computer software question everest ultimate edition?

November 14, 2009

i got a question see i got my emachines computer fixed and i got a new motherboard and 1 extra new hard drive. ok now that i pluged my emachines speacker in the computer the volume is significatly lower and i have a microphone and that microphone does not work . ok when i oped the computer to see what new stuff it has. and it does not have a sound card just a little silverbox in the inside where the speaker jack and microphone jack plug into. so i dont know what is wrong is there any kind of software that i can get that that tells me what motherboard i got and what is compatible with it it is everest ultimate edition good??

Computer Sound Cuts Out?

October 20, 2009

My sound intermittently cuts out. Running XP with Sound Blaster Audigy 4. Have tried other speakers. Same result. Sound card diagnostics reports all is OK. When sound goes off, may stay off for a day and suddenly start up again. I get audio through headphones even if no sound through speakers. Is there a way to tell whether this is a hardware or a software problem? Appreciate any help. Thank you.

Computer freezes after Windows XP clean install – New PC built?

September 2, 2009

Hi,

I just built a PC with the following new components:

Intel C2D E8400 CPU
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 CPU cooler
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R Motherboard
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD103UJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard drive
SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI Radeon HD 4830 512MB Video card
CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W Power supply
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound card

I used the following used components from my old rig:

2 x 512MB PQI DDR 266 PC2100 (I am waiting for new RAM: Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 PC2 6400)
Seagate Barracuda 160GB 7200RPM hard drive
DVD Drive
DVD Burner

I installed everything very carefully. PC booted normally, I did not make any changes in BIOS. After I finished doing a clean install of XP, the computer just keeps freezing after a minute or two while performing any regular task such as surfing the web, or accessing the C drive. It lets me install a driver or software once in a while and sometimes it will freeze during an installation. It just freezes everytime, it won’t just not freeze at least once. I was wondering if it is the old RAM memory 2 x 512MB that is not enough for this setup or too old? I even uninstalled the sound card, the DVD burner, and left only the 160GB hard drive but it keeps freezing. Any ideas? All I have hooked up now to the MB and CPU is the video card, DVD drive, 2 x 512MB, and 10GB hard drive.

Thanks in advance for your help.
Case is an Antec Lanboy if this helps…
Sorry I meant 160Gb hard drive not 10GB

Are there any softwares that can scan your computer for the drivers that it has?

August 9, 2009

Are there any softwares that can scan my computer to tell me what kind of video and sound card I have? I need the drivers, but I don’t know what kind of sound and graphics card I have.

What is the purpose of computer drivers (after clean install of Windows XP)?

June 17, 2009

Hi, I've just got a new Acer Aspire 5672wlmi which didn't have any recovery or driver CDs. I clean installed Windows XP on a newly formatted hard drive.

For some reason, the computer can't detect the modem, sound card or wireless adapter. I've checked on the Acer website and it says this laptop has these devices. Just wondering if this is normal? Do we need to install the drivers for the computer to recognise the devices? I'm so confused…