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by nightblood
Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:26 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Weird trouble with the core i7
Replies: 15
Views: 6391

Re: Weird trouble with the core i7

check the temperatures in the bios
by nightblood
Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:03 pm
Forum: Operating Systems
Topic: Windows 7 deleting desktop icons
Replies: 6
Views: 7814

Re: Windows 7 deleting desktop icons

bubba wrote:If its stuff she goes to all the time, why not map the spot to a drive letter? no worries of short cuts going anywhere and cleans up the desktop too.
That would work but the network directory is pretty complex and the files are all over the place.
by nightblood
Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:43 am
Forum: General Software Programs
Topic: Vertical color lines screen with no graphics/site info
Replies: 3
Views: 3070

Re: Vertical color lines screen with no graphics/site info

Inside the laptop there is a connection from the laptop monitor to the motherboard. It might be loose.
by nightblood
Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:03 am
Forum: Operating Systems
Topic: Windows 7 deleting desktop icons
Replies: 6
Views: 7814

Re: Windows 7 deleting desktop icons

you have to change ownership of the folder to the current user then change permissions of the current user to full control.
then rename the file modify it and save it has the original name
by nightblood
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:40 am
Forum: General Software Programs
Topic: DVD editing
Replies: 0
Views: 1961

DVD editing

I have some music video DVDs that I want to remix. I don't want to loose any quality and I want to be able to make my own music video DVDs by taking music videos from multiple DVDs and creating my own. What is the best software to do this?

Thanks,
Nightblood
by nightblood
Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: Operating Systems
Topic: Windows 7 deleting desktop icons
Replies: 6
Views: 7814

Windows 7 deleting desktop icons

One of my clients ran into this problem. After I set up her new Windows7 computer she added quite a few network file shortcuts to her desktop. A few days later they were gone. She added them all back again and a few days later they were gone again. It appears that once per week Windows7 scans your d...
by nightblood
Mon Jul 19, 2010 9:44 am
Forum: AMD Processor Forum
Topic: Pins are bent
Replies: 7
Views: 9032

Re: Pins are bent

I have dealt with bent processor pins in the past. luckily I was able to bend them back and everything worked fine.
by nightblood
Fri Jul 09, 2010 1:07 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: On-board graphics question
Replies: 6
Views: 4772

Re: On-board graphics question

Most of the newer motherboards allow the onboard and pciexpress graphic card to be enabled at the same time.
But if you are not using it I recommend disabling it in the bios to free up some ram and avoid conflicts.
by nightblood
Thu Jun 17, 2010 1:21 pm
Forum: AMD Motherboard Forum
Topic: 8-pin mobo connector
Replies: 8
Views: 6714

Re: 8-pin mobo connector

one of my customer's motherboard died. I ordered a new mother cpu and ram. His old Power supply doesn't have the 8 pin adapter and his new motherboard has the 8 pin power on it.. I looked up on google and found that I could use the 4 pin into the 8 pin slot and it would work. I did this and everythi...
by nightblood
Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:55 am
Forum: AMD Motherboard Forum
Topic: Advice please about upgrade from single to dual core
Replies: 4
Views: 4860

Re: Advice please about upgrade from single to dual core

If you are on the performance tab of the task manager and see 2 windows for cpu then your computer is using both cores.
by nightblood
Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:51 am
Forum: AMD Motherboard Forum
Topic: 8-pin mobo connector
Replies: 8
Views: 6714

Re: 8-pin mobo connector

The 4 pin will work on a 8 pin board.
I just came across this a couple of days ago.
by nightblood
Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:56 pm
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Win 7 rebooting
Replies: 19
Views: 7399

Re: Win 7 rebooting

Check the power connector to your video card.
Also make sure your video card fan is spinning properly.
by nightblood
Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:17 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Printer made from Legos!
Replies: 6
Views: 3835

Re: Printer made from Legos!

regmanabq wrote:what I want to see is the new Etch a Sketch 23" monitor that goes with it.
What is the refresh rate on that?
by nightblood
Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:22 am
Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
Topic: June 2010 CyberPower Power System Drawing w/ Intel CPU
Replies: 470
Views: 2159522

Re: June 2010 CyberPower Power System Drawing w/ Intel CPU

Count me in the contest.
I will be folding.
I am a fan on facebook (Tom Spencer)
by nightblood
Fri May 28, 2010 7:32 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Keyboard Drivers
Replies: 13
Views: 9433

Re: Drivers

Microsoft has its own website for drivers found here http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/downl ... fault.mspx
by nightblood
Wed May 26, 2010 11:33 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: PC Rebooting
Replies: 8
Views: 4713

Re: PC Rebooting

Something that is starting up in windows at the point is causing this.

boot into safe mode by pressing f8 during boot up.
once in safe mode run msconfig and go to the startup tab and disable everything then reboot.
by nightblood
Wed May 26, 2010 10:58 am
Forum: AMD Radeon and FirePro Forum
Topic: Club 3D Radeon HD 4350 PCI-E x1 Video Card
Replies: 12
Views: 12172

Re: Club 3D Radeon HD 4350 PCI-E x1 Video Card

hello, just wanna ask if this card will work and fit my pc? thnks a gazillion. i want to put it in an IBM ThinkCentre M52 8215-D7U Desktop PC - Intel Pentium D 820 2.8GHz with 4GB DDR2 RAM I looked at the specs of your pc and you do not have any pci express ports. Therefore this card will not work ...
by nightblood
Wed May 19, 2010 11:08 am
Forum: General Computer Forum
Topic: Increase Performance
Replies: 24
Views: 11181

Re: Increase Performance

Sounds like you have to investigate why it has become slow. 1. Failing Hard drives and or full hard drives 2. Not enough ram 3. To many programs running at the same time. (bring up your task manager and find out how many processes are running.) 4. Windows rot ( time to reinstall windows to fix this ...