Hardware - July 2006

I have a hard drive from a previous computer, it was the primary hard drive that booted the computer up and everything. How, if at all, will that effect if i want to hook it up to a new computer to get my files off?

Like, will it try and boot windows or anything?
or if i put it in the slave spot will it just automattically reconize it as just another memory source?

2006-07-18 04:06:31 · 5 answers · asked by schaller2003 2 in Desktops

I have a zenith computer(pentium-90) now it is not working and Idont have the mother board driver.

2006-07-18 03:31:39 · 4 answers · asked by pk270370 1 in Desktops

My scanner does film and negatives but not slides...they are too large. I don't want to spend $500 dollars either.

2006-07-18 03:25:58 · 1 answers · asked by King of the Couch 3 in Scanners

I am a journalist in grecce but i am going to work in macedonia so I need a fine dell laptop that will work in macedonia,can someone plese seel me one or tell me where can i buyit.

2006-07-18 03:17:30 · 4 answers · asked by LIle 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I was wondering if there is a dvd burner that does not have to be connected to your computer? A seperate burner that is used only for burning that has no ties with your computer at all. If so about how much do they run and are they a good product??

2006-07-18 02:40:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

2006-07-18 02:20:35 · 7 answers · asked by Jon 2 in Add-ons

2006-07-18 02:13:20 · 13 answers · asked by pomera 1 in Other - Hardware

I dont want to buy it off the internet...want to check out the peice and then buy.....some shop or person..can advise

2006-07-18 02:00:04 · 1 answers · asked by ferrariacer3400lmi 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

The fan is not coming on, so I thought it was a blown power supply. However, the green light on the console and the mouse are lit up. The are no other signs of life. Could it be the motherboard? If that's the case, why isn't the fan working? Please help.

2006-07-18 01:54:19 · 11 answers · asked by shoelace 3 in Desktops

I want to buy new CD writer, but on net i have seen about the blue ray CD which stores 50 GB, but i am unable to find the drive. Is blue ray drive is availabe in market? if yes what is the cost? i have seen the sony.com but unable to locate. Please provide me the link for the blue ray drive.

2006-07-18 01:49:05 · 2 answers · asked by royal 3 in Add-ons

2006-07-18 01:34:31 · 4 answers · asked by samrat22 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Sir,
I purchased new PCI usb card (4 usb) .I have pentium celeron system with Via mother board (VT82C586B ,S7-SB 9936 CE) .i had two PCI vacant.When i put that card in system,PC doesnt start .I also tried to put that in another slot ,still it is not working i.e PC doesnt start.when i remove it,it starts.
I had a doubt on card quality so i brought it to service centre ,there it is working.Card is ok
Pls guide ,how to install it corectly.Is it because of low RAM.I have only 32MB RAM

2006-07-18 01:32:48 · 4 answers · asked by premjee 2 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-18 01:28:53 · 11 answers · asked by Jon 2 in Desktops

i'm looking for a laptop that will allow me to work away from the studio, not necessarily as a PC replacement but capable of doing the majority of things fast. i'll be running a number of graphics programs using large files - AutoCAD, photoshop, 3dsmax, sketchup. i'd also like it to be lightish and to be as thin as possible. i do some gaming, playing tomb raider etc and would like to use wifi, but it'd be a secondary to the ability to work. i also edit films and mp3s so something capable of running editing facilities at top speed would be handy. i'd have a top-end budget of £1000 but wouldn't want to spend much more than £700-800. any recommendations? maker? model? shops etc?

2006-07-18 01:28:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i refilled cartridges but i couldnt get a good result. pictures, everything is green. coloring is not good. what to do?/??

2006-07-18 01:23:27 · 3 answers · asked by guven2r 1 in Printers

Here is what I've checked so far. Tried running fdsik, then format, it does that fine. However, when trying to load WinXP, it stops during the install. It does not stop in the same place every time. I think it may be the CPU is over heating. No response from keyboard or mouse and screen is frozen. I tried another disk, tried another known good video card, tried another known keyboard, tried another known good IDE cable.

I tried known good stick of 128 RAM. This is a Micron Milenium computer. I pulled the case off and visually inspected all connections were firmly connected and there is no visable damage or spills. I think the system may not be cooling the CPU. I have one small fan directly over top of the CPU and one directly on the heat sinks of the CPU. There is a lot of dust built up in the CPU. I guess I'll try taking a can of compressed air and blowing out the case and both fans. If blowing the dust out doesn't solve my problem, what else can I do or what else can I check

2006-07-18 01:06:11 · 7 answers · asked by tech4u2_2002 2 in Desktops

2006-07-18 00:58:15 · 4 answers · asked by A. M 1 in Desktops

It never happened before.I think it start to ask when after i pulled out the flash from USB port without signed out and i think in XP,it didn't need to be.

2006-07-18 00:46:36 · 3 answers · asked by Brown Sugar 3 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-18 00:45:08 · 4 answers · asked by Aman 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

my laptop is 1.6GHz, windows XP Home,732 MB DDR and 80 GB HDD.

2006-07-18 00:22:54 · 6 answers · asked by interaciraq 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

when I click on the left button the context menu appears
I can't do anything with the Right button.
What can I do to correct it?Key board working perfectly.

To correct it I changed the Mouse property,But now I can't keep it on the old condition.

2006-07-18 00:02:29 · 7 answers · asked by Ann 1 in Other - Hardware

It is working fine on 'color' mode but stucks in between while in 'black and white' mode and makes noise and give distorted images

2006-07-17 22:38:31 · 2 answers · asked by viking_inin 2 in Scanners

I have a desktop that initially had windows 98se. Since this machine was about 5 years old, it had a lot of clutter. I meanwhile had the full version of windows XP pro SP2. The funny thing is that since I wanted to remove all the old files with my old OS and load from scratch win XP I tried to install it. However, the system only allowed me to install XP while I was logged in, which surely installed XP but left the old clutter of files.
I read that the old files can be removed if the installation is done by booting to a Win XP, that protocol is supposed to format the hard drive completely. I checked that my boot preference was from the CD. But to my dismay the I dont get the format option and the computer boots up to the installed XP. Maybe something is not right with the CD. But I tried to check the CD if it boots up to give the format option at the start on my old laptop and I got the same response as above.
I really want to format and do a clean install of Win XP on my desktop.

2006-07-17 22:24:32 · 5 answers · asked by Mike 1 in Desktops

i have an aopen dvd drive on my pc (not a dvd writer). Anyway i got given a dvd+r disk yesterday and my computer wont even recognise the disk (no disk in d:/)/ iv played the disk on the home dvd player (its a disk with pictures) so i do know that the files are burnt on the disk. Also i played another dvd in the pc drive and it worked so i know that the drive works.(the dvd i played was also a burnt dvd not sure the format)

2006-07-17 20:42:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

PIII 850mhz with the O.S windows 98 first detected the HDD c and D drives. but the next day it is detecting the only C drive and disappering the D drive and the cd rom drives E and F i am a novoice and would like to to trouble shoot the detecting the drives

2006-07-17 20:41:10 · 3 answers · asked by shabnavees r 1 in Other - Hardware

i'm working in an org and my pc is locked and i couldn't open it it is the the system passward so pls help

2006-07-17 20:35:39 · 3 answers · asked by ephity 1 in Add-ons

Explain in details witn include by compare and example so I can more understand.

2006-07-17 20:27:35 · 4 answers · asked by johnlee871231 4 in Other - Hardware

2006-07-17 20:14:51 · 6 answers · asked by Denny 1 in Desktops

I have a pentium d 805 processor. I was wondering what the average temperature should be?

2006-07-17 20:11:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

Some of my friends have also lately complained of the same complaint. and strangely my tv is also having the same trouble ie it appears as if i am watching the tv through a coloured glass. Please help !!!!

2006-07-17 20:07:57 · 12 answers · asked by Josey M 2 in Other - Hardware