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How come my monitor resolution was fine in Windows Vista but now in Windows 7 it is all messed up? 

by Guest Geek on October 27, 2009

Q: I have an alienware monitor which is brand new. I was using windows vista and everything was great. I just updated to windows 7 and Now my Screen is too small for my monitor. I tried the resolution settings but they don’t make the screen any bigger. I spent good money on this monitor and I’d like to be using all of it. Any suggestions?

 
 

What motherboard is compatible with my current hardware? 

by Guest Geek on September 21, 2009

Q: Can you recommend me a new motherboard?

My current computer hardware specs are:
Graphics card:
ATI Radeon HD 4870

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600, Kentsfied core, Socket 775, 2.4 GHz, 8mb cache

Sound card: Creative soundblaster X-Fi

PSU: Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W

Cooling: Zerotherm Nirvana NV-120 Quiet CPU cooler.

RAM: OCZ PC2-8500 Reaper HPC Edition 2 x 2gb.

Previous Mobo: Asus P5K Premium Wifi-AP, Intel P35 Chipset, LGA775 CPU support.

Those are my hardware specs, if any more details are necessary I can provide, I need a new mobo compatible with this hardware, any help would be appreciated.

 
 

Will switching over to a solid state hard drive speed up my computer? 

by Guest Geek on September 18, 2009

Q: I have an Asus Eee Box B202, 80 gig hard drive, 2 gig of ram running Windows XP Home. The hard drive is 5400rpm and I am wondering if changing the hard drive to a solid state would my computer run a lot faster?

 
 

Can I add 512MB DDR PC2700 to a computer that has 256MB DDR PC2100? 

by Guest Geek on September 13, 2009

Q: I have an old P4 desktop that had 256MB DDR PC2100 ram. Can I mix it with 512MB DDR PC2700 ram or will it cause a problem? It runs on Windows XP.

 
 

Upgrading a 5 year old computer 

by matt on August 24, 2009

Q: My computer is about 5 years old. It has a 1.2GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 38 GB hard drive that shows as half full. How do I improve its speed?

A: Everyone wants to tweak their computers to get the best speed out of them, especially computers that are a few years old. The biggest questions becomes, is the cost of upgrading and the improvement in speed worth the money or would the money be better spent on a new computer.

In your case, since you only have 512 MB of RAM, there is a chance that spending $30.00 or so to upgrade to 1 GB of RAM would improve your speed. It is hard to tell if it would improve it enough to make you happy though. I would opt for trying the RAM if I had a friend with some extra RAM lying around but I don’t think I would opt for the RAM option in your case if it cost money. The reason for this is that a 1.2 GHz processor is between 1/3 to 1/2 the speed of most the processors you will find in the $400.00 desktops that are flooding the market. Read the rest of this entry »

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How can I improve the speed of my 5 year old computer? 

by Guest Geek on August 23, 2009

Q: My computer is about 5 years old. It has a 1.2GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and a 38.2GB hard drive that shows half full. How do I improve Speed?

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How do I know how much and what kind of RAM to get for my computer? 

by Guest Geek on August 17, 2009

Q: I want to upgrade my old PC by adding more RAM (256 or 521). The problem is that I’m new at hardware and stuff. I know there are many types of RAMs DDR, DDR2 and what not so which type should I buy?

Also I currently have single chip with 512MB. If I insert lets say 256 next to it will it work, or does it has to be 512MB like the first one?

This is my system report.

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Increasing RAM might help with normal tasks 

by matt on August 12, 2009

Q: Will 2GB of RAM sufficiently speed up a Windows XP computer?

A: Increasing your RAM will help you with general home computing tasks like editing and creating documents, e-mail, and web browsing. An upgrade to 2GB of RAM for a computer you’ve had for 2-3 years will give you a nice performance boost for a very low price. Read the rest of this entry »

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Can I replace my graphics card in my Toshiba Satellite L505-S6959 laptop? 

by Guest Geek on August 12, 2009

Q: Can I replace my graphics card in my Toshiba Satellite® L505-S6959 laptop (with a NVidia G-Force 9800)?

 
 

Should I buy a new computer or upgrade my six year old computer? 

by Guest Geek on August 7, 2009

Q: I have a six year old desktop with an AMD Athalon(tm) xp 2000+and 2 256MB DDR RAM. It’s begun giving me problems like loose RAM, Heat sink and fan knocking off.

Should I just junk it and buy a new one or try and upgrade? My only usage is email, web browsing, online games and a little bit of MS office at times.