Hardware - June 2006

2006-06-20 10:04:10 · 10 answers · asked by krymarbet 1 in Other - Hardware

right now I can only burn single layer at 6X and DL at 2.4. My drive can handle faster speeds. Is is the burner, the disks, the computer, the software?? I have the software set to max speed

2006-06-20 10:01:47 · 8 answers · asked by ajromero50lp 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-06-20 09:57:19 · 10 answers · asked by Brandon 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

Ient SLI after owning for 1 week, and need a little more juice for it (getting 4800).

2006-06-20 09:54:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

My OS is shot and I need to re-install it but my dvd rom is shot as well. I do have a usb cd-rom that I can use but I can't figure out how to get it to boot to that usb drive.

2006-06-20 09:53:12 · 3 answers · asked by dabus99 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-20 09:52:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

what do you like about it/ what DONT you like about it?

2006-06-20 09:40:16 · 13 answers · asked by wcbadboy21 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-20 09:39:39 · 4 answers · asked by Paul P 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-20 09:29:55 · 4 answers · asked by t-baby 1 in Monitors

2006-06-20 09:26:05 · 2 answers · asked by rwlane55 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

one day i was pressing the bottons on my computer moniter and i made the brighness on my computer darker. i cant figure out what i did but all i know is i have a NEC computer if that helps... but it would really help me if somone knew what to do becaue its hard to see. thank you.

2006-06-20 09:22:45 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

2006-06-20 09:11:23 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Hello Folks,
Anyone know of a service that will repair PC video cards? This card cost over $500.00 in 2003 and is out of manufacture's warranty and Sapphire does not offer repair services, but the card is still covered under the MasterCard warranty.
But MC card wants either a written repair estimate or a written statement of not repairable. If I can get either then MC will cover the cost.
Any help would be really great.
Thanks ...
Rick Gordon

2006-06-20 08:51:43 · 1 answers · asked by rgordon99 2 in Other - Hardware

I sure hope I can explain this clearly??

You know the mouse-type mechanism on a laptop where you merely roll your finger over the glass and it moves the cursor about? Well how comes it only works for fingers? Example, if you try and use a pen, or another object to move the cursor, it does not move. The computer only responds to people's fingers! How come?

2006-06-20 08:21:44 · 7 answers · asked by Chimera's Song 6 in Laptops & Notebooks

it comes up with thise message "due to thermal event on the previous shutdown" what could be the remedie to this problem and the cause of it

2006-06-20 08:01:15 · 6 answers · asked by wisy J 1 in Desktops

the graphic card of the laptop that I'm buying is:
GRAPHICS CHIPSET
Graphics Media Accelerator 950
GRAPHICS MEMORY
8MB-128MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory

2006-06-20 07:48:38 · 7 answers · asked by cool c 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

About how much do they cost?
Where can you buy them?
How many colors they have of it?
What are the colors?
???

2006-06-20 07:45:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-20 07:30:24 · 6 answers · asked by Patty F 1 in Desktops

me and my sibling both have ipods so we both use itunes and everytime i go on itunes with my ipod his songs automatically go on my i pod and then I try to delete them but every time I click on my playlist my songs are tinted and the program won't let me delete or clear my songs from my playlist.

2006-06-20 07:22:12 · 3 answers · asked by contheshine 1 in Add-ons

2006-06-20 07:17:53 · 15 answers · asked by quantum.field 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

You know how computers always slow down after a long time of use? Well, I recently (a couple months ago) completely reinstalled Windows XP on my 700 MHz Laptop (I know that it's slow but it works OKay for my purposes) and whenever I first logged in, it literally logged in 2 seconds. and it stayed like that for a long time, even after I installed my applications. It's starting to slow down again, and there is no virus or spyware or anything like that. I was wandering if there was a free or cheap (preferably 60 dollars or less) program that kind of restores the Windows XP "newness" so that it's fast again? And I really don't want to reactivate or anything. Thanks.

2006-06-20 06:58:27 · 14 answers · asked by johnthecompnerd 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-20 06:41:34 · 5 answers · asked by Raistlin H 3 in Desktops

I am looking to transfer data (Files, music files, movies, word documents and other data from my desktop to my laptop - there is about 70gb of stuff). Could anyone tell me the best and the quickest way to do this and if possible, please try not to use too much technical jargon. Also finally my laptop has a hard rive of over 100 GB so space wont be an issue

2006-06-20 06:21:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a monitor, a 21" CRT monster, that I just LOVE. Recently it has begun to develop a shadow across the bottom quarter of the screen after its been on a bit, sometimes the top as well. I specifiy 'shadow' instead of 'black' because those sections of the monitor don't become impossible to see, its just like they are literally in a dark shadow, you can read through it.

Ive noticed that giving it a good shake or an emotionally satisfying whack on the side makes it temporarily go away, but it always comes back.

What is this shadow caused by? I have a practically non-existant budget so if repair is an option I would like to pursue that, but I know monitor repair is a tricky thing. I am aware certain parts going bad (ie the cathode) make it cheaper to buy a new monitor, but the symptoms make me think this is not that, I just don't know what it is.

Any monitor-wise folks familiar with this shadow effect that can advise? Tossing it is a last resort for me, if even an option

Thanks!

2006-06-20 05:27:23 · 6 answers · asked by DU|U 3 in Monitors

So, I formatted my external hard drive and I need the data back. Any suggestions on how to recover ALL or most of my data? I haven't written anything on top of the data yet. Are there any tools or programs out there that might help me (ideally freeware)?

2006-06-20 04:52:27 · 12 answers · asked by gladlock96 2 in Other - Hardware

My desktop computer has two handy "USB 1.1 ports" on the front (it also has 2 or 3 in the back).

I'd like to upgrade my front USB ports from 1.1 to 2.0 using a "USB 2.0 PCI card" if at all possible.

So, my question is this: If I buy a USB 2.0 card that has 2 "external" and 2 "internal" ports, can I use that card's 2 internal ports to "change" my two exixting USB 1.1 ports so that they become version 2.0? If so, how is this done?

I'd like to have the USB 2.0 capability on the front of my computer where my 2 USB 1.1 ports are now.

If this can't be done, how are the "internal" USB 2.0 ports on a PCI card supposed to be used?

I'm using Windows XP Home Edition.

2006-06-20 04:45:02 · 16 answers · asked by Im2hard2please 2 in Desktops

What is best moneywise? To buy a new PC or upgrade the old one if possible?

2006-06-20 04:07:59 · 9 answers · asked by Weyguy 2 in Desktops

Model FA411
16 bit
10/100 Mbps

2006-06-20 04:03:56 · 5 answers · asked by Javier V 1 in Other - Hardware

I want something that is very sturdy and maybe that I could put on my keychain.

2006-06-20 04:01:38 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-06-20 03:53:22 · 14 answers · asked by dgk 1 in Laptops & Notebooks