CPU in April
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by April or May..... Thanks much..... ... 15 Dec 2006 15:27

how to troubleshoot my speakers
my laptop built in speakers are not correctly working. The left speaker is completely down.The right speaker works properly sometimes then fails in a middle when i listen a music. what do you think, is this a hardware or a software failure? thankyou in advace ... 6 Dec 2006 19:51

Seeking opinions on these LCDs
I'm shopping for a new monitor, something in the $200-$300 US range, for games, 3d modeling and Photoshop. Since many people here work with many different brands of hardware, I would like to know if anyone here has any experience with any of these, and if you've had a bad experience, whether it was a defective pro... 30 Nov 2006 21:24

there was an error during loading library netQueries
there was an error during loading library netQueries, in oracle 9i, please tell error correcting solutions ... 28 Nov 2006 02:37