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Hello Everyone I have a problem on my Windows 7 work computer. Had an issue where my explorer.exe was growing is size in my Process's until it was over 3gb in size. Did a spyware/malware/antivirus check with AVG, SuperAnti-Spyware, and Malwarebytes. They found some minor stuff and removed...

Hello everyone, Im having a weird problem with my desktop. It occurs every 5 minutes,sometimes every 5 hours. Whats happening is my monitor shuts off and the computer does not respond and is frozen. Only change to my pc recently is I added an Evga 760 about a month ago. This started...

Another crosshair v problem, wont boot hi Eveyrone, just purchased a new cross hair v. I switched everything from my existing crosshair iv. Everything was working fine before. I have an AMD Phenom II, G Skill Ripjaw DDR3-1600 (4gbX3), Evga 580. Updated the bios to most current. I tried...

Hello everyone, just have a quick question regarding a new installation. I just picked up a couple of EVGA GTX 580's and wanted to run them in sli. I have them installed and bridged and the nvidia control panel shows both cards. How do I know that there running in SLI and not just 2 separate...

Hello everyone. Im having a small problem after an upgrade I just did. I just upgraded my main computer's motherboard to an Asus Crosshair IV Formula. My htpc was not altered at all. The problem Im having now is stuttering and slow loads of movies on the htpc being streamed from the main pc...

Hello everyone. Im having a small problem after an upgrade I just did. I just upgraded my main computer's motherboard to an Asus Crosshair IV Formula. My htpc was not altered at all. The problem Im having now is stuttering and slow loads of movies on the htpc being streamed from the main pc...

Hello everyone. Im having a small problem with one of my wd hard drives. I just recently got the new Corsair 800D case. I have 4 Wd hard drive each hooked up individually to 4 sata ports. All of a sudden on the drives is not registered in windows, disk managment, or in the bios. The weird...

Hello everyone. Im trying to get my headset to work with my X-fi PCIe Titanium under Vista. I cant figure out how to configure it to work. I cant find anything in the creative software and in the Sound settings. In the sound setting under recording the Line-In says working. I have tried...

Hey everyone. I recently bought a pair of BFG 8800 GT. I installed them in SLI and had no problems. After a while I got a error for an over heating video card. I opened up my case and found that my #2 video card had a small problem. The sticker which says "OC Ocerclocked"(if I remember correct)...

Hello everyone. Im having a small problem with my X-FI Platinum. I purchased a couple of BFG 8800 GT and ran them in SLI. Ever since I installed them my sound card has crackling sounds when it playing. It seems to be the worse while Im playing Crysis. One time when I was playing something...

Hey everyone. Just bulding a new HTPC and Im having a small video card problem. I have a new BFG 8500 GT and I notice that the quality of the picture is not that clear. I have a HTPC Im using now with a 7600 and its clearer than 8500. Anyone know a reason this may be.

Hey everyone. I have a BFG 7950 GX2 currently. I picked up a Thermaltake Purpower express 250w which is supposed to be used for 2 sli cards. Just curious if I can still use this vga power supply on my card even though it only has one power input. Thanks

Hey everyone. I have 2 DVD/CD burner and Im having a problem with both of them. I have tried both Nero and Roxio and have the same problem. When I try to burn something it stops anywhere from 15% to 49%. The program is not frozen but just stops burning. This happens with both drives and both...

Hey everyone Im having with recovering my messages from outlook. What happened is my old computer crapped out so I bought a new computer with Vista and was wondering how do I recover my old messages from Outlook that was on my old hard drive. Where abouts are they stored on the PC? Thanks

Hello everyone. Im having a problem with My network places in Windows XP. One computer on the network can not be seen by any other of the computers. The weird thing is this computer can see and access all the other computer pcs on the network. Things were working fine until I tried to install...

Hello everyone, I was in the process of installing Vista and either the computer had a BSOD error or restarted during setup then the BSOD came up. Im not sure which because I had left the room. The BSOD eroor says 0x00000007e(0xc0000005,0x811f669e,0x8ce06a00,0x8ce067cc) The error pops up...

Hello everyone, Im having a weird problem with my internet. I using Rogers Internet with a Motorola cable modem connected to a Linksys WRT54gx v2.0 Router. The router has the latest firmware. The problem Im having is roughly once a day, the internet will stop working. Everything is still...

Hello everyone. Im looking for the best Wireless router for under $300. When I say best I mean, fastest along with range. Anyone recomend any. thanks

Hello everyone I got a sharp 23m1u which has a max resolution of 1360x768 and Im having trouble getting bf2142 to work correctly. I cant get the resolution to go large than 1024x768. And even when I play the screen shifts to the right and I have to adjust the screen to the left to center it...

Hello everyone, I built my company a web site and Im looking into simple Online Payments. What I would like to do is make a simple Form with all the normal stuff(name,adress, etc.), I would also like to include inputs for Credit Card Payments. Can someone show me how to have the persons credit...

Hello everyone, I just ordered a second BFG 7950 GX2 hoping to do a quad slit config. I cant seem to find many pics of this sort of setup and I have a small question. With a quad setup how many PCI slots are usually left open. Im hoping theres at least 2, one for sound card and one for wireless...

Hello everyone, I have a BFG 7950 GX2. Im just wondering is it possible to hook up a second 7950 GX2 and have them run in quad sli? I have been doing some research but havent found a definite answer. I have seen some answers about the drivers not supporting quad sli. Anyone know

Hello everyone, Im having trouble with my PVR-150 MCE. After watching tv for a while, usually an hour or so a blue screen pops up in media center saying Loss of Signal and that it has stopped capturing. I have tried 2 different PVRs and Im not sure what the problem is. I had an HTPC before this...

Hey everyone, just curious, is it possible to Run a 6600 Gigabye without the heatsink. Just asking cause Im building a HTPC and I have a extra 6600 but it wont fit with the heatsink.

Hey everyone, just finishing up my new HTPC. Im stuck on what video card I should use. Im looking for a PCI-E and space is a huge issue. Just curious on what card you would all recomend.

Hello everyone, Im currently using a HTPC with a Hauppage 150 MCE tuner with just a regular cable running through it. Im planning on getting digital cable with a digital box. Can someone tell me how to get my htpc to control the digital box. Im using Media Center with the Media Center remote if...

Hello everyone, I picked up a 320gb Western Digital Sata hard drive and Im having a small problem. I installed the hard drive and installed the software that came with it, Data lifeguard. I guess this software is needed to format the drive and get it working. After I installed it I tried to run...

Hey everyone, Im builiding a new HTPC and just curious what Sound Cards you all are using. Im looking for something with a rear optical output if possible?

Hello everyone, Im sort of a noob when it comes to displays. I been looking at upgrading my HTPC display. Just curious if this will work with a PC, New Display

Hey everyone, just got a quick question on AMD. I have an AMD 64 4800+ socket 939. Would the new AMD Socket AM2 motherboards able to accept socket 939 cpu's?

Heres some pics of my setup. Will post some specs soon

Hello, my current HTPC currently only has 1 VGA output. I have an opportunity to purchase a pretty good 23" LCD but it only has DVI input. How clear would the picture be if I were to purchase one of those VGA to DVI converters. Would it look just like a normal monitor?

Hey everyone, I been seeing some posts on people applying "poison" to there blades and arrows, I cant figure out how to do this, anyone have any instructions.

Hello everyone, Im a long time reader of the forums and I finnaly decided to post. I picked ip a cheap MSI Mega 865 to use as a HTPC. I know there not the most flexible computer to work with but I got it dirt cheap. I through in a Hauppage 150 and a USB Wireless G network adapter also. I...

Hello everyone I have a quick networking question. What I would like to do is get internet on my one pc by wireing it to another pc which gets it internet wireless. I hooked the one pc without the internet to the internet pc via there ethernet ports, is there a way that I can get the one to get...

Hello everyone, I have a quick question. I have an Averatec 3150 Laptop. I use it mainly for checking e-mail. I was going to purcahse I new laptop but I figured it would be cheaper just to upgrade this one if possible. Here are some specs on what Im using. Specs Im just wondering, can I...

Hey, just installing a new power supply. Kind of new to installing and have a quick question. Theres a couple of cables that have "VGA/HDD" on them. The install booklet says its for VGA and HDD Housing. Does this mean its for hard drives or is it something else?

Hey everyone. Im having some trouble Overclocking my new Asus A8n-SLI with a AMD 3500+. I try OC but it wont boot with anything. I even tried the AI overclock and anything over 5% the computer wont boot again. My cpu temp is always around 39. The other problem Im having is with my BFG 7800...

Hello everyone, for some reason, my startup programs such as Norton AntiVirus, Soundblaster and my Dlink wireless Icons are not comming up in the taskbar section by the clock when the computer starts. I checked my msconfig and there all checkmarked and in my task manager there all running but...

Hello everyone, I built my company a web site and Im looking into simple Online Payments. What I would like to do is make a simple Form with all the normal stuff(name,adress, etc.), I would also like to include inputs for Credit Card Payments. Can someone show me how to have the persons credit...