My computer fans are always on and they run really loud and I think my computer parts are overheating.  Is there anyway to find out which one exactly is?  In my BIOS I can view some temperatures but its not really a good tool since I can’t test it with putting the computer under load [...]

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My PC is connected to a router, and router is connected to my modem. In network
connections its showing that I am connected but when I go to access the internet,
the browser just loads but it does not connect to anything! I’ve tried to repair the connection, and it still will not let me on the [...]

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I recently put in a 650 Watt power supply on my old Dell XPS that has a GeForce 8800 GTS video card (the 512mb version).  Is there anyway to actually get a rough estimate of what it uses as a wattage because I was told the 650 is too much for that but I was [...]

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My son is going off to college this year, and I know we need to buy him a new laptop.  I’m wondering when is the best time to buy his laptop and are there any discounts I should look out for or any special bundles or savings?  What should I get him?  Thanks.
Buying your student [...]

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I’ve been having some trouble recently with my burned CD’s.  I use to be able to burn all my music onto discs to take into the car all the time, but for some reason, the discs I’ve made recently just burn and finalize but just do not play in any of my CD players like [...]

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Hi, I have an HP Pavilion TV m7674x that is flooded with viruses. I wonder if
you could tell me how to scrub the hard drive before I reinstall windows. I have
the option to do system recovery but that does not completely get rid of all the
old and corrupted files there may still be. Thanks for [...]

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The new innovations to the Apple iPod are coming, could they be further improved before release?
Apple’s iPod sales have been on the decline as of recently, but there is speculation that they are in the mix of adding a new feature to boost revenue.  Apple added the shooting and editing of video on their prodigy [...]

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I bought a new iPod video and it was working great, but I removed it from the charger port this morning and it had a “sad” iPod face on it with X’s for the eyes and a link to Apple Support on the screen.  The Apple Genius said I need a new hard drive but [...]

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Today I’m going to switch sides on my normal style of posting and ask the readers a question.  Many readers keep their computers updated with the latest operating systems so I felt maybe something that I haven’t found a viable option for may be found with the help of some of our advanced readers.

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I have a Fujitsu Siemens Model Scaleo D1520 computer with an onboard graphics
card as described hereafter:
“Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics, 2D/3D Graphics Controller,256 Bit, 120
Hz max. Refresh Rate, 2047×1536×16 max. Resolution,
350 MHz RAMDAC, Dynamic Video Memory Technology,
upgradeable with AGP Graphics Card or ADD Cards to add support
for digital displays or TV Out, [...]

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