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I have an old computer that I desperately need to revive. I dont have the support cd's that came with it(its a dell). But I do have the sticker on the side panel with the product key. Is there a way to determine exactly what software goes with this key; i tried some ones off torrent but they say...

Yeah, I guess so, darn group policies... its a school computer anyway, executables can always harm and would definitely make the school go crazy if one was on their system....

Ok so in school, we are not allowed to run executable files such as .exe. I was wondering if there was a way to run it on such a system. Maybe a specially treated folder which allows the executable to run in a limited shell? I s there any software to do this? I tried renaming to .pif, .scr but...

I SAY THIS A MILLION TIMES TO PEOPLE, why do you have fans on the sides of a machine? It NEVER helps! Airflow is simple and straight forward, intake from the front and exhale from the front!, nothing fancy! Side fans disrupt airflow, oh yeah make sure your cpu fan BLOWS ON the cpu. And you...

i thought that water cooling when it came out would be noise free and more solid state cooling, but it still has heatsinks and fans....completely pointless....

temperature fine, experts even say 80c is also general operating temperature under eg. a video encoding application

its only the memory sticks. it opens up for everything else.

i'd reccomend one of the corsair's or the tagan pipe rocks, more reliable

cool, my mums got the exact same computer!....great pc, yeah the graphicss card will fit buy you'll have to squish it in using up 2 pci slots. and almost any psu goes into the new pavillin ones..

The MCP, or MCM, is the Multi Chip Package/Module. This normally refers to the bundling of several integrated circuits onto one dye. I 'm not really sure but the MCP could possibly indicate the Northbridge or the Southbridge on the motherboard or an average of both. I told yeh the front fans...

go to your BIOS, go into settings press f10 or f12 or something(depends of your manufacturer). then move to the boot tab. select your hard disks as the first priority in the boot list(make sure they are). now hit enter on the hdd's and enter the hdd's priority list. now make sure your older...

computer restarts?....psu could be screwed or the cpu is overheating

i've done a few personal researches and they all have concluded to one thing. the airflow in a pc should be as: blowing cool air in from the front and exhaling cool air out the back. the cpu fan should blow air onto the heatsink. now depending on where the fan was, evaluate what operation it...

make sure atleast 2 fans are connected through the motherboard and not power directly from the psu. even if you have connected through the motherboard, check that the fan has 3 or more cables if it dosent, dont worry about the incorrect speed and if it does, try a different fan. 82 degrees...

Firstly, 175$ is fine for a ram module that has a heatsink(pathetically useless in my opinion but still ads to the price) and has a latency of 6-6-6-18. The latency indicates the time delay between the request for data and the reciept of data via and to the cpu. Because the cpu is a gazillion...

Sure theres hundreds of people talking of their phone memory cards or their digital camera memory cards becoming corrupt. But does it really? I thought only hard disks become corrupt due to bad sectors. How does solid state storage become corrupt? It baffles me.

I know hard disks make noises as my Barracuda 360gb, 3.5inch one is doing, what specifically makes the grinding noise and the clicks?...and can it be reduced?

forgot to put the cpu heathink and fan on the cpu. the bios was set to unsensed mode, meaning it would continue to operate without observing temperatures. even my neighbours heard what sounded like a little bomb, blew a hole through the table, no casing, was testing the system.

there are prong like extensions on the usb female connector. ever wondered what the two squares on the usb connector were for?....well the prongs lock onto it. now, the prongs are in a more than normal downward position. get a small screwdriver and bring these prongs slightly up. These are found...

what the hell?.....how the hell are you supposed to test it with no cpu?....the system wont even turn on, and if i'm guessing right, youve probably fried your motherboard. if the motherboard was in contact with the casing and you powered it up, a component probably short circuited!..