Hardware - July 2006

2006-07-13 07:59:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-13 07:58:11 · 6 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2 in Desktops

What is your opinion of EMachines model T3508?

2006-07-13 07:29:22 · 3 answers · asked by Married Male 2 in Desktops

Explain.

2006-07-13 07:24:43 · 16 answers · asked by edhollawood 2 in Desktops

Is there any software that amplifies the voice?

2006-07-13 07:21:01 · 6 answers · asked by Jean 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

How do you format a WD raptor sata hard drive, My windows XP cannot find the drive on my board, Do I need to do something first so the XP software can find it?

2006-07-13 07:19:33 · 1 answers · asked by amara 2 in Desktops

2006-07-13 07:17:56 · 7 answers · asked by LCARUSI 1 in Other - Hardware

I checked the memory usage, the free memory remains 45 MB after opening photoshop 7, corel 11 & internet 4 windows. Do you think, its really important to upgrade RAM of my desktop. I am using 256 MB on my XP professional windows.

2006-07-13 07:09:42 · 5 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2 in Desktops

I want to know what capacity of my RAM is being used on my XP pro desktop. Is there any software to check it ? Please suggest ?

2006-07-13 06:49:19 · 6 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2 in Desktops

I want to know what capacity of my RAM is being used on my XP pro desktop. Is there any software to check it ? Please suggest ?

2006-07-13 06:48:30 · 10 answers · asked by 10 points 4u 2 in Desktops

2006-07-13 06:44:45 · 7 answers · asked by billgutsky 3 in Printers

2006-07-13 06:34:47 · 8 answers · asked by Mukesh Grover 1 in Add-ons

Will any brand wireless carrd work with any brand wireless router, or do the brands have to be the same? For example, if I have a Cisco Systems Wireless card, and a Lynxus Wireless Router...will they work together?

2006-07-13 06:15:58 · 14 answers · asked by Jlyn 2 in Other - Hardware

I reinstalled Windows XP, it doesnt recognize the 3D card, and wont install. Any ideas?

2006-07-13 05:56:08 · 2 answers · asked by nezhy 2 in Desktops

Can we play sharper 3D games properly in laptop with the help of following configuration?
Configurations

Processor:Intel Core Solo T1300 677 MhzI

FSB Speed:667 MHz

Chipset: Intel 945

Speed:1.6 Ghz

RAM:512 DDR II

Hard Disk:80GB

Graphic Card:Shared 128MB

OS:XPH

2006-07-13 05:53:13 · 5 answers · asked by arunpola 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Currently the HD has 2 partitians. The first is probably 90% of the HD and the second is large enough to install XP with a bit left to spare. To be honest, Im uncertain how I got 2 partitians to begin with. This puter has worked hard for a couple years and has too many issues to resolve. I believe my best approach would be to COMPLETELY reformat the hard drive ( I dont want to restore it to an earlier point etc--I want the HD wiped clean for a fresh start) and then reinstall a fresh copy of XP. I cant seem to figure out how to reformat the hard drive.


Can anyone tell me a reasonably simple way to reformat it?

2006-07-13 05:52:35 · 16 answers · asked by Ceroulious 2 in Desktops

2006-07-13 05:33:45 · 4 answers · asked by browneyequeen 1 in Add-ons

I have a Dell Insoiron 8000, and the power adapter broke. where can I get a new one for under 70 dollars

2006-07-13 05:09:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

well after looking at the dell computer I planned on I looked at the HP compaq presario.

Which is better:
Compaq 1839 here:
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0542758437.1152804964@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccddaddifjjmjgfcflgceggdhhmdfho.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=235867&category_oid=

OR the Dell Dimension 5150c
with options of
processor = Intel® Viiv™ technology -Intel® Pentium® D 820 Dual Core(2.80GHz,800MHz,2x1MB)
memory = 1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory
no service upgrade
and other options as sold, found here;
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&kc=305&l=en&oc=D075C5&s=dhs&sbc=dimen_5150c

The HP is £50 more but is it better??
Please help!!

2006-07-13 04:45:21 · 16 answers · asked by alicepears 3 in Desktops

Occasionally, about once every month or two, my computer will say that I have only 992MB of RAM, when usually it shows my full 1024MB. It will say this during POST, and also after I boot and look at the properties for My Computer. In addition, I have noticed that when this happens, I tend to have problems with my video card. Basically, my computer will say that I don't HAVE a video card. It has done this with both my NVidia FX5700, and with my ATI Radeon 9800SE. I'm sure it is no coincidence that it is exactly 32MB. 32MB is the amount per chip. I am using 2 sticks, consisting of 2 banks of 256MB per stick. Has anyone heard of this happening, or experienced it? And if so, is there a fix? It doesn't make sense to me for RAM to work SOME of the time. A chip is either bad, or it isn't.

2006-07-13 04:22:52 · 5 answers · asked by Lamont M 3 in Desktops

restart again press again the other configuration or safe mode the same thing it restart again. can you help me?i cannot access the bios setup.

2006-07-13 04:14:39 · 10 answers · asked by daniel a 1 in Desktops

2006-07-13 04:13:06 · 20 answers · asked by jessiejames320 1 in Other - Hardware

I have 3 choices for memory:

512MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x256) Memory [Included in Price]

1024MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (2x512) Memory [add £58.75]

2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz (4x512) Memory [add £152.75]

is the one included with price likely to be ok for home use? or should I pay the extra for one up - is it much better or wouldn't I notice for my purposes?

I think this is more for people running big programs?


And for the hard drive:
currently mine is old & only 16GB so the 250GB option is likely to be more than enough for me - not worth upgrading?
Options:

500GB (7200rpm) NCQ SATA Hard Drive [add £188.00]

250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst cache [Included in Price]

320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 2MB DataBurstTM cache [add £70.50]

Thanks - ps ameteur here - use simple language, thanks!!

2006-07-13 04:11:47 · 12 answers · asked by alicepears 3 in Desktops

since i can customise my dell computer...

I can drop the price by £153 if I don't want the 3yr at home service. I would opt for this - I never ever needed help with my current computer so is it really worth the £153?? Surely any big problems would occur after 3yrs anyway?

Advice?

2006-07-13 04:05:48 · 14 answers · asked by alicepears 3 in Desktops

2006-07-13 03:59:16 · 3 answers · asked by RICHIE T 1 in Desktops

i lost all my music when my computer crashed, i need a way to load all my tunes from my ipod back to my pc, ensuring that when i plug my ipod in to my pc that itunes will not sync up and wipe all the songs from my ipod

2006-07-13 03:58:55 · 12 answers · asked by GARY D 1 in Other - Hardware

I get a blue screen that says drive c is corrupted and cannot be repaired.

2006-07-13 03:58:04 · 8 answers · asked by ngmfb 3 in Desktops

What product would you suggest to keep my back and finger postures upright?

2006-07-13 03:51:15 · 2 answers · asked by United B 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

2006-07-13 03:40:59 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

can anyone tell me what file this is or to get it off the web ?
WINHTTP.DLL

2006-07-13 03:13:16 · 2 answers · asked by nyamericanpride 1 in Add-ons