Hardware - July 2006

i tried to set up bluetooth on my pc without success, and now every time i start up my pc the found new hardware wazard comes on and i have to cancle it about 10 times before it go's away

can anyone help me please.

2006-07-24 20:56:33 · 11 answers · asked by derek c 1 in Desktops

I purchased a new computer yesturday, my wife decided she wants to play WoW as well, so we needed a second computer so we could play together.

Here are the Computer Specs:

Intel P4 3.2 GHZ
1G RAM
160 GB HDD
ATI Radeon 200 Series Video Card (256MB)

I am able to load WoW, login to the game, and play for roughly 30 min to an hour before things start getting wierd/wonky.

Four different things have happened.

1: First time something odd happened, I was playing for about 45 min in full screen mode when the screen went yellowish and pixelated/staticy, I had to reboot the computer to get it to go away.

2: I turned off my screen saver, just to make sure that was not the issue (had a problem with screensavers and programs in Full screen mode in the past) then played for another 30 min or so, and the computer reboots itself.

I get an error report:

2006-07-24 20:31:33 · 8 answers · asked by Ozymandias 5 in Desktops

2006-07-24 20:12:36 · 5 answers · asked by hranasingha 1 in Desktops

2006-07-24 20:09:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

2006-07-24 20:01:04 · 6 answers · asked by Wayne D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

My laptop has recently died and refuses to boot into Windows XP. The error message I receive is "Unmountable Boot Volume", I have done some searches on the internet and tried a few things but still can not get it to boot / fdisk / format or re-install.

This is what I have tried so far: -

* Booting with Windows 98 and deleting partition and creating a new one with fdisk - deletes partition but freezes when trying to create new one and when computer is reset old (deleted) partition is still there?

* Removed Laptop hardrive and tried to boot as an additional drive in another machine - just kept freezing the other machine?

* Booted into Windows XP Recovery console and tried chkdsk /r - get to around 39% and then stops saying that there are un-recovereable errors.

* Booted Windows XP installation disc and tried to install a new setup - failed with an error on hard drive?

Is there anything else I can try before buying a new hard drive?

2006-07-24 19:57:51 · 9 answers · asked by HEATON2000 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-24 19:45:08 · 3 answers · asked by hranasingha 1 in Desktops

opteron, xeon, pentium, athlon, etc..

2006-07-24 19:44:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

i just bought a scanner from a friend and her boyfriend took all the disks for installing. How do i install without it?

2006-07-24 19:25:58 · 9 answers · asked by katie b 2 in Scanners

2006-07-24 19:23:19 · 4 answers · asked by rocker87_2006 2 in Other - Hardware

i have 1 intel and 8 power PC computers and I dont want to have to buy both versions.

2006-07-24 18:59:58 · 3 answers · asked by Apple Smart 2 in Desktops

2006-07-24 18:57:48 · 6 answers · asked by laxeroflax04 2 in Other - Hardware

do i do?

2006-07-24 18:38:03 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

rms is written in the boxes of pc speakers... like 15rms. but how many watts is 15 rms?

2006-07-24 18:24:10 · 4 answers · asked by MUSIC bugg MOHIT 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-24 18:12:34 · 8 answers · asked by Wondering? 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I already have a question on here asking about which processor is better but for video conversion and editing, is an AMD better than an INTEL for dual core processors? Ive heard to go with INTEL. Details pls

2006-07-24 18:09:08 · 10 answers · asked by Tabbitatt 3 in Desktops

while booting i get the error that the file ntfs.sys could not be loaded.when reinstalling win xp,i get the message that another .sys file could not be loaded. what is the problem?

2006-07-24 18:09:05 · 6 answers · asked by novinsab 1 in Desktops

please list websites, thank you

2006-07-24 17:56:14 · 6 answers · asked by bobgobmx239 2 in Add-ons

I am needing to update my pc because of school and what I currently do, here is a list of programs i will be using

Video editing software (WINAVI, DVDLabPRO)
Audio Conversion (Fairstars)
Graphics editing (Macromedia Fireworks, Flash, Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illistrator)
Website design and programming (Macromedia Dreamweaver)
Video viewing (VLC Media Player)

and then just the basic burning of dvds and what most normal geeks do on their pc's, any recommendations? Im also thinking of 1-2GB for ram.

THANKS

2006-07-24 17:43:14 · 6 answers · asked by Tabbitatt 3 in Desktops

if i'm on the internet for awhile (around 2 or 3 hours), my laptop crashes. all my programs end. then my background and start menu flash on and off. its really weird, any solutions? Thanks, i hoped it made sense.

2006-07-24 16:25:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a PC Probe installed on the computer I just built and it is always telling me that my CPU is aroud 65 celcius. It says that this temp. is too much. What is the best way to cool off my processor? I am not overclocking my machine or running very large programs.

2006-07-24 16:21:29 · 9 answers · asked by teh_n00b 2 in Desktops

2006-07-24 16:14:22 · 4 answers · asked by shanny 1 in Add-ons

2006-07-24 16:01:59 · 4 answers · asked by partyguy20062001 1 in Add-ons

2006-07-24 15:59:34 · 3 answers · asked by fatgoldfish91 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-24 15:56:37 · 5 answers · asked by fatgoldfish91 2 in Monitors

need a new laptop what Brand should I get?

DELL

IBM

APPLE

SONY

HP

TOSHIBIA

OTHER [PLEASE TELL ME WHAT OTHER BRAND THAT I SHOUD CHECK OUT IF IT IS NOT LISTED ABOVE]


Price range: 800- 3000 DOLLARS

2006-07-24 15:43:52 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

it will post to my hdd without it ,but that dont do no good cause my hdd is empty and i cant install my os cd without a cd drive!!!

2006-07-24 15:39:20 · 2 answers · asked by farlen323 1 in Desktops

does anyone know of the best cheap cooling system for a socket 775 motherboard with a 2.9 ghz processor. the location of my pc gets hot cause there is no air so i want to get my pc as cool as i can. it jsut crashed and wouldnt reboot for about an hour cause of heat.

2006-07-24 15:21:15 · 5 answers · asked by ezekiel2899 3 in Add-ons

2006-07-24 15:15:41 · 15 answers · asked by Nicole 4 in Desktops

2006-07-24 14:57:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks