Hardware - July 2006

2006-07-27 09:55:53 · 10 answers · asked by sesh48 3 in Desktops

I'm trying to install a Radeon video card to update from my ancient Nvidia one, and the first step is to update the AGP drivers for the motherboard. It said to go to control panel, system, device manager, and system devices. And here I'm supposed to find the chipset manufacturer's name so I can update the drivers? All I see that seems appropriate is "Intel 8w443BX Pentium II processor to AGP controller." Then it says to double click on the name and go to the Driver tab and then go to the Driver Details button. But the button is fogged out, it's lighter, you know, like when they make it so you can't click on it. So I don't know how I'm supposed to update the drivers... The video card I'm using currently is an AGP one, so do I really need to update anything? It says "Not only do you need display drivers for an AGP graphics card, you also need drivers for your motherboard, which enable AGP functionality for the motherboard chipset." And that makes me think it's fine how it is.

2006-07-27 09:52:22 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-07-27 09:46:16 · 5 answers · asked by Alan 2 in Desktops

Hi, On Best Buy web site they got a sale on there desktops. I seen two computer that I like here the link of those two computers:http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=999958500050001&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01173&id=pcmprd58700050001 and the other one http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=999958500050003&type=product&productCategoryId=cat01173&id=pcmprd58700050003 . Which one out those two if you had the money to buy it? I got a Compaq right now so I don't know whether to stick with the Compaq or try the Gateway computer.

2006-07-27 09:45:07 · 10 answers · asked by ldr10135 2 in Desktops

I'm not really sure I need a new video card, I get decent frame rates in the ONLY game I play, how exactly does one determine when a new video card is what you should get?

2006-07-27 09:39:13 · 4 answers · asked by D 4 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-27 09:38:36 · 9 answers · asked by piper M 1 in Add-ons

I have a Dell SmartStep 250N. First, I got an "Operating System Not Found" message. A little later, the screen was completely blank on start up. I bought a new hard drive and RAM and installed them. Now when I start it up, the power lights come on and the fan spins and the DVD Drive will pop out if I press the button, but the screen is completely blank and there are no sounds. If I press cap lock the light doesn't light up. What's the problem and what can I do to fix it?

2006-07-27 09:07:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Is this deal better for Microsoft or Mac, or both benefit equally? Who is most hurt by this?

2006-07-27 09:07:07 · 6 answers · asked by Marcello 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

All of a sudden my flat panel monitor wont show my music visulation in total full screen. It shows it like a movie in letter box format. How can I fix this?

2006-07-27 09:02:06 · 8 answers · asked by thatvegasguy 2 in Monitors

I have a HP Pavilion a400n. It has a 80 gb harddrive. 5 gb's of it are partioned into backup files for the computer. I deleted all of the files now i want to get rid of that 5 gb and make it into a 10 gb. How to do it?

2006-07-27 09:00:59 · 19 answers · asked by thiscoolguy!! 2 in Desktops

when there hooked up it comes to boot screen and searches for pri ,sec,etc. then looks for boot disk in the floppy and then says insert boot in floppy

2006-07-27 08:53:33 · 11 answers · asked by monty 1 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-27 08:50:42 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-27 08:23:25 · 2 answers · asked by rcapy 1 in Desktops

I am working on a PC that will now power on since a recent storm. I switched out the power supply with a spare one which is 100 watts less than the original one. I only plugged it into the motherboard and hard drive. It does light up in the front and I can hear the power supply working now. I hear no other sounds though. Is that because I have to get the correct watts and plugged it up all the way? How would I know if there is a problem with the motherboard?

2006-07-27 08:16:42 · 7 answers · asked by jmccool77 2 in Desktops

2006-07-27 08:10:59 · 11 answers · asked by Unknown Artist~ 4 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-27 08:10:12 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Printers

having a compac presario how do i identify its mother board

2006-07-27 07:58:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I bouth a dvdrom for my computer to record on a blank dvd, but it want record on a dvd-r.

2006-07-27 07:56:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

My budget is below $700. I am deploying with the navy soon, and need something powerful enough to run WINXP SP2, play a DVD, and must have LAN and WLAN. Anybody know about some good discounts?

2006-07-27 07:53:55 · 10 answers · asked by misty p 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My computer is an eMachines desktop. The model is a T2885. The motherboard was just replaced in april. It has a 2.8GHz Intel Celeron Processor, an 80GB hard drive (of course right now it's a bit bogged down with games and such), a DVD-ROM drive (16x Max. Read), a CD-RW drive (48x Max. Read), 1024MB RAM, ATI Radeon 9200 GPU, and an Intel(R) PRO 10/100 LAN port. The sound card is Envy24 Family Audio blahblahblah (it's decent.) and i was thinking of including a few higher end games that I've purchased. The monitor would be included, but it's old and bulky. Thanks in advance.

I originally purchased it for about 500 dollars, but i've added the new sound card, new GPU, mobo replaced, installed an 80mm fan, and added 512MB RAM

2006-07-27 07:49:50 · 7 answers · asked by pros1337gg 2 in Desktops

My OLD desktop is dead- NOT WORKING at all. How can I wipe out the HD on the old computer before donating it?

2006-07-27 07:46:46 · 9 answers · asked by MagPookie 4 in Desktops

I have an ATI Radeon 9200 GPU on a PCI slot. My motherboard is kind of old and the GPU is ancient. If anyone else has had my problem, can you give me a good idea for a new GPU?

2006-07-27 07:40:24 · 10 answers · asked by pros1337gg 2 in Desktops

2006-07-27 07:38:02 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-27 07:34:34 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

also when this is going on nothing shows up on the screen

2006-07-27 07:30:33 · 14 answers · asked by monty 1 in Other - Hardware

...but it recently stopped working in the last 3 months. When I run modem check it says that the modem is present but no dial tone can be found. Can anyone tell me the cause for this and how I can fix it without a lot of hassel/ expense? Thank you!!

2006-07-27 07:23:15 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-27 07:13:40 · 13 answers · asked by peewee 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i was trying to burn a cd and the burner says unable to find burner, please attach one and restart. i go under my computer and the only drive it shows is the main hard drives (HP_PAVILION and HP_RECOVERY)

2006-07-27 07:06:31 · 5 answers · asked by nick t 1 in Other - Hardware

i have a sony viao, on the back of my tower i have a vga and a dvi port. currently i have one monitor hooked up with the vga, can i hook up another monitor with the dvi? therefore i will have 2 monitors and i can extend my desktop

2006-07-27 07:02:38 · 8 answers · asked by bigjay8510 2 in Monitors

I have a cpu that has windows ME and another that has windows 95 . I would like to know if it would be possible to hook both of them up to the same monitor. I do not want to use them both at the same time. My pc with 95 has word on it. And I need to use it to write a resume. Any Ideas. but the one with 95 does not have a modem.

2006-07-27 07:00:24 · 8 answers · asked by HastyBabe 4 in Monitors