Hardware - July 2006

I just bought a used computer with Windows 2000. When I start it the first thing that shows is that it detected new hardware called 'Media Audio Controller'. It asks me to find the drivers for this device, but I really dont know where to look for them, or if I have to download them. Also I did not get any installation cds with the computer so I cant reinstall anything (I think). In the device manager, the audio control has a yellow exclamation.Right now I dont have any sound in my computer I think due to this problem. Can anyone help?

2006-07-13 13:30:14 · 6 answers · asked by bluestorm2k 1 in Other - Hardware

What's a safer one to go with?

2006-07-13 13:13:22 · 7 answers · asked by preciousbunny 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a dvd +rw disc with some data written on it. but i can't rewrite to the disc. the "get info" panel on mac (equivalent to properties on win) shows that it is read only! how do i rewrite to it?

2006-07-13 11:57:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

External hard drives are like hard drive enclousures and have a hard drive in them. I was wondering if you can buy a hard drive enclosure that acts like a external hard drive. I am wondering this because i have an extra har drive laying around and i want to stick it in a external hard drive type of thing because i can't put it in my computer. Do they make such things?

2006-07-13 11:51:58 · 8 answers · asked by Alex Googley 2 in Add-ons

I'm thinking to add a video card in my laptop that is (Windows 98). Where i have to install or i have to change the motherboard. What I have to do. Tell me more about it.

2006-07-13 10:46:30 · 7 answers · asked by Mary 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

On my laptop the volume buttons are not working. The lights for the "volume up" and "volume down" buttons are on but pressing them does not change the volume. The "mute" button also is not working. It lights up when I put "mute" on via the Control Panel, but the physical buttons are not responding.
Also, the icon for the speakers does not appear on the lower-right corner of my screen anymore.
How do I regain control of my sound?

2006-07-13 10:27:37 · 5 answers · asked by Mike R 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

What is Memory CAS Latency ?

2006-07-13 10:26:53 · 8 answers · asked by Master P 2 in Desktops

I want to know if can be install two video card in a computer. Because my computer has one that just have (64 MB) so I want to add another one tell me what I do. Or not tell me. Thanks!!!!!

2006-07-13 10:26:36 · 7 answers · asked by Mary 1 in Desktops

2006-07-13 10:25:26 · 1 answers · asked by Wez 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I use a Mac at work, and we are unable to upgrade or switch to PC or better Macs due to budget freeze. But our budget is not the only thing frozen. My mouse cursor freezes -- regularly. My keyboard works faithfully, but occassionally a prompt comes up saying it has insufficient power. The mouse is the big problem, as it flashes red (it's a USB wire mouse, not wireless) after extended use of the mouse. The pointer freezes when moving around a lot or when I'm scrolling through a page. I have plenty of memory left and 900 mb of virtual memory. I deleted all Web browser cookies. I emptied my trash. A virus search revealed nothing. A little help? (Please refrain from anti-Mac comments -- I'm doing the best with what I got, and Macintosh has its good points).

2006-07-13 10:12:17 · 2 answers · asked by creton4 3 in Desktops

2006-07-13 10:01:11 · 6 answers · asked by brendabigpoints 1 in Add-ons

2006-07-13 10:00:07 · 6 answers · asked by brendabigpoints 1 in Desktops

2006-07-13 09:56:23 · 5 answers · asked by dt 5 in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a compaq amarda 4210 which has a pcmcia cd-rw,but the drivers have been wiped,and i am unable to re-install them,even with the correct drivers avalible
is there a pcmcia-usb device so i can put a copy of xp on to a external hdd and transfer it over,the laptop is running 98
or can i connect my desktop using xp to it and transfer xp over using a com port.if so ,how
can you transfer xp over windows 98?
any ideas

2006-07-13 09:42:29 · 8 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Laptops & Notebooks

Equal pricing, but I need one for my room, just for school stuff. Which one would be better in your opinion?

http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ic=24_0&ref=125875.126124+500000.500592

2006-07-13 09:40:51 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

An insect has got in behind the screen somehow (thunderfly thing) and I am wondering if there is any way I can get the damn thing out or am I going to have to accept that I will be seeing his rotting carcase every time I open up my laptop from now on??

2006-07-13 09:36:27 · 5 answers · asked by dashabout 3 in Laptops & Notebooks

I"m currently considering buying a dell XPS and was wondering if anyone owns one and have any sort of negative or positive input for me.

2006-07-13 09:35:48 · 9 answers · asked by paulsoc17 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a windows 2000 computer with one physical drive and two partitions C and D. I am planning to re-format and expand the C partition, since it 's running out of space.

I have created a ghost image of the disk. My question is, if I drop the backup image back on the disk, will it affect the new partition?. Or is it going to restore the original partion configuration (the one before the formatting)?

Thanks

2006-07-13 09:30:34 · 4 answers · asked by techzone12 2 in Other - Hardware

I want to pick out a motherboard, CPU, and all that stuff. I essentially want to build it from the ground up. Where (online or not) is the best place to start?

2006-07-13 09:29:03 · 6 answers · asked by Brian G 2 in Desktops

i just got a dell comp a couple of months ago and i havent dowloaded anything except for aim and ad-aware...i used to have 57 gigs and just two days ago i was down to 53...it makes no sense since i didnt download anything..whats the problem?

2006-07-13 09:27:29 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

i own a fujitsu s6000 lifebook notebook, suddenly the usb ports have stopped functioning what shoudl i do ? do i need to format , is it a hardware problem, im in real problem please help

2006-07-13 09:25:22 · 5 answers · asked by Manu 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Any recomendations on where to get a good laptop thats cheap but works good? Thanks!

2006-07-13 09:22:43 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-13 08:53:48 · 21 answers · asked by bruto 1 in Desktops

i just bought a computer from a company..its a Dark Void Assault Custom Gaming PC..it has a AMD 3700+ processor on an ASUS mother board 1GB of RAM (when it arrives at my house im adding another 768MB of RAM so a total of 1.792GB of RAM) a NVIDIA 6800XT PCI-E video card..it seems like a nasty PC to me for gaming any thing anyone can think of thats bad on this or could be better...?

2006-07-13 08:46:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I came home today to find that my mother had accidentally spilled water all over my computer keyboard while trying to water plants on my windowsill. Luckily, I left my computer off. What can I do with my keyboard... is it a goner?

2006-07-13 08:45:37 · 20 answers · asked by HoneyB 4 in Desktops

I have an ATI Radeon 9500 graphics card
I want to upgrade my motherboard and processor using this package (see link for morre detail on it)

Are the two compatable? Is one PCI and the other APG?
Could really use some help on this!

2006-07-13 08:40:49 · 7 answers · asked by Bacteria Boy 4 in Desktops

2006-07-13 08:11:08 · 6 answers · asked by Mic Y 1 in Desktops

I was trying to re-install XP and when it ask about the partitions I don't have any in the box so I press enter and the screen goes black and I the (BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH) saying something about the setup or something like that. Can anybody help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-07-13 08:04:38 · 3 answers · asked by eternal1soul 2 in Desktops

I was on the internet when it starting making a clicking noise and then it froze up and I had to manually turn it off. When I turned it back on I got a screen that said primary hard disk drive 0 not found. Could it be my hard drive? Virus or Worm? Something else?

2006-07-13 08:00:39 · 10 answers · asked by tonda_pooh_2004 1 in Desktops

Its never had sound from new(just last month) so I contacted the makers (Medion) and they kindly sent out a new XP disc and an 'applications & support' disc. However, when I went to the FAQs to sort the problem, it said...."

go to Start, Control Panel, sytem, hardware, device manager. In device manager there will be a yellow question mark next to Multimedia Audio Controller" (then follows on how to correct the problem)

I dont have a listing there for 'multimedia audio controller'!!!

I've sent them an e-mail, but was hoping someone couldadvise me how to get it sorted ASAP rather than wait for them to get back?

2006-07-13 08:00:28 · 11 answers · asked by DonnaDoop 4 in Desktops