Ask A Geek

Q: while using my computer sometimes the screen goes blank and this message appears.

display driver stopped responding and has recovered. display driver intel graphics accelerated drives for windows 7 has stopped responding and has recovered.

the screen comes back on in just a few seconds.

can you tell me how to fix this.

thank you.

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Q: I want to upgrade my xps400 from the 820d dual core Pentium to the e6700 core2duo. But when I installed it the computer wouldn’t boot and the power light was solid orange. I’ve updated my BIOS to version A07, the Intel website says it’s compatible with my mother board 945p chipset, and its lga775. What am I missing or doing wrong?

Here is the Intel website where it’s listed as compatible: http://ark.intel.com/products/chipsets/8764

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Q: hi i wanted to ask if my psu(http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370338036310&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT) will be good for this compilation:

Intel Core i7 930 2.8GHz

SAPPHIRE HD5870 1GB VAPOR-X

GIGABYTE SOCKET 1366 X58-USB3 MOTHERBOARD

Corsair CMX6GX3M3A1333C9 6GB DDR3 PC10660 Memory

so i want to know if it will be working fine because i know its not good brand psu.thank you

Q: I’m looking at 2 computers, both are identical except the processors. One has the i3 3.2. The other has the i5 3.2, but I can tell is just the dual core processor. Whats the difference between the two?

Q: I have an Intel i5 750 2.6 GHz Processor running at stock speed. I ran three different speed tests with different software. The results all reported that the CPU was running at 2.8GHz. with the FSB at 133MHz.. I also overclocked and speed tested to check if the speed adjusted accordingly which it did. When I clocked back to the default setting and ran the speed check, it resulted as 2.8GHz.. I also checked this in the BIOS with the same result. This seems a little strange and I am just wondering if anyone else with the same processor has noticed this.

Q: I am thinking of buying a new laptop and can’t decide between an AMD processor or an Intel Celeron. I will only be using it for the internet, email and Microsoft office applications. Does it really matter which I choose?