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Monday, February 16, 2009

This weeks TOP PC games chart 16 February 2009

Here is this weeks top PC games chart from CUSTOMPC

01 Football Manager 2009 (No change)
02 World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King (Last week: 3)
03 Grand Theft Auto IV (Last week: 2)
04 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (No change)
05 Football Manager Live (Last week: 7)
06 The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (Last week: 5)
07 CSI: New York (Last week: 6)
08 Call of Duty: World at War (No change)
09 Spore (No change)
10 Fallout 3 (No change)

Will my new motherboard work with my older CPU and Ram?

If your older motherboard has packed in and your tight on a budget replacing the motherboard is the best option.
But is it compatible with your current CPU or Ram memory?
The best way to do this is to look at the motherboards specifications on the box itself or even better go to the manufacturers website ,there you can see its CPU support list and also what Ram memory it can handle that way you can be certain that it will boot up.
The major factors are the CPUs FSB(Front Side Bus) e.g. 400 ,533,800,1066 ,its L2 memory cache e.g. 512kb,1mb and the CPU Speed e.g.1.8 ,2.4 ,3ghz ,this can be clearly seen on the CPU chip itself on the flat top surface.
The Rams speed is also very important e.g. DDR 266,333,400 MHz and the newer DDR2 533,667,800 more info

how to change the Internet Explorer 7 default search engine.

Internet Explorer comes by default with the Microsoft live search ,to change it to your favourite one do the following;
While Internet Explorer is open click on the Search Options drop down tab next to the search bar on the right hand side and choose the option Find More Providers , click on your desired search provider and then when prompted click on Add Provider(make sure you also check the option to make it your default search provider).

how to enable the Run box on windows Vista start menu

To enable the Run box on the start menu like Windows XP has on Windows Vista do the following;
Right-Click the Start button and choose Properties ,then Customize.
In the Customize Start Menu screen check the option Run command and then click OK.

Alternatively you can use the Win + R key command to open Run.

Monday, February 2, 2009

This weeks TOP PC games chart 2 February 2009

Here is this weeks top PC games chart from CUSTOMPC

01 Football Manager 2009 (No change)
02 World of Warcraft: Wrath of Lich King (No change)
03 The Sims 2: Double Deluxe (Last week: 4)
04 Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Last week: 3)
05 Call of Duty: World at War (No change)
06 Grand Theft Auto IV (Last week: 7)
07 Fallout 3 (Last week: 6)
08 Spore (No change)
09 Football Manager Live (New entry)
10 Left 4 Dead (Last week: 9)