Posts by jetmech1

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox PCI graphics cards are slow compared to AGP X 8 or PCI-express. If you are looking at a replacement uATX board then it should still have an AGP x 8 or PCI-e slot for future...

I have found a system that is a P4 3.0GHz but it has intergreated graphics. The old system has an nVidia GFX 5200 PCI 128 mb graphics card, which should be better than the new intergrated graphics. Am I correct on this? If so I will just...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox It's not worth troubleshooting. I see tons of these boards sold on eBay all the time for around $10. Best to get a new motherboard, CPU and RAM. Total cost...around $250 for a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox Prime 95 will not check you hard drive cable or motherboard IDE controller. It will stress your CPU and memory though. You said it's an old motherboard, what model (socket) is...

I did not count them, but it was about 30. Prime95 has been running for several hours and the computer is still going strong.

Quote: Originally Posted by DXGeek Here are some things to consider. Apologies in advance if you've already worked through them all: - You could be looking at some sort of spyware/malware/virus mucking with the...

Quote: Originally Posted by mr. roboto The power problem could also reside in the wiring in your house. For example, the wiring in my dorm is awful. Everytime the refridgerator kicks ok, it spikes the power and my...

Thanks for the replies. MEMTEST ran for 10 hours and did not find anything. The HD is what I'm thinking also, becuase this computer likes to eat HD's for some reason. I wonder why? I run disk check and defragmentor often on all my...

Thanks.............I'm running it now. It must take a while to run.

I have an older Compaq Presario desktop pc that keeps having boot problems. Several times in the past couple of years it has had problems booting up. It gives a file missing error message. I have to use the Windows XP OS disk to repair...