I have a low end ECS P4M800-M7 with a relative old P4 HT chip (not a
dual core one). The motherboard is socket T, and supports P4HT and
Celeron D, according to manufacturer info. Now my question is: Since I
have a spare Core2Duo chip, if I replace the old P4 chip, will it work

I have a two year old laptop with a video card problem. It doesn't display
reds, either on the LCD screen or an external monitor. I have tried cleaning
the contacts, still no luck. It is out of warranty and the price of parts is
pretty high, so I've decided to buy a new laptop. But ...

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XP SR2
Since the error refers to Intel, I am guessing this is a hardware problem.
Actually, having problems with, I think, my network.  So far, I have
found no one with a solution.  But in troubleshooting, I went to Control

Exactly what software these days takes advantage of a dual-core
processor.
I'm not a PC-gamer, run XP Pro  and MS Office Pro, and amp looking for
a good upgrade PC.

Bad Hard drive or doing something wrong?
I bought a used Seagate Medallist 8641 St38641A 8 GB hard drive on
ebay.
I installed it in a Compaq Presario 5204 desktop machine. Partitioned

I shall probably build a new PC to run Vista next year and I am
anticipating that by buying a new monitor for Christmas. I am think of
a flat screen, 17" , and fast refresh rate.
Is there anything that I need to cater for if I run Vista?

If anyone can help I would be very grateful. My housemate has quite
innocently (!) while I was away managed to get a disk jammed in my
machine.
Not her fault to be honest, its a standard TDK (I think) disk with

I have a problem with a home-build PC that's been running XP with SP2
flawlessly since Aug 2005.
In the past two or three months it's developed a problem where it
randomly just reboots itself.

I bought a pair of Kingston HyperX RAM sticks, and tried to use them today;
these ones:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144114
Unfortunately, instead of the 2-3-2-6 timings they are sold at, they come up

some questions from a newbie on how to upgrade an emachines 370
1.  I want to install a DVD writer.  There is a spare Bay but  need to
get the front plastic cover off.  How does this come off, from the
front levering with a screwdriver and breaking it or via the back

I have a Canon mini dv camcorder and the Firewire port on it is blown.  Is
there a device that will allow me to transfer my video tape to my hard
drive, other than buying or borrowing another camcorder?
If such a device exists, it would need to be less expensive than buying

I have a P4 2.66Ghz PC with a Nvidia Ti 4200 AGP card
I am thinking of upgrading it but I would want to know if it is worth it?
Could you recommend a good AGP card for about £100.
Thanx

I have got a 586IEM0.1 (or568IEM2.4) motherborad, with Award BIOS 4.50pg.
It starts until the overview of CPU, memory, ports etc., then it shows
"Updating ESCD...." and stops forever there.
There is 2 special things about the board: the CPU has been replaces with a

Hello, I have a new hard disk 250 GB hitachi Deskstar T7K250:
HDT722525DLAT80 250.06 GB
on an old AMIBIOS v 1.18 for an ASUS K7M mainboard
How to set up this new hard disk?