Hardware - June 2006

Hello all,
I am considering purchasing a processor upgrade for my HP Pavilion
ze2401xt notebook PC. After a nice chat with an HP online technician
and acquiring a copy of the service manual for my ze2000 series HP
Pavilion, I have found that I can upgrade the processor that came with
my HP from the current AMD Mobile Sempron 3000+ (1.8Ghz, L1 Cache
64K+64K, L2 Cache 128K, 1.400v, 62w TDP) to an AMD Turion 64 Mobile
MT37 (2.0Ghz, L1 Cache 64K+64K, L2 Cache 1MB, 1.200v, 25w TDP).
My question is, would the performance gains of the upgrade be worth the
$209 that the MT37 costs?
Also, I have been reading that since the MT37's TDP is 25w vs the
Sempron's 62w that overall notebook should run cooler with the MT37.
Has anyone out there experienced this firsthand?

Any opinions, insight or personal experiences in this area would be
very much appreciated and looked forward to.

Thank you

2006-06-13 13:36:26 · 5 answers · asked by Paul in North Carolina 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-13 13:32:19 · 9 answers · asked by checkitout 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Everytime I buy ink for this lexmark printer, I always buys the lexmark brand name ink. But everytime I buy the stupid ink, and I don't use it more than a month, the flippin ink dries out, which infuriates me because those ink cost me a fortune.
I bought the printer mainly for printing school works, however, sometimes I use it to print high quality pictures with glossy and matte paper, other than that I print black and white, with low quality for paper works or school works. And if I use it to print for school work I use a 20lb quality paper, please help me.

With regards,

Drew.

2006-06-13 13:30:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

What I know is Sempron was compared to Intel's Celeron Processor but if I will compare it to AthlonXP with much higher memory capacity, will performance be the same or better than Athlon Processor? Note that only Windows XP Prof SP2 with MS Office application will be used on this PC.

2006-06-13 13:15:52 · 6 answers · asked by MP 3 in Desktops

I know my board has an AGP slot but will a PCI-E card slot into it?

2006-06-13 13:14:23 · 7 answers · asked by thoughthard 2 in Add-ons

Are they a different voltage or size? Are they smaller or larger than other CPU's built for other systems?

2006-06-13 13:13:02 · 2 answers · asked by Road Trip 3 in Other - Hardware

I want to know where I can buy revision 304 of Intel's motherboard D975XBXLKR. Intel released this revision in mid-April but not many stores tell you which revision they are selling. Most of them are still on 302.

2006-06-13 13:09:11 · 3 answers · asked by osidenate 2 in Other - Hardware

my laptop is a dell and its a inspiron E1505

2006-06-13 13:04:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-13 13:01:37 · 2 answers · asked by brandondagreat15 1 in Desktops

i think the power board in my laptop took a crap and the only way to find out is if the laptop still works if i just use the battery. the problem is that the battery is dead so i need to charge the battery and i cant use the laptop since it isnt working. please, i need your help

2006-06-13 12:10:11 · 2 answers · asked by pinned_911 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

ok, when there's sound on my pc (mostly music through itunes, but sometimes games), there is this annoying crackling sound, it usually comes when im trying to browse the internet or open some other application, i recently bought a new sound card, dusted out the computer with canned air, and designated some more of my 512mb of memory to itunes, what else can i do?

2006-06-13 12:01:34 · 7 answers · asked by jlennon10965 1 in Desktops

One time i scanned one of my homework papers on my lexmark scanner and when i was messing with it on my computer the written words were changed into text that i could highlight and stuff. How can i do this again?

2006-06-13 11:46:04 · 6 answers · asked by pyr0b0y617 1 in Scanners

2006-06-13 11:40:17 · 4 answers · asked by Richard 1 in Desktops

ok i have a lite-on dvd+-rw duallayer 16 x and an amdathlon overclockeed to 1.6 Ghz 70 Gb HD 512 MB memory 60% used
nvidia riva tnt 128 MB win2k which dvd player software would u reccomend for me ive tried pwoer dvd but nothing shows al i get is sound and windvd works great but is there anyothers or any at all includiong windvd that u would reccomened?

2006-06-13 11:37:59 · 1 answers · asked by kickenchicken360 4 in Other - Hardware

Ok how bout these two. I can get either of these two video cards becasue they both have PCI slot capability. PNY Verto GeForce FX 5200 / 256MB DDR / PCI / Dual VGA / TV Out / Video Card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2148789&CatId=1603

OR

PNY Verto GeForce FX 5500 / 128MB DDR / PCI / Dual VGA / TV Out / Video Card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1071564&CatId=697
Theres links to both. Id like opinions all around please. I want help with this, and for some reason I trust yalls opinions. lol Thats scary. lol

The card that I do get will be used for gaming. I need a card that has DirectX 9.0 capabilities, and doesnt require PCI 2.0 or AGP or PCI Express. So please help lol. Thanks

2006-06-13 10:51:30 · 5 answers · asked by dta2us 3 in Desktops

im going to buy a 19" lcd monitor and would like to know which resolution is best. right now i am using a 15 inch lcd 1024x768. i use my computer mainly for watching movies and i dont know which of those resolutions would be the best for my computer, full screening movies. 1440x900 or 1290x1024 and if theres a good cheap one out there thats under 300 please let me know aswell

2006-06-13 10:50:07 · 5 answers · asked by n4rumi 2 in Monitors

Little or few viruses attacks apple macs machines, They are strong, why they are so strong like that?

2006-06-13 10:47:09 · 12 answers · asked by Montasser Kais 2 in Desktops

Some people like the touch pad better than the track point. This is of course assuming a mouse isn't available to be used. What do you like better? Track point or touch pad?

2006-06-13 10:30:56 · 10 answers · asked by aqsgtriad 4 in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer turned off just like that and when I tryed to open it, nothing happened? I think the power in the computer broke. My brother was playing on the computer, and all of the sudden it just turned off. What should I do?

2006-06-13 10:27:19 · 4 answers · asked by Marianne 1 in Desktops

I just ordered an Apple computer and I have never used one before. Will I find it difficult to switch from Windows? Any advice or tricks I should be made aware of?

2006-06-13 10:26:27 · 9 answers · asked by lala 1 in Desktops

can anyone explain why when i play doom3 on the lowest setting and res,it runs terrible ,but after a bit of tweaking i set it at medium quality and 1024x768 and its working great
this is even more amazing as the machine i am running it on is a pentium 3 866mhz ,512mbram,radeon 9250(128mb)
how does a game play better at a higher setting,when it plays rubbish on the lowest,and the radeon 9250 isnt the greatest card?

2006-06-13 10:14:58 · 1 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Add-ons

2006-06-13 10:11:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

where can i buy a mic for my computer and a web cam 4 it 2. (its a pc)

2006-06-13 10:09:39 · 2 answers · asked by pacojeans126 2 in Add-ons

2006-06-13 10:06:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I understand the legacy support, but does anyone have any actual usage metrics or manufacturing/business reasons to justify this?

2006-06-13 09:54:12 · 5 answers · asked by Eric G 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

My labtop whenever I turn it on the screen acts normaly and then quickly becomes very dim to the point I can barly see what is going on.

I tried to work with the settings but it dose not seem to affect it. The only thing that works is turning it off and on and swiching between battery and AC power.

this though is starting to piss me off. Is their any fix to this problem short of sending it back to the company? (PS is a Dell inspiron 1300)

2006-06-13 09:50:03 · 4 answers · asked by Gamla Joe 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-06-13 09:38:19 · 7 answers · asked by flyer 3 in Desktops

2006-06-13 09:23:41 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I need more facts to this question. I have had several answers and I am waiting on a A+ certified person to email me back with my answers. But if anyone knows, then tell me and then please tell me how you know. Because some of the answers are sounding kinda fishy. So please help. Thank you.

2006-06-13 09:07:20 · 4 answers · asked by dta2us 3 in Desktops

i have a copy of the beta ..vista and i have a problem although i have "vista ready"p.cs i would rather not use them
the only formatted p.c i have is a amd 500mhz cpu\256mb ram,is it possible to install the vista beta on that,and sacrifice the speed,ect
i only ask this as i managed to install xp on a pentium 1 (166mhz),64mbram,and it installed ok,but it was slow
could i get away with this

2006-06-13 08:59:59 · 3 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Desktops