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Biostar P4M90-M4 w/ Celeron 2 GHz 2 gigs PNY DDR2 (PC2-6400, 400 MHz) VIA Chrome9 HC IGP Soundblaster 24 bit Samsung 40 GB XP Pro, SP 3 Linksys E2000 Problem: Browsers eating up 100% of CPU, esp. with flash sites. This is the case with firefox, IE, chrome and opera. All are sluggish and tough...

If you click Start and then Games, you'll see a box in the lower right corner that says "Check your computer's Performance Information". Underneath that you'll see "Current System" followed by a number. What's your number? You can also find it in Control Panel by selecting Performance...

Is anyone up on the current range of cpus available? I work in specifying parts for pcs, and even I am fairly lost these days. Last time I had to buy one for myself, it was fairly straightforward, as AMD were by far the best in the midrange price bracket. These days, I'm not so sure, and it's...

I recently bought an AMD 3500+, along with a motherboard and a new video card. When I plugged it all in, the monitor said it had no video input. So, I tried another card, and another monitor. Neither worked. So I took a look at the CPU and found that it has about 5 or 6 bent pins;3 in the...

Hello: While playing with an old 486 CPU, I discovered that it is strongly attracted to a magnet. Anybody got an idea why a chunk of silicon would behave this way? The heat sink was removed.