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Well.... I bought a premade system hp. but I am taking it back. This is my first build. I have a hard drive 640 gb caviar black and some vid card I cant remember right now I am doing music mixing and light video production...no real gaming. This is what I got. Scout...

so, just getting nervous bought the new license for win 7, just didnt have time to install yet\ will my computer work after june 1st, 2010? or will it just stop.....lolz dont want to have a y2k issue on 6-1-2010 dumb question, just want to ask the experts! big al

can I copy this and, save all my stuff? i wll lepxlai I will explain more, going to a meeting.... but I have to pull all my data off of a computer allen

I have an HP netbook, with no cd / dvd player just bought win 7, downloaded it from the Microsoft Website to the hard drive of my HP netbook then, I used a microsoft program to make a usb....formatted it to ntfs before I loaded the win 7 on the usb one last thing.... I have win 7...

Hi Just got my SSD here are performance numbers fresh out of the box with 1.3 firmware installed at the factory this is with 64KB blocks HD Tune: OCZ AGILITY Benchmark Transfer Rate Minimum : 180.0 MB/sec Transfer Rate Maximum : 185.3 MB/sec Transfer Rate Average : 182.0 MB/sec...

lets start with a t-mobile gravity phone for sale.....say....$95 shipped CONUS it takes a sim card, and works with tmobile in the USA....and it is blue and white. allen

well, the hp 110 mini was a gift...so, I cant really shop it around...I heard the asus was better well, I have the low res screen, 1 gb of mem and a 5400 160gb drive... so, here goes----lifting up the hood, throwing in 2gb of pc 5300 crucial, and 60gb SSD agility OCZ technology drive...

I did order a copy of win 7 from dell last nite, they say I can return it, it was expensive....200 bucks... I am a little pissed, I got the xps system on may 14th, and they are giving free upgrades if you purchased after june 26th any way to get them to "grandfather" me in to may 14th...

Hi, when I was changing video cards, I must have messed something up. I have the system back to original, but it wont start. it goes to "windows error recovery" this is what it says___________________ Windows error recovery Launch startup repair Startup repair is checking...

I downloaded the win 7 beta over the summer...... but now I cant find where I put it, the usb drive with the win 7 on it. so, can I download it again>? or is it just for purchase? and, when does the win 7 beta go dead? thanks

waht is your favorite program to convert sound files? I use windows media player, and my slow down software use mp3 format (I play bass, so I need to learn songs or practice at a slower tempo to increase accuracy) any suggestions? thanks allen

Virus question about MSE. I'm trying to load MSE, and I get this warning: C:\Documents and Settings\Robin\MyDocuments\antivirus\mse \mssefullinstall-x86fre-en-us-xp.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Is this because of the virus that I have on my compact laptop, or do I really...

Hi, seems when my system starts, everything loads and it takes a long time to do that. I was using norton 360, and they had a selection to manage the start up programs. now, I am using microsoft security essentials MSE. there is no start up management. do you guys know of a...

Hi, I ahve a dell XPS system, listed in my sig I have two WD 640gb caviar black drives I also have two 500 gb WD blue drives, and a 1TB black drive by WD so, I guess I need a raid controller..for the two 640gb blacks..to set up RAID ZERO do I need anything else for the data...

Hello I have 2 dell w2209 screens on an ATI 512mb 9800 intel i7 proc with 3 gig ram Can I run 1 or 2 more? I would need "pole mounts" to stack them.... but, would I need an new vid card? how would that work.....would someone point me in the right direction... Thanks...

I want to sell an old system that I have had for years..... it has a 40 gig boot drive and an 80 gig data drive I have a 640 gig drive, so------ can I duplicate both smaller drives onto the larger drive, (two partitions) and then boot from this drive on a different system...

Hi I have 10 years of data on my system. I want to pull out all the music and other data so I can save it before I wipe the drive.... any software out that does this? I tried the search function in windows---but it wont copy and paste all that data.....or even if I try to copy...

I knwo this is basic, but I would rather ask.... how do I choose what poer supply to get? just add up all the watts used ...max watts used on all my computers? 2 or 3 systems, and 2 21 inch flat panels I might put my flat screen on there as well.....I dunno so, how do I...

any way to do this? I am going to be running a dual monitor setup, 2209wa's with a 512mb card there are two outputs on the car to hook up the monitors, but how can I switch between two or thee boxes I currently use a 4 port KVM, but it only has input out put for ONE monitor...

hi saw an pop up for this software--version tracker pro what do you use to keep track of your software? and versions? I just got a new system, and I hav just been writing it down...pen and paper style! what say you? big al

Hi I have a 939 socket with a 3400 amd processor, at 2.0 ghz this-- AMD Sempron 3400+ / 2 GHz so, what is the largest fastes processor I can put in there? I am running ide drives now, but the mobo has connections for SATA I am gonna put in those drives....and about 2 to 2.5...

hello I have a system with an i7 920, 3gb and two 500gb hard drives it has vista home premium on it I am installing office to keep the best speed, do I install office on the D drive or is it ok to install this app on the C drive.... I put my other games and downloads on the D...

so, what else do I need? my buddy buddy also gave me ddr2 pc 53000 memory ... lots of it! I have a hard drive I will buy a case can you guys suggest a few things? thanks! oh , he also gave me a graphics card, dont know what it is...p115 or p118 by nvidiea? it has a...

I have this -- XION XON-SAHDCB-USB 3.5" & 2.5" USB 2.0 SATA HDD to USB 2.0 Dock Station - listed here--- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812264002 it sees my 80 gb drive just fine but I just got a 1TB WD caviar black--- and it doesnt see that at all any...

hey! I ahve an 80 gb hard drive it is clean , when I look at it under explorer.... vista home premium, x32---SP1 but, when I look under "properties"--it says I am using 4gb of the 80gb but I cant see it! are these files hidden, and how do I view them? thanks, Al

Lets hear what upgrades/changes/additions you have done to your computer! so, as some of you know, I just got a new DELL XPS 730x.... I have been trying different things, and playing around with this new toy every day....prolly more hours per day than I should! I want just to get to...

so, I am using cpu-z to find out what I have so, how do I know how my system performs? any thread info or sw to download to benchmark my system? thanks! al -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- how do I know if things are working...

I remember reading somewhere that the 1 TB drives would be too big for XP is this true? I have a vista system, and 2 windows XP systems thanks al

Hi I have networking my stuff always falls offline, and then I can get keys and codes...and passphrases to get back on duh! I am in two apartments, 1200 square feet approx each floor...one on top of the other. I am using linksys wrt54gs router and a linksys card in my (one...

Hello HardForums! its the Ultra NOOOB! so, if I buy an external hard drive....can I take it apart and use it as an internal drive if I need to? this is the model..... Western Digital 1TB USB 2.0 My Book Essential External Hard Drive just askin'...

is there a thread or any info I can go look at to find out about this new gamer computer terminology thingy whatchamacallit stuff? like, what is WHS? Windows "hi, how YOU doin'!!!" Server? and ---any list of all these words and terms? big al

hi I have my new ssytem dell 730x the GPU is an ATI 4850 512mb I have a new monitor, the acer listed in the title now, I have a blu-ray optical drive in the 730x as well when I play a movie, everything seems washed out, almost liek the colors are diminished and there is no...

Hi I have a dell 730x i7 920 proc and the mem I have is tri-channel but only 1066mhz I see other peeps have 1333 mhz.... is this a memory upgrade? or just a OC result? thanks and, what is the usual pricing and memory people get for a 3 slot mobo....so, three 2 gig...

hey! I have blue caviar drives....two of the 500gb's they are 7200rpms... how are they different from the caviar black drives? I wanna upgrade to the velociraptor in a bit.....but what are these about....the blue's? big al

hi does it matter who made the card, like the actual manufacture? and, should I download the latest drivers...prolly yes to that, but how important is it, and are there upgrades to the drivers every month or so? and how do I adjust it for the best performance? I am playing...

Hi ultra noob here I just got a dell 730x i7-920 how can I tell what mother board I have? why is it important, and what are the differences with mobo's? is it just 3 slots for memory vs. 6 slots for memory kinda thing? al

pics coming soon! tooo excited this is my first new system in 10 years for me.. my SIGOTH got a compaq 4 years ago...just blah blah and she has a iMac 24 inch now... so, gotta go play with my new toy! (oh it has lights inside...yum!) I got the basic system to see how it...

hi I am thinking of getting an xps 730 from dell the i7 processor comes in 920-940-965 models canI just get a 920 and over clock it, cuz the 8mb L3 cache is the same on all models? and, what is the D0 designation on the 920, and why is that desirable? why pay dell more...