Home Built PC

Computer won't boot and no BIOS
Hello, For some reason all of a sudden my computer stopped working. I turn the power switch on and the fans run, HDD light flickers as well as the CD ROM drives (but the HDD stays on for a few minutes then goes off). But the machine doesn't even get to a BIOS and the power LED is not on. This worked a couple of ... 26 Jul 2006 21:54

Power Supply
Hi, I am looking to replace my @ 6 year old 300watt power supply (computer not starting - reverted to old graphics card which does not use as much power). Can anybody give me any recommendations as there seems to be a very large price range. I have put my computer spec below if this helps. Windows XP Profession... 28 Jul 2006 17:53

Overclocking P4 mPGA-478
Curious how much overclocking can be done on this CPU. It's sitting on a Soyo SY-P41865PE Dragon 2 V1.0 This guy: http://www.gmon.com/tech/p4-overclock.html got it up to 2.8ghz on a different mobo. I dunno, I guess a 400mhz boost doesn't seem all that much when you're already running at 2.4gig. Would you ... 28 Jul 2006 08:21

Ram - mixing speeds
This machine I just got came with 512 megs of PC2700. (2x 256). I just replaced it with 1 gig of PC3200 DDR 400 (2x512), which as I understand it is faster. However, there sits half a gig of perfectly functional ram unused. This particular board will hold up to 4 gigs. The 1 gig is dual channel, not sure about the ... 28 Jul 2006 14:47

5.1 Audigy 2 system but sound only comes out of one earphone
Hello, I have a Creative Audigy 2 installed on my 64 bit Windows x64 machine. I've set up the sound options for 5.1 sound but when I play music in Windows Media Player when my earphones plugged the music only comes out of the left ear. Do you know how I can set up my machine to be in 5.1 and work for headp... 7 Aug 2006 13:36

nvidea drivers
Recently I installed the recommeded 91.31 video driver from the nvidea site for my 6600 gt video card. I now am receiving upon every boot-up a notice that SLU multiple-GPU rendering has been disabled. I am running the 6600 gt on an a8n-e motherboard which only has the capability to run one video card at a time.... 23 Jul 2006 23:46

BIOS Flash Question
Motherboard: Mach Speed K8M8MSR2 Operating: Windows XP Home Edition SP2 BIOS Award I am trying to flash my Bios with an update. I keep getting this message: Flash ROM is Write Protected. Make sure lockout jumpers are set correctly or not. In my motherboard manual there is only one set of jumpers JBAT that... 23 Jul 2006 10:56

remove heatsink
Hi, How do I remove the heatsink of an old AMD k7 slot a possessor? It has a latch/lever each side of the fan, after lifting them the heatsink still seems firmly attached. Thanks Kim ... 27 Jul 2006 06:17

replacement AV31 (or AU31) emachine motherboard
"Larry Roberts" <skin-e(a)juno.com> wrote in message news:hiaub2l51k042ebeplugncq61cpucgnq6t(a)4ax.com... This looks to be a microATX mainboard. I'd just replace it with another microATX mainboard that will accept the CPU, and RAM. If she's not looking to upgrade the CPU to a Barton with a FSB 200Mhz (DDR4... 26 Jul 2006 21:23

SATA+IDE, Linux
My machine comprises 2 SATA drives and I presently use WINXP Pro. I want to try LINUX and to avoid any possible problems I intend to install an IDE drive and load LINUX on that drive. My questions 1. Are there any 'gotchas' I need to be aware of when installing to installing an IDE drive with existing SATAs? I... 20 Jul 2006 02:23