Ok, ive looked around the web.  talked to alot of ppl...and have
finally decided all the parts im gonna get for a home built pc.
my question is, when building it..is there a speccific order i have to
install the parts, or it doesnt matter? or do i just install everything

What's the best chipset for a P4 in socket 478 ?   Intel? Sis ? Via  ?
Thanks for any informed opinions !
-RS-

i am going to buil a system...here are the parts....are there any known
compatibilty issues with these parts..or will a part not work to its
best because of another part i have chosen..the only confusion i have
is the memory...what kind of speeds should i be looking at..is the one

I bought a pcmcia card with 4 usb, but I have this problem:
On my Celeron 650mhz notebook with windows xp, I plugged it, windows
recognized it and it works well.
On my pentium 150mhz MMX notebook that does not have any usb port (it's a

I've got a donated business system that's been locked down and asks
for a password when I try to boot of the CD drive.  The manuals are
online at HP.com but I can't find the one that has the answer.
Thanks.

I just brought a new hard drive (Seagate Baracuda 200GB SATA) and when
i try to install windows it beggins the process and then shutsdown by
itself.
It will remain on with the BIOS screen open for hours, its not until i

Hello everybody and thank you for taking time to help me. :D
I am running a 3500+, 7800gt, 2(512) of RAM, and a biostar NF4UL-A9.
This is my first build and I have had it since Christmas. Until now
everything has worked fine. Earler today I was testing the noise of

Buy from a dealer you KNOW you can trust.  Why?  Simply because there
is a rapidly spreading trend going around where some dealers are
"remarking" their CPUs.  For example, they may take a 2.8 GHz
processor, remark it and overclock it, and try to sell it as a 3.2 GHz

for my video card..it says it needs a PSU with 30 amps on 12 V rail
i have no damn idea what this means...what does this mean?
and how do i read the specs on the PSU to compare to these specs.
thanks

I am currently running Win XP Professional on my PC.  Lately I keep
receiving the following error message:
'Windows - Virtual memory minimum too low.
Your system is low on virtual memory.  Windows is increasing the size of

I have a MSI K8N Neo 2 motherboard with a 36gig SCSI drive connected to a
PCI SCSI card and two SATA drives configured to SATA ports 3 & 4.   I want
the SCSI drive to be the boot drive for WinXP.   My problem is that when I
go through the Windows setup, the SCSI drive is the 'E' ...

I am thinking of building a new pc and have been looking at the x1800xt
graphics card (e.g. http://www.microdirect.co.uk/productinfo.aspx?
ProductID=11397 ). I would like the possibility of adding a second card at
a later date. The models i have seen come with an active cooling ...

Any suggestion about "converting" an atx board to a "laptop", in the
sense that
I don't need the PCI/AGP slots available, just want to use the 2
integrated usb ports (for wifi, perhaps external hd or flash drive),

I've  just recieved a partially working Iqon computer from my grandad,
he said if i could  fix it, I could have it.
The problem with it is that everytime the power is turned on, it'll
power up for a second or  two, and  then turn off. I've replaced  the

i just bought a ddr400 memory module, although my mobo says it can support
that type of memory, the shop i just bought it from says it cant handle asus
mobo
can someone explain please