http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/-t1.htm Hard Drives, Motherboards, Graphics Cards, CPUs, RAMs, etc. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:56:55 GMT 10 http://www.geekpolice.net/users/2315/89/79/54/album/header17.png http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/-t1.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/vista-cannot-find-wired-usb-mouse-t16262.htm TheGurnard I am running vista Home and can use a wireless mouse no problem. It loaded straight away. When I tried to get a wired mouse to work I get the message that although the driver has loaded correctly it has failed to load due to a missing file? Can anyone please come up with a solution? Hardware Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:25:26 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/vista-cannot-find-wired-usb-mouse-t16262.htm#102418 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/vista-cannot-find-wired-usb-mouse-t16262.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-pc-t16282.htm mariaangel1 hello! I just got this dell desk top it is 2 years old. We reformatted the pc. Due to it running slow. But it is still running slow as a turtle. Is there anything else i can due. the screen comes up slow. Its like i am running dial up! please help me someone! Hardware Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:56:55 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-pc-t16282.htm#102549 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-pc-t16282.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-extremely-slow-t16191.htm daculaman Good evening. I have a Dell Inspiron 6000. It has gotten very, very slow. I also notice that the cooling fan runs a lot more, and a lot faster than it used to. I used to never notice the fan. I am running Windows XP. Any help is appreciated. I am including a copy of the hijack this file. Thank you.... Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2 Scan saved at 7:36:23 PM, on 11/19/2009 Platform: Windows XP SP3 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16915) Boot ... Hardware Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:48:16 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-extremely-slow-t16191.htm#102083 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-extremely-slow-t16191.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/missing-cdrw-dvd-burner-t16111.htm sfjf Have a DEll Dimension E521 Put new hard drive in. Have XP up and running. Everything was working fine. Downloaded windows updates . Now have no CD Rom. Checked in my computer and there is no D drive. Checked to make sure no loose wires. Cd rom is sata. If I crash reformat will the computer pick up the drive? Stumped HELP Hardware Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:12:07 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/missing-cdrw-dvd-burner-t16111.htm#101622 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/missing-cdrw-dvd-burner-t16111.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/im-not-sure-hard-drive-t16067.htm hess617 My laptop is pitch black when it starts and i can only see half of my monitor..Friends that know alittle bit about my laptop say that my laptop must've hit the floor and that i need a new monitor but one time it fell and then it just went pitch black. and i think its the hardrive but im not sure Hardware Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:01:18 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/im-not-sure-hard-drive-t16067.htm#101356 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/im-not-sure-hard-drive-t16067.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-keeps-shutting-down-t15918.htm SblmGrl My computer keeps shutting down for no reason at all. I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post this problem in but I thought maybe it might be a virus that is causing this. In the last couple hours out of nowhere the screen turns black then for a second a blue screen with white words appear (but it goes away to fast to be able to read the words) then it shuts down. It restarts and gives the option to Start Windows Normally or in Safe Mode. This has happened three times already. I was ... Hardware Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:43:06 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-keeps-shutting-down-t15918.htm#100255 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-keeps-shutting-down-t15918.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-doesn-t-boot-t15630.htm ericshin
I took out the power supply from my computer to test another computer and when put it back in the original computer the original computer won't start. I labelled all the cables and stuff when i did it so im am very sure i have all the cables plugged in. Can someone help me please?]]> Hardware Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:40:46 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-doesn-t-boot-t15630.htm#98532 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-doesn-t-boot-t15630.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-need-help-t16037.htm MiniRadi
My computer is REALLY SLOW! It takes 10 minutes for FireFox to come up, anyway i can fix this? Every time i try and open a chat in AIM (AOL) It takes ages to do so, when i try and type sometihng in the chat, it takes 1 minute just for a few letters. When i open MSN It takes ages to actually open.

Please help me, what should i do to fix all of this?]]> Hardware Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:05:26 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-need-help-t16037.htm#101064 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/slow-need-help-t16037.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-explorer-randomly-shutting-down-t15606.htm thinkfire01 randomly my computer will mess up and the windows explorer will shut down then restart and repeat the process for about ten minutes what can i do to fix this? Hardware Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:38:27 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-explorer-randomly-shutting-down-t15606.htm#98242 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-explorer-randomly-shutting-down-t15606.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-won-t-boot-to-any-mode-t15928.htm Aprius Hey. It's me. Yay. okay. So I was on here yesterday, finding out how to get System Antivirus Pro off my other computer, and after about an hour A member told me what to do. I updated Mbam, did a scan, saved a logfile, then was prompted to reestart my computer. (Luckily, I already posted the logfile to the topic.) Then, as it loaded, it flashed the Xp screen with the loading bar, for about half a second, then went black. Moments later, it takes me to the Menu where It counts down from 25, ... Hardware Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:56:46 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-won-t-boot-to-any-mode-t15928.htm#100329 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/computer-won-t-boot-to-any-mode-t15928.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/blank-screen-2-short-beeps-t15957.htm BigAmzz recently my pc has been playing up, sometimes it will crash and when i reboot the screen will just be blank and after a while it will make 2 short beeps, if i unplug from the mains and try again an hour or so later it seems ok but some of my settings will have changed (time, date, boot order etc, i thought the battery was dead inside because of this but changed it and still the same) it has been ok for the last week or so but im sure its only a matter of time before it starts playing up again ... Hardware Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:47:59 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/blank-screen-2-short-beeps-t15957.htm#100545 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/blank-screen-2-short-beeps-t15957.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/extending-desktop-to-your-tv-t15952.htm andysteel ive been watching movies on my tv by extending desktop to tv now my pc wont let me someone please help Hardware Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:58:02 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/extending-desktop-to-your-tv-t15952.htm#100504 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/extending-desktop-to-your-tv-t15952.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/is-it-possible-to-boot-from-external-hdd-t15873.htm Bountyford Hi! I took my laptop to the technician and they said that the hard drive is broken and it costs about $500 to replace it. :think:I don't want to pay that much money so I wanted to know if you could boot windows from an external hard drive. And if this is possible should I pull out the hard drive inside because they make this squeaky noise and it's really annoying lol! Anyways any help is appreciated Hardware Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:57:49 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/is-it-possible-to-boot-from-external-hdd-t15873.htm#99963 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/is-it-possible-to-boot-from-external-hdd-t15873.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/dvd-drives-do-not-recognize-disks-t15828.htm Destroyer_Duck Hi: I have a system running XP Pro with a DVD-ROM drive and a DVD+RW drive. When I place a CD or DVD into either of these drives and try to access that drive via Windows Explorer, I receive a message box stating "Please insert a disk into drive D:" or "Please insert a disk into drive E:" respectively. If it is a DVD movie, I can run PowerDVD and it will read it. I can use ImgBurn to write to the DVD+RW drive (E:) to create and archive copy of any DVD's I have already ... Hardware Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:49:51 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/dvd-drives-do-not-recognize-disks-t15828.htm#99657 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/dvd-drives-do-not-recognize-disks-t15828.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-recs-t15819.htm Glacon I was just wondering if there were any brands of external hard drives you would recommend or any brands that you would avoid? Is there anything in general to watch for when getting an external hard drive? Thank you. Hardware Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:47:55 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-recs-t15819.htm#99628 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-recs-t15819.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/distorted-and-impaired-visual-display-t15216.htm ebubeyah Please i need help urgently. My Pc developed a very strange problem yesterday night. I noticed that windows no longer display clear images. Everything is highly distorted and blurred. I restarted the system several times no solution. I then upgraded to the latest Intel (R) graphics driver still the same problem. Please can someone help me out. What could be the cause and how do i solve this problem? Hardware Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:21:53 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/distorted-and-impaired-visual-display-t15216.htm#95932 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/distorted-and-impaired-visual-display-t15216.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/boot-problem-t15584.htm ebubeyah I bought a new IBM pentium 4, 3.0 processor pc just two weeks ago. Just this evening as i was about to uninstall a program which my antivirus stopped due to infection my system went off immediately and refused to boot again. Unfortunately i did not back up all my programs before this happened. Please what do i do to boot my system again. Hardware Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:31:04 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/boot-problem-t15584.htm#98120 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/boot-problem-t15584.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-device-not-recognized-t15651.htm Toyeboy hello, i got help from this site before which saved my computer from infections. I just recently started having a problem with my usb ports, when i plug in my USB flash drive, MP3 player, digital camera, i get the same error message..."USB Device Not Recognized" It does not show up in "MY COMPUTER" folder. I've done a search and this sounds like a common problem but I haven't found a way to fix it, and it's a pretty major thing that i use nearly everyday. The odd thing ... Hardware Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:10:26 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-device-not-recognized-t15651.htm#98687 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-device-not-recognized-t15651.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-20-port-not-working-t15543.htm FaithCassita Hi, can ya'll please help me again. My USB 2.0 ports are not working, I've looked on the Dell support site for drivers buy have had no luck. When I try to plug in my mp3 player it says that I must have a Hi speed port controller installed, or something very close to that. It worked fine before i had to reinstall windows on my system. Please help! Hardware Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:35:23 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-20-port-not-working-t15543.htm#97882 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/usb-20-port-not-working-t15543.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-7-no-sound-t15591.htm mundo3 I have a Dell Inspiron 1420 and just installed windows 7 ultimate and now my internal speakers do not work. I can get external speakers to work. Any suggestions? Hardware Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:52:44 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-7-no-sound-t15591.htm#98160 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/windows-7-no-sound-t15591.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/microsoft-keyboard-problem-t15488.htm deathman444
NOTE: i already tried setting the language to English (US)]]> Hardware Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:14:40 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/microsoft-keyboard-problem-t15488.htm#97606 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/microsoft-keyboard-problem-t15488.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/cable-modem-dlink-router-to-xbox-sudden-issues-with-connecting-any-ideas-t15412.htm sensiiii hrm, well it all started when I thought my old modem was dying, so I bought a new cable modem. Then I found out it was a loose wire on the old modem and I remedied that. Then I decided why not hook up the new modem, I could use a little upgrade. So i hooked up the new modem and got .33 up and .33 down when doing a speedtest. So I unhooked the new(refurbished poo) modem and hooked the old one back up and registered it with my cable company again(it's an automatic online registration, one ... Hardware Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:05:56 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/cable-modem-dlink-router-to-xbox-sudden-issues-with-connecting-any-ideas-t15412.htm#97100 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/cable-modem-dlink-router-to-xbox-sudden-issues-with-connecting-any-ideas-t15412.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/no-sound-t15394.htm FaithCassita Hi, please help. I had to restore my pc, had to reinstall windows and now my system is not playing any sound whatsoever. Can you help me figure out what kind of audio driver I have and how to fix it? Hardware Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:54:28 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/no-sound-t15394.htm#96985 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/no-sound-t15394.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-cannot-detect-battery-help-t15352.htm megatails5 ]]> Hardware Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:31:03 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-cannot-detect-battery-help-t15352.htm#96724 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/laptop-cannot-detect-battery-help-t15352.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-not-functioning-t15341.htm smith30 Before I send this 500gb WD hard drive off to a data recovery center, I wanted to check here on the forum for any advice. The external hard drive has power, starts to boot up, and then clicks four times before stopping. It appears that the heads are failing or it is a bearings problem. But that's just my amateur opinion. Any input would be appreciated. Hardware Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:57:45 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-not-functioning-t15341.htm#96596 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/external-hard-drive-not-functioning-t15341.htm http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/2600-mhz-hypertransport-questions-t14918.htm tracey0916 I am building my first computer. I am getting a motherboard with a FSB that is 2600 MHz hypertransport I have no idea what that really means, but would really like to know. I am going with the AMD 64x2 dual core processor 6000+ Is this cool? What are the advantages or disadvantages? Will this setup work? THANKS A LOT Jeff Hardware Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:11:57 GMT http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/2600-mhz-hypertransport-questions-t14918.htm#93847 http://geekpolice.forumotion.com/hardware-f7/2600-mhz-hypertransport-questions-t14918.htm