More questions??? Right the PC I am looking at currently has DDR2 PC2-4200. I have done some research on the corsair website and they also do 4300...
Thanks for the advice.
I do, what would you suggest cleaning the system with as it is very dirty inside.
I have read that to get the best performance from DDR2 memory they have to be matched. What does this mean? Do I have to buy a twin pack of memory...
Also would a faulty video card stop the PC from booting?
Just to confirm that a video card and graphics card are the same thing?
I was careful not to change anything in the bios. I am tempted to get a cheap video card and download the beta version of vista and see if I can get...
Thanks for all your help, I will get a new video card and see. I now have the additional problem of not having a complete operating system due to...
the computer will only boot at all about 1 in 5 attempts. If the computer boots then I can access the bios otherwise nothing happens so I cannot...
Sometimes I can get to the bios, and if i can then it does not seem to crash at all. Also the same things goes for when I was trying to recover the...
Right I am looking for a new PC and have found this for €499. What are peoples views on value for money and futureabiity....
I am not sure, I think when I have had it in pieces it is a northbridge. Just had a quick look and the L4S5M is printed on the motherboard if that...
I don't think it is the ram as I tried booting with no ram to see if it would beep, same thing as before took 4-5 attempts for the computer to beep...
I did not think overheating would be a problem from a cold start. If the PC has been off for hours then it stilll won't boot. To be honest it seems...
Thanks for the suggestion I will give it a try if I can get it to boot up far enough
Well the power supply was brand new. The ram worked great and I would guess it would be unusual for both sticks for ram to go at the same time....
You may joke but I have been close to reaching for the hammer on a few occasions in the last week.
Yes have always grounded myself (touching the outer casing of the pc with the power lead attached) and have not worked with the power on. I...
Same thing at the same time on the cd writer too. It is like the PC does not want to be recovered. I am totally stuck and cannot find my windows 98...
I'll try my old cd writer as master and report back
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