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I'll try to make this quick and to the point. Could any software problem cause the computer to reboot XP Pro without shutting down? About 30 minutes ago I got a black screen and what looked to me like a normal reboot. I did not hear any unusual beeps. At the time I had about 4 firefox windows...

With summer almost here, there are those in-between days (like today) where I don't need to run the air conditioning, but it's still rather warm. I have 4 case fans in my computer now and the stock heatsink and fan for my AMD Athlon XP 2800+ processor. I use my computer for pretty light stuff...

My Aspire Dreamer II case had an 80mm intake fan on the window side, and an 80mm exhaust on the top. I needed more airflow (and especially cooling to my hard drive), so to balance it out I added two; one 80mm intake fan in front and one 80mm exhaust in back. My questions are really simple, I'm...

I'll try to make this question thread easy to follow and short, since I've had a lot of problems today. My new Seagate 250GB hard drive is stuck at 127GB of actual readable, free space. I've read that I may need a BIOS update (I have an Asus A7N8X-X board) and that Windows XP must have SP1...

Ok guys, I'm using my "trusty" backup computer from hell to post this. I started up my main computer today and heard a loud spinning. Thinking it was a clogged fan I peered into the side clear window and saw one of my two Maxtor 80GB hard drives releasing a yellow-orange glow. I quickly hit my...

Hello. I almost was reluctant to post this question, because I usually only save this forum for my most difficult of problems, which you guys have helped bail me out on many times! This question is a bit more superficial. I run two Maxtor 80GB hard-drives that get a little hot and am trying...

Hey guys, I'm not having a hard-drive issue exacly, but I'm a bit concerend about temperature. I have three case, but none in front to cool the hard-drives. They are all located either center or rear. I have my hard-drives spaced with one bay in between them, but no fan. Would a typical fan...

Hey guys. I just got my AMD Athlon XP 2800+ retail processor in the mail today from Newegg. It was my first time seating the heatsink and I double, triple, quadruple checked to make sure the heatsink was clipped on every latch, bottom and top. My concern now is that it is a few millimeters...

Well, I've solved the question of "what is wrong with my computer" which took a month to answer and now I'm on to trying to decide what processor to buy as well as some other questions which are bugging me. Now, I guess once a processor is "shot", it's "shot", but I hooked mine up earlier and...

A few weeks back I created a thread regarding my main computer. It seemed that the PSU had failed, symptoms being no video, failure to beep on rebooting and that I had noticed a smell and much heat coming from the PSU. I sent it (just the PSU) in to Cyber-Power, the semi-famous company I...

Thanks to everyone for being patient. As to why I'm not posting this in my "Motherboard DEAD?" thread, it's already got too many replies to shift through and lots of confusion! Anyhow, for a short background for those not familiar. My main computer went down Tuesday after about 30 minutes of...

Hey guys, it's been a while since I've needed help here and previously I've recieved satisfactory advice! Well, on to our problem... Earlier today I was able to use my computer for about 30 minutes, listening to music and browsing the web. Just like that my screen goes black, the music does...

This is an odd problem, to me it's odd. Anyways, I'll start up my computer and XP Pro loads at lightning speed, but then I'll have to wait at least 45 seconds to access a drive. If I try accessing it earlier, it was just hang there until all my startup icons/programs are loaded, and then...

I believe to have read that speakers near an LCD are not really a problem, even if they are unshielded speakers. LCDs are not as sensitive to electromagnetic interference as CRTs, correct? Second part of my question deals with vibration. Will using speakers up loudly harm anything (2...

I've been interested in a 17" CTX lcd monitor that I stumbled upon recently. I'm JUST starting to get used to 1024 x 768 now, and I've been an 800 x 600 user for a long time. I would prefer to not go higher than 1024 x 768 now, but this monitor's "true panel resolution" is 1280 x 1024. So...

I've had my eye on some 15" and 17" LCDs (I'll probably get a 17 inch) for quite some time now. One thing that discourages me is that I read "1024x768 resolution recommended" on nearly all sites carrying them. I still am an 800x600 user, as I like the look of larger text and pictures. I don't...

I decided to get myself a 5.1 sound system from Creative tonight. My soundcard is Sound Blaster Live! also by the same company and supports 5.1. I use my headphones just as often as I listen to music with my speakers, so I really need both. Anyways, with my new speaker system, the jack that...

Maybe my question looks quite amatuerish and maybe there are too many factors to consider to provide me an answer, but I was just wondering if anybody can say... roughly? Thank you.

I will finally be ordering a new custom computer soon with a blank 80 GB Maxtor hard-drive which I would like to install Windows XP Pro on. I would like to also add my current (and nearly FULL) partitioned hard-drive to the new system (also an 80 GB Maxtor). I have several questions revolving...