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Resolved Question: This PC build and the power supply usage?
Cooler Master 460W PSU
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Patriot Extreme 4gb ddr2 800
WD Caviar Green 500GB 32MB Cache HDD
ASUS VH236H Black 23" 1080P monitor
XFX PVT98GYAF3 GeForce 9800 GT 512MB
GIGABYTE GA-M68M-S2P motherboard
Using an old CD rom drive(no need to include blu ray or anything) and already have the GPU, motherboard, PSU and HDD.
Basically, will the PSU handle all of that? And if not, will dropping the CPU to a dual core 65W/80W or so do the trick?Swapping the 1090T out for a X2 555 3.2ghz
Thoughts?Sorry, dude.
Rom is actually a DVD+R DL.. rewriteableAnd the video card requires 350W compared to the other 9800gt cards requiring 400 and 450W.450VX PSU work okay?
moreVoting Question: 2nd monitor display upside down!!!! HELP!!!?
i have windows vista, and i have been using dual monitors since last year, and this is the first time it happened, and the "ctrl, alt, up arrow key" trick doesnt worki have windows vista, and i have been using dual monitors since last year, and this is the first time it happened, and the "ctrl, alt, up arrow key" trick doesnt work
and i already tried restarting my comp, and unpulgging and re-plugging everything
moreResolved Question: I have dual monitors and one won't start on boot. What could this be?
I have had dual Samsung monitors for three years. Every once and awhile, one will not come on at boot or one will be scrambled looking. I got used to this quirk. Now for the past few days one monitor is not coing on all. I have tried to restart, hoping whatever it is would reset but nothing happens. Any clue as to what the trick is?
moreResolved Question: Do you think this computer would work for me?
I'm wanting to use it mainly for music recording/editing and Photoshop. I have professional software, so I'm wondering if this will do the trick... I know the graphics chip sucks, but I'll get a new one if needed. I only play World of Warcraft occasionally, as far as video games go. So here it is, let me know what you think:
http://www3.dealtime.com/xPF-eMachines-eMachines-EL1331G-03W-Desktop-PC-with-AMD-Athlon-II-X2-Dual-Core-Processor-Windows-7-Home-Premium
I'm basically just looking at it for the specs, but yea, what do you think? My maximum price for a full set up is around $550 including a monitor, so this is a good deal to me.
moreResolved Question: Tough one here, XP install related - need true guru.?
I have a machine that will not allow me to install windows xp. As a background, i have multiple microsoft MCP certs, i have done thousands of OS installs using every microsoft product from windows 3.11 through vista premium 64bit.
I was using this as a second home PC, used mainly in the bedroom to watch DVDs and access the internet or play games if someone else is on our primary PC. XP home was installed and running fine until I upgraded the CPU from celeronD 2.66Ghz (single core) to P4 2.8Ghz HT (xp and vista see this as a dual-core cpu). I started getting random shut-downs. No warning, no BSOD, just reboots. I made sure BIOS was configured to enable HT. That didn't help.
Using monitoring software, CPU temps were at the lower end of the normal range as I have a great cooling setup in this case. I try to get this CPU above 54C (well within P4 operating temps) and can't no matter how many apps/games I try to run at one time.
I then figured it was the single core HAL needing to be changed to the dual core/hyperthreading HAL. No problem. Instead of simply trying to update or copy and replace the existing file, I decided to do a clean install. Using the same OS install CD-ROM, a retail upgrade version of XP Home, I run setup and format the C: Drive. Everything is going fine until I try to copy files. Certain files (approx 30 in all) won't copy no matter what I do. I thought maybe my disk had small scratches, but I took it to MMX and they cleaned it and it is better looking than many 'new' cd's or dvd's I have seen.
I try install again and the same 30 files won't copy correctly. Ok, maybe it's just a bad disk. Lets try a little trick. I allow it to install to 100% (obviously, less the files that wouldn't copy). Windows setup has to quit in the GUI portion because Shell32 didn't copy correctly. Well, maybe since setup is trying to run, we can repair the install.
I took out another XP install DVD (this time) and attempted to repair my current installation. Everything fine until it trys to copy certain files.
IT'S THE SAME FILES THAT WON'T COPY. I'm not guessing, I had made a list of the files that wouldn't copy off of the CD and it matched exactly with the files that wouldn't copy using the DVD.
This can't be a problem with a bad CD-Rom or DVD-Rom. I even tried switching out the DVD burner for a CD-RW drive instead. It's definately not a media or drive issue. I have run memtest with both 1 and 2 sticks present and get no errors. I have tried disabling HT'ing in the bios and still get the same results.
Any true PC Guru's out there that have successfully dealt with this problem. I have seen others post questions regarding problems with XP refusing to copy files, but the answers given were usually clean the disk, get a new OS cd-rom, check BIOS, check RAM, etc... the things that I have already done. I am in a somewhat unique position due to the fact that I have licensed copies of Win95, Win98, Win2k (all versions including server and advanced server), XP home, XP media center, Vista 32 HB (also gets disk copy errors when i try to install on this PC), Vista Business premium, and Vista Home Premium 64.
My MOBO shipped from the factory listing the CPU that I upgraded to as supported. I am at wit's end here.hdd was fine before the cpu upgrade. never had problem with crashes or memory/paging errors, etc... added note, i realize that my new cpu uses slightly more power than the old one, but my MOBO calls for 350watt power supply for a fully loaded system i am using a thermaltake 480watt power supply with 2 fans, one of which the speed is controlled externally by a knob that sits on a pci slot insert (although not designed for huge powerhungry GPU's, it's a killer power supply. my 1.5v 6600GT never caused problems before and PS had power to spare). again, never had any problems with this PC, not one using exactly the same sticks of RAM, same GPU, same HDD, everything exactly the same except the CPU. I am going to try and pull the battery to reset cmos settings and let it autodetect all, even though i don't think that will help anything. maybe stupid mcafee put something on to prevent a virus hijacking a HDD. if so, it still allows you to fdisk it and format it, just not reinstalloh, and can't flash bios as can't get OS to load. most newer bios are software based and run from windows application.
moreResolved Question: 9600gt video card won't work, any help?
i got a 9600gt card with dual dvi and installed it on my pci-e16 slot. i then connected it to my monitor and turned the pc on, no images comes up, it's all black. i'm pretty sure the dvi chord is not connected to the mGPU and the GPU fan is working perfectly.
the only trick that i don't know about is the 6 pin power connecter. i got one that came with the 9600gt, it basically has one 6 pin output connector on one end and 2 four pin ide power input connector on the other end. so i simply connected the 6 pin to the card and the four pins to 2 ide power supply chords, but it's not working!
Tech experts of the world, any help??hi, thankyou for the answer, but how can i disable the mGPU? because the computer will not display anything with the 9600gt plugged in.
but i do agree with the idea of using BIOS to disable the mGPU, can you please tell me how to do so?
moreResolved Question: Built new PC. Won't boot. Help?
Specs- Asus p5gd2 vm- mobo
pent 4 dual core 2.5ghz.
533 ddr2 dimm ram 2gb
500w power supply
120gb hard drive pulled from an older computer.
dvd rom drive also pulled.
I plugged everything in and it all powers up but my monitor doesn't show anything. There are no beeps from the mobo. I tried the battery trick, didn't work. I tried taking it all apart and reinstalling everything, didn't work. I followed directions to the t building this thing. I spent a lot of time researching every little detail.
But the damned thing doesn't boot into bios or anything. I also tried unplugging the hd and cd rom just to get into bios. Didn't work.
I have no idea what to do. All the parts I bought are brand new. I also tried installing a graphics card and using that to display, but didn't work.
I don't know how to set up the motherboard speakers for the beep sounds. there's no plug for that.
My Aim is Aymach. I'm usually off and on all day. If anyone can help me get this thing going, it would be much appreciated. I'd pay for the help if I had money. But I spent it all on this computer! haha. Ugh: (
moreVoting Question: desktop dual monitor trick
I know theres a way to where i can have one monitor playing game and the other i can surf and do other things... i tried googling it and nothing thats usefull can anyone guide me where i can download something or set it up i have windows vista home prem. with two video cards
moreVoting Question: Dual Monitor 8500 gt vga and dvi?
I have 2 identical 22 inch monitors. One is connected to the vga of my video card and the other to the dvi the problem is the one connected to the vga is not as sharp as the one connected to the dvi. I am planning to buy a dvi to vga connector will that do the trick for me? im very dissapointed at my dual monitor set up i was expecting both of them to be sharp.
moreVoting Question: Graphic Card help?
Hey guys I got a XP and it is pretty fast, but the gp card is not so great. Would this card do the trick for games like Crysis, call of duty saga, and etc...?
XFX GeForce 8800 GTS Video Card Stats are
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz
Additional Features: RoHS Compliant
HDCP Enabled
HDTV Ready
OpenGL 2.0
DirectX 10
Vista Certified
Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)
Video Memory: 512MB
Memory Type: DDR3
Core Clock: 650 MHz
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Memory Clock: 1940 MHz
Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0
Interface Speed: x16
Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
HDTV/S-Video
Multiple Monitors Support: Yes
Much Appreciated
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