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Total questions: 8290

How do you format a hard drive?
Popularity: 1374

What causes the error message 'LSA shell has encountered an error' when you connect to the Internet?
Popularity: 910

What is a hi-speed USB host controller?
Popularity: 812

How do you download a hi-speed USB host controller?
Popularity: 739

How do you install a hi-speed USB host controller on a Win XP computer?
Popularity: 723

Where can you get Pixel Shader 1.1 or better without buying a new graphics card?
Popularity: 677

What does SMART failure mean?
Popularity: 433

Will an 8x AGP video card work in a 4x AGP slot?
Popularity: 426

How do you change a hard disk drive?
Popularity: 391

How do you find out what kind of graphics card you have?
Popularity: 388

What is the difference between SDRAM and DDR RAM?
Popularity: 363

How can you convert audio cassette tapes to digital files?
Popularity: 326

What is the difference between a CD-R and CD-RW?
Popularity: 292

How do you dual boot and modify Boot.INI if you add a second hard drive to a system with WINNt WORKSTATION 4.0 installed on a hard disk with two partitions?
Popularity: 291

How do you set up a computer speaker system and sound card?
Popularity: 290

How do you format drive C so a new OS can be installed?
Popularity: 286

How do you find the Bios password or remove it?
Popularity: 285

Can you put different types of RAM on a motherboard?
Popularity: 275

What types of modems are there?
Popularity: 268

What is a modem?
Popularity: 259

What is the difference between hyper-threading multi-threading and super-threading in computer processors?
Popularity: 252

Should a GeForce2 MX400 64MB video card work in an ASUS A7N8X-X MB 8xAGP or is there a voltage issue?
Popularity: 242

How do you turn off write protect on your hard drive?
Popularity: 241

What is the difference between the AMD Athlon and the AMD Sempron?
Popularity: 240

Can you redirect data sent to a serial and send it to a USB port?
Popularity: 239

What is meant by low level formatting?
Popularity: 234

How do you connect a 5.1 sound system to the 3 audio connections on the back of a computer so without using a sound card?
Popularity: 234

How do you overclock an AMD Athlon 64 3000 plus?
Popularity: 234

How do you write protect a hard disk -- i.e. make it read-only?
Popularity: 231

How do you remove the hard drive from an HP8575C Pavillion?
Popularity: 229

Do you have to reformat your hard drive when installing a new motherboard?
Popularity: 227

Can you configure a computer to recognize two keyboards?
Popularity: 225

Can you use DDR400 on a P4VXASD2 motherboard?
Popularity: 223

What is the main difference between Pentium and AMD processors?
Popularity: 220

Is there a hi speed usb host controller card for laptops?
Popularity: 217

Is the power supply to the computer the only place a power problem can occur?
Popularity: 216

How can you find out if your graphics card is causing problems?
Popularity: 215

What is the difference between a DVD MP3 and simple CD drive?
Popularity: 213

Can an Elitegroup motherboard P4VXASD2 v1 with a 4X AGP support an E-VGA GeForceFX 5700LE 256mb 8x AGP card?
Popularity: 212

What causes vertical colored lines on a monitor screen in labtops sony vaioit can be a virus?
Popularity: 210

What is a virtual port?
Popularity: 208

Would a 4x agp card work in a 8x agp slot?
Popularity: 208

Can a video card be updated from 16 colors to 256 colors?
Popularity: 206

How do you stop your CD-ROM from freezing?
Popularity: 204

What hardware and procedure is required to convert the contents of an analog video tape into digital format on a CD?
Popularity: 204

What is advice on building your own computer?
Popularity: 202

What is the difference between nForce2 and GeForce?
Popularity: 202

Can you upgrade your processor and power supply?
Popularity: 200

How do you redirect a serial port to output out of the parallel port?
Popularity: 200

How do you prevent the Add Hardware Wizard from asking you to install a new printer every time the computer boots up?
Popularity: 199

How do you fix a combo DVD CD-RW drive run on Windows XP which at first sporadically failed to read discs but could be solved by reboot but eventually completely fails to read any disc?
Popularity: 198

How do you format drive c without a boot disk?
Popularity: 198

Why can't you 'write protect' your hard disk like you can with a floppy disk?
Popularity: 196

What are the advantages to buying DDR RAM in packaged pairs?
Popularity: 196

Why would power run to your computer's fan but nothing else?
Popularity: 195

How do you copy the contents on your hard drive on to a hard drive in another computer that has been scrubbed clean?
Popularity: 194

Can you connect both SCSI HDD and IDE HDD in the same PC?
Popularity: 193

Will an AGP 8x 1.5V only motherboard run a 9800xt .8V AGP 8x 1.5V AGP 4x at top speed?
Popularity: 192

Which motherboard is best for graphics software?
Popularity: 192

Should a PCI video card work on a 8X AGP Nvidea motherboard?
Popularity: 185

How do you set up a computer on your own?
Popularity: 185

What are the different drives in a computer and their functions?
Popularity: 184

What is OEM?
Popularity: 184

How do you turn off your computer?
Popularity: 183

If a DVD CD-RW will only play DVD movie but will not play a CD or install any program is this a coding problem?
Popularity: 182

Why won't a CD writer read blank discs?
Popularity: 180

How do you remove the hard drive from a Toshiba 460cdt?
Popularity: 178

How important are watts when it comes to powering a computer for example is 300W enough for a Asus A7N8X-E AMD XP2700 or a Hercules 9800XT?
Popularity: 175

Where is the ram located in a Toshiba 460cdt and how do you get to it?
Popularity: 168

How do you put a larger hard drive in and put old info on it?
Popularity: 160



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