Computer hardware megathread, or "why does my Pentium 3 get poor FPS"

[HEMI]

Blargh. RMA'ing my cpu yet again, the replacement I got was DOA.. I know it's not my mobo as I've tried a different cpu in it and it worked fine.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Here's my laptop from school

[Brickman]

Got my NZXT HUE lighting kit in. Can't wait to put it in Plus bought me 2 more Corsair fans to replace my Zalmans to I have a uniform PC (selling those and my old white NZXT LED kit). I promised myself that I will leave my PC like it is for a while.
Control panel looks better at the top or bottom? Bottom does look more uniform or something like that. Mind the dust. Im a few... weeks past my monthly dusting

[HEMI]

Got my NZXT HUE lighting kit in. Can't wait to put it in Plus bought me 2 more Corsair fans to replace my Zalmans to I have a uniform PC (selling those and my old white NZXT LED kit). I promised myself that I will leave my PC like it is for a while.
Control panel looks better at the top or bottom? Bottom does look more uniform or something like that. Mind the dust. Im a few... weeks past my monthly dusting

How much would you want for that old lighting kit? Been looking for a white one myself. Oh, and one vote for the panel in the bottom bay

[Brickman]

How much would you want for that old lighting kit? Been looking for a white one myself. Oh, and one vote for the panel in the bottom bay

I'll probably ask $10 - $15 for it on ebay. Depending on if I can remove the clips the light string goes on inside my PC . I have a few extra clips though.
I only ship in the US but might not have to fill out customs for Canada.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Does anyone know of any software that'll make my fingerprint scanner work on a HP Probook 6460b (my laptop). There is no software installed on it from the beginning and I can't find any that works

[P0RTALized]

Does anyone know of any software that'll make my fingerprint scanner work on a HP Probook 6460b (my laptop). There is no software installed on it from the beginning and I can't find any that works

Email HP. They could help you out.
EDIT:I can't install the sound driver on my PC. Can somebody help me with that?

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Why do they have a fingerprint scanner installed when you can't use it?

[TheAdmiester]

Does anyone know of any software that'll make my fingerprint scanner work on a HP Probook 6460b (my laptop). There is no software installed on it from the beginning and I can't find any that works

If the laptop came with a driver CD then use that or ask whoever did buy it for said CD.

While we're on the topic of laptops this is the model I have. It's a Vaio VPCF12S1E from around 2008/9. Feels nice and sturdy/bulky besides the area around the webcam on the screen's frame. Has a first generation i7 CPU with a GT330M and 6GB of memory, still runs just about everything at a decent framerate but it's a bitch when it gets hot. I have a hunch that it needs a good dust out since it never used to do this. 16.4" 1920x1080 screen also.



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Email HP. They could help you out.
EDIT:I can't install the sound driver on my PC. Can somebody help me with that?

If you're using a Windows 7 PC then check if there are some generic sound drivers available under the optional tab of Windows Update, they usually work well enough unless you're looking for something that will allow you to tweak your settings precisely.

[P0RTALized]

My OS is XP cause I only have it. My laptop has WIN 7

[RORCAT]

Anyone here know why my desktop and anything white/gray looks yellow?

Here's a pic of what it looks like.

If you can't see the yellow, It's in the sky on the picture.
It's also on anything white/gray.

My specs are:
AMD Phenom II x4 2.8 ghz
Nvidia GTX 560 ti (all drivers are up to date)
4 gb ram
1 tb hard drive

Monitor:
LG Flatron w2040t using dvi connection.

I can reboot and it gets rid of it maybe 15 minutes.

The graphics card is running at 48c.

Also here is some new pics that hopefully you can see the yellow.

[logoster]

Anyone here know why my desktop and anything white/gray looks yellow?

Here's a pic of what it looks like.

If you can't see the yellow, It's in the sky on the picture.
It's also on anything white/gray.

My specs are:
AMD Phenom II x4 2.8 ghz
Nvidia GTX 560 ti (all drivers are up to date)
4 gb ram
1 tb hard drive

Monitor:
LG Flatron w2040t using dvi connection.

I can reboot and it gets rid of it maybe 15 minutes.

The graphics card is running at 48c.

Also here is some new pics that hopefully you can see the yellow.

could be the graphics card dying, a broken monitor, or out of date graphics drivers, try updating the drivers

[HEMI]

or out of date graphics drivers, try updating the drivers

He just said in his post they were up to date.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

If the laptop came with a driver CD then use that or ask whoever did buy it for said CD.

Didn't come with any CD or any information about it in the instruction manual

[TheAdmiester]

Didn't come with any CD or any information about it in the instruction manual

Is it just a complete stock 6460b or the Energystar one? Also, which operating system are you using and is it 64 or 32 bit?

EDIT: Try this: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...kId=135&mode=3
It's a link for the stock model, see if that makes any difference. If it doesn't then just browse around HP's site under the security software section, that's where the fingerprint software is located.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Is it just a complete stock 6460b or the Energystar one? Also, which operating system are you using and is it 64 or 32 bit?

EDIT: Try this: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport...kId=135&mode=3
It's a link for the stock model, see if that makes any difference. If it doesn't then just browse around HP's site under the security software section, that's where the fingerprint software is located.

I have a 32 bit, and I've tried the Verisoft thing and it only says I don't have access to use it properly even though I'm the admin on the pc :s And it's a stock one from what I know of.

[TheAdmiester]

I have a 32 bit, and I've tried the Verisoft thing and it only says I don't have access to use it properly even though I'm the admin on the pc :s

Right-click the file and choose Run As Administrator and see if that makes any difference, it usually does regardless of if you're admin or not.

[OMGWTFBBQ]

Right-click the file and choose Run As Administrator and see if that makes any difference, it usually does regardless of if you're admin or not.

Didn't help

[TheAdmiester]

Didn't help

You mentioned that you have the laptop from school. Is it a completely stock install of Windows or did the school install some sort of login/networking/security system of their own like most schools use in their buildings? Because if that's the case then it's likely that that software is what's keeping you from installing it.

[UltimateBMWfan]

Just going to put this out there, at the end of october, I'm looking to get one of these laptops, scince I spilled water on my old one while doing some work...: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B008...pf_rd_i=301128

Or something similar. Sorry for the .de, currently I'm living in Germany. I'm just going to be doing some MS Office work on my laptop, and when I'm on a trip, I can do some on the go Gaming with the GT650M built in.