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The fan controller on my Corsair 650D went out last year and they sent a replacement which showed signs of failing over the last week or so and officially died today. Rather than install a 3rd controller from them, I figured I'd just use this opportunity to upgrade the three fans that came with...

I want to upgrade from my 19" Samsung 940B to a 24" for Christmas, but I'm not quite sure which monitor I want to go with, so I was hoping for some suggestions. I was looking at the Dell U2412M, but if there's something "better" in that price range, I'd be interested. Budget is probably...

Looking for a new headset with a microphone, but I don't want to spend more than about $50 if I can help it. I'm mainly going to use them when I play Diablo 3 with my friends so we can talk to each other. What do you guys recommend with my budget? Thanks!

I have used a basic Microsoft keyboard and a Logitech MX518 for years, but when I build a new PC in the next month or so, I'm thinking about upgrading to a mechanical keyboard and getting a new mouse. Currently, the only mechanical keyboard I'm familiar with is the Das Ultimate. I mostly...

My mom has an iPad 2 that is owned by the school district she works for. She has her own Apple ID, but the iPad also has the Apple ID of a former administrator in it. When she goes to the app store and tries to get updates for her apps, it brings up a log-in window with the former administrators...

My computer is about 7 or 8 years old now, it's one I built myself, and I've never had any trouble with it until today. I was browsing, and out of nowhere it restarted itself, and now it just keeps restarting over and over again and won't boot past the Windows XP loading screen. The blue bar on...

I'm looking to replace my very old TV with a nice HDTV in the 32" to 40" range (give or take a couple inches). I will use this TV to watch my television shows, watch DVD's and Blu-Ray movies from my PS3, play PS3 games, and play Xbox 360 games. I plan to hook up the PS3 and Xbox using HDMI...

I used to have a walkthrough bookmarked on how to upgrade the wiring on the Klipsch 2.1 speakers, but I lost it when I forgot to back-up my bookmarks before reformatting and I haven't been able to find it since. Has anyone here upgraded the wiring on their set-up? If so, would you mind...

My brother just built a Windows 7 machine, and we are trying to connect it to his old Windows XP Pro machine via crossover cable to transfer over his files, but nothing I have tried has worked. I have them both in the same workgroup, I have followed all the guides I have been able to find...

I have been using AVG for a few years now, but after reformatting yesterday I decided to give Avira a try based on a friend's recommendation. I'm not familiar with this program, and was wondering if the default settings will be fine, or if there is a better way to configure it. Thanks for any...

Looking to buy an HDTV for my room in the 40" range (maybe 46"-47"), and wasn't really sure what to get. I was told that it is best to game in 720p, but to make sure that the tv is also 1080i capable, or even 1080p. Is this accurate? Is LCD better for gaming than Plasma? My dad showed me...

1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc I do very little PC gaming these days. The only game I'm planning on playing is Starcraft 2 when that comes out, and possibly the new Diablo. I do some work in Photoshop, but not enough to build a computer around...

My cousin has a 250gb WD SATA drive from his old comp and he wants me to back-up all the itunes music he paid for. It was in his old comp, but the motherboard blew out on him so he brought the drive over today to see what we can do with it. Am I going to have to pick-up something like a SATA to...

Here are my needs: 1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc General use. Surfing and general office programs. Downloading from the internet. Needs to run medium-high graphics games (i.e. AION) at maximum settings. 2) What's your budget? Are tax and...

I was supposed to reformat my friends computer today, so I took my stuff over to his house and got the process going, and when it came time to put the CD-Key in, it kept saying invalid key, so I asked him what version of XP he has and he said he has Home. My disc was for XP Pro, which for some...

i saw this one on newegg when i did a search for external hard drives and filtered the results to show the best ratings: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822216035 seems pretty nice. i'm looking for anything between 500gb and 1tb, to use as a storage drive. can an...

Lately I've been having odd connection problems. I won't get a complete connection drop out, but I will have a hard time doing much online. I know it's not a complete connection drop out because AIM will stay signed on and I'll be able to talk to people, and uTorrent will continue...

My friend is running XP Pro on his PC. It recently had BSOD, which he recovered it from, but now it's booting to a solid black screen and starts beeping. No error messages pop-up, the cd-drive isn't recognized so he can't boot from a Windows cd, and he can't access the set-up screen to...

Just recently, I have been having trouble getting the 4 computers in our house to see one another on our home network. I will try to access one of them, and I will get the error pop-up that reads: MSHOME is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact...

Yesterday I noticed that one of my WD 250gb slave drives was not listed under hard disk drives in my computer. When I restarted my computer to see what the problem could be, it said that this drive needed to be checked for consistency. It completes the test up to 57%, then it starts saying...

On our new gamerslounge router I was able to set it up to take care of the port I use for Azureus and I'm now getting great speeds on my torrents. However, my brother is on the same network behind the same router and he likes to run torrents as well, using a different port. What can I do for...

I recently set-up a D-Link Gaming Router for our home network and I'm having a bit of trouble with port forwarding for use with Azureus. I log on to the router and go to advanced > special applications > add special applications rule > enter Azureus for name, enter the port # I want...

15" Dell Trinitron Asking $50 (will consider offers) Will ship FedEx ground from area code 93727. Monitor weighs about 45-50lbs. In great shape, small chip about the size of a dime on the circular Dell logo on the font of the monitor.

My girlfriends laptop has 10 malware/trojan files and I don't know what to do about removing them. I detected them by running windowsecurity.com/trojanscan but I don't know where to go from there. I ran HijackThis v1.99.1 but I couldn't find the directories that the trojanscan listed. What do...

My friend is here and he's trying to share some stuff on his ibook on our network for me to get. He can connect to the internet and he can see our computers, but we can't see his. What does he need to do to become part of our network?

DC++ was working fine until I reformatted last night. Now I've reinstalled it and whenever I try to join my favorite hub I get into it right away then it disconnects me from the hub and says "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host." What's causing this to happen? what do I...

I just reformatted with XP Pro SP2, did all the critical updates online, and these two files have been there since. Do I need to run them or delete them? I also don't understand the date created on them since I reformatted last night.

MASSIVE bar on the bottom: I hate it. Is there a way to get rid of it? I've already uninstalled and reinstalled.

This will be the first time reformatting this computer since I built it. I'll be installing a new copy of XP Pro with SP2. I was looking at the ABIT site for which drivers I'll need and I just want to make sure I get exactly what I need. Here is the site...

Do any of you get a loading error with the catalyst drivers? It never loaded with my 9700pro and last night I uninstalled the drivers and removed the 9700pro to install my new X850XT and the same thing is happening. On start-up I get a pop-up that says: cli.exe - Application Error The...

Does any company make a good LCD stand? I have a Samsung 940b and it doesn't have any type of height adjustment and I'd like to lift it 3"-4". Any ideas?

Quicktime videos play fine, but movies in PowerDVD and WMP seem to be having problems. Me and my brother got Samsung 940b's today and this isn't happening on his, just mine. It could be a graphics card issue, he's running an X850XT and I just have a 9700pro. Anyways, on to the problem...

I am selling two Dell 1905fp LCDs that I decided not to use afterall. Brand new, still in Dell boxes. Each box weighs a little over 15lbs. Will ship FedEx Ground from zip code 93727. Asking $300ea. + shipping (shipping will be actual freight with insurance) Specs...

got my Dell 1905fp today. It was very easy to put together and very easy to install. They give you an analog cable and a DVI cable, so I hooked it up using DVI. Currently the monitor is set at 1280x1024 @ 75hz. There is no software to install, just plug and play. There is some ghosting with...

The current specs for my computer are: Motherboard: Abit IS-7 CPU: Intel P4 2.8ghz (Northwood) RAM: 2x512mb Corsair XMS Video: Radeon X850XT I was looking to upgrade to: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145575 for Christmas. Would that be the best upgrade to...